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Write for Free Copy F. W. KES ·SLER 500 FIFTH AVENUE A NEW YORK, N. Y. AAMS Officers Convene at Cleveland hers and their wives, including Don • Helmuth of the Airpost Journal staff. Meet to Honor George Angers and Due to an unfortunate emergency which arose at the last moment President Sing­ To Present Conrath Memorial Award ley was unable to reach Cleveland. During the afternoon session the con­ dition of the Society was canvassed by • the Officers and plans for the coming HE WEEK-END of November 20th year were discussed and formulated. A Twas the occasion of an informal and discussion of the plans and problems of impromptu gathering of the Officers of the Airpost Journal was participated in the American Air Mail Society and Staff by Editor Gatchell, Business Manager of The Airpost Journal at the Hotel Hol­ Grace Conrath and Associate Editors lenden in Cleveland, Ohio. The meet­ George Angers, Don Hehnuth, George ing was called hurriedly by President D. Kingdom and Charles G. Riess. The Singley for the purpose of honoring Past 20th Anniversary issue Of the Journal President GEORGE W. ANGERS by an­ with the 14 year INDEX issued as a nouncing in his presence and before his Supplement, was distributed at the din­ fellow Officers his selection as the first ner, ahnost before the ink was dry! winner of the newly established WAL­ Although this gathering was in no TER J. C 0 NRA TH MEMORIAL sense a members' meeting, the Cleveland AWARD. Air Mail Society, Chapter #3, kindly When it is considered that the notices consented to make the arrangements and for this meeting did not go out until participated in the dinner which was November 14th, six days before the date served in the Flemish Room of the Hol­ set for same, the truly remarkable re­ lenden. In the absence of President sponse is in itself a fine tribute to Angers Singley, Past President Gatchell presid­ and a marvelous gesture of regard and ed. During the evening messages were respect for the late Walt Conrath in received or read from President Singley, whose memory the award has been Past Presidents Herb Griffin and William established. The twenty five or more R. Alley and Vice-President Charles J. persons who participated in the discus­ Wood who was prevented by illness from sions on Saturday afternoon and in the attending. A beautiful floral tribute was testimonial dinner at night included five received by "Uncle George" Angers from of the living seven Ex-Presidents of the a group of friends in Springfield, Mass. Society, George W. Angers, L. B. Gat­ At the evening session by unanimous chell, Francis B. Leech, Paul F. Robert­ vote Honorary Life Memberships were son and Harry A. Truby; Vice-President awarded to Past Presidents Harry A. George D. Kingdom, Secretary Claude Truby, George W. Angers and Paul F. W. Degler, Treasurer M. 0. Warns, Robertson, Members # 2, 3, and 25 re­ Director Grace Conrath, Charles G. Riess spectively and all Charter Members. and Mark Emsley, both formE}f Officers; The high light of the evening was the President Alfred F. Stern of the Cleve­ announcement of the WALTER J. CON­ land Air Mail Society and several mem- RATH MEMORIAL AWARD and of its

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE Tl-IE AIRPOST JOURNAL AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY Entered as second-class matter, February 10, 1932, at the post office at Albion, Pa., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published monthly. DECEMBER, 1943 - VOL. XV, NO. 3 - ISSUE 164 - 20c PER COPY 76 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

e AAMS OFFICERS AT CLEVELAND, NOVEMBER 20, 1943 Left to right, Front row, sitting: Past President George W. Angers, Director Grace Conrath, Past President Harry A. Truby; Back row, standing: Past President L. B. Gatchell, Past President Francis B. Leech, Secretary Claude . W. Degler, Vice-President George D. Kingdom, Treasurer M. 0. Warns. Past President Paul F. Robertson. ******

first winner. The establishment of this and to the hobby of Aero-Philately award had been kept secret from Past throughout the years and tried to convey President Angers and from all others the sense of deep personal loss which all save the Officers who had voted it and felt in the absence of Walt. A touching its award to Angers came as a complete response by George Angers closed a but happy surprise to him. Although most fitting and happy occasion in cel­ serving as special Editor of the Month e"l?ration of the 20th Anniversary of the of the November· 20th Anniversary issue American Air Mail Society. of the ] oumal, the recipient was likewise not aware that an announcement of the • award and the winner had been includ­ ed therein. In announcing the award Editor Gatt:hell reviewed the great gifts - ~ ~Ul! of love, time, effort, money and enthus- . iasm whfch both Walt Conrath and George Angers had made to the Society Oilfristmas ~~als DECEMBER, 1943 7'l .~''''''''''''''''''''''' Presi.lent's Message .. /:/ dJ.61.1) etwe/U ...... ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .... THAT To the MembeTS of the American Air Mail Society 'Tell the Stnry' • N PAGING THROUGH some old Jour­ nals, I chanced upon an editorial Selected from •our large and I varied stock of fine Covers we which Walt Conrath wrote exactly two offer these "Specials" and know years ago. He titled it, "War Is Thrust that alert collectors will recog­ Upon Us", which reminds us that we nize some fine values. You may have been at war just two years. These order by number for conveni­ years seem to have passed quickly yet if ence. AAMS members may ask we were out in the front lines :6ghting for any items ~·on approval". I or were forced to live in one of the con­ quered nations, it would be a long two V-86 CAM COLLECTION: 225 different. years! First Flight U. S. Air Mail Covers.I from 1926 to 1941, bearing proper1 As a nation it is our undeniable priv­ postal markings, cachets, etc. Ai ilege to complain-and we thrive on it. really fine and worthwhile array' We grumble about gas rationing yet we which will give any beginning aero-J always manage to find the necessary gas philatelist a head-start! Net...... $88.00' when we wish to drive somewhere. We 26-T F.A.M. COLLECTION: Lot of 26 never seem to have the necessary points different First Airmails to South & Central America, via Pan-American when we go to the store, still we are Airways; a few northbound, too. never in want of anything when it comes Cacheted, extra fine lot which in­ to actual essentials of eating. Our So­ cludes covers catalogued up to $5. apiece! All ...... $12.45 ciety as a whole has prospered. The 27-T GERMAN OLYMPICS: 1932 set Airpost Journal staff under Bart Gatchell of 8 values on one very fine slightly and his special editors have continued oversize Registered cover with Stad· ium pmk...... $1.00 to produce the :6nest in philatelic pub­ 45-T TWO COUNTRY FLIGHT: North lications. Can we truthfully say the war Sidney- St. Johns, Newfoundland, has inflicted any great hardships upon bearing stamps of Canada as well as our Society and our hobby? I am afraid Newfoundland. With proper cachets, backstamps and postmarkings, this not. #179 (see page 91 AAMS 1941 Sup­ The Conrath Award to George Angers plement) catalogs $10.00. Something unusual for any collector! Price is now history, but I feel I should pub­ only ...... $3.95 licly congratulate Uncle George on be­ 52-T LINDBERGH Collection: Histori­ half of the entire membership of the cal and comprehensive collection of 52 different covers (many cacheted) A. A. M. S. It is indeed a wise choice all properly cancelled. Visits, Tours, and a fitting tribute to the men so First Flights, etc. Includes, Cuba, honored. Japan etc., as well as U. S. A. .Fine lot ...... $10.00 As a suggestion for Christmas this year, give an American Airmail Cat­ Many Other Fine• Offe:i;s • • • alogue or a membership in the Society. Ask For Free Lists! Also, the public Library in your home Fine collections of stamps, seals town will cherish. all three of our cat­ and covers always wanted for alogues as well as Jimmie HearhveJfs ready cash! Are you selling? great book AIR STAMP RECORDS. Mrs. Conrath will gladly mail them direct to • the Library. ELMER R. LONG 203 Market St. Harrisburg, Pa. Season's Greetings, RICHARD L. SINGLEY. Twenty Years In Our Hobby

• lesson, kept one on his toes, gave better By Albert N. Brown judgment of values • In the early days, say around 1924, it HE DATE of this writing, August 22, seems to me that anything that had any T1943, in the 20th year of the Amer­ relation to air flight, an airport, or to ican Air Mail Society, co-incides exactly just plain "air" was subject to the col­ with the 20th Anniversary of my first lectors attention. The vast quantities of cover collecting experience. The first material sent for air events at this time covers I had ever sent were then in released a flood of collectors' money, and transit during the four day test flights it was due to this cause that some deal­ by the Government over the proposed ers, not truly understanding the drift transcontinental route. I had sent my away from postage stamps, assumed a covers by ordinary mail rate as an initia­ belligerent and "fight-to-the-finish" atti­ tion into a Hobby that was to afford me tude towards our Hobby. This flow of many more thrills in years to come-a money away from their stampic profits thrill that was never to lessen and the hurt, and some of them did what they memory of which no "flight failure" was could to retard the collecting of what ever to erase. we know know to be truly Historical Material. Then, too, some of the Phil­ And with these thrills there was to atelic Publications were not warm in develop friendships of life long stand­ their support of the new collecting phase ing, some of which were to be ever and probably with some good reason more firmly cemented by personal con­ from their angle. Many a hot argument tact after many years of correspondence. have I had over the merit of the flown These . twenty years of working with cover versus the made to order "Stamp others for a common cause developed a issues for collectors". sense. of good will and satisfaction that no other means could produce. May it It is well to note that during this period, the vast number of initiates into continue. During the succeeding years I con­ the field, collecting any and ~very thing tacted and met many others than col­ bordering on a cover that got near a lectors in my constant search for data, plane, air field, or pilot, were groping news, material and information about toward an outlet or means in which to prospective flights. Yes, I even encour­ indicate their final collecting require­ aged the handling of covers at times so ments. And with this demand several exclusive dealers entered the field, a that we collectors could have records to show for the flights. My failure to number of minor specialist organizations recognize the possibilities of certain cov­ came into being, catalogues were printed erages, some truly regrettable, were and finally the first all-inclusive cat­ alogue appeared. This was the Dworak amply offset by my successes, for during the 1920s there were ample opportuni­ Catalogue published in 1930. ties to place covers for the many then This consisted of some 1 7 sections, and current "firsts". I have always felt that later added two more. It offered the my missing out on the Kingsford-Smith first breakdown of the various types of flight to Australia was amply offset by covers. This catalogue served to em­ my coverage of the 1st Mass flight to phasize that the field appeared unlimited, Hawaii. My losses were shared with so that we were really accumulating and others, and my gains were for others, not collecting, and brought the realiza­ too. The combination of circumstances tion that such vast numbers and types of and conditions that spelled success or covers were not truly representative. loss in a flight coverage taught many a With the discontinuance of this catalogue DECEMBER, 1943 79 in the early 1930s and with the Depres­ sion, the following years were a struggle to keep the Hobby in good health, but thanks to the persistent and aggressive determination of a few it is now on a firm basis, backed by a Standard Cat­ alogue of a few basic types or groupings of covers, and supported by competent Editors. I cannot keep from telling of the famous Donald Dickason mail auction sales. A collector himself, he felt that here was a field for profit as well as ad­ vancement of the Hobby, Dick.ason be­ gan his first sales in 1929 and continued them about 8 years holding a total of some seventy auctions. Offering to the collector a medium by which he could buy or sell, a look into what was going on and an opportunity to learn of new material, Dickason's sales were truly an e Donald E. Dickason, impetus to the Hobby. A completely bound - set of his catalogue with prices Early Air Mail Auctioneer realized would make a marvelous field can be sure that "covers" are here to for research, a field from which one stay. · could dig out much fine write up mate~ rial. I wonder if one such set exists. Just what are the most popular types of the different groups? I have never There were others, it is true, who tried to make a survey of this from mem­ entered the auction field, but none who bership files. It is reasonable to say that carried on such a length of time. The more collectors exist outside of the or­ new American Air Mail Society mail ganizations than are members of same. auctions, as they now appear in the The popularity of the various groups of monthly - Airpost Journal, will in time covers seems to fluctuate with the become a similar sour'?e of supply and a changes in airways and the inaugurations means to supply demand. Members of of new routes. Changes in routings, new the AAMS will do well to send in their airport dedications, foreign flights, any­ better class material, replace their dupli­ thing may stimulate a desire for that cations with covers on which they might particular event. Balloon flights, glider bid. flights, domestic routes, foreign contract 1940 brought into being, after a num­ routes, all have their day-all have their ber of years of hard work on the part place in history - all have the lure of of its Editors, the first consistent cat­ something new. alogue. Amply supervised in its first The coming years, with the end of the edition the AAMS with the co-operation War, will again open a vast field of new of dozens of collectors placed on the long distance flights, official and un­ market the "American Air Mail Cat­ official, up and down the world, across alogue". Well checked by research work, and back. When will the first non-stop illustrated and followed up from time to round"the-world Hight take place; who time with supplements, it quickly be­ will first fly from pole-to-pole; when will came the collector's guide, not to men­ the first monster plane with its capacity tion the dealer's reference. It proved to stay in the air for weeks, hover in the to be the beginning of the end of the stratosphere releasing and picking up its fight to place our historical material in baby planes for local deliveries; when the light in which it belongs, for when wlll be the fi~-t t~'p to tl1e moon? - well cealers ~tart reachir:g for a catalogue you I'd better s:gr. off.- Official Publication of the American Air Mail Society. Published monthly at Albion, (Erie ·Co.,) Pennsylvania, U. S. A.

