When the aerial post was first instituted, letters were merely stamped ''Poste yur arion." and ordinary postage stamps to the value of 3 francs 25 centimes (or more, according to the weight of the letter) were used. Now, however, the French postal authorities have instituted a special stamp for the aerial post.
It is long in shape and printed in red and blue. showing violet tints where the two colours intermingle. In the centre is the head of Guyneimer, who will always live in the memory of the French as the type of the perfect' airman. Below the head is a palm, and above is a Victory with a flag. To the right are the words: "Ite publique Francaise. Correspondance par At and the word '"Postes" appears the bottom left-hand corner.
Collectors' demands have become so insistent that post offices refuse to sell the stamp, and it is onh possible to procure one by actually sending a letter by aeroplane,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.