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FIRST IN AMERICA LOS ANCIELES INTERNATIONAL AVIATION MEET Daly Canttsts In Spttd, llistanct and Enduranc~ $80,000.00 IN PRIZES - - - The World's Pa Ulh an Greatest Aviator September, 1963 Glen H. Curtiss~~::~= Volume 34 &A9)f(. •UICAR.OL 'M~D . ...Kl'\"8£/\SHliL ....,_._ HAA-"ON. C.v> r. IOtit BALD""'lN === =--- =- = Number 12 WORLD'S BIGGEST BALLOONS In Dally Fll1hts 30 FLYING MACHINES The American Air Society A Non-Profit Corporation Incorporated 1944 Organized 1923 Under the Laws of Ohio

PRESIDENT Joseph L. Eisendrath Official Publication of the 350 No. Deere Park Drive Highland Park, Illinois AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY SECRETARY Vol. 34, No. 12 Issue 400 Ruth T. Smith 102 Arbor Road Riverton, N. J. 08077 TREASURER Contents ...... for September, 1963 John J . .Smith Amelia Earhart Friendship Flights 309 102 Arbor Road Riverton, N. J. Another Lindbergh Transatlantic VICE-PRESIDENTS Found 312 Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr. Herman Kleinert Informal AAMS Get-Together at Lester S. Manning NOJEX 1963 313 Dr. Perham C. Nahl C. A. M. Cover Notes 314 EDITORS - Other Publications South African ...... 316 L. B. Gatchell Geo. D. Kingdom World's Larg2st Air Mail Shipment .... 319 ATTORNEY Airs of the Month .... 320 George D. Kingdom Foreign Pioneer Airpost Flights SALES MANAGER 1909-1914 324 Herman Kleinert Uncle Sam Says 328 215 Virginia Ave. Fullerton, Pa. Rever0 ed Die Cutting Found on DIRECTOR OF U. S. Aerogramme 329 FOREIGN RELATIONS Praga Pigeon Post 330 Dr. Max Kronstein Airport Dedications 331 AUCTION MANAGER Official Section - AAMS Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr. Monthly Report . .... 332 ADVANCE BULLETIN SERVICE Presidential A'Ppointments 333 Paul Bugg 3724 Old York Rd. Annual Treasurer's Report 334 Baltimore 18, Md. Annual Report of Sales Department TRANSLATION SERVICE Manager 336 Roland Kohl Augusta-Victoria Str. 4 Wiesbaden, West Germany EDITOR AUDITOR Robert E. Haring 242 Hardenburgh Avenue, Demarest, New Jersey Stuart J. Malkin ASSISTANT EDITORS DIRECTORS Joseph L. Eiser>-ir'lth Rnhe,.t. Tl!. Murch Paul Bugg, Robert E. Haring, Ernest A. Kehr L. B. Gatchell Mrs. Florence Kleinert, Dr. Max Kronstein, George L. Lee, Dr. DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS Southgate Leigh, Arthur M. R. Lee Black, N. Pelletier, Florence L. Kleinert. Schmidt, William R. Ware Dr. Max Kronstein, Richard L. Singley, William MEMBERSHIP DUES - $4.00 R. Ware, James Wotherspoon, John Watson, per year "'illiam T. Wynn, Frank Blumenthal, Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr., J. S. Langabeer. Include subscription to The AIRPOST JOURNAL. Appli­ Published monthly at Albion., Erie Co., Pa., U.S.A. cants must furnish two refer­ Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office ences, philatelic preferred. At at Albion, Pa., February 10, 1932, under least one must reside in Appli­ the Act of March 3, 1879. cant's home town. Applicants The AIRPOST JOURNAL is not conducted for under 21 years must be guaran­ profit. The Editor and all others serve without teed by Parent or Guardian. compensation. Receipts from advertising, sub­ Membership may be terminated scriptions and contributions are applied to the by the Society in accordance betterment of the magazine and the promotion with its By-Laws. of aero-. Correspondence concerning sub­ scriptions. back numbers and The Editor and Officers of The American Air bound volumes, address changes Mail Society assume no responsibility for the and other matters and all re­ i'lccuracy of statements made by contributors. mittances should be sent to the Every effort is made to insure correctness of Treasurer. All general com­ all articles. munications and advertising Subscription Rates: $4.00 per year, 35c per copy. should be sent to the Editor. Advertising Rate Card available from the Editor. An1elia Earhart Friendship Flights • The Ninety-Nines, a group of about 1,700 women pilots, many of whom knew personally the late Amelia Earhart, its first president, spearheaded campaigns to get the famous aviation pioneer hon­ ored by a . To prove that they were earnest in their appeal, they went all-out to celebrate the release of the eight-cent air-mail stamp finally au­ thorized after more than a quarter of a century of petitioning. The programs they arranged were not only localized in Atchison, Kans., the "First Day of Issue" city, but extended into all cor­ ners of the United States and into many foreign lands in which Miss Earhart had established triumphs during her lifetime. Headline event was the so-called "Fly Away" program. Seven of the charter members~ of the Ninety-Nines each loaded her plane with first-day covers and flew them· to as many destinations, with stops along the routes at cities closely associated with Miss Earhart's life and aerial accomplis.hments. We cannot report on all of them for no one person Mrs. Nancy Tier shows Francesco de could physically attend all of the lunch­ Bellegarde of Alil'alia original of eons and dinners staged by civic and Amelia Earhart medal while Ernest aviation personalities . We will confine Kehr holds covers Mrs. Tier flew in our report to that staged in New York. from Atchison for ultimate delivery Although we had worked with Clara :to Rome. Studer, Fay Gillis Wells and other en­ Photos by Jeanne Pogue thusiastic Ninety-Niners for several years, we were pleased (but completely sur­ the covers to the Port Authority Build­ prised and honored) to have ·been in­ ing at Idlewild, where another large cluded in the programs. delegation of celebrities awaited her New York celebrations began when arrival. Nancy Hopkins Tier, of McLean, Va., Following the landing and appropriate and Silver Bay, N. Y., set her Cessna remarks of welcome by the writer, re­ down at Teterboro, N. J. Airport, whence presentatives of Alitalia, Sahena, T.W.A., Miss Earhart had taken off on her solo Pan Am, Eastern Air Lines and other flight across the Atlantic, in 1932. She carriers accepted supplies of covers they came into Manhattan with her boxes had bought at $1.t of covers, each properly franked, post­ These were immediately taken to the marked (at Atchison the day before) and departure areas and placed aboard planes cacheted. At City Hal1, Mrs. Tier was that were ready to leave for overseas welcomed by Mayor Robert F. Wagner, destinations: Brussels, Rome, Paris, Mex­ his family and a large number of speci­ ico City and other points. ally invited guests and given the key In cooperation with the Ninety-Nines, to the city. Thence an official helicopter the airlines had designated their flights flew her, hvo other Ninety-Niners and of that day as "Amelia Earhart Friend- THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 309 ship Flights," as a tribute to the most through whose efforts Amelia had fa mous of all feminine pioneer aviators. obtained the "Flying Laboratory," The covers, upon arrival at destina­ the "most completely equipped t!:-ins, were focal points of special com­ plane of the time." memorative dinners in honor of Amelia Betty Huyler Gillies, of Ranchero Earhart and given to rulers, governors, Santa Fe, fl ew to Oakland, Calif., mayors and kindred personalities of the where Amelia landed after her flight nations to which they were dispatched. from Hawaii, and to Los Angeles, where she'd been awarded the Dis­ tinguished Flying Cross. Teddy Kenyon, of Old Lyme, Conn., flew to Boston, site of Miss Earhart's fame in the first "Friendship." Blanche Noyes, of Washington, D. C., flew to her home town and a cel­ ebration at the capital. Louise Thaden, of High Point, N. C., flew to Miami, whence Miss Ear­ hart had left on her last flight around the world and during which she was mysteriously lost while on the trans-Pacific leg. i 100 of the covers, autographed by the seven "Fly Away" pilots will be given to those who make the most generous c o n t r i b u t i o n s to the group's Amelia Earhart Scholarship Fund. The remainder will be off er­ ed at $1 each for the same purpose. --- Ernest A. Kehr • Mrs. Nancy Tier, autographing cov­ AMELIA EARHART AND ers she flew in from Atchison and which will be sold for benefit of Am· An interesting article on the relation­ elia Earhart Scho1iarship Fund. ship between Amelia Earhart and aer­ Following the dispatch of these covers, ophilately, which also serves as a tent­ a reception was held at the Idlewild tative checklist of philatelic mementoes International H o t e 1 for the invited of Miss Earhart's record flights, is pub­ guests. One of the features was a dem­ lished in the June, 1963 issue of the onstration by some of the attending cele­ American Philatelist. The article was brities of the Amelia Hop, a dance pop­ written by our own Past President Rear ularized when Miss Earhart was at the Admiral Jesse G. Johnson (now serving zenith of her short-lived career. as an officer of the APS ) and is must In Boston, Northeast Airlines held a reading for all airmail collectors as back­ celebra:tion at Logan International Air­ ground for the new Be Amelia Earhart port, where a newly constructed maint­ airmail issued by the United States on enance hanger was named in honor of July 24. The article closes some gaps Miss Earhart. in our knowledge about Miss Earhart 0 Melba Beard, of Scottsdale, Arizona, and shows illustrations pertinent to the flew over the Santa Fe route Miss story. Earhart's great-uncle had helped Amelia Earhart had an interesting life finance. of adventure and well planned flights Viola Gentrya, of East Hampton, until the last one when she was lost. N. Y., flew to Purdue University, Always courteou' to collectors of air 310 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 and a u t o g r a p h s, she even planned and had with her when lost We are philatelic auctioneers many round-the-world mail souvenirs for collectors. Samples of this mail, not and specialize flown, are shown in Adm. Johnson's art­ icle along with other pertinent illustra­ in providing tions of his own. Additional photographs a competitive market were furnished by Rowland Pollard of Proctorsville, Vt. and Emerson Clark of for stamp collections Los Angeles. Being a naval aviator with 23 years and other philatelic properties of flying experience over oceans, Adm. Johnson rejects the theory that Miss Qver 35 years' experience Earhart was shot by Japs and that Cmdr. Fred Noonan's navigation could have assures the maximum been so far off as to reach Saipan instead of Howland Island. in results Readers may obtain a copy of the issue Your inquiry is welcomed for 75c by writing to the Secretary, Am­ erican Philatelic Society, P. 0. Box 800, State College, Pennsylvania 16801. IRWIN HEIMAN, An interesting news item regarding Inc. Amelia Earhart covers in the possession 2 West 46th Street New York, N.Y. of AAMS member Bill Schneider, Jr. Telephone: JUdson 2-2393 SUite '108 appeared in u. recent issue of Linn's Serving American Philately Since 1928 Weekly Stamp News. It looks like the new stamp has triggered a resurgence of interest in the exploits of Miss Ear­ hart, most of which are chronicled philatelically in Volume II of our American Air Mail Catalogue. And in the same vein - our thanks to Charles E. Smith of Bramiff Airways for an at­ AIR POST NEW ISSUES tractive first day cover and brochure with the new stamp from Atchison, Kansas. OF THE ENTIRE • THIRSTY JETS WORLD New York - A typical jet airliner fly­ ing the 145-minute New York to Miami trip burns about 5,000 gallons of fuel. A like quantity of gasoline would last an PAMPHLET UPON REQUEST average passenger car about seven years, Oil Facts reports. Fuel requirements of existing jet air­ planes pale in comparison to the anti­ cipated consumption of the supersonic Nicolas Sanabria Co. Inc. transports of the 1970's. A. MEDAWAR, PRESIDENT Today's long-range jets consume about 18,000 gallons of fuel each 8-hour day. 521 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 10017 Jets of the future are expected to burn some 14,000 gallons in a single hour. THE AllRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 311 Another Lindbergh Transatlantic Cover Found A Memo ro the Philatelic Press A hitherto unknown letter carried by • Lindbergh on his New York to Paris flight has just been discovered. It has long been known that Lindbergh carried two letters for special friends, the late William H. Conkling and Mr. Gregory Brandewside. In addition Ambassador Myron T. Herrick has been quoted as saying .fuat Lindbergh handed him sev­ eral letters of introduction including three from Col. Theodore Roosevelt. The new find consists of three pieces, each of which serves to authenticate the other two. The first is a letter dated May 16, 1927 from New York Transit Commissioner Charles C. Lockwood to Hon. John A. Drake in Paris which reads as follows: "This letter will in­ troduce to you Captain Oharles A. Lind­ bergh, who made the non-stop flight alone from San Diego, California to St. Louis - from St. Louis to New York, and now from New York to Paris. He is a very fine, clean cut young man and I have told him he could look to you for advice in ·Paris, and that you would be glad to meet him. Best personal wishes, I am, etc."