THE AIRPOST. JOURNAL is entered L. B. GATCHELL, Editor as second-class matter, February 10, 24 Brook Road, Bronxville, N. Y. 1932, at the post· office at Albion, Pa., under tqe Act of March 3, 1879. GRACE CONRATH, Business. Manager Albion, Penn'a The AIRPOST JOURNAL is not con­ .ducted for profit. The managing edi­ ALTON J. BLANK, Assistant Editor tor. all department editors, feature (On military leave) writers and contributors serve gratis GLEN W. NAVES, Assistant Editor and without c0mpensation of any kind. (On military leave) All receipts from advertising, subscrip­ tions and contributions are applied di­ ASSOCIATE EDITORS rectly to the betterment of the maga­ zine and the promotion of aero­ GEORGE W. ANGERS, Springfield, philately. Mass. Craslt Cover News SUBSCRIPTION RATES United States ...... $2.00 per year FRANCIS J. FIELD, Sutton Coldfield, Canada and Foreign ...... $2.50 per year England Single . Copies._.,...... 20c each JAMES C. HEARTWELL, Long Beach, Back Numbers ...... 25c each Calif. Second {duplicate) copy sent to member's same address, l yr ...... $1.00 D. E. HELMUTH. East Cleveland, Ohio Bound Volumes also available. ERNEST A. KEHR, Richmond Hill, New York ADVERTISING RATES F. W. KESSLER, New York, N. Y. ·One inch, per issue ...... $ 1.25 GEORGE D. KINGDOM, Conneaut, Quarter Page, per issue ...... $ 3.7ii Ohio Half Page, per issue ...... $ 7.00 DR. MAX KRONSTEIN, New York Full Fag~. per Issue ...... $12.00 Front Inside or Back Cover ...... $15.00 Air Mails and the War W. R. PATTON, Winnipeg, Manitoba Composition charge for solid, tabular Canada Air News or special typographic layouts: lOc to 25c per inch additional. MAURICE S. PETTY, Washington, D.C. Dedications and Unoll'_i_~~ Interested advertisers may apply for contract rate for space used every CHARLES G. RIESS, Albany, N. Y. Issue for a period of 12 months. Ad- -­ Contract Air Mail Routes vertising and editorial copy MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE 20TH OF EACH RICHARD L. SINGLEY, Lancaster, Pa. MONTH, 10 days before publication. F.A.M. Notes

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL has been published under the auspices of THI~ AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY since October, 1931. It has reached its high place. of usefulness to the hobby primarily through the genius, industry and devotion of the late WALTER J. CONRATH successively Business Manager and Editor. To his memory are the future issues of the JOURNAL gratefully dedicated.

WHERE TO WRITE Correspondence concerning advertis­ Department Editors mav be written ing, new and renewal subscriptions, direct at the addresses printed at the back numbers and bound volumes, top of their columns. All general edi­ address changes and other matters of torial copy and communications on all circulation, business matters of all other matters should be sent to the kinds and all remittances should be personal attention of the Editor at sent direct to the Publication Office at 24 Brook Road, ALBION. PENN'A BRONXVILLE, N. Y. _, HE TURN OUT AT the hurriedly plete sets at once OR BE DISAPPOINT­ 1 scheduled meeting of Officers held in ED. These are f,ast becoming "Library Cleveland on November 20th was an­ items." other fine example of the esteem and respect in which Walt Conrath and George Angers are held. Despite trans­ \Ve still have a few orders on hand portation difficulties a large percentage for the KLM Intermediate point flight of the available Officers were on hand covers which at the moment we are un~ on less than six days notice. Prior e:1- able to fill. The supply is completely gagements w e r e cancelled, vacations exhausted but we hope to secure a few modified and sick beds abandoned. A more sets. Unless we do so within a hearty thanks to all these swell people. short while, full refund will be forward­ ..¢.- (J: (1: (1: ed. To date we have supplied approx­ We hope that each member of the imately 135 ~ets against an original offer American Air Mail Society spends some of 100, so we don't think we did too considerable time in review of the Re­ badly. ports contained in the last issue. They have been kept interesting, concise and readable. The Society made a record Friends of Jack Klemann will be glad of progress during the past year that is to know that he is now located at 1731 comparable to that achieved during Holly Hill Road, King Woods, Augusta, many of the pre-war years and as such Georgia. Jack has closed his Nassau it is the more remarkable. We would Street office at New York, but w.ill be like to point out, however, that although glad to hear from friends at his new the number of new members roughly address in Augusta; balanced out the losses from all sources these new members were secured by only • a very small portion of the member­ ship. What a· record we could have if only double this number of members had each secured the same additional num­ AIRGRAPHS ber of members as did those credited. are :the new, fascinating and In celebration of the 20th Anniversary President Singley had set a goal of important development of :the twenty riew applicants for the Novem­ air mail. ber issue of the Report. We actually secured 23 - a very fine record - but the point is if it can be done in November COLLECT why cannot it be done EACH month? :them while :they are s:till What an impetus this would give to a available. Society already in excellent condition. Why not use that blank today. 0- (J: ..¢.- 0- AJ7 Catalogue of .AJirgraphs, WE WARNED YOU - complete sets listing 165 varieties, post of bound volumes of the Journal are paid .09 now in the category of something ONCE AVAILABLE. During the past few weeks orders for the entire remaining stock have been received and we can iA. PHILLIPS no longer advertise complete sets. As AIR MAIL SPECIALIST soon as we have completed inventory we will publish a list of volumes which NEWPORT MON ENGLAND we can still supply and urge holders of any individual bound volumes to com- Forty Years ,of FIRSTS

NOTES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CELEBRATION OF THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST HEAVIER-THAN-AIR FLIGHT - KITTY HAWK, 1903

By DON HELMUTH

Today - as the Airplane carries bombs to the Axis, let us look at the record-

THE AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY is twenty years old. It goes back to 1923. Among its members are the finest people anyplace and anyhow ... just as Aero­ philately embraces the cream of all philately. In 1918 the Post Office Department issued its first air mail stamp, the 24c bi­ color with a plane as its design (a bi-plane suspiciously like the D.H. 4.) The first air mail stamp provides one of Air Mail's rarities in the invert. For further details see your American Air Mail Catalogue . . . •In 1917 the first stamp was offered by a Government for Aeropostal use when Italy overprinted the 1903 Special Delivery for use on a flight from Turin to Rome to Turin. In 1911 the first Air Mail Hight to have recognition by Postal authorities took place on September 23rd during the International Aviation Tournament at Garden City, N. Y. This flight gave to Aero-philately Air Mail Pilot #I-Earle Ovington. In 1903 you will find, should yon review some of the publications of that day, Professor Langley and his "aerodrome" were exciting the public. 'Vhen his con­ traption failed to pass the acid test (it wouldn't fly!), it seemed scientific proof that man was meant to hug the ground. In December of 1903 Wilbur and Orville Wright stepped from the quiet obscur­ ity of their shop in Dayton, Ohio and their experiments at Kitty Hawk, N. C. to the pages of history! Man flew! It was a brief distance of 852 feet ... it was a fleeting 59 seconds of soaring. But the butterfly had emerged from its cocoon, had stretched glistening wings, had hopped, and was gathering strength with each pulsing moment ... The air age had arrived . . . although no comets blazed the skies, no cosmic shenanigans marked that thrilling moment forty years ago .. . Air mail stamps and covers are symbols of this Air Age ... not merely a mere offshoot of ordinary stamp collecting ... In the crucible of World War II the dross is being burned away; planes will travel still higher, still faster, still farther ...

TODAY planes carry bombs to the Axis ... TOMORROW they carry the mail for the world! DECEMBER, 1943 83

• "I am very glad my modest little article is found in such a distinguish· Bouquets Presented in Connection ed issue.''-L. W. Charlat. With :the Publication of the November "Congratulations on such a fine num­ Latin-American Good Will Number ber. That's two in a row nowf"-Bill "What a gesture• in the direction of Salomon. new world understanding! Accent " • • • an eighty page tribute to marks or not, it is bound to win real Lalin America.''-Ernest A. Kehr in applause from :the South."-George NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE van den Berg. "A swell job, well done ... you fe(­ "It was decidedly well gotten up and lows have pttt over a remarkable piece contains an abundance of interesting of work."-Paul F. Robertson. material . . . Dr. Rowe was indeed "I hasten to write to congratulate pleased." -Albert F. Kunze. · both you, Mr. Kessler and the AAMS, "The current issue of the JOUR· for this wonderful and interesting NAL is tops.''- Edward Welch. job. It is one of the finest numbers "Congratulations ... its a swell job. ever issued and :to my knowledge I would have liked to have seen Mrs. it is the best salutation you can send Kessler's picture in it. (So would we­ to the philatelists of the Latin-Amer­ but the lady was too modest-Ed.) - ican Countries. We cannot forget Clyde D. Gorman. our late friend Waif, who originally "Dedicated to the United Americas, conceived this special publication. the September Airpost Journal • • • The articles written in Spanish are takes a place among the most im· very well checked, which shall be portan:t periodicals issued in :this credited :to Mr. and Mrs. Kessler, and country.''-Franklin R. Bruns in :the no:te you have given a special con­ NEW YORK SUN. sideration to Cuba in publishing :two "Congratulations on the September is­ stories signed by :two ·Cubans. The sue. It certainly is well done and most presentation of :the number is won· interesting."-Royce A. Wight. derful and you and your associates can be proud of it. I don't want :to "AIRPOST JOURNAL ••• has just closs without congratulating Mrs. come out with a magnificent · issue Conrath, as I am sure she worked entitled "Latin-American Good Will hard for the publi_ca:tion of this num· Issue" .•• which should do a great ber. -Ca truer word was never deal to cement philatelic friendship spoken!-Ed.)-Luis Augulo Pintado. between :the Americas. In our opinion :this issue represents an important "Its a wonderful issue and reflects milestone in philatelic publishing.''­ much credit to those who worked upon Lester G. Brookman Review in the it."-Herbert H. Griffin. November AMERICAN PHILATEL· AND MANY OTHERS. Thanks, IST. dear friends. May :these rewards of "I must extend my congratulations on our feeble effort beget more accom­ another fine is1me of the JOURNAL. The plis~ment-not swelled ·heads!-The Pan American number is excellent."­ Airpost Journal Staff. Florence Lamport. NEW CAM FLIGHTS "APJ for September is a very, very PHOENIX EMBRACED FOR SERVICE fine production! "-Harry M. Kon. ON AIR MAIL ROUTE NUMBER TWO On October 1 the 1st directional flights wiser. between Winslow and Phoenix occurred as well as the services between Phoenix "Congratulations. It's a splendid job nd Los Angeles. Five covers, cacheted. and the right kind of a "shot in the arm" properly front and back stamped, $1.75 that helps air mail stamp collecting."- ALBERT N. BROWN Alton J. Blank. e70 Tehama St. San Francisco 3, Calif. AIR MAILand thewAR, XXXIX County Kerry, Eire (55 miles from Foy­ • nes) en route from Bathurst and Lisbon by DR. MAX KRONSTEIN to England on July 28, about 27,500 let­ 3900 Spuyten Duyvil Park'\'l'ay ters from British prisoners of war held by the Japanese were lost; 2,750 letters were New Yot.k, N. Y. saved. A British Overseas Airways route from Great Britain to Moscow, Russia, • was inaugurated in the middle of July A SWEDISH Avia\ion Exhibition was 1943 en route to North Africa, Cairo, the opened in Stockholm in summer 1943, great land and sea airport of Habbaniyeh, showing the development of the Swedish Iraq, to Pahlevi (Iran), Astrakan, Kuy­ air lines during the past 15 years. One byshew and Moscow (3'h days). Eve of the Swedish Aero Transport civilian Curie's "J'ourney Among Warriors" re­ planes of the Sweden-Scotland service was ports that RUSSIA'S only international reported missing on August 28, 1943. The air service in December 1941-January 1942 Swedish Government decreed on August was between Kuybyshev, Baku and Te­ 15, 1943 that courier aircraft of belligerents heran was actually operated very irreg­ must bear identification flags, must have urlarly, not weekly, in view of the win­ civilian personnel only and carry no ter weather and with great delay even for bombs. This applies especially to air urgent diplomatic airmail. The Russian transit between Germany and Norway or armies recaptured in August 1943 the Germany and Finland. A new aerodrome battle line Orel-Charkow. These were was opened on J'une 10 at Sundsvall­ some of Russia's earliest airmail ports of Hernoe, near Timro, Sweden. The GER­ the 1925 pioneer air mail services Moscow­ MAN Luft Hansa included in J'une 1943 a Orel-Charkow-Jekaterinoslaw-Odessa and new stop at Kaunas in a 4 times weekly Kiev-Poltava-Charkow-Actimowsk - Ros­ service Berlin - Danzig-Koenigsberg-Riga­ tow. In Moscow connection was made at Helsinki. Berlin's central Tempelhof air­ that time to Smolensk-Kovno and con­ port was reportea temporarily out of com­ tinental Europe. mission after a giant bombing raid by the Allies on Berlin late in August 1943. In the U. S. A. the Collier War Trophy In England a European wing of the "For Pioneering World-Wide Air Trans­ U. S. Army Air Transport Command was portation vital to immediate defense and established ·in the spring of 1943 (Col. P. ultimate victory" was awarded late in E. Burrows) to facilitate the ferrying of December 1942 to the "Army Air Forces aircraft between U. S. A. and Great and the Airlines of the linited States". Britain. It is responsible also for the The International Inter American aviation transport of important mail. The U. S. safety award was bestowed on J'anuary Army Air Transport was carrying in J'uly 27, 1943 upon Pan American-Grace Air­ 1943 about 50% of all first class mail to ways for flying more than 4,000,000 miles the soldiers abroad by air. Before the in 1942 without a single passenger and end of 1:;43 it is expected to carry all first crew fatality. Major A. N. Parker, for­ class mail between U. S. A. and the mer test pilot for Admiral R. E. Byrd's armies overseas by air. For mail serv­ South Pole expeditions of 1926-28, died on ice between the Canadian Forces in Eng­ November 30, 1942. When J'ohn T. Mc­ land and Canada itself the Canadian Tarnahan, one of the pioneer plane de­ Government and the Trans Canda Airlines signers of 1910, died on April 29, 1943, -after earlier survey flights-inaugurated press reports mentioned the fact that he a special war time transatlantic air serv­ ~ccompanied Roy Francis in the first ice by Canadian built A vro Lancasters. flight across San Francisco Bay in 1912, The first plane arrived in England on delivering a message from the Mayor of J'uly 23, 1943 after a non-stop 12 hrs. 26 Oakland to the Mayor of San Francisco at min. flight from Montreal with 23 cwt. the ground breaking ceremonies for the of mail. The British Post Office an­ Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915. nounced in August 1943 that between Al Cheesman, a pilot for Sir. H. Wil­ England and the British Forces in West kin's Antarctic (1929) and Arctic (1937) Africa 6d air letters can be flown, but no expeditions, was reported missing on At- airgraphs or regular (ls 3d) airmail. Since 1,,ntic Patrol in J'anuary 1943. Special middle of J'uly 1943 British airgraphs can official stationery of sensitized green be sent from England to members of the paper was announced on Feb. 13th for British Forces, serving in the USA. use by Axis prisoners in USA. 2 letters (charge 3d) and in St. Pierre and Mique­ and one card can be sent using the lon (charge 3d, to civilians charge Sd). diplomatic agency of a neutral country. Mail to the American units in England is A 761 miles-five day trip of a helicopter operated there by the A.P.O. which also was made in J'une 1942 from Stratford, is selling stamps and airmail envelopes. Conn. to Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio by In several camps mail arrives three times way of Albany, N. Y .. Rochester, N. Y .. daily, once on Sunday, and mail is dis­ Erie, Pa., Cleveland, Ohio. One non-stop patched daily. When a British Airways hop of 92 airline miles and another of l Short Sunderland flying boat crashed at hour 50 minutes duration were new U. S. DECEMBER, 1943 85 helicopter records. (Pilot C. L. Morris.) pioneer flyer Capt. Clarence (Duke) The use of a helicopter for airmail serv­ Schiller was killed on March 14, 1943. As ices in New England and New York is early as in 1919 he was the pilot of the planned by the Northeast Air Lines Inc., air service between Miami, Fla. and it was reported early in April 1943. The Nassau in the Bahamas. If this press re­ Eastern Air Lines announced on March port is correct, the service must have 15, 1943 the end of the trial period on followed the U. S. Navy air mail flight "the nation's first scheduled air cargo Nassau-Miami of January 30, 1919 (Am. service" New York-Washington-Jackson­ Air Mail Catalogue 1940, page 549, No. 2), ville-Miami. The service began on June but it is not listed in the catalogue. Since 1, 1942. Extensions are planned as soon 1923 Schiller was a pilot of the Ontario as equipment is available through a Chi­ Provincial Air Service and in 1928 he cago-Miami service and a New York­ rescued the trans-Atlantic flyers of the Houston route. An existing U. S.-Can­ "Bremen" on the first east-west flight adian Air Agreement of 1940 covering from Ireland at Greenley Island, off the allocation of air transport routes to Labrador. (Am. Air Mail Catalogue, 1940, the air carriers of both countries was ex­ page 403, No. 85.) He was regarded as tended on March 4th for the duration of one of the leading flyers in the North­ the war. land. ALASKAN Air line operators are The Trans-Canadian Air Lines carried now under regular CAB certificate system, in 1942 a total of 2,260,000 pounds of mail. even for "irregular route services". PAA Since January 1943 the planes of these has, in addition to their services Seattle­ lines are flying 22,670 miles a day. There Juneau-Whitehorse-Fairbanks, a passenger are several trips a day between Cape and mail certificate for a service Fair­ Breton and Halifax with connecting serv­ banks-Nome and a passenger certificate ices to USA and Canada. There are 3 for Fairbanks-Bethel. services a day between Montreal-Moncton and Halifax. The services from Van­ couver were extended to Victoria on Van­ WANTED couver Island in January, 1943, but the USED AIR MAILS and POST AGE of airmail route Vancouver-Zeballos, B. C. ANY COUNTRY. Also collections gen­ was discontinued on January 30, 1943. eral or by country. Write before send­ When Billy Wells was promoted to a new ing the stamps and give full descrio- position in the TCA, they referred to him tion of stamps you want to sell. - as the pilot of the first air mail operated £0NDOR STA.ltlP £0 by the TCA between Vancouver and 87 Nassau St. New York City Seattle. The Canadian Pacific Airlines, a combination of the former Canadian Air­ ways, Quebec Airways, Dominion Sky­ ways, Arrow Airways, Wings Limited, Prairie Airways, Yukon Southern Air THE MAGAZINE Transport, Ginger Coote Airways, Star­ Thai Sel:s !:he Pace rett Airways and Mackenzie Air Services, in Overseas Aerophilaiely is completed the first year of joint opera­ tions early in 1943. The company pro­ vides northsouth routes from as far north as Dawson, Aklavik, Coppermine and Blanc Sablon, Labrador. Also special mail "rfhe Aero Field" and supply services were operated be­ tween Quebec and Labrador for the Liberally illustrated, with maps, cachets, etc., it gives up-to-the-minute troops and government contractors in the ·information and includes exclusive defense areas in Northern Quebec and articles and check1 lists, bargain offers. Labrador, and into Goose Bay, Labrador, There is a real tradition behind it too: to service the personnel of this air base. it was founded in 1926 and is the The air mail route between Rimonski, only long-period foreign areophila­ east along North Shore points, to Blanc telic publication to continue this tra­ dition. Subscribe now! Sue per annum, Sablon (Labrador) is also operated in post free. Please remit by Interna­ winter time. When elections were held tional Money Order or cheque (not in the Saguenay district late in 1922, bal­ by mint stamps). lot boxes were dropped by a Canadian A.A.AM.S. Members in the Services Pacific Airliner on a 900 miles non-stop -we shall be glad to sent it gratis to flight especially along the North Shore of you if you let us have a permanent the St. Lawrence river. The Maritime address to which we may post it. Central Airways air mail service between • Charlottetown and Magdalen Islands be­ came the only link between Souris, P. E. I and the Magdalens, when surface ships became stuck in the ice about December Francis J. Field 15 1942. Between that day and January 9, 1943 fifteen flights were made carry­ LTD. ing passengers and merchandise to the "Predominant in Air Mails" islands. The planes landed on the ice. SUTTON COLDFIELD, ENGLAND In a RAF plane crash at Bermuda the 86 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

