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. •NOVEMBER 1937 The World's First Aimail Stamp ON FLOWN COVER
The First Official Airmail Stamp of the World was issued hy Italy in May, 1917, for an experimental flight from Turin to Rome and return. • We offer this stamp (Italy No. 1001) as follows:
SPECIAL POSTCARD with printed cachet, franked with the World's First Airmail Stamp, special P.O. Cancellation (Airmail), flown from Turin to Rome ...... $2.00 •
FLOWN COVER, franked the same as above, but flown on the return flight from Rome to Turin ...... $2.00 • SPECIAL PRICE for both Cover and Card, complete round trin ...... $3.50
We only hi:;'Ve a few of each item in stock. Money refunded in case we are sold out F. W. KESSLER 551 FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK. N.Y. mately by the current rate of exchange BY JAMES c. HEARTWELL which are as follows: One Philippine 341 Carroll Park West Islands peso (lOOc) equals 50c U.S.A.. Long Beach, Calif. one Macao pataca ( 100 avos) equals 31c U.S.A., one Hong Kong dollar (lOOc) equals 3lc U.S.A., and one Shanghai TARTING with the .Tune 9th issue dollar (lOOc) equals 30c U.S.A. A lettei S of WESTERN STAMP COLLECTOR to the United States therefore costs in and appearing intermittently, a column U.S.A. money from Manila, 50c: from was originated to include items per. Macao, 93c; from Hong Kong, 85c, and taining to the extension of the F .A.M. from Shanghai ONLY 44c I Route #14. Readers were encourag:ng. ly responsive and as a result the column • includes close to 100 p::iragraphs. Covers From Francis J. Field's "Aero Field" to the many points were described, but o.f last May, we learn that one of the as this information is now common recent issues of official air mail labell. knowledge, we are taking notes from from Hong Kong was produced by long here and there in the column and pre term inmates of the local peniteniary senting them below as we feel that :-nd from the description it appears readers of the AIRPOST .JOURNAL may these were the ones used on the· Clipper find some facts of interest among them. ship covers. • • C. McR. Plummer of Bolivar, Tennes- Face values of stamps on covers car see,_ informs that the bird used in the ried from M:anila, Macao, Hong Kong two globes cachet applied at San Fran and Shanghai may be figured approx! cisco, Honolulu and Guam to mail going
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to Macao and Hong Kong, is the Chinese stamp at San Francisco. wild goose, symbolic of messenger and mails, and that the ship is a junk-not Macao covers seem to have purple ca an old-time clipper ship as we errone chets usually. though several have been ously suggested. seen with the cachet in blue...... Mr. Erle calls to attention the fact that many col Joseph Barkman of East Tawas, Mich. lectors, or would-be collecors, take it reports a San Francisco-Macao cover for granted that the cachet on Hong that made the trip to Macao without Kong to U.S.A. covers were put on by the stamps being cancelled at San Fran· HONG KONG! This, of course is not so, cisco. The writer has a cover from and is easily explained by showing the Macao-San Francisco that made the Hong Kong covers wih Manila's received- flight to the United States without the cachet...... Others. according to Mr. Erle, stamps being cancelled at Macao. overlook the fact that Hong Kong Clip per and not the China Clipper, carried Two covers have come to our at the mail between Manila, Macao and tention which were lacking postage of Hong Kong. The China Clipper did not the proper amount. One reported by extend its route to the new stops, but Everett Erle, editor of the "Pacific Phil made connections with the Hong Kong atelist", came to San Francisco from Clipper at Manila so that the FAM Route Macao by REGISTERED mail with onll- #14 was properly extended. 285 avos, whereas the unregistered fee alone is 305 avos. On hand is a cover Many round the world covers have been which slipped through to us from Macao recorded by various periodicals, but var with· only 113 avos, the amount of a ious other covers to and from point~ Macao to Guam letter. The Macao clerk beyond M:icao and Hong Kong have applied the handstamp "Par Avian-de not been listed. Fred Wilde of Compton, • . . a . . .'' and filled in the 19.st line in Calif., has a Brisbane, Australia to U.S.A. writing to make it read "de Macao a ccver; George Wood of San Pedro, Calif. Guam." Obviously intended to be a one from Bandoeng, Dutch East Indies: Macao to Guam cover. the item slipped another Australian cover is reported through and received the May 4th back· from Mangoplak, New South Wales, and
..., .. • C.N.A.C. DOUGLAS DC2's on the line at Lungwa Airdrome, Shanghai. These ships carry mails over Chin:i's routes. connecting with F.A.M. 14 at Hong Kong. -C.N.A.C.- P.A.A. photo. 4 NOVEMBER 1937
• SHANGHAI cover bearing a specially printed cachP.t a.lid a twoMcolor map of the transMPaciflc air route.-Courtesy of Walter Bruggmann, Manila.
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still another from Adelaide to Mrs. Clarence H. Dawson in a letter to the Frances S. Walker of Toronto. "Weekly Philatelic Gossip", states that the reason for the high number of covers Mr. Plummer, previously mentioned, carried to Honolulu, compared to th~ . has a U. S. A. to Golden Square, Victoria, small number to Guam and Manila, was Australia cover. He states the lette1 due to "Navy Mail." The fleet spent the took 18 days from San Francisco to Mel week end following the April 21st flight bourne, just a few days under fastest in Hawaii and many relatives of the steamer connections,_ but that the direct s.:>.ilors took the opportunity to write air line, San Francisco to Melbourne via . them via that first flight. Auckland, New. Zealand, will cut the time from 18 days to about eight! E. B. Holton mentions in his column in the "Weekly Philatelic Gossip" that he , F. C. Crosslin of Ashland, Ore., sent was successful in · obtaining something some covers to Ohau, New Zealand, ana different when he received a cover flown I. K. Smith of Lancaster, Calif., posted EASTWARD bearing U. S. stamps. The one to Whangarei, New Zealand. Tom cover was cancelled U.S.S. Sacr:i.mento, Metcalfe of San D '. m~s. Calif., mailed with Canton. China in the killer bars some letters to a relative in Teheran, Persia, and with the China Clipper ex tension flight starting them on their way they reached their destination in 39 days. This Month's Cover But, the letter which brought them back from Teheran came through without ben THE CLIPPER OVER efit of air service in 20 days! Figure CHINESE JUNKS that one out. • An historic Hong Kong harbor H. D. Sterling of Santa Monica, Calif.. scene taken on the inaugural of trans possesses a Singapore - U.SA. cove1 Pacific air service on F.A.M. 14 be franked with Malaya, Straits Settlements tween the United · States and China. We present this prize photo through stamps, and he also has a Honolulu the courtesy of the Pan American Macao cover novelty franked with a Airways. single U.S. 50c trans-Pacific stamp and an 189'4 Hawaiian 2c brown stamp. 5 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL
r -. SALVADOR WILL ISSUE U.S. CONSTITUTION COMMEM ORATIVE AIR MAIL San Salvador, Oct. 21, 1937-The Gov ernment of El Salvador, by DECREE No. 1564, calls for the issuance of the fol lowing stamps, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the CONSTITUTION of the United States of America: 600,000 stamps of 8 centavos for ordinary postage, background and frame in dark blue. 30,000 stamps of 30 centavos for air mail surtax, background and frame in dark brown. To be printed from engraved steel plates, these last to be destroyed as soon as work is finished. Size of stamps: 50mm. x 30mm. and to be done in five colors. Design. back ground of volcanic or Andean mountains. Subject: Flags of El Salvador and of the United States in natural colors; Torch of Liberty; Book of the Constitution. The air mail stamps will have added, an air plane in. flight. These commemoratives will be on sale as soon as they are turned in to the General Post Office, and the regular or ordinary 8 centavos, and the 30 centavos air mail stamps that are in use, will be retired from circulation until such time as the commemoratives shall have been • LOADING sacks of air mail for the first trans-Pacific fli~ht from sold out.-Rafael Alexander D. San Francisco: • and bears a Manila-U.S.A. cachet. OPEN HOUSE AT GOTHAM Can anonye straighten us out on this Friday, October 1st, found the Gotham one point? Collectors seem to think Stamp :and Cover Club, Chapter 8, of they have first flight reduction rate the A.A.M.S.. holding its regular Open covers, as follows: Manila to Guam, House Night. Over 75 members and Honolulu and San Francisco; Guam to friends were present. There was an ex Honolulu and San Francisco, and Hono hibit of album pages from members· lulu to San Francisco. These covers are. collections. The meeting w :- s featured postmarked on the return flight at Man by an illustrated lectu:e, delivered by ila, April 28th; at Guam, May 1st, anci. Mr. Walter B. Bruce, entieed. "Taking at Honolulu, May 2nd. As we have let the Eyestrain out o: Ph'lately." The b ig ters on hand mailed from Hono:ulu event of the evening was the drawing April 28th. at the 20c rate, it appears for a mint set of the U. S. Gmf Zeppe that a Clipper ship stuted east when lin stamps. The lucky number was held the China Clipper winged westward ~no by Mrs. Anna Goodrow, of the Spring mail carried eastward on this flight field Chapter of the A.A.M.S. The set would be the first flight reduction rate was duly forwarded to Mrs. Goodrow. ccve:·s. What is your o::;iinion? ::-nd receipt acknowledged. Any collector W. A. Neeld of Xenia, Ohio, made ar. living in New York City or vicinity, is effort for a roundtrip cover on the flight cordially welcomed · to drop in at any of but was unsuccessful. He has a beau our meetings, which are held the first tiful one from the 1935 U.S.A.-Manila and third Friday of each month, at the U.S.A. flight and wanted another to Hotel Times Square, 43rd St . .and 8th match it on the 1937 flight. Was anyone Ave., N. Y. C.-Daniel Newman. Secy· successful in getting one through? Treas. 6 e AN EXCITING FINISH at Miami's 1936 All American Afr Races-photo by Gerry Swinehart-Carl Byoir and Associates for Miami Daily News Service.
