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China Clipper's Last Pre-WWII Mail Stamp Is Yet Another Reminder of the Hazards of Sending Anything by U.S AAIIRRPPOOSSTT JJOOUURRNNAALL The Official Publication of the American Air Mail Society March 2013 Volume 84, No.3 Whole No. 993 March’s feature article — Final Crossing: China Clipper’s Last Pre-War Trans-Pacific Airmail Page 99 AAMS Publications Zeppelins & Aerophilately Inventory Reduction Sale Ask for our Free Price List of Worldwide Flight covers and stamps. through April 15, 2013 The following is a small sampling – full list on Website! Sale to AAMS Members at 40% of Retail Price Title Retail Reduction These listings are part of the European Zeppelin Price Price Collection of the late Gerhard Wolff. Items can be Paris Balloon Posts 12.50* 5.00 ordered by country and Sieger number. Newfoundland Airmails 18.00* 7.20 Austria Pioneer Airplane Airmails 25.00* 10.00 Item #S.56A: 1930 (April) Second flight to Switzerland postal card Rocket Mail – Kronstein 20.00* 8.00 with eight airmails. Liechtenstein dispatch, Schaan-Friedrichshafen- Glider Mail 20.00* 8.00 Lausanne. Lausanne receiving cancel on front. ..$300.00 Airpost Journal Index (1990) 12.00* 4.80 Item #S.69: 1930 (June 18) Schlesien Round Flight postal card. Aerial Mail Service 15.00 6.00 Friedrichshafen dropped over Breslau with receiving cancel ..$500.00 Pioneer Hungarian Airmail 15.00 6.00 Liechtenstein Brazil Airmails 15.00 6.00 Item #S.143Aa: 1932 (April 1) 2nd So. America Flight. PPC of Schiers Max 15.00 6.00 in winter. Sao Paulo backstamp on picture side. LBK 66 . ..$400.00 * Hardbound Item #S.207: 1933 (May 25) Italian flight picture postcard of Authors can purchase at 20% of retail price Neuschwanstein Castle in black and white. Friedrichshafen-Rome. Special Prices for Quantity Sale LBK 80b . .$450.00 20% of retail price for 25-50 total, 15% for 50-99 total, 10% for 100+ Item #S.406 1936 (May 2) First North America Flight cover. Sent reg - istered from Vaduz via Frankfurt to New York. LBK 130 . $200.00 Airpost Journal Switzerland Years Regular Price Reduction Price Item S.351 1929 (October 18) First Swiss flight picture postcard. Per Copy Per Copy Flight cachet for First Swiss Flight, September 26 but not posted until 2011 - 2012 3.00 2.00 October 18! Rubber-stamped in violet “Verspatet aufgefunden,” belat - 2008 - 2010 2.50 1.50 edly discovered. Some scraped spots on picture side from hinge removal. SLK 126 . $1,100.00 2000 - 2007 2.00 1.00 Item #S.43: 1929 (October 15) Silesia postal card. 10c postcard with <2000 15+ 50¢ an additional 75c airmail. Breslau receiving cancel on address side. $1,100.00 50% discount for total order of 50+ copies SLK 105B . Item # S.68Ac: 1930 (May 1) Germany Flight via Munich postcard with attractive six-stamp franking. B49-52, C8, C13. Addressed to Jack Knight Air Log Basel. SLK 123B . $450.00 50¢ each, 12 for $5.00 Henry Gitner Philatelists, Inc. 50% discount for total order of 50+ copies PO Box 3077T, Middletown NY 10940 All orders from the Publications Surplus must be made directly with Email: [email protected] — http://www.hgitner.com Greg Schmidt, [email protected], who will quote the final price including packing and shipping costs. MARCH 2013 PAGE 89 In This Issue of the Airpost Journal Letters to — ARTICLES — Final Crossing: China Clipper’s Last Pre-War Trans-Pacific Airmail ............ 99 Robert E. Mattingly the Editor Development of Airmail Services in Poland 1929-1939 Part 5: Crash Mail .......................................................................... 117 Auction Listings in the Journal Jerzy W. Kupiec-Weglinski and Jacek Kosmala I do not have a problem with the listings not being available in the Journal . However, John Puzine in his letter (February 2103 Airpost — NEWS — Journal ) included Editor's Comments as having no "lasting value." Sad to ARIPEX Hosts AAMS Convention .............................................................. 116 say this has not always been the case. I, for one, learned more from Wayne Youngblood's editor page than from many of the articles. — COLUMNS — I miss him and his Editor's Page and hope some day it can be Canadian Air Mail Notes ............................................................................... 112 revived as an important part of the Journal - and with "lasting value." Letters to the Editor ......................................................................................... 91 Jack Graham Note from the Editor ........................................................................................ 92 Member #05225 Pan Am Notes ................................................................................................ 125 President’s Message ........................................................................................ 94 — DEPARTMENTS – Another City of Warsaw Cover Classified Ads ................................................................................................ 132 After reading the most recent article on the development of Pol - Membership Report ....................................................................................... 