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MINT STAMPS LINDBERGH 'CLIPPER' FLIGHT Cyenaica, 3 values .. , . , ...... $ .111 Cristobal-Miami , ...... •... $ .75 Guatemala, "Barrios" 3 val. . . . .'IU Miami-Cristobal ...... • • .70 Guatemala, Interior, 4 val...... lil Colon-Barranquilla • ...... 75 Switzerland, new 3 values ·.... .35 Cristobal-King.,;ton ...... • • . . . . .711
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\TOL. H. No. 11 ~B.RCH, 1932 ISSUE :J:l THE BALLOON POSTS OF PARIS 1870-1871
Written Especially for* The Airpost Journal
by L. A. *Chaintrier Translated by John W. Prevost
HE BALJ.iOON POSTS from * LE l<'ERUINAND FLOCON Paris during the Franco-Prus The "Ferdinand Flocon" was the T sian War, 1870-1871, wer2 twenty-first balloon. It was one of born of necessity. The city was en the standardized 2 0 0 0 meter balloons circled by the iron ring of the ene of Telegraph Service. my for months. Balloons and pige It was piloted by Mr. Georges cns afforded the only means of com Vidal-Loisset, by profession a rid munication from and to the beseig ing master. ed city and the outside world. Bal Its one passenger, Mr. Lemercier loons were released secretly at ir de Jauvelle was a highly trusted and regular intervals, depending upon valued officer of the Telegraph Ser the wind to bring them safely over vice. His mission was to reestablish the German lines. the telegraph lines about Fontain In all, 6 5 manned balloons were bleau in order to connect them with released, carrying 238 passengers, the subterranian wire connecting over 2,500,000 letters, 407 pigeons with Paris. nnd 5 dogs. Most of them landed ' In spite of unheard-of efforts and safely in friendly territory. Only ably assisted by Mr. De Brisson de three were captured by the enemy la Roche, Captain of Sharp"..Shooters, and two were lost at sea. The col they were unable to succeed. For lecting of letters and news journals about three months, or up to the carried on. these many balloons has 28th of January 1871, aided by Mr. iilterested collectors throughout the Charles P'orion, an employee of the world. A collection of P'aris Bal General Secretary of Postes and loon letters constitutes one of the Telegraphs, he passed in an:d out rarest and choicest collections in of the Prussian lines all around aerophilately. The stories of tile Paris, destroying and mixing up the flights of these various balloons ar.3 enemy telegraph lines. The fantad very thrilling and interesting. This tic adventures that befell them are article begins with the flight of the related in the official report of Mr. twentieth talloon to ascend and Jauvelle, addressed to his superior leave Paris. The prior flights have offi('ers, after the war. He was made previously been published in The a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor Airpost Journal and we shall con on Februiary 26th, 1871. tinue to present the subsequent The mail carried consisted of threc3 ftights.-Editor's Note. sacks weighing 1 E•O kilograms. 8 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL
The departure took place from the It was piloted by Mr. Husson, a Northern Railway Statio"n on Friday, sailor of the Navy Department, and. November 4th, 1870, at 9 o'clock in on board was Mr. Antonin Etienne, a the morning. The weather was fog.. civil engineer charged with a special .gy and cold · and ~ a strong north-east _missiOn by'·the Government of Paris. :wind was blowing. In sp!,t_e 9f Jll.UCb, 'lt w:as laden w.it_h_seven sac.ks of .mail musketry' fi're directed at them at weighing 420 kilograms, also a bas the moment of the passage over the ket with six pigeons belonging to enemy lines, the voyage was made ·Mr. Garnie.r Pages. · • without unfoward accidents. It ascended from the Oleans Rail At 3: 45 P. M. a successful land way Station, on Friday, November ing was made ~t La Pierre Blanche 4th at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. in the vicinity of Nort, a small town The weather was very fine but there i\~tuated near Chateaubriant, (De was a strong wind from the nort.h partment of the Lower Loire) and east. at 3 9 2 kilometers from Paris. Here is a resume of the history While passing over the city of La of .this aerial voyage as told by Mr. Fleche, Mr. de Jauvelle threw over Etienne. a weighted despatch, announcing the "Passing over the enemy lines, the result of the election of November balloon was pierced by several bul 3rd. at 11 o'clock at night YES 275,- lets, whicll obliged us to throw over 224, No. 19383. This despatch was mucll ballast in order to rise to a immediately carried to the Deputy proper height. We passed over Chief of the city of La Fleche, by Versailles at an altitude of 1950 whom it was transmitted to Tours, meters at 3 : 15 P .M., then over Ram. by telegraph without the least delay. bou!llet at only 1200 meters." The "Galilee" "At about 5 o'clock, in a great The adventure of the "Galilee" plain near Chartres, we made a first contains considerable more romance descent, but an old woman whom we than many that ascended before. found there informed us that the It was the 22nd. balloon, with a Enemy was in the neighborhood, and cubical content of 2045 meters and that they passed and. repassed fre- belonged to the Postal Department. ( Continued on Page 27)
,; Dep~-tnre of · the ba.Uoon_ "ArmaDd BarhEls". from Piµois, October 7th, 1870.
' FIRST ~XP~RIMNTAL THROUGl-I TRANSCONTIN~NTAL AIRMAIL FLIGl-IT *' by KARL B. WEBER, A. A. M. S. Historian
HE ALL METAL PLANE in* No attempt was made to break vented by Mr. John M. Lar speed records on this flight. Par T sen had a number of success ticular attention was paid to the ful trial flights, the most noteworthy wind conditions of the airway be of which was a non-stop flight from tween Omaha and the coast, which Omaha, Nebraska to Lancaster, Pa., for aerial mail purposes had not yet on Juiy 26th, 1920. been charted. The flight was being The all metal plane as indicated conducted under the auspices of the by the name, had the wings, fuse Post Office Department, the United lage and body of sheet metal; and a States Air Service and Mr. Larsen. great economy in construction and Announcement already had been operation was claimed for this type made by Assistant Postmaster Gen of plane. It was also claimed that eral Otto Praeger that through this construction made it unneces coast-to-coast aerial mail service sary to erect hangars at each stop would be instituted in the first week ping point, it being necessary only to of September. Before that time put a canvass covering over the cock Omaha and San Francisco would be pit for the protection of the engine. linked under the Post Office Depart- Because of' this economy, the Post ment's plan. · Office Department showed interest The list of the personnel of this in this type of plane, and encour pioneer expedition was as follows: aged an experimental air mail trip Plane No. 1-Pilot H. T. Lewis, of over the regular transcontinental the Air Mail Service; Captain Har route from New York to San Fran old E. Hartney, head of the depart cisco and return. ment of training, U. S. Army Air The three JL-6 all metal mono Service; Mayor Leon B. Lent, Gen planes left Central Park, L. I. on eral Superintendent of the Air Mail July 29th, 1920 during an elaborate Service and Captain Edward Ricken aerial ceremony. Eleven other air backer, his assistant. This plane planes were in the air and circled was owned by the army and was be around while the three monoplanes ing "ferried" across the country to were climbing for altitude, watched be used in forestry patrol on the hy a large crowd of army officers west coast. and civilians. Piane No. 2-Pilot Mons Emil; On board were about 100 pieces John M. Larsen, designer of the all of mail, a very modest beginning for metal monoplane; E. E. Allyne, what was to be the world's longest aluminum manufacturer of Cleve and one of the most important aerial land and Ernest Buhe. mail routes. Most of the letters Plane No. 3-Pilot Bert Acosta; were special delivery from New York, while others were froin Otto Praeger. Gould Dietz, President of the Aero Second Assistant Postmaster Gener Club of Nebraska; Lieut. Charles P. al in charge of air mail at Wash· Colt; William B. Stout, of Detroit, ington, to the Mayors of Cheyenne, designer of the · "batwing" type of Salt Lake City and San Francisco, and to various chambers of com aeroplane and John Boc'khorst,. a merce along the route. (Continued on. Page 11) .. Airs ·of the Month Alton J. Blank .ERHAPS the stamp producing the most widespread interest All data on New *Issues of Air Mall V at the present moment is that Stamps should be sent direct to of Canada. This provisional is, if Editor Alton J. Blank, elo D. E. Dloka son, Wooster, Ohio. all present indications are true, destined to be short-lived and closely studied. One must remember that ed by a permanent* 'set the following the ofticial notice from the Post April. Numbers printed are 60r. Office Department of Canada states 4960; 350r. 10,000; .500r. 2,500; that the first issue of Canada's air mail stamp is to be provisionally 700r. 10,000; 1,000r. 2,500; 1,050r. 3,000; 1,400r. 7,000 ~ 15000r. 2,EtOO ; overprinted. There is no doubt 2,000r. 2,500. These figures w111 since this "limited" issue as the de certainly prove of interest to the partment calls it, will soon run out, collector of semi-ofUcili.ls and glad that the current stamp will also be den the hearts of tho!Xl who have overprinted. them in their collections if they pur In honor of its great hero, Gari chased them at a fair price. baldi, Italy will issue a set of fin values, and probably overprint them Bec?-use of change in postage rates for all her colonies. New Caledon ~our new values are to be added to ia J)resents a puzzle. the current series. New. values are to be 800, 1600, 2400 and 3200 reis BOLIVIA and 80,0_00 copies are to be printed. The contract held by Lloyd Aereo According to the Air Post Collector Boliviano in which provision is made designs will be in existing types. that that company might issue air stamps for franking correspondence CANADA carried on its lines has been sus Eighteen cit"ies scattered over the pended. As a consequence the width of the Dominion placed on sale company's stamps have been with the morning of February 22, 1932- drawn from sale. A new set is soon the new provisional sJ:x: cent air to be issued as a consequence by the stamp. The Postal authorities very Bolivian government. The design thoughtfully provided the collectors has not been decided yet but the with complete information and ample colors and denominations are to be ti~e in which to obtain the stamps as follows: 6c. blue; lOc. grey; '16c: on first day of issue covers. r ed; 26c. yellow browni 30c. green; CHILE 50c. violet; and 1 Bolivar, brown. -It seems that the latest interior It is interesting to note that this set is beginning to reveal an inter set will be of a provisional nature esting amount of varieties. W. R. and a more permanent one will soon Gordon sends a copy of the 50c. follow. brown with what appears to be a BRAZIL landing light on the upper part of Helpful \etters from Messrs. L. the left wing. Evidently something Smith and R. P . Hinrichs and a bit happened to the plate and this mark of research work have produced the appeared. I have been unable to following bit of news anent the check whether this variety is con- Varig set described last month. The stant. · · stamps we,nt on sale December 1, COLUMBIAN REPUBLIC 1930 and were of a decided provi The current SCADTA set has been sional nature having. been superced- overprinted in. heavy bTack type with 6 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL
