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APRIL 1933 r,..... $ ...... I$ 4 4 i ...... $ $ - L $ ,.,.,-....,_ AIRMAILS WANTED
by every Collector and Dealer interested COMMEMORATIVES In orlsfnal covera, poatal atatlonery, air ' Semi-Postals mails, sea oosta, etc. Tl-IE Pictorials LUXON Pl-llLATELIC Mint: 2ot:h Century I-I OLDALL the perfect Loose-Leaf Album (not COMPLETE SETS spring back method) for collections, duplicates and •tock of covera and • miscellanea. Finest Quality REASONABLE PRICES Send a postcard (or full partlculnrs or remit --&S- for one of these new "Luxon Phl'latellc Holdalls" - • mention the specialty for which it io Ask for Our List required. Reir!atration Extra. ELLIOTT • • • STAMP SHOP Francis J. Field, Lt:d. 81 Nassau Street, New York ...... Sutton Coldfield, Enrland
JUST A FEW SAMPLES FROM OUR .< t5th---Silver Anniversary AUCTION SALE---APRIL 15th
Abyssinia No. 120-84-the 1919 portrait and pictorial postage iosue, complete In blocks of four. Superb .•.••• • • • .•.••••••.•..•. $ 77.96 . Brazil No. 924-1929-30-10,000r Santos Dumont air mail. v.f used block of fourteen. 7x2. Beautiful piece and largest unit of such postage I have seen in one piece. Worth much over single price of •....•••• . .. , . • • . • • • • . . • • . • • • • . • • • • • • • . • • • • • • . • • • • • 28.00 Colombia 16 Berk. 1920 Semi-Official Air Mail, lOe Green, Type L. Perfection block of 6. Only 1080 Issued In a ll and Plenty - scarce. Again much over single price of . • . • • • • . • • • • • • • • . • • • 132.00 17A, 18A-Same--Types .J & K. Perfection. pane of 18, showing alternate rows of 3 of each type---and what ls more--ln the rare light green shad
t • t t • t • t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t ~- t ... t t ...... t t • t t tzwt.tw\.l President Gatchell Announces A.A.M.S. 1933 Convention • Dear Fellow Members: As your President, I am pleased to be able to announce to you that ou.r 1933 Convention will be held at New York, N. Y .• on Thurs· day, August 31st, and Friday and Saturday, September lit and 2nd. This decision has been reached by your Board of Directors and Officers after giving due weight and thought to many considerations which must be taken into our picture this year. In these times we realize that it is not possible to expect many members to travel great distances to attend our Annual Meeting and we are, therefore, faced with the problem of holding our Convention in an area where we have a large number of local members which will insure, at the outset, representative attendance. In discussing this matter, we were unanimous in the thought that our 1933 meeting should be held at New York, N. Y. There are several hundred mem bers in the Metropolitan area alone with many other interested collcc· tors who are not members of our Society. In addition, it will be a comparatively short and inexpensive trip for many collectors located in upper New York State, lower New England, eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, etc. The fact that there is not now a local Society in New York affiliated with our Society should not be a deterring factor in this picture as experience has proved a success· ful convention can be held without such a local society. N~w York is one of the most interesting cities in the world and offers many new sights to those who have not visited New York in recent years. Hotel rates are as low, or lower, than in most Metropol· itan cities. The dates eelected again permit those attending to return to their homes, taking advantage of the Labor Day holiday. Your Officers have given due and careful consideration to all of the other alterna· tives which have been submitted and we feel that the factors above cited definitely require us to hold our Convention this year in the east. As you know, Qur three previous conventions have been held, twice at Cleveland, Ohio and at Washington, D. C., and, as our last Convention was at Cleveland, we feel that even though other considerations did not make it necessary, an eastern city should be the logical choice this year. Our friends on the west coast have been most cordial and anxious to entertain us. Your President personally hopes that in the not too
l IE Al RPQST JOURNAL Oft'icial Publication of The American TM Air Mail Socifllty. April, 1933. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vol. IV. No. 7. Issue 36-lOc Copy.
8 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL far distaIJ.t fu~ure, we .will be able to carry our Convention to ·th€·west coast, but it do.es not seem possible under present conditions. We have hoJ?~l3, ~hat' a pl~n. may' be worked out whereby th~ west coast collectors 'may receive representation at our Convention this year. Additional information as to hotel arrangements, committees in charge of exhibitions and other pertinent facts will be given in the next issue. In the meantime, please mark off . the above indica~cd dates on your calendar and plan to be with us at that time~, . · Your Ofl;icers are pleased indeed to welc~me, the, W, ashi~gtoµ A,ir Mai'U3ociety to the National Group and are. grat~ful, indeed, tq Vice Pre~iden( Leech arid Di'rector Petty for their efforts in brini;ing about the organization: of the' Washington Group. · · ' · ' •w < ' l · Sincerely yours, L. B. GATCHELL,. Presid~nt.
