e Official Cachet Applied to Covers Carried by First Regular Round the World Air Mail Service.

A1RPOST JOURNAL

AUGUST 1947 -:- Volume XVIII - No. 11

AAMS Annual Convention Washington, D.C. AVGVST 29-31 THE CHESLEY B. PICKLE COLLECTION

Here you have one of lhe finest hiaorlcally intereaing flight covers lhal has ever been made available lo aero-philalelias. They will be ~ade available al Ibis .Kessler Airmail Auction. II is an event well worth attending and well warranting your bids.

Beller W rilA Now • •

No date has yel been HI for the sale· al the time this ad was prepared. Better write to Kessler for your copy of lhe catalog which will prove a revelation to you. Mr. Pickle is an atom bomb scientist. Rest assured that the Pickle collection has many unusual flight covers that are scarce and rarely seen. Write for your catalog now.

~eI/I', ~, , ./}_ ,, 500 FIFTH AVENI.IE '~: ~ F./{ ~ NEW YORK 18, N. v. New lOc Air Mail Stamp To Be Released At A.A.M.S. Convention •

• FIRST DAY SALE. AUGUST 30 •

Plans Com~I~t~ F~r 19.4'1 4nJ:tua,l Meeting, Washington, D. C.~ ~ug. ~-31

lans have b.een :f,.\lly cQmpleted iu color ~nd ·- of special delivery size, will P for . the first post-"'.';u Conv~~­ go on sal~ ·on the morning of August 30. tian of the American Air· Mail Society, whch . will.:\>~· h~ld at the Raleigh IJotel, ,. To be used primarily on air mail to Washington, D. C., on . August 29-31. South and Central American countries This gathering will supplement the where the lOc rate is in effect, the stamp CIPEX dinner of the Society held in contains , a· reproduction of the Pan New York earlier this yen and which American Union Building in Washing­ drew more than 100 members of the ton. A twin-motor plane in flight is" Society from all over the world. Because shown in the upper right. To the left of of this function earlier this year, the pro­ the plane is the wording "Air Mail"· in gram for the Convention has been limit­ dark .Gothic. Across the lower border of· ed to a single business session and an in­ the starrip is the denomination "'IOc" formal Banquet, supplemented by trips and the wording "United States Postage"· of interest to points in and about Wash- · in white modified Roman. , ington. ColJ.ectors desiring . first day cancella­ The Post Office Department has again tions may send not in excess of IO ad­ signally honored the Amerj.can Air Mail dresse2_ envelopes, accompanie~ with re­ Society by scheduling the release of the mittance for the ·stamps to be affixed to 1Oc Air Mail stamp of the new series dur­ the Postmaster at Washington 13, D. C., ing the Convention and by providing a in time for servicing before August 30. speeial postal station and a special post­ The envelope addressed to the Postmaster . mark for mail dispatched through this should be indorsed .. First Day Covers, special station. Air Mail Stamp". The stamp will be is­ The new 10-cent air mail stamp, black sued in sheets of 50.

T~~ AIRPOST ~ J OURNAL =MiNP~c~N~~ Entered as second-class matter, February 10, 1932, at the post office at Albion. Pa. . . . under the·Act of March 3, 1879. Published monthly. AUGUST. 19~7 - ·VOL. -XVIII. ' NO. 11 - ISSUE 208 - 20c PER COPY 484' THE AIRPOST JOURNAL The IO-cent air mail stamp will be on sale at the Philatelic Agency, Washing- . ton 25, D. C., on August 30 as. well as at the special AAMS Convention Station. It will be available at other post offices throughout the country the . next day or as soon as · distribution will permit. The· Philatelic Agency does not service first day rovers.

The business session of the Society, to be held Saturday morning, at 11 A. M., will consider some important . matters bearing on the welfare of the Society and it is urged that as many n:iembers as pos­ sible be in attendance.

The Banquet Saturday night win wel-· come Postal Officials and officials of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing as its gues~ and an interesting time is promised those in attendance.

One of the highlights of the gathering will be the trip to the Bureau of Engrav­ ing and Printing which has been ar­ ranged through the courtesy of Director . • To Preside at Sessions Hall and Jack Smith, Sup't of the Stamp PRESIDENT M. 0. WARNS Printing Department. A bip through the ~ureau is a never to be forgotten mem­ ory for every philatelist. ample time to travel home on Sunday or Monday. It also permits many members Featuring the dinner on Saturday to schedule this Convention meeting with night will be the presentation of the little or no charge against their ·regular Walter J. Conrath Memoria~ Award Cer­ vacation period should they already have tificate to Ernest A. Kehr, and AAMS had their vacation or contemplate. some Gold Awards for Meritorious Service to other ~ate for their regular vacation. Grace Conrath, Claude W. Degler, George D. Kingdom and Glen W. Naves. During the Conven.tion the newly elect­ These awards were announced at the , ed officers of the Society for the coming AAMS Centenary Show Banquet but the year will be Installed. actual presentation will .be :r;nade at . William M. Stuart, veteran Washing­ . ·Washington. Also presented at Washing­ ton stamp editor and W. Ellery Denison, ton will be the AAMS CIPEX participa­ President of the Collectors' Club, Wash­ tion medallions, awarded to each mem­ ington, head a Committee of Washington .ber of the American Air Mail Society who Air Mail Society members who will act .displayed in the Air Mail Section of the as hosts to the Convention. Centenary Exhibition. These awards have now been produced by the manufacturer The detailed program follows on the and will' be passed out to those quhlify­ next page. Reservations should be made llig who are present at Washington. at once direct to Hotel Raleigh, Pennsyl­ vania Avenue and 12th St., N. W., It·will be noted that the dates selected Washington, D. C. In making reserva­ carry over into the Labor Day Weekend, · tions advise them that ydu are attending thus permitting those attending to have the -A.A.M.S. Convention. AUGUST. 1947, · 485 i

SERVING AS COMMITTEE ON ·ARRANGEMENTS •

e WILLIAM M. STUART e W. ELLERY DENISON Veteran Washingion Newspaper Man Pres. Collectors Club. Was.bington

WASHINGTON CONVENTION PROGRAM • • FRIDAY. AUGUST 29

2:00 P. M. - Visit to the Bureau of Engraving and Printina: 8:00 P. M. - Officers• Meeting SATURDAY, AUGUST 30

10:00 A. M. - Ceremonies in Connection With First Day Sale of New lOc Air Mail Stamp. 11:00 A. M. ~ Annual Meeting and Business Session Afternoon - Visits to Points oi Interest In And About Washington - To Be Announced 7:30 P. M. - Annual Banquet SUNDAY. AUGUST 31

All Day - Informal Gatherings And Visits To Additional Points Of · Interest In And About Washington HEADQUARTERS - HOTEL RALEIGH Pennsylvania Avenue, And 12th Street, N •. W. ··AIRS of the MONTH

