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RATES: URGENTLY NEEDED: Names of auction FOUR CENTS PER WORD per insertion. buyers who are interested in bidding on Minimum charge one dollar. Remittance pioneer, better grade, and Zeppelin c?vers must accompany order and copy. The in our auctions. U.S.A. offered exclusively. AIRPOST JOURNAL. 350 No. Deere Park Send names to Herman Herst, Jr., Shrub Drive, Highland Park, Ill. Oak, N.Y. *401 WANTED: Stamps and Collections, Odds PUBLICATIONS and Ends etc. for Our Sales, Please Write Sam S. Beck 4626 Mankato Royal Oak, Mich. DID YOU GET your copies of new re­ prints of volume 1 & II of Cata­ CAM's, FAM's, Airport Dedications, Gov­ logues? They are going fast ... Order ernment Flights, other covers and plate yours from: George D. Kingdom, Box 37, blocks in our auctions. Write for lists. Conneaut, Ohio. Price $6.25 each ($6.50 Also e x ch a n g e. George Austed, 220 overseas). Volume UI still available at Orizaba Ave., San Francisco, 27, Calif. $6.25. WANTED: Club members to use the Sales COLLECTORS NEWS: monthly publica­ Department. How about you? I can use tion for Collectors! Advertising, Pictures, your duplicate covers. Write Herman Features. China, clocks, cars, coins, docu­ Kleinert 213 Virginia. Fullerton, Penna., ments, dolls, guns, toys, radios, stamps, etc. Sample copy 35c, Yearly subscription WILL EXCHANGE Air Letters For Same, $3.00. Box 566, Columbus, Nebraska. *402 Or Will Take Air Covers, Stamps Etc., Herman Kleinert, 213 Virginia Ave., FOR SAL.E Fullerton Penna., NEED MINT or used Philippines C 32 UNITED NATIONS: New Airmail Postal Newfoundland Cll New Guinea Cl3 Stationery Issued 4/26/63 - 6c card & Sc Brazil Cl5 Colombia C25-32-33-46-53-54-67 envelope. Limited number of Brochures Cash or Trade. A. R. Campbell 18640 prepared - each contains First Day of 6c Prairie, Detroit 21, Mich. card & Sc envelope, $1.00. Order promptly from Secretary: Ruth T. Smith, 102 Arbor NEED MINT or used Ecuador CF-2 Hon­ Road, Riverton, N. J. duras C62-63 IFNI C47 Mozambique Cl3-14 Russia 12A Venezu.,la C17S Cash or Trade A. R. Campbell, 18640 Prairie, Detroit 21, WANTED and EXCHANGE Mich. WANTED: Swiss Aero Material. Semi­ WANT LIST: NB-36H Nuclear reactor on Officials. Pioneer Sbmps, Mint and on B-36, X-3, X-5, XP-59A, P-SO R-ramjet , First F Ii g h t s, Balloon Covers test bed, X-2 Kinchloe, X-13 Vertijet, 'Vayne Fitzgibbons 5700 N. Orange Ave. XF-S4-H Turboprop version of F-S4, U-2 Chicago 31, Illinois. flights, D-55S-1, MX-324 first rocket plane of US Army, Ercoupe Rocket plane of FIRST FLIGHT covers (275) CAM and Gen Bouchey, XB-47D turboprop testbed FAM. Sell as one lot. A Bargain at $37.50. of B-47. Edmond C. Browne, 120 Kenil­ A. G. S c h a e ff er, 302 So. 7Sth St. worth Place, Brooklyn 10, N. Y. Milwaukee 14, Wisconsin. WANTED: Kingsford Smith covers from Pacific/ Atlantic flights. Offer New Zeal­ SEND ME 200 common AIRS and I will and Air in exchange. Douglas Walk­ return same amount and kind, used pre­ er, 21 Macmillan Ave., Cashmere Hills, ferred. John G. Kunz, 2331 N. W. 15 St., Christchurch, New Zealand. Miami 35, Fla. WILLING to exchange my Chilean proof WANTED: Set three U.S.A. Graf Zeppelin souvenir sheets for Zeppelin, catapults or stamps. Offer unmounted collection New DOX flight covers. Alfredo Saavedra M. Zealand flights in exchange. Douglas Gay No. 2145, Santiago, Chile *39S Walker, 21 Macmillan Ave., Cashmere Hills, Christchurch, New Zealand. EARLY N. Z. flights, AAMS 12 & 13. Will swap for pioneer FFs any country. J. S WANTED: postcards, photos and 1st flight Langabeer, 20 William Denny Ave., Auck­ covers of flying boats of the world. Law­ land W. 2, New Zealand. rence DeMars, 501 Tenth Ave., W. Spen­ cer, Iowa. UNCATALOGUED varieties N. Z. Domin­ ion Airlines label on flown covers. Swap for pioneer FFs any country. J. S. Langa­ WANTED: flown covers on any U-2 flight. beer, 20 William Denny Ave., Auckland 'Vil! swap flown jet covers or cash. Ed­ W. 2, New Zealand. mond C. Browne, 120 Kenilworth Place, Brooklyn 10, N. Y. WANTED: scarce aerogrammes, cards, envelopes, job lots and collections. Cash WANTED: 19th century Albany, N. Y. cov­ or exchange. A. Lewandowski, Box 1, ers. Wm. Seifert, Jr., 4 Russell Rd., West New York 40, N. Y. *39S Albany 5, N. Y. *39S The American Air Mail Society A Non-Profit Corporation Incorporated 1944 Organized 1923 Under the Laws of Ohio

PRESIDEN'l' Dr. James J. Matejka, Jr. Official Publication of the LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, Illinois AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY SECRETARY Ruth T. Smith Vol. 34, Number 9 Issue 397 102 Arbor Road Riverton, N. J. TREASURER John J. Smith 102 Arbor Road Riverton, N. J. VICE-PRESIDENTS Contents ------For June, 1963 Joseph L. Eisendrath Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr. Herman Kleinert Complete Plans for 40th Convention.. . . 226 Lester S. Manning EDITORS - Other Publications Swiss Pro Aero 1963 Special Stamp 226 L. B. Gatchell Geo. D. Kingdom Foreign Pioneer Airpost Flight, ATTORNEY 1909-1914 ··················· 229 George D. Kingdom Society's Annual Benefit Auction 238 SALES MANAGER Herman Kleinert Unlisted Postal Cachet of London 215 Virginia Ave. Fullerton, Pa. Blitz ...... 243 DmEGTOR OF FOREIGN RELATIONS Official Section 245 Dr. Max Kronstein AUCTION MANAGER Airs of the Month . . . 246 Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr. ADVANCE BULLETIN SERVICE Miniature Sheet~ Enjoyable Sideline .. 248 Paul Bugg 3724 Old York Rd. APJ Ads. inside front cover Baltimore 18, Md. TRANSLATION SERVICE Roland Kohl Augusta-Victoria Str. 4 Wiesbaden, West Germany EDITOR AUDITOR Joseph L. Eisendraih Stuart J. Malkin 350 No. Deere Park Drive, Highland Park, lli. DIRECTORS ASSISTANT EDI'l'ORS Alton J. Blank, Herbert Brand­ Robert W. Murch ner, Paul Bugg, Robert E. Har­ Ernest A. Kehr L. B. Gatchell ing, Dr. Max Kronstein, George DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATl!I li~OB.S L. Lee, Narcisse Pelletier, Horace R. Lee Black, N. Pelletier, Florence L. Kleinert, D. Westbrooks. Dr. Max Kronstein, Richard L. Singley, William MEMBERSHIP DUES - $4.00 R. Ware, James Wotherspoon, John Watson, per year William T. Wynn, Frank Blumenthal, Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr., J. S. Langabeer. Include subscription to The AIRPOST JOURNAL. Appli­ Published monthly at Albion, Erie Co., Pa., U.S.A. cants must furnish two refer­ Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office ences, philatelic preferred. At at Albion, Pa., February 10, 1932, under least one must reside in Appli­ the Act of March 3, 1879. cant's home town. Applicants The AIRPOST JOURNAL is not conducted for under 21 years must be guar­ profit. The Editor and all others serve without teed by Parent or Guardian. compensation. Receipts from advertising, sub­ Membership may be terminated scriptions and contributions are applied to the by the Society in accordance betterment of the magazine and the promotion with its By-Laws. of aero-. Correspondence concerning sub­ scriptions, back numbers and The Editor and Officers of The American Air bound volumes, address changes Mail Society assume no responsibility for the and other matters and all re­ accuracy of statements made by contributors. mittances should be sent to the Every effort is made to insure correctness of Treasurer. All general com­ all articles. munications and advertising Subscription Rates: $4.00 per year, 330 per copy. should be sent to the Editor. Advertising Rate Card available from the Editor. THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 225 Complete Plans for 40th Convention