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All rla;tl' on ;s:e.w . Issues of, ;\.ir. l\lail ··The statue of the Indian Caupol Stamps should be sent .direct to Editor ican aiid a plane in fiight over· the AltcN1 · J; 'niank, 1850 ·Burnett Ave,., city .of Santiago comprises the d-e East' Cle\ielnnd. OI1io. ' sign of the 10c. dark blue, the. 15c • 'dark red and the 20c, dark green. The' '30c sienna, 40c . gray and· 50c HILE comes to. the front and liglit red will show a plane in fii•ght makes its bow with the pre- _over ~ phi.in and.. trees: .bending in C sentation Of an aittractive set the wind.. The 60c light green pre of ·21 values. Its variety of design sents a condor 'with ·outspread wings. and .. size ought to appease the most The 70c light blue will· show the avid collector .. Egypt also comes shadow of a plane with a five point out with its set of 20 values but star. The 80c light red depicts a does' .not eome up to par because condor on a mountain: top and in a certain monotony is aehieved thru · the 'foreground the Caupolican· stat~ the µse,,of one constant design, U. S. .ue. Two. planes over· the world S. R." cele'brates the tenth anniverc with ,five s)lafts of light comprise the sary olf postal service.' scene on the lp light g:reE}Il :i:nd 2p · ARGENTINE R.'EPtrBI.il:C dark blue. The 3p dark green, 4p A new ·series is promised, depict-· light blue, and 5p orange will show ing. natural resources and economic· a hydroplane over a lake with a developments. From another .source snowcapped mountain· in the back comes the word that spe.ciaL air mail ground. A plane in fiight under a stlimps are·to be discontinued. Take rainbow appears on the 6p ma'genta, your choice. 8p li'ght blue, ·and lOp sk'y blue. o:e::µ..E . .. . On.the 20p orange and.30p dark A set of 21 values for . use on "brown the outline of a plane on a foreign service consisting of denom- dark background appears with the iD,llUllllS....fr.OJ!l._.lOc .to. 50- pesos. ha.s-- .compass-Jn. ~ -lower.... corner ..... ';Phe been •prepared. The first nine last two values are 40p dark red and sfai;nps of th~ series .to the SO;c, are l,}Op: viOI:eL'and show the outline' of 20x25mm. ln size; a,nd the remain-. a plane on a background of four der 2·5x27.5min. · -ornamental squares.
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There are to be 25,000 of the 10c- set is to appear to raise funds for 50c; 50,000 of the 60, 70 and 8·0c; aviator's widows. Ostensibly it is 7!:\000 of the lp-lOp; 10,000 of the another scheme to get money from 2
by. Chas. G. Riess Information eoneenilng O,AJll.'s should be sent direct to the editor of section, P.O. Box 11, Albany, N. Y • • day of service. It is of interest to note that the Milwaukee-Detroit ex tension ·Of A.M. 9, is operated by the Kohler Aviation Corporation while the balance of this route including the Bismarck-Billings extension is operated by Northwest Airways. The only explanation that may be given at the present writing is that the Northwest Airways probably has sub-letted the Miiwaukee-Detroii extension to the Kohler Aviation Corporation. A first flight cover at • hand, dispatched eastward over the VER-NIGHT SERVIOE--ever Milwaukee-Detroit extension bears · hear of it before? Well his an unofficial double-lined oval ca () tory repeats itself and like chet in purple, suitably inscribed the short notice events reported .in and applied by the Kohler Avia.tion last month's column it is again Corporation. necessary to record other short no Mandan, N. D., while not a first tice events in this month's calumn. flight point on the Bismarck-Billings Official notification of new services extension applied a rectangular are given one evening and the fol shaped cachet to such covers dis lowing morning the services are in patched via air mail from that office augurated. Such services may truly to Glendive, Miles City and Billings, be called OVER-NIGHT SERVICES. Montana on March 2, 1933. The However, it is the writer's opinion cachet which appears to' ,be a mim that the several recent short notice meographed one has the following events were more or less a matter typewritten inscription, "FIRST of politics due no doubt in part to FLIGHT - CAM 9-AIR MAIL- the change in political administra MANDAN, NORTH DAKOTA·TO tions. With the new administra GLENDIVE-MILIDS CITY-BILLINGS tion now in power it is our earnest MONTANA-MARCH 2, 1933". Such hope that with a philatelic-minded covers mailed from Mandan to president and one or two philateli~ Glendive, Miles City or Billings minded cabinet members that WB would be received covers of addition will receive the same whole-hearted for these points. co-operation as has been extended Mr. A. N. Brown reports that on to us under the past administration. March 1, 1933 Oakland, California On March 2, 1933, with but one was added as a .stop to A. M. 3 4, day's notice, two new extensions on but two hours notice. In con. were made to A.M. route 9, one be nection with this the daily Postal ing from Milwaukee to Detroit via ·Bulletin of March 14, 1933 states Grand Rapids and the other being that effective March 15, 1933 Oak from Bismarck, N. D. to Billing":i, land Air Mail Field is added as a Montana via Glendive and Miles stop to A. M. 3 4. City, . M-Ontana. The ill/aU·guTal Columbus, Ohio dispatched 96 schedule of the Milwaukee-Detroit pounds of air mail northward pn extension calling for two trips on first flight Felbruary 10, 1933 over the first day in each direction while A. M. 27 and the pilot was J. V. the schedule for the Bismarck-Bil McClaflin. Mr. E. B. Wadsworth, lings extension called for only one Supt. of Air Mail was a passenger on trip in each direction on the .first this first flight. Postmaster at 6 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL
