N. Y. C. EXHIBITION NUMBER

S E P T E M 18 E R · 1 .9 3 3 A WELL DIS:PLA YED COLLECTION •

MODERN P HILAT ELY REQUIRES A DETAILED STUDY OF ITS SP ECIALIZED BRANCHES.

COLLECTIONS SH OULD BE ARTISTICALLY PRE­ PARED AND WRITTEN UP TO EXPRESS ITS OWNER'S INDIVIDUALITY AND KNOWLEDGE.

PER FECT LETTER ING, PLEASING LAY-OUT AND P HILATELICALLY CORRECT TEXT ARE AS IDS­ SENTIAL AS THE STUDY OF THE SUBJECTS THEMSELVES.

MR. FRANCISCO DE VILLA'S DISPLAY OF THE AIR-POS'I\S OF THE REPUBL IC OF COLOM­ BIA HAS IN ITS ENTIRETY BEEN STUDIED, AR­ RANGED, WRITTEN-UP. LETTERED AND DE­ SIGNED BY • • • F. W. 485 OCEAN AVE. BROOKLYN. N.Y. L. 8. GATCHELL, NPw York City, President of the American Air Mall Society, le General Chairman of tbe lOtb Anniversary New York Conven• tion "nd Exhibition.

N.Y.C EX~IBITION Offical Entry List and Description of Exhibits • Each frame will show a card g1vmg the wyne, Pa. One frame. A general col­ key number of the Exhibit as shown here· lection of Air stamps, mostly mint, in together with name of exhibitor and a including the De Pinedo, Colombia #1, condensed description of the material Mexico Official 1 Peso black, Newfound­ shown provided same has been furnished land " Columbia", some blocks of four to the Committee. and first day covers of sets. CLASS lA Airmail Stamps-Official CLASS 181 Airmail Stamps- Specialized l1111ues - General Collection, one or 2TOUP of~ countries Entry #100-MATHEWS, LESTER J., Mt. EUROPE Kisco, N. Y. One frame. 'l'he material Entry #110-KILCHER, JACQUES, Atlan­ in the frame consists of a general show­ tic City, N. J. One frame. "Switzerland" ing of Air Mail Stamps from selected the stamps and their story as told by the countries. Watermark Twins over Radio Station Entry #101-RADASCH, DR. H . E., Glad, W. P. G., Atlantic City, N. J.

Official Publication of The A.meric\.n T~E AIRPOST JOURNAL Air Mail Society. • September, 1938 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vol. IV. No. 12, Issue 41-10c Copy [ 3 ] THE AIRPOST JOU:!lNAL

wyne, Pa. Two frames. A general col­ lection of semi-officials, especially early Scadta, Brazile, Ecuadors, Russian Con­ sular and Canadae CLASS 2B2 Airmail St~mps--Semi-Officbl lcsues - SCADTA Entry #220 - DE VILLA, FRANCISCO, Brooklyn, N. Y. Six frames. A spect~· · ized collection of Colombian air m~i; stamps, both official and semi-offichl (SCADTA company an1 French Coon­ pany). A special study and listing has been made of nil known and reported items of the so-called Consular Surcharg­ es appearing on the 19 21 and 19 2 3 Scad­ ta sets, both hand and machine au r­ charged. Entry #221 - HINRICHS. RUDOLF I'. . Philadelphia. Pa. Two frames. A special­ ized collection of Scadta stamps aug­ mented by a few flown covers. Entry #222-SERPHOS, NORMAN, New York. N. Y. Three frames. A specialized collection of Scadta Company and its French predecessor. CLASS .2B3 Airmail St•mps--Semi-Offichl Issues - OTHER Entry #230 - HINRICHS, RUDOLF P., Philadelphia, Pa. One frame. A col- · lection· of the Issues of the Brazilian GEORGE W'. ANGERS, Springfield, CONDOR and V ARIG Companies Entry #231-PEERS, WILFRID. Chri~t­ Mass., is Secretary-Treasurer of the church, N . . Z. One frame; · This high Iv A.A.M.S. Mr. Angers has entered a specialized collection of the GREAT ~·ide · variety of rarP. air mail items in this exhibition. BARRIER--NEW ZEALAND Pigeon Posts contains the complete issues of all known stamps issued by the three companies Entry #111-KING, ERIC R., Sutton Cold­ who had obtained the necessary Govern­ field, England. Two frames. The Air­ ment Sanction to run the services ani post Stamps of the Goya Commemorative sell the stamps. Contains many cancel­ Issue of Spain. A specialized collection lation varieties including the early red of these interesting items consisting of ink variety of which but two copies have proofs of the central designs in black ever been found. and in the issued colors; proofs of the CLASS 3A - Vignettes frames in black and in the issued co lore; Entry #300--FLINN, ROBT. M. No~~oo · l. proofs of the stamps as issued; specimens Ohio. One frame. A general collectio!l stamps; normal stamps; errors of color, of Vignettes. etc.; and copies of the stamps overprint­ CLASS 4--Air M~il Sticken. Air Bagg.>ge ed "C.U. P.P.", which were included in and Express Labels a booklet of recent Spanish stamps pre­ sented by the Spanish Government to Entry #400-CILLEY, ALICE B., Wash­ delegates of the Pan American Postal ington, D. C. Two frames. United Congress held in Madrid, November 1931. States and foreign Air Baggage Labels. Entry #401-FAY, G. F., New York, N.Y. CLASS 1B2 Airmail Stamps-Specialized One frame. Two volumes of Air Bag­ Collection-one or 2roup of countries t