the words. "Correo Aereo" according to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News. Denominations and colors are: 5c. yellow; lOc. claret; 15c. green; 20c. rose; 30c. blue; 40c. violet; 50c. olive; 60c. rose brown; 80c. yellow green; lp. light blue; 2p. light red; and 3p. violet. Until further infor mation comes to hand it is safe to presume that this set will take tha place of the semi-o:fricial issues which have been in use in this country and is probably the forerunner of a per The New Swiss Airpost manent set to be issued by the gov Chronicled in this Issue ernment.. CYRENAICA ious varieties* separated* * from the Three values of the current"Tripol regular issue another set opportune itania set have been overprinted in ly comes along that was issued in blue ink with the word "Cirenaica." November. "Servicio Aereo - VI 15 The ,5oc. carmine, 60c. Orange, and eta: - XI 19 31" is the three line over 80c. purple were so treated. The print. Stamps so printed were set was necessitated by the opening Scott's numbers 216-20c. yellow of an air line from Tripoli to Beng brown (green 628-5Uc. light brown hazi. The design of the Tripolitain red); 642-50c. orange, green and ia set is that of a low flying plane blue (black) and 643-lp buff (black}_ over columnated ruins. The color of the overprint is indicat EGYPT ed by the name in parenthesis. One report states that the new set HUNGARY will depict plane over the pyramids. Again the rumor is current that a a new set is about to take the place GUATEMALA of the present issue. The set described last month duly made its appearance on the 11th cf ITALY February. The overprint "Servicio Guisseppe Garibaldi is to be re Aereo Interior-1932" is arranged in membered with a set of five values five lines on the Q.0.02 stamp. It which were scheduled to appear the is in three lines on the rest. middle of February. The surtax Q.0.02 (Red) on P 1.50 blue 50,000 above the face value of the stamps is Q.0.03 (Blue) on P 3.00 gr'n 200000 to go to the Garibaldian National Q.0.10 (Red) on P 15.00 blk. 25,000 Volunteers. It is also planned to Q.0.15' (Blue) on P 15.00 blk. 25,000 overprint the set for the variou'l colonies. Design and colors have HONDURAS announced at time of writing. De Now_ that the "October" set has nominations are: 601., 80c., lL plus finally been figured out and the v:ar- 25h., 2L plus 50c., and 5L plus lL. MALAYA Definite word is at han1l that the proposed air mail stamp for use in the four Federated ·States has been turned down "cold" by the Colonial Otl'l:ce in London. NEW° CALEDONIA Word reaches us that a series of what appear to be air mail stamps has been in use· since June 1931 on ' this island in the south Pacific. The Recent Salvador Com· Thirty-four different stamps are meniorative Airpost (Continued on Page 30) '1 CRASl-I COVE:R NE:WS ¥ By Geo. W. Angers, Crash Historian of A.A.M.S
. TORMY WEATHER CONDI * over causing considerable damage to TIONS throughout the country the plane. The pilot's head just were responsible for the num missed being crushed to the ground. e1 uus airplane crashes to be reported Mail was sent to Cleveland by car. in this month's issue. January 21, 1932. (Crash) Accidents .or not-the Air Mail Genoa, Ill A. M. 9. 6: 00 P. M. Must Go Through and our brave South-east-ward. Pilot .Chas. w. pilots accept their assignments with Rousch, killed. Mail 1 O lbs. 15 oz. courage and a smile. None recovered (Official· Post Offit;e Official Report of Recent Crashes, Department report), Accidents and Forced Landings Chas. W. Rousch, on his· northward January 14, 1932 (Crash) . flight from Chicago to Madison, on Mobeetie, Texas, A.M. 34. 2:00 .A. the morning of January 21st, was M. Westwar-d. Pilot E. T. Hereford forced to abandon his trip at Rock uninjured. Original load 76 5 lbs. ford, Ill., due to poor visiability. Recovered, 260 lbs. Forwarded from Although fog-bound there all after Amarillo by plane the same day at noon, refused to surrender to the 9:00 P.M. No marking. treacherous rain and fog when the Pilot. Hereford was en route from time arrived for taking the mail into Kansas City to Los Angeles. Flying Chicago. At 5: 30 P.M. he took off off his course for over two hours due only to crash a half hour later on a to a heavy fog and being low on gas. farm near Kingston. His plane C:ecided to make a landing when he struck the ground on one wheel, saw the lights of Mobeetie. In try leaped into the air and no:·ed over, ing to make a landing, Hereford mis the impact killing the pilot and his judged distance from ground, strik plane destroyed by fire. ing a right-of-way fence of the Santa A farmer living nearby rushed to Fe Railroad. The wings and land the scene but could not save Rousch ing gear caught in the net wire .fenc who was pinned in the flaming cabin. ing and the motor plowing its way Seeing a mail pouch just at the edge into a soft enbankment, the plane of the flames he succeeded in drag bursting into flames. ging part of it away, saving only 12 Hereford, unhurt, except a bruise letters badly scorched. This differs· over the right eye, worked desper from official report of none recover ately to save the 31 sacks of mai< ed. The mail saved is, however, sub but succeeded in throwing out only stantiated by the postmaster at sixteen pouches. Genoa as he personally handed the January 14, 1932 (Crash) mail over to Mr. B. F. Myers, Supt. No. Madison, Ohio. A. M. No. 20. of Air Mails. No special marking 1: O5 A.M. Wes.tward. Pilot Ernest reported. Dryer, uninjured. Mail 89 tbs. January 24, 1932 (Forced Landing) Forwarded by plane from Cleveland. Columbus Park Chicago, Ill. A.M. Flying the night air mail from 9. Southward. Pilot, Lee Smith, un Buffalo to Cleveland, bucking head injured. Amount of mail not avail winds and experiencing engine trou able. ble, Pilot Dryer was forced to make Nearing the outskirts of Chicago, a landing when his engine went Smith's motor started to miss and dead while passing over North Mad realized that a bearing of the engine ison. Ohio. had burned out. Flying low, he Dryer dropped a flare and headed saw the public golf course and re for a smooth field which proved to leased a parachute flare so that he be a vineyard. Plowing through could pick out a favorable place to several vine rows, the plane nosed (Continued on Page 2 8) 8 AKRON WILL CARRY. Fl RST MAIL
HE U. S. AIRSIDP AKRON, * any one person. pride of the Navy, will carry Second Asst. Postmaster General T ·one hund,.ed fifty pounds of w·. Irving Glover deserves commen airmail on its first flight to the Pa dation for his untiring efforts in be cific Coast, scheduled to take place half of aero-philatelists in flnaily 'the forepart of March, 1932. This convincing the Navy Dept. of the ad news came by wire from Washington visability of cal'rying a load of air and is of greater inteFest to aero mail on this flight of the Airship philatelists of the world than the Akron. After this flight we antici current Jap-China conflict is to the pate that the Navy will be convinced world in general. of the usefulness of carrying some Second Assistant Postmaster Gen mail on these flights and that future eral W . Irving Glover advil!les that difficulties to secure mail on board the Postmaster at Lakehurst, N. J. the airship during its epoch-making has been authorized to accept mail · flights will be easily overcome. franked with the domestic airmail This mail will be the first official PO.\ltage for dispatching on board the mail to be carried on board the Airship Akron on its initial flight to Airship Akron which ls the Que.en of the Pacific Coast. The mail closes the Skies. While the Akron was at noon, Sunday, February 28th and being built at the Goodyear Zeppe will be postmarked at Lakehurst as lin hangar, Akron, Ohio, several ca of that date, although there is no chets were sponsored by the Cham 'certainty that the Akron will take ber of Commerce at the .various off for this distance flight on this stages of the construction of this date. The Post Office Department is huge airship and especially when sponsoring an undated cachet for ceremonies were being held· at the the face of the covers to be applied han:gar. It has been reported that at Lakehurst, N. J. Another cachet a few covers were carried unofficial will be applied to the back of. covers ly by some member of the crew dur upon the arrival of the mail at its ing the first test flight of this airship. destination on the Pacific Coast ancl These covers were the beginning of this cachet will bear the date of a specialized collection of U. S. leaving ·Lakehurst and the arrival Dirigible covers and now there clln destination. The load will be limit- be added the first offlCial mail actual . ed to 150 pounds and the P.O.D. will ly carried on a flight of the ship. reject large quantities of mail sent The fact that the load is limited to in by any one individual. It is ob 150 pounds will mean that between Yious that the weight load must be 12,000 and 15,000 covers will be limited and the Department is show carried. ing an attitude of fair play toward The news o·f the mail to be carried all collectors by refusing a larg~ wa s r eceive d only eight days prior number of covers to be ca rriea for (Continued on Page 32) THE AIRPOST JOURNAL
THE have given you regular departments, chuck full of curre·nt airmail stamp AIRPOST JOURNAL and cover news of the hour. 'I'lrn Published Monthly at Albion, Pa., new Airpost Journal has already gained recognition in the aero-phil U. S. A., by the atelic fraternity and its growth has AMERICAN Am HAIL SOCIETY been rapid and substantial. We are EDITORIAL OFFICES: Conneaut, 0. not content, however, to rest on 9m· laurels. We have several new sur Address Communications to "The prises for our readers to be given Airpost Journal" Albion, Pennsyl you as each new issue appears. The vania or Tyler Bldg., Conneaut, 0. April issue will contain a feature to be offered regularly which we know Geo; D. Kingdom, .Editor-in-Chief \\ill be welcomed by all. Don't miss Walter J. Conrath, Business Manager it. We have had many letters from ASSOCIATE EDITORS our readers ·praising the Airpost Journal and telling us what features Charles G. Riess ...... C.A.M.'s and departments they like and sug L B. Gatchell ...... F.A.M.'s gesting improvements. We appreci Aiton J. Blank....•... A1r Mail Stamps· ate your interest in. writing to us M. S. Petty...... Dedications, et al. and urge that every reader who has Geo. W Angers ...... Crash Covers .an idea for the improvement of the w. R. Patton ...... Canada magazine submit it to us. We are D. E. Dickason ...... Auction Review anxious to know what kinds of ma Shylock ...... Market Notes terial or articles appeal to you, Fred H. Wilde .... Pacific Coast Notes which features or departments you prefer. Your expressions will be a SUBSCRIPTIONS guide for us to give you beUer is United States •...... •.•••.•$1.00 per year Canada and Foreign .•.•••.. $1.00 per year sues.. Let us hear from you, today. Single Copies, lOc Why? Recently, your editor received a »ntered a.s second·class matter J"anua·rY letter in regular form and appear· 30, lil&), at the Post Office at New Haven, Conn., under, the act of March 3, 18i9. ance, announcing that a certain Application made for transfer of entry event would take place at a certain to the Post Office at Albion, Penn'a. date, a cachet would be provided and ADVERTISING BATES covers would be properly handled. This letter came by airmail and had One inche, per IB 1quired to go to verify information Rosebrough of Oakland, the package and data which is sent to him sd that of the New York letter, which mark his readers will not be deceived'! ed the historical event of the first It is impossible for any editor to official delivery of· transcontinental take the time and spend fhe money air mail. However, none is known to investigate every person who to have found its way into a perma sends contributions to him. He is nent collection. compelled to depend considerably Plane No. 2 was left on the west upon the inherent quality of truth coast and the one remaining plane, fulness which exists in human be piloted by Bert Acosta with Captain. ings, taking into consideration at all Rickenbacker, Mr. Larsen and Mr. times the nature of the material con Allyne left Los Angeles on August tributed. So, in final conclusion, it must be 4th, 1920 and "joyrided" eastward. considered that the above incident Stops were made at Amarilla, Texas; is merely an unfortunate occurrence Roswell, N M.; Omaha, Neb.; Kan sas City, Mo.; Chicago, Cleveland which we must accept and re;;ret. and Bellefonte, Pa., and many minor Incidentally, the Postmaster of this city ad vises that several of the let cities. Many friends of the person ters inclosing covers do not nave nel of the plane, were taken up at ·various places and given the thrill return addresses written on the out of riding in a plane. The plane ar side envelope. Every person for rived in New York on August 22nd, ward'ing covers should never fail to have a return address on the in l 920. closing envelope to meet such exi The flying ttme of the round trip gencies as occur 'in this instance. was a little over fifty-nine hours. There is no record of any mail hav ing been carried on the eastward FIRST *TRANSCONTINENTAL * * flight. AIRMAIL FLIGHT (Continued from Page 5) •111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111. motion picture photographer. Stops were made on the westward March 16th trip ·at Cleveland, Chicago, Omaha, Cheyenne, Salt Lake City and Reno. Auction Bad weather and fog was encounter ed in a few of these places which necessitated the lay over of a day in some cases. At Omaha, Nebraska SUPER COLLECTION OF plane No. 1 "cracked up" when it hit a house while taking off but no one was injured. A shift of the MINT Affi MAILS OF personnel in the planes was made, Captain Rickenbacker going irr u. n. Plane No. 2 with Pilot Emil. The two remaining planes arrived Prince S. de M. at the Oakland Flying Field, Oak land, California on August 8th, 1920. Also the Balance of J. N. Larsen, owner of the planes, delivered to Postmaster Joseph J. Dr. Bernard Kohn CACHETS and CANCELS AIR MAIL COVERS 10 di ff. dedication covers-cat. at least $5-,net $2.00 10 diff. First Day Covers .... 