LANS rhave been completed for the• 40th Anniversary Convention to be held at the Sheraton-Plaza Hotel in Boston, Mass. on July 12-14. While P all meetings and functions will be held at the hotel, the exhibition will be held in the new Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum at Regis College in Weston, a suburb of Boston. It will be strictly non-competitive. There will be no judging and no awards, but each participant will receive a certificate of Appreciation and Participation. The Post Office Department will establish a convention station in the lobby of the hotel, to be open for all three days. On Friday, July 12, the Post Office Department will issue the new 6c Air Mail stamp for use on post cards. The Society is offering special Artcraft cards which may be secured at the hotel or through Ruth T. Smith, Secretary, 102 Arbor Rd., Riverton, N. J. Collectors are reminded that if covers are sent for First Day of Issue cancellation, they must have 2c addi­ tional postage or a total of 8c. On Friday a First Day of Issue luncheon will be held at the Sheraton-Plaza. George D. Kingdom, Past President of the Society, will preside. High postal offi­ cials from Washington and Boston will speak as well as representatives from the United Nations Postal Administration, the Museum, the National Air Transport Association and philatelic organizations in the Boston area. There will be a display of rare postage stamps and essays in the lobby of the hotel presented by the U. S. Post Office and the U. N. Tickets to the First Day luncheon are $5.00 each and may be secured as provided hereunder. Early reservation is requested. After the first day luncheon the Society will hold its Annual Business Meeting. Friday night there will be a Presidents' Reception, followed by an auction of desirable Airpost material. On Saturday, the whole day will be devoted to a trip to the Museum. Char­ tered buses will proceed by way of Lexington and Concord and other historical places with stops at all. Luncheon will be served at the Museum. Price for all day tour, including lunch, is $6.00 per person. The Annual Banquet will be held on Saturday night at the Sheraton-Plaza. Ernest A. Kehr, distinguished author and lecturer, will be Master of Ceremonies. The principal speaker will be G. J. (Jerry) Godbout of the Air Transport Associa­ tion of America, who will speak on the part air mail plays in the national air trans­ port scene. The program will also include presentation of honors and installation of the new officers. Tickets including all gratuities, $8.00 per person. Sunday will conclude the Convention. If an additional business meeting is necessary it will be held. The Post Office will be open until 12 noon. Those planning to exhibit should write George D. Kingdom, P.O. Box 37, Conneaut, Ohio giving a description of what they will show and the number of frames desired (not to exceed 5). Each frame 24 x 36"-$3.00 per frame. Those desiring tickets to various events should contact L. B. Gatchell, 6 The Fairway, Upper Montclair, N. J. Remember: luncheon on Friday is $5.00 (includes souvenir brochure), trip to Museum is $6.00 and banquet Saturday is $8.00. Special rates at the Sheraton-Plaza are in effect for the Convention. Direct your inquiry to Richard C. Stevenson, Convention Manager, and tell him that you plan to attend the Convention. Swiss Pro Aero 1963 _Special Stamp and Commemorative Postal Flights

The 'Swiss Pro Aero Foundation,' which was established in 1938 for the encouragement of civil aviation, is celebrating it s 25th anniversary .this year. To mark this occasion a special stamp will be brought out on 1st June. It will only be valid for franking letters and cards to be ·Conveyed on the commemorative flight Berne-Locarno, or the helicopter ·feeder flight Lang­ enbruck-Berne. Both flights will take place on 13th July. 1963. 50 years to the day ,after the first ;flight over the Alps, from Berne to Milan, was under­ taken by Oskar Bider. The net proceeds from rthe sale of the stamp will go to Pro Aero for the promotion of the aims of t he Foundation. Validity The Pro Aero stamp will only be valid ·for franking mail to be carried on the special postal flights of 13th July, 1963. Sale of si'amps and stationery, delivery The Pro Aero stamp 2. fr. denomination, can be obtained, uncan·celled. at all Swiss post offices from 1st J'llne rto 8th July, 1963. It is also •obtainable, for collection purposes, from the Philatelic Agencies PTT Berne and Basel, as follows: · uncancelled: 1st June to 3lsrt July, 1963 -cancelled by means of either of .the two special postmarks (see below ) 13th to 31st July, 1963. At the above Agencies the following stationery prepared ·for the Pro Aero stamp will also be on sale: Price per item without stamp with stamp fr. fr. Collection sheet No. 209 ...... -.10 2.20 Folder No. 56 ...... -.50 2.60 Special envelope without stamp. .. _ -30 2.50 ...... Written orders should be addressed to the Philatelic Agency PTT. Berne (postal cheque account No 1116456) exclusively. Special posi•al flights, mail items admiiied for transport The following fli.ghts will ibe 'Undertaken on 13th July, 1963: (a) Commemorative flight Berne-Loca.rno ~b) Helicopter feeder flight Langenbruck-Berne Admitted for tran·sport are only unregistered letters up lo 20 grams and postcards intended for Switzerland and Liechtenstein (no urgent or express letters will be accepted). On letters and cards the desired route is to be indicaied as follows: Bern-Locarno or Langenbruck-Berne-Locarno Mail items wi'tihout indication of route will be oflown from Berne to Locar.no.

THE AIRPOST JO URN AL, JUNE, 1963 227 All il:ems to be transpor:ted on these flights must have a Pro Aero stamp affixed. Letters and cards will have tv be enclosed in a stamped envelope and must be in the hands of the Philatelic Agency PTT by 10th July, 1963. The transport of items received after that date cannot be guaranteed. Special postmark, postmark applied on arrival Letters and cards will be postmarked with the one or the other of the special postmarks reproduced above, according to the route chosen. On request, loose Pro Aero stamps or Pro Aero stamps stuck on sheets will also be cancelled wi,th these postmarks. They are to be sent to the Philatelic Agency PTT, Berne not later than 13th July; for the returrt a self-addressed envelope fr-anked at the letter rate should be enclosed. On their arrival at the post office Locarno I the items conveyed on the special postal flights will receive a machine postmark impression and will then be forward to destination.

Who Collects Aerophilatelic Documents? Is There Any New About Astrophilately? Is Astrophilately A New Domain of Collecting? • The last few years a new domain of that are made by the societies. collecting is being formed amongst In consequence of n u m e r o u s in­ aerophilatelists, general collectors and quiries we should state, we think, that topical collectors, which seems to have FISA has no restricting 'rules, nor even developed to a considerable extent. a boycotting list (of exhibitions and With the first space flights of Sput­ such), and that it does not meddle niks and Mercury capsules, no doubt a with the personal opinions of the col­ new period has started. Although no lectors, as is done elsewhere. mail has been transported by them so All ·the societies and federations af­ far, the numerous stamp issues and first­ filiated to FISA keep that rule and day covers bearing cachets that are strive to unite the astrophilatelists, as sometimes of real interest, are souvenir well as to encourage them, having them­ documents which we possibly might re­ selves special sections and groups of gret in the near future ·that we did not action in that direction. collect from the beginning. In case you are interested, please It is known, and should not be a apply to the aerophilatelic societies of cause for surprise, that the interests of your country, or to the Secretary General several groups (such as Post Services, of FISA, Kriekenboslaan 29, Heverlee­ Philatelic Federations and professional Leuven I, Belgium, who can inform philatelists) entirely or partly coincide, you about the societies that may be ap­ or that they overshoot the mark which propriate for you. might have been fixed as being of a special interest for the domain of col­ .Editor's note. The A. A. M. S. is not lecting. In time, however, it is hoped connected with F. I. S. A. but is in that a more moderate policy with regard accord with what FISA hope; to acc01n­ to issues will be achieved. through the plish. We are gUid to give it space in often repeated petitions and protests our columns. 228 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 Forei~ Pioneer Airpost Flights 1909-1914 C. SPECIAL POSTAL CANCELLATIONS OF THE PIONEER P·ERIOD IX. Airfield .cancellations on the occasion of Pioneer Air Events in Germany 1911-1913 By Dr. Max Krons:tein

The airfields of the pioneer period •were usually sport fields, race tracks, or military training grounds, which were sih1ated outside of the city area itself and which had therefore no postal facilities. Even such well known airfields as Berlin's J ohannisthal Flying Ground did not have any special postal cancellation until 1913. Therefore such special airfield cancellations which are found refer to special temporary postal facilities which were established during certain national air events. As they existed on a very limited time basis, these cancellations are just as scarce today as the postal cancellations of such airpost events which have previously been discussed. It is the purpose of the present article to identify some of these special cancellations in respect to their historical meaning.