CHRONICLE ,q~ for STANDARD CATALOGUE ~eJic4UtJ.H e~ of AIR POST STAMPS as published by • Scott Publications. Inc. By MAURICE S. PETTY • CoMING dedication news is conspicious by its absence . Member H. B. Manning writes ·BRAZIL that Worthington, Minn., is sur­ veying for new Municipail Air­ port while member S. S. Gold­ sticker, Jr., says Connersville, Ind., is preparing landing field. p AST AmPORT DEDICATIONS: Postmaster, Fulton, N. Y. veri­ fies dedication on Oct. 24th. No cachet on the 43 covers known. C. of C. verifies dedication at Numeral of Value Vandalia, . Ill., on Oct. 16 and AP14 17, and say they mail~d 300 1943 Wmk.271 Per/.12% covers the two days of which Issued to commemorate the I OOth anniversary of 50 were non-air. Later figures the first postage stamp of Brazil. Engraved. from Theo. Light gives 121 on C50-AP14 lcr black & dull yellow 12 the 16th and 126 on the 17th. C51- " 2cr black & pale green 24 Sticker cachet by C. of C. Dedi­ C52- " 5cr black & pink -60 catio::i of Liberal, Kans., Anny Air Field, Oct. 7th, verified. 47 covers mailed with cachet, the sponsor of which is unknown. Who can advise? Schenectady, N. Y., rededication of County. Airport on Oct. 31st, brought a three line stamped cachet and printed plane by member R. 0. Bush on 247 covers. Through Mr. Bush's kindness we were able to get AAMS bulletins to you in time for us~. Also cov­ ers seen with printed cachet, 1943 Wmk.271 Imperf. with county seal at top and plane at bottom, both in red, Issued to commemorate the lOOth anniversary of the first postage stamp of Brazil and the second and with five lines blue word­ phliatelic exposition. Engraved. Printed in panes ing in between. Odd thing is of 6 sheets perforated 12% between. Each sheet is perforated on two or three sides. Size approximately that it is a post office 2c stamp­ 155 x 155 mm. Inscriptions in light brown. ed envelope, ( with 4c stamp C5S-API5 sheet of three to make air mail rate), with a. lcr black & dull yellow red and blue air mail border on b. 2cr black & pale green c. 5cr black & pink it, evidently printed same time as cachet. Mr. Bush reports this as a cover used locally by the Board of Airport Managers of Schenectady C o u n t y . Free- DECEMBER, 1943 87

land, Mich. P.M. mailed about u u •••••••••••••••••• fifty covers without cachet on CHRONICLE-Continued September 19th for the dedi­ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• cation of the Tri-City airport. Member J. V. Murray sends clipping telling of the formal dedication by Major Ralph Royce of Payne Field, Cairo, Egypt, one

Grand Forks. Refer to 9W50 and 9E50 - and make a note that all Spokane mail was can­ celled same time but dispatched in direc­ tion addressed. A "tough" item to find in superb con­ dition is 10N4, also 10S3 and IONS - also 20E5 and 20W5. Have 12N2 Red cachet but have never seen 12S2 Red cachet. Has any one this item. My notes say there are only 50 of 17S6d. An unlisted item on Route No. 18 is 18W7 Blue and Magenta cachet. Have 19Sl with a distinct Brick-red or Red Bruwn cachet also 19Nl9 with Black cachet. Have 21S3 - Combination - also 26S3 Combination cachet and 26N5 Blue cachet. Glad to hear from you about any unlisted items you may • have . By W. R. C. Alley SHORT NOTICE CAM EVENT f3altimore, Md. embraced on AM-14 In Air effective on November 15. Set of five the data under Contract Mail covers: outbound Baltimores (2) in­ Route No. 1. - Page 103 American Air bound from Washington (1) inbound from Pittsburgh and the AMF (2). The Mail Catalogue, we have the following latter is a first time flight. Price .... $1.75 statement- "Most Hadley Field dis­ ALBERT N. BROWN patches bore the inaugural cachet as well ~70 Tehama St. San Francisco 3, Calif. as field cancellation." A careful study of these covers in collector and dealer hands as well as consultation with specialists justifies the assertion that the De PINEDO catalogue is in error in this conclusion. As a matter of fact very few Hadley Atlantic Flight Cover 1927 ( 37 A) field covers received the inaugural cachet. I obtained my copy only when a large 25 covers carried with un§urcharg- collection was broken up. It is defin­ ed stamp ...... $135.00 itely a rare item. On Route No. 2, I recently picked up BYRD a Chicago to Peoria cover backstamped with the Peoria cachet in Magenta. This North Pole Cover. 1926 First Flight may possibly mean tl1at somewhere Peoria exists with cachet in Magenta. & Mail over North Pole .... $100.00 I have 2n5 with cachet Blue and Magenta - also 4Wl Blue cachet. Has any one 5W2a or is there only one • known. Thru courtesy of A. N. Brown, I CARL M. BECKEN have 8S2 - Black cachet. A study of 7 No. 7th Str. Minneapolis 3, Minn. 9E2 shows plainly .two distinct inking pads were used in applying the cachet, one a clear Magenta and the other a • shade of violet. Check your covers for Send lOc for samples of World Best this. Airmail Env. Pre-War Stock - now All 9S25a covers are cancelled East unobtainable finest rag bond. Grand Forks and the number were around 25. Has anyone 9S25a cancelled 25th Anniversary. Covers Available Thru JOURNAL N MAY 15, 1943, Colonial Airlines, INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT COM­ O possessor since 1928 of the coveted MEMORATING. SILVER JUBILEE OF FAM # 1 air mail route, commemorated AIRMAIL IN THE U. S. A." and carry the 25th anniversary of United States the greeting: FAM #1- Colonial Air­ Air mail with a special Hight from Mon­ lines salutes United States Air mail Serv­ treal, Canada, to Washington, D. C., by ice, May 15, 1918 - 1943." They are way of New York. Captain Herbert E. signed by both Captain Clark and Pres­ Clark, Chief Pilot, Hying Sigmund Janas, ident Janas and carry a 7-cent Canadian President of the Line, brought less than Air mail stamp cancelled "Montreal May 100 Special Flight Covers to Washing­ 15, A.M.F." ton-one of which was from Canadian In response to the numerous requests Prime Minister, MacKenzie King, to from air mail-cover collectors, Mr. Jarlas President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. has authorized the American Air Mail The plane, a 1927 Pitcairn Mail Wing, Society to dispose of 50 covers and re­ an exact replica of the one which in­ quests should be addressed to Mr. L. augurated FAM # 1, took off from Mon­ B. Gatchell, Editor, The Airpost Journal> treal at 10:10 AM; arrived in New York 24 Brook Road, Bronxville, New York. at 2:30 PM; took off at 3:00 PM, arriv­ The price of each cover is $1.00 plus a ing in Washington at 5:20 PM, to be self-addressed stamped envelope. Only met by Postmaster General Frank C. one set to each applicant. Walker and Jesse H. Jones, Secretary of Colonial Airlines, Inc., operates be­ Commerce. tWeen its terminals at New York and Unaccountably, the covers were mis­ Montreal and is a pioneer in air trans­ placed and it was not until September portation between the United States and 29th that 67 of them were received by Canada, having maintained uninterrup­ Mr. Janas with a letter from the Execu­ ted service for passengers, mail and ex- tive Assistant to the Postmaster to the . press for fifteen years. Colonial has effect that the Chief Inspector had fin­ several applications for additional routes ally located them. now pending before the Civil Aeronau­ The covers are marked "SPECIAL tics Board.