By ALTON J. BLANK • of values and colors of the new set 1089 Winston Rd., So. Euclid 21, Ohio showing plane over the Nile dam .are: 2 mils orange, 5 mils brown, 7 mils • olive brown, 8 mils green, 10 mils violet, ALBANIA 20 mils blue, 30 mils pUIJ:l)e, 4Q mils Gjergji Kastrioti, national hero of the bright carmine, 100 mils green and 200 Land of the Men of the Eagle, has two mils gray. companions in F. D. Roosevelt and Wins­ ton Churchill as portraits of the three ETHIOPIA adorn one value of the latest semi-postal · The color of· the $2 chronicled last air stamps just issued. month is red and blue rather tf\an red Four values seen so far are: 15 plus 5 and green as stated. blue, parachute borne packages descend­ FRENCH GUIANA ing with two planes shown in the distan­ More handsome French colonial airs ce; 20 plus 10 rose, a large plane in front feature animal and bird life. The 50£ of a globe sh.owing the outlines of the green shows a pair of eagles; the lOOf continents; th~same stamp in deep rose lake shows a tapir near foliage; and the with the form~'r value blocked out and 200£ deep blue presents birdS knQWn as "Fr. Sh." All bear the country;s name. A toucans. fourth value showing the celeJ:i#ties men­ tioned is 50 plus 20. This stamp is green GUADELOUPE and salmon with black medallion por­ The color of the 200£ stamp chronicled traits. It is longer than the other three. la:;t month, but inadvertently omitted, is All stamps are expressed in a cur­ red orange. rency designated . by the abbreviation HUNGARY "Fr. Sh." All bear the country's name The Roosevelt set was pre-released in "Shqipnija" and the air service indica­ New York City and is reported to have tion "Posta Ajrore" somewhere in the de­ gone on sale in Hungary to the tune of sign. but 500 sets on June 11, 1947! Evidently the committee or group The same stamps have appeared in which is handling the surtax is known as souvenir sheet form. the "Komitetit Te Quindreses" for this ili­ ICELAND scription appears on all values. August 15 may be the date of release There is said to be a fifth low value of· the newest series, mentioned last to complete the set but it has not been month. As stated then it will consist of seen at this time. Alfred F. Stern. six values: 15, 35, and 70 aurar, and l, ALGERIA 2, and 3 kroner. The 1OFr blue airmail stamp has been IRAQ overprinted with the anti-tuberculosis The first airmails from this land will seal and the legend ~'18 Juin 1947" ac­ be a set of eleven values. A four-engined cording to the Tribune Stamp Company plane, a bridge, a train, a mosque, and as reported in the N. Y. Sttn. ao airport will be in the design. Denom~ COSTA RICA inations are to be: 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 20, 30, Ernesto Quiros A. sends an example of 35, 40, 50 and 100 fils. a recently discovered error in the pro-· ITALY . visional overprint series. It consists of a The 3.20 Lire orange in the. design of vertical slug or bar looking much like a the clasped hands and plane outline has capital "I" before the symbol for Colones. been surcharged "LIRE 6" to make a Since this occurs once in each sheet there new rate. Irving E. Ray. are a total of 1000 errors in existence. A new series of semi-postals featuring EGYPT designs by famous artists is in prepara­ At the ,time of going to press the list tion for early release. Both post~ge and AUGUST. 1947 487 air mail values are in the set according and reddish grown and shows a four­ ro The N. Y. Times. engined plane over Mexico's two famous The airmails are: 6 lire plus 3 lire, peaks, Popocateptl and lzachuatl. . The violet, "God Go With You" (Arturo 10 pesos stamp is red-orange and brown Field); 20 lire plus 10 lire, green, ..The and features the aviator Emilio Carranza Lit!le Shepherdess" ( F. Paolo Michetti); and .a monoplane. F. W. Kessler and 25 lire plus 15 lire, orange, "The Angel Robert Rubsamen. of Life'' ( Giovanni Segantini), and 50 MOZAMBIQUE lire plus 25 lire, blue, "Master Purissma" Values and colors of five new air mail (Domenico M~relli). tax stamps are: le20 red, le60 blue, le70 LEBANON . violet, 2e90 brown, and 3e green. The A Red Cross semi-postal set of five design is a simply executed one showing values is at hand. The total face is a plane in flight. 787 .50 piastres composed ·of 262.50 p. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS postage and 575 p. surtax. All have a August 19 has been selected a.S the small cross in red in the design. first day of the long awaited Quezon­ The two low values show a statue and Roosevelt air-mail set because it is the the Faraya natural "bridge in the back­ birthday of the late President. Manuel L. g:r:ound. They are 12.50 plus 25 green, Quezon. . and 25 plus 50 ultramarine. The other ROUMANIA three show the same statue and ·a view A plane over a water scene features of the Bay of Jounieh. These values are: the latest design in a miniature sheet of 50 plus 100 brown, 75 plus 150 purple, four. The stamp is of 300 lei denomina­ and 100 plus 200 gray. Irving E. Ray. tion and lacks a border. . However this deficiency is made up with ii frame which MEXICO . divides the block into four parts. A sur­ The 10 and 20 pesos airmails are at tax of 1300 lei is indicated below each hand. Both are very attractive stamps stamp. and the writer is partial to the design of The May Day set has one airmail · the 20 pesos. This stamp is colored blue value· of 3,000 lei issued in a sheet of four. The design features parachutists · dropping· from a plane. Also reported is a 3,000 plus 12,000 ·lei blue airmail stamp. Further details would be apprec­ iated on this last mentioned item. SALVADOR Two varieties have been reported on the Masferrer issue by 0. Beer ·of Sal­ vador City. On the "12" centavos value the left "2" has a completely closed loop at the top. The "14" centavos value has .two broken letters. They are the "N.. and "T" of the word "centavos". They are dis­ figured is sucli a way that the right ver­ tical bar of the "N" and the left half of the horizontal bar of the "T" is missing. SAN MARINO Covers bearing the revalued ~oosevelt are first day cancelled the 17th of June. Blue Star Stamp Co. SPAIN The La Cierva design showing the in­ ventor's portrait ar_id his autogiro has · (Continued on next page) -Illus:tra:tions. Courtesy ROBERT RUBSAMAN . 488 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL AIRS OF THE MONTH- (Continued from previous page) Airposl Stamps been coming out in modified form be­ cause of a change in printers. Fournier anJ flo'W'n Co..,ers in Vitoria is now printing the stamps and they are slightly djfferent in color and generally perforated 10. • A 25 and 50 pesetas values are pro­ occupy a regular section of our phecied because of .need for high values. weekly auction sales. SYRIA Collectors inierested in p'llrchas­ Seven values consisting of 5, 6, 10, 15, ing fine Air Post items at fair 200, 300, 500 piastres are promised. prices are advised to write for A second "evacuation" set has one catalogues. They are gratis and· post paid. airmail value in i.t. The 25 piastres has been overprinted to commemorate the event a second time. • VENEZUELA Two sets are due from this South H. R. HARMER, Inc:. American land. One will observe the ar­ Auctioneers of the President Rooseoelt rival at the Venezuelan port of La Guaira, Collection of the·first three ships of the Grand Col­ ombian Merchant Fleet. They are the 32 East 57th Street "Republica de Venezuela", Rio Orinoco", New York 22, N. Y. and "Caracas", flying Venezuela colors. Plaza 3-8482 The ainnails will be vertical in form and will show a steering wheel, the maps of ·colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, and a picture of the "Republica de Venezuela." Leon Helguera Autographing The second set will honor the revolu­ tion of October 1945. A contest is being Covers For SFTW Fund conducted to decide the designs. Values and quantities will be the same • for both sets. They are: .05, .10 and 15, New York-Leon Helguera; designer 600,000; 25, and 30, 300,000; and lB, of the three-cent CIPEX adhesive and 5- 100,000. Colors have not b'een announc­ cent air-mail envelope, and the forth­ ed. F. Jacobi. coming 15c Air Mail stamp, devoted • many hours at CIPEX to autograph the PLATE NUMBERS ASSIGNED first two items for anyone who donated AND SENT ·TO PRESS $1 or more to "Stamps for the Wounded,' • and thereby was responsible for $600 List of Air Mail stamp plate numbers which will enable the volunteer &ervice issued during the month of June, 1947. committee of philately to continue its (Electric Eye Convertible) important work. (The cash funds are Pl.# Den. Series Sub used for stationery, postage and express 23681 25c 1947 200-curv- charges on shipments to various hospit­ 23682 25c 1947 200-curv. als ) . Mr. Helguera wishes to continue List of Air Mail stamp plates sent to and persons who could not obtain the press for the first time. autograph, may send to him, at 551 Fifth (Electric Eye Convertible) Avenue, New York 17, stamps, envelopes # Denom: Ser. Sub Date and/ or covers, which he will sign as 23668 25c 1947 200 6-18-47 their designer. Checks or postal notes in 23669 25c 1947 200 6-18-47 amount of $1 for each autograph should 23670 25c 1947 200 6-18-47 accompany the requests. OUR BOOK REVIEW -- • SANABRIA'S AIR POST CATALOGUE, Three sets of symbols tell at a glance the 1947 Edition. Edited by John W. Nicklin. antecedents and status of all air stamp Published by Nicolas Sanabria, Inc., 521 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. issues. While from a publication point of Regular Edition $4.50; Deluxe Edition $7 .50 view this saves much space it has. been Reviewed by our experience the average collector does AL TON J. BLANK not fully acquaint himself with the mean­ ing of the symbols and to this extent the • good intentions are lost. Also a number Most. striking change in any. of the of issues are not codified. However, it catalogues to' reach this desk is that found can universally be agreed that such a in the 1947 edition.of Sanabria's Air Post coding is far better than no reference Catalogue. The new page format is larg­ whatsoever. er than that customarily used it being To John W. Nicklin, the editor of this 9" x 5lh" in size. The publishers feel first edition produced without '11e guid­ this makes a more symmetrical and ing hand of the late Nicolas Sanabria, easier-to-use book. founder of the Catalogue, must go the Second innovation which . will be in . major plaudits and the minor criticisms. much favor is the arrangement or group­ That he is well qualified is evident by ing of countries under a Colonial Group­ the calibre of the book which has just ing Plan. Under this system the colonies been published. Mr. Nicklin, it will be of Portugal, Italy and France are placed remembered was the editor of the first in alphabetical sequence directly after air post stamp catalogue ever published the parent countries. . in the United States, back in 1929. Prices have been completely revised and brought up to date. An attempt has been made, and pretty well accomplish­ ed, to present a post war slant and re­ CANAL ZONE flect the current market in so far as pub­ lication conditions will permit. The very latest new issues are to be found in the AIRMAILS pages of this work. Since this catalogue is unabridged all • air stamps will be found listed therein. Used set CS-10, five cents to $1.0IJ · Many arguments have been waged and issued in 1931, also CSA, 30 cent, are constantly being waged as to wheth­ issued in 1941, all (7) for er all stamps or merely those which meet $1.00 postpaid. certain conditions should be recognized Condition fine - Satisfaction err as "air mail stamps". This volume takes Prompt Cash Refund - Member the stand that "if it is an· air stamp it is . AAMS, etc. listed ih Sanabria". This is fine for those collectors who have advanced beyond the Two new lists of used airs and of early stages of the game. Such collectors covers now available, with 2.0% can distinguish between the .legitimate discount to new customers on and the unethical issues and can collect the first order. This is a real accordingly. To the uninitiated such a bargain - Send a postcard today listing may present certain pitfalls. An ideal situation might exist if full infor­ mation were given about the pedigree of •· each series. HuoL Wat«:l.orn Codified Analysis, a special. feature of P.O. Box SE Tabor, New .Jersey the catalogue attemps to accomplish this. Regular Round The World Service Inaugurated On F. A. M. Routes • by RICHARD L. SINGLEY 1022 W. Ross St. Lancaster. Pa• • he United States became the first T country in history to institute a regular airmail service around the world. It would be hard to say who got the biggest thrill from the accomplishment, the colle9tor or President Juan Trippe of Pan American World Airways, whose global dream finally came true. The flight which made air history, took off from La Guardia Field, N. Y. at 2:17 p. i<; postmarked Flushing, N. Y., Airport m .. on June 17th with a group of the Station June 16, 4 p. m. over a 15c air­ Nation's leading publishers as guests of mail stamp. The next postmark is over a Mr. Trippe. Turkish stamp, June 19. Next is the Kar­ The seco~d of Pan American's regular achi Air Port cancel of June 20 · and a round-the-wodd flights left San Fran­ Calcutta postmark over an additional ci~co, June 26 with an additional Clipper Indian stamp of June 22. At Shanghai departing New York on June 27. The the postmark is June 25 over a $100.00 two Clippers met in Calc,u.tta, India and Chinese stamp and finally Tokyo, June turned around to return to their original 27. The next cancel is of the Naval Air base. This was the first flight on which Station, New York, N. Y., June 28 with mail was carried officially. a final backstamp of June 30 again at It seems that most every collector and the Flushing Airport Station. All the his hrother ( except the writer) ·tried to stamps and postmarks are on the front of place covers on board the "America". the cover and the back bears the signa­ Some were lucky and many were not so tures of the crew who made the flight. fortunate. The plane did not carry any Captain Gordon was in command dur­ mail officially but the collectors were up ing the New York to Calcutta portion of to their old tricks, and pulled all sorts of the flight, with Captain Gordon F. Max­ strings to get covers into the hands of well ·in command between Calcutta and persons making the ,trip. The majority San Francisco. Captain Gordon again of these covers were mailed back to their took command between San Francisco owners after the flight with some notation and New York. about having been aboard the "America". On the flight of June 26, the offices of which is far from the necessary evidence San Francisco, Honolulu and Guam were as· to whether they made the flight. furnished identical cachets, as illustrated, · Our good friends Bill Kaufmann and for application to covers destined for Bill Schneider, Jr. show us covers posted Calcutta. San Francisco used the blue pad from the New York Air .Mail Field, June and postrQ.arked covers, June 26, 9 p.m. 17 and again postmarked Jrme 30, over Covers from the AMF were dis­ the current 5c airs. They are endorsed, patched but not cacheted. Honolulu ap­ "Carried 'Around the World" by Hugh plied its cachet in magenta and dated H Gordon, Captain of the 'Clipper covers, June 27, 10. a. m. Guam machine America.' " cancelled all covers, June 29,.5 a. m., and The best cover we have seen to date applied its cachet in purple. This rnach- AUGUST, 1947 491 ine cancel which was used on the Cal­ picted on the New York cachet is flying cutta covers is not nearly as neat as .the east and the one on the San Francisco large hand .l}iller used on previous cachet is westbound. Inscriptions read flights. In case you are wondering why accordingly. These cachets were applied the jump in dates; a day is lost going at both the New York and San Francisco west in crossing the International Date offices and Air Mail Field offices with Line as you pass between Hawaii and postmarks as stated before. The San Guam. By the same token, a day is gain­ Francisco office used a magenta cachet ed coining east. while black was used from the Air Mail The service out of' New York to Cal~ Field. The New. York offce used blue cutta was announced for various dates with purple used from the Air Mail preceeding the actual inaugural flight. Field. Finally, it was decided the flight which At the la.st minute, collectors were would encircle the earth would also con­ given an opportunity to dispatch covers stitute the first flight to Calcutta. Cov,ers to Bangkok, Siam, from San Francisco, from the Morgan Annex are postmarked Honolulu and Guam. No official cachet June 27 but those from the Air Mail was applied to any of th~se covers: Field have been noted with any number Figures at hand reveal that the San of dates which indicates how often the Francis.co office dispatched 4161 covers service was postponed. Some of the earl­ around the world; 2960 covers to Cal­ ier postmarks have the date "27" applied cutta and 1235 covers -to Bangkok, Siam. by hand over the original date. The From the San Francisco Air Mail Field cachet, also illustrated, was applied in office 2959 covers were , dispatched blue from Morgan Station and black around the world; 461 to Calcutta and fiom the Air Mail Field. none to Bangkok. Although the AMF dispatches were not announced to Cal­ It appears that all covers westbound. cutta and even though no cachet was ap­ were carried around to New York via the plied, collectors grasped the opportunity connecting 'Round the World service and to send covers to Calcutta and in doing backstamped, July 4, 8 a. m. Covers so, were rewarded with a nice item that eastbound from New York were carried was carried around and backstamped at around to San Francisco but only those New York along with the other covers bearing the round-the-world rate of .50c so handled. received the backstamp of July 3, 6 p. m. The Guam dispatches include: 3009 The cachet as applied to the Round covers to Calcutta; 1139 to Bangkok and the World covers, and as illustrated on I 03 covers around the world. Honolulu front cover, is identical for each dispatch disp~tched 2890 pieces to Calcutta. except for the fact that the plane de- From Postmaster Albert Goldman we learn that 7200 covers were dispatched U. S. AIR MAIL for the Round the World service and 4700 covers made the first flight to Cal­ cutta. The Air Mail Field at New York sent 3,861 pieces on the Round the World flight and 2605 as far as Calcutta. To this we.might add that the San Fran­ cisco office received 12,571 pieces via the first flight. There was no individual count made of dispatches received. There is evidence. of covers being mis- . handled in rriany instances due to the FLIGHT 18 time element involved. There are also a number of error cachets reported. Cal­ NEW YORK.! GALGUTT.l\. cutta. applied a dirty machine cancel to N.Y.,U.S.A; i INDIA.· · all covers dispatched on June 30, 1947. On most covers, they got more ink on 492 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL the front of the covers than on the back­ The inaugural flight was in command stamp. A good recipe for this is a clean of Captain Haackon Sulbransen with eraser, a lot of perserverance and plenty Clifford Crittenden as . Co-pilot. Ap­ of elbow-grease. Place a heavy filler in proximately 2900 covei:-s received the of­ them first. ficial cachet, applied in blue at the New York Post Office and an additional 1,304 Strange that on this, the biggest and pieces, dispatched from the Air Mail longest flight thus far recorded our cov­ Field, were cacheted in red. ers were returned almost immediately upon completion of the flight. This pleased the collector' no end. The intermediate points will take longer to The BRITISH COMMONWEALTH be returned. For the "tough" points we PACIFIC.· AIRLINES LIMITED has had to depend on Pan America to cover ·been issued a permit authorizing the for us. Here's hoping they did! transportation of mail between a terminal point in New Zealand, Fiji Islands, Can­ Mr. G. C. Powell shows us a most uni­ ton Island, Hawaii, San Francisco and que item. The cover in question was pre­ the terminal point of Vancouver, British pared in Manila and evidently handed to Columbia. the pilot for it is postmarked at Calcutta, July 1, over the Philippine stamps. " .... (Might this be our first aerial-paquebot?) It was carried around to New York to LA SOCIETE ANONYME BELGE receive the July 4th cancel. Covers out of D'EXPLOITATION DE LA NAVIGA­ Calcutta are postmarked July 1 for the TION AERIENNE, the National Airlines east and westbound flights, and are back­ of Belgium, commonly known as ~tamped as per previous information TP­ SABENA, has been granted a foreign corded above. Some of the covers east­ carrier permit to transport persons, bound caught a backstamp of Manila, property and mail between the terminal July 2nd. of Brussels via Shannon, Gander and the terminal of New York. Our first flight around the earth was made possible by the Civil Aeronautics Board granting extensions to Pan Ameri­ " " " can's existing routes across the Atlantic The Belgians also sent a special plane . and Pacific. Domestic service between to the United States for the International Pan American's gateway points will be Stamp Show in New York. The cachet supplied by domestic; carriers until PAA's used was in the form of an elaborate application for domestic Clipper routes postmark which .reads, "Courrier Aerien to complete the pattern of U. S. air ser­ Special Bruxelles-NEW YORK-Brussel vice is approved by the C. A. B. Sijzondere Luchtkderier. Exposition Pan American's flight to Damas (Dam­ Philatelique/Philatelistische Tentoonstel­ ascus), Syria, via FAM-18 was inaugur­ ling, NEW YORK". ated on July 23. The stop at Damas, Syr­ ia- first broke into the news when we an­ " " " nounced in the Airpost Journal of Janu­ A Foreign air carrier. permit authoriz­ ary, 1947 that this port of call would re­ ing COMPANIA MEXICANA DE AVIA­ place .the stop at Beirut, Lebanon. CION, S. A. to engage in air transporta­ The official announcement relative to tion between the terminals of Los Angel­ this flight contained a statement to the es and Mexico City was issued by the effect that air letter sheets would be ac­ Civil Aeronautics Board on March 20, cepted for first flights. Since these sheets 1947. were offered to the public they have This is the same route on which our been accepted on first flights but this is own WESTERN AIR LINES have been the first occasion on which it was an­ awarded an FAM contract to fly in the nounced officially. near future. INDIA • As I have received an unprecedented response to my following offe:v made elsewhere, and the buyers have all expressed their fullest satisfaction with the covers sent to them, I am today repeating this ·offer to the readers ol The Airpost Journal:

"For a small sum of one hundred rupees, payable by a demand draft in rupees on Bombay and drawn on the Bombay Branch of The American Express Co., Inc., I shall be pleased to send a very fine small collection of Indian First Flight covers to form the nucleus of a collection of Indian Air Mails. Satisfaction guaranteed." • May I Have Your Trial Order? • JAL cuuv~~~ .=. ~- t;• .1. STANDARD BUILDING, HORNBY ROAD BOMBAY, INDIA 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, 6 The Fairway, Upper Montclair, N. J. 1932, at the post office at Albion, Pa., under the Act of March 3, 1879. GRACE CONRATH, Business Manager Albion. Penn'a The AIRPOST JOURNAL ill not con· ALTON J. BLANK, Assistant Editor ducted for profit. The managing edi· tor, all department editors, feature 1089 Winston Rd., So. Euclid 21, Ohio writers and contributors serve gratis GLEN W. NAVES, Assistant Editor and without compensation of any kind. 930 N. Church St., Spartanburg, S. C. All receipts from advertising, subscrip­ tions and contributions are applied di· ERNEST A. KEHR. Art Editor rectly to. the betterment of the maga­ Richmond Hill, N. Y. zine and the promotion of aero· philately. ASSOCIATE EDITORS R. LEE BLACK, Des Moines, Iowa SUBSCRIPTION RATES Interrupted Flight Cover News United States ...... $2.00 per year FRANCIS J. FIELD, Sutton Coldfield, canap.a and Foreign ...... $2.50 per year England Single · Copies ...... --.20c ·each D. E. HELMUTH, East Cleveland, Ohio Back Numbers .. _. .._ ...... ""-...... 25c each l!'. W ..KESSLER, New York, N. Y. Second (duplicate) copy sent to GEORGE D. KINGDOM, Conneaut, member's same address, 1 yr..... $1.00 Ohio. Bound Volumes also ·available. Market Trends DR. MAX KRONSTEIN, New York, ADVERTISING RATES N. Y. Quarter Page, per issue ...... $ 3.75 Air Malls and the War Half Page, per issue ...... _ ...... $ 7.00 FLORENCE LAMPORT Philadelphia, Pa. Full Page, per issue ...... $12.00 A.A.M.S. Chapter News Front Inside or Back Cover ...... $15.00 IAN C. MORGAN, Montreal, Canada Composition charge for solid, tabular Air Letter Sheets or special typographic layouts: lOc to RICHARD L. SINGLEY, Lancaster, Pa. 25c per inch additional. . F.A.M. Notes · Interested advertisers may apply for WILLIAM M. STUART, Washington, contract rate for space used every · D. C. issue for a period of 12 months. Ad· Washington Notes vertising and editorial copy MUST BE WILLIAM R. WARE, Malden, Mo. RECEIVED BY THE 20TH OF EACli Contract Air Mall Routes MONTH. 10 days before publication. The right is reserved to refuse any Wil..LIAM T, WYNN, Detroit, Mich. advertising. Dedications and Unofflclals

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL has been published under the auspices of THB AMERICAN AIR MAlL SOCIETY since October, 1931. It has reached Its high place of usefulness to the hobby prlmarlly through the genius, ln!:lustry 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 may be written ing, new and renewal subscriptions, direct at the addresses printed at the back number and bound volumes. top of their columns. All general edi­ address changes and other matters of torial copy and communications on all Clrculation, b'twiness 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 6 The Fairway ALBION, PENN'A UPPER MONTCLAffi, N. J. Here and There with the· Editor • "l'\ very thoughtful Postal Official is A.A.M.S. will be found actively engaged 1' Tomas R. Santos, Acting Post­ with plans for his home-town show. master at Guam, Guam. On the recent flights to Shanghai ·and elsewhere, Act­ •••• ing Postmaster Santos was without clear- . Word reaches us · through John W. ance for the dispatch of Air Letter Nicklin, Editor of the Sanabria Catalogue Sheets via the inaugural services when that New York's famous Tripe ·Club has fo~nked only at the Air Letter Sheet rate.. been revived and reconstructed. The Rather .than disapppint collectors he per­ Club, originally formed by the late Emil sonally advanced the extra postage. to in­ Bruechig, some years ago, became the sure dispatch a very fine courtesy in­ unofficial and entirely informal luncheon deed!. mecca of New Yorkers and out of town visitors interested in stamps. The Club " " " will hereafter meet at the Seven-Eleven During the past several months Air­ Restaurant, at 7-11 W. 44th Street on post collectors have been saddened by each Thursday, starting at noon. the · death of two prominent figures in It works like this:- The group starts the philatelic field. The sudden death of to gather downstairs in the Men s Grill. Spencer Anderson, the well known pro­ The charming hostess will direct you to fessional during the CIPEX show, shock­ the proper table. There is no formality, ed his many friends and intimates. While there are no offiCers, there are no dues. Spencer used to maintain that he was in You just have lunch and talk. It is a no sense an Air Mail man, he always had great place to find out what is going on a lively interest in Airpost matters and in stampdom. was a loyal ,friend and supporter of the American Air Mail Society. It will not be the same without him. We also re­ Some month's ago a reader asked a gretfully record the passing of our mem- question concerning the number of Air . her W. Noble Burrows of Oxford, Eng­ stamps issued to date. Another reader land, whose death occuned on March 17. thoughtfully sends in a clipping from Member of the American Air Mail Soc­ Linn's Weekly Stamp News which seems iety, Q;icford Philatelic Society, and Jun­ to supply a pretty satisfactory answer. ior Philatelic Society (Eng.), he was the The follo~ng tabulation was made by acknowledged expert in Oxford on all Mr. Stout Lillard of Washington, D. C. philatelic matters. During recent years and includ!'s all Scott listed varieties he had specialized in Airmail first flights. through and including the September, He was the recipient of many awards in ] 946 Supplement. International Exhibitions, including silv­ ·er medals at both Paris, 1930 and Following is the list broken into dif­ London, 1934. Thanks to Mr. Burrow's ferent groups as arranged by Mr. Lillard. son, Eric W. S. Burrows, and to Henry M. Horn for this information. · C-lst c1a5s Air Post Stamps ...... 5064 CB-Air Post Semi Postal Stamps .... 181 " " CE-Air Post Special Delivery ...... 28 .. CO-Air Post Official Stamps ...... 135 Turner Nearing, president of the De­ PA-Postal Tax Stamps ...... ) catur Stamp and Coin Club, Dectaur, Ill., PRAC-Air POST Postal Tax has announced that plans are we.JI under­ Stamps ...... ) .. 2.8 way for the Club's Annual Exhibition, RAJ-Postal Tax Postage Dues...... ) Bourse and Auction, to be held Saturday UC-Air Pos.t Stamped Envelopes· ...... G UMC-Military Air Post Envelopes .... 2 and Sunday, November 9 and 10. With­ MC-Military Air Post Stamps ...... 16 out being told we are sure that Past Occupation ·Airs ...... 15 President Paul F. Robertson of the A-Regular Postage Stamps ...... 233 496 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL SP-Semi Postal Stamps ...... 95 items. Any of these lists will be sent free 0-0fficial Stamps ...... 2 to readers of the ] ournal upon receipt of CF-Air Post Registration Stamps ...... 2 return postage. Mr. Kessler may be ad­ MCE-Military Air Post Special De- livery Stamps ...... 1 dressed at 500 Fifth Avenue, New York MCB--Military Air Post Semi Postal 19, N. Y.; Mr. Charlat at 180 Broadway, Stamps ...... ! New York 7, N. Y.; and Mr. Watchorn at P. 0. Box 9, Tabor, N. J. 5810 " " " The above list does not include the In co-operation with the Army Air tentative listings as included in the cata­ Forces Aid Society the Fleetwood Cover logue, neither are the questionable Service is sponsoring three steel engraved Spanish Revolutionary issues included in special envelopes for the new 25, 15 and this list. lOc Air Mail adhesives. A. August. Tiger Yes, yes - we KNOW - many of is handling the publicity and advises us us feel SCOTT ·does not list ALL the that the Aid Society will benefit mater­ Airpost stamps - but this is a good ially from the sale of these covers. De­ starter in any event! signs for the 25c and 15c stamps have 0 0 0 • already appeared. The design for the lOc Karl Weber, Historian of the A.A.M.S. stamp, to be issued in conjunction with calls to our attention the new movie the American Air Mail Society Conven­ "Blaze of Noon" which gives a splendid ton at Washington, D. C., August 30, is picture of the early trials and tribulations now in preparation. The three special in the attempt to establish regular Trans­ envelopes serviced with the new stamps continental ,Air Mail Service. No doubt may be had in a complete set at $1.25 it will be coming to your favorite for the three. Address Fleetwood Cover theatre soon -·and Karl says it's a picture Service, Pleasantville, N. Y. or the Army which no U.S. Air Cover collector should Air Force Aid Society, Washington, D. miss. C. This is a worthy project and should " " receive the support of collectors. . :0 :0 :0 • Our Scottish correspondent Jimmie W otherS'floon tells us about a cover he And finally, thanks to W. B. Wilson, received carried by the REYNOLD'S Boise, Idaho for first flight cover of the BOMBSHELL. The cover is manuscript Boise-Moscow flight, June 8, and to S. inscribed and signed by Captain Odom. C. Henry, Sales Manager, British Over­ Jimmie no doubt is correct in his belief seas Airways, for cover from the inaugur­ that only two of these covers, similarly al service, Geneva-London bv BOAC prepared and inscribed were carried but which took place on May 19. , we learn that several thousand others were prepared and carried by the pro­ • moters and will eventually reach the JULY STAMP SALES - market at rather inflated prices in rela­ tion to the number available. " " " • We have received a number of new The Post Office Department announc­ price lists from various of our advertisers. ed on July 10 that sales of new postage A handsome production with cover in stamps through the Department's Phila­ four colors and featuring photos of the telic Agency in the Post Office Depart­ office staff comes from the F. W. Kessler ment Building in Washington for the organization. The Airmail 1947 handy fiscal year ended, June 30, 1947, amount­ picket size list, issued by L. W. Charlat, ed to $3,931,291.42. is also at· hand - and as welcome and This figure represents the all-time high useful as ever. From Hugh Watchorn we for the Philatelic Agency, and amounts have received a planographed list in to a $310,599.06 increase over the pre­ large format featuring USED AIR MAIL vious fiscal year which was the former STAMPS, including some of the scarcer record Agency year. AUGUST. 1947 497 DESIGN OF NEW 15c AIR MAIL STAMP AIR .MAILS