I. T·he first postal special airfield cancellation in Germany was a cancellation "CHEMNITZ FLUGPLATZ" in use during tlhe Sachsen Round-trip between May 20 and June 1, 1909. (as illustrated). A special postcard was isued in connection with the Saxonian circuit flights. This event started with a Chemnitz Aviation Week held sinmltaneously with the first Air Competition Week at the Upper Rhine. The opening day was rainy, but nevertheless the competitions were held. The aviator Lindpaintner-in 1912 one of the pilots of the Munich airpost flights-won a special award for a 30 kilometer flight with passenger, as well as winning at the same time the high altitude prize. Rover on Grade monoplane and H. Grade, the constructor of the Bork-Bruck air­ , were among other winners.

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 229 This local aviation week was followed by overland flights over the main cities of t!he Kingdom of Saxony, starting with an overland flight Chemnitz-Dresden, where on May 25 a local aviation day was held, and continued the next day to Leipzig -where again a local aviation day took place-and from there to Flauen. Here the competition was held up for two days because of very bad rain. On May 31 the cir­ cuit was resumed with an overland flight to Zwickau and back to Chemnitz, where the events had started. On June 1 they ended with another final aviat.ion day at Chemnitz. That is why the CHEMNITZ FLUGPLATZ cancellation can be found with any of the dates between May 20 and June 1, 1911. The first winner of the whole circuit was Laitsch, the second Aviatik flyer Buchner and third came Lind­ paintner, who also won a number of special awards. It is typical of the peroid, th.at these three flyers received a total of more than $15,000 prize money.

Without a special cancellation there was an air competition in Western Germany on Sept. 25/0ct 2, 1910 as a "Distance Flight Competition" (WETTFERNFLIE­ GEN) Trier-Metz ( 65 miles) when special cards were used, as shown here. The winner, Jeannin, (Aviatik) made the flight in 1 hour 50 minutes. Other com­ petitors such as Hess, Thelen and Captain Engelhardt terminated their flights near Luxemburg, at Thionville and at Nancy. II. THE SECOND POSTAL SPECIAL AIRFIELD CANCELLATION was used at the Kiel airfield during an aviation week as a part of a great GERMAN CIRCUIT FLIGHT for the award established by the Berlin newspaper "Berliner Zeitung", that is for the "BZ Prize of the Air". Special cards were available show­ ing pictures of airfield scenes with the photos of some competitors (in circular shape), There was also an "Offizielle Postkarte" with an imprinted emblem of a monoplane in front of the sun with the inscription "RUNDFLUG BZ PREIS DER LUFTE". Many German cities took part in this event but only the Kiel airfield established a special postal facility which used a special cancellation from June 17 to June 23. The cir­ cuit had started on June 11 at Johannisthal near Berlin with 25 aviators off for magdeburg. Schwerin and Hamburg, reaching Kiel on June 17. Wincziers, Lind­ paintner and Buchner were the first to arrive there. A whole week of aviation events was scheduled to be 'held at Kiel, where at that time a National Rifle Shooting Competition also took place ( Bundesschiessen"). That is why both events are

230 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 mentioned in. the postal cancellation: KIEL-FLUGWOCHE-BUNDESSCHIESSEN­ ( date) (Time of day); also, two special vignettes were issued there, one referring to the shooting competition and showing a target in form of a balloon-like design, the other referring especially to the aviation events and showing a monoplane over the city harbor with inscription "FLIGHTWEEK KIEL - 18-24. June 1911". In spite of very poor weather this aviation week was eventful, with H. Hirth on a Rumpler monoplane establishing a new German high altitude record ( 2200 meters) and with Reinhard on an Euler Biplane flying high over the German Fleet, anchored in the Kiel Harbour at that time. The next day (June 20) Hirth also flew over the harbor to win a special award. On June 23 the overland circuit was resumed, and the operation of the airfield postal facilities in Kiel ended. At Hannover an aviation day was 'held on June 25. They continued-with special aviation days in larger cities__,Munster, Coln, Dorbnund, Kassel, Nordhausen, Halberstadt and back to Berlin, where they arrived on Junly 10. At the Nordhausen stage special flight events were held over the Harz Mountains with a card showing a large biplane (and smaller planes) over Nordhausen inscribed "German Circuit Flight 1911-With Aeroplanes over the Harz-Nordhausen Aviation Days 3-5 July 1911." as shown. The first prize of $10,000 with a trophy went to Koenig, who had flown success­ fully over a route of ll80 miles; second winner was Vollmoeller over nearly the same distance, followed by Buec1hner ( 850 miles) and by Lindpaintner ( 765 miles). III. THE THIRD SUCH SPECIAL AIRFIELD CANCELLATION was used at Kiel in the following year. This year 1912 found the country much more air­ post-conscious, since the great airpost-card-week at Darmstadt ("On Rhine and Main") had been a national airpost event. It might be mentioned that shortly before the 1912 Kiel events the Language Commission ( Sprac1h-commission) of the Garman "Luftfa.hrer Verbandes" went into a consideration of the meaning of the word

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 231 "Flug Post Karte" (Flight Post Card) and ruled that only airplanes can fly; balloons travel in the air. Therefore only airplanes could be referred to as to carry­ ing flight post cards. Balloons and airships could carry "Luftfahr Karten" (Air Traveling Cards or Air Navigation cards) only. Quite a world-moving decision at that time.

232 THE AIRPOST ;TOURN AL, JUNE, 1963 Whatever the names might have been, the cards and covers with the Kiel special cancellation "KIEL-NORDMARKFLUG - date - time of day" were not carried by plane or airship. This cancellation refers to the post despatches not t'he special auxiliary postal station at the Flying or Sporting Grounds at Kiel. These are very scarce today, (One such item is pictured here). A special vignette was used for this occasion. This was perforated showed a blue frame witih the inscription "Nordmarkflug - 16 Juni - 8. Juli 1912". In the center a Taube monoplane was shown in flight, coming in from the sea over a flat countryside with a light house in the distance. The meaning of the word "Nordmarkflug" in the postal cancellation refers to the fact that the Kiel Aviation Days were actually the start of an Air Com­ petition over the northern frontier area of Germany. The Kiel Days were scheduled for June 16 to 21. 1912, which limit the operation of the special postal facilities and of the special cancellation. Here too, the weather was so poor ·that on June 18 three aviators were forced to emergency landings. Nevertheless two German records were broken, when Casper on Rumpler monoplane reached an altitude of 3240 meters and Hir~h on Rumpler with one passenger reached an altitude of 2500 meters. The Great Prize of Kiel was won by Stoeffler on a plane of the Luftfahrzeug V. GeseTI­ schaft, with Hirth on Rumpler monoplane as second. There was a special competition for what was called the "Sea Post Prize" established by the local newspaper, Kieler Neueste Nachric'hten. Here it was neces­ sary to fly, with a passenger to the Bulk Lightship (Bulker Feuerschiff), anchored 20 kilometers from the shore. There a mailbag was to be dropped. equipped to float on t'he water. One had to deliver this bag quickly and to drop it as close to the ship as possible. The winner, Baierlein on an Otto Biplane dropped the sea mail 2 yards from the ship. The two runners-up both dropped it 130 yards from the ship. Every contestant required ten minutes for the round trip. The contents of these bags has never been revealed. On June 22 the aviators left Kiel for the Circuit, called the "Nordmarkflug" landing in Flensburg, continuing on June 24 to Husum and Heide and on June 26 to Itzehoe and Elmshorn and finally to Altona~Bahrenfeld. Here there was another post­ al cancellation, which reads (according to the Sieger German Airpost Catalogue XI. Edition): "Altona-Bahrenfeld-1912-Nordmarkflug". This reviewer has never seen this cancellation, but the catalogue states that it was used between June 26 and July 1. On that day .there was a local aviation day at Segeberg. The vignette of the Nordmarkflug evists with an added white strip inscribed "Fliegert:ag Solbad Segeberg-1 Juli 1912". The winners of the Nordmarkflug were Hartman on Wright Biplane and Baierlein and Lt. Kruger. Kiel had another special postal airfield cancellation one year later during the Kiel Aviation Week on July 10 to July 15, 1913 reading "KIEL-FLUGWOCHE 1913 - date and time of day". This was a local aviation event, Prince Henry of Prussia -the brother of the Emperor and sponsor of German aviation of that period-was present, and was a passenger for a one hour flight of Lt. Canter over the Kiel Har­ bour. Attempts were made to replace the 1912 seapost drops by attempted hits on an old ship anchored in !Jhe Harbor. Engineer Schlegel on Aviatik Plane won the first prize, the results being in general quite unsatisfactory. IV. THE FIRST POSTAL CANCELLATION of the Airfleld at Berlin­ J ohannesVhal From the start of aviation in Central Europe, Johannesthal Flying Ground was one of the busiest airfields. No special postal facilities or special cancellation had been awarded to this air center. On August 19, 1911 it was the take-off point for one of the earliest newspaper delivery flights, when Hoffman on a Harlan plane

