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:! w·EST 46th STREET NEW YORK 36, N. Y. ROOM 708 TEL.: JU 2-2393 THE AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY -de~IBPOST A Non-Profit Corporation Incorporated 1944 ~~;f011BNAL Organized 1923 Under the Laws of Ohio PRESIDENT Official Publication of the Rafael Oriol AMERICAN Am MAIL SOCIETY Merced 307 Habana, Cuba Vol. 28 No. 9 Issue No. 326 SECRETARY-TREASURER John J. Smith CONTENTS for June, 1957 Ferndale & Emerson Sts. Philadelphia 11, Pa. Articles SALES MANAGER Herman Kleinert "That was a Convention!" 258 213 Virginia Ave. Fullerton, Pa. Nominees for AAMS Offices ...... 260' VICE-PRESIDENTS Pioneer in Past, Pioneer in Progress .... 261 Bernard Davis Florence L. Kleinert Canal Zone Airmail Error Reported .. .. 266 Robert W. Murch U. s. Navy Maps Antarctica . 267 Perham C. Nahl EDITOR - Other Publications Unveil R34 Monument ...... 270 L. B. Gatchell About the 1956 Guatemala Rotary ATTORNEY Air Mail Stamp ...... 280 George D. Kingdom Firs± Period of Civilian Jet Air Mail DffiECTOR OF Services ...... 282 FOREIGN RELATIONS Dr. Ma~ Kronstein Regular Features AUCTION MANAGER Samuel S. Goldsticker CAM Cover Nofes 274 EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT European Notes ...... 278 Each member is entitled to two 25-word Exchange Notices per A.A.M.S. Chapter News 287 year in the Official Publication, without charge. Address direct EDITOR to the publication office at Al Joseph L. Eisendrath, Jr. bion, Pennsylvania. 350 No. Deere Park Drive, Highland Park, Ill. ADVANCE BULLETIN SERVICE ASSISTANT EDITORS Grace Conrath, Mgr. Alton J. Blank Robert W. Murch 1133 Kerry Lane, Erie, Pa. Ernest A. Kehr L. B. Gatchell A regular service to those BUSINESS MANAGER members who provide a supply Grace P. Conrath of self-addressed Government 1133 Kerry Lane, Erie, Pa. Postal Cards. DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS R. Lee Black, Alton J. Blank, Francis J. Field, MEMBERSHIP DUES I". W. Kessler, Florence L. Kleinert, Dr. Max Kronstein. Thomas J. O'Sullivan, Richard L. $3.00 PER YEAR Singley, William R. Ware, Sol Whitman, James Dues include subscription to Wotherspoon, William T. Wynn THE AIRPOST JOURNAL. Ap ------plicants must furnish two ref Published monthly at Albion, Erie Co., Pa.,U.S.A. erences, philatelic preferred. At Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office least one must reside in Appli at Albion, Pa., February 10, 1932, under cant's home town. Applicants the Act of March 3, 1879. under 21 years must be guar anteed by Parent or Guardian. The AIRPOST JOURNAL is not conducted for profit. The Editor, Business Manager, and all Membership may be terminated others serve without compensation. Receipts by the Society in accordance from advertising, subscriptions and contribu with its By-Laws. tions are applied to the betterment of the magazine and the promotion of aero-philately. Correspondence concerning ad vertising, subscriptions, back The Editor and Officers of The American Air numbers and bound volumes, Mail Society assume no responsibility for the address changes and other mat accuracy of statements made by contributors. ters and all remittances should Every effort is macle to insure correctness of be sent to the Business Mana all articles. ger. All general editorial copy Subscription Rates: $3.00 per year, 25c per copy and communications should be Advertising Rate Card available from sent to the Editor. Business Manager JUNE, 1957 PAGE 25'7 That was a Conv~ntion! • (These notes are .being started items ~which we ·will discuss in an somewhere over New Jersey as we other article later on), we note that fly westward from what this report it cost to pubUsh 12 issues of this er rega11ds as the very ibest "Conven iperiodical, slightly more .than $3,900, tion ever staged iby the A.A.M.S. This about $325 averaige per issue. In i·ssue of t'he Airpost Journal was come from ads was $1,'500 and total scheduled for immediate printing, expenses of the Society were just 'but In the May issue we were glad to• ciety papers if someone else were to present the report of the nominating be elected! In practice, much of the committee recently appointed by detail work as Secretary-Treasurer, 'President Oriol. Before commenting the job held 1by John the past few on the nominees, we should like to years, has been carried out by Ruth, point out that other nominations may leaving John the time •to worry aibout be made in the following manner: the financial problems of the Society. Under the constitution ·of the Am We might •add that his cautious guid erican Air 'Miail 'Society, section 7.3 ance has kept us on a solid monetary provides that ·the (Reprinted, With pe=ission, from • lometers -in 1'955 to 63,500,000 in 1956, the Knfokerbocker, the Netherlands in increase of 16.6 % . Air mail traffic Magazine, issue of March, 1195·7) also showed a big increase of alllllost, Almost forty years ago KLM Roy 14 per cent. al Dutch Airlines 'began to earn for Fewer stories could give American itself its precious title: "The World's ta:x;payers, who years ago helped re-· Oldest Airline." But in 1'91)7, the rpion build the Western European economy eer of the past has become a .pioneer through the Marshall Plan, more sat in progress. All over the United isfaction than the rise of the Royal States, American aircraft builders Dutch Airlines from a one plane ser are enga,ged in KIM work. Now on vice in 1920 to the eminent world po order to assure maximum comfort, sirtion it occupies today. KLM has ibe safety and speed for KIM passengers come a very vital part of the Nether ·are 10 Dougla$ DC-7C's, 8 nouglas lands economy. Without K:UM Hol DC-8 jets and 12 Lockheed Electras. l:and could never hope to be as staible Planning, care and service are the an anchor for the aims of America's foreign policy in 1Europe ,as it is nQIW. three basic reasons iwhy KLUVI, 1with no domestic airlines to provide the Holland, of course, was among the backbone for the company, has risen very first NATO countries to grate to an eminent place among the fully inform Washington that !Mar world's ma}or airlines. At a time shall Aid funds were no longer neces sary. when airlines -more and more resem ble each other, planning, care and In yet ,another pleasa:b.t develop 'Service receive top priority at KLM. ment d:or Americans, KIM keeps As a result 1956 was one of the best pumping !hundreds of millions of dol years in KLM's climb to the top. In lars of its earnings into the American -1956 no less than 95,000 more