The "Aeroplanes" commemorative series consists of three stamps with three landmark points in the history of aeroplanes.

On 17 December 1903, in a secluded US fishing village, two bicycle manufacturers flew the first aeroplane, changing the world forever. The Wright brothers' first flight lasted just 12 seconds and covered a distance of 37 meters, less than the length of a current Airbus A320 or a Boeing 747. It was the first time that a man made a completely controlled motor flight with a plane heavier than air.

In 1927 a transatlantic flight was made by Charles Lindberg, who travelled alone and non-stop, 5,800 km with his single-seater single-engine plane, Spirit of St. Louis, from New York to Paris, where a crowd of about 100,000 people was waiting for him, cheering for his courage and tremendous achievement.

The first flight to break the sound barrier was in 1947, piloted by Charles Yeager. According to the US National Air and Space Museum, the Bell X-1 aircraft reached a speed of 1,127 kilometres per hour.