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 233 with Lt. Steffen as passenger and a package of newspapers left at 4:25 p.m. for Frankfurt on .the Oder, arriving there at 5:55, delivering the papers there one hour faster than would have been p o s s i b 1 e by train. The postoffice did not partici­ pate in this experiment. There was a national aviation week preceding the flight to the Kiel Aviation Week of 1912, but again no postal cancellation was awarded to the field. The earliest cancellation is reported from August to October, 1913. It reads, "Johan­ nisthal b. Berlin - Flugplatz - date and time of day". The same cancellation was later used again in 1921. In August, 1913 the airfield was the center of national distance flights and the base of a French distance flight experiment. A few examples to show the progress in German aviation since 1909 follow. Lt. Joly (Rumpler monoplane) arrived on a non-stop flight from Cologne, and continued non-stop to Konigsberg, returning the same route. Reschelt, in a Harlan monoplane, arrived non-stop from Kiel and con­ tinued non-stop to Posen, covering 560 kilometers in one day. He hoped to win a 3000 Mark annual pension, promised by the National Aviation Funds for the greatest overland distance flight within 24 hours covering at least 500 kilometers. But this prize was won by Schuler on an Ago plane for a flight from Berlin to Vienna. Another such flight that month was Helmuth Hirth's non-stop flight on an Alba­ tros monoplane from Berlin to Mannheim in five hours. The French pilot Letort came by air from Paris and attempted a return flight, with Miss Galanschikoff as passenger. He made Hanover on the first day, Cologne the second day• but 60 kilometers from Paris he was forced to an emergency landing. In October, 1913 the airfield was the scene of the Fall Aviation Week and here evidently the special airfield cancellation was still in use. These items are difficult to find. V. THE AIRFIELD CANCELLATION Dresden - Kaditz Dresden was not one of the most active aviation centers of the pioneer period, although aviation days were held at several flying grounds. On Septe!Ilber 2/3, 1913 there were celebrations at Reichenberg - Boxdorf. There were no special cancella­ tions, only special postcards, showing a biplane and a monoplane in flight over a 'hill with inscription "Dresdner Flugtage - Flugplatz Reichenberg - Boxdorf'. Ka­ ditz airfield received shortly afterwards a special postal cancellation, beginning late in October 1913 during an especially active season. This cancellation reads "DRES­ DEN - Neust. - date - FLUOPLATZ K.AiDITZ". It came in operation on October 26, 1913 when the Zeppelin airship "SACHSEN" arrived there on its 200th trip; it used Dresden as its base until December 7. During this time it left on November 5 for Liegnitz, where a special airstamp was used during its flights .there ( Airpost Journal, March 1961). On November 9 it flew from to Haida in Bohnen, where Austrian air stationery and cancellations were used. (Airpost Journal, October 1961). It returned the same day to Dresden for passenger flights between Novem­ ber 12 to 29, after which it left for Hamburg on December 7, 1913. On October 31, an aviation day was held there. The German, Bruno Koenig, participated, as did France's famous Loop the Loop aviator, Pegoud, whose appear­ ance was always one of .the great sensations. During the period from the arrival of the Zeppelin (Oct. 26) and the Aviation Day ( Oot. 31) the special airfield cancellation was used. It is not known to this reviewer if it was continued beyond that date up to the departure of the airship on December 7. The same cancellation was resumed after the first world war in 1919 and was oontinud up to 1921 as the cancellation of the airport postal facilities. The 1913 items are difficult to find today.

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236 THE AIRPOST .JOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 237 S 0 C I E T Y' S A N N U A L B E N E F I T A U C T I 0 N The next auction of the American Aimmil Society will be held on Friday evening, June 12th at the Sheraton-Plaza Hotel, Boston. It will be a combined floor and mail sale; Therefore mail bids are encouraged from collectors unable to be pre­ sent at the Convention. As bidding is not restricted to AAMS members all airmail collectors are encouraged to submit ·bids. As this is a donation and benefit auction - for the benefit of the AAAMS Publication Fund, you are urged to bid generously. All catalogue listings are from the American Airmail Catalogues and Scott's 1963 Catalogues. Unual auction rules prevail. The condition of all lots may be considered as collectable (except where noted) and lot improperly described may be returned within three days of receipt. No charge is made for executing mail bids, but a nominal fee to cover postage, insurance, and handling, will be charged each suc­ cessful bidder. All lots must be paid for within one week of receipt. Bidders not known to the Society will receive an itemized list of their successful bids and are expected to remit for them before the lots can be mailed. Use a postal card or sheet of paper for your bids and mail them to: SAMUEL S. GOLDSTICKER, JR.: 70-D FREMONT STREET BLOOM­ Fl

LOT# CAT# AND DESCRIPTION: VALUE UNITED STATES AIRMAIL STAMPS 1 United States C35 and C58. Two plate Blocks-4. 15c Airmail. Plate #25941 LR and 26487 LL...... 3.00 2 United States C40, C45, C47, C49. One plateblock-4 from each of these 6c Airmail Commemoratives. Plate #'S are 24088UL, 24156 LR, 24783 UR, and 25761 LL ...... 3.00 3 United States C48, C50, C51. 3 airmail plate blocks-4 25034 LL, 26053 UL, 26044 UR...... :...... 1.25 FOREIGN AIRMAIL STAMPS 4 BRAZIL - C41 & C42. Mint Block-4 of each ...... 8.00 5 BRAZIL - C47. Mint Block-4. Part of marginal inscription...... 4.00 6 CZECHOSLOVAKIA - C29, C30, C31, C33, C34, C36, C37. 7 mint blocks-4 (one from each stamp) ...... 11.00 7 ESTONIA - Cl & C3. Used Good copies of these triangles ...... 4.00 8 FRANCE - C25 & C26 mint. Good singles ...... 8.50 9 FRANCE - C27 mint, single...... 16.50 10 FRANCE - C27 used, single ...... 2.75 11 GERMANY - C42. 4m value of Zeppelin North Pole issue with overprint. UNUSED, small piece of paper attached to back, but in good condition. .. .. 80.00 12 ICELAND - COl UNSUED with overprint. One small thin spot on back ...... 5.00 13 ICELAND - C3 used ...... 1.50 14 LATVIA - CBll. Unused. Crease near top...... 2.25 15 LATVIA. - C3. Good mint copy...... 75 16 LIBERIA - C37 through C44. Used ...... 1.50 17 LIBERIA - C71 through C76. Road Building issue. Good mint copies ...... 5.00 18 LIBERIA - 347 thru 349 & C88-C90. Mint copies of Sports and Tenth Anniver- sary United Nations issues...... 2.50 19 NICARAGUA - COll & C012. Mint blocks-4 of each issue...... 3.00 20 ROUMANIA - CBlO. Mint block-4 with marginal inscriptions...... 1.50 UNITED STATES FIRST DAY COVERS 21 United States ClO. lOc Lindbergh. 6[18[27 St. Louis, Mo. Special cachet on envelope. Very good...... 2.50 22 United States #799-802. Territorial issue. Four uncacheted F. D. C. Hawaii has block-6 and single, Alaska has pair, Puerto Rico and Virgin Is. have