45c Eugene Klein CHARLES HOUSMAN 200 So. 18th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Bridgeville Pem1'a .111111111l11111r1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 .11111111tlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllflllllllllllllllllltllllll1 11 MARKET NOTES BY SHYLOCK ) HE NI<~\VCOMER to the folds* a stock of odd values and a want list · of rhilately seems to start out is pretty apt to come back only T. with the wrong idea. The partially filled\ It seems natural, therefore, to buy according to mar opinion prevalent among most col ket conditions. It is logical to ex lectors is that the spaces in their pect that a set bought complete will albums must be filled up in the be less expensive, all things con shortest possible time. No .consid sidered, than the same stamps pur chased from time to time; eration is given to how or when the The above, however, does not set missing item.s are to be ott·ained, the tle the beginner's problem entirely; stamps being picked up as they come A collector of limited means may to hand, placed in the book and for get discouraged when he sees pro gotten until the next lot comes visional or scarce sets jumping in value. before he gets a chance to along. get them. This article is written This may be alright for one who with such persons in mind: Would does not take the hobby too serious it not be more logical to buy the scarce stamps first and then pick up ly and cares little about completing the common items later? The.rare his coll~ction; the main object being items are low today and high to the passing of time. In that case, morrow; the increase in the regular nothing further needs to be said. issues being very little, if any, from the collector has his good time and year to year. The collector who follows this line of reasoning will no harm is done to himself or his agree that his pocketbook will be collection. benefited by the purchase of what On the other hand, we have the he will eventually want, at the time it is low priced, rather than burden colleetor who is interested in com himself with the regular issues of pleting his collection and goes about little value and see the good items it in a serious manner. He do<:s go beyond his reach. not make the common mistake of To sum up, it is cheaper in the buying packets because he can get long run to pick up the stamps you know are going to be worth having, so many stamps cheaply. He con at the time they appear. The others siders the fact that these packets may be left to some later moment consist mainly of odd values of HtU.:.i when your ship comes in. with en face value and consequently pays no ough funds to catch up on the cur- . rent stamps. attention to such "bargains." When COSTA RICA-Quite a fuss has one figures the time and trouble been kicked up in the various papers necessary to obtain the missing val about the latest provir-ional set of· ues to a set, he realizes that it will three values. Reports have it that the first printing of alJont 1500 cop co&t him more, nqt only in actual ies was brought up with but a fow cash, but in wasted effort. being sold to· the public. · Ut1doubt Most dealers· carry airmails in edly this is true, but it has always complete sets as it is the easiest way happened in the past and will in the future. ~tatements have .been made to handle them, very few maintain that the stamps are to be reprii1ted, rut so' far nothing further to this effect has l~een noted by this writ Shylock wtll be· glad* 'to answer any er. One always hears· ·conflicting que.sttons on sta.mJJS tlu1t readers 1nay stori2s about an issue of this sort bave. Send your letters. to. the Ah·post Journal fmd. enclose a self-addressed, _ but the pos,cibilities are ioo to 1 foat stamped envelope. · nothing will turn up and those left 12 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL in the lurch will be caught in the month without any Jl.r.eyious fanfare wild scramtle to fill up. of publicity, being issued for the It is quite true that issues of this special Christmas mail flights. There sort do lrnrt the hobby, but until is no question but what this stamn the catalogue editors get together will be scarce as the supply undoubt and agree on some method· of hand edly was small to start with. ling them, the wisest course for the collector to pur£ue is to pick them up when they are available. ITALIAN* PHILATELIC * * DIRECTORY: REVIEW GUATEMALA-A series of three provisionals was issued to frank ¥ i;nail on the first .tlight from Barrios ANNl:"ARIO FILATELICO ITALI to Miami. Only 10,0 00 sets wel'e ANO, Seventh Edition, 1932. issued and these should be good The Federation Inte.rnational de .Etamps in time to come. Current la Presse Philatelique, via Allioni 9, prices range from double to trip!<; Torina, Italy has just published the face value, but these will undoubted seventh edition of the directory· of ly be increased as soon as the supply philatelists in Italy. This 275 page dwindles a bit. book, is divided into the various HONDURAS-More junk from provinces of Italy and under each this neck of the woods. From all division is listed by cities, the col appearances some high official's fav lectors residing therein. A map of orite nephew is having his whims the subdivision is at the beginning of satisfied l:y the monthly issue of air each section. In tll: by L. · B. Gatcheff All F .A M. news should be sent direct to the editor of this page, 120 Shotwell Park, Syracuse, N.Y. trip-it looks as *if quite unwitting- ly Mr. Brown has got himself a round South America cover! F. A.* M. 8 Our friend and co-operator Ever ett Erle reports an interesting tran sit marking that has recently been put into use by the Brownsville Air Mail Field post office. Mr. Erle states that the marking is half again as large as the ordinary registered It. ROY8 *N. BROWN has · kindly shown the writer an mail caucellation, and is blocked off excellent booklet brochure like a clock, from 1 to 12. Within on the U. S. Foreign Air Mail Ser the circle is "RECEIVED", Dec. 21, v·ice. This well done pamphlet is 1931, Air Ma.il Field, Brownsville, entitled "Our Air Mail Service with Texas, in five lines. An arrow '"Latin America" and is issued under points to the hour 12. This was the imprint of the National Foreign used on a recent flight from the Trade Council, India· House, 1 Han Canal Zone. over Square, New York City. The work is an exhaustive one particu F. A. M. 10 larly designed to bring home the * On short notice Maceio, Brazil was savings to the average business house added as a point to which dispatches that can be effected through the use for U. S. might be made on and af of FAM service to Latin American ter February 1st. The first dis Countries. There are many statiii patch from San Juan and St. Thomas tical tables and a complete map .:>f under this order took place Febru the various routes. The price is 25c ary 6th. plane NC-145-M, pilot W. and a copy can no doubt be obtained A. Cll1the. Due to short notice from the above address. dispatches to this point were ex Mr. Brown also kindly gives an tremely small in quantity being as interesting account of a widely trav follows: San Juan 60, St. Thomas elled and much postmarked cover' 47. Begin to scramble, boys, as that recently came into his possess that's hardly enough for you all! ion. Let him tell it: "It was mail Reliable information indicates that ed November 7th from Montevideo Maceio has been dispatching north· to Paramaribo ·arriving there Novem ward mail for over a ·year.and as the ber 13th where it was marked "Re planes have always stopped there it .toura l'envoyeur." Next postmark 1s would seem that northward mail Cayenne, Nov. 14th. Why 1t went dispatched at this time' would not there I can't dope out: On Decem have significance as a first flight. ber 2nd it was received in Colon, This also goes for southward dis Panama and proceeded to go down patches from Maceio to points Below the west coast for the next cancella it on the route, Who HAS a real tion is Valpariso, Cl1ile, December Maceio first flight? As may be 21, 1931. It finally reached its guessed, the above information· came starting point, Mont(Jvideo, Decem from our regular and untiring con- ber 26th, having traveied I should ·' tributor. ·George S, ·Chapman of judge atout 11,500· miles.'' So.me 'San J·u.an . . i·4 AUCTION REVIEW By Donald E. Dickason I am glad to be able to review the three sales mentioned below in this issue. There have been several other sales during the current month which listed air mail items of importance, but the Jack of priced catalogues makes a review Impossible. I again ask the cooperation of auction firms in ,getting in priced catalogues for review in this department. Third Sale of Haig* G. Ouzounian Columbia, $305. The Philippine 2, January 23, 1982 4, and 10 peso Madrid Manila No. :n6, 317, 311 brought $35, $55, and HIS SALE featured a very fine $110, as compared to catalogue val collection of mint air stamps, uations of $40, $60 and $100 respec T and included a number of the tively. The average lot brought standard rarities and errors. Prices from one-third to one-half catalogue received, on the whole, were well as they ran, and I should say that up to the current market on almost this sale was one of the most succ:ess a full retail basis, and the average ful of those held this season. of catalogue realized strikes me as having been about as high as real ized in any sale of recent months. 71st and 72nd Sales* of Eugene Klein Of the 281 lots of air stamps, I will Dee. 16 and Jan. 2o mention just a few of the more in In these two sales, Mr. Klein has teresting items. U.S. Zepps-12 continued the dispersal of the not separately lotted sets, from $11.50 able collection of Dr. Bernard Kohn, to $14.50; blocks of four, $50; plate which collection was very complete number blocks, $58, 'fhe market in covers and stamps in the standarrl on these stamps has been consider varieties and many of the errors. It ably depressed due to the evident un seems to me in examining the priceil loading by a number of collectors realized that these two sales show and small investors who have been a distinct advance in prices realized feeling the financial pressure. over the first of the series held in Albania 616-621-Valone-Brindlsi November. Few notably high fig set with error "SHQY RTARE"-$35; ures are 1:1een, but a general average Bolivia-Zepp. set with surcharge in of very sane and satisfactory results verted, $120; same in bronze hue, is evident. It has been especially $110; Columbian Rep. No. 1, $400; interesting to note the variation in France-Ille de France, pair, $76. prices received in the Klein sale of Various lots of the first issue of Jan. 20 and the Quzounian sale of Honduras brought very good prices, the 23rd on identical items. It be· running about two-thirds catalogue. comes very evident that the auction A quantity of errors of Lebanon results or rather the results from ·EOld for what seemed to me quite a single auction sale cannot be 'tak high prices for such material. Mex en as a safe guide to the current ico Postal Congress short set, $30.50 market. In lot after lot of mint · and the 1 peso, $175 .. Newfoundland (Continued on Page 26). us Dedication and Unofficial.