Graf Zeppelin. .Cover First Europe-Pan American Flight With U. S. Cl3-14-15 This ariticle · made the complete Round Trip: Very fine condition ... : .... $ 80.00 .· . NEW 15-CENT AIR MAIL STAMP • TO GO ON SALE ON AUGUST 20 Graf Zeppelin Cover First Europe-Pan American Flight • Lakehurst to Germany A new 15-cent Air Mail postage stamp, intended primarily for use on Air With u. ·s. C15: Superb Mail destined for points in Europe and condition ...... • 42.00 the Middle East, . will be issued by the Post Office Department on August 20, it • was announced July 3. U. S. Graf Zeppelin Mint This new 15-cent Air Mail stamp which EE C13-15: V. Fine ...... $430.00 is to be green in color will be placed on , 'singles C13-15: V. Fine .... $ 90.00 sale for the first time at the New York, New York Post Office on August 20-with general sale followillg at post offices • throughout the nation th~ next day or PAN AMA C6 Mint Superb. $ 4.00 as soon thereafter as distribution will SALVADOR: Used V. Fine permit. C73 - 77 ...... 50 Arranged horizontally, the new Air .40 Mail stamp will be of special delivery C86 - 88 size. Its central motif will be a reproduc­ C89 - 91 .40 qon of the Statue of Liberty showing the New York City skyline in the back­ Remit M. Order or Certified Check ground and a modern four-motor plane in flight. In the upper right portion of Satisf~ction Guaranteed or Money the stamp will be the wording "Air Refunded Promptly. Mail" in dark Gothic. Across the bottom in a dark panel is the inscription "United States Postage" in white Gothic, directly • above and to the right of which is the denomination "15c., in the same style on a circular background. Ellner A. Brink Collectors desiring first day covers may 218 - 20th ·send not more than 10 fully prepaid cov­ TOLEDO 2. OHIO ers to the Posbnaster, New York 1, N. Y., · accompanied by a Postal Note or Money A.A.M.S. 2970 Order for the exact amount. lnterrup.ted Flight Cover News ert L. Arnold of Hammond, Indiana, en­ • route from Chicago to Boston, crashed By R. LEE BLACK at 3:30 a. m. just north of the Cleveland Des Moines, Iowa airport. The plane ripped thru trees and 219 Securities Building a high tension wire, .killing the pilot and co-pilot and injuring 17 passengers. Mail • aboard was 109 pounds, all of which was CHEYENNE, WYOMING, OCT. 8, 1946 salvaged, undamaged, and forwarded AM 1-28 UAL of Oct. 7, 1946, from Cleveland on same day. As far as scheduled to depart from San Francisco, . known no special markings were applied.; Calif., at 8:40 p. m. on a non-stop BURBANK, C:ALIF., NOV. 13, 1946 flight to Cheyenne, where it was due at 2:20 a. m., crashed at 4:33 a. m. (MST) Western Air Lines, AM 12-23, leaving on the Fort Warren military reservation Salt Lake City at 10:30 p. m., piloted by a mile and a half northwest of Cheyenne. Captain G. J. Miller, First Officer, Theo­ Two passengers were killed. Pilot of the dore Mathie, west-bound for Los Angel­ ship was L. H. Smith who.made a heroic es, Calif., crashed at approximately 3:40 emergency landing. Plane was partially a. m., Nov. 13, 1946, on Alamo Peak, 16 burned. This plane actually left . San miles south, 4 miles west of Gorman, .Francisco at 10:20 p. m. Mail aboard, Calif., killing the crew mentioned as well 2,182 pounds, all salvaged. Pouches were as eight passengers. The ship was a relabeled and dispatches made over AM- Douglas DC-3-112, No. 18645. Total 12-2 on Oct. 8 at 12:34 p. m., and over mail aboard was 2 pouches containing AM 1-2020 at 11:46 p. m. A total of 640 51 pounds. The mail was mostly made pounds of wet loose mail was picked up up at Salt Lake City for Los Angeles dis­ on the prairie, forwarded to Cheyenne tribution. All mail was believed destroy­ where a cachet was applied reading ed, according to the Postal Inspectors. "Damage due to Air Mail Interruption ABERDEEN, MD., DEC. 19, 1946 near Cheyenne, Wyoming October 8, 1946." 85 pounds of undeliverable mail An Eastern Air lines plane was forced were forwarded to the Postmaster at to an unusual emergency landing in this Omaha, Nebraska-Nixie Division. incident. It collided in mid-air with a Universal airlines plane over the down­ ALEXANDRIA, VA., OCT. 11, 1946 town district of Aberdeen, Md., and due Trip No. 564 of EAL, piloted by Capt. · to the skillful piloting of Pilot J. B. Kuhn Joe S. Morris, enroute from Miami to and First Flight officer; Eugene M. Harv­ New York, crashed in the .woods a few ey,. the plane was safely grounded in a miles south of Washington at 11:25 p. smooth landing at the National Airport, m. and was partially burned after land­ Washington, DC. The plane was Miami ing. The pilot was groping thru a dense bound. The pilot of the other plane in­ fog for an emergency landing and in do­ volved in this mid-air collision also-land­ ing so he struck a well house and ripped ed h_is plane safely. thru a 2,300 volt high tension line, set­ SAN DIEGO, . CALIF., DEC. 24, 1946 ting the plane afire. Aboard the plane were 41 pounds of mail, 25 lbs. of which Western Air Lines, AM 13, piloted by was salvaged apparently undamaged. No Capt. George Sprado and First Officer, record of any markings applied. Mail Richard Webber, enroute from El Centro was forwarded from Washington, D. C. to San Diego, crashed on Thing Moun­ on the 12th. tain in Laguna Range, 50 miles _east of San Diego on Dec. 24th, Christmas eve. CLEVELAND, OHIO, NOV. 11, 1946 Time of crash unknown. Trip departed Trip 404, route 1, UAL, piloted by F. El Centro (Holtville airport) at 6:45 p. L. Brown -o:f Chicago and co-pilot, Rob- m. and was due to arrive San Diego at AUGUST, 1947 499 7:32 p. m. Plane was totally destroyed as well as all the mail. No need to look for covers from this one. ·Going, Going, Gone SHANNON, EmE, DEC. 28, 1946 A TWA, trans world airliner, Constel­ • lation type, known as the "Star of Cairo," I Have A Collection Of 18 Fine piloted by Capt. Herbert Tansey, in Covers. All Flown On The Graf trouble for unknown reasons, crashed Zeppelin. The Covers Catalog Over and exploded early on morning of the $78.50 In The AAMS Catalog, and. 28th on a mud island in the River Ferg­ The Stamps On These Covers us, three miles from the Shannon airport. ,Catalog Over $210.00 In The 1946. 'The attempted forced landing took the Edition Of Scott's Airmail Catalog. ,lives of 12 of the 23 persons aboard. The plane was in bound from Paris for a land­ Let's Have An Offer For This ing at Shannon. From there it was Collection. Remember. Make Your scheduled for the trans·Atlantic' trip to Offer With Confidence Because ·New York. No record at this writing of Satisfaction Is Guaranteed, If mail salvaged nor of any markings. The Your Offer Is Accepted. plane was badly burned and no doubt · what mail was salvaged was 'in damaged THE LOT CONSISTS OF - condition. I COVER - With the $1.30 Zepplin

. It's capacity is.. 400 covers (each page is interleaved with glassine) ·-r-·This album is supplied at $4.00 postfree east of the Mississippi and COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK· $4.25 west. You'll like it! · . THEN, for the fellow who doesn't want to bot;her mounting his covers, but wants them one step ahead of the "shoe box", we offer the The new 29th edition (red covers) is now being dis­ Glassine Pocket style album. There are 70 glassine pock­ tributed. Ask for your FREE copy of this 60 page ets, suitable for housing standard sized covers (capacity handy pocket-sized booklet if you want one! about 100 covers) bound into a· very neat and sturdy ·binding. These sell for $2.75 postfree in east., and $3.00 postfree west of Mississippi. They're fine .for displaying I AUCTIONS I covers, as well as storing them. Every month sees about 500 lots of stamps, covers and collections offered "at auction" to highest bidders who mail their bid sheets to Harrisburg! I APPROVAL SERVICE I Many fine airmail covers and cove~ collections are included in every sale and, not infrequently, we have One of the many services we have found very satis­ choice airmail stamps included in these s~les. factory to almost every collector is our "Personal Ap­ If you don't receive these Sale Catalogs, drop a line proval Service". Meaning just what it says, this gives today and ask for the current catalog. All bidding is done YOU the opportunity to examine ANY cover or stamp by mail and every lot is sold to some lucky mail-bidder. or item in our entire stock, at your convenience at home, No charge for these catalogs, either! · with permission to accept or reject according to your pleasure. So, if you think you'd like to take a chance and see what oppor­ tunities are in store for you here in Harrisburg,-drop me a line today I COVER ALBUMS ·1 (give your AAMS number for reference) and I'll see what the stock holds for you. ·One of the most important aids in making a collection of covers is an appropriate COVER ALBUM. As you know, you have a great many choices of albums, ranging from 81hxll in size, upwards. I THAT'S NOT ALL I We have TWO kinds which we like very much. Let me tell you about them. We are always interested in helping every collector, whether he is FIRST, The "l:ong" Deluxe "400" Cover Album .which holds any buying a single stamp or a whole collection ... just as we are always size cover, along with clippings, etc. Consisting of 50 jet-black pages, ready to buy any fine collection that a collector may have for sale. heavy weight paper, ,overall size 16 % x 10% inches, loose-leaf 3 post So, no matter what your present interests may be, you will find construction and with a beautiful fabrikoid binding, this album is prompt service, complete satisfaction and careful attention to your re­ considered tops by many collectors. quirements, from "The Department Store of Philately" in Harrisburg.

IELMIER Ro LO~G 11112 llA\RKJET STo' A.A.M.S. "THE DEPARTMENT STORE OF PHILATELY" BA\RRllSBlJRG, PA\o Interviews Admiral Byrd . . . . ' by GLEN W. NAVES .peditions. The veteran explorer plans to. ·Assistant Editor make his home in Virginia, his native state, upon retirement . . - [)) eturn ·of dirigibles. to transoceanic Admiral Byrd also disclosed that dur­ iµg World War II he carried out impor­ ]'m_ skyways "not only is feasible but. WO"!Jld be practical," Admiral Richard E. tant confidential missions in both the Byrd, noted Polar explorer and Navy European and Pacific theatres, but mod­ flier, told me in a recent interview. .estly declined fo say more than . "I was "Dirigibles of the large type are strong out there with you fellows." and capable of carrying large cargoes - He express~d keen delight over pros­ and, with helium, they are safe," the pects of his early ~eturn to civilian life famous Arctic and Antarctic pathfinder, as "a plain American citizen." said. "They could be used for carrying I first chatted with Admiral Byrd as mail and passengers as well as large car­ he stepped off an East~rn Air Lines New goes of goods. It is entirely possible that York-New Orleans plane at my home we will see these big airships · flying city•s- Me~orial Airport The following again." day, along with other newspapermen and Admiral Byrd also disclosed his plans radio representatives, we talked inform­ to retire to the Navy's· inactive service ally for nearly an hour. The Admiral, list this year, possibly within a few modest, gracious and affable, drank tea months. At the same time, his acceptance - his "favorite beverage" and smoked of a directorship in the Reeves Group of cigarettes in a holder as we talked. textile mills, following retirement, was His interest in aviation remains keen. announced by· John M. Reeves of Sum­ He deplored America's failure to register mit, N. J ., ptesident of the industries. ' and secure territorial claims upon Arctic Mr. Reeves joined Admiral Byrd in pay­ and Antarctic areas discovered by Perry ing tribute to 5,000 employes of the and other explorers and said it is "entirely Reeves Mills at Spartanburg, South possible.. to establish permanent.military Carolina. The mills created and manu­ bases and civil colonies as well as mining factured "Byrd Cloth", a tough but light installations in the Arctic. fabric from which wind and rain-resis­ He commended recently announced tant clothing was ·supplied Byrd and his joint United States-Canada plans for fellow explorers on 3 of their polar ex- summer maneuvers in the Antarctic.

ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD, noted Polar explorer and Navy mer, is inter­ viewed by Glen W. Naves, right, American Air Mail Society Publicity Chairman. (Photo by Randolph Bradford, Spa~burg (S. C.) Herald-Journal Staff Photographer.) AUGUST, 1947 505 PHILATELIC AGENCY SUPPLIES VENEZUELAN STAMPS AT FACE AIR-MAIL • The following list of Venezuela Air · Mail stamps may be secured at face value COVERS from:

Oficina Filatelica Nacional MONTHLY PUBLIC SALES Ministerio de Communicaciones LICENSED AUCTIONEER Caracas, Venezuela. 181 AIRMAIL STAMPS IN STOCK Next Sale During The 80th Anniversary of Andres Bello ( 1945) Bs. .30 AAMS Convention

Centennial of Death of Gen. Urdaneta Saturday ...... August 30, 1947 ( 1945) Bs ..30 2 P. M ...... ~ ...... Room 109 Revolution Commemoration Issue Hotel Raleigh ...... 12th & Penn, (Oct. 1946) Bs •.15 N. W. Washington, D. C. " .20 ,, .30 • ,, 1.00 When in Washington for the XII Panamerican Sanitary Conference · (Jan. 1947} Convention visit the only Wash­ Bs ..15 ington office devoted solely to ,, .20 " .so Air-Mail covers. ,, 1.00 Overprints (Jan. 1947) • Bs. .10 " .15 ,, .20 ,, .70 AERO-PHILATELIC ,, 20.00 Reprints in Different Colors ( Scott EXCHANGE March 1947) AP-16 Bs. 75 Orange Yellow Room 303 Central Bldg. AP-16 " 1.00 Prussian Blue AP-16 " 3.00 Chestnut Brown 809 G. Street, N. W. AP-16 " 5.00 Scarlet Red WASHINGTON 1, D. C. AP-9 " 10.00 Dark Violet Rate of Exchange: Bs. 3.30 per U. S. • Dollar JOSEPH H. SPIEGELBERG It is preferred that remittances be AAMS Life Member #50 made by cash or via U.S. Bank Draft. Supplements To The American Air Mail. Catalogu~ 1947 Edition • Supplements to this Catalogue will appear regularly in THE AIRPOST JOURNAL. Users possessing additional information· for listings or correc­ tions are asked to communicate with the appropriate Section Chairman. A list of such Chairmen will be found at page 600 of Volume One.