238 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 blocks-4. Very Nice...... 3.00 23 United States National Parks issue (1934). Nice matching set of 10-FDC (except 4c is not on cacheted envelope)...... 5.00 24 United States #C51 (7c blue airmail). Philadelphia, Penna. July 31, 1958. Cacheted envelope has two stamps and two postmarks: (1) American Air Mail Society Convention Sta. (2) Philadelphia Penna. First Day Of Issue. This post- mark was applied in RED instead of black, A rare F. D. C ...... 3.5o+ 25 United States 10c (UC62). St. Louis, Mo. Sept. 12, 1958. Cacheted. This was the actual first one sold and was presented to Robert W. Murch (Pres. of the AAMS at that time) by the St. Louis Postmaster; endorsed ...... 1.00+ (See Authograph Section for an additional U. S. First Day Cover) FOREIGN FIRST DAY COVERS 26 COSTA RICA #289. Mar. 7, 1960. (C289). Soccer issue. 2 col. Souvenir sheet (with marginal inscriptions). On large-size (#10) envelope which had been folded...... 1.50+ 27 COSTA RICA - Four different FDC from 1960 & 1961. Covers are C290&C291, C293, C314 & C315, and C316 to C319...... 2.50 28 CUBA - Two diff. F.D.C. (1) Carlo de La Torre issue (607 & Cl84) and (2) Asta issue (Cl97). Good ...... 2.00 29 PERU - Sept. 15, 1937. FDC of Official Interamericana Aviation Technical Conference. On Official envelope...... 1.75 30 U. S. S. R. (#2309). FI:;>C of issue showing rocket approaching far side of moon. Very Good...... 2.00 31 EAST GERMANY. Dec. 28, 1962. 8-stamp "Sheetlet" showing "Five Years Of Soviet Space Flights." Understood to be limited ...... 5.0o+ FOREIGN FLIGHTS 32 COLUMBIA 2l9J30. 1st SCADTA flight, Quito to Latacunga ...... 10.00 33 GERMANY: June, 1934. Catapulted from SS Europa to New York City, then flown to .Ecuador...... est. 2.50 34 ECUADOR 9/24/58. 1st flight - Quito Rio de Janeiro via Amazon Valley. Cacheted. Very attractive ...... est. 3.00 35 ECUADOR July 1932. 1st flight, Loja to Guayaquil and then to Quito. Cacheted and backstamped. Very neat...... 4.00 36 AUSTRALIA Jan., 1958. 1st Round-The-World Commercial flight of Qantas Airlines. On special envelope...... 2.50 37 FRANCE 10j6J57. 1st Lufthansa flight, Paris to Dusseldorf. Cacheted and backstamped...... 2.50 38 HOLLAND and NEW ZEALAND Oct. 1953. set of two covers on Christchurch Air-Race; Holland to New Zealand and New Zealand to Holland. On special KLM envelopes...... 3.00 ZEPPELIN COVERS 39 USS MACON: 10 different covers commemorating this dirigible. Most of them postmarked on various Naval Vessels on Feb. 12, 1935, the day the Macon crashed at sea. All cacheted...... 1.50 40 USS AKRON: 2 covers - Coast-to-Coast and Training flights. Both with official cachets and backstamps. Good ...... 1.50 AIRPORT DEDICATION COVERS 41 San Antonio, Texas. Sept. 26, 1963 (#1-78). No cachet ...... 2.00 42 Purchase, New York Feb. 13, 1945 (#R-3a) Only 35 known...... 4.00 43 Gadsden, Alabama. June 1, 1947 (#T-116). Cacheted...... 75 44 Hutchinson, Kansas June 1, 1956 (#AC-30) P/rinted Cachet ...... 25 UNITED STATES SOUVENIR HISTORICAL FLIGHTS 45 SH 656. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 7, 1931. Record Transcontinental Flight of Major Jimmy Doolittle. Cacheted ...... 25.00 46 SH 688 Oakland, Calif. Dec. 17, 1934. National Aviation Day. Flown by Roscoe Turner and C. Pangborn. Cacheted ...... 10.00 JET FLIGHTS 47 Ten different International Commercial First "Jet" Flights. All cacheted and backstamped...... est 2.50 48 J383, J383f, J383u. TSA Airlines first jet, New York to Buenos Aires. All cacheted and backstamped...... 1.50" PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 49 20 & 20aa Jan. 28, 1928. U. S. Army Experimental Flight Manila to San Jose

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 239 and San Jose to Manila Cacheted...... 25.00 SPECIAL CATALOGUE 50 KESSLER AEROGRAM CATALOGUE (1962). Two complete loose-leaf volumes listing all known (Air Letter Sheets). Limited printing ...... 15.00 FOREIGN ROCKET FLIGHTS 51 Belgium, May 9, 1935. Rocket "Zeemeeuw." Cacheted, backstamped, and four private Rocket labels...... 5.00 52 Belgium, May 9, 1935. Rocket "Belgica." Cacheted, autographed, backstamped, with four private Rocket labels...... 5.00 53 Belgium Sept. 4 1935. Rocket "RV-3." Cacheted, autographed, backstamped, with private labels. Rocket crashed upon landing...... 5.00 54 Belgium, Sept. 4, 1935. Rocket "Jupiter P26. Cacheted autographed, and private label. This Rocket also crashed ...... 10.00 55 Belgium June 4, 1936. (Albert Place). Two covers. Rockets "Albertine RVS" and "Barbara P31." Both cacheted, autographed, and have labels...... 10.00 56 Belgium, June 4, 1936. Postcard with photo of Charles Robert. Flown in Rocket ''Barbara P31." cacheted...... 5.00 57 HOLLAND, JAN. 24, 1935. Rocket "Poolstar Pl2." Cacheted and private label. 5.00 58 Holland, March 6, 1935. Rocket "Zucker." Special rocket label cachet, autograph, and backstamp...... 10,00 59 Luxemburg, July 7, 1935. Rocket Flight. Two special labels, cacheted, and autographed. 300 flown ...... 5.00 UNITED STATES CONTRACT AIRMAIL FLIGHTS "CAMS" 60 2S7fb 2/21/28. Chicago to St. Louis. Cachet & vackstp. Postmarked at Chicago & AIR MAIL FIELD MOTOR TRUCK. This was the first known Highway Post Office in the U. S. A. Scarce...... 20.00 61 2S8 and 2S9 Combination 2/21/28. Two covers. Peoria to St. Louis and Spring- field to St. Louis (with bi-color cachet) ...... 3.00 62 3Ell 7 /4/28. First flight into Tulsa from Dallas...... 5.00 63 3S7. 5112126. Fort Worth to Dallas. Cachet & backstamp ...... Scarce 6.00 64 8S20, 8N20, and R8N21. 2/2/33. 3 covers. San Francisco to Los Angles, San Francisco to Medford, and Oakland AMF to San Francisco, All with unofficial cial backstamps...... 15.00 65 9E42. 3j2j33. Milwaukee to Detroit. Unofficial cachet and Pilot autograph...... 6.00 66 lOSl thru 10N4. 411126. Jacksonville - Tampa - Fort Myers - Miami. 12 covers. Complete point-to-point coverage ...... : ...... 18.50 67 1083 4/1,/26 Fort Myers to Miami, cachet and backstamp ...... Scarce 7.50 68 1088. 9j15j26. Tampa to Miami. Cachet & backstamp ...... Rare 15.00 69 1181 thru 11N4. 4121127. Cleveland - Youngstown - McKeesport - Pittsburgh. Complete set of 5 directional covers...... 4.00 70 13N3b. 9/4/26. Philadelphia to New York with cachet ...... 15.00 71 15N3. 10jlOl26. Norfolk to Washington. Cachet and backstamp...... 3.25 72 9NW62, 9NW63, 9SE63, 9NE64. 9115135. Addition of Helena, Mont. (with in- bounds). 4 covers. Unofficial cachet...... 8.00 73 77E61, 77E62, 77W62, 77W64. 10125159. 4 covers. All with official cachets and backstamps ...... ,...... 6.60 74 9W36. 312133. Mandan to Billings. ,Backstamp. Unofficial cachet. On legal size airmail envelope...... 6.00 UNITED STATES FOREIGN ARMAIL FLIGHTS (FAMs) 75 FlS-16. 6l27j39. Southampton to New York ...... 1.00 76 FlB-33. 6jl7l46. Prague to New York. Registered...... 1.50 77 FlB-73, FlB-74, F18-75a, F18-75b, Fl8-'15c, Fl8-75d. June, 1947. Eire-Calcutta, Istanbul Calcutta, Calcutta - Istanbul, Calcutta - London, Calcutta - Eire, Cal- cutta - Gander. (six covers) ...... 10.25 78 FlS-105, Fl8-105f, FlB-107. November, 1948. 3 covers. New York and New York AMF to Barcelona; and Barcelona to New York ...... 5.25 79 FlS-245. 4j25l55. New York to Teheran. Official cachet. Backstamped. POST­ MARKED AT UNITED NATIONS (with U.N. stamps). This was prior to offi- cial U.N. handling and dispatching of covers ...... Very rare 15.00 (Note: This cover is NOT listed in the American Airmail Catalogue. RESERVE BID ...... 15.00 30 F27-35 and F27-37. Sept. 1, 1946. 2 covers. Washington - Tripoli and New