• Colonial Air Lines, May 1st Flight on Occasion of 25th Anniversary of U. S. Air Mail. 90 THE AIBPOST JOURNAL

....,.."~~·········~·····~ SUPPLEMENTS to the AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE These Supplements are published in The AIRPOST JOURNAL by the Cata­ logue Committee at regular interu~ls, enabling collectors to keep up to date with new material. For explanau,ms of listings, terms, and other information, together with a complete list of the individual section editors, reference should be made to the 1940 Edition of the American Air Mail Catalogue and the 1941 and 1943 Supplements. Copies of these books are still available and may be purchased from, the AAMS Publication Office, Albion, Penn'a. Price is $4.00 for 720-page 1940 Edition (fabricoid bound) and\ both 1941 and 1943 Supplements (bound in heavy paper). Postage extra, weight 4 lbs .. Individual copies of the 1941 Supplement and the 1943 Supplement are priced at $1.00 each' fan the paper bound editions. The 1941 Supplement may also be had fabricoid bouml~ price $2.00. The Supplements when ordered independently of the 1940 original edition are mailed post free at the prices quoted. Inquiries concerning covers should be sent directly to the section editors to which they apply. ~~Vt¥t-+Ju'ttt~titttttttt+•"-'. AIRPORT DEDICATION COVERS • January, 1943 Note: Effective January 1, 1943, when cachet is used on covers, those without the cachet will not be listed separately with a sub-number. When such exist, if the cachet is officially or properly sponsored the catalogue value is 25% less than the listed cover. If the cachet is private, the covers without same will have same catalogue value as those with it. 5 P-3 GREENVILLE, TEXAS-Change to "(150)" and price at...... $ 5,75 • February, 1943 12 P-10 RENO, NEV.-Add: "(4 known)" and price at ...... 10.00 IS P-13 EAGLE PASS, TEXAS-Army Air Base; no cachet, pmkd. "Army Air Base". (250-275 including commercial) ...... 5.00 • March, 1943 17 P-14 EL TORO, CALIF.-U. S. Marine Corps Air Station; no cachet. (4 known) ...... 10.00 28 P-17 DEL RIO, TEXAS-Laughlin Flying Field; combination stamped and inscription by C. of C. (90) ...... 7.25 e April, 1943 1 P-20 CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS-Waldron Field; Auxiliary U. S. Naval Air Station;; pmkd. only "U. S. Navy". (About 120) ...... 6.50 24 P-24 ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.-U. S. Naval Air Station; no cachet. (107) ...... 6.75 26 P-25 MACON, GA.-Warner Robins Army Air Depot and Airport; all known have private printed cachet and are pmkd. "Robins Field", (35-40) ...... 7.00 e May, 1943 1 P-28 EUGENE, ORE.-P.O.D. cachet for first flight on A.M .11. See­ C. A. M. section for varieties and prices. P-29 HOUMA, LA.-U. S. Naval Lighter-Than-Air Station; with private blimp cachet, pmkd. "Houma, La. Navy 10113 Br." (245) ...... 3.51> a. With (139) or without (5) same cachet, pmkd. only "U. S. Navy." ...... , ...... 3.50 1 P-30 PRATT, KANS.-Army Air Base; no cachet. (82) ...... 7.25 7 P-32 GARDEN CITY, KANS.-Army Air Field; no cachet; pmkd. at "Basic Flying School Br." (68) ...... 7.75 • June, 1943 l P-36 BEEVILLE, TEXAS-Chase Field; Naval Auxiliary Air Station; .no cachet. (75-100) ...... 7.00 4 P-40 ABILENE, TEXAS-Army Air Base; no cachet. (77 known) ...... 7.50 4 P-42 BRYAN,, TEXAS-Army Air Field; no cachet. (5 known) ...... 10.00 6, P-43 INDEPENDENCE, KANS.-Army Air Field; cachet by C. of C. (About 600) ...... 1.00 20 P-46 DETROIT, MICH.-C. A. P.'s Seaplane Patrol and Training Base; (foot of Meadowbrook). No cachet (inscriptions are private. (200) 4.50 a. Same, pmkd. Air Mail Field. (12 known) ...... 4.50 DECEMBER, 1943 91

23 P-48 SOURIS, MAN., CANADA-Formal opening No. 17 Service Flying Training School; inscriptions by Postmaster. (24) ...... 9.00 24 P-49 SAN MARCOS, TEXAS-Formal opening Army Air Field; pmkd. at "Navigation School Branch". 105 known) ...... 6.75 • July, 1943 4 P-52 HOLTVILLE, CALIF.-U. S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station; printed cachet; pmkd. "Holtville" with or without pmk of "U. S. Navy". (150) ...... 5.75 4 P-53 VICTORIA, KANS.-Walker Field, Army Air Base; no cachet; all known are pmkd. "Air Base Br." (60) ...... 8.00 (Note: No covers known pmkd. Russell, Kans.) 5 P-57 MOBERLY, MO.-Bradley Field; C. of C. special printed envelope pmkd. at Moberly (3000 incl. "a") ...... 35 a. Same flown to and pmkd. Kansas City Air Mail Field ...... 35 b. C .of C. stamped cachet pmkd. at Moberly. (500 incl. "c")...... 35 c. Same, flown to and pmkd. Kansas City Air Mail Field ...... 35 (Note: Total of about 1500 pmkd. Moberly and about 1950 at Kansas City Air Mail Field). 9 P-59 ARCATA, CALIF.-U. S.Naval Air Station; cachet dated 10th, but dedication was 9th. ( 189) ...... 4.75 27 P-63 TRENTON, N. J.-U. S. Naval Air Station; no cachet. (10 known) .... 10.00 30 P-64 PARK RIDGE, ILL.-Airport and plant of Douglas Aircraft Co.; with (154) or without (5) private cachet) ...... 5.50 30 P-65 NEW YORK, N. Y.-American Export Air Lines Seaplane Base and Terminal; all covers known have one line private cachet; pmkd. either "New York, A. M. F." or Flushing, N. Y., Airport Sta." (30) ...... 8.75 (Note: Both post offices are in same building). • August, 1943 7 P-68 SANTA FE, N. M.-Municipal; cachet by Continental Air Lines. (l,000) ...... 50 8 P-70 URBANA, OHIO-Grimes Field; cachet by lessees; mailed on 8th after post office closed for day, hence pmkd. 7 A.M. 9th. (70) ...... 7.75 18 P-72 SAVANNAH, GA.-Chatham Field, Army Air Field, formal open- ing; private cachet. (261) ...... 3.25 22 P·74 ALLIANCE, NEBR.-Army Air Base; all known have private in- scription. {35) ...... 8.50 • September, 1943 5 P-76 ALMA, MICH.-Two line ca·chet. (25) ...... ,...... 9.00 6 P-77 HUNTINGTON, IND.-Hosdreg, Municipal; no cachet. (About 200) ...... 3.00

ADDENDA Bonafide airport dedications did NOT take place at following places, from which covers are known to have been mailed on dates shown: Steel Creek, Alaska ...... Nov. 3, 1942 Essex, Conn ...... May 22, 1943 Aiken, S. C ...... April 1, 1943 Galveston, Texas ...... June 19, 1943 Dodge City, Kans...... April 6, 1943 Anchorage, Alaska, June (any day) 1943 Clewiston, Fla ...... April 12, 1943 Hutchinson, Kans...... July 4, 1943 Upper Marlboro, Md...... May 15 1943

TRANS-OCEANIC RECORD FLIGHTS ADD at page 560, 1940 Edition: 70 July 10, 1929-0cean Flight, u. S. to Spain, Williams and Yancey. ADD: Following arrival at Rome, the fliers flew from Rome to Paris and London. Ten covers to the former and eleven to the latter point were carried. Cancelled, "Roma, Aeroporto del Littoro". Backstamped at Le Bourget. Port Aerien-17.49-17-7-29.

a. Rome to Paris ( 10) b. Rome to London (11) ~Mm I~~~ l Organized 1923 as :the Aero-\:==::::= Philatelic Society of America ~ I ~ M~ I l mcHARD L smGLEY ~ ~ ~ ur-P-RESIDENT__.... 1 ADVISORY BOARD ( Former Presidents) HARRY A. TRUBY GEORGE w. ANGERS PAUL F. ROBERTSON L. B .. GATCHELL HERBERT H. GRIFFIN WILLIAM R. ALLEY FRANCIS B. LEECH

VICE - PRESIDENTS PAUL F. BERDANIER GEORGE D. KINGDOM CoL. CHARLES P. PoRTER CAPT. CHAS. J. WOOD DIRECTORS GRACE CONRATH FLORENCE LAMPORT CoMDR. JESSE G. JOHNSON Pennsylvania Pennsylvania California GLENN w. GLASER GLEN w. NAVES RAFAEL ORIOL Illinois South Carolina Habana, Cuba EMIL J. VLASAK Massachusetts SECRETARY TREASURER CLAUDE w. DEGLER M. 0. WARNS 2114 North 49th Street 4639 North Woodburn Avenue, Milwaukee 8, Wisc. Whitefish Bay, Wisc. ATTORNEY CHAPTER CHAIRMAN GEORGE D. KINGDOM GLEN \i\T. NAVES Conneaut, Ohio (On Military Leave) SALES MAi.'IAGER PHELPS CREE P. 0. Box B, Ocean Grove, N. J. ADVANCE BULLETIN SUPERINTENDENT GRACE CONRATH The Airpost Journal, Albion, Penn'a The Advance Bulletin is serit regularly by the manager only to those mem­ bers who are in good standing and provide a supply of self-addressed regulation Government Postal Cards. EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT Each member is entitled to two 25-word Exchange Notices per year in the Official Publication, without charge. Address direct to the publication office at Albion, Penn'a. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION THE AmPOST JoooNAL Published monthly and ser!t to all members in good standing. 'OECEMBER, 1943 93

~''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''"'"'''''''~THE SECRETARY,S REPORT NEW MEMBERS 2708 Meyer, George, Seneca Hotel, Chicago, Ill. 2709 Mueller, Theodore,E., 312 W. Atlantic Ave., Audubon, N. J. 2710 Frantz, Gearhart, 4028 Rosemont Ave., Drexel Hill, Pa. 2711 Rowe, William G., R. F. D. #1, Langhorne, Pa. 2712 Preston, W. Dean, 316 Kemps Lane, Norfolk 6, Va. 2713 Adelson, Elkin M., 4349 Sheridan Ave., Miami Beach 40, Fla. 2714 Behm, Jr. Arthur G., 3025 Field Ave., Detroit, Mich. 2715 Gilpin, Howard M., 117 Park Ave., Paterson, N. J. 2716 Brandner, Herbert, 4038 Forest Ave., Brookfield, Ill. 2717 Fink, Richard, 3832 Prairie Ave., Brookfield, Ill. 2718 Kostka, Robert, 8909 Southview Ave., Brookfield, Ill. 2719 Schultz, Harlo C., 8942 Ogden Ave.; Brokfield, Ill. 2720 Blanchard, Marshall A., 4035 Prairie Ave., Brookfield Ill. 2721 Bucholtz, Dr. James A., 2200 N. 3rd St., Milwaukee 5, Wis. 2722 Hennessy, Mark M., 4217 N. 14th St., Milwaukee 9, Wis. 2723 Verbeck, Howard, 637 So. Lucerne Blvd., Los Angeles 5, Calif. 2724 Martel, Mrs. Lila, 6067 Norwood St., Philadelphia, Pa. 2725 Clouting, Mrs. Henry Y., Beesley's Point, N. J. 2726 Appleyard, Dr. Joseph, 152 E. Walnut St., Lancaster, Pa. 2727 Clever, Paul, 1666 Cornelia St., Brooklyn N. Y. 2728 Slovitt, Si, 1009-44th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 2729 ·Rauh, Bernard L., Park Lane Hotel, 299 Park Ave., New York, N. Y. NEW APPLICATIONS Berger, Martin H., 63 Melbourne Terrace, Waterbury 55, Conn. Age 66. Retired. AM U20 UC lD, EX By Grace Conrath. Brown, Earl J., 209 So. 9th St., Escanaba, Mich. Age 40. Pharmadst. AM AU AS UC CAM lD EX By Grace Conrath. Nunn, H. C., 637 South Sadler Ave., Los Angeles 22, Calif. Age 42. Retired. By Col. Harry Gantz. Plomert, Jr. Robert I., 108 W. 2nd St., 316 Higgins Bldg., Los Angeles 12, Cal. Age 36. Mgr. Tax Dept. Gen'l Pet. Corp. AM AU SC U20 UC FF EX. By Col Harry Gantz. Crosby, Mrs. M. Rosalie, 3801 Atlantic Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. Age 46. Teacher. AM AU UC PC HC PA GF CAM FAM lD CMC By Grace Conrath. Kauffman, Harold E., Box 97, Conneaut, Ohio. Age Legal. Lawyer. RESIGNATIONS 2491 Foust, Wallace, l734 Chapman Ave., E. Cleveland, Ohio. 1674 Heller, George, 5152 Queen Ave., So. Minneapolis, Minn. 1995 Jones, Joseph W., 1855 Edgemont Ave., Bristol, Tenn. 2582 Kaplan, Walter F., 1161 Forest Ave., Palo Alto, Calif. 1775 Keehn, 0. H., 152 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. 1923 Peterson, H. Wm., 1428 W. Farragut Ave., Chicago, Ill. NOTICES OF DEATH RECEIVED 2315 Lundgren, Fritz T., Glen Ellyn, Ill. CHANGES OF ADDRESS Babb, Sgt. Raymond F., A.A.F., ASN 6717975-477" FGTS, HAAF, Harlingen, Tex. Fletcher, C. Hicks, Hillside Farms, Bowie, Md. Frazier, Pvt. Robert W., ASN 35774268, Co. H.-T345, 12 - 2M. Trg. Regt. Camp Lee, Va. Germann, Richard P., 1570 Arthur Ave., Lakewood 7, Ohio. Goldblatt, Cpl. Robert, APO. 261 c/o Postmaster, Los Angeles, Calif. Howell, Charles M., P. 0. Box 749 Lancaster, Pa. Johl, Major Max G., M.A.C. Army Air Base, Bradley Field, Conn. Lantz, Ben K., 1020 So. Franklin St., Denver 9, Colo. Moye, Henry A., 6011 Palmetto St., Brooklyn, 27, N. Y. Murray, Joseph V., 438 Melbourne Ave., Mamaroneck, N. Y. Shea, James M., Sailor Apt., 2 No. Broad St., Penns Grove, N. J. Smale, Ernest, P. 0. Box 146, Lompoc, Calif. Spiegelberg, Jos. H., CBMU-546, Naval Batt. Repl. Center, Camp Parks, Cal. Warren, Robert F., 841, W. Walnut St., Lancaster, Pa. Whipple, Horton, 246 Elena Ave., Atherton Calif. Wolcott, Lt. Geo. L., 122 E. High St., Carlisle, Pa. 5/iirJ AAMS MAIL AUCTION Bids Close January 25, 1944 GEORGE D. KINGDOM, Auction Manager Listing follows The AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE 1940 Edition, 1941 and 1943 SUPPLEMENT on all cover listings, unless otherwise specified. Unless qualified, the Condition of all covers can be considered to be DESIRABLE AND COLLECTIBLE items. Covers not meeting this standard, or bettering it, carry further descriptive remarks in the auction listing. No commission is charged ·for executing bids, but each successful mail bidder will be charged a small sum to cover postage, handling, wrapping, safeguarding, etc. Minimum 25c per bidder. All usual auction rules will apply. MAIL ALL BIDS SO AS TO REACH THE AUCTION MANAGER .BY JANUARY 25, 1944. ALL BIDS SHOULD BE MAILED TO GEORGE D. KINGDOM, P. 0. BOX 37, CONNEAUT, OHIO . • PILOT AUTOGRAPHS A very superb group of covers bearing the autographs of the pilots that flew the covers are herewith offered. Lot. No. Cat. No. Description Cat. Value 1 Amelia Earhart, on an unflown cover specially printed for her Round The World flight in 1937. Cover bears picture of this famous flier and is in superb condition. Small reserve $4.00. Worth at least . 10.00 2 2S8 Charles A. Lindbergh, on Peoria-south, bs Springfield. Very fine cover and has small reserve of $9.00. Worth at least ...... 25.00 3 US #10 C. E. Rosendahl and Richard E. Deal. on 1932 Coast to Coast trip of USS Akron. The first is the foremost dirigible commander in United States and the second is one of three survivors of USS Akron crash. Very fine cover. Est. 10.00 4 F5-5 E. Schultz, on superb Managua, Nicaragua to Miami cover. Cover catalogues $6.00 without autograph and this pilot is a pioneer pilot on FAM routes. Est. 10.00 5 F5-7a J. H. Price on Panama to Havana, inaugural flight in 1929. This pilot is another pioneer flier. Est. . . 5.00 6 F5-16 S. J. Williamson, on Tela, Honduras to Miami, First flight on Sept. 21, 1929. A superb cover that catalogues $15.00 without the autograph of this veteran FAM pilot. Est...... 20.00 7 F19-16 J. H. Tilton, on the unusual Suva, Fiji to Canton Island cover, which is postmarked on Nov. 14th and back- stamped Nov. 13. Very fine. Est. 5.00 8 J. Little, on cover flown from Buffalo to Toronto, on July 15, 1929. Bears Canadian cachet and is back~ stamped Toronto...... ???? 9 Three Lieut. Commanders autographs on three covers flown with V-B Squadron in Mass Flight over Golden Gate Bridge Dedication and to USS Ranger. Back-· stamped USS Ranger. Superb covers and fine souvenirs. ???? JANUARY 25, 1944 95