pas economy through big ai11plane orders. sengers were carried than the pre Id:, therefore, K.LM's success story is vious year, representing a rise of 13 a happy development for the Dutch, per cent for a total of more than 820, it is a happy story for Americans, too. -000 passengers. The number of rpas KL'M's ,swift and eventful r-ise ibe~_ senger-miles also increased by a1bout gan on May 17, 11920, when a De lHav 13 per cent and rose to 1,200,-000,000. illand 16 with the registration letters G-EALU, ic'hartered 1by ,a young lieu Development of d'reight iraffic also tenant in the Netherlands Army, Al e:x;ceeded expectations. In view of the bert Plesman, made a successful trip great demand, the frequency of the d::mm London to Amsterdam w:ith two Amsterdam-New York freight ser passengers. From the moment the vice had to be increased ,from three putt-putting De Havilland landed in to six round trips per iweek. The Eu a converted Dutch .cow pasture thTee ropean network of.cargo services was names in the recovd lbook of civil avi also extended by a service from Am ation 'Pioneers were launched on sterdam to Paris and one from Am ,glamorous careers: Plesman, Schi sterdam to Milan. Eleven European phol (the now famous Amsterdam cities are nOIW being served by KLM airport) and the Koninklijike :UUoht freighters. Arpproximately 23,600 vaart Maatschappiji - KLM for tons of freight were tmnsported in short. 1956 as against ·210,300 tons in 19515. Freigiht sales rose from ·54,467 ton ki- The world's first air trad'fic lbook JUNE, 1957 PAGE 261 ing office was opened in Amsterdam only fast but fun. in May, 1921 and not long thereafter The biggest step forward in KLM's officials of the budding company ex early history w as made in 1924. A - citedly annoll!Ilced that large air ter infinite and painstaking prepara planes accommodating five instead of tions, a Fokker VII 'Plane, the famous a mere four passengers Festive occasion being celebrated above is the first air exhibition which took place in Amsterdam in 1919 and was the actual beginning of KLM. The Air Exhibiiion organized by youthful Lt. )\lberi Plesman, was an enormous success, visited by more than 800,000 people, 4,000 of whom went up fol' joy flights. Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina and the Commander-in-Chief, General C. J. Snijder, are shown being conducted around the exhibition by Li. Plesman. Just two months later, KLM was founded on October 7, 1919. PAGE 262 THJE 1AIRPOST JOURNAlL first intercentinental air service iwas world to order Lockheed Super Con opened from Amsterdam rto Jakarta, stellations with turbo-compound en covering a distance of 6,000 miles. gines. In yet another boost for Amer :Mearnwhile in 1'9215, K1UM had ibeen ican airplane man1ufacturers, KDM the Jfirst airline to use the Bristol was the first to put the Convair lined Jupiter air cooled engines. KML into operation in 1948. In '1951 K'LlVI was the first airline to introduce Fok was the first airline to use the Cur ker .commercial aircr.aift wh-ich by tiss reversible pitch propellers. T he 1930 were the best-known and most long list od' KL'M services to .Ameri widely operated planes in the world. can interests is further dramati.cally In 193'4 KL'M was the first European inustra ted by the fact that KLlM is airline to operate an all-metal com the only Eu.Topean airline whi-ch w as mercial plane, the Douglas DC-2. In entrusted 'by NATO with fue over the same year KLM rwon •first prize in hauling of .Arneriican jet aircraft op the 'handicap section of the famous erated by European NATO partners. London-Melbourne Race, 'thus, in a spectaicular manner, drawing the at But in between the spectacular tention of the world to Amerkan .firsts lie the years and decades of Douglas planes. By 1947 Kl.JM had day-by-day saife and reliable service. the largest fleet of Lockheed Constel In this respect KLM enjoys a repu lations of all European companies. In tation of .dependability second to none. 1946 KLM was the .first European In London, Washington, Mel!bcrurne, airline to open ah- service between ·Paris, Bombay or Berlin, the three Europe and the United States. In KlLM initials have 'become the most 1<947 KLM was. the first airline in the pleasant and .certainly the most sig- In 1920 i:t was not exactly llght work to fly in open De Havilland DH-9 planes Passengers were supplied a!: takeoff with flying helmet's, leather coats, scarves, goggles, gauntle.ts and a hot water bottle to make the daring trip more comfortable. JUNE, 195'.7 BAGE 2·63 nificant signs in all civil aviation. 1~0, and the first chartered KLM Because of the powerful impetUs plane has just arrived in Amster KJJM !has given American aircraft, dam from London (now the world's idollarwise and in drawing the •world's oldest air route). Third from the attention to them, KLM's rise is a right in the tall landing field grass 1boon to Americans as well. is Albert ·Plesman who was at that n the .picture ,below, it is May 1 7, time KLM's m anager. GLOBAL PLANE ENSHRINE·D The Associated .Press reports from IMPORTANT AIR POST Dayton, Ohio that an air-plane that J's represented in our Auction of made history 33 years a,go, the first to fly around the globe, has been giv Send immediately for the free en a niche in the Wri:ght-Pa,tterson fully illustrcited cata.logue Air Force Base 1Museum. JUNE 24, 25, 26 The "New Orleans," a Douglas air cruiser, was presented to the mu H. R. HARMER, Inc. seum at public unveiling ceremonies by the Douglas Air.plane Co. The World's Leading Stamp Auctioneers The New Orleans made the 1924 6 West 48th Street trtp in 17•5 hours of rough flying New York 36, N. Y. through snow, sleet, rain, thrunder storms and .fog. Before it was over, the plane required etg1h.t engine changes. PAGE 264 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL HARMER ROOKE SELLS OSCAR LICHTENSTEIN COLLECTION OF UNUSED AIRMAILS The collection of unused airmail• out overprint, #·51b ($400). stamps of the late Oscar Lichtenstein Liberia - The 1942 Liberi:a-U.S. is scheduled for sale at auction in Flight surcharges, #31-40 ($2,840). four sessions on June 4-7 by Harmer, Mauritania - Unique iblock of four Rooke & Oo., Inc., 560 Fifth A venue, of lOfr inverted center, #'1'51a ($2,- New York. 000). Mexico - The '1929 2<5·c lbmwn The 23-volume collection has a carmine and slate green, #7 ($3,500). Sanabria Catalog value of over $300,- Amelia iEarhart ($300). 