BOLIVIA

BOLIVIA.

20th anniversary of the airline Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano (1925-1945).
Map of Bolivia with air routes.
Second stamp in a set of 7, issued on 15.09.1945.
Face value: 30 centavos of boliviano.
Printed by Litografías e Imprentas Unidas, La Paz.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 388.
- Scott No. C106.
- StampWorld No. 393.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 83.

Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano (LAB) was a passenger and cargo transportation airline in Bolivia, founded in La Paz by Guillermo Kyllman on September 15, 1925. Its base of operations was in the city of Cochabamba. The airline's first plane, a Junkers F-13, with capacity for two crew members and four passengers, was a gift from the German community in Bolivia. The first international flights of the airline began in July 1930, with routes between La Paz and Rio de Janeiro and La Paz to Corumbá. Unable to overcome an economic crisis that began in 1994, the airline ceased service in 2012, and subsequent relaunch attempts failed.