131 ish airmails in the February 2013 Airpost Journal , I thought I’d share a cover the membership might enjoy. Editor and Advertising Vickie Canfield Peters 11911 E Connor Road Valleyford WA 99036 vcanfi[email protected] Staff Writers and Columnists Joe Kirker Alan Warren: Airmail Elsewhere in Print Chris Hargreaves: Canadian Air Mail Notes Bob Wilcsek: Zeppelin Letters Copyright 2013 The American Air Mail Society . The Airpost Journal (ISSN 0739-0939) is pub - lished monthly by the American Air Mail Society, Box 110, Mineola, NY 11501. Periodical postage paid at Spokane WA 99201 and additional post offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to American Air Mail Society, P.O. Box 5367, Virginia Beach VA 23471-0367. Subscription Rate $33 per year; $5 per copy. It is analogous to Figure 7 (Transoceanic Flights 1211), shown on Opinions expressed in features and columns in this publication are solely those of the authors and Page 60 of the APJ , except instead of being self-addressed to the aviators, do not necessarily represent those of the society. it was addressed to then President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The president PAGE 90 AIRPOST JOURNAL MARCH 2013 PAGE 91 was a well-known and avid stamp collector with a wide and varied col - exhibit. An article about the situation appears on Page 128. Please keep lection. The cover became part of FDR’s collection and was later auc - an ear to the ground concerning this loss. tioned by Harmer’s. Speaking of scans, this might be a good time to talk about article Matt Heller submissions and the illustrations that accompany them. I’m happy to take articles in most any form: handwritten, emailed or on a disk. Regardless of your chosen method, please include contact information. I Article was ‘Path of Discovery’ sometimes have a question and need to reach the author. All articles are The article “The 1942 Confidential Timetables” (January 2013 subject to editing, although I do my best to retain the author’s flavor and Airpost Journal ) was new information for me. I am far from John Wil - intent. son’s level of knowledge. We must remember that the numbers of collec - Scans create more of a problem than text. Please do not embed tors new to this field are still growing. the illustrations in the text. Embedded photos not only suffer in quality Mr. Wilson said, “Full marks to the author for his enthusiasm.” when I pull them from the text, but they wreak havoc with my design Try to remember that those of us still learning need basic information program. like this while people like Mr. Wilson need to help us grow and enjoy the The easiest way for me to deal with scans is to have them sent as hobby. email attachments. As I am not a philatelist, I appreciate when writers I know I repeated myself, but this is because I feel articles like indicate placement of the illustrations in the article. You can indicate this are important to beginners. where they should be placed by simply making a note in the text: “Insert Jim McCraven Figure 1 Here.” Just number the figures and we’re good to go. I also need scans that are 300 dpi (dots per inch), whether tif, A Note from the Editor jpeg or pdf. All scanners can be set to this dpi. When the original dpi is below 150, it’s almost impossible to get a quality illustration for the mag - azine. As a word of caution, images taken off the internet are usually Vickie Canfield Peters only 72 or 90 dpi. This is done intentionally to keep people from repro - ducing them. If the only option is a web image, try contacting the owner I’d like to welcome Chris Hargreaves, editor of The Canadian of the cover and asking for a better scan. Aerophilatelist , back into the AAMS authors’ pen. Chris’ “Canadian Air Authors are also welcome to send me good color photocopies, Mail Notes” was a staple of the now-defunct Jack Knight Air Log. The which I can then scan and fix for publication. While I will take originals, updated, “2.0 version” of the column makes its debut appearance in this there’s no good reason to chance losing them in the mail, as Don David issue of the Airpost Journal. Price will testify. Chris’ byline is by no means new to the APJ . He has contributed Members should feel free to contact me about submitting articles a number of articles over the years that have served to increase member and illustrations or anything else that arises in regards to the Airpost knowledge of Canadian airmail. It’s good to have him as a featured Journal. I may not know the answer, but I can almost always find some - writer and I look forward to working with him. body who does! Column ideas are always encouraged. Not only do columns pro - vide regular copy for the magazine but offer a unique prospective on the subjects they cover. If you think you’d like to write a monthly, bimonthly Want to buy, trade or sell? or quarterly column for the Airpost Journal, please send me an email at vcanfi[email protected] and we’ll talk about it.
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