10 C. H. Roth on cover carried in National Balloon Races of 1930 and on Cleveland C of C Balloon Entry. Post- marked Talco, Tex., landing place of balloon ...... ???? 11 U. S. Govt. #58 Earle Ovingion on cover flown on 20th Anniv. Special Flight commemorating U. S. Air Mail. Fine cover...... ???? The following CAM covers are autographed by the pilots that flew them and will be superb additions to any collection. 12 R5E5 Paul P. Scott, on the very rare cover flown to Salt Lake City from Pasco, Wash. Oct. l, 1926. Superb cover. Reserve $10.00. Worth more than catalogue value of 15.00 13 6El L. G. Fritz on Detroit-east bs. Cleve. Est.. 3.00 14 8N2 Grover Tyler on Portland-north bs Seattle. Est.. 10.00 15 R8S9 Vernon Bookwalter on Portland to Tacoma, 9-7-27. Cover cats. $6.00. Est...... 10.00 16 8Sll J. C. Johnston on San Francisco to San Jose, 10-15-28. Est. 5.00 17 8Sllf J. C. Johnston, Oakland AMF to San Jose. Cover cats. $6.00. Est. 10.00 18 8S14, 8N15 E. L. Remelin on San Diego-north. Est. 2.50 19 9NW14 R. J. McNown on Elgin-NW, bs Madison. Est. 2.00 20 9E61 Frank C. Judd on Seattle to Yakima. Est...... 3.00 21 12Sla E. L. Curtis on Cheyenne-south, bs Denver, violet cachet. Est. 5.00 22 12S2 Eddie Brooks on Denver-south, bs, fine. Est...... 5.00 23 12N2 C. A. Brankman, on Denver-north, bs fine. Est... 5.00 24 12N4b J. H. Cordner on Pueblo-north, bs. Colorado Springs, superb. Est...... 3.00 25 12N4b C. A. Brankman and J. H. Cordner on Pueblo-north, bs. Cheyenne, superb. Est. 3.00 26 12S5 Lee Willey, on Pueblo-south, bs. Est. 2.00 27 12Sl0, 12N10, R12Sll, A. E. Cabana on two covers and C. H. Chidlaw on the other, all first flights to and from Trin- idad, Colo. Est...... 3.00 28 13Sl Alion N. Parker on Philadelphia-south. Est. 4.00 29 19S2 A. M. Banks on Philadelphia-south, superb. Est. 2.00 30 19N4 Gene Brown on Richmond-north, superb. Est. .. 2.00 31 19N7 Gene Brown on High Point-north, superb. Est. 3.00 32 19Nll W. J. Shaffer on Baltimore-north, fine. Est.. 2.00 33 19N15, 19S15, R19S16, R19N16 Complete directional coverage to and from Charlotte. Autographed by Gene Brown and Earl Potts. superb. Est. . 5.00 34 19N17 G. W. Bransom on Greenville-north, fine. Est.. 2.00 35 R19Sl8 Dick Merrill on cover postmarked Atlanta AMF and first flight to Greenville. Pilot is trans-oceanic flier as well as CAM pilot. Superb. Est. 5.00 36 19N25 J. Ordway Webster on Jacksonville-north. Est. 2.00 37 R19S59 C. E. Fisher on inbound to Brunswick. Est. 2.00 38 20Wl 7f W, H. Moore on Newark to Albany, fine. Est.... 2.00 39 25N3, 25N2 Fred J. Schwae:nmle on Miami-north. Est. 3.00 40 25E8 A. P. Kerr on Orlando-east, fine. Est. 2.00 41 25Wl0 L. E. McLaughlin on seldom offered cover flown from Tampa io Sf. Petersburg. Pm. New York Ciiy 12-14- 29. Cat. value of cover $5.00. Est...... 7.50 42 25Ell Elmer G. Cross on St. Petersburg-east. Est. 2.00 43 27NW22 Ralph R. Devore on Clevland-NW. Est. 2.00 44 27E23 E. L. Preston on Toledo-east. Est. 2.00 45 27E29, R27W30 Mishawaka-east and to same city, both covers signed by pilot John L. Huber. Est. 4.00 96 THIRD AAMS MAIL AUCTION

46 28Wl, 28W2, 28E2, 28E3f, St. Louis-west, signed by pilot C. W. Rousch, Kansas City-west, signed by pilot W. Hun- ter, Kansas City east, signed by Rousch, and remain- ing cover unsigned. Superb covers. Est. 7.50 47 32EaAMa Geo. Buck on Portland-east, fine. Est. 3.00 48 32E2PM Joe W. Taff on Portland-east. Est ...... 2.00 49 32W2c Kenneth W. Neese on Portland-west. Est. 3.00 50 32S6 Leo D. Cuddebach on Spokane-south. Est...... 2.00 51 32E6 Russ Owen on Pasco-Spokane, fine. Est. 3.00 52 33N25 Sherman L. Willard on Wichita Falls-north, and Ft. Worth-north to Pueblo. Two covers. Est. 3.00 53 R33W23, R33E23 Homer J. Rader, on one of two covers to Abilene, Tex. Est...... 3.00 54 34E43 R. C. Downing on Reading-east. Est. 2.00 55 R34W44 R. C. Downing on TO Reading, from Pittsburgh, AMF. Est...... 2.00 56 R34E44 Jim Walker, on To Reading. Est...... 2.00 57 48S1Af R. P. Harris on Minneapolis AMF to Des Moines Est...... 4.00 58 48N4£ C. N. Shelton on Kansas City AMF to Des Moines, 11- 1-40. Fine cover that cats. at $5.00. Est...... 7.50 59 48N6f C. N. Shelton on St. Louis AMF to Des Moines, superb cover. Est...... 4.00 60 :t-..R#ll H. B. Dahl and L. G. Rice on Eugene, Oreg. to Port­ land. 5-1-43, superb. Est. 3.00 61 NR#ll H.B. Dahl and L. G. Rice on Eugene Oreg. to Salem Superb. Est...... 3.00 62 NR#ll Grover Tyler on Salem, Oreg. to Medford. 12-5- 41. Superb. Est...... 2.00 C.A.M. COVERS All covers listed below are in superb condition, are properly postmarked, are clearly and neatly cacheted, and are of regular size, unless otherwise noted. 63 lNla New York-Boston, with magenta cachet ...... 3.00 64 1N9 To Providence, pm Newark AMF . 2.00 65 1S26 Boston-south bs New Haven ...... 1.00 66 1S28, 1N27 Bar Harbor-south bs Boston, and Bangor to Bar Harbor bs. Superb ...... 6.00 67 1S30 Providence via New Haven, bs Newark ...... 2.50 68 1N31 New Haven-bs Providence ...... 5.00 69 3N2, 3N5, 3N7 Moline-north, Wichita-north, Ft. Worth-north. Covers and cachet faded ...... 3.25 70 4E2 Las Vegas-east, bs Salt Lake City ...... 5.00 71 R4S6, R4N6, 4N5, R4N6 To Long Beach from both directions, and Long Beach-north. All superbly postmarked and backstamped ...... 2.75 72 8S4, 8N7, 8Nl5a, San Francisco-south, bs, Los Angeles- north, bs, San Diego-north, no bs ...... 2.25 73 8S22, 8N22, R8S23, Sacramento, north and south, both bs and To Sacramento from north ...... 2.05 74 9W3a La Crosse-west, bs St. Paul ...... 2.75 75 9NW15 Rockford-northeast, bs Madison 3.00 76 9W20, 9E20, R9E21, R9E21 Beloit-east and west, To Beloit from Chicago AMF and La Crosse ... ·...... 5.50 77 9N23 Minneapolis AMF-Pembina bs, 9N22 St. Paul-Fargo bs, auto. pilot J, E. Ohrbeck, 9N22 St. Paul-Pembina bs; 9S26 Pembina-St. Paul bs; 9N26 Pembina-Winnipeg bs auto. A. E. Jarvis; 9N25 Grand Forks-Winnipeg bs, auto. F. Whittemore: and 9N24 Fargo-Grand Forks bs, pilot F. Whittemore. Fine group of covers ...... 7.00 78 9N24 Fargo-north, no bs; 9N25 Grand Forks-north bs; 9S25 Grand Forks-south bs; 9N26 Pembina-north bs; 9S26 Pembina-south no bs...... 3.50 .JANUARY 25, 1944 97