collection shows nearly all major cs.tu­ logue numbers. excepting color va.rieties. Entry #632-·GATCHELL, L. B., Bronx­ ville, N. Y. Three frames. The entry consists of some seven volumes in . ad­ dition to those covers on display. Th., collection is practically complete In all major v8.rietiee and in addition contains better than 75 per cent of all listed minor and color varieties. Entry #633--RIESS, CHARLES G., Albany, N . Y. Two frames. This is a highly specialized collection. complete to a de­ gree not often obtained. Entry #634--SERPHOS, NORMAN, New York, N. Y. Three frames. Speciall7.ed showing of Pilot signed Contract Air Mail Covers. CLASS 6B4 Forei, Contrs.ct Air Mail Service Entry #640- GATCHELL, L. B... Bronx­ ville, N. Y. One frame. NOT FOR COMPETITION. This Is a very com­ plete showing of FAM items, having re­ ceived first award in this class at Cleve- land, 1932. * Entry #641-SINGLEY, RICHARD L., HARRY A. TRUBY. New Kensington,! Lancaster, Pa. Three frames. In the Pa., is one of. the early organizers of frames is a cross section of a very com.. the American Air Mdl Society and is prehenslve and complete grouping of exhi_biting his superb pioneer collection. these interesting covers including many rare and scarce items. CLASS 6B5 · Historic-,) Flights Entry #611.- LEECH, FRANCIS B., Wash­ ington. D. C. Four frames. A repre· Entry #650 -ANGERS, GEORGE W .. sentative showing of United States Springfield, Mass. One frame. A unlqu& Pioneer Air Mail flights. collection of unusual and Important flights toward the advancement of CLASS 6B2 U. S. GOVERNMENTALS aviation. 19111 - 1926 Entry #620-GATCHELL, L. B., Bronx­ Entry #651-HEINMULLER, J. P. V .• vllle, N. Y. Two frames. A selected Katonah. N. Y. Three frames. A col­ showing of these flights. Particular lection of fifty or more Transatlantic ftight covers including the Chamberlain­ notice Is drawn to the three stages of the cancellation on covers of New York Levine, Byrd. Poet, Mattern, etc. -Boston ftlght, June 3, 1918. Entry #652-SERPHOS, NORMAN, New Entry #621-LODIGIANI, GUIDO, Ne,v York, N. Y. Three frames. Collection York, N. Y. Two frames. Collection of of Pioneer Ocean Flights. U. S. Government ftights, 1918 to 1926, forerunner of our present day wonderful CLASS 6B6-FLIGHTS IN U. S. air mail servfce. Special attention is POSSESSIONS drawn to the Columbia Country Club ftight, all the 1918 experimentals, the Entry #660-ALLEY, W. R., Dobbs Ferry, Jahn mail dropping experiment, Mil·· N. Y. One frame. Philippine Air Mail waukee, 1920, William Penn Special covers. flight, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1924, New Or­ Entry #661 - ANGERS, GEORGE W ., leans, Chicago, Chattanooga and the Springfield, Mass. One frame. A gen­ ftlghts of the airships SHENANDOAH eral collection of ftlghts of the Philip­ and LOS ANGELES. pine Islands. including several rarities. CLASS 6B3 CONTRACT AIR MAIL Entry #662-GATCHELL, T~ B., Bronx­ Entry #630- ALLEY, W. R., Dobbs Ferry, ville, N. Y . Three frames. A large N.Y. Three fremes. A study of these group of interesting first flights periol"D!l­ covers showing many routes in · point ed by Insular, Army and special flight to point. planes in the Philippine Islands. Includes Entry #631 - ANGERS, GEORGE W., all the later rarities, being especially rich Springfield, Mass. Four frames. The in the many special Army survey flights. [ 6 ] THE Al~POST JOURNAL

CLASS 6Cl....,...CRASH COVERS Entry #670-ANGERS, GEORGE W .. Springfield, Maes. Four frames NOT FOR COMPETITION. Speeialized col­ lection of . the early crashes, a unique pie'ce being one of the 'two covers saved from the crash that occurred at Berlin, t: Conn., September 17, 1929. ·• Entry #671- COSTANZO, . . FRANK M., Punxsutawney, Pa. Ten frames. Ex­ hibit will consist of ten frames, two al­ bum pages with one cover each in each frame. Exhibit will consist of crash and .accident covers and each will ·have new~ clippings, maps, photos of pilot or crash and other necessary data. Entry #672- FLINN, ROBERT M., Nor­ wood, Ohio. Fourteen frames. A very complete showing of crash and accident covers. CLASS 6C2-Emergency and Flood Covers Entry #680-CITRET, HARRY, Newark, N . . J. One frame. Emergency mall car­ rying flights in ./\.LASKA.· . ~· CLASS . ~UNDBERcH COVERS Entry #690-CHARLAT, L. W., New York, N. ·Y. One frame. NOT FOR COMPE­ TI'~ION: One. frame (.ontalnlng some unusual Lindbergh covers selected from personal collection of L. W. Charlat. Entry . #691-GLASS, CARTER, Jr., Lynch-· GEORGE D. KINGDOM, Conneaut, 0., burg, Va. One frame. A specialized a vice president of the A.A.M.S. and · and highly Interesting collection of editor of the Air.Post Jo:::rn&l, Is ex­ hibiting his collec::ion of al'rmail .;.uto­ graphs which was awarded the Cleve­ land trophy last year. 10th Anniversary Lindbergh covers. . · ·. .CONVENTION .Entry #692-GRIFFIN, H. H., Clevelana, ·Ohio. Three· frames. A comprehensive PROGRAM showing of Lindbergh covers. · . .,,. Entry #693-SERPHOS, NORMAN, New • York, N. Y. Three frames. Covers of Hotel New Yorker the Lindbergh Good· Will tours, including New York City.' N. Y. no less than fourteen signed c:overe. . . CLASS 6C4-PlLOT AUTOGRAPHS . Entry #700-EHRLICH, MILTON, Kew THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 ·· Gardens, N. Y. ·Two frames. A dlvers't­ 9 :00 A.M.-Registratlon' (also on af­ fied collection o: many notable auto-· ternoon of day previous.) graphs of the flying fraternity including Registration fee including banquet many pilots now deceased. $3.60. . Entry #701-LAMPORT, FLORENCE, Phil­ 10 :00 A.M.-'-Opening Buslnea. Session. adelphia, Pa. One frame. Exhibit of 2 :00 P.M.-Second BuRiness Session. Pilot Autographs Including Mrs. ·Amelia 8 :00 P.M.- Bourse and general in­ Earhart Putnam, Colonel Charles A. . • formal get-together. Lindbergh, Rear Admiral R. E. Byrd, and the Commander of the DO-X. FRIDAY, . SEPTEMBER .1, Entry #702-'--LANCASTER, G. F., Brook­ 10 :00 A.M.-Buelnees Session. lyn, N. Y. One frame. Some interest­ NOTE: There is no· formal pro­ . Ing pilot autographs. gram . for ·the remainder of the Entry #703-NORTHEIU!lOR, HILDA, Nor­ day. . wood, Ohio. One f r ame. A collection of SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 notable pilot autographs. 10 :00 A :M.-Final Business Session. Entry #704-RADASCH, DR. H : . E., 2 !oo P.M.-Convention Auction con­ · Gladwyne, Pa. One• frame. A collection ducted by Donal\!. E. Dickason. . of Pilot signed covers of first day fllgh~ 7 :00 P.M.-Conventlon Banquet. and special flights-a)so first day covers · autographed by those officially connec~­ ed· with those flights. These include the [ 7 ] THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