· Air Mail .Covers Maurice S. Petty News of future and. past events under Radio Station W.O.L., Washington, this section should be sent direct to (457.9 meters, 630 kilocycles) -each Mr. Petty, 611 Kennedy St., N. lV., lYashington; D.. C. Saturday at 5: 15 P.M. for a series of "Stamp Romances" being gi.ven Ly Albert.F: Kunze, President of the First, I want *to express sin Washington. Philatelic Society. Af cere appredation for all ·news ter hearing. one, your comments in a items received from readers letter to the station, would be ap since last issue. For coming preciated by the editor of tliis page. evente, please let me have them McALLEN; TEX. dedication cdvers not later than the tenth for (see last i:sue) were actually picked publication the first of the fol up by American Airways Air Mail lowing month. Obviously, short Plane, which left Brownsville on notice events cannot be listed January 9th. Does anyone have here but send them in to the covers of 10th, or do they exist? .... Bulletin Manager, Mr. King Does any one know status of covers dom, as eariy as possible. from Brewton, Ala., January 11th; Lakeland, Fla., August 26; Nan tucket, l\'Iass., September 11; or OMING EVENTS:* B 0 UN D Apponang, R. I. September 28? BROOK, N. J. will celebratf) C · Air Mail Days on March 12th SANFORD, FLA., dedicated new ::Chu 13th. For properly sponsored airport (replacing one dedicated last cachet, send covers to George A. year) and applied black picforial KrE;;rHng, 210 w. Union Ave., Bound carhet on January 19th.... OCALA, Brook, N. J ..... CLEVELAND, OHIO, FLA. mailed 300 covers with plane fifth anniversary CAM 11 on Apnl shaped cachet ( l:oth red and purple) 21st. Covers to Mark C Emsley, ror. City-County Airport Dedication, 1299 Idlewood Ave., Lakewood, 0. Jan. 20th .... QUINCY, FLA. Exchange for cachet by Penna. Air Lines. Pilot Club applied nine line hlue cachet autographs at 25c eacl)., provided (printed) on 7 5 covers the 21st, and covers are addressed to Washington; a similar six line one to 50 covers on Mr. Emsley also will receive covers the 22nd, for the dedication of the for downtown amphibian airport William Corry, Jr. Airport. Also, dedication in the spring, date in C. W. Williams, Sec. C. of c. signerl definite ....ST. PETERSBURG, FL.A., a typewritten cachet on 54 other March 26, visit of Old Ironsides. covers on tlie 21st. Covers to York Briddell, P.O. Box EXPERIMENTAL flight on Kohler 668. (non-aero event,) and another Aviation Lines by Silver Wings and non-aero, WILMINGTON, N. C., in Miss Martin, carried 124 covers April, cachet for. dedication of. Con from Milwaukee to Grand Rapids, federate monument ·.at the site of where airport back stamp was ap Fort Fisher. Covers to Beckwith D. plied and covers mailed on January Smith, 509 Dock St..... Note change 15th. Purple cachet, and they or of address of cachet director L. B. iginated with George Zimmerman- Wood, now at 4 Bartlett St. SW., 150 covers originating with L. B. Grand Rapids, Mich ..... There will not Wood had blue cachet ·and Grand be any airport dedication at Mont Rapids airport stamp applied on rose, Colo., Dunedin, Fla., .or Hot January 16th, and were fl.own to Springs, S. D ..... NORTH BEND, Offill; Detroit and mailed there same day dedication date indefinite, may b~ Covers carried from Milwaukee on May 28. Covers to R. A. Annin, lE•th were cacheted in magenta at Secy. C. of C. Grand Rapids and mailed in ·Detroit Readers are invited -to listen in on on December· 16th-some wit·h ma- 16 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL genta cachet were carried from Mil versary, was signed by the Post waukee to Detroit and back to Mil moster ....PORTLAND, ORE. 'had ten waukee for mailing-others origin line cachet to 21 covers on January ating with C. B. Camp were carried 23rd for Capt. Frank Hawks round from Detroit to Milwaukee and trip speed flight from Mex~co to malled on the 19th-color unknown. Canada ...• LEBANON, PA., January CENTURY AIR LINES first fiight 28th welcomed Admiral Byrd and passenger service, Feb. 3, applied map shaped cachet sponsored by the five line cachet to 84 covers carried Exchange Club was applied to 1700 unofficially on, this flight, to El covers in several different colors.... Paso from San Francisco via Los DEARBORN, MICH., Jan. 29th. four Angeles, Tucson and Douglas. They line black cachet sponsored by were divided: 3 7 with green cachet Trans-American Airlines Corp. read via El Paso; 2 5 with black cach·3t ing "Eddie Stinson, Dean of Ameri via San Francisco; and 22 with red can Aviators buried at Dearborn, cachet via Los Angeles. Mich." was applied to 313 covers.... FLORIDA AIR TOUR brought WASHINGTON, D.C., January 30th, covers with various markings from purple eight line cachet sponsored following points: (more detailed in by Aero Club was applied to 794 cov formation on specific ones for stamp ers in honor of the reception to the ed envelope, if desired) Jan. 11th, fliers who made records in 1931, at Vero Beach, Bradentown, Palakia; which event their Certificates of 12th, Bartow, Quincy, Winter Haven Award were presented by President and Avon Park; 13th, Fort Myers; Bingham of the N. A. A ..... FORT 16th, Tampa; 18th, Orlando and WAYNE, IND., February 1, eight Arcadia; 19th, Sanford; 20th, Ocala, line printed cachet by Jr. C. of C. DeLand and Lakeland; 21st, Madi for visit of Capt. Frank Hawks. son; 22nd, Tallahassee. MONROE, LA. welcomed Frank ~ Faulkner and the city's first auto f ""J;'J8'si ... ;ii6'ili's ...... giro with circular cachet by Stamp ~WATERTOWN ...... $ .15 ~ Collectors' Club in red on January E SIOUX FALLS ...... $ .15 E 12th and blue on 13th..•• PORTLAND, s SIOUX CITY ...... $ .15 E ORE., welcomed Sir Hubert Wilkins E AUTOGRAPHS : on January 16th with cachet in green § (on appropriate covers) § by Aero Club ....VANCOUVER, B.C., § J. R. Wedell ...... $1.00 § welcomed him on January 28th with ~ Earle Ovington ...... $ .40 § black printed cachet by Kinsmen ~ Alton N. Parker ...... $1.25 ~ Club, applied to 98 covers.... VICTOR g J. E. Fechet ...... $1.lSO s IA, B. c. welcomed him on 27th, § Ira Eaker ...... $ .75 s but no covers .... BELLINGHAM, § Col. J. J. Grady ...... $ .50 ~ WASH., welcomed him on the 29th § W. Fenington ...... $ .50 : and at least seven covers were mail § H. T. Miller ...... $ .50 § ed from there, which had been car § Jean La Rene ...... $ .75 § ried in his plane from Vancouver. E H. Slener ...... $ .50 ! They bear typewritten cachet.... § E. Couples ...... $ .50 i LOS ANGELES ,on 20th anniversary § H. A. Amos ...... $ .50 ! of first air mail flight there, was E Ma. Leslie G. Mulzer ...... $1.00 s commemorated with private five § Send for a copy of my weekly 1 line blue cachet applied to covers § airmail cover pricelist. Some un- i mailed at the Air Mail Field, Janu E usual items are offered in each : ary 20th to 28th, daily numbers in issue. . order being 134, 61, 52, 59, 53, 51, ~ i 57, 48, 114.... COMPTON, CAL., Jan. §FREDERICK W. WEINGETZ, JR.! 20th, typed cachet "Commemorating § 8761 • 118th St. A.A.M.S. 1265 § the receipt from Dominguez Field", § RICHMOND HILL, N. Y. ~ etc. .of this same mail fiight anni- :ntfllllttlllUUUllUUUIHUUUUllHIUIUHllUUUIUUUUUlllUu~ • • • • here and there with the editor • • • .NTEREATIN.G .and unique covers* the Twin City Alr Mail Society... He have been shown me froni the will conduct his business ·at 4465 l Island of Niuafoou where the Aldrich Av·e., .. South, Mirinear:olis, mail was dispatched from the island Minn . .t9 passing b.oats by nati:Ve swinime·r .. .. . l\.ir Maj.I Story and the inbound mail was sealed in a In the March issue of the Cosm0- tin. can. and towed .. _ .asho1'.e._ . by .the politan is the first of a series of swimmer. A shark <:raused · the storie·s about the beginning and de abandonment of the unusual type of :velopment of the airmail service o.f postal s.ervice and a canoe has now -the United States and also the story been substituted. for the swimmer. ·of . the thrilling experiences of the W. G. Crosby, P.O. Box 602, San ah- mail pilots while flying the mail. Pedro, Calif. sent 'me covers of the It is a well written and very inter Tin Can variety as well as the esting story. Canoe . mail. F. W. Kumme1• Carl -M. BP-cken Mr. Kummer announces that he is ·Mr · Becken announces that he has the successor to I. Gomez Sanchez, purchased the entire stock of covei:s prominent Zeppelin dealer in New ·and the manufacturing rights of the York City. Mr: · Kummer is co Perpetual Airmail envelopes from author of the Handbook of Zeppe the ·Jackson-Clark Stamp Co. -Hf:! lin Letters and Postal Cards, recent will continue to market these fine ly published. Mr. Kummer state::i ·quality envelopes and c-onduct an that he will continue to specialize in airmail cover business. Mr. Becken Zeppelin mail, first flight covers and bas long been an ardent aero-phii airmail stamps, and his ad in this atelist being a charter member of issue announces the many services the American Air Mail Society and which he offers. Olevelancl Air Mail Society l{R.ANKLIN AIRPORT - Nov, 2, 192ll On Tuesday, February 16th, th;i Dworalt's No. 1054 with seal of C. of (,, Cleveland Air Mail Society was host in Gold . . . . 50c . to about 125 persons, the occasion JOHNSTOWN, PA. - July 17th, 1929 Dworak's No. 778 . . . . OOe being a special meeting at which WILLIAMSPORT, PA. - July 20, 1929 were shown the moving pictures nf lhvo1·ak's No. 7&$ • • • • 66c Money orde1'S or casl1 accepted-no the building of the U.S.S. "Akron" clieck's. Only limited number of covers and an interesting lecture by Mr. on hand. H. D, EGOLF Miner of the Goodyear Zeppelin Box 300 Norristown, Pa. Corp concerning dirigibles and their ~lltlllllltlUllUiUUllllllll•fllllHlllllllllllllllUlllHHllllUllllllll,! development. § AIR lUAILS NEW ISSUES ~ John W. Prevost § •COLOMBIAN R.IDPUBLIC new set ; Special appreciation is hereby ex E of 14 values complete ...... $21.00 : § *COSTA RICA, 2,3,5 Colon empte $14.00 § pressed to Mr. Prevost for hii:i splen :; ·CYRElNAICA 3 values complete .. $ .15 : did translation of the Paris Balloon :; *GMRMANY Pair No. 63-0 '.rete Becht, : P'ost article which appears in this : pair ::s'o. 630 and No. 6:36 ·Se Tenar1L : :; strip of tom· No. 031 •.rete ,Beehe. :; issue. Mr. Prevost ,has promised to § Thooe stamps were mad€' for § translate all future articles for U.s ;: booklets ...... $ ,70 : and we feel certain that our reader3 ii *HONDUI~AS 4 prov. val. Nov. '31 $I.IO : keenly appreciate this contril:;ution. ·: .. NEW ZEALAND, 3 val. 'No. 801-0l'l .3\1 : : ~SP .AI.:-<, 12 val Pan-American Issue. : 'What's On Yonr ·Mind i imperf...... •.