79 9W31, 9E31 Jamestown, ND, east and west, one no bs ...... 1.75 80 9W41 Lansing-Milwaukee ...... 2.00 .81 R9W47, R9E47 To Dickinson, ND, Inbound both east and west ...... 2.00 82 9W52, 9E52 Missoula, east and west, superb ...... 3.00 83 R9E56 To Pontiac-pm Detroit AMF, superb ...... 3.00 84 9W62 Yakima-west bs Seattle . 1.50 85 9W63 Spokane-Yakima bs, superb ...... 2.00 86 10N9 Ft. Myers-north, bs Macon ...... 4.00 87 12S? Cheyenne AMF-Santa Fe bs, 12S5 Pueblo-Albuquerque bs; 12S? Cheyenne-Albuquerque bs; 12S6 Santa Fe­ Albuquerque bs; 12N6 Santa Fe-Cheyenne bs; 12N7 Albuquerque-Cheyenne bs; 12S8 Pueblo-Amarillo bs; 12S? Cheyenne AMF-Amarillo bs; 12N9 Amarillo- Cheyenne. One auto. by Lee Willey ...... 4.25 88 12S12, R12Sl3,R12N13, Las Vegas-south, and To Las Vegas from both directions ...... 3.15 89 12N14 Cheyenne-Casper bs; 12N15 Casper-Billings bs; 12N16 Sheridan-Billings bs; 12Sl 7 Billings-Sheridan bs . 2.95 90 12Nl8f Billings AMF-Great Falls bs .. 2.50 91 17Wl O, 17El O, Rl 7Wll, Rl 7Ell, To and From Bethlehem, Pa. east and west. Superb ...... 2.20 92 17Wl6 Allentown-Akron bs. Superb ... .. 3.00 93 17Wl 7 Bethlehem to Akron bs. Superb ...... 3.00 94 17El8 Akron to Allentown bs. Superb ...... 3.50 95 17 E & W To and From Sharon, Penna April 1, 1942. Five covers, directional coverage, superb ...... ??? 96 17W? Last Flight from New York City AMF-Terminus changed to Newark. 9/7 /30 ...... ??? 97 18T4f North Platte, Neb. AMF-bs NY . 2.00 98 18E8 Elko-east bs Boise. Fine ...... 5.00 99 18Nl8f Omaha AMF-Watertown bs; 18N20 Sioux Falls-north- bs Watertown. 2 covers ...... 3.50 100 Rl8E25 To San Francisco from Reno. 7 /9/33. Superb 3.00 101 18W28, R18W29, R18E29 Grand Island, Nebr. west and in­ bound from both directions. Fine · 1.70 102 18E24, Rl8W25, Rl8E25 . San Francisco-east bs Reno, and in- bound from bo:th directions. Superb ...... 7.00 103 18W26, 18e26, Rl8E27, Rl8W27 Inbound and Outbound from. Moline, Ill. Superb covers and seldom offered 11.50 104 18SW36f St. Paul AMF-Sioux Falls bs, no cachet but superb cover. Seldom offered. Res. $3.00 5.00 105 18W42 Minneapolis :to Huron, superb ...... 3.50 106 18E43 Huron-east bs Minneapolis, superb ...... 5.00 107 18S43 Huron-south Sioux Ci:ty, bs, superb. Res. $4.00 ...... 7.50 108 18N44 Sioux Cify-nor:th, first flight :to Huron. Superb, Re- serve $4.00 ...... s.oo 109 18W46 S,alt Lake City-Denver bs; R18E46 To Denver by west- bound plane, pm Chicago AMF. Superb ...... 4.50 110 18w46f Salt Lake City AMF to Denver bs, superb 5.00 111 18NE47 Omaha-Minneapolis-Direct service, superb ...... 3.00 112 18NE47f Omaha AMF to Minneapolis-Direct service, superb 5.00 113 18SW48 Minneapolis-Omaha-Direct service, superb .. 3.00 114 18N53 Bismarck-Minot, fine 1.50 115 18S54 Minot, N. D.south bs Bismarck, fine . 116 Rock Springs to Boise, Idaho, 11/2/42. Printed nota- tion, bs. Res. $2.00, superb ...... ??? 117 Boise to Rock Springs, First Direct Service, 11/1/42 bs. Superb. Res. $2.00 ...... ??? 118 19S15-N15 Charlotte-north & south, 19S21-N21 Raleigh north & south; 19S24-N24 Savannah, north and south ...... 3.30 98 THIRD AAMS MAIL AUCTION

119 19S20 to 19N25 Ten covers, directional coverage on Eastern Seaboard Branch Route embracing, Richmond, Raleigh, Florence, Charleston, Savannah, and Jacksonville. Superb set ...... 6.10 120 19S26 Newark AMF to Atlantic City 3.50 121 19N28f Spur Rt. Phila. to Atlantic City. 7I15/31. Very rare cover and superb. Res. $6.00 ...... 15.001 122 19N28 Spur Rt. Phila. to Atlantic City. 7I15/31. Pm. Phila. Superb ...... 4.0(); 123 19S30 Atlantic City-Baltimore, Direct Service and 19N31 Baltimore to Atlantic City, 7 /20/31. No cachet but very rare and seldom offered ...... 7.0(): 124 19S46 First Direct Flight from St. Petersburg to Sarasota. 9/26/37. Superb. Res. $5.00 .... 7.50 125 19N49 Addition of Orlando, pm Vero Beach with Orlando, bs. superb. Res. $2.00 2.50 126 20E15f Fort Worth AMF-north, bs Nashville ...... 2.00 127 20E16f Albany AMF 8/1/31. Superb ...... 3.00 128 20W23 Scranton-west; 20E23 Scranton-east; R20E24 Inbound Scranton from west; R20W24 Inbound Scranton from east; 20E25 Elmira-east; 20W25 Elmira-west. Superb 3.95 129 20E27f Nashville AMF-east bs Lynchburg. Postmark is three lines with Clerk's name. Very rare. Res. $3.00 5.00 130 20W28 Knoxville-west; 20W29f Wash. AMF-west; 20W29. Wash.-West. Superb covers ...... 3.20 131 20E30 Roanoke-east; 20W30 Roanoke-west; R20E31 To Ro­ anoke from west, all bs and S'..lperb 2.00 132 20E32 First actual Eastward Dispatch from Roanoke, 7-19-34, no cachet, 2!! pieces, very rare. Reserve $10.00. Under cat. al: .... 10.00 133 20E34 Bristol-east; R20W35 to Bristol from east; 20E36 Lynchburg-east; 20W35 Lynchburg-west 2.45 134 20W38 First Actual Westward dispatch from Bristol, bs Knox- ville. 10/23/34. Res. $2.00 ...... 5.00 135 R20E39 To Bristol-pm Wash. AMF in purple. 10/23/34. Superb and rare. Res. $2.00 5.00 136 R20E39 To Bristol-pm Roanoke, same date. Res. $2.00 5.00 137 R20E41 To Lynchburg-pm Wash. AMF in purple. 10/23/34, Superb and rare. Res. 2.00 ...... 5.00 138 20E46 Syracuse-New York bs. Firs:!: Direct Service. Aug. 1, 1937. Superb. Res. $5.00 ...... 8.00 139 20W57f Windsor AMF-west; 20E57f Windsor-east; R20W58 Chicago AMF-Windsor; R20W58 Detroit AMF-Wind­ sor; R20E58 Buffalo AMF-Windsor; R20E58 Buffalo­ Windsor; R20E58 New York City to Windsor. All properly backstamped and superb covers 6.00 140 23S5, 23N5, R23N6, R23S6, Directional coverage inbound and bound-Montgomery. All backstamped 2.25 141 25W10 Tampa-west, bs St. Petersburg, cachet, superb 5.00 142 28E4N St. Joseph-Night flight; R28E5N To St. Joseph, night flight 3.75 143 29Wlfa New Orleans AMF bs Beaumont, superb 3.00 144 R29W5-R29E5 To Baton Rouge from east and west 1.50 145 R31El To Chicago via CAM #31 as described in AAM Cat­ alogue. Res. $10.00 ??? 146 33N19a Three covers from New Orleans AMF, 33N18 Jack­ son-Memphis, bs and both cachet; 33818 Jackson-New Orleans. Fine 6.00 147 R33W21-R33E21 To Monroe from west and east. Fine 1.50 148 33S6 Big Spring-south; 33W10-E10 Phoenix, west and east; 33W15-E15 Birmingham; east and west; 33E30a El Centro-east; 33T32-Meridan; R33W33 To Meridan from east ...... 4.25 JANUARY 25, 1944 99

149 AM#43 Dodge City, Kans. 2/1/43. Both inbound and out­ bound in both directions, four covers, fine ??? 150 58S2 Toledo-south bs Dayton ...... 1.50 151 58N3 Dayton-north bs Toledo, superb ...... 3.00 F.A.M.COVERS Included in the following FAM lots are many seldom offered covers. All are in superb condition, properly marked. Consult American Air Mail Catalogue for more complete descriptions. 152 Fl-8 Glen Falls-north. Superb and rare ...... 5.00 153 F2-2 Victoria-Seattle 10/ 15/20, no bs ...... 15.00 154 F3-l New Orleans-Pilottown 4/9/23, bs ... . 15.00 155 F5-4b Belize, Hond.-Cristobal 5/22/29 ...... 7.50 156 F5-5 Managua, Nic.-Miami 5/15/29 ...... 6.00 157 F5-6 Cristobal-Havana, Cuba 5/21/29, black cachet 3.00 158 F5-6 Cristobal-Managua-black cachet ...... 3.00 159 F5-7a Panama-Managua, Nie. 5/22/26, purple cachet 3.00 160 F5-8 Colon-David, Panama, purple cachet 5.00 161 F5-12 Curacao-Cristobal 6/23/29, purple cachet .... 1.50 162 F5-13 Cristobal-David 6/20/29, rare cover and superb ..... 12.50 163 F5-24 San Jose, C. R.-Miami 3/11/30, purple cachet 4.00 164 F5-35b Maracaibo, Ven.-Cristobal 5/7 /30, fine ...... 1.50 165 F5-41 Panama-Kingston, Jam. 12/2/30, fine 2.00 166 F5-50 San Fernando, Trinidad-Maturin, Ven. 2/12/31, superb and rare ...... 4.00 167 F5-50 La Guiara, Ven.-Port of Spain, Trin. 2/31/31. Very rare and fine. More than ...... 4.00 168 F5-52 Maturin, Ven.-Port of Spain, 2/13/31. Very rare with cachet-fine. More than ...... 2.50 169 F5-60a San Salvador-Bahamas 6/29/31. All markings and auto. by Pilot E. Schultz ...... 4.00 170 F5-71 Managua, Nie. to Porto Barrios, Guat. 12/5/31. Superb. More than ...... 3.00 171 F5-73 Cozumel, Mex.-Miami 4/18/32 ...... 2.00 172 F5E? Merida, Mex. to New Orleans via New Guatemala Route, 6-14-43. Black cachet, superb ??? 173 F5E? New Orleans, La. to Merida, Mex. (bs) 6/13/43. No cachet but superb cover ...... ??? 174 F5E? Similar cover-fine cover ...... ??? 175 F5E? Round trip cover. New Orleans to Guatemala and re- turn to New Orleans. 6/13/43. Purple cachet at Guatemala. Superb c'lver ...... ??? 176 F5E New Orleans AMF to Merida, Mex. 6/13/43. No cachet and superb ...... ??? 177 F5E New Orleans AMF to Guatemala and return to New Orleans. 6/13/43 Round tripper. Bears Guatemala purple cachet and a"LJtographed by pilot J. C. Britton. Superb ...... ??? 178 F6-7 San Juan-Havana 1/9/29, Autographed by the veteran PAA Pilot Basil L. Rowe. More than 3.50 179 F6-9 San Juan· Port-au-Prince, Haiti 1/21/29. Superb and very rare ...... 12.00 180 F6-10a Miami-Georgetown, B. G. 9/20/29, purple cachet 1.25 181 F6-11 Port-au-Prince to Castries, St. L. 9/21/29. Blue cachet and also FAM # 6 cachet, fine 5.00 182 F6-13a San Juan-Port of Spain 9/22/29 ...... 1.00 183 F6-13a San Juan-Castries, St. L., same date 1.00 184 F6-13a San Juan-St. Johns, Ant., same date 1.00 185 F6-15a St. Thomas-San Domingo, D. R. 9/26/29. Rare 5.00 186 F6-25 Paramaribo-San Juan 9/25/29. Purple cachet 2.00 187 F6-26 Miami-Camaguey, Cuba 7 /2/30. Rare and fine 5.00 188 F6-27a St. Thomas-Camaguey Cuba 7 /5/30. Rare and very seldom offered. Superb ...... 10.00 189 F6-29 Santo Domingo, D. R.-Cayene, Fr. G. 10.00 100 THIRD AAMS MAIL AUCTION'

190 F6-33 San Juan-Natal, Brazil. Black cachet 3.00 191 F6-34 St. Thomas-Rio de Janeiro, 11/25/30. Superb ...... 3.25 192 F6-48 Cayenne, Fr. G. to .San Juan, P. R. 1/8/31. Black cachet and superb ... ········:···· ...... 5.00 193 F6-48 Same cover to Paramaribo, D. G. but no cachet ...... ) 5.00 194 F6-55 Havana, Cuba-Rio de Janeiro, Br. 3/1/31 .. 3.50 195 F6-63 Rio de Janeiro, Br.-Florianopolis, 11/1/31. Black cachet, superb cover ...... 7.50 196 F6-69 Montevideo-San Juan, 11/7 /31, purple cachet 4.00 197 F6-70 Buenos Aires-Cristobal, black cachet, superb 4.00 198 F6-73 Nuevitas-First Flight, 12/4/31 ...... 1.50 199 F6-75a Port-au-Prince,-Nuevitas, Cuba, blue cachet, fine ... 4.00 200 F6-78 San Juan-Nuevitas, 12-6-31, Magenta cachet 1.25 201 F6-79 St. Thomas, V. I.-Nuevitas, magenta cachet ... 1.50 202 F6-81 Port-au-Prince to Maceio, Brazil, fine and rare ...... 5.0(} 203 F6-81 Camaguey, Cuba to Maceio, superb and rare .. 5.0f> 204 F6-9la Miami Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, 7-13-37 3.00 205 F6-? Curacao-Br. Guiana, first flight, 5-7-31 ??? 206 F8-4 Brownsville-Guatemala City, 9-1-29, superb 3.00 207 F8-10a Cristobal-Mexico City, 1-21-30, .green cachet .3.00 208 F8-4a Brownsville-Tapachula, Mex., 9-1-29 ...... 4.0C> 209 F8-13a Guatemala-Cristobal, 3-16-31, black cachet ...... 4.5(} 210 F9-2 Balboa, C. Z.-Guayaquil, Ecuador, 5-14-29 . 1.75- 211 F9-2a Cristobal-Lima, Peru, black cachet . 2.00 212 F9-19 Miami-Buenos Aires, purple cachet, 10-1-29 3.00· 213 F9-25 Miami-Montevideo, Ur., 1-14-30, RED cachet 3.50· 214 F9-26 Cristobal-Montevideo, Ur., 1-14-30, purple cachet 2.00 ·215 F12-la Bangor-Halifax, 8-1-31, superb ...... 3.00· 216 F14-lb & 6b San Francisco-Manila, and Manila to San Fran- cisco, two perfect covers ...... 3.25 217 F14-lb and 6b. Another pair, of the above two covers, two very fine covers ...... 3.25 218 F14-2 Honolulu to Guam, very fine markings 3.00· 219 Fl4-10 Manila to Macao, fine ... 1.25 220 F14-10a Manila-Hong Kong, fine ...... 1.25 221 F14-12c Macao-San Francisco, fine . 2.00· 222 F14-13 Hong Kong-Manila, fine 2.01) TRANS-ATLANTIC SERVICE FAM #18 NORTHERN ROUTE 223 Fl8-10, lOa, lOb, lOc. New York to Shediac, Botwood, Foynes, and Southhampton. Four superb covers autographed by Albert G. Goldman, N. Y. Postmaster. All postmarks and cachets ...... 4.00 224 Fl8-11, lla, lib, 12 Shediac to Botwood, Foynes, Soufhamp· ton and New York, superb covers ...... 4.25 225 Fl8-13, 13a, 14, 14a Botwood to Shediac, Southampton, Foynes, and New York, superb covers ...... 5.00' 226 Fl8-l5, 15a, 15b Foynes to Bofwood, Shediac and New York. Three superb covers ...... 5.00 227 Fl8-16. 16a, 16b Soufhhampton to Botwood, Shediac and New York, Three superb covers ...... 4,50 Lots 223, 224, 225, 226 and 227 are all matched covers and a complete set of the Northern Route of FAM No. 18. Bids of each lot or one bid on the five lots will be accepted and sold to the highest bidder FAM 18 SOUTHERN ROUTE 228 F18-1, la, lb New York to Horta, Lisbon and Marseilles, three covers with all markings ...... 5.25 229 F18-2, 2a, 3 Horta to Lisbon, Marseilles and New York, three covers and fine ...... 9.00 230 FlS-4, 5, 5a Lisbon to Marseilles, Horta and New York, three covers and all markings ... " ...... 8.50 231 F18-:.6a, 6b Marseiiles to ·Horta and New York, two fine covers .. 5.00 JANUARY 2S, 1944 101