able time trans-Atlantic air mail service will be inaugurated. BY GLEN w. NAVES He had no definite statement-replying The Herald-Journal Newspapers to my direct questions--as to any plans Spartanburg, s. c. the department has for a new issue of air mail stamps or additions to the pres sent aero adhesives. TRANS-ATLANTIC SERVICE An outline of the next four commem ITHIN six months! oratives, the Hawaiian stamp included, W This was Postmaster General .Tames was as far as he would go on that. A. Farley's recent prediction of the prob- There was some intimation that con- · 7 THE Al RPOST JOURNAL tract air mail routes would be further operations were to be moved from Port extended. Washington, New York to Baltimore "All states except two have contract early in November, with much winter air mail service and plans are to have activity scheduled, we are officially in· the "system embrace all the 48 states," formed. he said. All-American Okay All-American winter air races---(amid BRANCH COMMENTS financial difficulties when we were last in Commenting on the department's plans, Miami)-are "all set" now and will be Harllee Branch, second assistant. post held at Miami's municipal air port the master general, in charge of air mail, first week in December. This show, like said: the National, annually produces Grade "With respect to trans-Atlantic air mail A airshow covers, the cachets-like those service, I have to state that definite ar at Cleveland-being superb. Money on rangements have not yet been made for the line n0w and a great show assured. service on the . . . route. It is hardly probable, however, that the service will • begin before next spring. It has not MOVIE PRODUCERS DISCOVER been determined whether a special air ILE DE FRANCE RARITY IN mail stamp will be issued for use on ar PLANNING NEW FILM ticles when the trans-Atlantic service Though incidental bits pertaining to is inaugurated. stamp collecting are tossed into feature Alaskan Flights motion picures every so often, Twentieth "Concerning other prospective first Century-Fox's "Danger, Love" at Work," is the first film story to carry the antic~ flights, I have to state that advertise ments have just been issued, inviting of an eccentric old philatelist as a major proposals for air mail "service from theme of its plot. Juneau, Alaska, via White Horse, Can A tinge of authenticity spices the film ada, to Fairbanks, Alaska and return" because Walter Catlett. who interprets Those advertisements will close December the role of the collector-hero, actually is 15 next." a philatelist in real life. But it is Abe Steinberg, a property The date and other details for this supervisor assigned to the picture, who service will be announced later, and profited considerably because of the collectors will be informed as early as story. Requiring a batch of foreign possible regarding first flight arrange covers for one of the sequences, Stein· ments, Mr. Branch said. berg plowed through the old fan mail Delay Service files of the studio and sorted out a hand The first flight on the Montreal-Van ful of envelopes that had come to stars ccuver route has been postponed until from various corners of the globe. spring. While picking out desirable copies his trained philatelic eye spotted an envelope PAA's Strato Ship addressed to Victor McLaglen from a fan Pan American Airways reports con· en route to Europe aboard the Ile de stl'uction is to start soon on its huge France. It was not only a cover carried 4-motored 21-ton Stratosphere Liner, the one one of the early ship-to-shore ex first super-charged cabin aircraft for perimental planes of 1929, but actually commercial use; also. between the United was franked with an inverted Pasteu1 States and the West Indies, Mexico, the provisional of which less than 100 copies W.ast Indies, South and Central America, are known to exist. The cover went to passenger volume is up 42 per cent, air Steinberg's collection before Catlett got mail volume is up 35 per cent, with three a chance to look at it.-N.Y. World countries on the route sending more than Telegram. 90 per cent of their letters by air. 1¥.t Million Miles to China Also PAA's Clippers recently chalked LOOSE LEAF BINDERS up 1,500,0QO miles of flying mail and for the AlRPOST JOURNAL passengers between the United States and Keep your file of back numbers in good condition. Bound in black water China minus any serious mishap, al proof fabricoid, stamped with gold. though 2,000 passengers have been Will hold 24 issues. Window on back carried. for volume numbers. Each, post paid, $2.00" Moving to Baltimore AIRPOST JOURNAL - Albion, Pa. PAA's experimental trans-Atlantic flight. 8 NOVEMBER 1937
Sea nearly ten years ago, the goal of a fast airways link across that tropic sea ~sl:er SoutheAn between North and South America has been a foremost objective of the P.A.A. The flyng time between New York and Panama--3,000 miles--has now been cut F.A.M. SER'VI CE to 22 hours, 15 minutes elapsed time- 19 . hours. 10 . minutes flying time! NAUGURATED ear~~last . summer, the Speeding up of this major aerial ar I faster F .A.M. schedules of the Pan tery between North and South America . American ·Airways Clipper ships between brought within the span of a single day the United States, Central ·and South the week-distant lands of the Caribbean, America, marked one of the nic>st spec the Southern continent as close as our tacular· ..: adva.~ces ever made by any Atlantic seaboard, in time, as New York form of transportation. Designed to is to Chicago by the fastest rail schedules. place American commerce f·ar . ~bove in ternational competition, the new flying • time between Miami and the Panama SPE,CIAL AiRIMAIL, ZURICH-SION Canal Zone was cut to twelve hours and During the "4. Internationales Flug schedules to the ten South. American meeting, Zurich. SwitzE'.rland, 23 July to capitals were reduced by nearly a third 1 August, 1937" a special airmail was in m•'.iny instances. Nearly every coun carried from Zurich airport to Sion. All try and colony of the United States bene mail was cancelled in the 1st Swiss auto fited by the major improvements made mobile post office, then stationed at the this summer. Elaborate plans, night airport with the special auto P .0. post flying, new speedier and larger equip mark dated Aug. l, '37, but was carried ment and the valued experience gained to Sion by special plane the next day, through years of pioneering entered into and shows backstamp of Sion, Valais, this latest advance of America's f>aster 2. VIII, 37. A special official cachet was southern mail, passenger and express air applied in blue showing three airplanes service. over outlines of mountains, with suitable Ever since Lindbergh in his little inscription below. describing the meeting "Spirit of St. Louis" made the first suc and special occasion of the flight. cessful aerial circuit of the Caribbean -Julius B. Bock.
• NEW SCHEDULE cover oarried on the first 12-hour service between the Canal Zone and Miami, July 20, 1937-Courtesy Richard L. Singley 9 Official publication of the American Air Mail Society. Published monthly at Albion, (Erie Co.,) Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
THE AIRPOST JOURNAL is entered WALTER · J. CONRATH, Editor as second-class matter, February 10, Albion, Penn'a 1932, at the post office at Albion, Pa., GRACE CONRATH, Business Manager under the Act of March 3, 1879. Albion, Penn'a All editorial copy, advertising, new and renewal subscriptions should be sent ALTON J. BLANK. Assistant Editor direct to the publication office at 1850 Burnett Ave.. E. Cleveland, O. Albion, Penn'a. GLEN W. NAVES, Assistant Editor The AIRPOST JOURNAL is not con• % Herald-Journal Newspapers ducted for profit. The managing edi· Spartanburg, S. C. tor, all department editors, feature writers and contributors serve gratis ASSOCIATE EDITORS and without compensation of any kind. FRANCIS J. FIELD, Sutton Coldfield, All receipts from advertising, subscrip England tions and contributions are applied di· L. B. GATCHELL. 10 Blrch Brook Rd., rectly to the betterment of the maga Bronxville, N. Y. zine and the promotion of aero-philately. D. E. HELMUTH. 1724 Page Ave., #11, SUBSCRIPTION RATES East Cleveland, Ohio United States...... $1.00 per year Canada and Foreign...... $1.50 per year JAMES C. HEARTWELL, 341 Carroll Single Copies ...... lOc each Park West. Long Beach. Calif. Back Numbers ...... 15c each F. W. KESSLER. 551 Fifth Avenue, Bound Volumes also available. New York. N. Y. ADVERTISING RATES RICHARD L. SINGLEY, Post Office, One inch, per issue...... , l.00 Lancaster, Penn'a Quarter Page. per issue ...... 3.25 Half Page, per issue ...... 6.00 DEPARTMENT EDITORS Full Page, per issue ...... $10.00 ALTON J. BLANK Front Inside or Back Cover Pages Airs of the Month (when available) ...... $12.00 FRANK A. COSTANZO Composition charge for solid, tabular Crash Cover News or special typographic layouts: lOc to JAMES C. HEARTWELL 25c per inch additional. Air Stamps You May Have Missed Interested advertisers may apply for contract rate for space used every W.R. PATTON issue for a period of 12 months. Ad Canada vertising and editorial copy MUST BE MAURICE S. PETTY RECEIVED BY THE 20TH OF EACH Dedications and Unofficials MONTH. 10 days before publication CHARLES G. RIESS date. Contract Air Mail Routes
ABOUT COLLECTORS ·accomplishment of their goal. The col WE LIKE to think of collectors as a lector is one worthy example who has class of understanding people who have learned to extract a great deal of happi developed a keen appreciation of the ness from his hobby. artistic ... a love of romance, adventure, Editor Al Burns of the Weekly Phil· color and beauty, which 'does not neces atelic Gossip wraps our thought in a sarily have to go beyond the glow of a neat and appealing editorial package. healthy home environment. A twelve We reprint his appreciated philosophy, year-old boy with an album of sparkling with the added suggestion to our special stamps and history-recording covers ist-readers that air mail has certainly lives through more exciting days than added a great many more hours of happi· any Marco Polo. A grandfather of eighty ness to the daily lives of all . of us. years, with life's work completed, still carries that sparkle of enchantment in AND HAPPINESS • • • his eyes as he follows the varied en "HAPPINESS, as everyone knows who tertainments presented through philately. has read Horace or lived until middle Grasping for happiness through life, •age, consists of choosing the golden few people ever experience the ultimate mean. The romantic temperament js 10 NOVEMBER 1937 largely a chronological matter, and the Faust of twenty-one may lust for all possible experience in the hope of find A. P. S. PRESIDENT ing somewhere in his mad course the end of the rainbow. He learns better. At forty almost everyone is willy nilly classicist, and has discovered out of ne cessity how to make graceful submission to the finite conditions of things. One then finds a decent content in quite un theatrical goods. A modicum of respect able success comes to be an adequate surrogate for fame.. The not incredibly blue firmament of domesticity seems more steadily interesting than love's first wild stars of l'apture. A smile to those disciplined by years has no less rever berations of joy than youth's outlived Rabelaisian laughter. In place of tragic frustrations and acute rebellions, in their restrospect so quaintly absurd, at forty one settles down, pleasantly enough to mild autumnal regrets. Happiness is, after all, largely a matter of definition; perhaps it still has a meaning with the purple patches and exultant crescendos left out. But every age, including our own, has had its moralists who were also poets at heart, and to whom life, de natured of its lyric crises, was a form of ·comfort rather than a felicity. To these no life can be called happy that does not contain at least occ:isional states CARTER GLASS. JR.. editor of the of being, deep, momentary, and beauti Lynchburg, Va. News, was recently ful, when the soul loses itself as it finds elected president of the American Philatelic Society, oldest and larg itself in an oblivion of attainment. To est group of its kind. Mr. Glass has a moralist with a poet's fancy, happiness specialized in alrpost stamps, Lind does not enter into a life that is simply bergh and F.A.M. covers, has con tributed several features to The •'.:!. long self-possessed routine. It comes JOURNAi. and is a. member au.d rather in heroic flashes when the self former officer of the American Air is completely possessed. when the lover Mail Society. is lost in the beloved object which he .