Virgin livery on Christmas Island Stamp

[Auzzieflyer]

Just wondering if anyone can explain the livery featured on the Christmas Island stamps?

 

[A321]

Just wondering if anyone can explain the livery featured on the Christmas Island stamps?


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Probably an AI job taking Virgin Atlantic & America. Lol

 

[encryptededdy]

It notes it on the Australia Post website: Christmas Island Airport – 50 Years

Design advice​

The illustration used for the $3.00 stamp design from the Christmas Island Airport- 50 Years stamp issue uses aspects of the Virgin Atlantic livery as well as Virgin Australia for the featured Airbus A320.

 

[Saab34]

It notes it on the Australia Post website: Christmas Island Airport – 50 Years

But why use both VS and VA? Weird.

 

[encryptededdy]

But why use both VS and VA? Weird.

I think it was likely a mistake by the artist, and it was either too late or too costly to correct. I highly doubt it was intentional. Perhaps they were searching up "Virgin logo", "Virgin aircraft tail" etc. to get reference images for their drawing, not realising that they're looking at the wrong Virgin.

 

[Auzzieflyer]

I was hoping for a premature release of a livery design as an explanation

 

[Saab34]

Who recalls this?

Was a short lived experiment but glad I got to fly it once, pity VS didn’t become a decent player on the narrow body euro market.

 

[moa999]

Also per that AP note, an A320 - only flown by Jetstar and QantasLink (and VARA more recently) in Australia for now.

 

[HS-TQE]

Also per that AP note, an A320 - only flown by Jetstar and QantasLink in Australia for now.

Per flightradar VA's flight to XCH is one of their subfleet of VARA A320s.

VA1909 (VOZ1909) Virgin Australia Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Track Virgin Australia (VA) #1909 flight from Perth Int'l to Christmas Island

www.flightaware.com

 

[jase05]

I think it was likely a mistake by the artist, and it was either too late or too costly to correct. I highly doubt it was intentional. Perhaps they were searching up "Virgin logo", "Virgin aircraft tail" etc. to get reference images for their drawing, not realising that they're looking at the wrong Virgin.

Pretty much exactly as it happened. Artist error and not checked correctly before printing and then too costly/too late to fix

 

[oz_mark]

Pretty much exactly as it happened. Artist error and not checked correctly before printing and then too costly/too late to fix

Maybe they had to get permission to use the logo, and that's the one they were given permission to use.