000, and it is understood 1that !J.V[r. Newfoundland - Haiwker, Pinedo Lichtenstein paid more than $150,000 and Colombia (total $9,000). The Ha :for these stamps. Mr. Lichtenstein lifax inverts, #9c, 9d, l 10c and 'lOd died in &ugust, 1955. ($2,000). The Dornier DO-X inverted "His collection," says Gordon Har surcharge, #19.a ($850). The Ba1b-O mer, the auctioneer, "is proba!bly the $4.50 on lOc, #31 ($7,500). Panama ,finest ·one of runused ·airmails, for - Unique souvenir sheet ·with le quality and completeness, to be of omitted, #54a ($1,500). fered at auction." The United States section includes Philippines - Handstamped VIC one of the few unhinged copies of the TORY on 4c canmine rose in block of -:Mc invert, cataloguing $4,500 San. four, #68 ($4,000). Reunion - Rol Also, a 1block of four and ·a pair of and Garros pair, one ·without over the 6c red, imperf. between, San. print, #la ($300). Saar - First is #3lb ($7,5•00); a sheet of the 6c iblue sue lf, imperf. pair ($1,5·00). Spain and red, !horizontally imperf., #2'8a - #168a, 1936 "VIv;A ESPANA!" ($4,150), and a pair of 1the same stamp, overprint iwith no tilde in pair with imperf. vertically, # 1281b ($11500). normal. Switzerland - The lOc--on' 15c invert, #43a ~$500). For the rest of the world, this col lect1on is replete .with rarities and By the time this story ·appears, the_ rare varieties. A selection of these collection iwill have !been sold. 11\lfa~ follows: jor prices realized will be noted in a Bolivia - The inverted center lOc, forthcoming issue of ·t1he Air;post #la ($500). Canary Islands - Blue Journal. surcharge, lp plus 1.25p. #37 ($350). • Colombia - #la, serif numerals ($2,- Airport Dedications 500). Corfu_ - The 'lOOdr, #5 ($600). Ecuador - Scadta "50 Cts. 50," #7 April 8, 1957 ($7150). .PlattSburg Air Force Base is sched France - "Ile de France" in Jblocks uled for a dedication sometime dur of four ($1,875), ·and vertical pair of ing the summer but no date has 1been set as yet. Miss Jean 'Manley, care 9f lOf on 90c inverted 1with both spac ings, #3e ($2,000). A single invert on Chamber of Commerce, Plattsburg, 90c ($300). Germany - 192•6 15 pf N. Y. iwill hold oovers and see they eagle, double impression, #35a ($500); are mailed on correct darte. Honduras - The 2·5c on lOc dark Dedications are planned at Eldora, blue, the only known unused copy, Iowa on July 7 and Corning, Iowa on #'H ($25,000). The 5c iblue with red .Sept. 15. We do not have cover data overprint # 5 ($1r5,-000). at this time, hut should have, details Italian Somaliland - Imperf. pair for future columns. All who have of 75c, #3 ($600). Italy - Graf Zep cards with this columnist will be in pelin 20-lire pair, imperf. ·between, formed as soon as such news is avail #50a ($300). The Balbo triptych with- able. JUNiE, 195•7 PA!GE 2·65 Canal Zone Alrn1all Error Reported • arating the stamps from the sheet. Lt. Col. Ja mes T. DeVoss, present Curtis realized t hat this sheet rwas ly on duty with t he Supreme Head u nusu al and although not a stamp quarters Allied .P.ower1s Europe at collector, lhe p romptly .purchased. the Paris, France, r eports that he now ha.lance of the sheet, 97 stamps, and h as a slheet of the 3 ~ k Canal Zone kept them until he reaiched London 1airmail stamp rwith the vertical per on the return voyage. forations missing. Th is sheet, a por tion of w hich is depicted h ere with The N ew Zealand Sihirp.pin.g Co., plate number, was printed by the Ltd., London, mairntains a supply of Bureau of En graving and Printing, Canal Zone stamps which they pu.t WasMngton . The 31c v alue, Scott's aiboard the five p assenger/ cargo v es 024, is one of six in a series first is sels making the run via Panam a for sued J uly 116, 1951. tlhe convenience of the ip assengers who rwish to m ail letters while cross 'This unusual error, the first major Canal Zone Error of this nature to ing the Isthm us. The 31 c stamp pays escape from the ,Bureau in nearly 30 the half-oun ce airmail rate from the ye ars, was found iby P eter F. Curtis Canal Zone to New Zealand and oth among the stock of stamps carried er countries in the J<'ar East. 'aJboard the 'Britis·h vessel, R. M . S. Riuahine, during a recent voyage from The greater portion of this sheet London to Wellington, New Zealand. will remain intact as a part of Lt. Curtis, a writer in the 'British Mer Col. DeVoss' extensive Canal Zone 'Chant Navy, .worked in the P urser's collection and not m ore than three off.ice. He discovered this error the pairs will be offered at auction iby day before reaching the port of Cris_ Vahan Mozian, 505 Fifth Ave., New to'bal When he noted that the 1Assist York 1'7, N. Y., prolbably in a sale ant Purser was having difficulty sep- later this year. HA:GlE ·2'66 THE AinPOST JOURNAL U.S. Navy Nlaps Antarctica and Makes Official Charts A vailahle to Collecto1·s of South Pole Mail By Robert• W. Murch The South Pole as seen from One of the C-124 Globemasters which have been air-dropping 700 tons of material to set up :this base. Photo by Douglas Aircraft Corp. U. S. Navy aircraft and ships of equipped 1P2V Neptunes and R4D's. Task Force 43, "Operation Dee.p On December 20, 1'95·5, four planes Freeze II, 11956-1957" have departed of VX-'6 made 1.he first nonstop homeward !bound until next fall when oceanic hop frOllll Christchurch, New another task force will return to An Zealand, to 'McMurdo Sound, Antarc tarctica and relieve the scientific out tica. Souvenir air mail was carried posts es ta bli·shed during the winter of on this historic fliglht, being held over 1956. one year at the IMdl.VIurdo Base which Mapping the South Pole continent did not have :postal .facilities. In De lby air, as well as .flying men, ma cember 1'956 U. S. Air Force C-124 terial, and mail over the Antarctic Globemaster planes air dropped this ice were the workhorse planes of U. mail to it•he South !Pole base where it S. Navy Air -Development Squadron was duly cancelled and returned iby Six, more popularly known as "Pen VX-·6 planes. gruin Squadron VX-6". VX-16 consisted On October ·1·7, 1·956, VX-6 planes of H5·D 4 engine Skymasters and ski- inaugurated "Operation Deep Freeze JUNiE, 1957 PAGE 267 A C-124 Globemas:ter of :the 18th. Airforce "The City of Peoria" at McMurdo Airfield ready io take off for an airdr op-mission to the .SOUTH POL·E. Photo by Douglas Aircraft Corp. H" .air service 1between New Zealand and Antarctica for the second winter and special "Penguin" ca.chets, the official squadron marking, were ap plied to 3·00 souvenir air ma11 letters AERO STATlpNERY oarried ·on thts fUg.ht and later air ~ropped at t'he Pole. Posf'al Sia:tionery and Postal Aerial mapping