•. has found, when the eye is filled to Institute. He is a member of the Amer ecstasy with what it beholds, when the ican Air Mail Society, and a very inter being is filled and fused with the joy ested ·airpost collector, specializing in of the moment, be it human or inani Canadian semi-officials, of which he has mate object. To the earnest stamp col a splendid collection. lector the stamps in his albums repre sent one form of happiness. In it he has found his golden mean." • -AL BURNS. CHEMNITZ BALLOON RACE, 1937 The Ge:::-man Balloon Competition was • held in Chemnitz this year and mails DR. LEWIS VISITS AIRPOST flown on various balloons exist with a special cachet showing a balloon sur JOURNAL PUBLICATION OFFICE rounded by clouds with inscription:-. Dr. E. E. Lewis, 9rofessor of English "Gordon Bennett Aussi. fahrt 27 .3.37 ." at the Ohio St:?te University, recently Some from Switzerl:lnd were carried and honored the publication office at Albion, these covers show the airpost postmark of Zurich 25.111.37 and the special Ger with a short visit. Dr. Lewis was called man cachet. There were only some 3() to this section of the country as a speaker covers mailed from Switzerland.-J'ulius at the annual Erie County Teachers' B. Bock. l l AIRS OF THE MONTH
Bolivia. Some of the 1925 high value BY AL TON J. BLANK commems. have been· included and des All data on New Issues of Air Mail Stamps should be sent direct to Editor pite the surcharges the set makes a nice Alton .I. Blank, 1850 Burnett Avenue. ai;>pearance on the album page. East Clevf"fand, Ohio. The surcharge reads: "Correo Aereo D.S. 25-2-37" and the value. Values and colors are: 5c on 35 yellow green (330); UGOSLAVIA'S set has been worth the J waiting. 'The set is of high artistic 20, 50c. and lB on the 35c LAB stiimp merit and surely will rank as one of the (310); 2B on Soc orange and black (304); favorites. Bolivia's provisonals are out 3B on 50 deep violet (156): 4B on lB red (157); 5B on 2B orange (158); lOB and Syria has a new set. A few of Turkey's set have been seen on cover. on 5B black brown ( 159): 12B on lOc and And there may be something new from 15B on lOc vermilion and black (301). Uruguay. The numbers in parenthesis refer to Scott's. The fi1·st five are surcharged • BELGIUM • There will be a minia in red and the last six in green ink. ture sheet of airmails soon. -F. W. Kessler -E. Vemeneskl • CANADA • Linn's "reports that a com plete new set is due from our northern neighbor and included therein will be an airmail value. They state that in stead of pictorials there will be engine turned designs. The set is reputedly ready but held in the vaults until the current stock is exhausted.
• CUBA • Six airmails were included in the set of 23 values issued for a three day period, October 13, 14, 15, 1937. The issue was in honor of American Writers and Artists. (The Sc postage stamp honors the U.S.) There are three values in the airmail set, namely 5, 10, and 20 centavos. The 5c is vermilion and is of two de signs, honoring Panama and Paraguay. The lOc. is pale blue and honors Peru and Salvador, while the 20c is jade green and honors Uruguay and Venezuela. De signs are: Panama, Chato Arch; Para guay, Carlos Antonio Lopez: Peru, Inca Portal at Cuzco; Salvador, Indian At lacalt; Venezuela, Balivar; ·Uruguay, Rodo. The stamps are 25:x22mm. in size and of the current perforation. They will be issued in sheets of 100 stamps: half or 50 being in two panels of 25 for one nation and the other in two panels of 25 for the other nation. There ought to be some wonderful combinations come • BOLIVIA • Resorting to the very out of that method!) dangerous practice of surcharging with a higher bee value than the basic stamp, Unless we misinterpret "Orden No. 14" we have a series of eleven stamps from issued by the Post Office Department 12 NOVEMBER 1937
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC . e 'The .. Colum bus Light Pan-American Flight issue has been posponed because the "Nina", one of the four planes which was to take part in the flight. has crashed. Novem ber 18th has been set as a possible date. -T. F. Norris, F. W. Kessler
• GUATEMALA • Denials have come as thick and fast as reports that there would be a special miniature sheet com memorating the U. S. Constitution. Naively overlooking the denials we cull the following from the rumors. There will be 60,000 sheets issued, either the end of October or in Novem ber. The sheet will contain four airmail stamps with a face value of 38 cents. The cloors will be light and dark blue with a dark brown center. One stamp will show the portrait of President Wash ington, the next one of President Roose velt, the third a map of the Americas with planes in flight, and the fourth will probably show the Pan-American build ing in Washington.
• ITALY • The Caesar Augustus set has come to hand. The usual photogravure style has been used and the stamps are historically interesting. Latin quotations from Horace and Virgil are used beneath the designs. Lilac is the color of the 25c. and . it presents a woman and her children with an eagle. The 50c brown shows a group of the Republic of Cuba, a sheet will of Roman civilians in the time of look like this : Augustus. The soc·. is orange brown and. shows the horses of Jupiter with the sun I 25 5c Panama I 25 5c Paraguay I over the ancient Roman City. The 1 lire I 25 5c Paraguay I 25 5c Panama I I I This will hold true for the lOc as well as the 20c. Thus one can readily see that there is a wonderful O!)portunity for horizontal as well as vertical pair com binations, not to mention the central block of four! All postage stamps were rendered in valid and these were substituted for the three-day period. After the 15th these were no longer good for postage and were withdrawn. May we be permitted to give a small toot on our siren and hope that the Dragon of Inquiry will come forth and gobble up the facts before this issue reaches the glorious status of catalogue recognition? -Jack Schildhouse 13 THE Al RPOST JOURNAL
plus 1 lire blue presents an eagle, stand ard of Imperial Rome, superimposed on a map of the Roman Empire. The 5 lire plus 1 lire is grey lilac :ind presents the head of the first great Caesar, Augustus.
The Italian Empire set was reported to have been issued on the anniversary of the Fascist march on Rome, October 20th. -F. W. Kessler
• JAPAN o A reduction in postal rates has called for a new set. The issue will be steel engraved and the designs will be in keeping with the program of fur thering national interest in Japan.
• JUGOSLAVIA • Four designs make up the series of eight values long promis garden much in the manner of the ed from this Adiiatic-bordered land. The artist Maxfield Parrish. 0.50 brown and 5D purple show a plane over a chapel on a rocky promintory with a sailboat on the lake. The ID The 2.50D carmine and the 30D blue green and lOD red brown show a rugged show a city. The entire issue looks as coastline with a building in the dis· though it were done by the Austrian tance. (The view is reminiscent of sights artist Jung and the two sets could go near Monterey, California.) The 2D grey well together on the same page. black and 20D green presents a formal -F. W. Kessler 14 NOVEMBER 1937
e NICARAGUA e A host of special three. for exterior use. These seven are sheets of four stamps each has just also available in imperforate form! We reached us. Four for interior service and therefore have a grand total of four-
NEW We maintain the most complete and efficient New Issue Service of Mint Airmail Stamps of the World. Obtain Your Airmail Stamps at the Original Prices before Speculation sets in and Prices Go Up. Write /or free information and descriptive folder F. W. KESSLER 551 FIFTH AVE. ~~~ NEW YORK. N.Y. 15 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL teen (14) sheets! The reason? The Day of the Race. All are printed in blocks of four with a · nice wide white margin around. Those for the interior service come unwater marked and without gum. Those for the exterior service are watermarked mul tiple ovals, similar to several Honduran issues, and are gummed. 0 The Interior set h~s a le pale green showing the Indian· Chief. Diriangen; the 4c red brown the Chicl Nicarao; the 5c violet Frather Bartholomew de. Las Casas; 3p ultramarine, 5p rose, lOp red brown. and the 8c blue, Columbus. 15p rose lake, and 25p dark blue. -B. Narwoody The International' or eXterior set con sists of a lOc brown, Nicarao; 15c pale blue, Father Bartholomew de Las C~sas: · • TURKEY • Mr. M. J. Harris has and 20c carmine, ColumbuS. · · ·.. • . ·.. $hown me a cover bearing the 10 and 20 paras liliac and olive respectively and 1 Borders are the same for all-being. -~ Kuru ultramarine of the new set. The inscribed: "Correo Aereo de Nicar-:igua·", ·:-~ common design shows three planes over and "1492 - Dia de Ia Raza - 1937". On an airpo~.. These represent three values the right is the denomination and the not heretofore listed in advance publicity left is a large plane and either the word: anent the 14 value series. Any further "Internacional" or "Interior." information? All bear the imprint "Lito ~ Nueva Maniagua." · e URUGUAY • Ever hear of Pluna air -M. J. Harris lines? Ever see any of . their stamps? Neither did we until recently. .\" :,_ • NORWAY • After ten years the 45 ore pale blue stamp showing a monoplane The stamps are three in number: being in flight over buildings and trees, has 40c., 2 pesos, and 10 pesos. Until recently been reissued. This time there are no there were no internal airmail stamps frame lines, so we have a distinct new used in Uruguay and these ·are the first. variety. Scott lists it as #502. They are strictly for parcel post service -Scott Stamp & Coin Co. and must not be confused with the num erous Pegasus and Gull types current. e ROUMANIA • Another Aviation Fund The 40c is red, the 2p is ultramarine. stamp has been added to the ever grow and the lOp is green. The stamps come ing list. This time it is the 20 bani lilac in strips of three and are printed in showing a plane in flight over water. sheets of 18-six long by three deep. The central design shows a map of Uruguay with the principal cities and the communicating lines thereto. Printed thereon are the l•:arge capital letters "PLUNA" and the value in a small black box as well as the words signifying par cel !lost service by air.