312 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 The second is a cablegram from Lock­ IN1FORMAL AAMS GET­ wood to Drake dated May 20, 1927 as TQGETHER A'T NOJEX 1963 follows: "Gave Lindbergh transatlantic flyer letter introduction to you best An informal get-together of AAMS wishes. - Lockwood." members will be held at NOJEX 1963 The third is the cover itself matching to be held at the Hotel Robert Treat, in size and type the above described Newark, New Jersey, Friday through letter addressed to Mr. Drake. It is en­ Sunday, September 20-22, 1963. This dorsed and signed by Lindbergh, "New will be the second year that AAMS has York to Paris - Charles A. Lindbergh." Donald E. Dickason, who furnished participated in NOJEX; an Officers' tl1is information, is attempting to obtain Meeting was held there in 1962. No for­ additional background information and mal business will be tra~ac t ed a t th ~ will appreciate h earing from any reader get-togetlrnr; it will serve as a gathering who has knowledge bearing on this part­ place for airmail collectors to talk about icular item. In any case the discovery their first love, , and to of this letter with its supporting docu­ meet other local collectors with similar ments provides an unique and outstand­ interests. The meeting is being arranged ing addition to the list of classic aero­ for by Vi ce President Sam Goldsticker philatelic items - in fact one that may and numerous local AAMS ers, including head such a list. It is now intended that your Editor, expect to attend. If you're it will be offered at auction in a forth­ located in the New York Metropolitan coming sale. Contact him ·at 5605 Av­ Area, why not attend NOJEX and the enida del Mare Sarasota, Florida. AAMS get-together on Sunday, Septem­ • ber 22. Inquire at the registration desk SIX N·EW THIRTY-FIVE for room and tim e schedule. Y.EAR "LIFE MEMBERS" ANNOUNCED At the Boston Convention on July 12, Secretary Ruth Smith announced that six more of our members who had paid llir dues con tinuously for tlurty-five years were eligible for Life Membership under the policy of the Society and tlrny were Post duly approved by the Convention. The new Life Members are C. D. Gor­ man; Andrew Bauer, Jr.; Erik I-Iildes­ Stamps Hein1; Royce A. Wight; Jacob Siske!; and George Lindman. The Society we­ Are Frequently Offered lcomes t11ese six to Life Membership In Our General Sales and is deeply appreciative of their sup­ port in the past. We note that both Mes­ Fully illustrated, accurately described srs. Hildes-Heim and vVight were at one a uction catalogu es gratis on r eq uest. time contributors to the ]owrnal. Ruth Smith ·has received letters from several And when you come to sell, write of the Life Members expressing their fo r om bookl et, "Modern Methods of gratitude for the honor granted them. Philatelic Selling," eA-plaining clearly \ Ve might say here that the gratitude all the advantages of selling through applies in the other direction also and that we'd like to have more members H. R. HARMER, INC stay wi th us for as long a time as these The "Ca,span/' Auctioneers six and the many others before them 6 west 4Bth S t., New York , N. Y. 10036 have. THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 313 P. O. Box 375, Malden, Mo. NEWS- CHRONICLE- Although we see no new flights of col­ AM ROUTE #73 - ADDITION OF lector interest involved, the CAB has COLORADO SPRINGS, SANTA FE, recently announced that it has decided ALAMOGORDO-HOLLOMAN AIR to discontinue service on Northeast Air­ FORCE BASE, AND EL PASO. These lines' Route #27 south of New York. cities were added to Frontier Airlines' As will be recalled, Route #27 form­ Route #73 on July 10th, as a result of erly served only the New England area the decision in the Southwestern Area and was extended to Miami on Jan. 9, Local Service Case, replacing similar 1957. At that time, the New York-Miami service by Continental Air Lines' Route market was served by Eastern and Na­ #29. Although all cities had previously tional and it was .thought that traffic been provided with air mail service, would justify service by a third carrier. the Department provided official cachets However, the anticipated traffic did not for the first flights by Frontier. As such, materialize which has resulted in the covers from this service are eligible for recent Board decision. The Board's listing. decision was made final on August 15 The inaugural northbound dispatch and the deleted service must cease by from El Paso and Alamogordo-Holloman October 14, barring appeals. Northeast Air Force Base was made to Flight #312 will continue to operate in the New flown by Capt. John A. Myers and First England area as a local service carrier. Officer W. A. Wayland which flight Did you remember that regular air handled 1460 pieces of philatelic mail mail service in the United States is now from El Paso postmarked at 6 AM, 818 forty five years old? The first flight from Alamogordo postmarked at 7 AM over a permanent route was inaugurated and 903 from Holloman Air Force Base in 1918 between Washington, D. C. and also postmarked 7 AM. This same crew New York City. During the first year assumed the schedule on Flight #382 of operation 96 tons of mail was flown. leaving Albuquerque and picked up 1420 Today a jetliner may carry 30 tons on philatelic items at Santa Fe which had a single flight or about one-third the been postmarked at 9 AM and 1452 at amount flown during the entire first year Colorado Springs postmarked 10:30 AM. of operation! The philatelic mail from El Paso, Alam­ ·ogordo and Holloman Air Force Base A recent news release by the CAB was backstamped at Billings, Mont., at mentions the retirement of Leon D. 3: 30 PM July 10th, with the mail from Cuddeback who at the time of retirement Santa Fe and Colorado Springs routed was Supervisory Air Safety Investigator to Denver, backstamped at that point at for the CAB at Oakland, Calif. Although 1 PM, same date. flying today is commonplace, we con­ The inaugural southbound dispatch sider Mr. Cuddeback's retirement worthy from Colorado Springs was made to of mention in view of the fact that he Flight #307 which was flown by Capt. was one of the inaugural pilots on CAM R. P. Lambourne and First Officer J. A. # 5 on April 6, 1926 and has been act­ Purdie. This dispatch consisted of 295 ive in aviation since that time. pieces of mail postmarked at 11:30 AM, 314 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 July 10th, which was later backstamped southbound service from that point. at Albuquerque AMF at 7 PM. Santa Fe made its initial southbound dispatch to Colorado Springs is served as a stop Flight #91 operated by Capt. G. M. on Route # 73 between Denver and Meshko and First Officer R. H. Stiffler Pueblo; Santa Fe, between Alamosa and which consisted of 251 covers post­ Albuquerque; and Alamogordo - Hollo­ marked at 9:30 AM and was backstamp­ man AFB between Albuquerque and the ed at Albuquerque AMF at 11 :30 AM. new terminus, El Paso. Both Colorado Alamogordo and Holloman Air Force Springs and El Paso have had prior serv­ Base dispatched 202 covers postmarked ice by Route #73 or its predecessor 1 PM and 327 postmarked 12 Noon, res­ routes . pectively, to Flight #391 flown by Capt. Official cachets were applied in purple J. G. Carney and First Officer W. E. at El Paso, blue at Alamogordo, green Chambers. This mail was backstamped at Holloman Air Force Base, black at at EI Paso at 3 PM, same date. Since Santa Fe and magenta at Colorado El Paso is a terminal city, there is no Springs .