operations iby naval History Monthly offers one of the aircraft resulted in the .publiocation of a USN official chart of the Antarc world's fastest and best new issue tica, size 13'' ·x 17", and John J. Smith Ferndale and Emerson Philadelphia, Pa. JUNE, 1957 PAGE 269 Unveil R34 Monument: On May 4 By James Wol:herspoon Two Scots, members of the dir- •· west to east. Then !Major Scott and igible R34 crew were present at the his gallant ship"s company flew in ceremony in the grounds of East Lo the R3'4 .from east to west in only thian Hospital, East Lothian, Scot three days." land, 'Wlhen the Duke of Hamilton He added that the iR34 was ibuilt unveiled a monument commemorat in Scotland, that her captain, Major ing the epoch making flight of the Scott, was a Scot, and that the fligiht R34 across the Atlantic in 111919. had been planned by Brigadier Mait Three other members of the er~ land, also a Scot. from Eng1and were also present dur ing the ceremony on May 4, 1957. The Duke of Hamilton, introdu~ ~ by Lord Thufso as "the most :fiamous The monument is the work of Pilk airman of his generation" (with F/Lt. ington Jackson, 1well known scu1ptor. Macintyre he was the first pilot to In the center is. a bronze plaque ;bear fly over Everest) said "the two way ing the words . . . "To commemorate crossing of the Atlantic by airship, the first crossing from east to west a distance of 6,000 miles, was accomp~ and the first doUJble crossing of the lished in a matter of 71h days' flying Atlantic 'by air accomplished by the time". Continl\ling he said that the British ,airship R34, which left 1East R34 was built on the lines of the Fortune, Scotland, on July ·2, 191:9, German zeppelin, the L33, which was landed :at !Mineola, Long Island, J'llly forced down nearly intact in 1916, 6, and returned to Pulham, England, anriving Jl\lly 13, 19119." Above this !Continued on page 287) inscription is a scale model of the R34. NEW ISSUES The monument has been erected by OF the Air League of the British Em pire. It stands at the entrance to East MINT AIRMAIL Fortune Hospital, 1East Lothian, al most at the very spot from which the STAMPS airship left on her history making fltgiht 1across the Atlantic. THE MOST ECONOMICAL Lord Thurso, President of the Air METHOD OF COLLECTING Lea,giue, wiho was in the ·chair, said NEW ISSUES, INCLUDING that a memorial on a large scale 'Was RARE AND UNUSUAL to·:be. erected at London 1Aivport, where it <>vould ibe seen :by the thous ITEMS AT NEW ISSUE 'ands of visitors coming to En!:(land PRICES from abroad. He commented "future generations who would ask .~hat the words on the monument meant would - Send For Descriptive Folder - be told that it commemorated the aiir .conquest of the Atlantic, and that it w1as in fact a predominantly Brit F. W. KESSLER ish achievement. Alcock and ·Brown were the first airmen ever to fly 500 FIFTH A VENUE NEW YORK 36, N. Y. across the Atlantic and flew from PAGE 270 THE AIRFOST JOURNAL Illustrated is a cover showing new Cuban air mail stamp issued on Ap ril 24. It commemorates the "Stamp Day" of Cuba and it is hoped every year that there will be a special is sue for this occasion. As the Club Filatelioo celebrated at the same time fue first National Ex position "CUBEX", it explains iwhy this stamp bears the picture of the Club building. NETHERLANDS AIR MAILS AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS Collectors can obtain Dutch Air 1Mail S tamps directly from Holland. Cur rently on sale are stamps of the ·1951 issue, as illustrated herewith. The entire set 'Cost 40 Dutch f1orins, or $10.64 in U. S. dollars. Then they also have available an air mail stamp for special flights, in the 25 cent denom ination, or 7·c in U. S. money. This latter stamp, also shown, is exdus ively used to prepay air mail sent on special occasions, and is available only unused. These arid current post a ge stamps can be purchased from the Netherlands Philatelic Service, The Hague, Netherlands. Write to b e placed on their mailing list. JUNE, 1957 PAGE 271 Around The World Where Do You Live? 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But. sometimes i:t is nice :to show, display ful attention :to your inquiries! or handle your covers and when :that :time comes, you wan:t :to arrange :them in an album. The above listed albums will afford you excellen:t pro:tection for your favori:te covers and will lei others share in :the "THE DEPARTMENT STORE OF PHILATELY" pleasure of examining :them. All prices "postfree" anywhere in :the U.S. A. Life Member: 11112 HA\.IRlKIE'lf STo' AAMS APS IEILlWER Ro JL(())~ G HllA\IRlIRISJmIDR«B, IP A\.o SPA JUNE, 1957 PAGE 273 PAGIE 272 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL P.O. Box 595, Malden, Mo. NEWS- • American Air Export & Import Com Bonanza Airlines, Inc., operator of pany, was awarded mail privileges in A1VI #105 has been voted a new seg 1'9156 and made the inaugural mail ment to this route and will operate flights over this route on November !between Los Angeles, Calif., and Las 15, 1956. Vegas, Nev., via Riverside-Ontario Although this route involves sev and Apple Valley, Calif. At the same eral cities to be served l:ater, the in time, the Civil Aeronautics Board has augural flights on November 15, ,1956 voted to extend Seglment #5 of Ail.VI were between terminals at New York #7·6 flown iby Southwest Airways City and New Orleans, La., with a from Palm-Lancaster, Calif., to Las single stop at Atlanta, Ga. Capt. Vega:S, Nev.... North Central Air Chas. H. Birdsong on TriiP # 121 made lines' new segment between Omaha, the initial fltght from New York City Neb., and Grand Fork!s, N. D. started to New Orleans rw.hile Capt. Cecil a/bout June 1st with exception of ser Davis flew from Ne·w Orleans to New vice to Yankton, S. [)ak., which will York via Trip #1'20. be delayed until about AUJgust 1st, Although no official ca!chets were pending completion of the Yankton furnished for inaugural ,flights of this airport. . . . On April ~30th, the Civil service, we have seen c'overs origin- Aeronautics Board diSaipproved the 1ating at New York and New York proposed acquisition of Lake Central AMF with an appropriate cachet ap Airlines (AIM #,33) by Nor.th Central. plied in bla.ck. First fltght covers Norith Central has ,for several months dispafohed: New York City 420 pcs, tried to merge A'M #8'8 with North cancelled 7 pm, Nov. 15th, New York Centr.al's Route #86. . . . Recent AIMF 700 pcs canceled 10 pm, Nov. news items tell of the passing of some 15th, Atlanta Nor.th 300 pcs '1 am, Nov. of the older inaugural pilots. We note 16th, Atlanta South 180 pcsJ 4 am, the deaths of L. B. Van Ma As we indicated previously, the • 'SAS inaugurated the first regular passenger service over the North Pole on ,February 24, 1957. The route is from Copenhagen to Tokyo with only one halt at Anchorage, Alaska. The .plane departing from Copenha gen carried 4 7 passengers and a crew o.f 11, at the same time the depart ure was made irom Tokyo iwith 4·5 passengers and crew of 11. The flight from Copenhagen took 30 Danish 'Mail: Cachet cancel reading hours 30 minutes. and the flight .. "KOB®NHAVN LUFTHAVN 24- !from Tokyo was carried out in 31 2-19>5,7. 