Volume One of the Catalogue available from most Philatelic dealers or from THE AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE, Albion, Penn'a at $4, plus 27c postage East of Chicago, 38c elsewhere. Volume II in preparation.

- SECOND SUPPLEMENT - • UNITED STATES CONTRACT AIR MAIL ROUTES IV-B • AIR MAIL ROUTE NO. 75 Inaugural Service: ORLANDO-TALLAHASSEE January ID. 1947 Inaugural Carrier: Florida Airways Compa»y

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AM 75

•.. :': AUGUST; 1947 507

AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENTS-Con.t.

In the Florida Case, decided in March, 1946, the Civil Aeronautics Board author­ ized Thomas E. Gordon (doing business as Orlando Airlines) to operate a feeder route serving eleven cities in Florida, with terminals for mail connections with trunk line routes at Orlando, Jacksonville, and Tallahassee. Originally scheduled for service in December 1946, the inaugural flights were deferred until January 10, 1947. The Orlando-Tallahassee leg was inaugurated on the above date, with official cachets ·at cities not previously having air mail service. An unofficial cachet was pro­ vided by Florida Airways, Inc. (the changed name of Orlando Airlines) at Orlando. Postmark times: Ocala north, 8:30 AM; south, 12M; Gainesville north, 8:00 AM; south, 10:00 AM; Lake City north, 11:00 AM; south, 9:00 AM.

Cachets-Type 75. Each map type cachet has a distinctive inset· design for the particular point involved.

75Nl Orlando-(no cachet)-Lowe ( 248 pieces) .60 7582 Ocala-( green)-Lowe ( 224 pieces) .60 75N2 Ocala-(green)-Lowe (1149 pieces) .25 7583 Gainesville-(magenta)-Lowe ( 1465 pieces) .25 75N3 Gainesville-(magenta)-Lowe ( 812 pieces) .25 7584 Lake City-(blue)-Lowe ( 254. pieces) .60 75N4 Lake City-(blue)-Lowe ( 1284 pieces) .25 7585 Tallahassee-(no cachet)-Lowe ( 314 pieces) .'J5

GAINESVILLE-JACKSONVILLE SERVICE February 15, 1947 The Gainesville-Jacksonville service was originally scheduled to start simultaneous­ ly with the Orlando-Tallahassee leg, but was deferred until the above date. Orlando and Ocala held covers addressed tO Jacksonville, and did not postmark them until ·February :f5, but Gainesville mailed covers addressed to Jacksonville on the first northbound flight January 10 .. Only those covers received at Gainesville after January 10 were held for the first actual flight to Jacksonville, and were postmarked February 15, 1947, 2:30 PM. Some covers postmarked this date at Ocala have cachets, but are not recognized in the listings. Cachet-Type 75 at Gainesville. Pilot-Maurice A. Austill. 75E3 Gainesville-(magenta)-Austill. ( *672 pieces) 1.50 75W6 Jacksonville-(no cachet)-Austill ( *270 pieces) .60 f. Airfield (*1080 pieces) .1.50 * Post Office Department reports show collectors' pieces for 75E3, 104; 75W6, 247; and 75W6F, 110. (Continued on page 522) The Eagle Is Air Worthy- • by GLEN W. NAVES Assistant Editor • HE us·~ IS SHORT but our al­ lr bums and stockoooks bulge with them-tiny squares and oblongs of car­ mine, blue, brown, green and bright orange-the airpost stamps of the United States of America. · Blocks, strips, pairs, plate number singles, prized pieces bearing special cancels, embossed envelopes and first day of issue covers. Nothing rare, nothing expensive even -just . super-special stamps of a great • First U. S. Air Stamp nation. History repeats itself-even for mail ue for Trans-Pacific service, plus 30 cents given wings! winged globe stamp for our Trans-Atlan­ In ·1928, several years ' before we tic flights. switched from "this and that," to air­ Sans · surcharge ( not· objectionable if mails: the rate for air letters was dropped not overdone), floods of "errors", odds to a nickel. and ends and speculative issues; the air­ On September 25, 1946, alongside sev­ stamps of America are of legitimate use, eral old mends, among many American "planning and origin. Air Mail Society stalwarts, we stood at Washington's National Airport, saw a Our "limited use" stamps have been new United States air stamp and emboss­ confined to the Zeppelin issues and our. ed air envelope go on first day sale, and surch~ged war service an~ "no lozenge" the world's first Flying Post Qffice take air envelopes. · off. . Moderately financed collectors, and Airmail was down ~o a nickel again! most of us are within this category, there­ This is the 29th anniversary year of fore need not flinch or ·become discour­ established airmail service in our nation. aged when we chart a course of speciali­ Forty-four years ago last Christmas zation in this prolific but not prohibitive lvf onth, the Wright Brothers first flew '11ome" field. We have thus chosen. Air­ from historic Kitty Hawk. stamps and covers of other nations are in our albums~sure. But we have confined 'J'.he United States is the world's larg­ est producer of planes, the largest flier our cqmpletion and specialization yard­ of commercial domestic and overseas air­ stick mainly to American airs. ways, the holder of the globe's longest The 20 cents value of' the 1912-13 . span of regularly flown air miles. Parcel Post is~ue, "Aeroplane Carrying And yet we . have issued only 40-odd Mail," and the 1928 International Civil adhesives and embossed envelope air- Aeronautics Conference 2 and 5 cents stamps! · stamps are "MUSTS" in the well round­ We've had 5, 6, and 8-cent per ounce ed out U. S. airmail collection. low values for domestic service and we've We began our airmail service with our ~one up to 20; 25 and 50 cents face val- airmail stamps and have kept the pace- AUGUST. 1947 509 . stamps limited, airways expanding,· ever National Air Mail Week and the since. American Air Mail Society's 1938 St. Three biplane values, the 6, 16 and 24- Petersburg, Florida convention "divi­ cent 1918 issue, started us, and produced dend-ed" in the form of the American one of the world's. greatest air rarities, eagle centering the bi-colored 6 cents, . the 24-cent invert. In 1923, we changed with St. Petersburg (for the AAMS con­ designs with new 8, 16 and 24-cent vention) and Dayton, Ohio firs~ day cov­ stamps-6 stamps in 5 years of pioneer ers. mail flying! We used these 3 stamps 3 The years 1935-1937 saw PAA-mark­ years, and in 1926 added the 10, 15 and ed Clippers launching FAM Route 14 20-cent plane-map series, 9 stamps in 8 from San Francisco to Manila · and the years!· Orient. Concurrently, out of numerical Charles Augustus Lindbergh's New order, came the 25 cents blue, 20 cents York-Paris flight resulted in the 1927 10 green anq 50 cents Trans-Pacific Clipper cents blue Spirit of Saint Louis stamp, stamps. · also issued in booklet fonn. Airmail-special delivery stamps have No. 11 (Scott's 1310)-fhe beautiful brightened the American airstamps pic­ carmine and blue Sherman Hill-in-the­ ture. First was the 16 cents steel blue, Rockies stamp, was added in 1928. In first day serviced: in honor of the Ameri­ that year, we -had strung our beacon can Air Mail Society's 1934 convention lights over many mountain and plain in Chicago with special AAM~ station miles, had flown mail a decade, and still cancel. In 1936, the stamp appeared in were down to a stamp an:d a fraction per an exquisite blue-carmine bi-color. This year average. stamp, reproducing the Great Seal of the No. 12, the 5 cents violet winged United States, is an artistic treasure globe (flat press, perf. 11) didn't come piece. until 1930:.....12 years after our initial gov­ The imperforate "Farley" issue or emment airmail flight. "compromise stamps" reached out to in­ No. 13, same design but rotary pressed clude the 16 cents air special blue. It ( perf. IO~xll), was issued in 1931. A belongs in all airstamp collections-for year later, we added the- 8 cents olive the sake of completion, at least. We have bistre value to the winged globe series, no serious quarrel with this stamp. How­ to cover an increase in air rates. Early ever, we wish just a little that it-~ather in June 1934 Congress passed Act No. the cause of it-had not been injected in­ 308, slashing the airmail rate to 6 cents, to our nation's airposts history. Still, we and the winged globe blos~omed in bril­ collect it, with no great misgivings, in liant orange. single, block and first day cover fonn.

• First Experiment with Low Cost Air Mail. 1928. The United States Returned to · this Rate on Oct. 1. 1946 510 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

e One of the three Rare and Beautiful Graf Zeppelin Stamps. Issued in 1930

Came 1941 and the twin-motored ed return corner addresses. of service per­ transport 6, 10, 15, .20, 30 and 50 cents sonnel and censorship .. ,If one desires to orange values-the modern touch and really spread out, these envelopes, same .motif in design. Very attractive $tamps, as all the other U. S. embossed airs, m,ay althoug~ we've become accustomed to be collected to the extent of all minor seeing the 6 and 8 cents values so often varieties. Late in 1946 these envelopes on our mail. Still, we have upwards of were overprinted to reflect reduced air lQO fine used plate singles of the six­ rate of 5c. · with Navy cancels! They came off our Plate, ar~ow and position ·blocks, cov­ home-bound Pacific mail, having been ers, cancellations, singles,. mint, used, carefully saved for us, and make several Airs of America can be spread out more nice pages. than the casual student may believe. And on Marc'h 26 of this year a utili­ Non-"fly speck" varieties exist. ·The torian touch was added when the large spread can carry you further and further, . format 5c, issued the previous September, filled .album after filled album, into this was brought out in a neat reduced size rich "at home" field. version. United States airmails, in our opinion, are "ceiling: unlimited!" The 5, 8 and 6 cents monoplane type air envelopes came along quite early. . The American. Eagle is Airworthy. He They were followed by the 6 cents-on-2 flies fast and far, over the limitless over­ cents wartime· overprints (Washington seas routes. · and White. House design) and the strik­ But he does this with second to none i~gly beautiful 4-motored oblong design pilots and planes, writing an increasing­ embossed air envelope issued Sept. 25, ly brilliant record with actuf!.l achieve­ 194~. Add World War II air envelopes: ment in the skies over the world instead the 6 cents orange on white of the mono­ plane series, sans red and blue border . of in a deluge of "limited use," specula­ bars and confined to armed forces dis­ tive and other questionab~e, "border line" tribution. We purchased upwards of 100 01 excess airstamps. of these at Pearl Harbor and forward Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Den­ area Naval post offices but have given mark, Swedc;:n and several other ~ountries most of the!fi away, in unused ·condition, to aero-philatelic friends. This envelope and colonies have si.nillar bright records. may be collected in 3 "light contact" As a result, our feeling for their issues forms, unused, used with censor's stamp is warm and friendly, our concepts are and service return address and used with posbnark only. The latter is the mqst dif­ unimpaired and our response. to theii- ap­ ficult to locate since the envelope was for pearance and subsequent legitimate pos­ overseas war use and regulatio~s requir-· tal use is underscored with respect.

AM #76 Continuing our listing of thi~ route, which is flown by Southwest Air· ways, Inc., service was extended from San Francisco to Eureka, Calif. via Fort Bragg, Ukiah and Santa Rosa on Febru­ • Cachef :to be Used August 10 on ary 14, 1947. Captain J. W. Brown and First Officer C. H. Craig were in charge :the Long-deferred Inaugural Ser­ of the inaugural flights in each direction over this extension. The "sleeper" on this vice from Malone, N. Y. Design extension was the dispatch. from Sari Pictt~res Richard Har'ison. Early Francisco, AMF of which only 47 c()vers were dispatched. Pioneer AM #76 - Extension from Eureka to Medford. This "spur" was further extend­ patches from certain points such as Ho­ ed to Medford, Oregon on April 27th and quiam Northbound with only 53 collec­ 30th. While complete details are not at tors' covers and Chehalis Northbound with hand from the Department in connection only 90 covers will make complete sets with this extension, it appears that the from this route nice property. inaugural flight from Medford was made on April 27th to Eureka while the return AM #53 - Addition of Beaumont-Port flight from Eureka to Medford was not Arthur, Texas. Getting away from the made until April 30th. This completes ser­ Feeder routes for the moment Beaumont­ vice on this route with the. exception of Port Arthur which cities are "bracketed" Dunsmuir, Calif. which airport is not on this ·route flown. by Chicago & South­ ready for service. ern were added on. February 1, 1947. Port Arthur dispatched 163 covers for collec­ AM #77 .:_West Coast Airlines, Inc. This tors Southbound and 192 Northbound is another of the Feeder routes· and ser­ while Beaumont di§!patched 240 covers vice was · inaugurated between Seattle, Southbound and 260 Northbound. The vet­ Washington and Portland, Oregon on De­ eran Earl C .. Rockwood·· was captain in cember 5, 1946 .. The crew in charge from charge of both the North and Southbound Seattle via Olympia, Aberdeen-Hoquiam flights on this accasion while First Offic- and Astoria was Captain David R. Bath er was J. R. Cowart. · and First Officer P. O'Grady. The return flight via this routing was in charge of AM #30 - Extenion from Chicago to Captain Edwin C. Engeset and First Of­ Milwaukee of April 1, 1947. AM #30 is ficer T. Nicolay. flown by American Airlines and· in order to afford this carrier service to Milwau­ On account of the routing .of certain kee, AM Route #30 was extended from planes through Chehalis, Washington on Chicago to Milwaukee on the above date. this date due to the structure of this route, The covers involved are Chicago, CJ:ticago it resulted in "direct" flights between AMF and Milwaukee. An unofficial cachet Olympia and Portland via Chehalis. Cap­ was applied on the Milwaukee covers in tain Engeset and First .Officer Nicolay blue but none was provided either official were in charge of Trip #3 ·from Olmpia or otherwise from ChiCago and Chicago . to Portland via Chehalis while Captain AMF. Captain Walter P. Steiner and First Bath and First Officer O'Grady were in Officer J. F. Pripish were in charge of the charge of Trip #2 from Portland via inaugural flights in each direction over Chehalis to Olympia. this extension. · AM #77 - Extension from Seattle to · AM #80 - New Route. This route which Port· Angeles, Washington was made on recently was awarded to Mid-Continent May 17th with Captain G. H. Willingham Airlines was inaugurated between Houston and First Officer T. Nicolay being in and Tulsa via Tyler, Texas on February charge of the flights in each direction on 1, 1947. The inaugural flight from Tulsa this date. Attractive cachets were furnish­ to Houston was made via Trip #95 in ed at all points which had not had air charge of Captain L. Homer Mouden and mail service prior to this time. Plenty of First Officer R. F. Ballard while the in­ advance notice was furnished on this route augural :flight from Houston to Tulsa was an:d it would appear that it should have in charge of Captain Gilbert H. Phillips been well covered but the directional dis- and First Officer P. F. Van Maanen. No 512 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

DES MOINES SIOUX CITY

• Official Cachets Used at Des Moines and Sioux City official cachets were provided any of the but we feel that they should be consistent cities involved although Mid·Continent about this matter. Certainly, if they fur­ furnished an unofficial cachet which was nish such cachets for the two cities in applied in magenta to the covers from the que~tion, they should do so in similar cities involved. cases where they simply ignore them.