Ernest A. Kehr presents to Sister M. Fidelma treasures of the Vatican Con­ sistory at which Pope Paul VI was elected, as a feature of the recent AAMS Convention at Regis College. Among gifts which Kehr presented to Regis in behalf of Cardinal Spellman are a Rosier with signatures •of all eighty cardinals present at consistory; an idlentification card of Cardinal Montini, which he autographed as "Pope Paul VI"; and three sheets of Sede Vacante stamps (shown) also autographed, "Paulus VI, PP." A full report of the presen!'aiion appeared in the August issue of the J•OURNAL. - Photograph by Jeanne Pogue

THE AIR.POST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 315 South African Airmails A Chronological Listing, Indicating The History and Development of the Airmails of Soufh Africa and South West Africa (continued) By Capt. M. F. Stern, A.R.I.B.A .• F.R.G.S. {Ooypright reserved) •

August 8, 1948: S. A. A.: Johannesburg• to Nairobi: A weekly service was introduced with return, using Vikings, from Palmiet­ fontein (Johannesburg Airport). August 14, 1948: First Internal South Afrfoan Air Letter Sheet: The imprinted stamp design depicts General Botha's statue with the Union Buildings at Pretoria in the background. Value of stamp was 11hd. Stamp reads "Posseel" (Kessler Nos. 401 & 402). These were also overprinted for use by the S. A. A. F. serving with the United Nations Forces in Korea in 1950-52, and are listed under Korea by Kessler Catalogue. August 31. 1948: S. A. A.: Cape Town :to Alexander Bay: The service to S. W . A. at the diamond fields at Alexander Bay was stopped. Mails were b Js Alexander Bay 1. IX. 48. The first return flight was on September 1, 1948. September 13, 1948: K. L. M.: The service to Johannesburg from Am terdam was now thrice-weekly, b Js Johannesburg 15J9J48. This flight made its first halt at Kano, b l 14. Sp. 48. This was also bhe IOOth flight of K. L. M. Covers were also posted from Tunis on this flight addressed to S. W. A. and bJs Windhoek 16 IX. 48.

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316 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 November 14, 1948: Survey Flight: Qantas: Direct Australia l:o South Africa and return: Qantas arranged for 300 souvenir covers to be carried each way. All these were autographed by the pilot. The direct crossing was made in a Lancastrian in a flying time of 39 hours 59 minutes. The plane arrived at Palmietfontein (Johan­ nesburg) from Sydney on 20. XI. 48. The pilot was Capt. L. R. Ambrose. 'I1he covers from Johannesburg were dated 27.XI. 48 and arrival postmark was Sydney I. De. 48 (shown). Covers each way carry franking of stamps of Australia and South Africa, being respectively postmarked on the dates of departure and arrival. The route from Sydney was via Perth, Cocos Islands, and Mauritius. February 2, 1949: S.A.A: Johannesburg - London: The 'Springbok' Service stopped at Nairobi instead of Kisumu. Skymasters were used ·to operate the service. January 30, 1949: S. A. A.: Inaugural flight Johannesburg l:o Cairo: This was the first scheduled service, the journey being made in three days, including a night stop at Khartoum. February 12, 1949: S. A. A.: Durban - Lourenco Marques: This service was commenced but mail was not accepted on outward flights, although the Mozambique Post Office took advantage of the service to dispatch mail on the first return flight, covers cancelled Lourenco Marques 12. 2. 49 - 15H and backstamped Dmban February 14, owing to intervention of Sunday. Commencing May 2 arrangements were concluded for mails to be flown on the outward flight and covers exist with that date. April 1949: Proving flight of East African Airways: Nairobi l:o Durban: This was carried out in a Lodestar with stops at Dar-es-Salaam, Lindi, Mozambique, Lourenco Marques before reaching Stamford Hill (Durban). Soon after, a weekly Dakota service was put into operation via Lindi Dar-es­ Sa1aam - Mombasa. This was the first contaat of E. A. Airways with South Africa. June 21, 1949: South Africa: : As issued September 1948 but with 'Sender's Name and Address' on reverse printed vertically. (Kessler's Nos. 12 & 13). These were also overprinted for Swazi­ land. August 30, 1949: K. L . .M.: Amsterdam - Johannesburg: This was the 250th flight on the service and was followed on February 8, 1950 by the sooth flight. September 26, 1949: South Afrioa: Aerogram: A Completely new 6d. air letter sheet was issued showing in the imprinted stamp 'The Flying Springbok', which had replaced the B. 0. A .C. Speedbird. This was rt:he insignia of S.A.A. This is also called rt:he first definitive issue. (Kessler's Nos. 14 & 15). The last of this type was issued February 25, 1959 (Kessler's Nos. 26 & 27). November 3, 1949: B. 0. A. C.: First regular call •al: Cape MacLear !Nyasa­ land); Call was made at Cape MacLear at the southern end of Lake Nyasa, when a northbound Solent from Johannesburg touched down in Nyasaland for the first time. The first southbound flying boat to call rt:here left Southampton November 10, 1949. Thus a weekly regular service was inaugurated. Feeder services were started by Rhodesian Air Maintenance Service Ltd. between Cape MacLear, con­ ncting with C. A. A. service at Blantyre. Monkey Bay was also served by R. A. M. S.