FAM 19 UNITED STATES to NEW ZEALAND 232 "Fl9-L la, lb. San Francisco to Canton, Noumea and Auckland. three perfect covers, all markings ...... s.oo 233 Fl9-2, 2a, ·2b, 2c Los Angeles to Honolulu, Canton, Noumea and Auckland. Four superb covers ...... 13.00 234 Fl9-3, 3a, 3b, 4 Honolulu to Canton, Noumea, Auckland and Los Angeles. Four superb covers, all markings ... 7.7S 23S Fl9-S, Sa, 6, Ba, Sb Canton to Noumea, Auckland, Honolulu, Los Angeles, San Francisco, five superb covers .. 13.2S 236 F19-10, 13, 14 San Francisco, Honolulu and Canton Is. to Suva, Fiji Is. Three superb covers ... 5.75 237 F19-7 Noumea, N. C. to Auckland, N. Z., superb .... I.75 238 F19-14 Canton Is.-Suva, superb 2.00 239 F19-15 Suva to Noumea, fine 2.00 240 F19-15a Suva-Auckland, fine 2.00 241 F19-16 Suva to Canton Is., fine 2.00 242 F19-16a Suva to Honolulu, fine 2.50 243 F19-17 Noumea to Suva, fine 2.50 244 F19-18 Auckland, N. Z. to Suva, superb 2.00 245 F21-1, 2 Bangor to Moncton, and Moncton to Bangor, two superb covers 1.75 246 FX-la New Zealand to Hawaii, 12-29-37, all markings and superb 5.00 247 NY-14 Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Miami, blue cachet via NYRBA 2.00 248 NY-16 Port-au-Prince to Montevideo, Ur., 3-7-30, blue cachet via NYRBA 3.00 RARITIES 2SO "Biaritz" Flight. Part of Wing and photo of airplant "Bia­ ritz" which flew from Paris, France to Tontonta, New Caledonia and crashed in landing. Flight in April 1932, and a distance of 24,000 kilometers. A very rare item and a gem for any collection. Subject of article in August Airpost Journal. Bid liberally. 2Sl Canal Zone 4. Scadta Flight, Cristobal, C. Z. to Costa Rica, Aug. 14, 192S. A survey Pioneer Flight with special cachet. A very rare cover and in superb condition .... 20.00 2S2 Pan American Survey Flights. A cover flown from Canton Island to Hawaii of Sept. 4, 1939. A special cachet was applied by PAA and also has a printed notation. No postmark•. A very rare and superb cover. Est•..... 2S.OO 2S3 Pan American Exploratory Flight from Midway to San Fran­ cisco. Postmarked Honolulu. Dated June 18, 193S. PAA cachet and a very rare cover. Reserve $12.SO. Worth ...... 2S.OO 2S4 Pan American Exploratory Flight from Canton Island to San Francisco, postmarked Honolulu, Sept. 8, 1939. One of twelve covers carried by one of the members of the crew, F. McKenzie. A long cover bearing a PAA cachet and in superb condition. Very rare. Reserve $2S.OO. Worth ..... SO.DO ALASKA 2SS 8 Barrow to Nome, S-lS-28. A Pioneer flight auto- graphed by the veteran pilot "Noel Wien." Superb lS.00 256 9b Fairbanks to Circle, 5-21-28 ...... I 8.50 257 10 Fairbanks to Ruby (bs), 5-23-28 ...... 6.00 258 lOc Fairbanks to Candle (bs), 5-23-28 3.50 259 13c Fairbanks to Iditorod (bs), 6-2-28, superb ...... 10.00 SOUVENIR HISTORICALS 260 17 First U.S. Army East to West Air Derby. Oct. 7, 1919. A superb cover as fully described in the American Air Mail Catalogue. A genuine rarity. Low reserve of $2S.OO ...... lS0.00 102 THIRD AAMS MAIL AUCTION

261 38 First Landing in U. S. of World Fliers, 9-5-24, post­ marked Boston. Special cancellation, superb cover. Low reserve of $10.00 ...... 20.00 262 47 Seaplane Service, Victoria to Seattle, Sept. 21, 1925, postmark cachet ...... 15.00 263 70 Ship to Shore Flight by Clarence D. Chamberlin from SS Leviathan. 7-3-27. Addressed to the pilot in his own handwriting, so an autograph. Very fine and rare ...... 20.00 265 92 Glenn H. Curtiss, Special Flight at Hammondsport, N. Y. on July 4, 1928. Only 100 flown. Low reserve of $7.50. Undercat. at ...... 10.00 266 107 S. S. Bremen, Catapult flight to Germany, red cachet 2.00 267 59 First Non-Stop Flight Hampton Rds. to Canal Zone (bs) Nov. 23, 1926. All markings as in catalogue. Very rare ...... 25.00 268 146 First Pacific Ship to Shore, SS Los Angeles to Hono- lulu, 1-30-31, green cachet ...... 2.00 269 166 USS Macon, Navy Day Flight on Oct. 27, 1933. Black printed cachet, postmarked Moffett Field. A very rare and superb cover. Low reserve of $10.00 50.00 269A 36 Round the World Flight US Air Force. Mar. 1924, Card carried on first leg Santa Monica to Seattle. Fine 25.00 269B 88 Round the World Flight. Mears and Collyer. This trip was made partly by air, in 23 days, 15 hours. 36 minutes. 5 seconds. Cards carried are cancelled New York June 28, and backstamped Mukden. China. July 10th and New York July 22. Superb card ...... 12.00 TRANS-OCEANIC FLIGHTS 270 95 First Official Air Mail Australia to England, April 23, 1931, all markings and fine cover ...... 25.00 271 97 DO-X Flight, Germany to South America, a card with all markings. Very fine. Est...... 10.00 272 98 Hillig-Hoiriis, Liberty to Copenhagen flight. June 19, 1931. all markings and signed by both pilots. Low reserve $12.00 ...... 25.00 273 Mass Navy Flight to Hawaii. Cover flown on First Leg, San Diego to San Francisco on Plane lOPl, Squad V-P lOF. Signed by Pilot R. McGinnis and Commander D. F. Seller. Printed cachet, a very superb cover. Reserve $3.00. Est...... 15.00 274 137 Mass Squadron Flight, from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor. Hawaii. Jan. 10, 1934. Auto. by Pilot J. Perry, and printed cachet. Reserve $7.50 40.00 275 150b MacRobertson Air Race. England to Australia, Oct. 22. 1934. All markings and flown by Roscoe Turner. Also autographed by him. Reserve $12.50 .... 25.00 276 159 Survey Flight, Manila to Java, via Netherland Royal Air Force. March 12, 1935 4.00 277 166 Mass Naval Flight, Hawaii to Midway Island and re­ turn. Autographed by entire crew, with printed cachet. Superb cover .... 12.50 278 166a 1935 Mass Naval Flight. Hawaii to Midway Is. May 20th flight. Pm. USS Beaver and (bs) Fleet Air Base. Pearl Harbor. Autographed by entire crew and printed cachet. . ... 25.00 279 171 New York to Norway, Amphibian flight by Thor Sol­ berg. Special printed card, and auto. by pilot. Special Norway cancellation 20.00 280 173d · PAA Survey Flight, San Francisco to Guam and re- turn.. Beautiful round trip cover with all markings. Superb ...... 15.';::l JANUARY 25, 1944 103

281 175 1935 Mass Naval Flight-Hawaii-Johnston Is.-French Frigate Shoal. Nov. 1935. Postmarks and backstamps at aHstops. Printed cachet . A rare and superb cover 20.00 282 193 1936 First 24 Hour Mass Test Flight. San Diego to Hawaii. Dec. 18, 1936. Printed cachet and autograph- ed by pilot, L. M. Hurtado. Res. $3.00 ...... ??? 283 194 First 24 Hour U. S. Naval Mass Flight, San Diego to Pearl Harbor, ,Jan. 28, 1937. All markings and auto­ graphed by pilot L. M. Hurtado. Res. $10.00 .. 50.00 284 201 Anglo-American Good Will Coronation Flight, May 8, 1937. Dick Merrill, the pilot and this long cover both cachets and the three postmarks. Superb ...... 7.50 284A 35 Wilkins North Polar Expedition. Artie Sea Expedition cover inscribed "12,000 miles over Arctic Sea etc." Autographed by Sir Hubert Wilkins. Fine .. 40.00 ZEPPELINS 285 6 Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst. Auto. by Dr. Eckener, superb ...... 4.00 286 6 Friedrichshafen-New York 4.00 287 7 Lakehurst to Germany, card, 10-29-28 4.50 288 7 Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen ..... 4.50 289 14 Orient Flight, (bsl Er Ramle. Card, fine ...... 3.50 290 14h Orient Flight, cover dropped at Athens, Greece. March 25, 1929. Rare 15.00 291 16 Mediter. Flight. Drop mail-Seville, Spain, card 2.00 292 P31 First Trans-Atlantic Zep-ship. Oct. 12, 1924, card . 3.00 293 25a Round the World Flight, Friedrichshafen to Los Angeles. Superb cover with pair of 4M Zep stamps 5.00 294 25c Round the World Flight, Friedrichshafen to same. Fine card with both 2 and 4M Zep stamps .... 7.50 295 26 Round the World Flight, Tokio to Los Angeles. Superb cover with all markings ...... 15.00 296 27 Round the World Flight, Los Angeles to Germany. Card with all markings, fine ...... 4.00 297 28 Round the World Flight, New York to Friedrichshafen, card ...... ··················· ····· 3.00 298 41a Europe-Pan American Graf Zep., on board postmark to Seville, Spain, card ...... 2.00 299 44a Europe-Pan American Rio de Janeiro, fair ...... 3.00 300 43b Europe-Pan American Pernambuco to Lakehurst. No cachets ...... 4.00 301 45b Europe-Pan American Lakehurst to Germany. All markings. Condition fair 5.00 302 47 Northern Europe Flight. Dropped at Bergen, Nor- way. Blue square cachet. AAMS Donation ...... 2.00 303 49a Baltic Sea Flight. Drop mail to Latvia. Green cachet. Card ...... 3.00 304 49b Baltic .Sea Flight, drop mail, green cachet ...... 4.00 305 50 Hungary flight. Drop card. 3-28-31 ...... 4.00 306 58 First South Amer. Flight Friedrichshafen, 8-29-31, green cachet ...... 5.00 307 ?? Third So. Amer. Flight. Friedrichs:1.afen. to Rio de Janeiro, 1931. Special green cachet. Est. 4.00 308 ?? Last Atlantic Flight of Graf Zep. L:::.r:;e on Board postmark, bs Rio de Janeiro. Fine rare card 7.50 309 ?? Last Flight Rio de Janeiro to Germany of Graf Zep. Special postmark 5-2-37 7.50 310 104 First No. American Flight via Hindenb~:rg. O::i. board postmark, fine cover ...... 2.50 311 105 Second No. Amer. Flight of Hindenburg. Mailed from Netherlands, a red circular cachet. May 17, 1936. Donated AAMS ...... 2.00 2-21-25 3.00 104 THIRD AAMS MAIL AUCTION