1 ORJDINAIRE FLYVNING hours. This represents a reduction in T,IL TOKYO V:IA NORDiPOLEN;" the flying time between the two cities Cachet shows Japanese Archiway of 20 hours.. The Polar route reduces with mountain seen through Arch. the mileage, over the iEurope and Asia route, from 10,300 miles to 8,- 000 miles. 1Mail rwas .flown from Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo: Each of these cities used a special cachet cancel. QV[ail ;was also accept ed from Finland and Austria. Swedish !Mail: Cachet cancel read ing ... "SAS FIRST REGULAR FLIGHT STOCKHOLM - TOKYO VIA THE NORTH POLE 24-2-1957." Japanese !Mail: Cachet cancel in The cancel shows Japanese archway Japanese showing globe of rworld with with mountain seen through ar.ch. arrOIW pointing from ·East to ·West and ·plane below . .Black cachet showing Eskimo with reindeer and SAS ini- tials. ·Finnish 'Mail: This mail was sent either via Stockholm or Vienna. All mail bears cancel of Feb:ruary Ii9th. plus either Stockholm cachet cancel without date, or the cachet used in Norwegian Mail: Cachet cancel Vienna. reading ... "OSLO 24 Feb. 1957 K::O Austrian tMail: This mail bore ca BffiNHAVEN - TOKYO VIA NORD chet, showing ·crest of SAS, and read PO:UEN. FORlSTE RUTEFLYVN ing ... SAS EROFFNUNGSFLUG. ING." Shows ·plane over globe and EUROPA - NORDPOL - TOKIO. SAS initials below. WI·EN 101.23-2-1957. SCANDI>NA- 'PAGE 276 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL VIAN AIRLINES SYS'DIDM. All mail AMERICAN AIR MAIL was on special printed covers, black CATALOGUE SUPPLIES NOW on yellow, showing Japanese woman DOWN TO ROCK BOTTOM with child on back, and text reading ... FLOWN OViER THE .POLE. VIA Because of continued buying by THE NEW SAS POLAR SHORT CUT collectors, Voluime I and II of the BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE FAR American Air Mail Catalogue are al EAST. SkS. THE GLOBAL AIR LI:NE. All covers being lbackstamped most sold out. Inasmuch as the new on February 26, 1957. Supplement is scheduled to appear in the near future, the :Society has de Alaskan mail was pictured in the April issue of the Ai11post Journal on cided to accept only combined orders page 217. d'or Vol. I, II and the Supplement. • The price is set at $15.00 and be COMING CUBAN AIR ST AMPS cause of the short supply, no whole The Republic of Cuba continues an sale orders can be accepted. There aggressive philatelic program. Presi are about 24 such sets availaible at dent a=tafael Oriol sends us a list of this time. If you don't have this set, coming issues for ·1957. Of 43 stamps listed, 23 are air mails. you should order it at once from the business manager, Mrs. Grace P. Con . These are the announced air stamps rath, 1133 Kerry Lane, Erie, Pa. Vol (with dates of issue not publicized as yet): umes I and II will ·be sent immedi ately, and the Supplement when National Library - 8c and 12•c pwblished. Francisco Steeger - 121c Day of the Stamp - 12c Cuban Youth - 8c, :12c, 24c, 30c Joaquin de Aquero - 112.c The Iaargest and Most Greeg -.12c Communication .fee 8c, me, 30c Comprehensive Stock Of Felipe Poey, a set of - 8c, l2c, 14c, 19c, 24c, 30c AIR LETTER SHEETS Normal Schools - '12.c and 30c Jose Maria Heredia - &c In The World In addition .to these there are sev Plus A Complete eral air mail stamps on sale at the Cuban Philatelic Agency. A list may NEW ISSUE SERVICE be obtained by addressing "Sr. Ad ministrador de Correos, La Habana, Cuba." ·Money orders or certified Ask For Particulars checks to his order can .be used. FOREIGN USED AffiMAILS The 1957 Annual Price & Check List NOW available for 75c which 75c is de WALTER R. GUTHRIE ductible from the first order of $5. SEA CLIFF NEW YORK Supplements and Philatelic Trends FREE. for 1957 with each list. £ GEORGE HERZOG INC. 68 Nassau St., N Y C 38 JUNlE, 1957 PAGE 277 European Notes By James WoihersJJOOn On 1Ma11ch 3, 1957, eiglht Sikorsky• turn mail ·bears Auckland cancel of S58s flying in formation, inaugurat the 9th. box cac:het reading . . . . ed the regular :helicopter service !be 'IFIRST DIRIECT FUGHT. AUCK tween !Brussels and Paris. This event LAND - PARIS 10th F'EBIRUARY ,caused a 'considerable stir. It was 1'95'7 ." Baokstamped :Paris rnth of televised and stands as an important February. date in the history of commercial On February 9, 1957 SWISISAIR helicopter flying. The frequency of made a special flight to Caipetown, the service is to be stepped up from South Africa to commemorate the two daily flights to five. Mail iwas flight of Walter 1Mittel:holzer over the flown between !both cities. As usual same route from Zurich to Capet01Wn .the Belgian 'Post Office used the cir in 192,6-·27. For commemorative cular cachet cancel ... BRUSSELS - flight the Swiss Post Office used a PARIS. FIRST FLIGHT 3-3-1957 special ca,c:het cancel on all mail .SABE'.NA HELIPOST . . . this is in flown. The cancel is circular read 'both French and Flemish. French ing "ZURICH !FLUGHAiFlEN 9-2-1957. mail bears box cachet in red . . . 1927-1957. •MITTELHOLZER G\ED ''PREMI;ERE LIAISON. PARJ:S - ENFLUG SCHW1EIZ - SUllAFRIKA:." BRUXELLJES. PAR HELICOPTER The center of the cancel shows Swiss SABENA. 3 'Mars 1957." Mail from air emblem. Mail received Capetown various countries was flown on the arriv.al cancel of February 118, 1957. 