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 317 December 1949: E. A. A. C.: Nairobi - Durban via Blantyre: The routing of East African Airways Nairobi - Durban service was altered to provide for a call at Blantyre. December 14, 1949: K. L . .M.: Second Dingaan's Day Flight: 4-engined Douglas DC-6 'Konigin Juliana' PH-TPJ (Capt. Overeynder for Amsterdam-Kano, Capt. Whiting for, Kano-Johannesburg). Route was via Tunis, Kano, and Leopoldville. Special covers were issued by K. L. M. which received cachet showing the Voortrekker Memorial. Plane arrived Johannesburg December 15, 1949, 5:30 p. m. Covers also received a special circular cachet at the Voor­ trekker Monument Post Office 16. XII.49. No mails were carried on the return flight. J'anuary 1950: South African Services: These were now (a) B. 0. A .C. Johannesburg - Southampton via Victoria Falls, Kampala, Khartoum. Alexandria, Augusta, in Solents: (b) B. 0. A. C. John­ annesburg - Southampton via Cape MacLear, Kampala, Khartoum, and Alexandria with Solents: (c) S. A. A. Skymaster Johannesburg - London via Nairobi, Khar­ toum and Tripoli. (d) S. A. A. Skymaster Johannesburg - Cairo via Nairobi and Khartoum: ( e) K. L. M. DC-6 Johannesburg - Amsterdam via Leopoldville, Kano, and Tunis. (£) Sabena DC-6 Johannesburg - Brussels via Leopoldville, Kano, with return via Tripoli and Kano.: (g) P. A. A. Constellation Johannesburg - New York via Leopoldville, Accra, Monrovia, Dakar, Lisbon and Santa Maria: (h) E. A. A. C. (East Coast) Durban -Nairobi via Lourenco Marques, Blantyre, Mozambique, Lindi, Dar-es-Salaam and Mombasa: (i) S. A. A. and D. E. T. A. ( 1) Johannes­ burg - Lourenco Marques - Durban (2) Johannesburg - Bulawayo also Bulawayo - Salisbury, as well as Salisbury - Lusaka - Ndola - Tabora - Nairobi. These were the international routes while S. A. A. served the main centres of South Africa. and Windhoek, Southwest Africa. 1950, S. W. A.: : The basic South African type was overprinted S. W. A. (Kessler's Nos. 2 & 3), which was followed by similar types until 1954 (Kessler's No. 9). February 22, 1950: Tristan da Cunha Mail: · Carried by sea to Cape Town and thence by air. The writer has a l lhd. airletter sheet postmarked Cape Town Paquebot 22. II. 50 and bearing the rec­ tangular cachet "Tristan Da Cunha - Settlement of Edinburgh - South Atlantic, flown to Johannesburg. April 1, 1950: Empire Air Mail re-introduced: The E. A. M. S. was reintroduced to all territories within the African Postal Union, the, airm~il ra~e of 9d. per 1h oz. being superseded by a charge of 2d. per oz. on an all-up basis. April 1, 1950: C. A. A.: Inauguration new direct service: Johannesburg - Salisbury - Blantyre - Dar-es-Salaam: Operated with Viking 27-seater aircraft. The return flight was made on April 5 (Pilot: R. Ethdoph). Service was weekly. June 2, 1950: Drakensburg Air Service Piy. Li'd: This Company was located at Ladysmith and the pilot was Mr. George de Wet, ex-member of the famous S. A. A. F. Cheetah Fighter Squadron. From Lady­ smith to Mokhotlong 332 lbs. of mails were carried. From there 72lh lbs. of mail picked up was flown to Maseru (Basutoland). On the return flight 37 lbs. of mail was from Maseru and 103 lbs. from Mokhotlong. Only a very few covers ( 24 air­ letters) seem to have been retained posted at Ladysmith on June 2, 1950, bearing the cachet of the Company and signature of the pilot and also a few letters on the return flight. This was the first airmail between South Africa and 318 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 Basutoland, but there is a record of an internal airmail in 1934, when the Medical Officer at Quithing chartered a plane to fly him to Maseru. The Assistant Com­ missioner at Quithing took advantage of the flight to send a letter to the Resident Commissioner, which is filed for record at the Secretariat at Maseru. One other letter is known addressed to Natal which was carried by the Medical Officer, Dr. Vollett, from Quithing and posted at Maseru. July L 1950: C. A. A.: Air parcel post service was inaugurated Central Africa to Johannesburg. August 26, 1950: S. A. A. 'Springbok' Route: Constellations (Gold Plate) were introduced on the run from Johannesburg to London, via Nairobi, Khartoum and Rome. The flight was in under 30 hours. October 29, 1950: El-Al: Weekly service Lydda - Johannesburg: The service was operated with Skymasters taking 24 hours for the through journey. Stops were made at Livingstone, Nairobi and Khartoum. November 7, 1950: B. O. A. C.: New Route: London - Johannesburg: The itinerary was now London, Tripoli, Kano ( Nigeria), Brazzaville (French Equatorial Africa), Livingstone and Johannesburg which was reached on November 8, 1950. Handley Page Hermes IV aircraft were used. The Solents were withdrawi;i from the Springbok route down the east coast of Africa. The first return flight from Johannesburg was made on November 10 to 12, 1950. (To be continued)

WORLD'S LARGEST AIR If this shipment had been made prior MAIL SHIPMENT to new air mail rate effective 1 Aug­ ust 1928 the postage bill would have "I'he July AIRPOST JOURNAL (page been $70,000 for .the ten tons of mail." 269) listed the pertinent facts on a 1928 (Detroit News, 8122128) air mail cover bearing a rubber stamp - Robert W. Murch cachet "World's Largest Air Mail Ship­ • ment." FIRST AUSTRALIAN Complete details have been supplied HOVERCRAFT AIR MAIL from AAMS member Leon Berman of AT MELBOURNE Detroit, Michigan who has a news­ In aid of funds for the Melbourne Int­ paper clipping of. this unusual airmail ernational P h i l a t e 1 i c Exhibition dispatch. ( MIPEX). the first Australian Hover­ "Lansing, Michigan, August 22, 1928, craft Mail will be carried October 8. The air mail shipment was ten tons of Three-color souvenir covers will be ser­ airmail, about 350,000 letters, carried viced for collectors. Costs are 50c U, S. in 18 planes from the Lansing Airport, per cover including air mail postage to after ceremonies witnessed by 50,000 addressees. Covers signed by the Hover­ people who turned out for the event. craft Commander are $1.00 U.S. each. The ten tons of mail went to 33 states. Covers will be impressed with a des­ The unique undertaking cost the U. S. criptive cachet and postmarked with Post Office Department $300 because the special MIPEX canceller at the Ex­ the airmail postage paid was $17,500 hibition. Remittances may be sent im­ whereas the USPOD paid Thompson mediately to: - Aeronautical Corporation, the airmail route contractor, $17,800 for Chicago Hovercraft Mail, delivery at contract rate of 89c per Box 954, G. P. 0., pound. Adelaide, South Australia. THE AlJRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 319 Airs of the Mon"lh