Columbus is James R. Geren. On hundred covers were so dispatched. the first Toledo-Columbus flight To Covers mailed from the Detroit Air ledo dispatched lo pounds of air Mail Field for the most part bear mail southward. J. V. McClaflin an unofficial seven line cachet in was also southbound pilot on this g-reen and red, worded- "FIR.ST first flight and the Pastmaster at FLIGHT-DIRECT AIRMAIL SER Toledo is W. T. Huntsman. VICE~DETROIT, MICH-BUFFALO, N.Y.-LONDON, CAN.-FEB. U 1933 Buffalo, N. Y. dispatched 157 Transamerican Airlines Corporation" pounds and 13 ounzes of air mail westward on the first flight Feb. Official figures show that Boston 11, 1933 over A. M. 27 and the dispatched 105 pounds 8 ounces of pilot was Howard H. West. Post air mail via the first flight over A.M. master at Buffalo is Robert \V. route 20 on Feb. 12, 1933. First Gallagher. Official information at flight westbound pilot from Boston hand states that a Railway Mail was George W. Whittier and the Service clerk was in charge at the Postmaster at Boston is William E. Buffalo airmail field and also states Hurley. There are no Air Mail that no regula'r fi>eld cancellation Field covers from Boston on the was in use and that such covers, if flight. Springfield, Mass., dispatch any, as were malled at the air mail. ed 129 pounds 9 ounces of air mail field bear no distinguished cancel wesbbound and 36 pounds 12 ounces lation. Hence, there can be no air east·bound. First flight westbound mail field covers of the first fiight pilot from Springfield is George W. over A.M. 27 from Buffalo. In con Whittier and first flight eastbound nection with the first flights . from pilot is Laurens Claude. Postmaster London, Ontario, Canada over A.M. at Springfield is James P. Smith. 27 on February 11, 1933, ofi'.icial A~bany disp.atched 35 pounds 4 data at hand shows that all service ounces of air mail eastward and the was entirely a United States Ser first flight eastbound pilot is Laur vice performed by the contractor of ens Claude. Perla S. Kling is Post A. M. 2 7. London was merely an master at Alb'any. Covers dis·patcl1- intermediate stop in the line of ed fram the Al:bany Air Mail Field flight between Detroit and Buffalo. represent only a very small percent London dispatched 103 pounds 8 age of the total poundage dispatchad ounces (7688 pieces) of air mail from Alb'any via the first eastbound eastward to Buffalo and 8 pounds flight. On account of weather con 3 ounces (569 pieces) westward to ditions the morning trip (first Detroit. All first flight covers from flight) from all three points was· London no matter how addressed cancelled and all mail intended for or what inscribed data as to direc both morning and evening trips dis tion of dispatch that they might patched by the evening flight which have, that ·bear the official first was the first actual flight. There flight Canadian cachet were dis fore, all covers whether intended for patched eastward from London to morning· or evening trips are true Buffalo. First flight covers dis first flight covers. Covers intended patched westward from London bear for evening dispatch bear a later no official first flight cachet and may disl)atching time in the postmark be so identified irregardless of how and bear no o:fiicial cachets if dis such covers are addressed or what patched from either Boston or from directional inscriptions they may Springfield. Mr. E. B. Wadsworth, 'bear. Howard H. West was the Supt. of Air Mail was a passenger first flight pilot from London to De on the first eas1!bound flight from troit and B. c. Moore the first flight Albany to Springfield. pilot London to Buffalo. The Post master at London is Col. Kenneth Columbus, Ohio, dispatched 24 A. Murray. Official figures of De pounds of air mail westbound over troit eastward dispatches over A.M. A. M. 34, Columbus-Chicago spur, 27 on February 11, 1933 not yet on first flight of February 1, 1933. at hand but will be reported later Of this 24 pounds a·bout three and on. In connection with the Detroit one-half pounds were dispatched Air Mall Field covers present figures from the Columbus Air Mali Field. indicate that slightly more than one (Continued on Page 13) 1 CRASH COVER NEWS By Frank A. Costanzo • HIS MONTH comes the story Crash Cover news should be sent direct of another air mail pilot who to Frank A. Costanzo, Box 32, h·as enhanced his value to T Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania~ mankind by stepping out of pis daily duty ·as "flying postman" to • help his fellow men. of plane intact 19 pounds and 8 Two men, struggling through a ounces and forwarded the following raging snow storm, reached Las day without markings. Vegas with a report of the plight Taking off from San Francisco in of their fellow workers and families a giant tri~motored Ford of the at lonely mining camps in the moun United Airlines, with mail and pass tains north of Las Vegas. In rti engers bound for Los Angeles, the sponse to their plea for help, Jimmie ship was but "five minutes" north James, chier pilot of the Western of Bakersfield