AM #2 - Addition of Wheeling, lV. Va. AM #44 - Addition of Peoria. In order While rather late . with the information, to furnish Peoria with· trans-continen~al we will chronicle this service for the bene­ service Transcontinental & Western Air. fit of 'those who follow the inaugural· Inc. was granted permission. to sex:ve pilots on these flights and also for the Peoria on its route #44 which service benefit of the various Section Editors who started on March ·1, 1947. Here again the assist with the catalogue and supplements. Department did not furnish an official Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. is cachet although an unofficial one was ai;>­ the carrier on AM #2. Wheeling was or­ plied to all philatelic covers from Peoria iginally placed on AM Route #61, later in magenta. The inaugural flight from consolidated with AM Route #2 also flown Peoria to Chicago was in charge of Capt. by Transcontinental & Western Air. This Robert G. Babson and F. W. Burcham was scheduled to go off on November 1, another senior pilot serving as First Of­ 1946 but was delayed. The inaugural East­ ficer. Inaugural flight from Peoria to bound flight was made via Trip #318 on Kansas City was in charge of Captain · R. November 22nd in charge of Captain Rob­ F. Rowe and First Officer K. W. Fogelberg. ert A. Wittke and First Officer Babson. Approximately 200 philatelic .covers were Mail was cancelled at Wheeling at 2 PM aboard the flights in each direction on this on this date. Due to the pilot strike on this date. route at the time the inaugural Westbound flight was delayed until November 26th and on this date Trip #319 passed over AM #48 - In order to provide Mid-Con­ Wheeling on account of the weather. The tinent Airlines with a connection between actual first Westbound flight was not made its routes #26 and #48, the latter route until the following day on November 27th was extended from Des Moines to Sioux in charge of Captain Robert A. Wittke and City on April 15th and 16th. The inaugural First Officer Carper. The Westbound mail flight from Sioux City to Des Moines went was cancelled on November 26th at 2 PM off a.s per schedule on April 15th in charge but apparently was held over and proper­ of Captain James F. Hudson and First Of­ ly dispatched via the first Westbound ficer W. M. Zwarich. The flight' from Des flight on November 27th. No official Moines to Sioux City was delayed until cachet was provided although TWA fur;.. April 16th an account of weather and al­ though your covers may bear a cancella­ nished an unofficial cachet on all phila­ tion of April 15th., they were properly held telic covers which was applied in mag~nta. for the first flight which took place on h is with regret that we mention the April 16th which flight was in charge of recent airline accidents. Collectors will re­ Captain D. Z. Zimmerly and First Officer gret to learn of the death of George C. J. J_, Kee. Collectors of the signed cover Cushing, Vice President in Charge of Op­ wm · remember . Captain Zimmerly as an erations for Delta Airlines which occurred inaugural pilot of many years standing. at Columbus, Ga. on April 22nd. Mr. Cush­ Official cachets were furnished first flight ing has favored many collectors with his covers at both Des Moines and Sioux ·city, autograph on First Flight covers. He was although both of these cities have had air succeeded by Mr. C. H. Dolson of this line, mail service for a number of years. In our another "First Flighter". It has been the opinion, this is rather an inconsistent pleasure of the writer to correspond with treatment by the . Department. As a col­ each of these gentlemen and while we re­ lector. we of course appreciate an official gret to record the death of a good friend ·marking in the form of an official cachet in George C. Cushing; we congratulate C. furnished by the Post Office Department H. Dolson on his promotion. · AUGUST. 1947 513 Airport Dedication Covers Cl) United States & British • North America, complete By WILLIAM T. WYNN with 1,000 illustrations; (2) Airmail Stamps; (3) British 8544 Clove:dawn. Deiroil 4. Mich. Empire; (4) Modern Europe; (5) Stamp Collector's Annual • Catalog (albums, packets, The dedication at International Falls, supplies, ete.) with complete "Guide to Stamp Collecting" Minn. scheduled for July 20, has been and invaluable "Stamp Find­ er". Each catalog 128 or postponed and the Chamber of Commer­ more pages, profusely illus­ ce is returning the G'Overs sent for the trated, wonderfully informa­ tive 11stinq flne stamps at event. - Albemarle, N. C. covers are re­ mo~ey-saving prices. Each sent ported as of June 4. - Burnett County for only 10c to cover malling. airport was dedicated on June 22, with covers from ·Siren, Wis. ( 392) bearing HARRIS & CO. a 4 line cachet by Chamber of Com­ merce; the same event had covers mailed 30 Transit Bldg., Boston, Mass. from Webster, Wis. with the same WORLD'S LARGEST STAMP FIRM cachet. Several covers mailed from both towns bear a cachet reading "The Fish­ cation July 6. - Laurinburg-Maxton, N. bowl of Wis." - McBride,. Mo. dedicated C. airport dedicated July 4. Covers bear June 22; no cachet used. Bluffton­ memo. cachet mailed from both cities, Weeks County airport dedicated July 13, only a few covers known. - Orange, with printed cachet, "The Parlor City on Texas, dedicated July 4, no covers the Banks of the 'Wabash". Scranton­ known?? Orland, Calif. Glenn County Wilkes-Barre, Penna. Airport was dedi­ held dedication of Haigh airport June 15. cated on June l; covers have been seen Again does anyone know of covers. Un­ from Pittston but so far none from Avoca, less we can find covers on these events Scranton, or Wilkes-Barre. Who can re­ they will not be listed. in the catalogue, port such covers? Slidell, La. is due for so please give us your cooperation with dedication in August or. September, the news on events both before and after postmaster will hold covers. Falls City, they take place. · Nebr. is scheduled for Aug. 24; the C. of C. will have cachet. Willits, Calif. • Covers of Aug. 25, 1946 have just been proved to be dedication covers. There SALES DEPARTMENT were about 200 covers mailed at the (Continued from page 501) time. - Ada, Ohio dedicated July 4 with • 50 covers, but no cachet. - Chillicothe, Manager for books in which to mount Mo. also dedicated July 4, with a nice your stamps ( lOc ·each) or packets for cachet by C of C. Oklahoma City, your covers. Both at the moment are Okla. dedicated "Downtown Airport" on scarce so please specify when writing the July 4; can anyone report covers on this number you will fill. one? - Otsego, Mich, dedicated "Otsego­ If you want to BU¥-write to the Sales Plainwell airport. July 4 with about 100 Manager for a circuit giving the classifi­ covers marked with a memo. cacheted cation in which you are interested. Ad­ by Rotary Club. Eau Claire, Wis. ded­ dress: 270 Clinton Ave., New Rochelle, icated July 4; two different cachets were New York. used on the covers. Warsaw, Mo. is re­ Mr. Cree will organize ~n Exchange ported without cachet, July 6. worth­ Department, information concerning ington, Minn. "Turkey Capital of the which will be forthcoming at an early World" mailed 175 Govers for their Jedi- date. . 514 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL PANAGRA GETS CHRONICLE for STANDARD CATALOGUE .SAFETY AWARD of AIR POST STAMPS as published by • Scott Publications, Inc. Panagra · (Pan American- . Grace Airways) on April 8 was FIFTH SUPPLEMENT presented the Air Safety Award by the Inter-American Safety (Continued) Council in recognition of oper- . ating during 1946· without ac­ cident or fatality to passenger COSTA RICA or crew over its 8,800 mile South American route. Presentation of the air award to Panagra's President,' Harold J. Roig, at his New York office, was made for the Council by Hospital of San Juan de Dios its President, George H. White, AP38 and was attended by Pami.gra 1946 Unwmkd. Per/. 12% officials, Director Horace Brock, Issued June 24, 1946, to commemorate the cen­ Vice· Presidents Douglas Camp­ tenary of the foundation of the San Juan de Dios Hospital~ · · · bell and John T. Shannon, and Engraved by Hamilton Bank Note Co. · · Panagra Captains T. L. H. · Center in B~ck. · Joung and W. J. Sindo. C128-APBB 5c yellow green Panagra operated 7,058,365 (1,000,000) 2 C129- " lOc dark brown , flight .µiiles and 96,140,193 pas­ (1,000,000) 4 senger miles for the year-far in C130- " 15c carmine (1,000,000) 5 excess .of any siroilar ·period in C131- .. 25c dark blue the line's eighteen year history. (200,000) 9 C132- " 30c deep orange In reply to Mr. White's pre­ (200,000) 10 sentation, Mr: Roig asked Cap­ C188- '' 40c olive green (200,000) 15 tains Young and Sindo to join C184- •• 50c violet with him in accepting the (200,000) 18 C185- •• 60c dark slate awarcl on behalf of Panagra's · green (100,000) 21 staff of more than 3,000 men Cl86- " 75c brown (100,000) 25 and women whose efficiency C187- " lcol blue . (100,000) 35 and inherei;i.t sense of respon­ C188- •• 2col brown orange sibility, he said, · had earned (100,000) 70 Cl89- " 3col dark violet this recognition. brown (25,000) · 1.05 C140- •• 5col yellow (1.'> nfJO) I.15 • URUGUAY 1 No.C95 9 Surcharged 4 in Violet or Black 5 r$023 1946 Unwmkd. Per/.12~ Issued July 29, 1946, APJ CllSA-APB 14c on 50c brown orange (V) 14 Cll6A-" 23c on 50c browR ALBUM PAGES orange 2S AUGUST. 1947 515 PAA l~AUGURATES C::HRONICLE-Continued REGULAR SERVICE TO SHANGHAI • CZECHOSLOVAKIA Direct flying Clipper service between the United States and ·Shanghai bringing China's me­ tropolis within approximately Capt. Frantisek Novak 50 hours travel time of San AP7 Francisco was inaugurated on 1946 Unwmkd. Perf.12% Tuesday, June 3, 1947 by Pan Engraved by Jindra Schmidt from a design by Antonin Erhardt. Printed in sheets of 50 and 100. American World Airways. C19-AP1 I.50k rose red The Shanghai service, the (July 4) C20- .. 5.50k dark py blue first scheduled one-carrier com­ (]ulf/4) mercial air service between the C2l- .. 16k violet (June 11) United States and China since Pearl Harbor, was inaugurated on a weekly basis and will be flown by four-engine Douglas­ built landplanes. ..Cannonball.. -~~- schedules already highly suc­ trs·~;=slO\"F ~t'.Ui: cessful in slashing . travel ti.ID.e Plane over Bratislava Plane over Charies River on Pan American's San Francis­ Castle Bridge, Praha . APB AP9 co-Manila route are flown. 1946 Unwmkd. Per/. 12% These schedules eliminate over­ Engraved by J. Goldschmid from a design by night stops at mid-Pacific is­ Antonin Erhardt. Each sheet of 100 contained 88 stamps and 12 ornamental labels showing a plane lands the Clippers stopping and globe. there only long enough to re­ No. C24 was on sale only one day and was vaHd for use on a single flight. fuel and take on fresh flight C22-APB IOk dull green crews. (July 4) C28- .. 20k Hght blue The route is from San Fran- . (July4) cisco to Honolulu thence to C24-AP9 24k dark blue, Cf'eam (June 17) Midway and Wake Island and C25- .. 24k rose lake on to Guam. At Guam the (July 4) C26- " 50k dark gray blue China-bound Clippers tum (]uly 4) northwest to Shanghai flying the 1900 mile leg nonstop, ex­ FRANCE cept for a refueling . stop at Okinawa when necessary~ Los Angeles Clipper pass~ngers make connections with the .