The word "PLUNA" is derived from the title of the company: "Primeras . Lineas Uruguayas de Navegacion Aerea."
Fhce value is about $10.00 American • SYRIA • To replace the 1930 set, we money, according to the current rate of have a recess printed series of eight exchange. values. Four of the stamps show a plane over the Citadelle of Aleppo and the Any further information as to date others a plane over the towers iand of issue. numbers printed. etc., would minarets of Damascus. Colors are: 50, be appreciated. purple, lp grey black, 2p bright green, -M. J. Marris 16 NOVEMBER 1937
Atlanta, Ga., where they entered the regular service. The unofficial flights were arranged through the co-operation c. A. M. s. of Eastern Air Lines and the encourage ment of the Post Office Dept. These flights are not authorized AM flights. BY CHAS. G. RIESS Whether or not the Carolina flights men Information concerning C.A.M.'s should tioned in a recent P. 0. Dept. bulletin be sent direct to the editor of section, are in the same category is not definitely P. 0. Box 11, Albany, N. Y. known at this writong. However, they delnitely are not authorized AM flights. New A. M.-34 A special flight was made from Kitty FFECTIVE October 26, 1937, air mail Hawk, N. C. on October 12, 1937 in con E service was inaugurated over the nection with the North Carolina air mail Washington, D. c.-Buffalo. N. Y. route flights. Details in a later issue. known as new A.M.-34. Inaugural ser Rec€nt First Flight Poundages vice was given to Washington, D. C., Houlton, Me. dispatched two pounds Baltimore, Md., Harrisburg and Williams northward and 58 pounds southward "Via port, Pa., and Buffalo, N. Y. on this the first fligl1ts from that point over date. York and Sunbury, Pa.. and AM-27 on September 8, 1937. M. H. An Olean, N. Y. will be given inaugural derson was first flight pilot both north service at a later date when the airport ward and souti.ward. Postmaster at facilities at these points are suitable, and Houlton is Marita E. Peabody. in such case it will be necessary to list inbound covers for these points. Watertown, S. D. dispatched ten pounds -1100 pieces, westward and 61 pounds-- Yakima, Wash. 3888 pieces, eastward via the first flights Yakima, Washington was embraced as from that point over AM-26 on Septem a stop on AM-3 for westward service, ber 6, 1937. R. L. Brown was first flight via Trip 1 and discontinued as a stop pilot in both directions and postmaster f©r eastward service via Trip 6 on Oc at Watertown is Jess H. Thorpe (acting). tober 10, 1937. On this date Yakima Chicago, Ill. dispatched 24 lbs. 3 oz. made its inaugural westward dispatch eastward via first flight of new AM-36 as well as receiving its first inbound air on Sept. 1. 1937. Larry G. Fritz was mail from the east. Yakima did not first flight pilot znd Postmaster at Chi receive its first iribound air mail from cago is Ernest J. Kruetgen. Fort Wayne, the east on August 10, 1937, as reported Ind. dispatched 15 lbs. westward and 36 in this column on page 20 of the Oc lbs. eastward via first flights from that tober issue of The Airpost Journal. point over new AM-36 on Sept. 1, 1937. Bloomington, Ill. Larry G. F.ritz was first flight eastward On account of lack of sufficient funds pilot and W. Larry Trimble first flight to complete the airport at Bloomington, westward pilot. Postmaster at Fort Ill., there will be no air mail service at Wayne is Lew G. Ellingham (acting). that point and such covers on hand at Dayton, Ohio dispatched 52 lbs. westward Bloomington for first flight dispatches via the first flight new AM-36. "W. Larry are to be returned to the senders. Trimble was first flight westward pilot Chicago and St. Louis are also returning and Clarence N. Greer, Postmaster at covers intended for the first. inbound Dayton. Chicago air mail field dispatch flights to Bloomington. It appears that ed a total of 174 covers via first east the Bloom'.ngton airport is unsatisfac ward flight. tory due to its location, lack of proper The quantity of air mail dispatched drainage, etc., notwithstanding the fact via first eastward flight of new AM-37, that some two hundred thousand dollars trip 26, on Sept. 5, 1937 is as follows: has been spent on same. San Francisco, 45 lbs (2634 pieces); Fresno, 38 lbs. (2318 pieces); Las Vegas, Georgia Air Mail Week 211 lbs. (2376 pieces). Quantity dispatched The recent Georgia experimental flights via first westward flight, trip 25, is as held in connection with air mail week, follows:-Winslow, 44 lbs. (3733 pieces); were private flights and not authorized Las Vegas, 13 lbs. (732 pieces); Fresno, flights. Cachets used were private and 7 lbs. (398 pieces). First flight eastward not official and covers were flown un pilot was Alton N. Parker; westward was cancelled from a number of cities to (Continued on Page 29) 17 Now! FIRST "CHINA .CLIPPER" FLIGHT .COVERS fromShanghai lo U.S.
•.• ------~~------~· l ~~~dStates First Flight Clippera~~n~~~·~~·~d Covers! These were carried on the · - Chinese Airway System to Hong Kong where connection was · of made with the Clipper on its FIRST return flight to San Signalling • • • The 0~1ung Francisco. A handsome and colorful cover with Chinese and Pan-American cachets. Each cover bears the proper Chinese NEW TRADE ROUTES ::st;:.: ~ll~o~ ••• ::~.~: .••• ~ .•• =~.'.~=... :~.~~::. $2.50 To the ORIENT!··· • No Collection of Pioneer Covers Should be Without This One! • We have a few covers carried o~ the _same trip which bear two complete sets (Cat. #661-669) of the Chinese Airmail Stamps, 1 :~:i.: ~:!' .~:~ ..~~~-~--~~~--~-~:~--~~--:~---~-~=::. $5.50 • GIMBEL'S World's Largest StampDept. 33rd & B'way, N. Y. C. Also on Sale in Gimbels, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Penna. THE 1938 CONVENTION SITE
by L. 8. GATCH ELL these annual meetings, and that this year "the call" should go elsewhere. Vice-President, A.A.MS. This is noted without prejudice at all to Bronxville, N. Y. the invitations of Philadelphia, Pa., as represented by its enthusiastic group of members. But other years are coming! HERE shall the next convention W be held? There is a feeling in certain quarters that a Branch Chapter organization at For many reasons heretofore it has the point under consideration is almost been impossible to choose the time and essential to a successful Convention and place of coming Conventions as early as is more or less of a prerequisite to a undeniably advisable. .Th!= ideal situa choice by the Committee. There is no tion, of course, would be to make such gainsaying that a well knit and active designation at the current convention and Chapter organization is a decided asset perhaps some day it will be possible to tG the local Committee . and to the suc put such a plan into effect. Barring cess of the Convention. On the other this, it is the .. officers' feeling that the hand, it is not an essential and a group place and date ·should be selected as far of active, interested local collectors has in advance as is humanly pr.actical. This filled and can fill in splendid style, what year, it is President Conrath's hope that ever may be their local affiliations, if a final choice may be made prior to any. January 1st, and it is believed that the All of which brings us down to cases Committee of Officers can make their and the Officers are pleased to report selection by this time, provided they can to the membership that in addition to receive the co-operation of the member the much appreciated invitation from ship in the matter of expressing a Philadelphia, mentioned above, urgent preference. calls have been received from Cincin Of the Conventions held to date, two nati, 0. Detroit, Mich. and St. Petersburg, each have been held in Cleveland, Ohio, Fl•a. This is the first invitation from the Washington, D. C., and New York, N. Y., far Southe-·n city; Cincinnati h~s been in one in Chicago, Ill. and one, the last, in the line-up for several years and of Springfield, Mass. No Convention has course the invitation from there and ever been held in the far West or the Detroit comes on the initiative of our far South and naturally the Officers are Branch Chapters at those points giving serious consideration to this fact Your Committee is also seriously as a substantial number of our most ac considering a meeting on the West. tive members are located in these sec Coast (San Francisco, Los Angeles, or tions of the country. other point) and while there is no Chapter in the West, the splendid ac Our problem, of course, is to choose tivity of West Coast collectors is well the place which will most promote the known to fellow hobbyists all over the interests of the hobby and which will world. Leaders on the Coast assure the more nearly insure the largest possible Society a hearty welcome should it ap attendance. It is also highly desirable pear most desirable to "go West" this that the Convention meeting place may year. be made the rendezvous, not only of Will you assist the Officers in their those active members and officers who choice by writing your preference? never miss a Convention, wherever it After all the Convention should be held may . be held, but of that large number this and every year WHERE THE MEM of others, equally interested, who be BERS WANT IT. A postal card will do cause of geographical or expense factors and if convenient please include the have never had the opportunity to at following information: tend an annual meeting. Expressing it more simply, it would seem as if the 1. Do you plan now to attend 1938 East has had more than its share of Convention no matter where held? ...... 20 NOVEMBER 1937
2. Could you attend if held in 4. Is the tentative date of Labor Day CincinnatJ week end the most satisfactry? If not what dates do you suggest? Philadelphia (3 days.} St. Petersburg Please do this now and send your West Coast card direct to L. B. GATCHELL, Vice President, 10 Birch Broo.k Rd., Bronx 3. If you could attend in more than ville, N. Y. Don't criticize later the one of the above places, express choice of the Committee unless you your preference send your choice NOW!