when it caught fire Air Express, in his regular mail when s'parks from the nose engine run to 'Salt Lake City, dropped 500 ignited the gasoline line. Realiz pounds of food to the isolated men, ing an attempted landing on the out women and children. skirts of Bakersfield was fraught This is but one of the many re with peril, pilot B.ellande raced for ports of the air mail pilots who "get the Kern County airport at Bakers through" when all other forms of field while co-pilot Berkenkamp bat transportation have failed. tled the blaze with cushions, at the Official Report of Recent Air same time keeping the passengers Mail Mishaps from becoming panic stricken. Landing the giant ship at the air February 10, 1933 port, with the blaz.e threatening the Kansas City, Mo. A. M. No. 34, wing tanks, the pilots assisted the Eastbound, 5:00 P.M. Pilot D. L. passengers to the ground but a few Mesker and three passengers unin seconds before the plane was en jured. Mail 8 pounds, addreS'sed veloped in flames. to St. Louis ·and points east for Bellande, regarded as one of the warded to the eastbound plane at most capable "big ship" pilots ln 6: 00. . the -country, is one of the six pilots Coming in for a landing at Kans·as in the United States with more than City from Tulsa, pilot Mesker mis 10,000 hours of flying to his credit. took weeds sticking up through the February 25, 1933 snow covered airport for the cinder Toledo, Ohio. A. M. No. 17, Trip sprinkled runway, and his TWA 5, United Airlines, westbound, 3: E•5 plane nosed over in the snow banl~ A.M. Pilot Nicholas A. Lourenzana and skidded 15 O feet upside down uninjured. Mail 500 pounds, re before coming to a stop. covered 6,000 pieces in badly char The pilot and passengers escaped red condition. Cachet reading: uninjured and continued their trips "DAMAGE DUE TO AIR MAIL IN Past by regular plane leaving soon TERRUPTION AT TOLEDO, OH10, after the mishap. FEBRUARY 25, 1933" applied to February 10, 1933 salvaged mail by the Toledo Postal Bakersfield, Calif. A. M. No. 8, officials. Receiving postmasters fol· United Airlines, southbound, 5: 3 O warded variously worded form let P.M. Pilot E. A. Bellande, co~pilot ters wUh damaged mail received for Berkenkamp and seven passengers delivery in their cities. uninjured. Original load of mail Nearing Toledo with the regular 31 pounds, 11 oun()es, 'being carried night air mall from Cleveland to in 11 pouches, 4 in cabin and 7 in Chicago, pilot Laurenzana was noti wings. Recovered pouches in wing fied by radio to use his own judg-
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ment aoout making his customary north of Cross Fork without the stop at that place as an electrical slightest damage to any of the mail. storm had turned the field into a The ship carried 38 pouches of sea of mud and had placed the west first class mail and 8 pouches of and south boundary lights out of valuable registered mail. commission. Landing at Toledo without any trouble, two pouches of • mail were taken from the plane and Co-operators a sack for Chicago was taken on. !Since I have taken over this sec Refueling, the plane taxied through tion of The Journal, I have enjoyed the muck and darkness. Hampered the fine co-operation of many of its by poor visi1bility due to rain and a readers and have endeavored to list light fog, the ship struck the north the names of all co-operators but west boundary fence and nosed over have been unable to do so in the into a water-filled ditch. Flames last few issues due to lack of space. leaped out frora the motor and l intend to give a list of co-operators swept back toward the cockpit. Re in an early issue and in the future lea-sing his safety belt, Laurenzanit this list will be given when space leaped to safety just as the gasoline will permit it. tank caught fire and the 150 gallons of gasoline threw flames all over the WASHINGTON Am MAIL plane. socmTY Laurenzana was graduated from • the Army Air Corps. training school The Washington Air Mail Society, at Kelly Field in Februry 1929. recently formed, elected Francis B. Since that time he has :flown for Leech as President, Miss Ella I. various airlines· and has been asso M,errill, tvice-"Presiden~; Mis·s Alice ciated with the U.A.L. for eighteen B. CiUey, Secy-Treas. Fifteen air months. mail collectors form the neucleus "Nick," as he is known to his fly for this new local society, all of ing buddies, is often described as whom are members of the American "the pilot who took the trees off Air Mail Society and the society has the Kansas City Airport." This, already applied for a Branch Chap because soon after his graduation, ter in the American Afr Mail Soci a heavy gust of wind caused a plane ety.. The meetings will be held he was flying to crash into the trees monthly on the third Monday in that lined the west side of the mun Room 1085 National Press Bld·g. icipal airport. The removal of the Any Washington airmail coll;ic trees started the day after the ac tors are urged to affiliate with this cident. local society. M. S. Petty, one of • the Airpost Journal editors is one February 26, 1933 of the charter members of this Cross Fork, Pa., A. M. No. 34, group. Transcontinental & Western Air, westbound 6:15 A.M., pilot W. W. AIBS OF THE MONTH Seyerle, uninjured. 