1Brussels to Paris flight. No mail flown on return flight. On a.vra11ch 14, 1957 a Viscount of BEA, on flight from Amsterdam, crashed into some houses near Ring way Airport, il.VIanchester. Fifteen South Pole Air. Mail passengers and the creiw of five were Cover Flown 12/20/55 on FIRST New killed. Two persons in one of the Zealand to Antarctica Non-Stop Flight houses were also kiUed. This is the first accident to the turbo prop Vis by USN Squadron VX-6. Held one count in four years of service. The year at McMurdo Base and Dropped cause was stated to be a fractured and Cancelled South Pole 12/15/56, 4 flap 1bolt on the sta11board wing. No cachets, 40 Flown. mail has been reported yet. The ma chine caught fire on crashing and was Each - $10.00 burned out. Cover Flown 10/17/56 "Operation Deep The 'French airline Transport Aer Freeze II" Flight New Zealand to Mc iens Intercontinentaux MONT~LY REPORT ... From the Secretary John J. Smith, Ferndale & Emerson, Philadelphia 11, Pa. JUNE, 1957 NEW MEMBERS 4370 Peter, Emmett B. Jr., Box 553, Leesburg, Fla. 4371 Perkins, Lowell R., 205 Bent Lane, Newark, Del. 4372 Chiappino, Colombo, Via Boselli 12/7, Savona, Italy 4373 Smith, Edward R., 71 Watrous Street, Pen-y, N. Y. 4374 Bottyan, Gabriel, Box 307, Kenora, Ontario 4375 Polsky, Bernard, 139-76 85th Drive, Jamaica, N. Y. 4m6 Diena, Dr. Enzo, Via Vittoria Colonna 40, Rome, Italy REINSTATEMENTS 1l6li Costanzo, Frank A., Box 32, Punxsutawney, Pa. 21M Codd, Michael P., 35 Lander Avenue, Staten Island 14, N. Y. 3100 Munson, Clarence T., 142 Buena Vista Road, ·west Hartford 7, Conn. 3932 Bouchard, Henri, 54-56 rue du Marteau, Verviers, Belgium 4000 Van Waeyenberge, George F., Avenue Leopold 32, Ninove, Belgium NEW APPLICATIONS Eaton, Paul T., 1451 Citadel Dr. NE, Atlanta 5, Ga. Age 52. Assoc. Prof. Western E)urope Stamps PC HC PB GF CAM FAM RP OF DC Z lD EX by Grace Conrath ]gosheff, Alexis, care Light and Power Co., Caixa Postal 8026 U. T. P., Sao Paulo, Brazil. Age 34. Electro-technician. AU EX by John J. Smith Hartman, Harry, 235. S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles 36, Cal. Age 53. Furch. Dept. AM by John J. Smith Stunz, Paul L., 4950 Dunman Ave., Woodland Hills, Cal. Age 30. Pilot. AM AU PC HC CC DC lD EX by John J. Smith Reid, A. W., 441 N. 6th Street, Allentown, Pa. Age 56. Dealer. by Herman Kleinert Hollister, Frank C., Box 111, State Line, Pa. Age 59. Aircraft Exec. All Airmail Material. by John J. Smith Pound, W. W., Mandell Road, Perrysburg, Ohio. Age 43. Mfg. Rep. AM AU PC HC PA FAM Z lD . by John J. Smith Hester, John F., 188-05 Liberty Ave., Hollis 12, N. Y. Age 60. R. E. Broker AM AU PC HC FF CAM FAM OF Z CF lD EX by John J. Smith Goldman, Carl, 7397 Chester Avenue, Montreal, Quebec. Age 25. Civil Engineer. ID APS by John J. Smith Howell, David J., 138 N. Hillside Avenue, Chatham, N. J. Age 53. Signs. AU EX by John J. Smith NEW ADDRESSES Jarnick, 1/Lt. Jerome c., Box 34, 79th Air Rescue Sqn., APO 334, San Francisco, Cal. Beech, Wm. Walter, care Livingston & Co., Inc., "D" & Luzerne Sts., Philadelphia 24, Pa Detwiler, Jack R., Box 274, State College, N. M. Elmgren H. 0., Box 10001, Helsinki 4, Finland French, (Mrs.) Olea, 2542 McAdoo Avenue, Memphis, Tenn. Ganser, Malcolm H., 1414 Powell Street, Norristown, Pa Midelburg, Catherine, 246 Emporia Blvd., San Antonio 9, Texas Shallenberger, Martin, Harrods Creek, Kentucky Watson, John, 27 Merivale St., South Brisbane Sl, Australia DECEASED Schmidt, Charles, Colonia, N. J. Lynch, Ralph A., Peoria, ill. JUNE, 1957 PAGE 279 About The 1956 Guate1nalan Rotary International Air Mail Stamps • We have been asked by the Sode Rotary emlblem was entirely unauth dad Filatelica de Guatemala to clari orized. fy what to them is an unjust public The11efore, our friends indicate that opinion as to the stamp issuing ac while they are genuine first-day of tivities of the government, ·and after issue pieces •and are entirely unoffi reading what they say, rwe are glad cial, they are not Presentation pieces, to do so. and should not be purchased aJS such. This set of air mails was issued The number sold or avaiLable is un September 8, 1956, to commemorate certain. Rotary International's Golden Anni versary. The set was issued in 30,- • 000 of eaoh value, through a 35c Braniff Gets U.S.-Bogota stamp, and in a month was about Air Service sold out, especially the high v;alue. 1 'Ilhe need for the 35•c stamp is not Braniff International Air W·ays in dear to us, as the previous May post augurated air service between the age rate for 5 grams to Europe had United States and Bogota, Colombia been reduced from 3·5c to 2·0c. last May 15th •and, by so doing be The usual quantity for a .govern came the first U. S. airline to link ment issue had been 20,000 of a the capitals of Colomlbia and the U. stamp, so our good friends feel that :S. following the recent signing of the 30,000 was not a small issue, and bi-lateml air treaty between the two certainly not intended to encourage countries. speculation, :but .the extra amount Three round trips weekly between wou1d tend to discourage it. The Bogota and New York via Panama, stamps .were placed on sale without Miami ·and Washington initiated limitation, and none sent to individ the new air route. By an interchange ualls or societies. Pevh:aps the at agreement with Eastern Air Lines, tractiveness of the stamps caused Braniff \has througih plane service this quick sale; lbut the S. F. G. feels ·from New York and Washington to that these circumstances should be Latin _l\merica iwith the fligihts oper made publicly known to defend ated by Eastern personnel between charges of encouriaging the collectors New York al'l.d Miami. to speculate. • On the first day of issue there ap ABOUT OUR COVER peared ca11ds with the new stamp, which wel'e advertised in the Aimeri The motto of the United States Post can Philatelic Press as Guatemalan Office Department is well known. In Rotary :Souvenir Presentation Sheets this ·allegorical presentation, Bernard or Cards. The insignia· of Rotary and M. Rifkin has captured a cross sec wording "Cincuenta Anniversario tion of Amerka, and shows people in Clulb Rotario" were printed on the all walks of life, in all parts of the oard. Examination of some of these country, and in all weather condi indicates this 1printing was made af tions. This enigravi!ng was copyright ter the stamp had 1been affixed, as ed in 1932, and was executed by W. part of the printing extends over the Parke Johnson. Air mail 1at that time stamp on some of the •cards. The Ro had not attained its present day im fary Club of Guatemala City indi portance, as is attested to by the tiny cates that it haJd nothing to do with plane shown directly over the hour these cards, and that the use of the glass in Mercury's left hand. :PAGE 2•80 '11HE AIRPOST JOURN!AL More About Basil Rowe's "Under ·My Wings" Last month we rev.iewed Basil L. • to of Basil (on the right) rece1vrng a Rowe's new book "Under iMy Wing ." trop:1y. He was honored at the Jet This veteran pilot, and early member Age Conference ·of the Air Force tA.s of the A. A. 1M. S. writes us that if sociation, and