312 US-5 USS Los Angeles-Lakehurst to Ber~nuda and return. 2~1~5 ·············· 3.00 313 US-6 USS Los Angeles, Lake~urst to Hamilton, Bermup.a. April 15, 1925. Red pm...... 1.50 314 US- Lakehurst, N. J. June 24, 1933, date of arrival of USS Macon. Auto. by Donald R. Fox, officer of day ...... 3.50 315 US- Lakehurst, N. J. May 30, 1933. Memorial cachet to lost "USS Akron". Autographed. by the only three sur- vivors "H. V. Wiley, R. E. Deal, M. Erwin". Rare. Est. 7.50 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS A fine and select group of first flight covers among the Philippine Is­ lands. All covers in superb condition, and are properly postmarked and cacheted. 316 11 Aparri-Manila 5-13-26 ...... 5.00 317 29a Legaspi-Stotsenburg, 10-3-31, only 34 carried. See 1933 Edit. AAMS Cat...... 7.50 318 33 London Orient Flight, Puerto Princesa to Manila, 11- 9-28. Superb. Donated by J. V. P. Heinmuller . 7.00 319 34 London Orient Flight, Manila to Salomague, 11-26-28. Donated by Heirunuller ...... 4.00 320 40 Manila-Lopez-Calvo flight. 4-29-29. Donated by Hein- muller ...... 4.00 321 79 Loaken-Manila, 3-2-32 ...... 7.00 322 85 Aparri-Manila by Spanish fliers, 7-11-32 3.00 323 88 Stotsenburg-Balanga, 8-26-32 4.00 324 89 Stotsenburg to Lingayen, 9-22-32 4.00 325 90 Stotsenburg to Sta. Cruz, 9-23-32 ...... 4.00 326 95 Iloilo-Manila via INEAC, 2-3-33 ...... 2.00 327 97 La Carlota to Iloilo, via INAEC, 2-4-33 . 3.50 328 98 Iloilo-Bacolod by INAEC, 2-4-33 ... 3.00 329 99 Bacolod-Iloilo, via INAEC, 2-4-33 3.50 330 102 Stotsenburg-Cebu, Army flight, 2-24-33 2.00 331 104 Iloilo-Fabrica via INEAC, 3-19-33 ...... 2.50 332 105 Fabrica-Iloilo via INAEC, 3-19-33 ... . 3.50 333 110 Iloilo-Manila ...... 3.00 334 111 Bacolod-Manila via INEAC, 5-26-33. 87 covers carried 7.00 335 114 Iloilo-Fabrica via INAEC, 64 carried ...... 5.00 336 115 Bacolod-Fabrica, via INAEC, 29 carried 8.00 337 117 Manila-Cebu, via INAEC ...... 3.00 338 117a Manila-Zamboanga, via INAEC 2.00 339 117g Cebu-Zamboanga, via INAEC ...... 6.50 340 118k Zamboanga-Iloilo ...... 2.50 341 118n Zamboanga-Manila ...... ·2.00 342 124 Manila-Puerta Princessa via Neth. Indies.. Royal Air, 3-12-35 ...... 4.00 UNITED ST ATES PIONEERS AND GOVERNMENT ALS 343 Pioneer 3d. Garden City Estate. Sept. 30. 19II. Fine cover ...... 10.00 344 1 U. S. Govt. Wash.-New York, 5-15-18, fair . 8.00 345 If New York to Phila., 5-15-18, fair ...... 20.00 346 7 Wash. to New York, Aug. 12, 1918, Govt. assumed con­ trol of air mail from Army Signal Corp. Long cover in superb condition ...... 25.00 347 9 Chicago to New York (bs) 9-9-18 2.50 348 25 St. Louis to Chicago, 8-16-20 .. . 5.00 349 31 Chicago to Madison, 11-29-20 ...... 4.00 350 31 Minneapolis to Chicago, 11-29-20 ...... 4.00 351 3lc La Crosse to Madison, 1-11-21 ...... 4.00 352 32b La Crosse to Chicago, 1-11-21 ...... 6.00 353 40a Detroit to Cleveland, 9-26-22. Rare ... . 10.00 354 42 Springfield, Ill to Chicago, 9-23-22 6.00 355 43a Hartford to New York, 10-6-22. Fine 10.00 356 46 San Francisco to New York, 8-21-23 .. Eastbound and JANUARY 25, 1944 105

and fine small cover ...... 6.25 357 47 Si. Joseph lo Omaha, 8-31-23. Fine ...... 12.00 358 49c Bryan, Ohio to New York, 7-21-24. Fine ...... 10.00 359 55 New York to Chicago, 7-21-25. Overnight Flight 1.00 360 Firs! Day Cover under lhe 16c air mail rate,. a long superb cover flown from New. York lo Washington, with ihe special air mail postmark and franked wilh lhe 16c green. Very rare. Esl...... 15.00 360A 39 Norfolk, Nebr. lo Omaha, Nebr. Aug. 24, 1922. Speci­ ally authorized flighl between lhese fwo cities during American Legion Conv. Superb card wilh all markings 20.00 360B 36 "William Penn" Special flight between Washington and Philadelphia in 1921 in connection with Phila. Welfare Federation's Fund Campaign. Special postmark for the flight. Superb cover from Phila. 11-14-21. Ad· dressed in care of "While House, Wash. D. C." . 20.00 360C 36 "William Penn" Special Flight as above but from Wash­ ington to Philadelphia. Superb cover 20.00 360D 48 Santa Rosa, Calif. l:o San Francisco, Calif. Experimental flight in both directions. Covers bear black cachet reading "Air Mail Service" Feb. 27, 1924. Superb cover 12.00 DEDICATIONS 361 Gl28 Hessel, Mich, 7-26-34 5.00 362 H78 Rensselser, Ind., 6-19-35 ...... 4.50 363 K70 Gladwin, Mich., 7-14-38 ...... 7.00 364 K79 Plymouth, Mich., 8-7-38 ...... 6.25 365 K79a Plymouth, Mich., 8-7-38 .... . 6.25 366 K95 Winchester, Va., 9-25-38 4.50 367 K98 Connellsville, Pa., 10-1-38 ...... 6.00 368 K105 Martinsburg, Pa., 10-22-38 1.75 369 L47 Griffin, Ga., 6-18-39 2.25 370 M16 Vero Beach, Fla. Seaplane Base, 1-25-40 5.25 371 M19 Melbourne, Fla. Seaplane Base, 1-26-40 3.50 372 M88 Fernandina, Fla. Seaplane Base ...... 3.00 373 Nl06 Quonset Point, R. I., 7-12-41 8.00 374 N175 Traverse City, Mich., 10-10-41 ...... 3.75 '.375 N207 South Dayton, Ohio, 11-23-41 ...... 4.00 .376 017 Elizabeth City, N. J., 4-1-42 ...... 8.25 377 021 Moffett Field, Calif., 4-16-42 ...... 9.75 378 021 Moffett Field, Calif., 4-16~42 ...... ~...... 9.75 379 021a Moffett Field, Calif, 4-16-42 ...... 9.75 380 0- Raton, New Mex., 12-7-42 ...... 8.50 .381 085 Lake City, Fla., Naval Base, 12-8-42 ...... 9.00 .382 P6 Strot::::-.er Field, Arkansas City, 1-24-43 ...... 4.75 .383 P7 Stroth~r Air Base, Winfield, Kansas, 1-24-43 ...... 3.75 .384 Dedicadon U. S. Naval Air Base, Midway Island, Aug. 1, 1941. Est...... 10.00 MISCELLANEOUS LOTS 385 Lind. #140 Miami to Cienfuegos, Cuba via American Clip­ per Flight with C. A. Lindbergh as pilot. Special PAA cachet ...... 7.50 386 Flown Cover from Mozambique to S6. Africa. Air label used as stamp, and registration receipt tied to back of cover. Est...... 3.00 387 Flown on First Day of 6c Air Mail Rate, Dec. 16, 1918. Postmark, Philadelphia ...... ??? 388 First Direct Flight from Zurich, Switzerland to Stock­ holm, Sweden via SWISSAR, Oct. 13, 1938. Blue cachets ...... '...... 2.00 .389 Twenty-one different censored covers, some via air mail. Included are covers from Antigua, Liberia, and many Latin American countries. Fine ...... ??? 106 THIRD AAMS MAIL AUCTION

390. First Day Cover of Newfoundland air mail stamps, Scott's Nos. C-13 & 14, 5 & lOc July 9, 1933 ...... ??? 391 National Air Mail Week. Eight covers mailed from New York City, and addressed to James A. Farley, Postmaster General. Special printed cachet on each cover ...... ??? 392 Cover flown from Newark AMF, Aug. 1, 1931 routed over AM # 1 Extension from Portland to Bangor and then over FAM # 12 to St. John. Backstamped St. John, Aug. 1, 1931. Est...... 5.00 393 Cover flown on Army Air Corps Ferry Command Bomber flight from Burbank, Calif. to Dayton, Ohio. Auto. by pilot flying the bomber. Appropriate nota- tion on cover. Est. 20.00 394 Cover .flown on the First Flight of the world's largest Bomber, the B-19. Blue explanatory cachet and post- marked March Field, 6-27-41. Est. 5.00 395 First Pacific Ship to Shore Service via Dirigible Pick- up, from SS City of Los Angeles to San Pedro, June 12, 1931. Red Cachet ...... 5.00

··-~·-CLIP.HERE-··--- BID Sl-IEET 3 AAMS MAIL AUCTION GEORGE D. KINGDOM, P. 0. BOX 37, CONNEAUT, OHIO Please purchase for me at your Auction Sale to be held at Conneaut, Ohio, on January 25, 1944 the lots enumerated below, the prices being the highest that I will pay for each lot. It is understood that you will buy them for me as much below these limits as is possible. In accordance with your terms of sale, I will take up andl pay for within three days any lots that you secure for me.

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No. Did No. Bid No. Bid II I II I II I I! I II I II I II I !1 II I II I I II II II II II !\..'-'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''"""B U Y - S ELL -WAN T L IS TS APJ ADS AAMS EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT RATES: WILL EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL AIR ~''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''"""ONE CENT PER WORD per Insertion. post albums (2 vols.) for used air mails. Minimum charge 25 cents. Four insertions or same want ad for the price or three. John E. Sheil, #2(;77, 1180 East 37th St., (Fourth insertion free}. Remittance must Brooklyn 10, N. Y. Ex-164-lt accompany order and copy. The AIRPOST JOURNAL, APJ Ads, Albion, Penn'a. OVER $60 .CASH VALUE IN . PILOT­ autographed FAMs and CUbans including TRANS - OCEANIC AIRPLANE MAIL several Edwin Musick signatures for mint from flown, attempted or intended flights. William H. Krinsky, 2620 Glenwood Road, set U. S. Zepps. Roy Votaw, 1044 N. Edi­ Brooklyn, N. Y. 159-lOc son, Stockton, Calif. Ex-164-lt. HAVE AIRPOST JOURNALS FROM AUG­ WANTED-UNUSUAL CENSORED COV­ ust, 1940 to October, 1943. What am I of­ ers With :foreign stamps. Also :foreign fered for entire lot or any part thereof? covers with A.P.O. cancellations. Standard Raymond B. Tyrrell, 89 Saratoga Ave.. size please. Richard L. Singley, 1022 West Yonkers 5, N. Y. Ex-164-lL Ross St.. Lancaster, Penn'a. 163-4t• W~EGYPT NUMBERS c2o AND SCARCE FIRST FLIGHTS OF ALL KINDS 21 to complefe set. Will trade or buy for exchanged for your accumulations of mint cash. Walter Kaplan. 1161 Forest Ave.; and used United States and foreign stamps. Palo Alto, Calif. Ex-164-lt REX, Box 6171-A, Cleveland, Ohio. 164-4t• WANTED: CLEAN, NEAT, IULY 1942 and 1943 · magazine covers having U. S. :flag AAMS EXCHANGE ADS designs. Will trade or buy. Send list. Lester S. Manning, 13502 Monte Vista Ave., LET'S EXCHANGE DUPLICATE AIR Detroit 4, Mich. Ex-164-lt. baggage and air mail .labels. Send me 50- EXCHANGE WANTED AIRMAIL STAMPS 100 dtfierent. I'll promptly send you same mint and used, not commons, sets pre­ amount. Earl H. Wellman, Brookfield, ferred, also FAM covers. Rafael R. Garcia, Illinois. Ex-163-2t. ------·---· - Apartado 129, Habana, CUba. Ex-164-lt EXCHANGE INDIAN PIONEER AND WANTED USED OR MINT AIRMAILS offjclal first flight covers, stamps, for world or airmail collections in exchange for airmail stamps, · pioneer trans-Atlantics, good U. S. or other desirable foreign mat­ Pacifies, other Historical flights. A. R. erial. M. AMIEL, N. Ashland Bvb. Chicago m. E x-159-st• Binns. Supply Departmentr Simla {India). Ex-164-lt. CRASH COVERS WANTED-TRADE OR purchase. Needed :for my own collection• .EARLY PIONEER ffiSTORI~AL FLIGHTS Also rarer CAM and FAM covers. Joseph ·required and world airmail stamps. Offer Eisendrath, 2394 Deere Park Drive, High­ Indian .historical and official covers, land .Park, Ill. Ex-164-lt. stamps. Accept commissions behalf other members. A. R. Binns, Supply Depart­ WANT FINE USED ENSLAVED NATIONS ment; Simla (India}. Ex-164-lt. issues. Offer one mint for two used. Used EGYPT-IF YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY {.!. S. airmails also wanted, Exchange ar­ anything of Interest from this land please ranged. T. F. Whitbread, W. Cumming­ let me know. Ernest A. Kehr, 127-10 103 ton, Mass Ex-164-2t. Avenue, Richmond Hili'19, N. Y. Ex-164-lt IF Y- CAN'T BUY YOUR LARGE BLOCK • of Egyptian Graf Zeps I'll pay for the privilege o:f photographing it. Ernest A. Kehr, 127-10 103 Avenue, Richmond Hill USED AIR MAILS ~~~ Ex-™~L PRICE AND CHECK LIST OF North, Central and South America lOe Konthly offers o:f European, Asiatic and WILL EXCHANGE FIRST D~YS FOR Zeppelin covers. Name your wants-I African airs. New issue and want list have practically all commemorative FDCs. service. GEORGE HERZOG A. Flesch, 463 Lincoln Place, Brooklyn 16, 68 Nassau Street New York Clt7 N. Y. Ex-164-lt. Fig to S~O~T'S • WHEN YOU w ANT THE BEST IN AIRPOST -1.: STAMPS, COVERS, PIONEERS OR CUR-

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