4 3 9 pounds of mail all recovered intact and for (Cotinued from Page 5) warded the same day from Renovo, • Pa., without markings. iet. All are large square stamps Bound for Cleveland from New and have a large monoplane in flight York with 46 pouches of air mail, over different scenes. "C.•C;C.P." pilot Seyerle became lost in the appears on the wings and "1923- "soupy" fog over the Allegheny 1933" in the design. Artists are Mountains when his radio refused to Boroff, Zamsk, and Yang. Colors function .. Keeping his plane in the are not known. Vialues and de-\ air for two hours in an effort to lo signs are: 5k Kuznetsk steel cen cate a break in the fog, Seyerle em ter showing blast furnaces; 10 k tied his gas tanks, shut off his en baku oil fields; 20k collective farm gine and leaped over the side to reapers and grain elevators; 50k make a successful parachute jump. map of the Moscow-Volga Canal now The plane and its cargo of mail under construction; and 80k ship in crashed at Windfall Run, four miles the Arctic among icebergs. THE AIRPOST JOURNAL
THE Labor Day holiday provide the op portunity for an extra two days stay AIRPOST JOURNAL to enjoy the sights of the nation's metropolis. New York City is a Published Monthly at Albion, Pa., splendid convention city and unlim U, S. A., by the ited facilities have been promised AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY the Society to assure a successful EDITORIAL OFFICES: Conneaut, O. convention. I have attended every Conventio::i Address Communications to ''The of the American Air Mail Society and can promise and assure you that Ab.. post Journal" Albion, Pennsyl the three days of this airmail meet , vania or Tyler Bldg., Conneaut, 0. ing will be the most enjoyable time you have ever spent with your hob Geo. D. Kingdom, Editor-in-Chief by. You will be inspired with re newed vigor and interest · in your Walter J. Conrath, Business Manager own collecting ativities. You will meet those most prominently con ASSOCIATE EDITORS nected with the airmail hobby and Charles G. Riess ...... C.A.M.'s 'become more intimately acquainted L. B. Gatchell ...... '...... F.A.M.'s with them. You will be able to Alton J. Blank...... Atr Mail Stamps inspect an Exhibition of airmail M. S. Petty...... Dedications, et al. stamps and covers that promises to F. A. Costanzo ...... " ... Crash Covers exceed all past shows. w. R. Patton ...... Canada The Society welcomes to this D. 'E. Dickason ...... Auction Review Convention not only its members Fred H. Wilde .... Pacific Coast Notes but any and all collectors of items related to aero-philately. I urge SUBSCRIPTIONS that these dates of the Convention United States ...... $1.00 per year be now set aside by you and that Canada and Foreign •••..•.. $1.50 per year you make immediate plans to attend Single Cop!ea, lOc this gathering of aero-philatelists. Entered as second-class matter, February 10, 1932, at the post office at Albion, Pa., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Aero-Philately and the Cachet Racket ADVERTISING RATES One inch per ls~ue ...... $ 1.00 • Quarte1• page, per i.ssue ...... •. $ 3.25 Numerous requests have been re Half Page, per issue ...... $ 6.UO l<"ull Page, per issue ...... $10.00 ceived by the editor, to define and Front Inside or Baclc Cover Page distinguish the various uses of the when available •..•...... •..... $12.00 word "cachet" which has seemed to Interested !l!dvertisers may apply for have ;been applied to many different contract rate for space used every ls.;ue phases nf cover collecting. Several for a period of six months. requests have been received to ex The Airpo·st Journal is published on the plain what is included in airmail 25th of each month. AdverUsing copy cover collecting and what should be must be received hy the 15th of each month, 10 days before publication. the policy of the air mail collector in his collecting activities. In re sponse to these requests a series President L. B. Gatchell of the af articles, perhaps in the form American Air Mail .Society announc of editorials coming from the es in this issue of the Airpost J our editor of The Airpost Journal will nal, the dates and place of the 1933 be started in the May issue. If you Convention o·f the Society. This have any quesUons or expressions of early announcement allCJcws for opinion that you would like to com plenty of time to 130 arrange your mu.nicate to the editor connected vacations and plans that you will be with the two subjects above men able to attend this Convention. The tioned, the editor will appreciate dates of August 31st and September your early communication of these list and 2nd, ·being just prior to the opinions direct to him. 10 Mich. He carried 7,698 letters on this trip. Cachet was illustrated on the cover of last issue of the Airpost Journal. From Buffalo to London en the first trip (United States C.A. M.) the mail was 900 letters. For the information of those who collect covers flown between London and Detroit, both ways, although All inforn1ntion concerning Canadian Air Mail should be sent direct to this was not a first flight, and con Editor \V. R. l'atton, Box 238-!, sequently carried no cachets, the 'Vinnipeg;, Ma.n.