Airmail Label from Iceland

Airmail label from Iceland, this is one of my favorite collection, I like the aeroplane pictorial, very unique. 

Express Label from Iceland

Express label from Iceland, printed Iceland Postal Service logo on the top.

Surface Mail Label from Iceland (for parcel mail)

Continue from my previous post, the above are the larger surface mail label from Iceland.

It is printed in dark green and catered for parcel or larger mailing articles for better visibility while handling the mails. The designed similar to the small format except omitted the post office logo. 

Surface Mail Label from Iceland

Surface Mail labels (Par Bateau, mean By Boat in French) are hard to find nowadays. By default, if the mailing article didn't affixed with an Airmail label (Par Avion), it is considered send by surface mail. So far, I only came across Iceland printed such labels. I considered it a rare collector item.

It is printed in cyan or bluish shade of green with a ship pictorial and the Iceland Postal Service logo at the bottom corner. "Skipspostur" (surface mail) in Icelandic.

Express Label from UK

In 2009, I starting a new series of articles highlights on different type of Express labels. In general, all express labels are printed in red colour as opposed to airmail labels in blue. Through out my collection, I hardly find any label with pictorial design, most of it printed in different languages.  

Above are the labels from Royal Mail, UK. And a full sheet of 5 x 8 labels.