which the cover was mailed. Awarded Cleveland Air Mall Society trophy tn 1982 at Exhibition in Cleveland. 0. , CLASS 6C~AIRPORT DEDICATIONS Entry #710-EHRLICH, MILTON, Kew Gardens, N. Y. Two frames. A show­ ing of some of the rarer and more Inter­ esting Dedications. Entry #711-LANCASTER. G. F., Brook­ lyn, N. Y. One frame. A ·selected group of Dedication covers. Entry #712-PETTY, MAURICE S., Wash­ ington, D. C. Five frames. Specialized collection of Airport Dedication covers In nineteen volumes and five frames. Included In the frames will be the 9Car~e Glaecow, KY., Beckley, W. Va., Brattle­ boro, Vt., Claremont, N. H., (postmarked at Claremont), Clyde, Calif., (both dates) and . other of particular Interest. CLASS 6C6-AIR MEETS, SHOWS, Etc. Entry #720-DE WITT, STEWART, Long Island City, N. Y. Two frames. One of the two frames contains a specialized collection of Lt. Walter Hinton Air To" • · covers. Lt. Hinton was the pilot of Lhe NC-4, the first' plane to ·fly the Atlantic and all covers are autographed by him. Included le a piece of the fabric · of the HOLCOMB YORK, Cummington, MaH. NC-4, together with a photograph of the for many year• a prominent airmail plane. Some of the covers in the re­ collector, la onP. of the judll'.es of the mainder of the collection are air tour covers, autographed by Jimmie Doolittle. Exhibition. Amelia Earhart Putnam, Sgt. York• and several scarce autographs of Rear Ad­ miral Byrd. There is a cover of the autographs of Colonel Lindbergh, Amelia Akron survivors. Earhart (Putnam), J. D. Hiii, Com. C. E. . Entry #721-PENDERGAST, J. F., Pitts­ Rosendahl, Sir Hubert Wilkins, Jimmie field, Mase. One frame. An lntereetinq Doolittle, Lieut. Schllhauer, Clarence showing of Washington Bl-Centennial Chamberlain, Count Hugo von Eckener, covers all flown by air mall. and Gov. Trumbun. CLASS 7Bl-PARIS BALLOON MAIL Entry #705-SOUTHARD, T. b'. West Palm Beach, Fla. Two frames. Sig­ Entry #7 40 - ANGERS, GEORGE W ., natu!'ee of famous commercial pilots and Springfield, Maes. Eight frames. Balloon others, th<> exhibit augmented by digi.ed Letters and Pigeon Poet of the Selge of photos of many of the pilots. Parle. A specialized collection of Balloon Letters, showing a letter carried on each Entry #706-STOBART, ELMER, Chicago, of the 6 6 aecenetone; letters addressed Ill. One frame. Ptlot and ·Postmaster to thirty foreign countries: twelve differ­ 'Autographs. ent newsletters; aeronaut concellations: Entry #707-WEINGETZ, FRED W., Rich­ mond Hill, N. Y. One frame. Pilot Prisoner of War letters and several of autojl'raphed covers. Many deceased. the rare cachets. Aleo a compete and Including snapshots and supplementary unique collection (the only collection material. known in the hands of a private collec­ ,Entry #708-KINGDOM, GEORGE D., Con­ tor) of dispatches by Carrier pigeons neau•, Ohio. Ten frames. Thie col­ during the siege of Parle, 1870-71. lection includes the signature of prac­ CLASS 7B3-GRAF ZEPPELIN tically eve~y f~mou·e ftler, every C.A.llI. first ftlght pilot, every F.A.M. first flight ·Entry #760-GATCHELL, L. B., Bron."<­ pilot, many of the early filers, famous vllle, N. Y. One frame. Selected cov­ women fliers and others having contact ers of the GRAF ZEPPELIN including with· aviation and alrmai.I The cover the rare Tokio World Tour dlepatches. . bearing the signature was either carried Entry #761-HINRICHS, RUDOLF P., by the P.ilot signing . it or the pilot par­ Philadelphia, Pa. ~ One frame. Covers ticipated In the event In some way from carried by tlie GRAF ZEPPELIN. [. 8 ] . THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

Entry #762- KALINCHAK, MICHAEL, Bethlehem, Pa. One frame. GRAF ZEPPELIN flights, Pan American, Round the World, Europe and North Pole. Entry #763-KLEEMAN, J. J. Jr., New York, N. Y. Five frames. Selected pages of GRAP ZEPPELIN covero. Special attention is called to the rare passenger or drop letters and post­ cards as .well as t'lle point to potnt cover­ age on all tllghts, Including some rar~ and Interesting cancellations. Of un­ usual Interest is the German Naval flag shown which Wa3 carried on board the GRAF ZEPPELll~ on the first South American trip and signed by all the pas­ sengers on board. Entry #764-THOMPSON, ANSON R., Troy, N. Y. Twenty-five frames. A highly specialized collection of the tllghts of the GRAF ZEPPELIN Including prac­ tically every known dispatch and rarity. CLASS 7B4-FLIGHTS OF U. S. DIRIGIBLES Entry #770-HENGS'l'LER, OSCAR, West New York, N. J. One frRme. U.S:S. Akron covers from the ring-laying cere­ mony through every major event to the deplorable crash. Including a number of memorial day services cachets and Lh9 cover from the :t.akehur$t se1·vlce au•o• graphed by the survivors, Wiley, Leal, HERBERT H. GRIFFIN, Cleveland, 0 ., and Erwin. President Emeritus of the American Air Mail Society, is renresenting the CLASS 8-1-Publications-Catalogues Cleveland Air Mail Society at the r Entry #800-BECKEN. CARL M., Mimoe­ Convention. apolis, Minn. The Standard Air Baggage. and Label Catalogue. ' · Entry #801-DICKASON, DONALD E., Wooster, Ohio. The Standard Airpost CLASS SB3 Catalogue. Entry #581-CITRET, HARRY, Newark, Entry #802-SCOTT STAMP AND COIN N. J. One frame. An Interesting show­ CO., New York, N. Y. Scot','s Standar.: ing ·of covers carried by the NYRBA Catalogue of AIRPOST STAMPS. line. Entry #803--TALLMADGE, KENNETH. CORRECTION Minneapolis, Minn. The American Cata­ Entry #300-(Robert M. Flinn) should be logue of Airport Dedications. Special , changed to Entry #402, under Class •· tlights, etc. Entry #804-THOOLEN, G. A. G., The Hague, Holland. Cataloitue Internatlont 111111111111111111101111111111111111011111111111111111111111111111111111110 de la Poste Aerienne. C.A.M.18 CLASS 8-2-ALBUMS ROCK SPRINGS, WYO. Entry #810-NICKLIN, JOHN W., New A fine cover from the firs1. York, N. Y. The Air Mail Album. eastbound tlight which occur­ Entry #811-SCOTT STAMP AND COIN red . quite unexpectedly cm CO., New York, N. Y. The International a June 11, 1933, and of which Air Post Album. ~ only 50 philatelic items exist CLASS 8-3-Magazinea ~ • lill: -special price during Sep- Entry #820-AMERICAN A,IR MAIL SO­ Ii $!::ut this rare CIETY, Springtleld, Mass., The Alrpost ~~•• i4 ~:berread Journal. · ,,_ ~1 CAM cover In last month's Entry #821- AUGUST, LEO, Newark, N. J. ~ :.'.:.. ~ Journal and other philatelic Aero World. ...~~~ pap-:rs-get i~ now at th.ls ADDITIONAL LISTING . 11 a spec1a1 iow price. CLASS 1-A CAM and FAM covers on ap­ Entry #102-SANABRIA, NICHOLAS, New proval. What do you need 1 York, N. Y. One frame. One frame of the world's airmail rarities, including a EDGAR C. CANTRELL ~1n G1P.nwood· Court copy of the United States 24c inverted SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS center...... [ 9 ] ERIK HILDESHEIM, New York City, Chairman of the Convention and Exhi­ bition, la Rhowinl' five frames of his uioneera. inieludin1r those mentioned in this article. My Air Mail Collections and Recol lect:ions .by Erik ~ildesheim • VIATION has always been my traced to a notice in the English chief interest in life. In my magazine "Flight." It listed the sch-001 days I collected all prices realized at a sale of some air airplane and airship pictures that I mail items, and one of them was a could lay hand on. In this way I specimen from Naestved. , TMs is acquired my first flown air mail sou­ the name of a Danish provincial venirs; they included a post card. town and aroused my curiosity, as sent by my mother on the occasion I had not previously heard of any of the first Danish air mail in 1914. air mail activities there. I tele­ I still have this postal thanks to a phoned at once the well inf-0rmed post script reading, "Save the card". aviation editor of one of the Copen­ ·Several other copies were sent to hagen newspapers. He believed various friends in ·different countries that he had one of the cards carria,:l and in later years I have unforlun­ on that occasion somewhere among ately verified that none of them had his papers. It being Sunday I de­ the foresight to keep there air mail cided to jump on my motorcycle and cards. ride the fifty miles to Naestved to \ learn the details surrounding the Tlie start of my systematic collect- &vent myself on the spot. There I ing of air maiil material can be found out tllat the Naestved to Sto- [10] THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