•..... $2,00 § Do you like the covers of the AP.J? : "'SPAIN, type. AM Barcelona !SS•Ue : Do the feature articles interest you? : perl. and Imperf. Overprinted RE" : : .:p,'l»B·IA.C & 4 diff. planes, 8.val. $2.70: Have ·you some favorite branch of § *SWIT~.ElRLA.ND 15,20,ll>Oc new val. .30 § airmail stamp · or cover collecting : New I·ssue air mail service. Satsifactorv : that you would like to have a feature ~ . .. references :re'qulred. - ~ article about? Let the editor know ~A. H. OLENA, 00 Beaver St., New York ~ your.. opinions and .wishes. :1u11111•1111u•1111u1u1n111111ttr11111u1111111tttt•111111111•111iuuth 18 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL ZEPPELIN MAIL ~ Special Offer: ~ ARCTIC FLIGHT 1931 10 different canis, mailed from 8 to 9 different countries ...... $ 7.00 10 difkrcnt covers, mailed from 8 to 9 different count.ries ...... $12.50 15 different cards, mailed from 8 to 9 different countries ...... $11.00 15 d:iiferent covers, mailed from 8 to 9 different counfries ...... $18.50 1. SOUTH Al'1ERICA FLIGHT 1931 10 different cards, mailed from 8 to 9 diffe,rent countl'ies ...... $10.00 10 diifel·ent covers, mailed from 8 to 9 different countries...... $18.00 2. SOUTH AMERICA FLIGH'.r 1931 10 di1fe1·ent cards, mailed from 8 to 9 clifferent countries ...... $10.00 10 different covers, mailed from 8 to 9 different countries ...... $18.00 8. SOUTH AMERICA FLIGHT 1931 10 diffei·ent cards, mailed from 8 to·9 1.9 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL Asai, former members of the Japan PACIFIC COAST ese army are dickering with officials NOTES of the Bellanca Aircraft Corp., Wil mington, Del., for a plane to fiy the Pacific-possitly Oakland-Tokio. By Fred* H. Wilde Mobeetie, Texas, Jan. 14-T.. &W. A. Express mail plane crashed into All news of Pacific* Coast aerial events a railroad embankment and burned should be sent to Fred H. Wilde, !>17 N. Burris Ave., Compton, Calif, as near here about 1: 00 a.m. today. early as possible, Piiot Hereford escaped uninjured. The plane was bound from Kansas * City to Los Angeles. Fifteen pouch ISS HOBBIE TROUT is to be es, or about 250 pounds of "ordin awarded one of the few ary" mail was lost. M medals granted each year by Six army bomting planes from the .t<·ederation Aeronatique Inter March Field took to the air on Jan. nacionale, in recognition of her 17, to drop 10,000 pounds of rations achievements, including the world's to snowtound Navajo Indians around endurance record for women, made the Winslow, Ariz. district. Beans, in company with Edna May Cooper. coffee, flour, sugar, salt pork and She :tlso had held the world's solo dried fruit were enclosed in 100 endurance record, and is scheduled pound packages, well padded after to try a flight from Honolulu to Los the first attempt, on which occasion Angeles in the spring of 1932. the covers broke and scattered tlle In Los Angeles, Juanita Burns is contents. A total of about 45,000 in training for a Seattle-Tokio fiight, pounds was thus delivered. some time in April. Six hundred army and navy Hoshinori Nagoya and Kanekicl!i planes are scheduled for a great air :11llllHlllfllllllillllllllllllUlllillllllUllllJllUIUIHllllUlllUllHI~ parade for famous pre-Olympic vis itors, including President Hoover, Zeppelins for Sale Gov. Rolph and others who will visit :~ :~ San Diego, July 28. E 192S ~ Flying to L.A. from Kingman, 278 S Friedrhfn-Lakehurst 5 letters Mk. 4 ~ miles, CaP,t. Frank Hawks averaged : Catalogue $8 each less 70 per cent : § Friedrbfn.-Lakehurst, 1 card, Mk. 2 : 210 mph. a new record for the dis § Catalogue $3 each less 70 per cent tance. He is now aeronautical ad : Lakehurst-Frledrhfn. 10 cards $ .52 visor to the Texas Co., and with a : Airmail St. & Lindy. Catalog party of his company's aviation offi S $2 each less 70 per cent cials is making a coast to coast sur : i n 2 9 § Friedrhfn-Lakel>urst, delayed in Franct vey of T. & W. A. Inc., planning ser E a letters Mk, 4 Cat. $12.50 ea. vice for cross country planes OU L. E less 70 per cent A.-N. Y. routes. E '1930 ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT Completing a three-fiag speed S Lakehurst-Lakehurst, 2 letters U.S. St, E hop Jan. 23, Aqua Caliente-Vancouv § $3.50; Cat. $2-0· each less 25 per cent • § : Lakehurst-Tokio, 1 letter, U.S. St. $2.0a : er-Agua Caliente, Capt. Frank S Cat. $16 net less 25 per cent § Hawks failed to break the existing : Tokyo-Lakehurst, 4 nice ca.rds, 5S sen. ;: Bpeed record set by Jimmy Wedell a : Cat. $11.40 net less 25 per cent ;: : Los Angeles-Lakehurst, 2 letters u.s.s. : few weeks ago, on the northward ! OOcets; Cat. $2.60 each less 70 per <1en· § leg. The round trip was made in 13 5 COMPLETE COLLECTION $80 J: hours and 44 minutes. E PAN AMERICAN FLIGHT § E 22 letters complete set with only E A post-graduate examinati.on in E Sevllle-Pernambnco missing. E parachute folding, packing and jump § Catalogue price $161-for $85 § ing was successfully completed by six airplane pilots at L. A. Municipal ~ E .. THOMA ~ Air Port, January 24. They bailed ~ 822 W. 46 St. N. y, Cit-· § out from an elevation of 5,000 feet. : : S:inniun1111n1111111111uu1111an1u.1uUJHUIUn11uun11n1111uu"; (Continued on Page 33) ..4.11 infonnation concerning Canadian airplane late Saturday night when Air Mail should be sent direct tu he ran out of gas, jumping 2,000 Editor \V. R. l'atton, B&x 238-!, feet through inky darkness to safety Winnipeg, :\Jan., Canada. with a parachute. He landed on the Northern shore of Lake Erie near, Lowbanks, 10 miles East of Dunn~ Pilot Edward* C. Bm•ton ville, Ont. This pilot, of the Canadian Air Leaving Toronto at 6 o'clock on Sat,urday night on, the regular mail ways Ltd., has been fiying the mails longer than any other pilot in Can run, Burton reached Hamilton on ada. The following extracts from schedule and picked up the mail there. Then he pointed the ma "The Bulletin" published by the chine's nose towards Detroit,, passing Company, gives some interesting over London shortly' after 7 o'clock,. side-lights on Pilot Burton. Ottawa Journal, Sept. 4th, 1918, He ran into a heavy fog bank at carried the following item-OT'l'.'1. Chatham but continued on his way W A AND BACK ON THE SAMEl through the ever-thickening mist, DAY. Lon,gE1st Mail-Carrying Trip hoping for a break as he approached on the North American Continent Detroit. Approaching Detroit his Completed. worst fears were realized when he found the city blanketed in a thick The longest aerial mail carrying cloak of fog. trip on the Continent of North America was completed last evening A landing was impossible, so he when Pilot E. C. Burton returned started back towards Hamilton. from Ottawa. He left Leaside Two hours overdue. Burton's non (Toronto) at 8: 00 A. 1\1. yesterday arrival at Detroit worried the airport carrying mail and reached Toronto officials there and messages,· were again at 7 o'clock last night. b:i:oadcast requesting everyone thru out Western Ontario to keep a·n eye Considering the indifferent weath out for him. er of yesterday, the trip was made in just half an hour over the sched His predicament became almost ule time·. Letters were faken to hopeless when he near Dunnville. 10ttawa and answers brought baclc He could not see to make a landing Those with special delivery stamps Hnd he knew that he would run short on them were delivered in Toronto of fuel before reaching Hamilton, last night. The machine used was the nearest air base. "The WINNIPEG" one of the gift His pJig,ht told him that he mu5t airplanes, and the distance covered was 540 miles. "bale out" and sign his, entry blank. We move forward to 1932 and Thus Burton became the first read "The Mail and Empire" of civil air pilot in Canada, it is believ Toronto, Ont.. recently In which the ed, to "join" the Caterpillar Club. following item appears: Without a doubt, he is the first air man in Canada ever to be forced to E. C. BURTON JOINS THE desert his ship at night. CATERPILLAR CLUB. Battling against thick fog-aviation's worst The mail bags were torn, but the foe-Edward C. Burton, 177 Old Or mail was still intact, partly damaged chard Grove, Pilo,t of the Canadian by oil. The registered mail was Airways, abandoned· his Stearman dtscovered intact in the wrec~kage. 21· FOREIGN AIR NEWS APT. FRANK M. HAWKS on "Texaco 13" carried on NON C STOP-FLIGHT Rome-London en June 15th, 1931: 14 covers ft'Om Rome to London. 4 covers bear the postal arrival mark, meanwhile tho others the date-cachet of American Embassy. On June 17th, Capt. Hawks accomplished NON-STOP FLIGHTS in BOTH directions and carried on the reverse flight 16 cov ers from Rome Fascisti A.F to Lon don. He probably forgot the mail received in. Port Darwin a wire from in the plane, as arr. pmk. of Croydon Sydney with an offer to present his Aerodrome dates 1 week later: June candidature to the elections for 24, 1931 on British 1-2 penny stam(I. Camberra Parliament. However, he When Wing Commander Ch. refused, as he prefers to fly the Kiugsf01•d Smith intended to breal' skies. Mollison's record of connecting Cryenaka: First flights from Australia to London, after his mis Tripolitania to this distant Italian fortune in Asiatic Turkey, and ar Colony of North Africa was initiated rived Oct. 6th in Rome, he had the from Tripoli December 26th. A courtesy to sign by primitive light splendid cachet was employed on the' the 10 covers to .be carried on the mail for the 1st stop; SIRTE (about last stop to London. These bear 50 carried) and Bengasi (Chief city the pmk. of Rome of Oct. 7th and of Cirenaica) about 350 carried. arrival pmk. of London W. of same The journey was accomplished wlht day besides the arr. pmk. of Croydon in seven hours, which is a record for of Octfl 8th. the distance of 700 miles. Pilots: The return from London on his Comm. Ragazzi and Barattini on the memorable CHRISTMAS flight was 1st Capron! Plane christened "CI tackstamped also at destinations. Early Scadta Flight The pictorial air stamps of Tripol · In the sumer of 19 2 5, a mail caF itania: 50, 60 and 80 cent. (oblongs) rying flight was made by a Scadta have been overprinted CIRENAICA survey plane from Colombia to and put on sale in Rome (Philat. Cristobal and from Cristobal to var Office of Colonial Department) on ious Central American cities. Planes 14th inst. The sale on the Colonial left Cristobal, Aug. 14th, carrying a. P.O. at Bengasi ·will probably begin total of 212 letters, as follows: to soon, when 1st day covers will be Costa Rica, 121:•; to Nicaragua, 34; to possible to secure. Honduras, 18; to Salvador, 17; to Guatemala, 18; and 41 covers were On Dec. 11th took place a special received in Cristobal from Colombian flight from Brindisi to Cape Town; points. Credit Richard N. Stetson. only 10 .covers were mailed on this New Ecudor Route occasion from Brindisi. Tomorrow, A newspaper clipping dated at Jan. 22, the regular 1st flight will., Quayaquil, Ecuador January 24th, t e initiated from Brindisi to Cape tells of the opening "recently" of a Town, new "one way" air service carrying A record flight has been attempted. mail from Quito to outlying towns. this morning from Rome to Cape The entire route is over 10,000 feet Town ·by the well known flyer, Cav. al·ove sea level and the planes make Francis LOMBARDI. He· intends the complete trip without landing, tc break all records and reac11 Cape due to lack of landing facilities. Town within four days. 67 letters Tulcan, near the Colombian border is a re carried on the plane (Capron! named as the farthest city served, 105. Tourist type; Gipsy motors.) with a number of citiee between this Particulars follow. point ,and the capital, being served. S. Bayer. Credit D. E. Dickason. HANDBOOK OF ZEPPELIN LETTERS POSTAL CARDS & STAMPS 1911-1931 By DR. VICTOR M~ BERTHOLD & F~ W. KUMMER PRICE: $2.00 --Bound in Full Cloth, with Gold Lettering-- F. W. von MEISTER . Speciaru. S. Representative J.,UFTSCHIFFBAU ZEPPELIN G.ni.b.H. 578 Madison Ave. New York, N. Y. ·:,. THE- A1RPOST JOURNAL by Chas. G. Riess Informatlon concerning C.A.M.'s should be sent direct. to the editor of section, P.O. Box 11, Albany, N. Y. bound from either* Omaha or the Omaha air mail field, although such covers are just as. necessary as are covers dispatched from such points as were furnished with first flight cachets, if one desires complete .di rectional coverage of this spur. Re ceived covers of additions at hand indkate that such covers did not r.eceive first flight cachets although several collectors have reported that they have received covers of addi tions with first flight cachets. IRl\lAIJ, SERVICE* was ia Effective February 1, 1932 numer augurated as scheduled over ous schedule changes of little im tlie · Omaha-vVatertown spur portance to ( C) A. M. collectors took A place on A. l\L routes 2, 30 and 33. of A. M. 18 on January 16, 1932. Attractive first flight cachets of var On this same date Springfield, Ohio, ious shapes were applied in differE;nt which some time ago had been dis colors to airmail dispa.tched from continued as a stop on A.1\11. 