AIRPORT ~rn L~l ~~COVERS BY MAURICE S. PETTY tion of Me-Tex Airport, 4 ,.m1Jes,. west of News ol future and past events under Hobbs, N. M., July 24, ve't~fi.(ld;,· ..No cov this section should be sent direct to ers mailed...... Mr. Scott Nixon says NO Mr. Petty, 507 Quackenbos St., N. W., dedication at Madison, Ga., August 9th W<.shington, D. C. or yet ...... News clippings of Aug. 8th said special flight planes of Aug. 9, 1937 would stop at Gainesville, Ga. to help dedicate 01\UNG: Macon, Ga., and Latrobe, airport. However CofC says it was ded C Pa., dedioations both postponed...... icr ted long ago and not on Aug. 9th, also Hyannis. Mass. very indefinite. P.M. and Gainesville papers give account of has returned covers and CofC will return special flight and mail but nothing of if stamped envelope is sent...... Greenville, dedication, so cross that one off your s.c., around early January, says Rex 0 list.... Visalia, Calif. CofC says report they Copp. Covers to CofC ...... Status of Tri were to dedicate airport was all wrong . . City airport covered fully by Mr. Joseph Happened May 21, 1931 (not 1933 as Jones' article in last month's issue...... stated last month). Covers on hand were nothing in prospect at Martinsburg, P:i. sent out on Fresno first flight of Sept. PAST AIRPORT DEDICATIONS: W. T. 5, 1937 ...... Eau Claire, Wisc. Airways, Inc., Wynn, Jr., shows cover of Albany, N. Y., writes they mailed coveu on July 16th, Oct. 3, 1928, without cachet; Ann Arbor, as event had not been held and supposed Mich., Oct. 9, 1928, with one line cachet collectors wanted them. NO dedication "Municinal Airport Dedication"; anj there...... It is rumored that Huron, S. D. Frankfort, Mich., July 13, 1935, with in had special printed envelopes July 4th. scription signed by City C!erk...... F. H. Will ·not be in catalogue, unless someone Wilde shows Pratt, Kans., Oct. 12, 1929, shows us Qne...... P.M. at Bemidji, Minn. without sticker, etc.: one with Los An says Mul'licipal Airport was dedicated geles, Calif., W. A. E. cachet of April 17, Aug. 29th (not Sept. 2) and about 25 1930, and another with same plus Al covers with cachet or inscription mailed. hambra cachet, both flown to and pmkd. Who can show one? ...... Wm. Forbes re Salt Lake City, Utah, 4 A.M., 18th...... ports cover of Monroeville, Ala., Aug. G. F. Lancaster has developed definite 12, without markings, and H. L. Waha ly that there was no dedication in con shows one with private box bi-color ca nection with air meet at Northampton, chet...... Officials of National Soaring So Mass., July 4 to 7, 1929, and covers will ciety say June 26, 1937 event at Elmira, not be in catalogue...... Marion, Ind., Sept. N. Y. was NOT airport dedication. Com 16, 1933 covers unmarked seen. Will need plete newspaper accounts in our posses to see one with inscription or it will not be included,...... Same for York, Pa., sion give it as opening day of National of 10-26-30, supposedly flown to Colum- Soaring Meet on several usual sites. Also bia, Pa., also history of same needed ...... dedication of new buildings (only) on Holland, Mich. covers of May 20, 1937, headquarters site...... Superior, Wisc., found in hands of collectors ...... Dedica- (Continued on Page 32) 21 'PA.ice £Ut--MI NT Al RMAI L ST AMPS SPAIN & CANARY ISLANDS We present herewith a complete list1n~ of all the Airmail Stamps issued in Spain and Canary Islands since the present conflict. As apparently some Questions have arisen concerning the vario_us overprints. etc.. we have endeavored to make this list as comprehensive as possible. Prices are subject to change without notice SPAIN
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6 7 8 ...... 0 0 .... = ;;.. i:. o·c .... 0 z .... Q. :='1:1 .... ""S Cai z .... iii -GIo"" ~ 0 ~~ o> ;:llllcU = .... t.I ~fl) c;JO Price Cl) l'IJ s Overprint Denomination a::. 165\ ...... I 1 1 5 Cts. \green 166 ...... 2 110 Cts. rose I ~ - 0.15 167! ...... I 3 1 5 Cts. !green, imper:. I 168 ...... 4 110 Cts. 1rose, imperf I 1.25 SEVILLA I: I VIVA I 169) ...... ) 5 ESPANA 1 2 Pesetas Iblue .black 1 ... I 3.50 I I JULI0-1936 I I I I I I VIVA ESPANA I I I I 1701 2512 I 6 CORREO \Pts. 0.25 Ipale green Ired 7 AEREO Pts. 1.50 :pale blue red 171 2500 I /I16QO 50 4.0:> 172 2501 8 Orden 3.00 lrose Iblue 1700 /''°·"°4.00 1 9 Novbre. 1936 /Fts. I lContinued on Next Page) 551 FIFTl-I AVENUE F. W. KESSLER NEW YORK, N. Y. Gf irposl Stamps & 1/.nlteJ Stales !lssues
22 SPAIN & CANARY ISLANDS 'P~ £i4t SPAIN (Continued from Preceding Page)
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Ibuff lblack /3ouoc 6.00 6I 2005 6 2/ 2/371 A VION 1.25 Pts./5c. \dark brown \.:armine 20000 I CANARIAS · 1 71 ...... 1 71 I I 5 Cts. Iblue I I I o.15 VIVA ESPANA 18 .JULIO 1936 I I I I I 8 2006 8) 2/ 2/37 HABILITADO IPts. l.25/5c. !dark brown l:.armtne 18000 I 4.50 AVION I I' CANARIAS I 1 I I VIVA ESPANA I I 1 9\2007) 41 2/ 2/37 18 .JULIO 1936 150 Cts./lc. !blue green armine 1150001! 1012008 5) 3/ 2/37 HABILITADO 180 Cts./2c. Jbuff Igreen 16000 1.75 1112009111 AVION jl.25 Fts./5c. ibrnwn !green ,26000 CANARIAS I i I · (Continued on Next Page) 551 FIFTM AVENUE F. W. KESSLER NEW YORK, N. Y. Gf irposl Stamps & 11._nileJ States !Issues 25 SPAIN & CANARY ISLANDS--7>.llia £i6l (Continued from Pree eding Page) CANARY ISLANDS 18 19 12 to 17 Denomination I I 3/31/371 CANARIAS I I 12 I2 0101Similar I A 50 Cts./lc. 1blue green jk.blue 20000 ~ 1311011 to FRANCO 80 · Cts./2c. Ibuff · ik.blue \23000 1.75 14 2012 4,5,11 18 JULIO 1936 1.25 Pts./5c. · 1brown .ik.blue 1 l 1~000v I I AVION I I I I I /ARRIBA ESPANA\ I 1512015! 9I 5/25/37 18 JULIO 1936 50 Cts./lc. 15000 1612016 10 CANARIAS 180 Cts./2c. \20000 Li.oo 17 2017 11 AVION 11.25 Pts./5c. 120000 f 5/ 5/37 150 Cts./25c. Ilake ldk.blue \'690 6.50 ~~12013 g 4/27/37 VIVA ESPANA iBO Cts./30c. Ired \ik.blue 3000 1.25 20 ...... 14 4/27/37 18 JULIO 1936 japple green :ik.blue 1000 8.00 5/ 5/37 AVION 1801.25 Cts./60c Pts./30c. .red lik.blue 2000 1.75 .T,22 ...... •. 16 , 5/ 5/37 CANARIAS 1.25 Pts./50c. 5.00 !blue 1 ~armine 11700 23 ········\17 4/27/37 1.25 Pts./1 Ft. gray black :armine 500 40.00 Set of 6, 18-23 50.00 24 ,...... 1181 15 Cents. brown 25 ...... 119 125 Cents. green I· ' 551 FIFT~ AVENUE F. W. Kl:SSLl:R NEW YORK, N.Y. 26 SPAIN & CANARY ISLANDS--1>.ldce £W, (Continued from Preceding Page) CANARY ISLANDS 26 20 to 25 27 28 29 50 Cts./2c. 1buff !black 1150001 2627 2021212020'2017/ 2/ 371 80 Cts./5c. Ibrown :black 10000 28 2023 22 CANARIAS 80 Cts./30c. red !black 20000 292019 23 CORREO 1Pts. 1.25/lc. Igreen !black 1200001 30 2024 24 AEREO il.25 Pts./50c. lblue r ~armine 10. 0001 1.25 Pts./50c. 1blue Iblack 150.00 1.25 Pts./lFt. lblue .. ~ armine . 5000 33~~ 120222025 1i:25I I 2.50 Pts./lOc !green l black I 400')1 1, 1 I Set of 7, without #31 6.00 CANARIAS I I CORREO 80 Cts./2c. dark brown bl3ck I 800 I 20.00 ~1 ~~~1rs 1 I AEREO 180 Cts./2c. ldark brown lgreen 200.00 1936 ANIVER- I I SARIO 1937 I I 3612026 27 ESPANA 150 Cts./5c. Iultramarine lbrown \ I 37 ...... 28 ultramarine rrange 1100.00 38 2027 28 NACIONAL r·80 Cts./5c.Cts./5c 'ultramarine green 39 2028 29 CANARIAS 1.25 Pts./5c. !ultramarine violet CORREO I I I j ·1 AEREO I I Set of 3, without #37 0.75 401...... 1 71 10 Cts. 110 Cts./5 Cts. 'blue !black 551 FIFT~ AVENUE F. W. KESSLl:R NEW YORK, N. Y. 27 THE Al RPOST JOURNAL MEETING OF THE WEST COAST world known personages and events in AIR MAIL SOCIETY aviation, also, decorate the walls of the rooms which are entirely too small to RS. C. A. TUSCH, who is known the hold all the many souvenirs given her M world over among fliers as in grateful appreciation. "Mother", was hostess to the West Coast A wide border around the room wall Air Mail Society on September 26th at is the famous autograph album and "The H!ingar" in Berkeley, Calif. coilta1ris the signatures of such fliers After a short business meeting, the as the late Amelia Earhart, of Clyde members were entertained by "Mother" Pangborn, Rear Admiral Richard E. Tusch's human interest stories about her Byrd, Comm!mder George 0. Noville, many "sons and daughters" of the air. and Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. They were, also, fascinated by the num Then to cap the pleasures of a won erous souvenirs of every description derful afternoon, Commander George 0. uniforms, helmets, war torn parts of Noville and Miss Bettie Lund, aviatrix, plr.nes, tco"s and instruments----all having unexpectedly arrived. They were ~t been used in ~ service and on famous tending an air meet in Sacramento and fiights .