240 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 York - Tripoli. No cachet ...... Scarce 12.50 81 W1-3 and W1-4. December, 1927. WIAE. Santo Domingo to San Juan, and Santo Domingo to Fjort-au-Prince. Cacheted. Autographed by B. L. Rowe...... 8.50

./ TRANS-OCEANIC FLIGHTS -~ 82 T0-1062. 10[1[27. ·Experimental Flight, Amsterdam (Holland) to Batavia, Dutch East Indies. Special cachet and backstamp...... 20.00 83 T0-1064. (variety). Experimental Air Service, Dutch East Indies to Holland. Postmarked Batavia 10[17[27 and backstamped at Gravenhague 10[28j27 ...... 20.00 84 1068b. 2j7[23. Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Chas. A. Lindbergh Caribbean Flight, in "Spirit of St. Louis". Has special Cuban cachet and backstamp in addition to regular Haiti cachet. Very good ...... 17.00 85 1124b. 11[8[30. DO-X flight. Postmarked Amsterdam, Holland, Nov. 7th, with additional "On Board" Dornier postmark Nov. 8. Appears to have been flown to Canary Islands. Scarce...... 25.oo+ 86 1124e. 8[4J31. DO-X flight, Brazil to New York. Cacheted ...... 25.00 87 1138. 4[21[31. Grafton, NSW (Australia). 1st Official Airmail Flight, Australia to England. Cacheted on back. Registered. Also has both mint and used pair of Australia C-2 (Cat. $2.00 per stamp). Very good ...... 30.00t 88 1153. 11[18[31. Camooweal, Queensland (Australia). Special Australia - Eng- land Christmas Mail Flight. Cacheted...... 2.50 89 1191a. 1[4J34. Special Christmas Flight. Netherlands East Indies to Holland in ''Postjager"...... 10.00 90 1210 (variety). 7[30j34. Trans-Tasman VH-UXX "Faith In Australia" flight, postmarked Cairns, Queensland. b/s at Sydney. Not listed in Catalogue ..... 15.0o+ 91 1217a. 10[20[34. MacRobertson Air Race, Netherlands to Australia. Flown by Parmentier and Moll in "Uiver". Cover has slight tear. Cacheted and back- stamped...... 25.00 92 1220. 12[27[34. Inaugural Service, Holland to Curacao via "SNIP". Cacheted and backstamped. Cover has crease...... 30.00 93 1221. 12j19j34. Netherlands - Batavia Christmas Flight via "Uiver". Plane struck by lightning and only small quantity of mail salvaged. All stamps soaked off cover. A nice crash item ...... 15.00 94 1227. 2[16[35. Marseille, France. Codas - Rossi attempted flight, France to South America. On special commemorative card. Scarce ...... 50.00 95 1375a. 6[28[46. Air France Trans-Atlantic inaugural. New York to Paris. Ca- cheted and backstamped ...... ;...... 2.00 96 8[30[54. 'Iberia Air Lines inaugural, New York to Madrid. Postmarked at United Nations (with U.N. stamps used for postage). Has cachet of NYC­ AMF. This was before the United Nations officially dispatched first flights. (Not listed in the American Airmail Catalogue). RARE. RESERVE BID ...... 15.00 97 5[28[54. Swissair inaugural, Zurich to Rio de Janeiro, cacheted and backstamp- ed (at Sao P,aulo)...... 5.00 98 4[23[56. Paris, France. Lufthansa First Flight, Paris to New York. Cacheted and backstamped...... 2.50 99 February, 1954. Japan Airlines Trans-Pacific Inaugural. 3 covers on specially printed envelopes. San Francisco to Tokyo; Honolulu to Tokyo; and Tokyo to San Francisco...... 5.00 AUTOGRAPHED COVERS 100 JOHN H. GLENN, JR., on 1st Day covers of 4c. Project Mercury (block 4). RESERVE BID ...... 15.00 101 ORVILLE WRIGHT on cover commemorating 25th Anniversary of ·wright Bros. first flight. RESERVE BID ...... 15.00 102 BASIL L. ROWE on 1st Day Cover of Dominican Republic first . (May 31, 1928) ...... ; ...... 103 WALTER HINTON (1st man to fly Atlantic - in NC-4) on special cover ...... MISCELLANEOUS COVERS 104 26 different National Airmail Week (May 15-21, 1938) covers from Massachu- setts...... 105 35 different National Airmail Week covers (non-duplicating lot 104) ...... 106 30 various airmail covers (Jets, CAMs, FAMs, commemorative covers, Air Shows, etc.) ...... 107 10 different Naval covers, including "Deep Freeze", "Nata", etc ......

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 241 Earhart Stamp Design Released \~ hioh Miss Earhart was actively identi­ fied; and Russell Johnson, Vice-President of the National Avi:tion Club. ------~

Airport Dedications By WILLIAM T. WYNN 13537 Rockdale, Detroit Z3, Mich. The Pan. Am. Building heliport will be dedicated in the near future; send covers to Jew York Airways Helicopter Service, Att. Mr. Herb H o w e, La Guardia Airport, Queens, N. Y. Jefferson, Iowa was to have dedicated. In unveiling the Amelia Earhart com­ on May 19, covers by Chamber of Corn- memorative postage stamp, Postmaster merce. General J. Edward Day gave an insight into the difficulties that beset the Post Oelwein, Iowa will dedicate on June 2, with covers to Chamber of Commerce. Office Department in selecting the ap­ Bwwn Field near San Diego, Calif. propriate city in which to first issue a held dedication in early F ebruary 1963; stamp honoring tihe famous flier who had moved around so much in her no covers are known. lifetime. Yuma, Ariz. was dedicated on Jan. 26, with 300 covers mailed. The second Design of the 8-cent commemorative day 200 covers were mailed, all with a stamp was displayed during a reception nice cachet to mark the event. April 25, at the National Aviation Club, in Washington, D. C., that was attended Port Orchard, Wash, covers on Mar. by 150 persons prominent in aviation 24 are not dedication covers; sorry we and government. The stamp will first go messed this one up. (See below) Sterling, held dedication Sept 30, on sale next July 24, in Atchison, Kansas, Ill. "here Miss Earhart was born 65 years 1962, but no covers are known. Williston, N. D. also dedicated Sept, ago. 15, 1962, but again no covers are known. Boston, New York City, Philadelphia Uniontown, Ala. was to have dedicated and Miami also were closely connected on April 29. to Amelia Earhart's career, the Post­ Port Orchard, Wash. held dedication master General noted, and the first day on March 24, with about 40 covers ceremonies might well have been staged mailed without cachet. in any of these cities. Or in Los Angeles, Hillsdale, Mich. also was to have dedi­ where she learned to fly. Or in Toronto, cated on May 19. where she was a nurse's aide during Send covers to T. A. Turner, Box 1832, World W ar 1. Jackson Miss. for a dedication due this The ceremony was attended by Mrs. summer. Albert Morrissey of West Medford, Albertsville, Ala. will dedicate .this Massachusetts, Miss Earhart's sister. summer with covers to Chamber of In tihe reception line with her were Commerce. Mr. and Mrs. Day; Senator Frank Carl­ At last some of 1962 covers have come son of Kansas; Mrs. H erman H. Smith in after postponements, Falls of Rough, of Oklahoma City, President of the Ky. held dedication of State Park Air­ Ninety-Nines, the women fliers' organ­ port on April 20; a very nice cachet was ization of which Miss Earhart was first applied by the postmaster. A lot of air­ President; Miss Margaret Davis, Presi­ ports are due for dedication ·this spring dent of the American Newspaper vVo­ and summer and the writer of this col­ men's Club; Miss Eleanor Walker, re­ umn needs your help on advance news. presenting Z o n t a International, the Your help will surely be appreciated by professional women's organization with all collectors. 242 THE AIRPOST J OURNAL, JUNE, 1963 IS THIS A FLOWN CARD? - Philip L. Cobb sends us the post card illus­ t rated here. Was there a flight in Wales at the time indicated? And if so, could there have been mail such as this aboard? Can anyone clarify the card's status?