20, was Watertown, South Dakota, Sioux again restored as a stop on this Falls, South Dakota and Sioux City, route. Iowa. First flight covers dispatched Effective February 15, 1932, Bir from vVatertown received a circular mingham, Alabama was discontinued cachet applied in magenta, portr:;iy as a stop on A. M. 23 on account oi' ing a fishing scene. Covers dispatch the addition of Montgomery, Ala ed from Sioux Falls received a bama to this route on February 16, square cachet, applied in green, 1932. However, Birmingham still ~.bowing the Sioux waterfalls Covers remains as a direct stop on the air dispatched from Sioux City i·eceived mail system, receiving service via a square cachet, applied in purple, A. M. 33. the upper half of the cachet pcir First flight covers just received traying a prairie schooner of 18 4 ii, from Montgomery, Alabama bear a while the lower half shows a 1932 double-lined circular cachet, applied river-front view of Sioux City with in ·magenta, suitably worded and a mail plane overhead in the fore·· showing a picture of the State Capi ground. tol at Montgomery in the center. No official .first flight cachets were The editor of this section takes apptied to covers dispatched north- (Continued on Page 29) THE AJRPOST JOURNAL now used by the Navy are too large . ZEPPELINOLOGY · ior efficient handling in such small· quarters. There will be five planes carried, four of them will be .small, H:\RRY W.* AAROX single-seated fighters and one will J 7417 E. Pm·k Dr., Clevelam1, Ollio be a two-seated observation plane. The single observation plane it has teen pointed out, could be used to ferry Rosendahl or other importa.1t I am very glad *to know that there Navy men from the ship to earth are so many collectors interested in while in flight. Twenty-four men the U. S. Zeppelins as indicated by will make up the special aircraft the many who wrote me last montll; squadron, five commissioned officer;,, would lilrn to hear from you often, all pilots, 18 enlisted men to handle and I hope you liked the picture of planes and do mechanical work and the "Akron". I would like to hear one mess boy. The insignia on tile from all collectors interested in tlt3 planes will be a pilot fish. ZRS-4 and ZRS-5. The U. S. S. Akron is the first Zeppelin to carry airplanes as part of UNNYVALE,* * California* has its fighting equipment. been called the future home Received some letters asking what § of the U. S. S. Akron, Lieut. ZRS stands for; ZRS stands for Commander C. E. Rosendahl in his Zeppelin Rigid Scout, as distinguish letter to me states that, SunnvvairJ ed from the non-rigid ships or will 1'e the home port of the ZRS-5 Blimps used by the Navy. The now being ruilt at Akron, Ohio and Shenandoah. which broke in two that Lakehurst. N. J. is the home over Ava, Ohio in 1925, was the port of the "Akron." He also stato,c; ZRS-1 because it was the first Zeppe- that as yet there are no plans in ( Continued on Next Page) existence for carrying of mail in tho Akron. Bell:r Bmnpers To Be Featnr<> of JUST SUPPOSING Giant Zeppelin fT1'1'08I<; . Within the next few years you will 'l'hat YOll collect Air Stamps or Covers, and Sl.'PPOSE re reading a lot about the "belly 'rhat yon ·11a,·e a little money to spend, and bumpers." The National Air Races Sl!PPOSJ<~ in 1932 will perhaps give most of 'l'hat ;·ou'd like to get mo1•e stamps, and us a chance to see lighter-than and ~l:I->P08E ,.I'hat '.\'OU \VUnt all you can get, and heavier-than-air men give their first Sl.•Pl'OSE public appearance. 'l'he belly bump That you write to us for a trial lot. ers are the five men who will fly THEN, QUIT SUPPOSING! the planes canied aboard the U. S. Por it's a tlead-8ure tiling that you'll get S. Akron. They are so named be more pleasure, mo.re stamps, and more value thorn yon e\•er expected. cause they will "land" their planes "'rite, and Prove It. en the bellv of ·the ship. catching a· !Jook in. the upper wing into a Marks Stamp Co., Limited trapeze device lowered f.rom tlie air «<121''. Spadiua Avenue shin. The Akron's 'hangar, or air TORONTO 2, CANADA. plane l'ay · tO' the Navv. is 7[• f1>et lonP.:, 511 feet wide and 24 feet hie;h. A F E "\V S A l\I P L E 0 F F E· R ·S Airplanios will probably be stor•'d, April 11', 1~25, Lal;:elmrst to Bermuda one in each corner and one in the Second Flight (eat. $1.00) ...... 20 center. A 32-foot doorway thrn April Hl,. l&t Trip, .Return, error in· ca0llet ...... l.li> whirh the planes will be lowered, ;s ;fu!y 6, 1926, Philadelphia to Wash- in the center of the space. Around iHgton, D.C. (cat. 3.0G) · ...... ,115 the sides of the bav will be work ;ful~· 6, lll:M Washii1gton to Phila benches, machine shop and lockers. delphia (cat. 3.25) ...... 8G •Feb. 1, 1927, First Day 10c rate, large New type planes are being de Official envelope . , .... , ...... 2(1 signed because the smallest ships· UlillllUlllltllllllUllllUllllUUlllHillllllllllltlllllllllUtllllllUlll 25 THE AIRPOST JOURNA·L lin Rigid Scout built for the Navy. 'I'he second was othewise designated AUCTION REVIEW than as the ZRS-2. It broke in two (Continued from Page 15) over the River Humber, near Hull, England, during a test fiight. The stamps duplicated* in these two sales, U. S. S. Los Angeles was the third wide discrepancies in the ftnal prices of the group and is formally desig are shown. In some cases the New uated the ZRS-3. The U. S. S. York sale brought the better figure; Akron is designated by the Navy as in others, the Philadelphia; but in very few cases were the figures even the ZRS-4 because it is the fourth near the same. If one can take the to be built for them. The Zeppelin a1-erage auction price on an individ now being built by the Goodyear ual item, he can get a usable ftgure, Zeppelin Corp., at Akron, Ohio is and the auctions show quite definite ly the tJ·end of prices on any line of the ZRS-5 to the Navy. material, but that is about as far Did you know that the U. S. S. as we can safely go. Akron is not the first Zeppelin to Mr. Krein offered a very fine lot be named AKRON? ; see next of foreign fiown covers in his 71st month's Airpost Journal. The ftTst sale and I have been agreeable sur prised at the really decent pricas AKRON was built 20 years ago. odained for most of the lots. As H Castle M. Smith has his way cover collecting goes, the average with the Akron C. of C., we will collector in this country Is pretty have a new cachet on the hext ZRS-5 local in his enthusiasms and passes event, and .it is a dandy. I have up most things from other nations. heen promised that the next event I have been arguing for some time of the ZRS-5 on which the C. of C. that their tendency was passing, and l!as a cachet, advance notice will .be I am glad to see my impressions con sent out as soon as possible so that firmed by what seems. to be quite a all collectors may send covers, but liveiy interest in foreign flights in as some of these events take place this sale. A notable collection of on short notice, advise having covers Paris Balloon Posts was included, there at all times. C. of C. will and sold at prices which were t.y no hold covers for next event, but will means startling, but not so bad con not hold them for any special sidering the very few active collec cachet. All covers are mailed on tors of these pieces in this countr;. llrRt event taking place ·regardless of The auction sale is a gJide to one what the event may be-ZRS-5 or thing at least, and that is the in otherwise. herent financial stability of the hob by. Sale after sale comes and goes, llUHHllllfllllllUHlllHHJIHllUUOlllHllUIUll1111111HltlUHHltl! and the material as put up for sale is = · PERPETUAI, A IR ~lAIL : just as regularly bought and absorb ENVELOPES ~ ed into other collections. Many col Finest in the World ~ lectors may be in abnormal need of Best Quality Heavy Rag Paper. § realizing on their investments, but E Will not fade, dog-ear, turn brit- ~ there seem to be just as many who § tie, etc. Insure the value of § are ready and anxious to invest. ~ your forthcoming covers. ~ § Lowest Plioos--Quality Considered § § 1c EACH-100 Prepaid § § 250 for $2J~5 § APPROVALS ~ SAMPLE SET of 4 KINDS § · § With Special Fillers § New and Old Issues Airmails. a for Six Cents § Re:fe1·cnces Required. § CARL M. BECK.EN ~ E. GOETZ § 4405 Aldrit>h Ave. So. § E Minneapolis MJnn. § 1722 CRILLY COURT CHICAGO, ILL. 1nU1ttllHIUlllUUlllllUltlllllUllHUllUUHUlltlUHllllllllUllllU 26 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL THE BALLOON POSTS OF escape. I went with him to his PARIS - 1870-1871 home where I shaved off my beard and donned the clothes of a country (Continued from Page 4) man which was furnished me. I quently; although we bad but little stayed there three days hidden there. ballast to spare, we reascended and On the fourth, I managed to secure made a further run of about 16 a safepass under a false name from kilometers. the Prussian commander of the "It was at 6 o'cl(X)k that we made place whl·ch allowed me to go as our second descent, after having far as Chauny. asked of some countrymen if the "On Monday, November 21st, I Enemy were in the vicinity. On slept in a little village about three their negative reply, we opened the kilometers from Soissons. On the throttle, and touched ground aided 22nd, I hired a conveyance which. by the countrymen. took me to Chauny and I arrived at "Hardly a quarter of an hour had Amiens the next day, November 23. we set foot on tbe ground that the "After many tribulations, I reach cries of the women warned us of ed Tours, where I was able to repo1·t the arrival of Prussian cavalry; I to my superiors and explain the had barely time to pass the Govern cause of my delay. ment dispatches to a countryman, "Husson, from whom I separated begging him to get them to Tours at Chateau-Thierry was taken to as soon as possible; this he did." Germany as a prisoner of war." This duty performed, we waited for The "Galilee' was the first balloon the enemy by whom we were made captured by the enemy. prisoners of war; they had just The pigeons were sent to the come down from Fre!nay Le Gilmert, Prussian Major in command, and about 11 kilometers to the west the mail confiscated and searched and 88 ldlometers from Paris." at the General Quarters of the Third "Conducted to Chartres, we were German Army. searched, even to the linings of our clothes. The next day, November 5th at 3 o'clock in the morning we i'""'"'"'"'"'""'"'"""""'""""'"""'"''"'"'"'"'""'"i were taken to Versailles; from there led to Nogent, on foot, to take a train which was to transport us to Germany; there they decided to send us to Chateau Thierry still on foot. "During the night following our '=·==_·_ TheK Only Firm Specializing in Ecuadorean~~~~~AN-'===== Stamps arrival, with the aid of a brave man who succeeded in getting my guard ~==· Largest Stock for Dealers and ;-=: drunk,_ I succeeded in making my Collectors UtllHUllllUiUUUllllHllllllllUUllHlllllllllUlllllllllUlllllllllUl § i I have In stock a large selection of famous Pilot Autographs on covers malled from '"·ents in which they par· ticlpated or visited. For a short time I will offer them nt three for one dollar, my choice. MARK C. EMSLEY Autoirrnph Specialist 1299 Idlewood Ave., Lakewood, Ohio I~:~~f::.: I IUf"UllllHllOllUUlltfOtlllllllUUiUOllllUllllUIUUUllllllflllUU 11UfUUllUUtlUllllJllUIUUllftflrtUllUllUUllUllllfllUUl11tllUU JUST SPECIALS A.M.9 WINNIPEG (So.) Auto graphed by pilot (W.C.A.) ...... •40 :\lElXICO CARRANZAS (006-11) ... 1,ll5 I::::ci!~~t;:ene ~:.1 P A'RAGUA.Y ZEiPPELI~S (1931) ... 70 8 JOSEPH J. GOLDBERG "American Philatelic Society"-10711 3409 W. North Ave., Chicago, Ill. ~ "Soci~y Philatelic Americans"-6176 E UllllHIHllllUlltUIHlltlllUUUHttlllHllllllllllJIUUllHtlHUllJIH ~tlllllllllUlfUftUllllllllUUUUttfUUllllUUltUUJlllllUlllUUUUi 27 ·THE AIRPOST JOURNAL Aeronautical Corporation crashed CRAS~ COVER NEWS north of Marcellus on his Kalamazoo (Continued from Page 8) to Chicago flight. He encountered snow squall and heavy fog and at Marcellus circled the beacon several land. Smith brought* his plane to a times in an effort to locate a suit safe landing and telephoned to Chi able landing place. He apparently cago Airport for a truck. ·lost control of his plane and realized January 26, 1932 (Accident) a crash was inevitable, bailed out Knolls, Utah. A.M. 18. 