Shanghai planes at Honolulu. . Clippers leave San Francisco for China each Tuesday night at 10:00 P. M. and arrive at . ~. · ~ Shanghai at 4:00 P. M. Friday Shanghai time. On eastbound Centaur and Plane • flights Clipp~rs leave Shanghai AP7 each Saturdav at 6:00 A. M. 1946 Unwmkd. Perf.13 Shanghai tim~ and land at San Issued July 1, 1946. Engraved Francisco at 4:00 P. M. Sunday. Cl8-AP7 40£r dark green '

USED AIRMAILS MINT FLIGHT COVERS ON APPROVAL FIRST DAY AND FLOWN COVERS

I have an extensive stock· of IN COMPLETE AND SHORT CAM & FAM flight covers and SETS would be pleased to submit selec­ tions on 10 days approval. ALL VERY FINE TO SUPERB . COPIES Flight New Issue1>: Ask to have your _name placed on my new issue Bargain Price List approval list to receive the new fligl;lts as they occur. No deposit 1Oc Deductible necessary. Please specify if you wish CAM, FAM or both. ••• AERO WORLD STAMP CO. MAXWELL R. KNAPP Box 1073 Church St. Sta. · RHINEBECK, NEW YORK New York 8. N. Y. AUGUST. 1947 517 SHANGHAI SERVICE CHRONICLE-Continued (Continued) • It has". been just ten years FRANCE since Pan American pioneered the first air service to China. Offices in Morocco On April 21, 1937 the first loa9 AIR POST SEMI-POSTAL STAMP of air mail for the Orient· left the PAA base then located at +SP .Alameda aboard the China No.C29 . Clipper, a flying boat. At Man­ Surcharged JulD 19-41> in Black f' .. :t; ila· the mail was trans-shipped 18 .Juin 1949, to another flying boat, the 1946 Unwinkd. Per/.11¥2 Hong Kong Clipper, and flown Issued June 18, 1946 to commemomte th~· 6th over to Hong Kong, arriving anniversary of the appeal made by Gen. Charles de Gaulle, June 18, 1940. The surtax was for there six days after the depar­ the Free French Association of Morocco. ture from Alameda. Eight days CB.24-AP6 5fr+5& scarlet · later Pan American carried the first commercial passengers over HAm this route and continued the service until December 7, 1941. Now a new China Clipper' service has been inaugurated, with the travel tinle slashed Iii from six to slightly more than two days. ....Capois-Ia-Mort AP12 • 1946 Unwmkd. Per/.12 ' Issued July 18, 1946. JAMAICA ISSU _ES Engraved by American Bank Note Co. C85-AP12· 20c carmine rose AIR LETTER SHEET (500,000) 10 C86- •• 25c dark green (500,000) 13 C87- " 50c orange • (500,000) . 25 by Major Ian C. Morgan C88- " 60c purple (500,000) 30 C89- ,. lg gray black (500,000) 50 • C40- ,. l.25g red violet FLASH! (100,000) 62 C41- ,. l.35g black 68 Word has jUst reached us C4!l- cc 5g rose carmine (50,000) . 2.50 through the courtesy of J. M. . · ~ethersole of Jamaica that ITALY the Colony released its Types of 1945 first Air Letter Sheet bear­ 1946 Wmk.277 Per/.14 ing an impressed stamp on Photogravure July 21, 1947. The value is 6d, Clll-AP60 251 dark blue 50 C11.2-AP59 501 dark green 1.00 purple and is in the design of the ClllTent pictorial _issue. PRESmBNT M. 0. WARNS 4639 N. Woodburn Milwaukee 11, Wisc. ·

~Mrnl~~ ~ ADVISOJ!X BO.~J?. l Fonner Presidents) HARRY A. TRUBY PAUL F. ROBERTSON GEORGE W. ANGEBS . WII..LIAM R. ALLEY ~I~ M~ll HERBERT H. GRIFFIN RICHARD L. SINGLEY L. B. GATCHELL GEORGE D. KINGDOM

VICE-PRESIDENTS ~~~HH GRACE CONRATH ADMIRAL JESSE G. JOHNSON J. P. v. limNMuLLER ERNEST A. Kmm A ·Non-Profit Corporation DIRECTORS ATTORNEY Under the Laws of Ohio ALTON J. BLANK GEORGE D. KINGDOM Organized 1923 Ohio Incorporated 1944 Conneaut. Ohio SECRETARY LomsE s. DAVIS CHAPTER CHAIRMAN CLAUDE DEGLER New York w. FLORENCE LAMPORT 2114 North 49th Street Oro.AN E. GREEN Milwaukee 8, Wisc Michigan . HISTORIAN-RECORDD TREASURER KARL B. WEBER J. J. KLEMANN, JR. GLENN w. GLASER Georgia 1704 Stockton Avenue" PUBLICITY DIRECTOR Des Plains. DL PER~ c. NAHL Illinois GLEN w. NAVES SALES MANAGER RAFAEL 0RJ;OL DIRECTOR 011' CHARLES P. PORTER Cuba FOREIGN RBLAT.IONS . 270 Clinton Ave., w. R. WARE New Rochelle, N. Y. Arkansas DR. MAX KRoNSTEIN ADVANCE BULLETIN SUPT. EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT GRACE CONRATH Each member is entitled to two 25- word Exchange Notices per year 1n the The Airpost Journal, Albion, Penn'a. Official Publicatton, without charge. Address direct to the publication office The Advance Bulletin is sent reg­ at Albion. Penn'a. ularly by the manager only to those OFFICIAL PUBLICATION members who are in good standing and THE AIRPOST JOURNAL provide a supply of self-addressed Published monthly and sent to aD regulation Government Postal Cards. members in good standing.

OFFICIAL NOTICE - CALL FOR CONVENTION To the Members of the American Air Mail Society: Pursuant to Article l, Section 8 of the Constih1tion and By-laws this notice serves as official call to the annual convention of the .American Air Mail Society. The business session of the convention will assemble at 11 A. M., on Satur­ day, August 30th., at the Raleigh Hotel, Washington, D. C., for the purpose of transacting such business that may be legally brought before it. In accordance with Article 6 of Section 7 of the Constitution and By-laws, all members are reminded to execute th"e ELECTION BALLOT included with the July Airpost Journal and forward to the Chairman of the Board of Electors, named thereon, before 7 P. M., August 20th. M. 0. WARNS, President. AUGUST. 1947 519 SECRETARY'S REPORT NEW MEMBERS 3250 Marquis, Samuel L., 6809 Burns St., Forest Hills, N. Y. 3251 Murphy, Charles F., 7(l4 - 9th Ave., New York 19, N. Y. 3252 Pickard, David W. H., "Wheatcroft" Reedley, Burnley, Lancashire, Eng4nq, 3253 Tucker, Brown .C., Kirksey, Ky. 3254 Erlitz, Arthur, 533 E. 5th ?t., Brooklyn 18, N. Y. 3255 Garlichs, Dr. Richard W., 216 N. Manoa Rd., Manoa, Havertown, Pa. 3256 Pitoniak, John R., 980 James St., Syracuse 3, N. Y. .3257 Knapp, Maxwell R., 60 South St., Rhinebeck, N. Y. 3258 Simon, USN. Ret., Comdr. Joseph, 1653 E. Mountain St., Pasadena 7, Calif. 3259 Ballance, T. A., 745 Earlham St., Pasadena 4, Calif. 3260 Reinhardt, Jr., J. F., 410 W. Garrison Ave., Electra, Texas. 3261 Hartwell, Ed., 959 W. Oakdale Ave., Chicago 14, Ill. 3262 Anderson, Nyal W., 90 W. 6th. So. St., Heber, Mont. 3263 Hertz, Dolores Conover Klein, 150 W. 82nd St., New York 24, N. Y. 3264 Lewis, Samuel R., 630 W. 173rd St., New York 32, N. Y. 3265 Staub, Louis, 130 W. 17th St., New York, N. Y. 3266 Walters, A. H., 5915 Boulevard East, West New York, N. J. 3267 Goldblatt, Julius, 1687 Park Place, Brooklyn 33, N. Y. 3268 Dinin, Dr. A. Philip, 80 West 170th St., Bronx 52, N. Y. 3269 Lilien, Harry, 509 W. 160th St., New York 32, N. Y. 3270 Schiff, Adolph W., 210 W. 94th St., New York 25, N. Y. 3271 Elterman, Seymour, ·416-lOth Ave., Belmar, N. J. 3272 Apfelbaum, Earl P., 504 Finance Bldg., Philadelphia 2, Pa. 3273 Bruns, Franklin R., 280 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 3274 Kirk, Arthur F., Fulton Park Apts., White Plains, N. Y. 3275 Hitchins, Dr. Clayton S., 59 Trumball St., New Haven 10, Conn. 3276 Bennett, Gordon C., 43-18,~ 48th Ave., Woodside, L. I., N. Y. 3277 Cohen, Otto J., 11 E. 58th St., New York, N: Y. 3278 Hessel, Solomon, 2000 - 84th St., Brooklyn 14, N. Y. 3279 Cooper, L. B., 509-32nd Ave., Seattle, Wash. 3280 Everson, Minnie V., Tallman, N. Y. 3281 Levine, Mrs. M. E., 122 Beach 9lst., Rockaway Beach, N. Y. 3282 Stein, A:, 948 Prince St., Teaneck, N. J. 3283 Haase, William C., 817 Third Place, Plainfield, N. J. 3284 Wingerter, John J., c/o Time Inc., 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N. Y. 3285 May, George T., 4804 Chester Ave., Philadelphia 43, Pa. 3286- Scott, Stanley, 156-5th Ave., New York, N. Y. 3287 Wolff, Andre, 441 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N. Y. 3288 Zirn, Charles, 43 Highview Ave., Tuckahoe 7, N. Y. 3289 Bookhop, Gerald, 31 Worden Road, Schenectady 2, N. Y. 3290 Welling, Jr., Lindsay H., 3 Norwood Road, Scarsdale, N. Y. 3291 Neufeld, Mrs. Ann, 325 East 80th St., New York 21, N. Y. 3292 Leifmay, Abraham, 9027 - 149th St., Jamaica 2, N. Y. 3293 Kischel, George H., ,R. 707, 137 Wellington St., W. Toronto, Canada. 3294 Hecker, Albert M., R. F. D. #2, Box 105, Portsmouth, N. H. 329(5 Schuster, Ernest E., 215 La Salle Ave., Kenmore 17, N. Y. 3296 Johnson, Harold J., 411-Main St., Racine, Wis. 520 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL NEW MEMBERS-(Cont.)