AN UNLISTED POSTAL CACHET the British Post Office had at least OF THE LONDON 1944 BLITZ planned to mark surface mail which was damaged or delayed by the destructive By Dr. Max Kronstein effects of the German V-1 Flying Born b Section 16 of the American Air Mail on British cities. A special cachet had Catalogue 1950, as edited by P. H. been provided, showing a rocket with Robbs, lists on page 937 six Aerial Pro­ "DELAYED BY - ENEMY ACTION". paganda Leaflets which were carried by W e are grateful to member Francis J. the V-1 Weapon and which are described Field for a photo of this cachet which as being "of utmost rarity". One of them was prepared from a post office proof is iUustrated there and two others on impression on a postal form. It was to page 942. These are inscribed "V 1 P. have been used on mail in London and O.W. POST". Since they show facsimile in the area of Kent, where the bombs letters of the -British Prisoners of vVar in had caused damage or had delayed the German camps to their families in Eng­ mail late in 1944. This proof impression land, they represent some form of rock­ is in red. Only about two covers have et delivery of "mail" in high explosive been recorded which bear a black im­ bombs. They were "delivered" on pression of this cachet and none in red. Christmas eve 1944. Only a very few are It is surmised that the authorities stop­ still in exis.tence. ped its use because the dispatch and ar­ E ven still less known is the fact that rival addresses of the marked mails would give a clue to the position of the fl ying bomb damage. This rare cachet represents one of the very earliest postal references to any form of rocket in an official postal cachet. In its original size the length of the rocket is one inch and -the width of the rocket from the top to the bottom of the in­ scription is 3/ 4 of an inch. THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 243 International Correspondence S c h o o 1, and attended American University. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland . • SOCIETY OFFERS ARTCRAFT FIRST DAY CARDS, NOT COVERS. In the article on page 202 of the May issue we noted incorrectly the Society would supply covers and cards for the new 6c air mail stamp. Only cards are offered. The Post Office Dep­ artment has warned us that covers, souvenir programs, etc bearing only one 6c air stamp will not be postmarked on the first day. Two 6c stamps, or one 6c and an additional 2c postage will be needed for such material. Cards, of course, will need only the 6c stamp. See the Society ad on ·the back cover of this issue. We plan to produce the cover for the July issue of the Airpost Journal in such a manner that convention-goers can have the first day cancellation ap­ plied to it but remember. 2-6c stamps Gerald J. Godbout Principal or one 6c and 2c more will be required. Convention Speaker Gerald J. Godbout, who will give the principal address at ·the Society's An­ A Recent Fortunate Purchase nual Banquet in Boston on July 13th, of over 13,000 is well-known to aerophilatelists. He joined the Air Transport Associa­ Contract Air Mail Covers tion as Director of Air Mail and Express THESE include the period between in June, 1960. He was named Director 1926 and 1950, with practically all the of Cargo Services in January, 1962. rarities listed in the American Air The Air Transport Association is a Catalogues. There is an abund ance of service organization representing most of the scheduled certificated airlines of rare Air Mail Field dispatches and the United States. It was organized in such items as R31El, R1BW24, 9W37, 1963 to serve the public and the govern­ 9E37, and BN24, etc. ment on behalf of its member airlines in a wide-range of activities, from the MOST covers have unusually good improvement of safety to planning for the stamps for franking. Your want list airlines' role in national defense. Mr. is invited. Godbout is responsible for the Associa­ tion's freight, mail and express services. Entire lot can be purchased at a Before joining AT A Mr. Godbout was administrative assistant to the vice pres­ reasonable price. ident and sales manager of Capital Air­ lines. Prior to that, he was a supervisor Joseph L. Eisendrath for the Washington Terminal Company, 350 North Deere Park Drive and he was also served in the Navy Highland Park, Illinois during World War 11. He is an accounting graduate of the 244 THE AIRPOST .TOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 OFFICIAL SECTION AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY

MONTHLY REPORT From the Secretary Ruth T. Smith, 102 Arbor Road, Riverton, New Jersey JUNE, 1963 NEW APPLICATIONS Carruthers, John F., P 0 Box 5074, Austin 31, Tex., Age 42, Investments. AM By: R. T. Smith Briscoe, Sidney G., Millbrook Rd., Middletown, Conn., Age 50, Sales Engineer. AM JF HF PC Z CF AlD By: R. T. Smith Deliberato, Anthony, 12009 Parkhill Ave., Cleveland 20, Ohio, Age 35, Draftsman. AM PC FAM Z . By: R. T. Smith Feuer, Henry S., P 0 Box 9415, No. Hollywood, Calif., Age 56, Financial Broker. AM AU SC X By: R. T. Smith Farley, John B., 1160 Wheeling Rd., Mount ~ospect, Ill., Age 33, Insurance Examiner. AM AU SC JF HF PC HC FF GF CAM FAM OF Z CF AlD APS By: H. D. Westbrooks Tell, Jay, 147 Ida Ave., Las Vegas, Nevada, Age 19, Dealer. Airmail Freaks By: R. T. Smith Jacobson, Audley A., Box 205, Edwardsville, Ill., Age 52, Compositor. AM AU AS SC X By: R. T. Smith RE-INSTATEMENTS 3591 Jansen, Arnold R., 222 E. High St., Pendleton, Indiana. DECEASED 4944 Malcolm, D. McK., Durban, South Africa. 4443 McVinnie, Thomas, Johnson City, N. Y. CHARGE OF ADDRESS 4070 Claes, Piet, 65 Tolstraat, Antwerp, Belgium. 4840 Robbins, Marvin, 2811 Belgrave Rd., Cleveland 24, Ohio. LM81 Hard, A. M., 936 S. Albany St.. Los Angeles 15, Calif. 2010 Minkus, Jacques, 116 West 32nd St., New York 1, N. Y. J4685 Martin, Tom J., 9701 Perch Dr., St. Louis 36, Mo. 4847 Oshima, Bill Y., 142 1/2 E. Union Ave., Fullerton, Calif. 4678 Weiss, Lane E., (Capt.), USAF Hospital, APO 74, San Francisco, Calif.

Dea1th of Fred W. Kessler collections including those of Dr. Philip G. Cole and Rafael Oriol. Fred W. Kessler, a dealer in air mail He was the editor-in-chief of "The stamps with offices in New York, died Kessler Catalogue of Aerograms" and May 2 of a heart ailment .He was 59 the author of "The Air Posts of Colom­ years old. He was life member #-12 of bia" and "The SCADTA Issues of Col~ the American Air Mail Society. ombia." He also wrote many articles for In 1936 Mr. Kessler set off the first philatelic journals. United States rocket flight carrying mail. He was born in Germany attended After an unsuccessful attempt on Feb. the University of Bonn and came to 9 of that year two of his rocket ships the United States in 1920. He was a carried the mail from Greenwood Lake, former pilot and began N. Y., to Hewitt, N. J., just across the as a hobby. state line. Surviving are his widow, the forn1er Mr. Kessler auctioned the famous Alicia Trujillo, and a son, Francisco, and only known mint copy of the 25- centavos provisional "Black Honduras" airmail for $24,500 on Feb. 27, 1961. The Black Honduras" was sold for that price during the third auction of the collection of Thomas A. Matthews of Springfield, Ohio. It was the third auction at which Mr. Kessler had hand­ led and sold the "Black Honduras." He also handled many other large THE AIRPOST JOURN.AL, JUNE, 1963 245 Airs of the Month Described and lllusiraied through courtesy of Nicolas Sanabria Co., Inc. 521 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, N. Y.