rehedinge air mail had been staged inspect, was formed in Germany by by the brother-fa-law of an old Count de Matzenau. When it was school chum of mine. Before re· sold at Auction in Berlin I 1bought turning I cleaned up on an speci­ most of the items in the Paris bal­ ments still available. loon mail and U. s. pioneer section'3. The latter lot I picked · up for a Back in the capital the reporter song and shortly after my arrival surprised me by producing a hitherto here sold for a goodly sum to a well unrecorded Swedish a.fr post souven­ known Phil:adelphia dealer, two­ ir, as the outcome of his search. It thirds cash and the remainder in had been sent to him by a Danish balloon items. However, the sou­ pilot who carried the first air mail venirs fr-0m the early American air in Sweden in 1912. I knew the had already had time to get pilot and promptly acquired several under my skin, and before long I specimens from him. The event had began to form a collection of them. taken place not far from where I learned to fiy at Dr. Thulin's school Thanks to the ·generous support of and the present manager of his fac­ Air Mail Superintendent Wadsworth tory ha:iled from the scene of this and other officials in the Post Office early· air mail. Thu.s luck was with Department it has been my g-0od for­ me again and when going there I tune to add to the list of specimens got hold of additional copies. from known events by discovery of hitherto unrecorded pioneer air S'uch a flying start naturally mails. Unfortunately complete rec­ sharpened my appetite and hence­ (lTds of these flights were not kept at forth I bent my efforts on acquiring the time they were made, and 'l.t a com·plete collection first of the this J?.te date we can not hope to early Scandinavian air mails and compile a complete list. I should later o·f all the European ones. estimate that they total close to one In the fourth ed•ition of the hundred and fifty and believe that French air mail catalogue I found data will be available regarding two one day the illustration of a balloon thirds of them, before our research card whieh from the handwriting I is finished. recognized as havi:!ig been dropped by me on a training trip. The lack Elsewhere ( *) the story of my of discrimination was apparent when own experience in digging into the specimens fr.om ordiinary ascensioas history of the Vin Fiz flight has were Included in the listing. This ·been told. Many. a yarn can be aroused my curiosity about the hisc spun round the headline o·f this tory of balloon mail. As an out­ article, but they must be reserved come I came in contact with the ·fas­ for some future occasion. Here I cinating Paris 1870-7.1 siege mail, shall only pick a few incidents at the world's first a1r mail serv.ice. random. "Cone·y Island to Californ· Ill the Standard Airpost Catalogue ia" is numbered among the pioneers Messrs. Angers and Prevost have and .in going after this item I first dealt efficiently with this specialized drew the hasty conclusj.on that it field and list the correspondence ac­ was another transcontinental flight cording to the balloons. There are from the well known New York almost as many ways to handle th!s amusement center to the Pacific balloon mail as there are c-0llectors. Coast. Citizens of Cill'cinnatl, fa­ For my own part I first set myself miliar with local history, will tell the task to get together a complete you how these two suburbs of the file of the Gazette des Absents, the Queen City came by their names. special, combined tabloid newspaper It was my good fortune to ·pick up and letterhead. This task com­ a specimen there; the postmark was· pleted I have since ell'deavored to rather indistinct and another and procure as many dates and post perfect copy which had been des­ office cancellaUons as possible be· criibed and reproduced in the press, side specimens addressed to the had since "spurlos verschwunden." greatest number of different coun· tries. My first railroad journey to Cal­ One of the finest air mail collec­ ifornia was over t1he southern route tions that it ever was my privilege to (*). STAMPIS, June 17, 1933. [11] THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