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NEWS FROM first issued, in larger coils, December 5, THE POST OFFICE 1962. The Post Office Department has an­ • nounced that when the 15c Montgomery About Our Cover - Blair was first placed on sale at S i 1 v e r Spring, Md. May This month we have a circular on a 3 there were 260,031 covers canceled. 1910 air meet at Dominguez Field, Los In addition 440,106 stamps were sold Angeles. This meet was the first in the that day totaling $66,015.90. United States and it had much to do The Sc a i r m a i l coil stamp was with popularizing flying. Among the released July 24 in coils of 100. It was participants was Hilary Beachey. THE AJRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 321 1 ' r • ~ ' •_,..• ·-..:: ·:~ : • ,. •• 1-J ~ ..,,~· .... '' :. . :. · • '·. • , ~ ~ .. · .'.· ,. ' The Philatelic History of Aerophilately

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322 THE AIRPOST .JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 323 Foreign Pioneer Airpost Flights 1909-1914 C. SPECIAL POST AL CANCELLATIONS OF THE PIONEER PERIOD XI. THE POSTAL CANCELLATIONS OF THE FRENCH AVIATION EVENTS IN 1910 (concluded) By Dr. Max Kronstein

8. The Aviation Meeting at Quimper •(Finistere), July 14-17, 1910 As an aviation event the flights at Quimper were of minor importance. There were a few flights by two Bleriot pilots (Simon and Barrier) and by Cheuvet on a Voisin biplane. But the main importance of these events is philatelic: The special circular postal cancellation "QUIMPER-AVIA TION - (date) - FINISTERE" is known as the rares t of all these aviation cancellations of the period. One of France's best known collectors expressed i:he opinion to this reviewer a few years ago that years can pass without seeing this item. See the illustration.

9 . .The Great Aviation Week of Caen, July 27 to August 2, 1910 This aviation event provided a surprise to the contemporary observers. The young aviator Marcel Hanriot on a self-constructed small monoplane won most of the contests including the Great Prize of Caen. Only in the high altitude competition was he second behind the well-known Bleriot flyer, Morane. In the flight duration test he was 11 minutes behind the first winner, Pailette (Sommer biplane) who had a flight of three hours, 13 minutes, 56 seconds. The Caen Meeting produced another of the hexagonal postal special can­ cellations "CAEN AVIATION - (date) - CALV ADO" - as shown on the next page. In addition there was a circular committee-cachet "Grande Semaine d'Aviation de Caen - du 27 Julliet au 2 Aout" in red. There were two types of vignettes, show­ ing planes over the city, in different colors. 10 ... Tha Aviation Week of Nantes, Au.g. 14 to 21, 1910 On this occasion the first French air stamp was used, as noted in the July, 1960 issue of the Airpost Journ(lll. 11 aviators participated, including Thomas whose Antoinette monoplane was part of the stamp design. The most successful part­ icipants were Renaux (on a Maurice Farman) and Morane and Simon (both on

324 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 Bleriot monoplanes). Morane won a special award for an overland flight of 80 kilometers from Nantes to Blain and return.

11. The Gre·ai Circuit of East.ern Fran~e (Circuit de l'est). Aug. 17-28, 1910 This 500 miles round trip was one of the most difficult tasks of the year. The races started at Paris for Troyes ( 90 miles away) on Aug. 17. The next day was an official day of rest, so that local aviation contests could be held. The next stage was to Nancy, a distance of 100 miles; here another day of rest pennitted local races. The third stage over 100 miles went to Mezieres-Charleville (with the same local program); the fourth to Douai 90 miles away, again with local events; the fifth stage was to Amiens ( 50 miles ) and back to Paris ( 80 miles). Although 35 planes had been entered, only 14 started the first day, only 8 were left on the second day, and 011ly six the next day. On the two last days there were only two flyers in the air, Aubrun and Leblanc, both on Bleriot monoplanes. Among the starters was the German, Lindpaintner, who later in 1912 carried a considerable part of the Munich Airpost ( Airpost Journal, F eb. 1960). Philatelically this circuit was very eventful: At the start at Paris a special seal vignette was issued, printed in black on red paper. At Troyes two sets of vignettes were published - one of them in 14 different colors. There also were special cards issued. The Post Office used a special cancellation "TROYES AVIATION (date)" in the hexagonal type, a rare item today. At Nancy and again at Mezieres there was a special vignette and some special cards. At Amiens, in addition to a vignette and special card, there was another postal cancellation, in this case circular and inscribed "AMIENS AVIATION (date) SOMME." This also is a rare item today. 12. The Double Week of Aviation at the Bay of the Seine, at Le Havre, Trouville and Deauvil'le, Aug. 25 to September 6, 1910 This was a very large event with 240,000 francs in awards and with 24 monoplanes and 17 biplanes participating. This ratio shows the increasing role of the monoplane in this period of development. The cities are situated on two sides of the wide Seine Bay. During the first week, which was held at Le Havre (the second week was at Trouville-Deauville) it was the main goal to cross and recross

THE AiiRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 325 the Bay as often as possible. In spite of bad weather Latham (on an Antoinette monoplane) made 16 round trips, Morane ( on a Bleriot monoplane) made 11, and Aubrun on a Bleriot, made 9. During t!hese events Morane established a new world record for altitude flight at 2582 meters ( 84 70 feet) . In the second work there were prizes for totals of the altitudes reached. First prize was won again by Morane, with Latham second. It is not surprising that these events not only attracted a lot of public attention, but that they also produced a number of philatelic issues. Especially interesting was a large sized vignette printed in many colors. There were a number of special card issues. A special committee cachet "Meeting d'Aviation de la Bate d e Seine - Trouville-Le Havre - 25 Aout - 6 Septembre" was applied; the postoffice used two different special cancellations. For the Le Havre events this cancellation was of the hexagonal type inscribed "LE HAVRE AVIATION (date) SEINE INFRE" and for the Trouville-Deauville events it was ·another hexagonal cancellation inscribed "TROUVILLE-DEAUVILLE AVIATION (date)." 13. The Great Week of Bordeaux-Beaudesert, Merignac·, Sep:!:. 11 t·o 18, 1910 This event was held at the aerodrome of Beau-'Desert, just outside Bordeaux. It was organized by the Aero Club de France, with awards totaling 245,000 francs. The President of France established anotiher special prize and had promised to attend the event. A special competition was established for officer-flyers and was financed by the General Council of the Gironde (the country, where the events were held). In addition the cognac manufacturer Hennessy offered 40,000 francs for a special flight from Bordeaux to the town of Cognac. Just before this event took place, Bielovucie in his Voisin Biplane had flown from Paris to Bordeaux enroute to Orleans, Tours and Angouleme for a total distance of 540 kilometers (about 335 miles) in 6 hours 15 minutes. For the Bordeaux events the postoffice used .a special circular cancellation "BORDEAUX AVIATION - (date) - BEAU DESE.RT." There was a private circular cachet "Merignac - date - Aviation" and special card editions. 14. The Aviation Meeting of Dijon, September 22-25, 1910 The last special postal cancellation of the year was used at the Aviation Meeting of Dijon. It was a circular cancellation "DIJON AVIATION (date) COTE D'OR" and is shown here, There was a blue round committee cachet "AERODROME 22. 23. 24. 25. Septembre 1910 - DIJON-AVIATION." Also found

are special cards and a vignette, showing a monoplane over the city, inscribed DIJON-AVIATION with the dates. The card was printed in violet on a yellow background, and was sometimes cancelled by the post office. 326 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 Six aviators entered these competitions. The aeronautical year came to an end with a great Aviation Exhibition at Paris, October 16 to 31. Here Henri Coanda showed the world's first jet turbine, which he had designed and built in 1909, and although little attention was given to the plane at that time, it was actually a forerunner of our modern jets. We have seen various card- issues of the exhibition, but none showing Coanda's jetplane. (To be continued)

GLENN MARTIN souvenirs for the citizens of Los Angeles, AERIAL SANTA expressing greetings of the EXPRESS and the TRIBUNE, and of local merchants. Some time ago we pictured a post Newspapers were tossed along the way card whioh related to Glenn Martin as by Miss Broderick, as well as gift orders an "Aerial Santa Claus." We now have and souvenirs, which were carefully information from The California State calculated to reach the exact spot intend­ Library which identifies the card. They ed. The plane flew at a height of ap­ report that a check of the Los Angeles proximately 6,000 feet, and the gifts left EXPRESS for Dec. 20, 1913, revealed, the plane above a point two miles from on p. 1, c.4-5 and p. 18, c. 1, an interest­ the place where they were intended to ing item captioned "Drops Gifts from land. Gift orders retrieved by the people Clouds: Glenn Martin as Aerial Santa below were immediately taken to the Claus." The article mentioned that the newspaper office to be verified. plane, which was manned by Glenn Martin, ·the o~er, accompanied by Miss The article mentions that this was Tina Broderick, his assistant, was loaded the first aerial newspaper, and the first with a cargo of 175 pounds of gifts and ever delivered from Cloudland.