AFGHANISTAN: CANAL ZONE: Boy Scouts Definitive to conform with new Girl Scouts CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Souvenir Sheet Tropical Games 1962 held in Bangui ARGENTINE: CHAD: 9th World Gliding Championship Bird Definitive CAMEROONS: GUATEMALA: Tel-Star Set portrays famous doctors of medi- 246 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 cine ISRAEL: IN A JULY AUCTION ••• New definitives MALI: will be included a ;i.qmlO l{O.Ill;JS;J.I {lllll!llV PAKISTAN: Collection of Air Stamps Overprint marks first jet flight Kara­ chil-Dacca pertaining to or carried on PARAGUAY: Europa 1961 perforate and imper­ dirigibles forate Europa 1961 perforate and imper­ forate, changed colors * * * Souvenir sheets, perforate and imper­ If you do not receive H. R. Harmer forate Europa 1962, stamp and sheet catalogues, write for an application PERU: b'lamk and the leaflet . . . Additional values complete the new definitive set "HOW TO BUY AT AUCTION" UPPER VOLTA: New post office building in Ouaga­ * * * dougou opened URUGUAY H. R. HARMER, INC Colorful bird set The "Caspary" Auctioneers BOSTON PHILATELIC• SOCIETY 6 West 48th St., New York 36, N.Y. TO SUPPLY .PICTURE CARDS FOR 6 CENT AIR ST AMP The Boston Philatelic Society, Inc. is issuing a set of three postcards for the first day os ·issue of the 6c Air Mail Stamp on July 12, 1963. From September 3rd to 13th, 1910, when aviation was in its infancy, an AIR POST NEW ISSUES Air Meet was held at Squantum, a suburb of Boston. One of the contests was to see who could fly to Harvard OF THE ENTIRE Stadium and around Boston Light and return, a distance of 33 miles. No mail was flown but cards were available WORLD picturing the fliers and their planes. The Boston Philatelic Society has re­ produced and will service these cards with first day cancellations of the 6c stamp. They will be sold in sets of three PAMPHLET UPON REQUEST different cards at 50c. The proceeds of this project will go to the Boston University Philatelic Library. Return address labels should be sent with orders, Orders should be sent to Nicolas Sanabria Co. Inc. Ruth N. Carter, Secretary, 79 Milk St.. Room 606, Boston 9, Mass. A. MEDAWAR. PRESIDENT These cards should not to be con­ fused with the offical cards put out by 521 Fifth Ave., New York 17, N. Y. the American Air Mail Society on the same date. THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 247 Miniature Sheets Enjoyable Airmail Sideline By R. N. "Bob" Pritchard

Airmail stamps make one of the most • mail, printing varieties can offer sim­ glamorous, excitingly entrancing fields of plicity as well as detailed specialty. Ei­ philately. Being so colorful, interesting ther will offer philatelic entrancement! and desired by all collectors, they should The airmail miniature sheets can be be more accented and "highlighted" in formed of mint or used stamps, straight all beginning and specialized airmail or margin-edged stamps. Used stamps collections of any type, United States or are popular with most as the creation of foreign. a miniature sheet with these is a phila­ Adequaitely featuring any one or more telic challenge. The Guide-Line Society, airmail stamps in a collection can be whose secretary is John Steele, Wynna­ done by a variety of methods, such as wood Park Apartments, 220-B, Wynna­ making the addition of specific U. S. wood, Pa., has for years made popular printed stamp posters of the stamps; col­ the eight stamp "sheet" with the older, lecting matched sets or either or both straight-edged, guide line stamps. A the minrt and used Plate Blocks and well-known Illinois collector, Orville Plate Singles of selected or all airmail Mohr, secretary of the Illinois Federation stamps; obtaining the varieties as the of Stamp Clubs, at 1002 West Front Booklet Pane, Coil and Postal Stationery Street in Bloomington, Ill., creates minia­ issues as well as the first day covers and ture sheets of many airmail and selected other, differenrt methods; but the most issues in his collections. Attorney Arlo enjoyable featuring sideline, we feel, is Palmer, 111 lh High Street East, Oska­ the addition of airmail "Miniature loosa, Iowa, and Commissioner Henry Sheets" to any airmail collection. Ragot, of Easton, Pa., create miniature Colorfully attractive airmail "Miniature sheets in a larger and more specialized Sheets" are easily formed by eight used 4-pane method and the "Cross" method. stamps with rthe straight or selvage, mar­ Newcomers include R. I. Murray, Clin­ gin-edge including the four corners and ton, Ill., and Bill Justice, Riverside, Cali­ the other plain margin edges, used to fornia, who feature airmitil "Miniature reconstruct a resemblance, in miniature, Sheets" in their presentations. of an originally issued sheet of stamps. Mounting airmail and other miniature In forming the eight-stamp "Miniature sheets offers no problem if a collector Sheet", which allows a much greater does not want to design his own pages. stamp representation in a collection, one Specially designed pages offered by Peer­ would have the four used corners; Up­ less Album Company, P.O. Box 841, Au­ per Left, Right and Lower Left and rora, Illinois, have been created for this Right and would add the Top and Bot­ purpose and a circular showing these tom middle edges as well as the Left types of pages will be sent to anyone and Right middle edges to form a small, enclosing a self-addressed, return envel­ attractive sheet. One can then place a ope. One can make up his own pacres mint or specially cancelled stamp ( On with this company's blank All-Purp~se the Nose, Color, etc.) in the center of page or another blank page by mounting the sheet to tie it together neatly. It is the autographs of .the designers and en­ a challenge to select and obtain com­ gravers, at the top of the page and then pletely matching edges to form a neat, centering attractively a "Miniature conforming sheet. Sheet" of the stamps below this. A cover While Miniature Sheets are a new plate block, can be placed at the top of philatelic field, that this writer is inno­ the page and a miniature sheet below. vating, there are accessible the different The author's representative miniature corners and edges to complete the air­ sheet exhibit, which received an award mail miniature sheets. A beginner or at last year's 1962 international show at specialist can undertake this relaxing Argentina and which is now at the sideline, as the variety of types of air- world show at Luxemburg, contains sev- 248 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JUNE, 1963 Informed Collectors Read The Airmail Entire Truth

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I.t appears 3 times per year and is sent against a supply of 8 cent stamped and addressed legal size envelopes. Price List 50 cents, deductible. eral colorful pages of the airmail minia­ ture sheets. His "Baseball on Stamps" LAVA exhibit includes a number of world air­ The Distributor of the Barbados Error mail stamps that honor baseball. These Box 1. Fort George Station are: Costa Rica C311 and C314-C315; New York 40, N. Y. Cuba Cl58; Liberia C88; Nicaragua C303 and C308; Panama C44 and C225 and the large set Venezuela Cl89 to Cl97. These pages include a mint and We are philatelic auctioneers used single, mint block of four, plate block and 1st day cover and other vari­ and specialize eties as souvenir sheets and error , are added where they exist. There is a in providing number of the varieties still needed for completion of this collection. a competitive market Peerless Philatelic Co., mentioned for stamp collections above, has a large stock of all types of and other philatelic properties miniature sheets including a number of U. S. airmail positions but larger on U. S. C25, C32, C39, C51, C61. They have Qver 35 years' experience for sale completed miniature sheets of th e baseball airmail stamps. Ask for a assures the maximum copy of the "Margin Edge" paper, ex­ in results plaining miniature sheet collecting and sample page. Your inquiry is welcomed As we have said, miniature sheet col­ lecting is enjoyably different, strikingly IRWIN HEIMAN, new, pleasantly relaxing, as well as eco­ nomical. Abundantly ~ccessibl e material Inc. but yet exacting, matching sheet perfec­ 2 West 46th Street New York, N.Y. tion, provide a philatelic challenge to the Telephone: JUdson 2-2393 Suite 708 beginner and specialist alike. You will Serving American Philately Since 1926 enjoy creating miniature sheets. First Time Offered! Artcraft Cachets in C-0-L-O-R llfflflAL &.\RD

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7 Cards-3 RED with First Day of Issue legend, 2 BLUE and 2 GREEN, legend removed but also suitable for First Day Use . $1.00 Serviced Cards - 4 Cards-1 RED with First Day Cancel, 1 each RED, BLUE and GREEN with AAMS Convention Station cancel, 7 / 12/ 13/ 14 . $1.00

2 Card - RED only, 1 each with block of four Cancelled First Day ...... $1.00

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