via El Paso and Tucson. The latt'lr eral aut.horized many of the pioneer name sounded familiar to me--in air mails, the reporter willingly fact I can thank the air mail· hobby wrote a story of the historical, local for most of my geographical know­ event. It brought results, as it ledge of United States. A consul­ ·gave me the desired details and was tation o·f the catalogue and the time instrumental in bringing to light table brouglht out the tantalizing some of the cards flown on that oc­ fact that I should be passing the casion. scene of another pioneer air mail without having a chance to make One of the first air mail dealers any investigations on the spot, as I here was Arthur Barger with whom should lose twenty-four hours if I I had already corresponded while stopped over, which my traveling still in Europe. His interest in air schedule did not· allow. So I mail was continued and he always struck the idea of wiring ahead from listens with sympathy to the tales El Paso and unaware of the names of my discoveries of more pioneers. of the local newspapers-there Last year in Chicago he called me up might be only one for all I knew­ from his hotel and told me that addressed the telegram to "T·lle this . time he ' had . a new discovery Leading Newspaper" in Tucson. It to report. He added that he had worked, as a reporter complied with just arrived from Kansas City, that my request to meet me at the station an old mail flight had started in during the fifteen minutes' stay of 'Topeka and ended in the former the train. He happened to be Nor­ city, and that he was leaving for wegian and confessed that he had New York the next morning. I rather expected some celebrity. dropped in t-0 see him and on en - However as the publisher of his tering the room found another party paper "The Daily Citizen" is Frank there who agreed to p·ay $350 un­ HitJchcock, who as Postmaster Gen- seen for the pioneer if it came up to description. BaI"ger explained th:i,t the item had been sent to New York and I expressed a desire to inspect it. Later he' evaded the issue by saying that the new owner refused to let it -0ut of his hands and then Mint Airmail confessed that he had wanted to have fun with me. As a small consolation he added that someone Stamps in Kansas City had actually spoken to him of having a vague recollec­ -:- tion of an early air mail flight in that neighborhood. NEW ISSUE I dec.ided to get my revenge and and as there is no smoke without a nearby fire, resolved to be on my APPROVAL SERVICE guard. The Smithville cover sho,vn at this year's A.A.M.S'. convention -:- exMbition is the outcome. So you Details Upon Request see, A.B., you acted one of the parts in the old play with the true title: -:- "They have most to laugh who laugh last." AIR MAIL PRICE LIST SENT FREE 1 MAIL AUCTIONS EXCLUSIVELY -:- Specializing in Aero-philatelic material. If you have anything worthwhile to dispose of, by all means write me and ]et me show A.H. OLENA you how to get the most possible out of your property. 66 Beaver Street, New York, N.Y. FREDERICK P. PROESSEL 51 East Woodale Rd., Philadelphia, Pa. [12] Airs of the Month Alton J. Blank N COMMEMORATION of the 4411st anniversar.y of the d. e­ AU data on New Issues of Air Mail parture of Columbus from Stamps should be sent direct to Editor Palos,I Nicaragua has issued an air Alton J. Blank, 1850 Burnett Ave., set of eleven values along with an EaHt Cleveland. Ohio. official series of twelve and an or­ dinary postal set of thirteen stamps. • :several varieties have been found bearing in the center three crosses on the recent Balbo stamps of New­ and a sun. foundland and Italy. Wording on the stamp is: "La GREECE Bandera de la Raza" and "Correo The set promised some short Aereo"; "U.P.U.; "Rep. de Nicarag­ while ago is soon to make its ap­ ue"; 3 de Agosto 1933". The val­ pearance. ue appears in the upper right hand ITALY corner and the lower left. The back­ Evidently a sheet or s'heets of ground has a lar,ge white diagonal the Balbo sets was issued without bar running thru a solid color a.nd any surcharge as recent reports in­ represents the National flag of dicate that unoverprinted stamps Nicaragua. are known. Denominations and colors are: LUXEMBURG le. brown; 2'C. claret; 4c. purple; 'Colors oi the new stamps listed 5c. ultramarine; 6c. blue; 8c, light last month are 50c. green and 3 brown; 15c. dark brown; 20c. yel­ fran·cs, black. These stam

Address Communications to "The • AJr1;ost Jonl'ual" Albion, Pennsyl­ URING the past few weeks vania or Tyler Bldg., Conneaut, 0. () have received many inquiries from collectors asking me to interpret the meaning of the words Geo. D. Kingdom, Editor-in-Chief CRASH and ACCIDENT as used In t ih is column. Aero·phil'atelicly Walter J. Conrath, Business Manager speaking, there is quite a distinc­ tion between the two. The defini­ tions of the a•bove terms as given ASSOCIATE EDITORS in an earlier issue of The Journal Charles G. Riess ...... •. C.A.M.'s and also in t•he foreword of th.a Crash and Accident section of the L. B. Gatchell ...... F.A.M.'s Standard Airpost Catalog are as fol­ . Alton J. Blank ...... Atr Mail Stamps lows: CRA;SH COVER: A cover car­ M. S. Petty ....•....• Dedications, et al. ried by a on a flight F. A. Costanzo· ...... Crash Covers which results in a crash causing the plane to be badly damaged, wrecked w. R. Patton ...... Canada or burned beyond repair. Mail so D. E. Dickason ...... Auction Review carried may or may not show signs Fred H. Wilde .•.. Pacific Coast Notes of such a crash and may or may not bear a cachet or marking denoting the same. ACCIDENT COVER: A SUBSCRIPTIONS cover carried by a mail plane on a United States ••..•••.•••••. $1.00 per year flight whiCih results in an accident Canada and l!'orelgn •••••••. $1.50 per year of some kind causing slight damage to the plane, resulting or not result­ Single Copies, lOc ing in delay of the mail. :Mail so carried .would not, as a rule, show Entered ·as second-class matter, February signs of such an accident. 10, 1932, at the post office at Albion, Pa., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Od'iciaI Report of Recent Air Mail Crashes and Accidents

AD\'EUTISIJSG RATES • One inch per l:;>:>ue ...... $ l.UO July 28th, 1933 Quarter page, per !"sue ...... $ 3.25 Kansas City, Mo., A.M. No. 34, Half Page, per isirne ...... •...• $ 6.GO westbound, 9: 25 P.M., Transcontin­ J!'ull Page, per issue ...... $10.00 ental and Western Air, Pilot E. J. Noe fatally injured. Trip 1. Mail ~'ront Inside or Back Cover Page when available ••.•..•...... $12.00 124 pounds all recovered in water-­ soaked condition and forwarded to Interested n:dvertise1·s may apply for Los Angeles. A cachet reading, contract rate for space used every ib'.,;ue "DAMAGED AT KANIS.A:S CITY, MO. for a period of six months. ' JULY 28, WHEN PLANE FELL IN THE RIVER" was applied by the The Airpost Journal is publi8hed ou the postal authorities. roust be received by the ltith of each ' mont>h, 10 days before publication. Flying a fast Lockheed mail plane 25th of each month. Advert.ifling copy of the TWA, Pilot Noe took off from [14] THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

t'he municipal airport at 9: 2 5 P .M. practically an entire day, traveling with mail bound for Los Angeles. As from the airlines office, to the Post these speedy planes are slow m Offi

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.News of futnl'e Hnd 1>asf~ events under Box 262, who is President of the ihis section should be sent direct to Stamp Club .... It is reported that Mr. Petty, 61'1 Kermedy St., N. W., Boulder City, Nv. will dedicate air­ \\~ashington,, D. C. port about September 1st, but no­ thing definite ..... NEW ORLEANS, LA., dedication Shushan Airport to OMING: ORLANDO,• FLA. ca­ be held in about three months and chet Oct. 5th for fifth anu i­ may be more than one day. Covers C versary airport. Covers to to Emil A. Thurman, 1366 Laharpe A. H. Baker, Box 1266 .... LAKE­ St.. ... NEW YORK CITY events still HURST, N. J., events in connection being handled by Harry Gordon, with U.S..S. Macon until it leaves \Vhose new address is 7 80 Garden for west coast. Covers to Alfred J. S't., Bronx, N. Y .....DUNSMUIR, Scanlon, Lakewood, N. J ..... OSH­ CALIF. dedication postponed to Sep­ KOSH, WISC., Dec. 15, Fifth annl­ tember. Covers to C. of C .....