presented a trophy if.or any members would like heir copy outstanding achievement for having autographed, he will .be happy to do flown more hours "than any man so. Send the 'book to lhim at 743 Al- alive." The conference was h eld in · hambra Circle, Coral Ga1bles 34, Fla. .Miami. Als-o awarded plaques, G r o If you do no have a copy, send him ver Loening, left, w h o 'built the first $·4.00 and your autographed book amphilbian and served as -an assist rwill be sent immediately. He will ant to the Wrigh t ·brothers, and Pete also insert in each book an auto- Fernandez, center, Korean War a ce, .graphed West Indian Aerial Express winner of the 195'6 Bendix troph y . · first flight cover o.f 1'928 as long as Illustration is .from the "Clipper" , !bis supply holds out. house organ of the P an Amer1can Incidentally, note 'below the pho- World Airrways. The First Period of Civilian Jet Airmails Services of the World Bv Dr. Max Kronstein Today's reviewers often refer to • rying of covers by jet pilots, whiich our present developments in Ameri mi.ght have ocourred somewhere, al· can aviation as a period precedirng though uncommon during eadier the start of the jet rtr:msportation of days of jet plane operations. civilian airmail with the regular jet Generally the regular civilian jet airmail services e:x;pected to begin airmail of this first period .was car sometime in i,g,5.3 or .119519. ried fb y DeHavilland's "Comet I" i:sut we must be aiware that outside Inaugural flight of i'he BOAC Comet Services. Return Flight: (Johannesburg-) Livingston-London PAGE 28-2 THlE AiiRPOST JOUIRJNAJL Aeromaritime de Transport 0U.A.T.) ers are most :widely known to collec which operated the Comet I. since tors, 'because this airline issued spe Feb. 19, 195·3 over gradually expand cial first fligiht covers on various oc ing routes from Paris to various parts casions, giving collectors the oppor -0f 1Frenich Africa and finally to Sou th tunity to order any particular sta.ge Africa, in which they were interested, in ad III the Air France, iwhich ·began vance of the fHght. Comet I. services from Paris on Au gust 26, 1953 to Rome and the Near Because of the varying interests .East and subsequently to North ·Af of the collectors some of these covers rica on Oct. 13, 1'953. are scarcer than others. The airline h as never released the number Qf IV. the South African Airways, the covers flown from the various which inaugurated Comet I. services countries. betiween J ohannesburg, South Africa, and London, on October 6, 1'95·3. A. 1952, May 215: Inaugural FHght On all these occasions first fhght London - Rome, Italy - Beyrouth, mails are known, some of them ex Lebanon - Khar.toum, Sudan - isted in short supply. This present Entebbe, Uganda - Livingstone, report gives a short summary of the Northern Rhodesia - Johannes J" et 1Mail of this First P eriod in Jet burg, South Africa. (6724 miles) mail development. Captain of the first Jetliner fHght: L. C. Ala/baster. Hetur-n I. THE COMET I. COVERS OF THE flight: !May 5/ 6. BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS SERVICES Only special "first flight covers" are known, imprinted "The World's I. FIRST FLIGHT COVERS. First Comet Jetliner Service" which The BOAC first flight Comet cov- were used in all the countries reaoh- French UAT Comef First Flight Brazzaville-Paris, Feb. 13, 1953 JUNE, 1957 PAGE 2183 ed .by this service; they exist from w er e issued and flown from each of the first flig;ht in ea~ -direction. these airports and in iboth directions, No special cachets 1were used, but similarly as above in section A. the covers have the cancellation from D. 1952.0ctober 16: Extension of the the .place of their origin and are back Comet services to Siniga.pore on stamped either lby posta.1 or by com route of London - Rome - Cairo, pany cachets at the terminal of the Egypt - Ba'hrain - Karachi, Pak jet mail transportation. istan - Calcutta, India - Bang B. 1952, July 112: First flight over a kok, Thailand - Singatpore, M a revised route between London lay.a (7700 miles). and South Afri·ca, including Cai Return flioght on Oct. 16/ 17, 19·52. r o, Egypt, instead of Beyrouth, On this occasion it was possible to Lebanon. 'Return flight from Jo order varie Japanese Special Comet Cache:t: for British BOAC · Come:t: Flight Tokyo London, A9ril 5, ~53 PAGE 2184 TRE AIRPOST JOURNAL Comet Cachet wras used in Rome. In B:O.A.C. "Comet" - London - Tokio - red ii;ik, it reads: "Primo Volo Con via Rom". They have the cancella Turbo11eattore "COMET" - linea tion 1of the Berlin Central Airport and of the 1Rome Ciampino Aeroporto to B:O.A.C. - ROMA - StNGAPORE - gether rwith the red Rome special ca 14 Otto'bre 1'952". chet. E. 1952, October 31/Nov. 3:Varying 1Special Postal Cachet for ·the re the route of the flights ilo Singa- · turn flight, issued in Tokyo, Japam: pore on way of Beyrouth and in The Japanese postoffice prepared a cluding a stop at New Delhi, In rectangular special cachet "Com.et dia. Return flight from Singa Jetliner - First Flight - Tokyo - Lon pore on Nov. 1, 19152. don - April 5. 1:953 - B.O.A.C.". This The BOAC first flight covers have cachet was not 11 The mail received tih e box cach et: used. 'But this collector had de "-Damaged by Sea-·water" and rw as posited a cover in Johanneslburg dosed with the official seal: '~Found for a first resumed fligiht. There open or damaged and officially se it was cancelled that day amd au cured". .A .baicksta:mp is over this tographed iby ·an official of the seal, PAG E 2·86 THE .MRPOST JOURNAL A. _A_. M. S. Chapter News By FLORENCE KLEINERT 213 Virginia Avenue, Fullerton, Pa. Important recent news of the • "Aero ·stationery Catalog of Mexico", chapters is the election. of officers, "Mexican Air Routes and Carriers", e:i&ilbitions and the formation of the "The Birdman Series" and a cleari7Jg Mexican Air Group. house for forgeries and .fraudulent The Suburban Collectors' Club #30 overprints on iMex·air stamps. Acoordirng to V. H. Rohwedder, Earl Wellman, president, 3'532 Oak Publicity Chairman, members took A venue, Brookfie1d, Hl., should be five of the twelve awards at the !1- contacted on information for joining linois Federation of Stamp Cl'l.libs' this interesting study group. Exhi'bition in Aurora as follows: The Club Filaielico de la Republics First: Harvey Johnson and Herbert de Cuba, #19 ·Bradner; Second: V. H. Roihwedder According to Rafael Oriol, Ameri- and .Myrtle Snelson; Third: J. Eu- ·can Air Mail Society's President, gene Baker; 'Special: Ashton Humis- their 'May first meeting featured an ton and President's Award: R. Trask. auction sale of over 200 lots. New officers are: John Jezek, Jr., New 1'957 officers are: Dr. Anfres President; Lisle Kaufun:an, Vice Pre- L. Reyes, President; Dr. Jorge Beato, sident; Wil'liam J. Brus, Treasurer, Vice President; Dr. Eric Aguero, Sec and Herbert Brandner, Secretary. retary; Armando Vaqruer, Assistant The club moved into the new Hins- Secretary; Dr. Luis IF. Aj'arnil, Treas dale Community House, Hinsdale, Il- urer and Baltazar V. Abad, Assistant linois in 'May. The facilities for their Treasurer. annual exhibit in November are The Alientown Philatelic Society, much improved. 