8: 00 P.M. but was too low for his parachute to Westward. Pilot Jack Parshall, un open properly. His fall was broken injured. Mail 153 lbs. by trees and brush but S•uffered a broken leg and other injuries. The Flying· through a blinding snow plane landed, a mass of twisted storm, Parshall was forced to make fabric and metal in a swamp 30" feet a landing on rough ground, losing a.way from Rust. Search was de both wings. He was uninjured and layed due to weather preventing the tramped seven miles to the nearest use of planes and it was only 1 7 telephone to report the accident to hours later that the pilot was found Salt Lake City. Mail forwarded by wrapped in the folds- of his para plane on the same date. chute, unconscious. He died at the February 2, 1932 (Crash) hospital on February 4th from Marcellus·, Mich. A. M. 27. 1:30 pneumonia-another hero of our A.M. Westward. Pilot, Francis H. air mail system. Rust, injured, subsequently died of · Pilpt Francis H. Rust first started pneumonia from long exposure. to fly at the aie of 17, in 1914. In Mail, 7 pouches (weight not yet 19 26 he' took the airmail contract available.) Forwarded from Kala between Cheyenne and Pueblo, sub mazoo. Special marking from that sequently flew for the Michigan Air office reading "Forced Landing at Transport Co. and the Universal Marc~llus, Mich." Aviation Corp. He had more than Rust, flying for the Thompson 5 O0 0 hours in the air to his· credit. February 2, 1932 (Crash) 111111111111111111111I~111111111111JI1111UI1111111111111111111111111111111111 FREE Rio Vista, Calif. A.M. No. Ul. 12.24 A.M. Eastward. Pilot John W. Newfoundland 1932 Sharpnack, killed. Original load of Catalogue mail, 203 .lbs. Recovered, none. Prices a ve~age 3 8 % Scott. Pilot John W. Sharpnack, veteran REV. BUTLER flier of the United Air Lines, left Sandy Point, St. Georges, Newfoundlu.nd Oakland for Reno at 11: 45 P.l\!I. the 11111111111111111n11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 111111111111111 night of February 1st. His last radio message stated that he had 111 1111111i111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111r111111111 encountered a snowstorm and waJ 1st FLIGHT COVERS attempting to fly above it at an al Regardless of Catnlog-Oft'icinl Cachets 8 different for ...... $1.00 titude of 7,000 feet. No official ex 1 7 different for ...... $2.00 planation is given for the mishap. 26 different for ...... $3.00 The pilot's body was not burned but 35 different for ...... $4.00 every bone in his body apparently 15 diff scarce 1st Day Covers $1 had been broken by the impact of PENNA. STAMP CO., Greensburg, Pit. bis crash. This fact led to the lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllllllllllllllll'ITllll theory that possibly Sharpnack's OlllllHllllllll11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111lllltllllllllllll plane had caught fire aloft and that CANADA PROVISIONAL in the plunge the pilot had leaped AIRMAIL out to escape the flames. He did 6c on 5c-Su.pply Limited not wear a parachute. The Com l\'Iint . . Se; Blocks pro rata 1st Day Covers ...... 15c pany reported that Sharpnack ap Return postage extra. Posta,,·e rate t.o parently had attempted to make a Canada is now 3c. Liets Free. landing in the storm, staying with VICTORIA STAMP COMPANY the ship in an effort, and had crash 241 Queens Ave., Londou, 16, Ontario. rd into a ditch on a range. The firnt lllllllllll;lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllltllllllllllll 28 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL of the searchers to locate Sharpnack FAMOUS PILOTS CRASH was Pilot William Campbell of the Roy Minor, Burbank transport Pacific Air Transport, who crashed pilot and famous stunt flyer, bound his plane when attempting to land for L.A. from Bakersfield on January on the swampy ground, but was un 24, ran out of gas and crashed in a injured. vineyard near Delano, and he and Fel:ruary 2, 1932 (Forced Landing) two passengers were injured. Sad Locomotive Springs·, Idaho. A. M. coinci in September 1930 is to have a Al RS of the MONTI-I "1932" overprint and may appear the (Continued from Page ') first of this month. Plates for the known with a "Par Avion" overprint. one colon stamp have been ready This appears to have beenhandstamp for some time and this stamp rnay ed. with a steel die. A resident of appear in April. Mr. Castellanos Noumea, the capital of the island, states that this will take the place of states that this is a temporar".Y issue. the provisional which appeared last An Australian, on a barnstorming fall. trlp, obliged the Government by SWITZERLAND carrying the mail from point to The Interna.tional Disarmament point. The only plane on the island Conference issue, consisting of three has since been smashed but a com pany is forming to buy two planes values all bear a common design of to run passengers and mails in New a large monoplane, tri-motored, in Caledonia and the New Hebrides. flight each of its propellers making Let us hope that we do not have a large circles partially obliterating repetition of the New Guinea occur the design of the plane. Otto Baum ance. Does any reader have copies of the stamps or official information berger was the designer. Above on about them? the left is the cantonal insignia of Geneva and across the top the words, NICARAGUA "Conference Du Desarmement Gen Ten thousand each of the current eva 1932" Underneath the plane is postage stamps are to be overprinted the word "Helvetia" and the denom with "Correo Aereo Official" and ination. The set is to be current for constitute a set for use by govern twelve months. ment officials. Colors are: 15c. green and grey SALVADOR green, 20c. vermillion and buff, and The engraved set which appeared 90c, blue and grey. Fl FTEENTl-I AUCTION SALE of AIRMAIL ST AMPS & COVERS on March 12th, 1932 COLLECTION OF MINT BLOCKS OF FOUR COLLECTION OF MINT AIBMAIL STAMPS U. S. PIONEERS PARIS BALLOON POSTS CRASH COVERS F.A.M. AND C.A.M. COVERS FOREIGN FLIGHTS ZEPPELINS, DO-X LINDBERGH SIGNATURES ~llSCELLANEOUS --Catalogues Now Ready, Ask fo:t" a Copy-- The Berkshire Exchange, Inc. WOOSTER, OHIO ASDA ASDA BO ~merican Air Mail Societg Organized 1928 as the Aero Philatelic Society of America. PRElS.-H. H. Griffin 1st VICE-PRESID-E'NT Wm. R. Conkllng 6801 Lucerne Avenue, 2nd VICE<-PRESIDENT Cleveland, Ohio George D. Ki!l'gdom SECRETARY-TREASURER Li. B. Gatchell, 120 Shotwell Park, Syracuse, N. Y. SALES l\IANAGE'R H. C. Carpenter, 600 So. Railway Bldg., Cincinnati. Ohio EXCHANGE MANAGER T. F. Donahue, 2352 Washington Ave., Newton Lower Fallis, Mass• . HISTORIA:::>; AND REOORDER Karl B. Weber, 114 Montana Street, N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. ADVANCE BULLETIN SUPERINTENDENT George D. Kingdom, Conneaut, Ohio DIREiC'l'ORS George W. An!l;ers, Raymond V. Bahr, \Valter Conrath, Henry s. Parsons ;\faui-ice •S. Petty, James T. Schweler, Karl B. Weber. The Exchange Department-Each member l!s entitled to two 20-word exchange notices per year, in the official publication, without .charge, The Advance Information Bulletin. ls sent regularly only to thoae members who are in good standing· and provide a supply of self-addressed stamped envelopes In which to mail it. Address the Ma.na-ger. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION - T'HE AI:ltPOST JOURNAL Secretary's Report NEW MEMBERS The following have been admitted to membership since last report. Membership is -a privilege, not a right, and may be terminated at the will of the. Society. 1381-}!;mil A. 'l'hu.rman, '.1374 LahaTpe St., New Orleans, La. '14-'l'heodore A. Witter from R. D. No. 7 to 16'20 - 2'7th St., N. W., Canton. Ohio. 1018--D. D. Aldred from 4841 Lawndale Ave. to 44-02 S-haron Ave., Detroit, Mich. 1{144-,-lPat M.ilaro trom Box 5?.;t to APPLICATIO~S POSTED 1''ollowing hav" made application for membership in the Society. If no objection M received and references are found in order, they will be admitted on March llith. '.l'he name immediately following that of the applicant is the name of the propo,ser. Sherman J. C'Ol'hett, \l•3 Oak St., :Wleriden, Conn. 'Aekerman, •Samuel w. B-ut"gbss, 42'25 'Howell ,st., Philadelphia, Pa. Gateooll. Henry 1''. Vicha, 4::.mfl E. I:ll, ·ClevelanU,-Ohio Kingd<>m. Archie ~Lac A. Davis, Royer, Blair Co., Pa. Klein. Joseph J. }.1atte~. 1113 C'ornelia Ave.• Chicago, Ill. Witter. Harry lil. · Hu'ber, · 0013 Rippey St., East Liberty Sta., Pittsbtllrgb, Pa. Parsons. L. W. Erickson, A-3, Jefferson Apts., Nashville, Tenn., :Milam. It is with genuine regret that your Secretary has learned frOlm Karl ·weber of the death of ()Ur fellow m•'mber, Hugh P. Tiemann. Mr. Tiemann an active and Interested devot8e of our hobby and his• loss will be keenly felt •by many friends. Although not a member of this Society, it seems appropriate and quite in order to mention the recent passing of Mrs. 'IV. Irving Glover. Mr·s. !Glover, while shunning the l!melight of i)Ublicity whi·ch surely might have •been hers through the retlected popularity of her distinguisbed husband, was an ardent collector .and real friend of ·every devotee ot air mails. Your .Secretary feels• certain that every anember would wl&h to join In the ~ociety's· expression of sympathy to Mr. Glover. Respectfully submitted, L. ;B, GATCHELL, Secretary-'l:'reasurer LATE NEWS BULLETL~ master at Lakehurst will be held until such · time if and when Akron Damaged February 22-Pa· the Akron departs for the Coast ciftc .Coast Trip* Temporarily flight. Notice will be sent to those Postponed on the Department maiiing list when the Akron is prepared to make the trip and plans for carrying of mail While being walked out of her are completed. Lakehurst hangar* for a test flight ' Monday morning, February 22nd, the AIR MAU,... TO 'BE,... CARRIED... ON Akron broke loose from its stern BOARD THE AKRON moorings in a sudden gale, was (Continued from Page 9) swung around and struck the ground, to the closing date for receiving resulting in the damage o:t the_ lower covers, due undoubtedly to the hesi fin and tearing of a part of the tancy of the Navy Department to fabric covering. Word from ,Second . accede to the request of Post Assistant Postmaster General Glover Office Department for mail carrying under .date of February 25th, advises ;;pace on board the ship. Within that the scheduled Pacific Coast mall a period of four hours from the carrying flight of the Akron has receipt of the wire from Mr. Glover been postponed temporarily due to the news had been mailed to mem this unfortunate accident. Plans bers of the American Air Mail So for the carrying of mail as originally ciety who had envelopes with the announced by the Department have Bulletin Manager. If you didn't ,been abandoned for the present time secure the news in time to send your and until such date as repairs are own covers, we suggest that you made and the Navy Department .noti look ahout early for covers. fies the Post Office Department of the proposed schedule, no definite HAMMERMrLL BOND plans can be announced. AIR MAIL ENVELOPES If and when the flight is made the The Standard of Quality at a mail load will be limited to 150 New Low Price pounds and the Post Office Depart~ Regular 6 3-4 size with ment requests that air mail collectors Red and Blue Border be reasonable in their demands for 100 $ .60 covers. The Department reserves 500 .; ...... $2.50, the right to reject or dispatch mail 1000 ...... $4.75 in excess of the stipulated amount (Postpaid) by 9ther me.ans as they see fit. WALTER J. CONRATll Covers already received by the Post- Albion AAMS 4 71 Penu'a THE AIRPOST JOURNAL CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Quincy, Fla. dedication, blue 25c; gold 35c; Columbus, Ga~, 25c; Ocada, Fla. 25c; RATES* Ala!ikan Air St'ar Routes to exchange. le PER WORD - MINIMUM CHARGE 25c J. Karl Howard, Tallahass.ee, Fla. Copy for this section must be received by the loth of the month. EXCHANGE DEPT. A. A. M, S. Members are entitled to two 5 Different Air Mail Covers 27c; First 20-word ads per year in this Exchange Flights, First Days, Dedications' and Mis Section, free of charge. cellnneous col•ers. Fill in your coilection now, chea1>ly. Cover 1\:la1·t, 333 Orange Al'e., EXCHANGE Long Beach, Calif. Want dedications, crash, pioneers, U.S or "\\'ill exchange c.A.M. covers for dedica airmail stamps, for crash, dedications, tions 54&, 748, 751, 846, 921, 1000, mm, 1113, Canii.dians, Newfoundlands, C'.A.M/s, etc. 12'!3, 1273 to 1283, 1298, 1299, 1321, 1356, Fred Wilde, Compton, California. 