DODGE, IOWA, July 30th, dedica­ DONALD E. DICKASON, Wooster, 0., tion had too, many varieties also. is the ?>ublisher of the Standard Air­ Some with no markings; other with post Catalo8' and is sponsorin8' the P.M. autographs; others with typed Convention Auction.. cacliet by Legion Commander; alsl} two line stamp in green of the Iowa Buy, Sell or Exchan8'e With Alrpoat Jour­ Airway~ Corporation; others with two line cachet in purple "Dedica­ nal Classified Ads. One Cent per Word. tion July 30th"; some have various combinations af the above .... BRIDGEPORT, CONN. dedicated Mollison Field in honor of James Ready Nowf and Amy Mollison on August 4th, • with them and Frank. Hawk.s as MARTIN'S guests of honor. Chamber of Com­ merce writes me that this is same field as dedic·ated July 6 and 6, Air Transport 1929 and no covers mailed on Aug- (continued on page 20) ·Label Catalog 111111111111111111111111111111111u1111 11111111111111111"1111111111111uu111u OF THE WORLD 1st Edition - 1984 ROCK SPRINGS T-he first catalog ever published pricing au air baggage, air ex­ CAM 18 · press and air freight labels. Con­ FIRST F~n:"T EAST tains much valuable information about the history and operation of the air lines of the World. I FIRST REC'D FROM WEST PER COPY ~~"···~! ' Jnne 11, 1933 POSTPAID , 1 50C - These and many other CAM and FAM Rarities are in rt~•jj'fjl Stock. What do you need ? CARL M. BECKEN H PUBLISHER EDGAR C. CANTRELL -Becken Stamp Shop-- 210 Glenwood Court 7 No. 7th St. - MINNEAPOLIS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ...... u ...... [17] THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

by Chas. G. Riess Informntlon concerning C.A.M.'s should be sent direct to the editor of section, P.O. Box 11, Albany, N, Y • • air mail field covers dispatC'hed pn the first :flights east and west out of Kansas City on May l,, 1929 over (C).A.M. 28. Such covers are un­ listed and i,f they exist would be listed as 28W2f and 28ElM. The ·writer of this column would be pleased to see s11ch covers for the purpose of having same recorded. The cancellation stamp need not be inscribed, "Air Mail Field" if it is i11scribed, "AIRPORT". Do not confuse with the word, "AIRMAIL" • frequently found in cancellation FFEOTIVE with the close of st

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properly recorded in the next edition of t!J.e catalogue. Mr. William F. Housman advises that Harrisburg, Penna., has been using the Olmsted Field (army J at Middletown, Penna., for so,me time for the receipt and dispatch of air mail to (C).A.M. 34. This iileld is being used for the reason that the regular Harrisburg field is unsuit­ able for use of the mail planes. Thi-1 change, while of interest does not incur any first flight covers inas- . much as no air mail is cancelled at Olmsted Field as there is no air mail field post office located there. Mr. A. N. Brown advises that covers sent into San Francisco (Mills Field) on July 9, 1933 over (C).A.M. 18 from the east t:hat were Intended to come In on the seconn and third trips all came in together on the third trip. Therefore, there can be no second trip rece'.ved covers from the east of S'an Fran clsco (Mills Field) as of July 9th, 1933. Official information just received through the courtesy of the Asst. . WALTER J. CONRATH, Albion, ·Pa., Chief Clerk of the Boston Rallwav Business Manaeer of The Airpost Mail Service discloses some inter­ Journal is repreaenting the magazine esting points in connection ·with the ut the Conven~ion and assistino with first flight covers of Am;ust 1. 1931, the judeing of the Exhibition. - dispatched northward from the Alr ­ Mall Field at that point over A. M. route i. The cover referred to i" continued.. Therefore, the only listed as Item 1N5f in the 1933 real Air Mail Field covers of the Standlard Airpost Ca/talogue. To first northbound Boston air mail dat0 the editor of this rolumn ha ~ flight over A. l\I. route 1 on Auguat seriously questioned the existence of 1, 1931, are those bearin·g the Ruch i> cover 1'earing a regular Ai~ EMERGENCY cancellation stamp. Mail Field cancellation stamp ani hRs as yet to.see such· a cover. How- The writer of this column shall ap­ preciate any additional data that any ever, covers were mailed from th~ BoFton Air Mail Field for first flight collectors might care to send in re­ disratch northward over A. M. 1 ann garding the8e cancellation stamps such covers as were so mailed berr used at the Boston Air Mail Field the EMERGENCY cancellationstam'..) and also desires to see such covers that was used for the first threB as might bear either of the above­ days after which a suitably worded mentioned cancellation stamps. cancellation stamp .similar to ~he ...... USED VENEZUELA AI.RS one used at the New Orleans Air ·' Mail Field on the first flight from Net Net Net No. 401. . 02 No. 406 . .10 No. 414 • . 40 that point over C.A.M. 29 was placed 402 . .02 . 407 .. •13 415 . .75 403. .OS 408. .15 416 . 2 . 2~ In use on Aug. 4, 1931. With the dis- 404. .OS 409 . •20 424 • . 15 continuance of the Boston-Portland­ 405. .05 413 . . so 427 . •23 Bangor ai-r mail service the use of JOHN ARNOSTI. A.A.M.S. 1328 Bx. 445 Gr. Cen. Sta., New York, N.Y. the field cancellation sltamp was dis- 1111111111111111011••1•••••111111111111111111111111110111111101111111111111 [19) THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

DEDICATIONS & UNOFFICIALS .stamped envelope: .... Tulsa, Okla., (Con tined f-om Page 1 7) July 6th, 6th anniversary air mail. 311 mailed and pmkd. Dallas, 47 • pmkd. Tulsa, 6 4 ordinary not flown ust 4, 1933 .. '..w. O. Beasley calls at­ .Montreal. July 14, Balbo Italian tention to reason Dr. Brock did not Flight .. ,. Detroit, July 16th, Italian'! fly Carthage covers of M1ay 30th was fly over, 8 7 covers mailed; Chicago, that he had to leave early, but he July 16th, Balbo and Italians arrive, taxied ·his plane around field with two different .... New York City, 16th, them .... Ralph Moffett of W.C.A.M.S. Darius and Girenas hop off, 46 sends letter from American Consul mailed .... New York City, 16th, Post at Nuevo Laredo, Mex., saying Lar­ hops off, 60 ·mailed .... Detroit, July edo (not sure whether Texas 01· 17th, 6th anniversary of CAM 27; Mexico) airport was formally and 636 mailed .... Lansing, same, 17th, by . officially o·pened on July 22nd.... Jr. C. of C. 411 air and 76 non-air Rex Copp in Gossip says no covers walled .... Bay City, same 17th, pur­ mailed fr(}m the dedication of Eacls ple cachet..... New York 19Jh, Visit Airport at New l'beria, Mo., or from Bal bo and fleet, cancelled at 4: 0 0 Brookhaven, Miss., on 'June 19th, P.M., just flS they flew over City tr,ough some of the l·atter do exist.... Hall, by Italian Amer. Citizens Club Gossip also reports a dedication of .. .. Sn me event, different cachet by Krips Farm Atf'port at Wadena, FAPS, 70 mailed ....Washington, D.C. Minn .. July 27, with six line printed 20th, Visit of Ba.Ibo, M & M Assn. cachet. ra.chet on 103 covers.... Elmira, N.Y. 23rd, last day of Natl. Glider lVIeet OTHER AERO COVERS: To leave .... Lansing, Mich., 23rd, Air Circus, room for Convention· data, merely · 316 air. 81 non-air mailed.... New listing these. Further information York, July 23. Post lands, FAPS on a spec!tlc one may be ·had for a cachet on 2 6 covers.... H. Gordon re-