~ Canada- Pilot London-Detroit was Howard H. West, with a mail weight of 8 pounds 3 ounces. The Detroit-Lon CHARLOTTETOWN• • GRiINDS,TONE don mail amounted to 379 letters, ISLAND again not a first flight. The ma • chine used wa·s one of the Trans HE FIRST FI,IGHT from .A:merican Airlines. Charlottetown to Grindstone We extend our very hearty thanks Island was made on Febru to the West Coast Airmail Soci'::lty ary 7th by Pilot W. Fnwler, in a for much information on Canadian "Fairchild 71" plane of the Can flights. The Society and Mr. Ralph adian Airways Ltd. He carried 7 ,- Moffett are certainly helping with 172 letters on this flight. all the news they can send along, The return flight was made by and are certainly a great help to Pilot W. Fowler in the some ma your Editor. chine on Feb. 10th and carrying It will likewise be of interest to 6 ,16 9 letters. many collectors to know that the The cachets used will be described 1934 edition of the Standard Air later on, as we do noL have full post Catalogue is going ahead and particulars from Ottawa as yet, but will •be much better written up th::i.n hope to receive some in time for the 1933 edition, as a few first this issue. We would also advise flights were left out, as well as some collectors that there are 28 Post new information of Semi-Official Offices in the Magdalen Islands, but stamps of Canada, which items hav':l all mail is landed at Grindstone Is never yet been listed. Owing to the land Post Office, and the other Post many changes it has ·been found im Offices are served by teams, etc, possible to list these in the "Airpost from there. Thus any cover no ;mat Journal" as taking up too much ter which Post Office it is addressed room in the magazine, although if to, is a first to Grindstone only. enough demand is sent me to pub The Magdalen Islands are parlt lish these changes, and the Editor of the Province of Quebec and are in of the magazine will agree, we will the Gulf of Northumberland, a short distance from Prince Edward Island. They all have a very rocky coast, and your Editor remembers while AIR MAIL store-keeper on one of the Elder COVER COLLECTION Dempster Steamers having a break down of our engines near there, and FOR SALE al'most grounding before we started Consisting Of: the machinery again. Few tourists PIONEERS, GOV'T FLIGHTS, ZEPPE ever .get there in the Summer which LINS, DEDICATIONS, C.AM.'s. F.A.M.'s is a great pity as they are very beau CANAL ZONE and F.A.M. COMBINA tiful in the ·summer, and a great TION ROUTF.S. place for :fishing, etc. Cataloszues over $2100.00 ·r.fake an offer from List, which will be • sent you upon application. LONDON-BlIFFALO The first flight was made on Feb. Charles A. W eiller 11th by Pilot B. C. Moore of the Trans-American Airlines of Detroit, 617 Lex!n,..ton Bid!!:. BALTO., Md. 11 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL sure be glad to publish same. January number. Pilot Capt. W. R. The next Canadian Sections will "Wop" May. Covers carried are as be thoroughly written up by W. R. follows: Fort Resolution-Rae, 5940. Patton and 0. W. R. Smith, who are Fort Resolution-Great Bear Lake, both now hard at work trying to 6470. Rae-Great Bear Lake, 5984. have ·this section, or rather sections, Great Bear Lake-Rae 5936. Great completed by July 1st. Either edi Bear Lake-Fort Resolution 6278. tor will welcome any advice or in· Rae-Fort Resolution, 5983. formation tending to make this 10 0 Great FaUsrlBissett~WadhO'IJe. This per cent perfect, if this can ever old Air Mail route, the first regular be effected. Will you help us? Airmail service in Canada, was again Canadian Government FUghts placed in operation during Febru Fort Resolution-Rae-Great Bear ary. The plane service had been Lake. The following further in superseded by a land service in formation is added to mine in the J 929. The· Pilot flying the first ftight was Roy Brown. Mail is be ing carried from Lac du Bonnet in stead of Great Falls as due to the EGYPT heavy fall of snow 'this winter, Lac NEW AIR MAIL ISSUE du Bonnet airport can be easily kept lM to 200M 20 Values Comulete $4.50 clear of snow, and it is very much Approval and new issue Air Mail Service ha.rder to fly from Great Falls. The :New List FREE on Request first flight was made on a W ednes A. H. OLENA day, but from now on the service 66 Beaver St., New York, N.Y. will be Wednesday and Saturday of each week. Great Falls-Bissett. Cachet shows N ewfoundlandWantLists the city hydro plant at Great Falls. Send me yours and I shall quote prices Wording "Canada Air Mail" at top that cannot; be beaten. I offer 50 Diff. NFLD. for $1.00 over half circle, and. under in two These make a fine beginning. Ask for Jines. large type "First Official my 1!133 Cataloaue. Flight-Great Falls to Bissett." Rev. A. Butler AU covers are cancelled or back stamped Feb. 15~33. All the ca Newfoundland chets are in .black similar wording as above, except that point to point CAM 18-Iowa City-west (18W2) $1.00 names are changed to apply to each " North Platte A.F.-west (18W4F) 1.75 CAM 19-Newark AF-Atlantic leg of the trip. City (19S26f) . .. • • ...... • . .75 Great Falls - Wad•hope. Cachet " Newark-Albany (pilot Moore) . .50 shows pair of hands .holding nug CAM 22--San Antonio-Laredo (22SW5c) . . . . . • • ...... • .50 gets, typical of the mining (gold) CAM 30-Salina-Denver (both which is the only ind us try there. cachets) • ...... • • • ...... 35 Bissett-Wadhope. Teamster with CHARLF.S W. HOUSMAN Bridgeville Penn'a I HAVE CASH I need severa] larJ?e lots or collections C.A.M.'S of Airoost Items. What have you to offer in the way of Stamps or Covers? On Approval. References please No junk wanted. F.DGAR C. CANTRELL S. STEINFELD 210 GIAnwood Court. SanAntonio, Texas 2119 Broadway, NEW ORLEANS, LA.