~ nd brought to the "Shrine of fiew down to visit "Mother" Tusch, who the Air" by her "boys." Pictures of had not seen Commander Noville since • W.C.A.M.S. members entertained at "The Hangar". Reading left to right: Roy Votaw. Gordon Lindsay. Ralph Freiberg, Ralph Moffett, Miss 0. Goehringer. James Lee. E. D. Fletcher. "Mother" Tusch, Commander Noville, Bettie Lund, Albert N. Brown, Miss D. Schaller, and President Clyde Smith. In the picture c:in be seen a propeller blade hanging below the window and on the porch are several plane parts, while in the house are chairs made of propeller blades. which · are most comfortable. 28 NOVEMBER 1937 his return from Little America, although buquerque, N. M. te San Francisco. she had ·received a wireless Mother's This flight was via trip 7 which flew Day greeting from him when he was at .about 12 hours earlier than trip 25. the South Pole. However, no mail was picked up from Altogether it was a never to be for any AM-37 points via trip 7 :md no mail gotten afternoon for the members of. the delivered to any AM-37 points except W.C.A.M. Society and before the meet to San Francisco, the western terminus ing adjourned, "Mother" Tusch, · l:iettie of AM-37. Covers received at San Fran Lund, •and Commander Noville · auto cisco via trip 7 may .be considered as graphed cards for them and posed outside San Francisco received cqvers and covers the "Hangar" for a snap-shot. flown via trips 25 and 26 as dispatched -Miss D. Schaller, Secretary-Treasurer covers. San Francisco received 23 lbs. W.C.A.M., 1537 Addison St. Berkeley, via trip 7. Lawrence J .. Chiappino was California. pilot of trip 7. Fin;t flight pilot Burlington, Vt. to • Montreal over AM-37 was S. A. Short r.. A. M/s; and not F. A. Short, as printed in l3st (Continued from Page 17) month's column. William H. Dowling. Postmasters are as Syracuse dispatched two · pounds via follows: San Francisco, William H. Mc first flight, trip 20, over AM-7 on August Carthy; Fresno, Ch1rles H. Hood; Las 1, 1937. First flight pilot is Daniel L. Vegas, F. F. Garside; Winslow, George Boone and Postmaster at Syracuse is T. Stevens. Although AM-37 has its Edmund L. Weston. eastern terminus at Winslow, Ariz., the Wilkes-Barre, Pa. dispatched six lbs. first actual westward flight over AM-37 via first flight, trip 23, over AM-7 on was via a through AM-2 plane from Al- Sept. 1, 1937. First flight pilot is Daniel PRIZE WINNING CLIPPER COVERS C. N. K. covers were awarded Second Prize at 43rd annual Convention Exhibition of S.P.A., at Asheville, N. C. ALL COVERS REGISTERED Hong Kong-Manila: Hong Kong-Guam; Hong Kong-Hawaii; Hong Kong- St. Petersburg. Canton-Manila; Oanton-Guam; Canton-Hawaii; Canton- St. Petersburg. Macao-Hong Kong; Macao-Canton; Macao-Manila; Macao- Guam; Macao-Haw13ii; Macao-St. Petersburg. FIRST DAY COVER-The 20c. 25c. 50c on R. c. to Sweden via Manila. St. Petersburg-Sweden; St. Petersburg-Hong Kong; St. Petersburg-Macao to Canton. Hawaii-Canton; Hawaii to Hong Kong to Canton; Guam to Hong Kong. back to Manila; Guam to Hong Kong to Canton; Guam to Macao to Canton; Manila to Hong Kong to Manila. ROUND TRIPPERS-St. Petersburg to China and back to St. Petersburg; Hawaii to China and back to Hawaii; Guam to China 1and back to Guam; Manila to China and back to Manila. RARE AND SCARCE IN ANY SETS-less than 300 known. Cal1!ada to Sweden via China Clipper. Only a Few Sets-Special for only ...... $65.00 SHORT SETS (only 4 left) U. S. A. first day 20c, 50c with 25c registered via Manila to Sweden. St. Petersburg to Sweden; St. Petersburg to Macao to Canton. Hawaii to Canton; Hawaii to Hong Kong to Canton. Guam to Canton; Guam to Mac30 to Canton. Hong Kong to Manila; Hong Kong to Guam; Hong Kong to Hawaii: Ho:ng Kong to St. Petersburg. Canton to Manila: Canton to Guam; Canton to Hawaii; Canton to St. Petersburg. Macao - Hong Kong; Macao to Canton; Mao'10 to Manila: Macao to Guam: Macao to Hawaii; Macao to St. Petersburg. ROUND TRIPPERs-Guam to China and back to Guam; Hawaii to China and back to Hawaii; St. Petersburg to China and back to St. Petersburg; Manila to Hong Kong and back to Manila. Special ...... $45 .00 (Solicit your want lists-Canada 1st flights, airport dedication and U. S. first day covers.) C. N. K. C0 VER SERVICE A. P. Kester ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. Box 959 29 THE Al RPOST JOURNAL L. Boone and Postmaster · at Wilkes Barre is Edward J. Quinn. Scranton did not dispatch any air mail via trip 23 on Sept. 1, 1937, although daily Postal Bulletin shows Scranton as a stop. The Scranton airport was closed for im provement on May 31, 1937 and no air ([ mail flights have been made from Scranton since that date. Revision AM-31 Effective Sept. 26, 1937, Tampa is dis continued as a stop on trip 1, AM-31. by W. R. PATTON All Information concernin8' Canadian Trip 1 effective this date flies direct from Air Mall ehould be sent direct to St. Petersburg via Sarasota which results Editor W. R. Patton, Box 2384, in a new southward directional first Winnipell', Manitoba, Canada. flight from St. Petersburg . ANOTHER MANITOBA SERVICE CORONATION GLIDER• FLIGHT N SEPT. 8TH the latest Canadian The British participants of the Rhon airmail service was begun from The Glider Contest carried some British 0 Pas, Manitoba to Sturgeo~ Landing and souvenir mail during their stay in Ger Cumberland House, both in Saskatche many. The special souvenir covers show wan. About 600 pounds of parcel post, British Coronation stamps, a special ca· amongst which were nearly 12,000 letters, chet reading "Mit Segelffug zeng bifor· were carried. Two planes of the Arrow dert" and the pictorial souvenir cancel Airways left The Pas at 9:00 A.M., of ation of Gersfeld, Rhon 2.55.37, showing which the first, piloted by Jack Wright, a uicture of a glider plane. These covers carried the mail. The second, piloted by represent the only official special Coro· J. Home-Hay (formerly with the Cherry nation airmail ?.side from the Merrill At Red Airlines) carried William Rippen ltic covers.-Julius B. Bock. gale, Postal Inspector of Saskatoon, and Harvey Weber, the Manager of the Ar row Airways. The distance is 70 miles each way, and the trip is made in one hour, counting stops. The service is How to Read the Dates weekly. in Oriental Postmarks (China, Japan, and Iran); with illustrations. • Figures of Recent Flights Air Mail Labels RINCE GEORGE-Takla Landing, June How to collect; with details of P 2-3. The following numbers were rarities, etc.. (with coloured illus flown: Prince George - Fort St. James trations). (2814); Prince George-Manson Creek Uncatalogued Errors (2808); Prince George-Talka Landing (3117). Takla Landing - Prince George and Varieties of Air Stamps (2813); Manson Creek - Prince George All About (2717); Fort St. James - Prince George (2811). Operating company: United Air . the New Flying Boa~ 31nd "All-~n" air mails of the Bnbsh Empire. Transport Ltd. Pilot: G. W. G. Mc Conachie. • THESE and many other up-to Prince George-Fort Grahame, June 5-7. the-minute' and authoritative articles appear in Prince George-Fort McLeod (2599); Prince George - Finlay Forks (2503); ''THE AERO FIELD" Prince George - Fort Grahame (2605); Fort Grahame-Prince George (2506); Fin (85c per annum. post free, or lay Forks - Prince George (2502); Fort sample copy for lOc.) McLeod - Prince George (2400). United Air Transport Ltd. Pilot: Chas. Tweed . • 206 miles. Edmonton - Whitehorse, July 5-8. Ed Francis J. Field, Ltd. monton-Fort Nelson (2864}; Edmonton Sutton Coldfield, ENGLAND Whitehorse (3267); Fort Nelson-White horse (2852); Whitehorse-Fort Nelson 30 NOVEMBER 1937 e FIRST FLIGHT COVERS from The Pas, Cumberland Bouse, and Sturgeon Landing, Canada.