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ports that covers entrusted to an­ other party .is reason for wrong PACIFIC COAST cancellation ...... F. S'anders mailed f\ome from Floyd Bennett Field as NOTES Post landed ....Washington, D. C. 26, By l<'red H. Wilde green map cachet by W AMS for Post • welcome on 916 covers.... Pocatello, All news of Pacific Const aerial eve11t• Idaho, Aug. 1st, 5th anniversary of should be sent to Ft•ed H. Wilde, 917 .S. 811 rris A \•e., Compton, Calif. as CAM 26 .... New York, Aug. 5th, ~nrly ns possible. Codos and Rossi •hop off .... Lakehurst • July 18th, de·parture of Macon to AKLAND. The Al\iF P.O. here meet Balbo 227 malled .... Revere, was dis.continued on July 8, Mass., July '4th, pmkd. Chelsia, air () 19 3 3 ·and a nice cover comes races, typed cachet on 23 covers. from there cacheted "Last Day­ News is gratefully acknowledged Oakland Air Mail Field Post Office from W. O. Beasley, Robert C. Cod­ -July 8, .1933, autographed by all T"an, Chas. E. Davis, Rex 0. Copp, tile clerks in charge on the various Milton Ehrlich, Todd Fagan, Harry tours. Many thanks to Ralph E. Gordon, Chas. H. Haas, Frank C. Moffett. Haldeman Jr., Ded Kee, Arthur L. Marsh, Ralph Moffett, Fred Sander9, PALMDALE. "U. S. Govt. Erner· E. L. Mundy, Hervey Reese, Ken. gency landing field here is not '!'allmadge, Emil A. Thurman, H. L. ready, and prOlbably will not be for Waha, Fred Wilde, J. E. Vining, W. oa, long time." This simple state­ T. Wynn, Jr. Sincere thanks for ment may mean "only just that" to rove·rs received from Ghas. G. Bran­ most collecteros, but to your editor ovsky, M. A. Campbell, Harry Gor­ it means the definite answer io a !ct clon. H. F. Hip·penstiel, J. J. Mattes, of inquiries from hither and yon, Fred Sanders ( 3). by many who are unwilling to give him a chance to obtain reas1Jnahle definite information on such events BULLETIN! before publicis.ing. It also meant NEW II. S. COMMEMORATIVE a trip of 180 miles, into a scorching FOR OCT08F.R VISIT hot desert town, a very pleasant OF GRAF ZEPPELIN chat with Mr. Holmes, of t:he Palm­ Doctor Hugo Eckener will be in command dale C. of C., and a promise to let o.f th., Graf Zeppelin when it leaves Frled­ us know about a month ahead of the richshafen, Germ::1.ny about October 14th date of the official opening of this for South America. The Graf will fly to field tor emergency use ,on AM 34. Rio de · Janeiro and Pernambuco. Brazil. From Rio de .Janeiro h will fly to Miami, This will also be the Palmdale air­ Floridn. thert to Akron, Ohio and from port, and will be •gradually develop­ there it will llo to Cbica20, Ill. . ed for their use, as occasion de­ The return flight will be direct from mands. Chicago to Friedricbsbafen, Germany. We personally feel quite sure that U. S. Mall will be taken on ·at Miami collectors will not miss much by ~nd Akron for delivery within the 1;'11lted giving co-optrators nearby the va!'­ States, ~ntf will bP. taken on at Miami, Ak.. ious airports scattered througihout ron and Chica~o for dispatch to Europe on the return flight. A spech.I SQc commemorative stamp will CLASS 783 be 1.. ued by the Post Office Department of Entry #765-MAYER, OSCAR L., Chicago, the United States. Postaee rates are SOc Ill. Five frames. Covers carried by the per letter to any destination, letter n~t Graf Zeppelin, including many of the to PXt:eed v~ OZ. in Wei!?ht. There wj]] be clas•ic items of the scarce drop mail. ~pecial cachets at Miami, Akron and Chicago. + HERE THEY ARE + ADDl'J'ION AL EXHIBITION NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR LISTINGS AIR SET (Too late to classify) 5 stamns, face value $1.80 CLASS 782 MY PRESENT PRICE IS Mint-singles $2.00: blocks $8,00 Entry #750-MAYER, OSCAR L., Chicago, A first day cover for only 20c Ill. Three frames. A comprehensive collection of the scarce pre-war Zeppelin Rev. A. Butler Items. St. GeorJrl!S, Newfoundland [ 211] THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

the U. S'., a fair ch•ance to obtain vc,r­ believe their promise th&t they will iflcation of these events before start­ notify all journals ahead of . time, ing a line of rumors regarding this with the date oil: · their dedication. and that. And if you think it is Let's be ;reasonable, fellows, and · easy to get such information, just show a l_ittle -appreciation of such try writing three or four letters to service as has been, is, and still will one place, receiving innumera·b!e re­ be offered-ONLY IF 'you ARE quests for information on some­ REASONABLE. thinand reports, it will be found that in the. reverse order of routing planes the near future, little or no inform~­ and picking up mail is followed. tion will be forthcoming, and th~t Oakland west to 8an Francisco then fewer events will be publicised. eastbound. •'vit;i,·' Sacramenta.' ·etc. One very prominent co-operator has No air mail ·field .P.O. is available informed your editor during the past at either point .. now. ·No mail is week, that t·his is the Iast year r:e authori.z.ed carried to Oakland on will continue to give his services, be­ the Eastbound trip. A speci'al p.ouch cause collectors· are .. so ·unreason&-ble. was authorized from Oakla·nd to S. F., for ·the initial serviiJe. · · Covers When a Chamber of Commerce carries as · follows-Oakland ·to· or acts as courteously as have the of­ via San Francisco; 114 covers. S.F. ficers at Columbia:, Mo., we should to or via S.\tcramento, first .east~ at least be as courteous as they, and tound dispatch, app.roximately 500 covers, accounted for by the. fact that "Bay Brid-ge dedication" covers ·9Jlrj/l{W ,...f.'f,;'~ """"'""" -~ were included in the dispatC'h, Re­ DAHLKE Pl!.~ AIRMAIL6~4 . 50 . ceived-approximately 75 at San Francisco .and 75 at Oakland. Re­ NVELOPES · ceived mail at. S.F. ·was backstamped 00 Post Paid C ~ on the 10th, chiefly, due to no Gen, SOL LABOW • eral Delivery · service on Sunday, but a few were backstamped ..on· the M_onessen 7 • PennaJ Ll ,,,,., AllS" ..,,, .,, f'!'P'J" 9th despite this fact of General De- [22] THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