1515, 1592-3-4-5, 1671, 1725, U35. A. ,J. Zeman, 333 Orange Ave. Long Beach, <.:al. Send me. 10& fine precancels (higher val ues) 3c up and receh•e Air Mail Cove~s. Sir Hubert Wilkins visits Vancouver, B. Carl Becken, 44&5 Aldrich Ave. So. Minne C. Covers with . printed cachet-35c. Few apolis, l\linn. mailed. Geo. Fawkes, 21&7 Manitoba St., Vancon\•er, B.C., Canada. Send me three dedications or first /flights f r normal and inverted' blocks precanceled Newfoundland-set of four F.F. covers. Black Hardings, this city ;Geo. Albrecht, J nn., Feb. 1S31. St. Johns-White iIJay Dis 3251 - 37th St. Long Island City, N.Y. trict. Three pilot autographed. Scarce un '\\'ater1narked 15c airmail stamips. Very '\\'anted: Cash or exchange--Crash covers, fine--scarce. $4.50. Fred ·\\.Tilde, Compton, US & Foreign, ships, planes, trains. Also California. any oddities of new Washingtons and Olympics. Bendet, 816 East 9 St., N.Y.C .. F.A.M. 5:-A rare Lindy item. First direct Minmi-Habana. Flight, April 26, 193() (50 \Vanted-newspaper clippings and pictures covers carried) $1.00 Justa.mere Airmail of G1·af Zeppelin Flights, also photographs. Collection. 158 Hollis, Jackson, Mich. 2'2'-2t* "\\"alter Conrath, Albion, Pa. the Pacific Coast has had more than PACIFIC COAST its share recently. Plane, pilot and passengers were found February 4, NOTES after an inte.1isive search, crushed (Continued from Page 20) and badly burned. All were students of Harry Booth, From an army observation plane, professional jumper. They called it piloted -by Lieut. Hoffman, lost in the their "leap year" party. One of lhe Sierras, ·Lieut. Cocke bailed out party, catching his leg in the cord of somewhere en route, and was found his chute, rode head downward to by forest rangers with his chute. the ground. Only dented it a little Said' he jumped to lighten the plane, -the ground, we mean-and was on which ice - was forming. No not seriously injured. trace of plane or pilot has yet been Airmail covers from Lake Placid round. took from four to seven days to reach the Pacific Coast. · -And a word to Pacific Coast col From Reno comes word that Pilot lectors. You surely do not want a Ray -Little, of United Air. ·Lines., one man column to represent you in dropped food into a small ·mining your journal, do you? If you like, camp near Valmy, Nev., whose oc or if you do not like it, write and cupants had been snowed .in since expr{l_ss your wishes as to what you Christmas., wou_ld like. to see therein, then send Century Pacific Air Lines, having the ·info' for inclusion. ·We have flown 1,250,000 miles withoµt acci not -been going long enough to get dent or loss of a single piece of any blue ribbons, b.ut with your help baggage, suffered a most serfous loss we shall at least not have to hang on Friday, January 29, when their any. crepe on the ·column. Bakerfield-L A: bound· plane was An airmail pilot crashed n·ear Rio lost in very· bad weather-of which Viisfa and Pilot Sharpnack, plane 33 THE AIRPOST JOURKAL and mail were burned beyound rec reC'ord for that type of craft, set by ognition. This is on the Oakland Clarence Chamberlain- a few weeks Salt Lake route. 200 pounds of ago. mail were burned. Leo Nomis, veteran motion-pic Another near Marcellus, :Vlich., in ture stunt flyer, crashed to his death which Pilot Rust lost his life. on .February 5, while making scenes And still another on Febniary 7, for "Sky Brides." He served as air when Pilot "Red" Andret, ftying the instructor during the war. mail from S.L.C. to Cheyenne crash Covers received from Aklavik, N. ed six miles east of Knight, Wyo., W.T., cancelled January 19. Wl10 and was killed. No report of mail knows anything about them'? damage or recovery. Cachet at Vancouver, January 28, Jimmy Carson, veteran airmail Bile line black, commemorating visit pilot of W. A. E., January 9th was of Sir Hubert Wilkins. torced down about 40 miles south Florida air tour covers received in west of Las Vegas in a blinding clude Fort Myers, DeLand, Plant snowstorm. He was uninjured and City, Quincy, Madison, Palatka and mail is safe. Automobile party will Sarasota. No real cachets. recover mail and forward it to Lo" Angeles. · Cover received from Everett, Pa., cancelled January 26. Who lmows? C1·ashes in the last few month" have taken te1·rible toll of vete1·ai1 A five line cachet was used on pilots, mostly due to bad weather. covers commemorating F.F. passen The editoP wonders if deliverr of ger ser\·ice8 over Century Pacific mail-important as it is-is 1•eally Lines-S.F.-L.A.-El Paso. 37 in justification for the loss of so ma11y greeH from El Paso. 25 in black lives? ·why not save both mail and from San Francisco and 22 in red pilots by a little more conservative from L A. 'These were cared for judgment during such sevel'e and l:y Jas. ,V. Green, San Jose, and will treacherous weathe1• as the whole make a nice tie-up with Century country has experienced this winte1·. Pacific ftights if in the future they Mrs. Edna Christofferson, who's are succes ful in obtaining mail' autograph we were so glad' to re contracts for which they are work ceive on Portland dedication covers ing. Cachet sponsored, I under a while back, is o:l'f to Alaska, leav stand, by Century Pacific Air Lines. ing Yakima for Wainwright, from And talking about , covers-who where she will hunt for a million has McAllen, Texas, ded'n? 'Ve sent dollar cargo of furs, deserted in' the covers there in Sept. last, and C. of Bering Sea, on the, Steamer Bay C returned them saying "no ded'n". chim. William R. Graham, experi Someone please tell us what the enced Alaskan pilot will be at the c-0ver catching charm consists of. controls. News received here too Thanks for covers received are dlle late to t'.Y to get covers aboard. J. W. Stoutzenl.ierg, L. Smith, Earl Second annual Amerfcan Legion Mills, Le Metzgar-long time no air show at Kern Co. air port, May 1. news, Le. Wassa madda? \Vas that Sacramento Valley air tour, spon actually a Byrd from Au burn ?-Ja~. sored by State C. of C., May 2 and W. Green, G. B. Camp, Bill Schneider 3. No' information on cachets. Jr., G. Fawkes-that's George, not Might try C. of C. if interested. Guy-and W. G. Crosby. S. F.-Chicago plane of the United A.T. & W.A. plane was forced Air Lines made the trip in 11 3-4 down at Victorville by heavy storm hours, two and one-fourth houritl · un February 8. Mail was transferred der schedule, a new spe~d vecord to train for Chicago. on that run for passenger planes, Editor-Advance Aero News SPr on February 5th. vice initials were given as A.A.lVLS. On the same day Col. Art Goebel in last month's magazine. Hope no climbed to 20500 feet in a Diesel one gets confused over the omision. powered plane, breaking the world's A.A.N.S. 84 E.'' llll~UltlHUHUUllUllllUlllllllflllUllHUUllUltlllllUllllUllUllUlUUHHUUUUllllUIUlllllllHUUlHUUtHnnunnuntttllUltiUUlt! I TO MY I Fellow Air Mail Collectors The untimely death of our esteemed and belo~ friend and collector, Mr. HUGH P. TIEMANN, of Pittsburgh, Pa. left to hls widow a very ftne collection of Pioneer Covers, Governments, CAM's, J;'AM's, t1nd a complete collection of Zeppelins, (lnclndlng all rarities); Hlstor lco.l Flights, Catapult Covers, ete. l[ri;i, Tiemann has a.vpolnted me to sell this collection, ·either as a whole or In part and I take this medium to ooll the attention of my fellow collectors ;: to some choice covers. Natur8.uy I can not entertain any exchanges and prefer ;: § to sell a section, such as Pioneers, etc. at one time. All sales must be for cash § E and final as required to settle the estate. Ii' anyone is Interested to buy the § § whole collection which consists of about 1500 very fine covers and catalogues § ~ about oouu dollars, he will get a real bargain. ~ § Following I shall give the section of g I PIONEER COVERS I S GARDEN CITY ESTATES . • . • • . • . • • • • ...... Sept. SO, 1911 § § ST LOUlS .. • • • . • ...... • • .. . • • • .. . • .. .. October 6, 1911 § E ROCHESTER . .. • .. • • .. • . .. • . .. • . . .. • . • • • . . • • October i1, 1911 E § FORT SHITll ...... November S:, 1911 § E Al.jBANY (crash) ...... December 28, 1911 § E WILML~GTON ...... • • • ...... • ...... • . . • .. • January 1, 1912 § :; LOS A..."i"GELES • .. • .. . • • .. • • . . .. • ...... • January it, 1912 : S LOS ANGELES • .. . • ...... • • .. .. • • . • .. • • • • January 28, 1912 ~ § LOS ANGELES (Dominqnel!l Field) •.•.•••... January 28, 1912 § : BATON ROUGE (crash) ...... AprU 10, 1912 : SAUGUS . • .. . • .. • . .. • . • • • • • • . . • . • • • .. . . • • . • ...... • June 1, 1912 EVANSVILLE ...... June 6, 1912 PORTSMOUTH ..••.••••••...•.•••.•••••••... June 27-28, 1912 BENTON HARBOR • . . .. • • . • .. • ...... • .. .. • • • • • July 18, 100.2 ROCKPORT • • ...... • . . . . • . • • ...... • August 22, 1912 PLAINFIELD • .. . . . • . . • • .. • . .. • • . • • • • ...... • . Augost 24, 1912 BOONVILLE • . • .. . • .. . . . • . • . . .. • • . • . . .. • . . . . . • August 29, 1ll12 M<"LEANSBORO • . • • • . • • ...... • • . . • • . . • • September 26-28, 1912 MeLEA,;~SBORO . • • • • . • • • . . . . • . . . • • . • . • • • . . September 4-6,1913 .BEMUS POINT • • • • • • • ...... • • . • . • .. • • • • ...... July SO, 1914 MILWAUKEE .. . .. • • .. • .. .. • • • ...... September 15, 1915 MILWAUKEE ...... September 17, 100.tl 1:hose covers a.mount to roughly between $900.00 to $1000.00 cat. (Berk.-Dworak) w:td are In fine to superb condition. The first reasonable cash oft'er will get the entire lot. This is the first time ln ma.ny years that such a splendid col• lection of :Pioneer Covers has been oft'ered. Do not miss this opportunity a111 here ls 11 REAL INVESTMENT. Please act quickly or you may come too late. Give ref'11renoes. Write to KARL B. ·wEBER, 114 Montana Street, N.S. Ob~ervatory Station, Historian and Dlrootor PITTSB'UiwH, PA, A ,A. M. S. No. 60. ~1111111011ntn1unuh111rr11111n11111uu11uuuunu1111nn11111n1111u11uu1utuuuu1nuu11uun1u1uul111uuuuunnnuniuun11nu•S MONTGOMERY-on the Air MONTGOMERY-Atlanta; MONTGOMERY-New Orleans, each.... .1~ ATLANTA AIR MAIL FIELD into Montgomery ...... 20 NEW ORLEANS AIR FIELD into Montgomery ...... 20 OTHERS AT ONLY 12c EACH: CAM t-Bang01·-south; Portland-Bangor; Portland-south. CAM 2-Memphis·St. Louis; .Memphis-Springfield. UAM 9-Pembina-Minneapolis; Duluth-St. Paul; Mandan-St. Paul; Bismarck-Fargo; Jamestown-St. Paul; Valley City-Fargo. CAM 11-Wasbington·Akron; Pittsburgh-Washington; Pittsburgh. Akron. (;AM 12-Pueblo·Albuquerque; Santa Fe-Cheyenne; Santa Fe-Albu querque; Albuquerque-Cheyenne; Amarillo-Che'Yenne; Tl"ini· ruut-Santa Fe; Trinidad-Denver. CAM 16-Nasbville-Loulsville. UAM 18--Wat~l'town-Sioux City; Sioux Falls-Watertown; Sioux l<'alJs·Omaha; ·Sioux City-Watertown; Sioux City-Omaha. CAM 28-St. Joseph-St. Louis. CAM SO-Denver-Kansas City; Salina·Kansas City; Salina-Denver. UAM Sa-Amarillo·Ft. Worth; Wichita Falls-Ft. Worth; Wicbit,a FaJJs-Pueblo; Albuquerque-El Paso; El Paso-Pueblo. Postage extra under one dollar. ~ly current list - SKY S'l'UFF - would interest you. EDGAR C. CANTRELL P.O. Box 1261 San Antonio, Texas P'111 ...... ~ •••._.~ ...... ¥ •• ·~ ...... NEW & RECENT AIR - MAILS AUSTRALIA, New 6d; 0.8. overprint...... 12 CYRh:NAICA, 50, 60, 80c, 3 values ...... 15 GUATEMALA, No. 716-l8 ...... 95 M·EXICO, No. 942, the scarce perf. one ...... 1.00 MEXICO, No. 943 -(rouletted) & 1168 ...... 18 NEW ZEALAND, No. 801-03 ...... 28 NEW ZEALAND, New 5-3p, green ...... 10 SALVADOR, No. 670-73 ( 6000 issued) ...... 2.25 TRIPOLITANIA, new set of 5 values...... 80 Postage Extra on All Orders under $1.00 AIR-MAILS ON APPROVAL. New is1mes at money saving prices Ol' older sets at pl'oportionawly low 1>rices. Single stamps, tao. if you send your want list. FR~DERICK P. PROESSEL Box 7120 ELKINS PARK, PA. AP'S 5810 ~~~ AAMS 1360