A Review by Robert A. D'Elia
Privately Printed by the Author, Peter G. Quail, Nottingham, England, First Edition: 1999, 112 pages, Metric Letter Size, A4, Softbound. Available from: Robert A. D'Elia, 1290 Howard Ave. Suite 321, Burlingame, CA 94010, for the sum of $32.50, postage paid via library rate in the U. S. Airmail postage in the U. S. and postage to other countries is extra. Orders can also be placed by fax to: 1-650-347-7900 or by e-mail c/o dondelia@netwiz.net.
This limited printing book, which is denoted by the author as a "working study," covers SCADTA (Sociedad Colombo Alemania de Transportes Acreos) and its successor and affiliated airlines, Cosada, Avianca and Lansa which operated in Colombia. Although much has been written on these subjects, this book contains much previously unpublished and little known information that will be of considerable interest to students of this area and Colombian philatelists generally. It also reviews and organizes much of the prior published information, showing the transitions of the various airlines, and provides considerable information concerning the postage rates, the consular mail period, SCADTA cancels, U. S. Postal Agencies in Colombia, and numerous other seldom described subjects. The book is liberally illustrated with ephemera, stamps and covers from the author's collection. While not intended as the last word on the subject, this book is a conscientious effort by a devoted philatelist to contribute to the knowledge of other interested parties and will be found to be extremely useful to the user.
The author, unfortunately, passed away just prior to Christmas of 1999. His widow sent the remaining six copies of this book in her possession to the Copaphil Librarian and these are available for sale, for her account, on a first come, first served basis from the reviewer, whose address is listed above.
See also Peru Civil Aviation
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