COVER COLLECTORS MARIANO ANZORENA Write for partkulars on Best constructed and cheapest priced 6a Chiapas 138 cover .Album. Pdces $1.20 to MEXICO, D. F. $2.. 251 postage extra. TOM LANE Mexican Airmail Stamps 6712-21st Ave. Dept. X3 and Covers BROOKLYN, NEW YORK THE AIRPOST JOURNAL team of horses hauling logs. :,nnu1111111uu11uu1u1uu11111uu1111u1111ri1rnn111uu1un1ntu: Bissett-Great Falls. Logs piled along the river awaiting Spring break-up. Wad:hope-Great Falls, Showing HAVE miners working at Wadhope. Wad·hope-Bissett. Shows miners C. A. M. Covers staking a claim. F. A. M. Covers CRASH COVER COLLEOTOits, ATTENTION Gov't 1st Flights • Geo. W. Angers, Willis M. Pott, Foreign 1st Flights and Frank A. Costanzo, editors of th'e Crash and Accident Section of Official Air Stamps the 1933 Standard Airpost Catalog are endeavoring to make up a list (Mint, blocks, errors, used) of all crash and accident cover col lectors and earnestly urge each col Air Stamps on 1st Day lector of these covers, whether as a specialty or side line or if the col lector h•as a complete collection or a single cover, to send them a postal telling of your activities in this i Semi-Official Air Stamps I branch of the hobby. You may ad dress your postals to F .A. Costanzo, i Paris Balloon Covers, 1870 I Punxsutawney, Pa.
. C. A. M.'s (Continued f:rom Page 7) ~==I !::::dp~:~;;c:i:~ i==§ Alvene Litzenberger• was the first Pioneers flight pilot out of Columbus and Ja:mes R. Geren, Postmaster at Zeppelins Columbus. Fort Wayne dispatched ~ ! 5 pounds, 6 ounces of air mail west ward and four pounds eastward on i Pilot Autographed Covers ~ first flights of February 1, .1933. Alvene Litzenberger was the first ~ Rate Change Covers i flight westbound pilot and A. M. Wilkins the first flight eastbound ~ Early Dedications ~ pilo't from Fort Wayne. Postmaster = : at Fort Wayne is E. J. Gallmeyer. ~ I HAVEN'T ~ Official figures for Chicago dispatch~ es not as yet received but will be given later on. An unofficial ca I Any Price · Lists E chet was applied to some first fiight covers dispatched from Fort Wayne ~ Any Overhead Expense § by a local collector. ~ --Thus my Prices are Low ~ · ~ Send me your want list for my g PILOT AUTOGRAPHS a quotations--or tell me just what ~ Beautiful original photographs of famous §' you would like to have sent on ~ pilots that will add charm to your cover ~ approval (include a reliable ref- § collections. Taken by a press photograph
14 1:'i Aero Club of Washington Reception Dedication and Unofficial Air Mail Covers 1932 Record-Holders • FEBRUARY 25 1933 News of future s,nd pasl; events under COMING: Sunnyvale, Calif; Dedi this section should be sent direct to cation Naval Air Base, .A!pril 12th. Mr. Petty, 617 Keunedy St., N. w., Covers may be sent to Jas. ,V. Washington, D. C. Green 203 No. 4th, San Jose. 90() covers formerly held by R. D. Brown • of Huntington Beach for proposed SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., April 12, dedications at Huntington Beach, cachet by Jr. C. of C. for dedication Kearney, and Newport, have all been ·Sunnyvale Air Base. Covers to turned over to Mr. Green for Sun John D. Long, 3326 Fulton St. nyvale dedication. All have 5c Covers being received by D.H. Jacobs stamps and will come postage due are for cachet by San Jose C. of C. unless additional postage is sent. Those being received by J. W. Green Some applies to covers formerly held 2re for ilne by Sunnyvale C. of C ..... by San Jose c. of C., now held by San Francisco will have cachet for D. H. Jacobs, 108 No. 24th St ..... first visit of U.1S.S. Macon to Sun New Orleans, La., April 9th, cachet nyvale. Covers to John D. Long as for air mail for 10th anniversary above. Mark outside of envelopefl FAM 2. Covers to Emil A. Thur events wanted .... Detroit, Mich, Na man, 1366 Laharpe St..... Ogallala, tional Aircraft Show called off. Cov Nebr., is reported to plan dedication vers will be mailed on July 17th for for April. Covers to Jefford Bros. 5th anniversary of C.A.M. 27. About Aircraft Service .... Washington, D. C. the time you read this, cachet at May 1st, E•th anniversary of C.A.M. Detroit for change of airport termi 19, cachet by M & M Assn., also nal of the Kohler Aviation mail May 15th for 15th anniversary first service. Covers to W. T. Wynn, Jr. regular Government Air Mail Route, 7 453 Freda, Dearborn .... Peoria, Ill., Washington to New York. Covers to airport dedication in spring and editor of this page only .... Laredo, Eugene Beil, 226 E. McClure Ave. Tex., is reported to be planning ded will handle covers .... Cachet by the ication very soon and it is stated American Airways April 24 .to May C. of C. will have "first day" cachet. 