1Meetings are held # 29 on the second and fourth Wednesdays Luis Krieg, Secretary, sends the of each mont!h. list of new officers: Herman Klein- Minnesoia Stamp Club, #26 ert, President; Harold Flores, Vice Harry V. P.ayne, :Secretary, 4340 S. President and John Livingston, Trea• OoUax Avenue, Minneapolis 9, Min- surer. nesota, reports on "Their One Frame E~hi'bit" held in April at the Mary This chapter is makinig p'lans for land Hotel. an auction in fall and special pro New officers are: .Roy Spiller, Pre grams at the Y. M. c. A., Centre sident; Carl Becken, Vice President, Square, Allentown, Pa. and Harry Payne, Secretary. ·Would appreciate hearing from all Charles F. Durant Air Mail Society, chapter secretaries d'or a program of #28. .fall activities. Wil'liam J. Franke, Secretary- • Treasurer, tells of a meeting held UNVEIL R34 MONUMENT at the Howard Johnson Restaurant, (Continued from page 270) 739 Central A venue, Albany, N. Y., near Colchester, Essex. The Duke on 'May 1'8th. finished his speech with the words !Members showed interesting items ''We may rwell be pr0 WANTED - U. S. Stampless covers in VF OFFER complete mint collection Philip condition or any other early United States pine Republic for other countries of world covers for Zeppelins. James Milgram, 216 in complete mint or used sets. Basis Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, New York. Scott. John D. Young, P. 0. Box 233, Cebu City, Philippines. ZEPPELIN Specialists - Illustrate your collection. Two different 5x7 or 8x10 EXCHANGE - Coming U. N. F. D. C. photographs of the Hindenburg disaster for Foreign only F. D. airline flights. only $1.00 or trade Zepp material. N. Lee, Write: Don Richroath, 233 Battery Ave., 5263 Cobb, Dayton 3, Ohio. Brooklyn 9, N. Y. ONE DOLLAR Cat. value used U. S. WANTED - Saar C-12, CBl-lA, Nicar Comm. given in exchange for each for agua *C254-6, Reunion C41, Venezuelan eign airmail undamaged cataloging 50c Airs. Offer good U. S., Canada, New each I can use. Chas. F. Smith, 21 Har foundland, your terms. A. R. Campbell, vard Ave., W. Lancaster, Pa. 18640 Prairie. Detroit 21, Mich. PAGE 288 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL Errors, Varieties, & Airmails For 30 years we have been specializing in all UNUSUAL Hems, ERRORS, VARIETIES, etc., regardless if they are or are not listed. Now we have on hand a very large selection of Airmails, U. P. U .. U. N., F. D. R., Rotary, Inverted Centers, Sports, Topicals, Miniature Sheets, De Luxe Sheets, Proofs, el:c., etc. We have oddities and un usual i±e:ns from many different countries as .•. Abyssinia, A1bania, Belgium. Brazil. Canary Islands, Colombia, Con go, Croatia, Danzig, Ecuador, France & Colonies, Greece, Georgia, Honduras, Icerand, Ifni, Iran, Italy & Colon1es, Jugoslavia, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Nicaragua, Panama, Para guay, Poland, Romania, Russia, Salvador, Scadta, Spain & Colonies, Tangier, Tanna Touva, Uruguay, Venezuela, etc., etc., etc. We will gladly make Special Selections for you on Approval and, of course, you have the right to return anything. Please check where you are espec~ally interested. Central America Spain South Ameri~a Covers Asia DeLuxe Sheets Africa Miniature Sheets Europe Proofs Poland Sport Russia Topic a ls Please check if you are especially interested in: ) Ite:ns up to $5 ) Up to $15 ( ) Up to $25 ( ) Up to ? ? Ple::ise c:~cck i:f vali·e of our first selection should be $50.00, $100.00, $200.00, $500.00, $1000. Additional Intormation Reference (if unknown to us) City (Postal No. Please) . Address Name SELLING YOUR STAMPS? Please offer them to us - our 30 year records show dealings ranging from small collections to an accumulation of one of the oldest U. S. De::ilers. Get more for your stamps. Write what you have to offer. AUCTION SALES are held regularly. Over 50,000 lots were sold in the past 5 years covering almost every field of Philately. Catalogue free on request. Our Sales usually include some 500 lots of Air mails as well as a Special Section of Topicals and Covers. S. Serebrakian 15 PARX ROW BA 7-3830 NEW YORX 38, N. Y. JUNE, '1957 AVAILABLE NoUJ! THE BIG 2HJ. 1957 EDITION and BRITISH NORTH AMERICA The World's Most Widely- Used U. S. Catalog! STAMPS of the UNITED STA TES - compiled by specialists of America's largest stamp firm - lists all major U. S. and B. N. A. stamps. Completely revised, the new Second 1957 Edition contains 144 big pages, with over 1500 clear and beautiful illustrations. Including latest, up-to-the-minute prices and filled with all the info rmation every collector needs, this invaluable guide and check list features :. • All major U. S. Postage and Airmail varieties .•. PLUS Specicl Delivery, Special Handling, Parcel Post, Officials, Postage Due, Envelupc Squares, Postal Cards, Revenue and Telegraph stamps, etc. • Popular specialties 5uch as mint position blocks, plate number blacks, mint sheets, perforated coils, booklet panes, first day covers, proofs and other items. • Complete illustrated listings af U. S. Possessions and British North America. This catalog is a must for every collector. It will serve you well, not only as a valuable reference book, but also as a reliable source of supply for these desirable issues at money-saving prices. ••••••••••••~ Sre~nd~ 95: ~d!_!ion~.:::.:..: · :.:..: :.:.~:~ ~: , H. E. HARRIS & CO. '.J.J__ J 1!::..-.1•• A. -•I Cat. Dept., BOSTON 17, MASS. A~ r~~. RUSH me the big, new Second 1957 Edition U.S. STAMP IDENTIFIER I of your 144-page catalog, STAMPS of the A complete 12-page, fully I UNITED STATES , U. S. PO?SESS~ONS & illustrated book which I BRITISH N~~TH AMERICA; .including U. S. shows the difference be- I Stamp ldent1f1er. I am enclosing 25¢. tween rare and common I "look-alike" stamps. You I Name can use it to check your Add own collection for va lu- I ress 1 ' .able hidden treasures! ·ICity Stal•·----