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A monthly column will be featured • A new airline - the Greylock Airways in the Airpost Journal, which will high­ Div. of Yankee Airlines Corp. inaugur­ light informal and interesting bits of ated service on August 19th between La­ news about our members, the airlines, Guardia Airport (New York) and Pitts­ the Post Office Department, and other field, Massachusetts ( details of this will items which you will enjoy reading. We be reported in Bill Ware's "CAM Cover hope to make this column newsy, with Notes" column in the near future). Grey­ emphasis on little known facts ( not lock is the second Air Taxi operator to something that you will read elsewhere start carrying airmail (San Francisco­ in the Journal), and we want to feature Oakland Helicopter was the first); and news about AAMS people. it is my prediction that by the end of 1964, almost every Air Taxi or so-called To make this column a success, it is "Third-Level Carrier" will be carrying necessary to have the cooperation of our airmail. .... readers. If you know of something inter­ esting about any of our members (such Concluding our first column with a as winning an award at an exhibition, quotation from the Associated Press: getting a scarce philatelic item for his "Mayor Bascom Brown of Newton, Ala­ bama, doesn't know what to do with a collection, obtaining a promotion or new batch of self-addressed envelopes and job, being elected to office in a local stamp club or organization, etc.), won't cards from stamp collectors throughout the country. The collectors are asking you please drop a note to your columnist and advise him. : . so the news can be for a stamp with special cancellation mark (Note - probably means cachet) included here. By now, almost everyone commemorating a new airport at New­ knows the address in the heading ton. Must be some other Newton, the above. Let's get some news from you. Here goes with our first endeavor. Mayor said. His town has~'t even applied for funds to build an airport." I wonder It would be most appropriate to start if an AAMS member passed news of this off by con gr at u 1 at in g Past-Editor proposed dedication to others? Bill Joseph Eisendrath upon his election to Wynn, any comments? Any idea who the Presidency of the AAMS, and to goofed? congratulate Bob Haring upon being ap­ That's all for our first effort. Next pointed Editor of this publication. month, more news about people.

THE STANDARD WORLD world map. Space is provided for 50,000 STAMP ALBUM stamps on about 1000 pages. Henry E. Harris personally did the compilation, H. E. Harris and Co. leading stamp and tells us an annual supplement is and publications dealer, has just brought to be made available. The retail price out a new Standard World Stamp Album. is a modest $11.95 and .the album can This is a moderately condensed version be ordered from the company at 108 of their recent Citation Album. The Massachusetts Ave. Boston 17. Mass, or Standard has an attractive loose leaf through your local dealer. binder, with vinyl covers, imprinted in nine colors. About 30,000 clear illustra- For the general collector who can tions provide an easy way to mount buy most of the regularly issued stamps stamps. There are included a stamp from around the world, but not the collector's dictionary, a stamp identifier, excessively rare varjeties, this album a good supply of extra blank pages, should answer any housing problem he gummed country titles, and a full color might have. 328 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 REVERSED DI·E CUTTING FOUND ON US AEROGRAMMiE A Recent Fortunate Purchase Leonard Lewinson, well-known postal of over 13,000 stationery dealer, has obtained a small number of copies of the United States Contract Air Mail Covers Airletter sheet, Scott's #U32 (Thorp THESE include the period between 5504) which has reverse die cutting. 1926 and 1950, with practically all the In 1958 a purchaser at a California rarities listed in the American Air Mail post office, bought a package of 100 Catalogues. There is an abundance of airletter sheets. In this package there rare Air Mail Field dispatches and were 89 with the die cutting reversed. such items as R31El, R18W24, 9W37, That is to say the stamped portion of 9E37, and 8N24, etc. the envelope was not directly under­ neath the flap, but on the opposite side of the sheet. These 89 sheets were sold MOST covers have unusually good to a dealer who sent most of them to stamps for franking. Your want list his customers as part of ·the new issue is invited. service. The dealer, in time, reported the item to the late Fred Kessler who Entire lot can be purchased at a published the Aerogramme Catalogue. reasonable price. This is priced in the Kessler Catalogue at $50.00 and we learn that one copy was sold at one of his auctions for Joseph L. Eisendrath $35.00. 350 North Deere Park Drive Scott and Thorp have now received Highland Park, Illinois the reports of this variety and it is ex­ pected that they will be listed in the forthcoming Catalogues as they have done in the case of similar varieties of the UC 16 sheet. The Largest These inverted, die cut varieties have a gummed strip that runs completely And Most Comprehensive Stock across the back of the sheet where, nor­ Of mally it would appear only on the flap. This is a most interesting variety and Aerogrammes still proves that oddities and errors can be found by those who seek them . In The World -o- PERSONAL FROM• THE EDITOR A NEW ISSUE SERVICE Just in case any of you think your SECOND TO NONE new Editor is exceptionally vain in tak­ ing up ahnost a full page of the Journal Ask For Details Today with a photo of himself we feel that an explanation is in order since this was -o­ not our intent. The large picture was Up-To-Date Check List solely due to misunderstanding between us and the photoengraver and there Free On Request just wasn't enough time to redo the photo cut and get the Journal out in a -o­ reasonable time. No, we don't like our­ selves that much and you have our WALTER R. GUTHRIE apologies. One reader has commented P. 0. Box 390 that it wasn't a good likeness at that! TUCSON, ARIZONA We'll say no more. THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 329 PRAGA PIGEON POST At the opening ceremonies of the press. Praga 1962 World Stamp Exhibition, On the front of this small aerogramme 5,086 postal pigeons were set free car­ is the 1.20 Kcs stamp, the same design rying in the capsule fastened to their as used on the regular aerogrammes. It leg an aerogramme with a message. 35 was struck with the Exhibition cancel­ of these pigeons were from Poland, 25 lation "Praha 18. VIII. Praga 1962. from the German Democratic Republic, Svetova vystav;a postovllich znamek." 26 from the German Federal Republic Further it had the following wording in and the rest from the various parts of Czech ·on it: "A message of friendship Czechoslovakia. and peace to the peoples of the world." "Delivered by a Postal pigeon." The Czechoslovak Postal Administra­ tion issued 2,100 aerogrammes. Of these The reverse side had the following 1,200 were delivered by the pigeons, and message in Czech: "In these festive and the rest presented to the attending am­ 1happy hours of the opening of the bassadors and dignitaries of various World Stamp Exhibition Fraga 1962 on countries, delegates of the foreign phil­ August 18th 1962 in Prague, the people la telic federations and members of the of Czechoslovakia send their greetings