-Courtesy W. R. Patton. (2775); Whitehorse-Edmonton (3026); Fort carried. Prince Albert-Fond du Lac Nelson - Edmonton (2759). United Air (2605); Prince Albert•Norite Bay (2496); Transport Ltd. Pilot G. W. G. McCon Prince Albert-Stony Rapids ( 2736): Stony achie. At" the end of August, Fort Nelson Rapids-Prince Albert (2544); Norite Bay was dropped on this route and the plane Prince Albert (2406); Fond du Lac-Prince now flies direct from Edmonton to Albert (2496). Northbound the plane Whitehorse and vice-versa. 957 miles. leaves Prince Albert on Monday and Fri Prince Albert-Goldfields. 961 miles days to Goldfields, direct. The return round trip. The flight direct to Gold trip made next day and calls are made fields was flown in July, 1936. On July at the above points coming back to 13th this year. stops were added as fol Prince Albert. Canadian Airways Ltd. lows, and the following amount of mail Pilot: W. F . Windrum. "SWIVE:LO:K COVER ALBUM" T(@NB With Either Gray or Black Sheets An efficient and durable cover album as only Elbe can make it. Black Imitation Leather bind- ing over stiff boards. Album l'S':\'Jl". comes complete with 50 (grey or b lack) album leaves scored to lie flat. "Swivelok" mechan- -.,o:.-;a..,.;,,- I~m 2cfuer~!!ts~n ~~d!1sif~ s~~ standard sizes - from $1.60 to $9.20 retail. FREE: Cat. #9-P. ELBE F1LE Er B1NDER co·. 215 Greene St., N.Y. Dept. A. 31 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL AIRPORT , Anyone have a 26th?...... Grand Island, DEDICATION COVERS ' Nebr. dedicated Arrasmith Field on (Continued from Page 21) Sept. 28th with nice printed cachet by mailed 257 covers on Aug. 21...... Nav'll/ CofC on 2753 covers...... Many, La. dedi- Reserve Air Base covers of Aug. 28 quan cated Hart Airport on Sept. 25th with tities: Fostmarked Hawthorne Sta., Chi printed sticker by Lions Club and P.M. cago, with inscription signed by Comdr. on about 400 covers...... Mariposi~. Calif. Woods, guest of honor, 3; postmarked at dedicated Municipal Airport Oct. 3 and Glenview, with CofC cachet, 243 includ CofC applied purple pictorial cachet. ing 60 with Evanston Philatelic Society, Also on some, unsigned. stamped by printed cachet and 9 with· typed inscrip WCAMS "Carried in plane from airport" tion by same Society. Postmarked Evans ...... Knoxville, Tenn.. Oct. 15th. with ton, 460 with the Philatelic Society print green printed c&chet by Stamp Club for ed cachet and 12 with it typed. All of official dedication (actually re-dedica the Society's cachets were on top of tion) of McGhee Tyson Airport; different either a stamped plane or dirigible. Also three-line stamped magenta cachet for some marked as flown from Selfridge same dedication, postmarked at Mary- Field and further stamped on back ville, Tenn. and at Alcoa, Tenn ...... Gales- "Flown by George Aten from Glenview burg, Ill.. Oct. 10, with magenta cachet to Evanston." Several collectors have re by CofC "Centenary - Airport reopening ferred to this as the worst "mess" re and runways dedication", on nearly 300 cently, insofar as unnecemnry markings covers, mostly air mail...... Mr. J. W. were concerned...... Oliver, B. c .. Canada Scott reports via W. T. Wynn that there dedioated Sept .. 6, with two line stamped was NO airport dedication in Toledo, o .. cachet (one line omitted on some) by in September, but was an air show in Board of Trade. 521 mailed including 70 connection with centennial.. .. We see air with 5-line printed by Canadian Cover port dediolltion covers exhibited by Mr. Club. These 70 and other 270 with Geo. Wynn received an award at recent APS Fawkes' address stamped on b3.Ck were Convention exhibition. flown from Vancouver to Oliver, says OTHER COVERS: Modesto, California, Mr. Fawkes. He mailed the covers he Sept. 18-19, air show cachet (pictured had been holding for the abandoned here last month), and Mr. Coulthard says Duncan, B. C. event. 1090 covers mailed the two days .... Space prevents complete write-up of covers for Sturgis, Mich., dedicated Kirsch Field, first flights in North Carolina on Oct. 12. Sept. 11 and 12. Cachet in magenta or However, list in last issue we>s changed blue by CofC on about 4,000 covers, by elimination of Albemarle and Kingston mostly 11th, due to date in cachet. One and addition of Fort Bragg, Wallace. Kitty Hawk, Clinton, Gastonia. Lincoln shown with private inscription as flown ton, Henderson, Tarboro, Dunn and from Selfridge Field, Mich. Covers of Forest City. Do not know of any air 12th (about 15) have cachet on back and port dedication included. with or without inscription signed by CO-OPERATORS who have earned the CofC and/or So. Mich. Airways on front. thanks of all for news items are: John Also 23 with pilot signed inscription H. Allen, H. A. Breuer, Elmer Carvey, flown out on 12th by Pilot Jack Lenkard, Rex Copp, John Coulthard, Dr. F. Whit to and pmkd. at Lansing...... Billings, ney Davis, J. R. F. Danzinger. Milton Mont., dedicated Municipal Airport, Sept. Ehrlich, George Fawkes, Wm. Forbes, 25 and 26. G. F. Lancaster reports cover Joseph W. Jones, G. F. Lancaster, Carl of 25th with four-line and plane cachet. Olsson; W .. A. Siegrist,· Samuel Ray, WCAMS Bulletin, Hervey W. Reese, Ken FIRST FLIGHT COVERS Tallmadge, H. L. ·Waha, W. T. Wynn, F. CATALOGUE H. Wilde, and P. M. Younts of Charlotte. F.A.M. in connection with Cuba. Ke)' of L~tin America Flights. National Personal thanks for covers from Alvin Routes. "Lindy" Flights. Historic and Commemoratives. Published by Club H. Anderson, Major M. R. M. Gwilliam Fil~telico de la Republica de Cuba. (6), John C. Horn, Michael Kalinchak, 25c Post Free. (Mint stamps accepted) RAFAEL R. GARCIA & CO. Mr. and Mrs. Anson R. Thompson, Dr. J. Apartado 129, Habana, Cuba F. Ulman, and . T. V. Youngblood. 32 American Air Mail Society ORGANIZED 1923 AS THE AERO PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA • President S_ecretary WALTER J. CONRATH, Albion, Pa. GEORGE W. ANGERS, 293 Bridge Street, Springfield, Mass. Vice-Presidents Treasurer WILLIAM R. ALLEY, 261 Broadway, FRANK A COSTANZO New York Ctiy. P. 0. Box 32, Punxsutawney, Pa. L.B. GATCHELL. 10 Birch Brook Rd., Sales Manager Bronxville, New York. ROBERT M. FLINN LOUIS J. HEATH, The Biltmore, 1940 4224 Main Avenue, Norwood, Ohio Biltmore St.N.W.,Washington, D.C. Advance Bulletin Superintendent CHARLES G. RIESS, P. 0. Box 11, WALTER J. CONRATH Albany, New York. The AIRPOST JOURNAL, Albion, Pa. The Advance Bulletin is sent regularly Directors by the manager only to those members ORIAN E. GREEN. 555 W. Drayton. who are in good standing and provide a Ferndale. Michigan. supply of self addressed regulation HERBERT H. GRIFFIN. 1200 Babbitt Government Postal Cards. Rd .. Cleveland. 0. (Euclid Station) FRANCIS B. LEECH, National Press Exchan,2'e Department Bldg .. Washington, D. C. Each member is entitled to two 25-word W. R. PATTON, P. 0. Box 2384, Win Exchange Notices per year. in the Offi nipeg, Manitoba, Canada. cial Publication. without charge. Ad PAUL F. ROBERTSON, % Decatur dress direct to the publication office Garment Co., Decatur, Ill. at Albion, Penna. MRS. ETHEL B. STEWART, Lake Official Publication Lenape, Andover. N. J. THE AIRPOST JOURNAL ALBERT N. BROWN. 270 Tehama St., Published monthly and sent to all San Francisco. Calif. members in good standing. The Secretary's Report NEW MEMBERS 1984 Wood. Charles J .. 3365 Home Ave.. Dayton. Ohio. 1985 Stevens. Thomas R.. 15 Rush St.. Springfield, Mass. 1986 Walker. -Donald G .. Apt. 507. 7701 Georgia Ave .. Washington. D. C. 1987 Wennagel. Norman G .. 