3297 Schmid, Frank A., 1848 - 2nd Ave., New York, N. Y. 3298 Semmel, Ben, 131 Ave. C., New York 9, N. Y. 3299 Muller, Wilbur, Oates Bldg., New Britain, Conn. 3300 Sonnenblick, Ira J., 419 Edgewood St., Hartford 5, Conn. 3301 Smith, John J., 3101 Glenview St., Philadelphia 24, Pa. 3302 Merrill, Winn, 31 Glemby St., Hamden 14, Conn. ' 3303 Irwin, George, 16 College Ave., Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. 3304 Shepherd, G. 0., P. 0. Box 1983, Asheville, N. C. 3305 Weiler, John H., Hotel Lexington, Lex. Ave. & 48th St., New York, N. Y. 3306 Tocila, R., Stadhouderskade, 128, Amsterdam, Holland. 3307 Dilworth, J. R., Rm. 1107, Fon Bldg., Philadelphia 3, Pa. 3308 Clark, Thomas L., 16 North Road, Great Neck, N. Y. 3309 Boyd, James, 45 Harvard Ave., Baldwin, N. Y. 3310 Arnell, John C., 173 N. Woods Rd., Manhasset, N. Y. 3311 Krowtzoff, S., 856 Blake Ave., Brooklyn 7, N. Y. 3312 McNally, James A., 496 Ocean Ave., Jersey City, N. J. 3313 Rasey, Guy A., 2896 Benton St., Denver 14, Colo. 3314 Smith, Arnold M., 555 East 27th St., Paterson 4, N. J. 3315 Benz, Walter A., 44 Edgewood Road, Rockville Centre, L. I., N. Y. 3316 Rothberg, Jacob B., 113 West 42nd St., Rm. 1501, New York 18, N. Y. 3317 Lang, W. Fred, 2518 Trenlaw Road, N. W., Washington 7, D. C. 3318 Riggs, Lawrence, 45 Watson Ave.; Newark, N. J. 3319 Yehl, Jr., Richard K., 227 North West St., Allentown, Pa. 3320 Abrams, Selden, 40 Monroe St., Apt. EF4, New York 2, N. Y. 3321 Parks, Sr., Carl S., 7 Harrington Way, Worcester 4, Mass. 3322 Moore, Walter M., Union Safe Deposit Bank, Stockton, Calif. NEW APPLICATIONS Manson, Richard E., P. 0. Box 366, Cottage Grove, Ore. Age 33. FF FAM Z EX By C. W. Degler. True, Henri, 23 Rue des Morillons, Paris (15eme) France. Age 48. Ingenieur. AU R.F. overprint on 6c US & France & Colonies - all on airmail covers. By J. P. Pechoutre. Rijfkogel, Ernesto J., 113 E. 108th St., New York 29, N. Y. Age 38. Florist Transport. AU ID EX By George Herzog. Quittner, Dr. Howard, 25 Clark St., Brooklyn 2, N. Y. Age 25. Physician. CAM FAM Z EX By Florence Lamport. Friedel, E. K., Box 101, Wadsworth, Ohio. Age 54. N. Y. Life Ins. Co. AM~us only - U20 UC - only blocks of 4. EX By C. W. Degler. Queyroy, Edmond, 27 E. 95th St., New York 28, N. Y. Age 50. Stamp Dealer. AM AU FF CC of French Colonies EX By C. W. Degler. Foret, J ., 64 Rue Lafayette, Paris, 9 eme, France. Age 48. Director Airmail Catalogue. AM AU AS PC HC PA PB FF GF CAM FAM RP CC OF Z CF !DEX By C. W. Degler. Matejka, Jr., Dr. James J., 614 N. Elmwood Ave., Oak Park, Ill. Age 31. Surgeon. AM AU U20 UC EX By L. W. Charlat. Ainsworth, Lawrence E., 111 W. Jones Ave., San Antonio 2, Texas Age 37. ~ail Carrier. AU AS SC PC RP · By Grace Conrath. AUGUST, 19'7 521 NEW APPLICATIONS-(Cont.) .wood, Paul F., 2017 Park Road, N. W., Washington 10, D. C. Age 22. Bookkeeper. · · By Grace Conrath. WhirreII, George P., R.R. #I, Wenona, Ill. Age 27. Laborer. DC ID-US By W. T. Wynn, Jr. Misler, Samuel, 1028 Cathedral St., Baltimore I, Md. Age 35. Research Assistant. ID . By L. Dean Powell. Linkletter, Mrs. Liila M., 7 Ware St.; West Somerville, Mass. ~ge 50. Housewife. AM AU US20 UC CAM FAM l3P OF ID EX By Laura J. LeVesque. Shaw, Kingsley W., P. 0. Box 628, Passaic, N. J. Age Legal. Dealer. FF FAM CF ID Propaganda Leaflets By Grace Conrath. Saro, A., 4134 - 60th St., Woodside, L. I., N. Y. Age 42. Artist. AM AU SO SC U20 By Carlo Menchinella. Bott,ing, William H., 329 Stonemill Road, Dayton 9, Ohio. Age 38. Diemaker. U20 FF GF CAM FAM OF ID By Grace Conrath. Spies, M. H., I27 S. Water St., Decatur, IH. Age 66. Bookbinder. · By Paul F. Robertson. Anderson, J. N., 35 Fairview Ave., High Bridge, N. J. Age 33. Engineer. AM AU U20 HC FAM ID PIX EX Bv Grace Conrath. Cook, Daniel A., I648 Wesley Ave., Utica 4, N. Y. Age I8. Stude'nt. .AM U~O UC HC FF GF FAM DC ID , By Grace Conrath.

NEW LIFE. MEMBERSHIP L. M. #6I - 1526 · Norcross, Arnold.B., I25 Mill Rock Road, New Haven 11, Conn.

· RESIGNATIONS 2629 Casgrain, Jr., George D., 1308 Maple Ave., Evan~ton, Ill. 2765 Dupont Mrs. Gilmor E., 45 N. Elliott Place, Brooklyn 1, N. Y. 2648 Howe, Donald A., 33 Church St., Hopkinton, Mass. 1882 Morin, Arthur B., 1570 Main St., Springfield, Mass. 2796 Raquet, Mrs. Florence A., P. 0. Box 71, La Jolla, Cal. 1720 Terry, E. S., 1823 N. Slst St., Wauwatosa I3, Wis.

CHANGES IN ADDRESS Arnold, E. G., I25-D, Miller Drive, Linden Houses, Brooklyn 7, N. Y. Brink, Elmer A., 2I8-20th St., Toledo, Ohio. Coffin, Joseph W., 405 Juniper St., York, Pa. Corbet, G. ·H. 651 Kimball Road, Highland Park, Ill. Curry, Thomas, I914 Peremen, Reading, Pa. Earl, Miss Winifred, 2 Crandall St., Binghamton, N. Y. Gatchell, L. B., 6 The Fairway, Upper Montclair, N. J. Gay, Edward G., 11284 Ivy Place, Los Angeles 34, Calif. Geary, Kenneth W., 1085 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, Ariz. Goede, Arthur, 926lh East Ave., Estherville, Iowa. Hastry, Edwin L., Div. of Topography, P.,O. Dept., Washington 25, D. C. 522 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL CHANGES IN ADDRESS-(Cont.l Hayes, Frank R., 931 Worthington St., Springfield 5, Mass. Hostler, Arthur C. V., 205 E. 32nd St., Baltimore 18~ Md. Jackson, Clifford, 143 W. 10th St, Englewood Sta., Chicago 21 Ill. Johnson, Lt. Carl A., Troop "A", 42nd Constabulary Sq. APO 207, c/o P. M., New York City, N. Y. Kessler, Don R., 511 W. Paris, Tampa 4, Fla. Laing, D. B., 4421'N. Woodburn St., Milwaukee 11, Wis. Lindman, George, Box 193, Stockholm 1, Sweden. Maier, Alfred D., cl o David Field Ltd., 7 Vigo St., London, England. McCracken, Earl, 926 W. 10th St., Rolla, Mo. Nelson, Sterling D., Hdq. Det., APO 944, c/o P. M., Seattle, Wash. Schelm, Mrs. G. W., 2200 Capital Ave., S. W., R. #7, Box 73, Battle Creek, Mich Snyder, Dr. H. C., The Studio Inn, 102 W. Erie· St., Painesville, Ohio. Spiegel, B. Walter, 148-24 - 89th Ave., Jamaica 2, L. I., N. Y. Thomas, Emory R., Box 554, Martinsburg, W. Va. White, James H., 25 Blockhill Str., Reddrie, Glasgow El, Scotland.

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JACKSONVILLE-ORLANDO SERVICE March 25, 1947

The Jacksonville-Orlando segment of the route, via St. Augustine, Ralatka, Delanct, and Sanford, was inaugurated on the above date. Official cachets were used at all Cities except Jacksonville and Orlando, which had previously had air mail service. · • • Cachet-Type 75. Pilot-Arthur Newman.

75S6 Jaeksonville-(no cachet)-Newman (*) 1.50 f. Airfield (*) 1.50 75N7 St. Augustine-(purple)-'-Newman (505 pieces) .25 75S7 St. Augustine-(purple)-Newman (231 pieces) .60 75N8 Palatka-(black)-Newman (356 pieces) .65 75S8 Palatka-(black)-Newman ( 158 pieces) 1.50 75N9 Deland-(green)-Newman (288 pieces) .50 75S9 Deland-(green)-Newman ( 165 pieces) 1.50 75Nl0 Sanford-(blue)-Newman (348 pieces) .40 75S10 Sanford-(blue)-Newman (230 pieces) 1.25 75Nll Orlando-(no cachet)-Newman (*) 1.50 " Official reports not yet available. ..''''"'-'"-"'-"'~"''"'''"'-'"'-'"'-"'-'''''''''''''" AAMS EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT APJ ADS BUY - SELL - WANT LISTS

BATES: SANABRIA'S AIRPOST CATALOGUES, THREE CENTS PER WORD per Inser­ 1939 and 1941. Scott's Standard Catalogue tion. MJnlmum charce 50 centa. Remittance of Airpost Stamps, 1941. Scott's Catalogue must accompany order and copy. The of U. S. Stamps (1940) in very good con­ dition, in exchange for Foreign Air Mail AJRPOST .JOURNAL, AP.J Ads, Albion, Stamps, used. H . .J. Stone, Apt. 7G, 700 W. Penn'a. 179 St., N . Y. 33, N . Y. Ex203-6t TRANS-OCEANIC AIRPLANE MAIL from I HAVE A FEW FIRST DAY COVERS TO flown, attempted or intended fllchts. Ben trade for First Flights. Thomas Clark, 16 Krinsky, 250 E. 96th Street, Brooklyn 12, North Rd., Great Neck, N. Y. Ex-208 N. Y . 192-12t• CANADIAN lST FLIGHT COVERS FROM ALASKA FLIGHT COVERS 1934 TO 1943 1930 to 1935. Collection consists of 58 cov­ - Several hundred listed and unlisted ers. What am I offered? .J. F. Reinhardt, Alaska Flight Covers from the collection .Jr .• 410 W. Garrison Ave., Electra, Texas. of the late Dr. Edward G. Huber of Waban, Ex-208 Mass. These covers are nicely cancelled on Commemorative stamps; are mostly HAVE OVER 60 DIFF. AIRPORT DEDI­ backstamped; some are censored; included CATION covers and 150 Airmail Special are a few Pioneers from 1928 to 1934. A Events to trade for your duplicate CAM bargain for World War n and Pre-'War or FAM covers. Will also trade FAM and Alaska Flight History. Reserve bid of CAMs. Have 2000 duplicate first flights to $25 .00 required. Mail inquiries (with seU­ exchange. Nyal W. Anderson, 90 W . 6th. addressed, stamped envelope) and bid to So. St., Heber, Utah. Ex-208 .Jesse G . .Johnson, Cardinal Point, Norfolk ADVANCED COLLECTOR MINT AIR­ 8, Va. 208-ltc MAILS offers used; mint airs, general CAM APPROVALS FINALLY READY - foreign, for officials, regular, semi-officials Covers from the Myers collection, and needed. Scott, Sanabria, Silanbra. F. A . war-time inaugurations, to fill your sets. Schmid, 9 Columbus Circle, N. Y. City. Give me a general idea of what you'd like Ex-208 to see. Rarities or inexpensive ones - HAVE 1947 FAMs TO TRADE. ALL ARE Priced Right. Perham Nahl, 1131H Leonard on standard sized envelopes, properly Place, Evanston, Illinois. 208-lt• cacheted .and backstamped. What have GERMAN V-1 ROCKET MAIL TO ENG­ you to offer? .Joseph Siegel, 2663 Twentieth LAND - Strangest Air Mail of World War Avenue, San Francisco li, California. #2. Prisoner of War V-1 Leaflets, (Hori­ Ex-208 zontal and Vertical); "Signal Magazine" WANTED EAGERLY EXCHANGE OF lST Issued by <;erman Intelligence. Originals; and special flights, searching correspon­ Photographic Card Reproductions; offered dents all over the world also for spec. for sale. NOTE "Article" on same, fully postmarks, ship-censored and field post descriptive in .July AP.J. Contact H. M. covers. Reply Immediately. R. Tocila, Ger. HORN, 32 sterling Place, Brooklyn (17), Doustraat 218, Amsterdam - Z . Ex-2082t New York. 208-4tx "AVAILABLE, VERY FINE TO SUPERB WANT EXCHANGE EXTRA COPIES OF Collection of CAM First Flight and Dedica­ AAMS JOURNAL Nov. 1942 to .June 1943 tion covers. CAM #33, #34 complete point for copies Oct., 1944 to .July, 1945. Comdr. to point. Also C#ll Plate No. Blocks, W. Evans, NSD, NavY 115, FPO, NY. C#12 Plate No. Singles. Details and prices Ex-208 on request." .Joseph .J. Kucera, AAMS 1157, I WILL EXCHANGE LATIN AMERICA #3 Westmorland Place, Pasadena 3, Calif. air mails, mint or used, with person in­ 208-lt• terested in same. Basis Scott's Catalogue. ON APPROVAL - - USED AND UNUSED Elmer A. Brink, 218 - 20th, Toledo 2, Ohio. airmail stamps to AAMS members. w. E. AAMS 2970 Ex-208 Roth (#2646), 4609 Second Blvd., Detroit AROUND THE WORLD -FIRST FLIGHT 1, Mich. 205-lat• Covers from New York or San Francisco UNITED AIRLINES: 20 DIFFERENT $1.00 each; from Hawaii or Guam $1.25. FIRST FLIGHTS over Un!ted's routes, C. D. Gorman (AAMS) 4526 30th street, with official cachets, 1927 to date: $2.75. N . W., Washington, D. C. 208-lt• Send your CAM want-list. P erham C. SEVERAL THOUSAND CAM's, MOSTLY Nahl, 1131 Leonard, Evanston, Illinois. 50 percent off 1947 catalog; want lists wel­ 207-lt• come. George Chapman, 883 Euclid, El AAMS EXCHANGE ADS Centro, Calif. 208-lt• EXCHANGE TRANS-ATLANTIC FIRST SEND YOUR AERO DUPLICATES FOR Flight covers, and air mail stamps, mint items you need. Wilbur Muller, Gates sets. .Jean De Ganck, Bd de Smet de Bldg., New Britain, Conn. Ex208 Naeyer, 39, Jette (Bruxelles). Ex-207 Wll.L EXCHANGE MINT OR USED AIR­ WILL BUY SMALL OR LARGE LO'l'S OF MAILS, basis Scott or Sanabria or Yvert U. S. and foreign, first flights, airport or Zumstein. Large stock. Also mint U. S. dedications, maiden voyages, paquebot wanted. Steinhardt, 521 Foothill, Beverly, covers. Paul Segal, 16 Ji:liot Crescent, Billll, Calif. Ex205-2t Brookline 67, Mass. Ex-207 SCOTT'S AIR MAILS

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