330 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 to all men of good will. Let us unite to Tex. held dedication Aug. 11, no covers create a world without wars and con­ known, the same is true of Sinton, Tex­ flicts! Let us advance hand in hand to as on July 21. - Those that have cards reach the goal of lasting peace and with me for notification of future de­ peaceful co-operation between nations! dications are notified as soon as I get With the aid of general disarmament any news of such events and those with and peaceful competition, for the hap­ hold covers are covered in the same pier future of mankind! manner. For friendship among nations and the strengthening of peace in the world". • THE FIRST OF THE Sc AIRS -The Federation of Czechoslovak Philatelists. FIP member. 0 u r newly-elected Vice-President, Praha, Aug. 18th 1962, the cere­ Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr., was the act­ monial opening of the World ual purchaser of the first sheet of the Stamp Exhibition PRAGA 1962. new 6c Airmail stamp at the special • Convention Station in the Sheraton-Plaza Airport Dedications Hotel. Sam was the fifth person in line By William '.D. Wynn when the Post Office opened on July 13537 Rockdale, Detroit, Mich., 48223 12th, and none of those ahead of him Decorah, Iowa dedicated on July 4 bought more than a few of ·the stamps. and 750 covers were mailed with cachet. lncidently, a young Bostonian lad was - Washington, Ga. held dedication on first in line and managed to purchase a April 29; there were just 10 covers plate-block of every item on sale at the mailed with inscription - Old Forge, N. Y. dedicated July 6; a cachet branch postoffice. was used to mark the covers. No dedication was held at Amityville, N. Y. on July 6. - Lowell, Wyo. dedic­ ated June 29, no covers known - Covers Informed Collectors were mailed on July 20-21 from Pitt Read The Airmail Entire Meadows, B. C., Canada, some have in­ scriptions - Laurier, Wyo. reported de­ Truth dication on July 11, but no known cov­ The only existing newsletter ers. -Tofte, Minn. dedicated July 27; pertaining to aerograms, airmail 50 covers without any cachet - Jackson, envelopes & airmail postal cards. Miss, on July 24 with 150 covers and cachet applied - The recent Memphis, EXCLUSIVE Tenn. event has not yet been proved an airport dedication - Marshalltown, INFORMATIVE Iowa dedicated Aug. 18, and two cachets INDISPENABLE unlike in design were used, one printed and the other rubber stamped, - There It appears 3 times per year and were 250 covers mailed from Albertville, is sent against a supply of 8 cent Ala. without cachet on Aug. 8 - Knox­ stamped and addressed legal size ville, Iowa is scheduled for a dedication envelopes. in Oct. Send covers to Chamber of Commerce. - Rochester, N. Y. will re­ Price List 50 cents, deductible. dedicate on Sept. 8, send covers to Mrs. D. Fordham, 472 Lake Road, Webster, LAVA N. Y. - Polebridge, Mont. dedicated The Distributor of the Barbados Error on Aug. 18, covers are postmarked Aug. Box 1. Fort George Station 19, due to office being closed on Sunday; New York, N. Y., 10040 inscription cachet was used. - Bellville, THE AlRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 331 OFFICIAL SECTION AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY

MONTHLY REPORT From the Secretary Rufh T. Smi±h, 102 Arbor Road, Riverton, New Jersey 08077 SEPTEMBER 1, 1963 NEW MEMBERS 5034 Sommers, Ronnie A., 836 N. W. 51st St., Miami 37, Florida 5035 Allen, Jim, 5075 College Ave., La Sierra, Calif. 5036 Finkle, Jack, 918 East 14th St., Brooklyn 30, N. Y. NEW APPLICATIONS Barshatzky, Irving, 2894 West 8th St., Brooklyn 24, N. Y. Age 35. AM X By: G. D. Kingdom Westhaver, Clarence, 7 Spafford Rd., Milton, Mass., 02186. Age 57, Engin. Contr. By: Geo. Lee Hodziewich, Stanley J., U. S. Post Office Dept., Washington, D. C. Age 53, Chief-Phil. Staff By: Geo. Lee Donahue, Thomas F., 2352 Washington St., Newton, Mass., 02162. Age 77, Horticulturist By: H. Kleinert Hinkel, David H., 2637 N. Galvez St., New Orleans 17, La. Age 26, Clerk By: H. Westbrooks Weber, Rich, 2217 N. Summit Ave., Milwaukee, Wisc., 53202. Age 74, Retired By: H. Westbrooks Nortum, John H., P. 0. Box 1972, Seattle 11, Wash. Age 48, Inspector. JF (Boeing) APS PIX X By: L. DeMars Butler, Warren A., (M/Sgt), Box 371, Laredo A.F.B., Laredo, Tex. Age 43, U.S.A.F. AM PC HC FF GD Z CF AlD APiS X By: R. T. Smith Daidone, J. P., P. 0. Box 1896, New York, N. Y., 10008. Age 60, Architect By: R. T. Smith Muller, Richard J, 119-50, 27th Ave., Flushing, N. Y., 11354. Age 32, Salesman. AM HC DC Z AlD By: G. D. Kingdom Hessler, Charles A., 530 E. Central Ave., Greensburg, Indiana, 47240. Age 16, Student JF FF CAM FAM By: H. D. Westbrooks REINSTATEMENTS 3799 Salgado, A. F., P. 0. Box 901, Port au Prince, Haiti. Age 43, Dealer. AM AU By: R. T. Smith N,EW LIFE MEMBERS 116 Gorman, C. D., Washington, D. C. 117 Bauer, Andrew, Jr., Garden City, N. Y. 118 Hildes-Heim, Erik, Fairfield, Conn. 119 Wight, Royce A., Miami, Fla. 120 Siskel, Jacob, Portland, Oregon 121 Lindman, George, Stockholm, Sweden NEW HONORARY LIFE MEMBER Holcomb York, New Haven, Conn. DECEASED 4620 Van Denberg, Harry, Rockford, Ill. CHANGE OF ADDRESS 4425 Majka, Frank (Dr.), Vet's Hospital, 3801 Junipero Sierra Blvd., Palo Alto, Calif. 2664 Beerman, John H., 65 Palmer Ave., Larchwood, N. Y. 10538 3307 Dilworth, John R., Supawna, R. D. 3, Salem, N. J. 4175 Grundy, David M., 44th Strat. Missile Wing, Ellsworth AFB., So. Dakota LMll Hester, Keith, (Dr.), 3 Horseleg Creek Rd., Rome, Georgia 2606 Kimball, Clyde, 4825 Shetland Ave., Oakland, Calif., 94605 3775 Swift, Freeman, 5403 Interlachen Blvd., Edina, Minn., 55424 4110 Weiss, Jnlius, 17722 Euclid Ave., Suite 303, Cleveland, Ohio 3746 Rosas P., Joaquin, 2210 N. Stanton St., El Paso, Texas, 79902

A CONVENTION AFTERTHOUGHT They were assisted by Vice President Sam Goldsticker and your Editor. The In our rush to get the Convention story series of meetings that were held and together and issued we completely forgot the rush trips to Boston made by the to mention the fine job done by the 1963 Co-Chairmen go little noticed "after the. Convention Committee, perhaps because we were on it! Co-Chairmen Bart Gatch- fact." We know that all those who were ell and George Kingdom deserve another' at Boston appreciated the planning and round of applause for a fine Convention. work done by this Committee. 332 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 Presidential Appointments 1963-1965

The following appointments for the 1963-65 term have been made by President Eisendrath as of July 29 and accepted: Advance Bulletin Service Manager ...... Paul Bugg Attorney ...... George D. Kingdom Auction Manager ...... Samuel S. Goldsficker, Jr. Auditor ...... Stuart J. Malkin Convention Committee 1964: ...... L. B. Gatchell and George D. Kingdom (Co-chairmen)

Publications Committee: ...... George D. Kingdom L. B. Gatchell (Co-chairmen) Robert W. Murch Dr. Perham C. Nahl Robert E. Haring Grace Conrath

The George W. Angers Memorial Award Committee ...... Jesse G. Johnson (Chm.) (other members to be an­ nounced later) (The President is an ex-officio member of all committees).