31 McKinley Ave .. Hicksville. N. Y. 1988 Skaggs, U. P .. 3817 E. 60 TerNce, Kansas City, Mo. 1989 Taleen, E. J., Ironton, Minn. 1990 Arnold III. A. L .. St. John's Military Academy. Delafield. Wis. 1991 Parker, R. J .. 217 - 2nd St.. S.E .. Medicine Hat. Alberta, Canada. 1992 Graves. J. Ashley. 366 Wellington Road. Mineola. N. Y. NF.W APPLICATIONS POSTED Robinson, H. E .. Old Field. Setanket. L.I.. N. Y. Age 68. Broker. PC HC CC Z lD CMC. By Walter J. Conrath. Sadworth, George V .. 80 - 36, 87th Ro1d, Woodhaven, L.I., N.Y. Age 34. Architectural Draftsman. AM CAM FAM. By E. J. Duncan. Jones. Joseph W .. 304 Linds2y St.. Bristol. Va. Age 58. Druggist. U. S. Stamps, UC, PA. By Maurice S. Petty. Dron. J. M. % Bank of Montreal. Trenton. Ont .. Canada Age 27. Clerk. AM AU FF GF CAM FAM Z lD CF EX. By F. W. Kessler. Smieding. Henry S .. 313 - 6th St .. Racine, Wis. Age 32. Lawyer. AM AU UC. By George W. Angers. Reis, Charles P .. 3 Bloomingdale Ave .. Saranac Lake, N. Y. Age 40. Pharmacist. AM AU U20 UC CMC EX. By George W. Angers. Giridlian, Mrs. Nada, 512 W. Foothill Blvd .. Arcadia, Calif. Age 39. Stam:_y Dealer. AM AU U20 UC GF DC Z CF lD CMC EX. By Harold B. Clein. Drake, Martha H .. 151 - 23 35th Avenue. Flushing; L.I.. N; Y. Age legal. Housewife. UC HC PIX. By Robert J. Lyon. Staehle. Ludwig W .. 1690 Third Ave .. Apt. 3. New York City. Age 44. Designer. AM AS SC US PC HC EL FF GF RP DC Z CF· lD EX. By F. W. Kessler. Greeng·ard, Sol B .. 3100 Sheridqn Road, Chicago, Ill. Age legal. By Geo. W. Angers. Grover, Ralph J .. P.O. Box 1673, Anchor?ge, Al2ska. Age 46. P.O. Clark. AM AU PC FF GF CAM FAM. By F. W. Kessler. 33 THE Al RPOST JOURNAL REINSTATEMENT 605 Gerdessen. Heinrich. Ceciliengarten 40, Berlin - Friedenau, Germany. AM AU PC HC FF FAM. RESIGNATIONS 1490 Lienau. Rudolph C .. 112 Clinton St .. Brooklyn, N. Y. 1764 Russell, Edmund Nelson. 2066 Haring St .. Brooklyn, N. Y. CHANGE OF ADDRESS Brown, Mrs. Louise M .. U. S. Veterans' Hospital, 130 W. Kingbridge Road, Bronx, N.Y. Carlson, C. E. 3502 Raymont Blvd.. Cleveland, Ohio. Denilerlien, William. 1962 West 48th St.. Cleveland, Ohio. Gridley. Chas. Stanley. 815 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, N. J. Jeffer. Abe. P. 0. Box 85. Flushing. N. Y. Kissinger, Clifford W .. 1522 No. 11th St .. Reading, Pa. Long, Louise L.. 4550 Connecticut Ave.. Washington, D. C. Purdy, F. R .. 1670Y2 Grey St.. San Diego, Calif. Scholand. Walter J., 26 Evans St .. Williamsville, N. Y. Simpson. Archie D .. 1739 "D" St .. N.E .. Washington, D. C. Stein. Herman. 1501 General Taylor St.. New Orleans, La. Vlasak, Emil J. 94 Federal St .. Springfield, !Vfass. Workman, Mrs. Henry, 219 South Asaph Street. Alexandria, Va. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE W. ANGERS. Secretary CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING FIRST FLIGHT COVER PRICELIST RATE• S free. F A M, Cuba, Commemoratives. le PER WORD-MINIMUM CHARGE 25c Rafael R. Garcia & Co., Apartado 129, Habana, Cuba. 90-2t W ANTED-BALBO COVERS AND ALL EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT kinds of philatelic material in connection with Balbo flight. c•lled "Crociera Del A. A. M. S. Members are entitled to two Decanale.'· Franco Ferrer Llull, 2722 25-word ads 11er year in this Exchange Juan M. Perez, Montevideo, Uruguay Section, free of charge. (distributor of General Motors, first class references.) 88-6t-2t* WILL EXCHANGE USED AIRMAILS OF Colombia •and Venezuela for those of DEALER'S STOCK-OVER TWO THOU Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru or sa.nd Bicentennial covers for sale. List Uruguay. J. Ashley Graves, 356 Well sent. on request. Member AAMS. E. L. ington Road, Mineola, N. Y. lex Mundy, Box 644, Plainfield, N. J. 90-2t• WANTED-USED AIRMAILS. OFFER AM 27-THE SCARCE POINTS, V. FINE, mint airmails, China Clipper covers and nice stamps: Millinocket, Presque Isle used airmails. Basis: San:bria. G. H. o» Houlton to Caribou @ 50c; Caribou Corbet. 6329 N. Francisco Ave., Chicago, Houlton 70c; Boston-Providence, 10/15/36 Illinois. lex $1.25. FAM 14 ManiJ.3-Macao or reverse, v.f. @ 75c. Some scarce Philippine cov WILL EXCHANGE FINE U. S. MINT ers at low prices. Richard Parke, No. for good typewriter. Give make and Conway, N. H. AAMS 1464. lt* model of machine. Will send Est of stamps offered. Daniel Newman, 879 FOREIGN WORLD WAR CENSORED Whitlock Ave., Bronx, N. Y. 91-2tex cover addressed to Mary Pickford, noted movie star, 25c. Covers addressed to movie stars from foreign countries, lOc BOUND VOLUMES each, 3 for 25c. William Elliott, 4809 of the AIRPOST JOURNAL Bound in dark blue waterproof fabri Hollywood Blvd.. Hollywood, Calif. lt* coid. stamped with gold. Vols. 2,3,& 4-0ct. 1931 - Sep- AIRMAILS 300 DIFFERENT $8.00; tember 1933 ...... $4.00 Vols. 5 & 6-0ctober 1933 to 500 different $20.00; 7,000 different $80.00. September 1935 ...... $4.00 Cash with o-der. Fernand Lecomte, Vol. 7-0ctober 1935 to Sep- R.E.C.P. 24260, Rue Frere Orban, Jumet, tember 1936 ...... $2.75 AIRPOST JOURNAL Albion, Pa. Belgique. lt* 34 POST IN THE ORDINARY LETTER BOXES, llL.L. LETTERS FOR EAST ANO SOLITH AFRICA NOW GO BY AIR. Stamp them l~. per half oz. :Jiie 1iA6i Y'1CUJ£ oj. tlie Y3JU.ti6A EMPIRE AIR MAIL All Letters for South and East Africa now go by Air at 3c per ¥.! oz., and are posted in the ordinary letter boxes. Normally a saving in time as compared with surface transport of about a fortnight to East Africa and a week to South Africa. THE OUTSTANDING EVENT OF THE . BRITISH CORONATION YEAR H.M.King George VI signified the greateness of the occo.sion by sending letters We offer HISTORIC CO"ERS, bearing Coronation stamps and the cachets shown above. from the following stages: ANGLO-EGYPTIAN SUDAN $5.00 MAURITIUS ...... $5.00 UGANDA ...... 5.00 NYASALAND ...... 5.00 KENYA ...... 5.0J NORTHERN RHODESIA ...... 5.00 TANGANYIKA ...... 5.00 SOUTHERN RHODESIA ...... 5.00 ZANZIBAR ...... 5.00 SOUTH-WEST AFRICA ...... 5.00 BECHUANALAND ...... 5.00 SWAZILAND ...... 5.09 BASUTOLAND ...... 5.00 SOUTH AFRICA ...... each 1.00 Set: of 14 sl:ages For $60.00 Flown on the First Air Mail by Flying Boat "Centurion" Comm=der, Capt. F. J. Bailey. THESE HISTORIC COVERS MARK A STAGE IN POSTAL TRANS?ORT THAT IS OF SUPREME INTEREST TO AIR MAIL AND STAMP COLLECTORS. No Collection is complete without one. l'nd 2t from 25c each they are an exceptional investment. ORDER NOW-numbers are limited. Dollar Notes accepted. Mint Stamps accepted for odd amounts. A. PHILLIPS AIR MAIL SPECIALIST • FOUR & FIVE DOCK STREET NE;WPORT MON, E;NGLAND Some of the Largest Collections ' of AIRMAIL STAMPS that take top honors at exhibitions have been built by their prominent owners through BRU~CHIG WP1,1.; not 9-.dLow. tAe :£eadeM :JAe ~u.a.uuitee. o.j. :lalii&aeJi,oa SPECIAL OFFER i For a Limited Time Only COMPLETE COUNTRIES ALBANIA ...... 601 to 607 ...... 1.50 PERSIA ...... •.... 1101 to 1116 ...... 40.00 608 to 614 ...... 2.25 1117 to 1121...... 9.00 615 to 621 ...... 6.25 1122 to 1128...... 6a 622 to 628 ...... 65.00 1129 to 1133...... 9.00 629 to 635...... 1.50 1134 to 1150 ...... 8.50 636 to 642 ...... 3.75 1151 to 1167 ...... 7.50 Complete country $72.00 Complete country $67.00 BELGIUM ...... 831 to 834...... 60 SALVADOR .... 850,852 to 855...... 1.80 835 ...... 80 856 to 859...... 1.00 836, 837 .•...... 45 860 to 863...... 75 251 to 253 ...... 2.75 864 to 868 ...... 3. 75 Complete country $4.00 869 .•...... 60 ITALIAN 301 to 306 ...... 2.50 8'1 I to 873...... 1.75 COLONIES 307 to 311...... 1.35 874 to 877...... 90 312 ...... • 6.0~ 878 to 882...... 1.40 313 to 319...... 3. 75 883 to 885...... 80 320 to 327 ...... 3.75 886 to 890 ...... • 3.50 328 ...... 1.00 891 to 895 ...: •...•.•• 2:1JO 329 to 335...... 4.25 896 - ...... 2~ 400, 401 ...... 1.10 897 to 901...... 70 Complete country $21.00 Complete country $17.00 {r emit Y3Jt.ueePiiq, ·~ FIFT~ AVENUE, NEW YORK C ITY ~