livery service. No official cachets covers and favors dedications es­ ·were availa·ble, but the W.C.A.S. ap­ pecially. plied a six line hektogra·ph cachet to Oakland items, and a four line ro HELENDALE. Newspaper report of the S. F. covers. This information July 13 says "Power company em­ comes from A. N. Brown, WCA'S, and ployees are installing a beacon near colectors 1have surely been fortunate here, for the new route on AM 34, in hav:ng a group of workers, in· through Palmdale and Mint Canyon terested in such items as have gone in .place of the old route, through through on shorter than short no­ CaJon Pass, soon to be aban-doned." tice, on A.M. 8, 18 and 34 this No official notice as to date of route year, in and around San Franciaco, change on AM. 34 •bas been received to obtain these covers for them. at the time of writing these notes, but it probably ties up with the com­ SAN RAFAEL. Covers sent for pletion of the U. S. Emergency dedication of Hamilton Field have fields at Palmdale and elsewhere. been returned to J. D. Long, and a Accord.ing to A. N. Brown, the pro­ letter enclosed states that it will be posed cut-off on this route will not wme months before t::iat field is of­ t<.:.ke place before 1934, according ficially dedicated. Incidentally. ihe to a report from a T. & W. A. offi­ entire Ninth Bombardment squad­ cial, at which time their new fast ron and twenty~five men from the planes will be ready. Thus, proba­ 70th Service squadron were ordered bly, the dedication of t•he Palmdale removed from March F.ield, River­ field will not take place until the side to Hamilton Field for October same date, as this is the emergency 1. So watch the weekly journals field and C. of C. project mentioned for the notice of official opening of previously, S'E of Bakersfield and on this field, and send NO COVERS un­ the proposed new route of A.M. 34. til the date is publicised. Remem­ ] lic ·sociP.h' of America PRES.-L. B. Gatchell VICE PRESIDENTS 35 Chatfield Rd. Ray V. Bab~. Albert N. Brown George D. Kingdom Bronxville, N. Y. I•'rancls B. Leech Slt('H!nry S. Parsons, Maurice H~rhert Hllde~h<>lm. 0 S. Petty, j, T. Schw ~!c>r, Karl B, '.Veher year, In the offielal publication. without charge. The A.dva·nce Information Bulletin ls sent regularly only to those 11Jerr ·1ers who are In rood standing and provide a supply ot self-addressed stamped env.,Jopea ln which to mail It. Address the Manager. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION - THE A.lRPOST JOURNAL Secretary's Report NEW MEMBERS 1519 Aspinwall, John, Balmville Road, Newburgh, N.Y. APPLICATIONS POSTED The follawing have made appHcation for membership in the Society. If no objection is received ·and references are found in order, t·hey will be admitted August 15th. Cherney, Johnnie, 3032 Caroline Ave., Lorain, Oh.io. Age 25; in general. By George D. Kingdom. Clark, F. E., % Linde Air Products Co., P.O. Box 1079, Salt Lake City, Utah. Age 39; Supt.; Airmail Stamps, mint. By Donald E. Dickason Collier, Macy Cain, 901 22nd St., N.W., Washington, D.C.; Age 33; House­ wife; Airmail Stamps and U.S. Covers. By Alice B. Cilley. Feder, Leo, 2110 Spring ·Grove Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. Age 28; Shipping clerk. Foreign. By H. C. Carpenter. Harris, Georgina. 261 S'tate Street, Albany, N. Y. Age 14; Airmail stamps and covers. By Charles G. Riess. Harris, Milton J., 516 Swetland Bldg., Cleveland, Oh.lo. Age 33; Attorney; Airmail stam'Ps, covers, Pioneers, Early Gov'ts, Historicials, CAM's, F AM's and Foreign. By Alton J. Blank. Norcross, Arnold B., 421 St. Ronan Street, New Haven, Conn. Age 26; Student; Zepps on cover, Foreign 1st Flights and FAM's. By H. C. Carpenter. RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED 6-Beam, William E., Bedford, Pa. · 63__,Leve, A. Atlas, 333 S'o. Warren St., Syracuse, N. Y. 72-Litt, Arthur 0., 67 W. 44th St., New York City. 170-Nelson, R. S., 635 Young Street, Selma, Ala.

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368-Chick, R. E., Piazia Hotel, Houston, Texas. 1139-

PACIFIC COAST NOTES Sincere appreciation and co-op­ .eration and covers goes to Ralph E. (Continued from Page 23) Moffett, Col. Roscoe Turner, W. T. V.'ynn, Wm. Forbes, Elmer C. Car­ • vey, Chas. H. Haas, Maurice Petty, E::irhart reached the Newark air­ F. Whitney Davis, W. G. Broyles, G. port 17 hours, 7 minutes, 30 seconds P. Todd, Palmdale C., of C. H. L. latter, for a new woman's coast to Waha, Herbert Romell Jr., J. D. coast record. We know that a few L-Ong, Lt. Cmdr. Frank Hawks, Don eovers were carried and autograph­ Black of United A.P., H. G. Crosby, ed ty the pilot, but had no know­ Allen P. Harding, Lee Gilbert. ledge at the time that the Lady Have had several requests to Lindy was making any preparation place notice of Eastern cachets in for such a fiight. Since July 21, this column recently, which is re­ Ruth Nichols has been expecting Lo serve·d for Pacific Coast events, per­ make an attempt at this record, but taining to aero interests, with very al time of writing she has not been few exceptions. As an exception, reported as having left. Weather we visited the five day P.O. sub-sta~ has been unfavoraUe, but it is re­ tion, set up at the San Pedro ex­ ported she is due to leave tonight, postion, at Berth 60, outer harbor, the 8tlh of August. Happy land­ where a special cancellation from ings, Ruth. the naval station P.O. was used to We have no idea of how many cancel mail. A very. few covers were covers became available to collec­ awaiting cancellation and applica­ tors out of the July 28 crash, near tion of a very effective cachet, and the Kansas City airport, when a •r. these should be very interesting to & W. A. plane westbound, fell into collectors of such items. Here we the Missouri River, between Genes­ met friend Cr-0sby, w'ho had a very ;:ee and Liberty, Mo., and in which fine eX!hibit of naval covers, and an Pilot Earl J. Noe was fatally in­ even more interesting exhibit of line jured. Covers were marked with old covers, Wells Fargo and others cachet in light green as follows­ by another collector which made us "Damaged at Kansas City, July 28, wish for many days afterward. We '33 when plane fell in river." We also had the pleasure of meeting Mr. have seen only one, but it js not Cole of Whittier, who reports that where we like to see them-in our some of the young men of their album. It is reported that 124 was stamp club are becoming interested recover-the entire load-laid out in . cover collecting, and we hope to and dried, resorted, cacheted and hear more oif these newcomers in forwarded the next day. the future. [25] CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

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