THE AlIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 333 TREASURER~ REPORT July 11, 1963 GENERAL FUND Balance forward - June 20, 1962 $3,926.26 REC,EIPTS: Dues ...... 3,618.28 Advertising - Airpost Journal ...... 1,070.07 Life Memberships ...... 309.28 Society Emblems ...... 56.00 Cover Sales ...... 73.50 Dividend-East Girard S. & L. Ass'n...... 89.20 Donations ...... 52.98 Repayment-Loan to Catalogue J!lund ...... 500.00 5,769.31

9,695.57 DISBURSEMENTS: Airpost Journal ...... 4,917.65 Postage ...... 423.83 Printing & Stationery ...... 286.24 Advertising ...... 201.52 Loan to Catalogue Fund ...... 1,500.00 Bank Cha!l'g·es ...... 17.67 Dues - National Fed. Stamp Clubs ...... 2.00 Donation - F. I. S. A ...... 25.00 Sales Managers Bond ...... 25.00 Awards ...... 22.38 1962 Convention ...... 442.12 1963 United Nations Ceremony ...... 55.17 Miscellaneous ...... 11.25 7,929.83

Balance on hand - July 11, 1963 .... $1,765.74 INSURANCE FUND Balance forward; - .June 20, 1962 $ 683.29 From Sales Manager ...... 113.20

796.49 Receipts: Less: Insurance ...... 7.75

Balance on hand - July 11, 1963 ...... $· 788.74 CATALOGU·E FUND Balance forward - June 20, 1962 $ 497.39 RECEIPTS: Sales - 1955 Air Letter Catalogue ...... 1.50 Volume III ...... 603.57 Reprints-Volume I and II ...... 2,062.28 Loan from General Fund ...... 1,500.00 334 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 Donation - Richard L. Singley ...... 50.00

4,217.35

4,714.74 DISBUR:SEMENTS: Volume III - Labels mid Postage ...... 38.91 Publication Costs Vol. I .and II ...... 3,976.31 Repayment - Loan - General Fund ...... 500.00 4,515.22

Balance on hand - July 11, 1963 $ 199.52 1955 Air Le:t:ter Caialogue Cost of Publication ...... $1,140.54 Sales to Date ...... 1,003.00 Deficit $ 137.54

Volume III Cost of Publication $6,812.76 Sponsors Edition ...... 425.00 Deruxe Edition ...... 400.00 Regular Edition ...... 3,933.20 .Advertising ...... 283.30 '5,041.50

Deficit $1,771.26 Reprin:ts - Volume I and II Cost of Publication ...... $·3,976.31 Sales to date ...... 2,062.28

Deficit $1,914.03 Respectfully Submitted, John J. Smith Treasurer

THE WORLD'S AIRCRAFT quarter of the world fleet, despite the FLEET fact that its productive capacity is about I/20th that of a DC-8. A report by the International Civil Aviation Organization states that at the -from Air Transportation end of 1962, the civil transport pure­ • jet fleet of the world, the Soviet Union THANK YOU and Red China excepted, consisted of 765 planes. Only four years before the The Society thanks Mary E. Pierce total had been 12. Propjets totaled 892, for a cash contribution; Mrs. Ethel S. as compared with 418 in 1958. Piston­ McCoy for a donation of a needlepoint engined aircraft still are the most num­ handbag ( see our Convention report, erous - 1,300 four-motored, and 2,150 August Journal)which realized $78 for twin-engined. the treasury; and Joe Martin who don­ A striking note is that the venerable ated glassine envelopes for use in first DC-3, the old workhorse credited with day brochures. Without nice people like having created a revolution in the air these, operation of your AAMS would transport industry, still forms nearly a be a lot more difficult for us all. THE Al!RPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 335 Annual Report of Sales Department Manager This report 'covers rthe period May 1, 1962 to April 30, 1963. Sales have again incr·eased and came close to a grand total of $5000.00. Stamp sales 'are higher tills year reflecting more and better material being offered!. Covers have dropped, again reflecting the type of material made available. Perhaps the .greatest demand this year has been for Zeppelin covers. Practically everything submitted in this category was disposed of. During the past year only 39 new members sent iQ. circuit requests. There are at present 62 active participating members in the Sales Dep­ tartment. During the past year 429 circuits were mailed. BREAKDOWN OF SALE~ AIR MAIL STAMPS Sales for the year ...... $3045.22 Payments made on a/c to Various Owners ...... $1928.43 Fire Insurance ...... 12.10 Insu!l'ance Account ...... 70.62 Commission ...... 381.65

TOTAL ...... $·2392.80 2392.80 Balance on hand to be distributed to var. owners 652.42 SALES BOOK ACCOUNT Ba1ance on hand 5/1/62 ...... $3209.85 Received 121 Books, Net Value ...... 7045.94 TOTAL ...... $10255.79 10255.79 Less Books Returned ...... 2709.43 Less Sales From Books ...... 3045.22

TOTAL ...... $ 5754.65 5754.65 NET BALANCE ...... 4501.14 COVERS Sales for the year ...... 1875.75 Payments made on a/c to Various Owners ...... $1183.42' Fire Insunance ...... 8.60 Insurance Account ...... 28.99 Commission 375.05

TOTAL .... 1596.06 1596.06 Bal. on hand to be distributed to va['. owners ...... 278.69 COVER PACK ACCOUNT Balance on hand ·5/1/62 ...... $2733.30 Received 86 Packs, Net Value ...... 2873.63

TOTAL ...... $5606.93 $5606.93 Less Packs Returned ...... $1846.75 Less Sales From Packs ...... 1875.75

TOTAL ...... $3722.50 3722.50 NET BALANCE .. $1884.43 Respectfully Submitted, Herman Kleinert, Sales Manager, American Air Mail Society 336 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER, 1963 AAMS EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT APJ ADS BUY SELL - WANT LISTS

RATES UNITED NATIONS Aerogramme First FIVE CENTS PER WORD per insertion. Day Sept. 14/52 to swap for rare rocket Minimum charge $1.50. Remittance must covers or better grade UN material, or accompany order and copy. The Airpost best cash offer. Dolin, 31 Park Row, New Journal, 242 Hardenburgh Avenue, De­ York 3B, N. Y. m9.rest, New Jersey, 07627. EXCHANGE "My Little Ship" Australia­ Africa covers (Bonney flight) for Aus­ PUBLICATIONS tralian flight covers I need; not inter­ ested in buving covers. Col. Leonard H. Smith, Jr., Box 6, River Edge, N. J. DID YOU GET your copies of new re­ prints of Volume I & II of Airmail Cata­ 'VILL TRADE South American air mails lor

URGENTLY NEEDED: Names of auction buyers who are interested in bi~ding on pioneer, better grade, and Zeppelin covers in our auctions. U.S.A. offered exclusively. Send names to Herman Herst, Jr., Shrub Oak, N. Y. *402 1963 Conv~ntion Items I l ~c_ _.- - 6c "BALD--·-- EAGLE" 7-12-63 Set of 3 Artcraft cards Red, Blue, Green cachet . all cancelled F. D. Boston, :Mass. 7 112 163 ...... Sl.00 Set of 3 Artcraft cards - Red. Blue, Green cachet . all cancelled AA:\IS Convention Station - 7 12163 ...... $1.00 L. S. Post Office Publicity Sheet with 6c stamp affixed and cancelled AA~IS Convention Station . 7112 63 .50 Banquet Program ( 3x51 with 6c stamp affixed and cancelled time and date of AA:\IS Banquet . 7 P . l\l. . 7 l3t 63 ...... 50 Set of 4 Artcraft Cards - 1 Red cachet with F. D. cancel i 12 63, l Red cachet with AAl\IS Conv. Stat. Cancel 7 12 63 and 1 Blue and 1 Green cancelied 7 B-H with Ak\IS Convention Station ...... Sl.00 Souvenir Brochure Program for F. D. of Issue Ceremony cancelled with AA~1S Conventior.. Station 7112163 and including 1 red Artcraft card cancelled F. D. .. Sl .00 1 Artcraft card - Red Cachet - cancelled F. D. 7112163 with block of four <-!I ...... 50 1 Artcraft card - Red Cachet - with Plate Block of 4 - cancelled F. D. 7 12 63 ...... Sl.00 SPECIAL ... TWO SETS ONLY .. :Yiatched set of 4 pbte blocks - on Artcraft cards - all Red Cachet · cancelled F. D. 7 12163 ...... ea. set $5.00 Address: RUTH T. SMITH, Secretary 102 Arbor Road Riverton, New Jersey 08077