23, for annual Army Air Maneuvers .... Roscum·mon, Mich, now reported at Fort Know, Ky. Covers to cachet to dedicate in June or early July. director, American Airways, Ken Covers to C. of C ..... Walterboro, S.C. tucky Hotel, Louisville, Ky. (None to dedicate C. C. Anderson airport accepted after April 20th) .... Long early spring. Covers to Press and view, Texas, has temporarily post Standard (newspaper) .... Little Rock, poned their dedication .... Dedication Ark., from which many contradic was scheduled for Compton, Calif., tory reports have come for three April 2nd, but earthquake may years, now reported to "try to dedi gffect it. Hope our friend, Fred cate this summer." No cover data Wilde, esca·ped with all belonging8. . ... Astoria, Ore., May 5-10. Cachet by 16 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL
C. of C. for visit of Old Ironsides .... 2, 1929, but has no record of ;my Myron F. McCamley, recognized covers. Can anyone p.roduce one? cachet director for Portland, Ore., .... AAMJS member E. L. Randall of new address is 5526 No. Delaware Corning, Cal., says he lives near Ave. Suggest keeping a supply of Willows, Calif, and dedication of covers with him at all times, as Williows is correctly listed.... Post some good ones have emanated on master E. A. Vorden·baum of Ran short notice .... Oklahoma City, will dolph Field, Tex., says that while not dedicate and covers may be. ob the cachet for Randolph Field dedi iained by sending return postage to cation reads "June 20, 1930" it was Stamp Club, Box 333 .... Van Horn, actually a two day affair and covers Tex., recently reported possi'bility, of 21st (both from San Antonio and will NOT dedicate .... ONLY AIR Randolph Field) will be included Jn MAIL covers accepted for any ab;:.ive, future catalogue supplement...... ! events. would very much like to see a print- AIRPORT DEDICATIONS: Barks 6d envelope mailed from the Union dale Field, Shreveport, La., mailed town, Pa., dedication of August 23, 2467 letters (all air mall) for the 1928 ....Who can advise on a report dedication of Fe'b. 2nd, and all post ed dedication at 1Soledad, Calif? marked at the Field. Nice write OTHER AERO COVERS: Louisville, up of the event in recent Philatelic Ky., Feb. :10, blue cachet by Amer Gossip .... Ashburn, Ga. dedicated :Mu ican Airways for First Night Flight nicipal Airport on Feb. 18-19. Three A.M. 20. Our old friend Conger line magenta cachet by Jr. C. of C. Poage, formerly of Los Angeles and on 97 air covers first day and 82 the Shreveport is now at Louisville and second day ....Asherton, Texas, Ash will handle properly sponsored cov E>rton Flying Field, the Municipal ers for any Louisville aero event uf Airport was dedicated on Feb. 22nd importance. Ad·dress Conger Poage, and 50 covers were mailed with no City 'fraffic Manager, American Air cachet. Postmaster says these covers ways, Kentucky. Hotel.. .. Newark, N. were in his hands on 22nd, but J. C. of C. used nice cachet for wel through error in dating his cancel come to Springfield and Boston on ling machine, all are postmarked A.M. 20 .... Vancouver, B. C., mailed 23rd, and says "it is much regret 3 7 6 covers for Earhart visit as per ted." Under the circumstances the last month's issue ... ,san Francisco, date should rate OK .... A new dedt Fe:b. 26. Golden Gate Bridge cele cation not previously recorded here bration and Crissy Field Airport is that of Chilliwick, B. C. (Canada) Air Maneuvers, brought a round on Jan. 3-4, 1931. 8 covers mailed blue cachet by Jr. C. of C. and most first day and 6 second day, savs of them postmarked on board the some may also have been mailed from Sardis P.O., near the airport. Does anyone have a Sardis cancelled Airmail Stamps one? ....Toledo, 0., m'ap caqhet a~ • • • June 3, 1929, for first anniversary NEW ISSUES SERVICE air mail brings a statement from th'l Toledo C. of C. that June 3-4, 1928 (Personal - Friendly) was the occasion of the dedication G e e of Transcontinental Airport when Tobeck Buying Syndicate Toledo was added on C.A M. 17 .... Patchogue, N. Y. Lockport, N.Y .. July 4, 1930 (Cat alogue No. 1501) is listed as post marked 5th. Have just been shown one postmarked 4th, and Postmaster says it was a two-day· affair, and Collect Aerophotos ! Famous Plane and Pilot Views will covers of both 4th nd 5th are OK. make your covers more interesting. Later dates are "too late." .... New St-rt with these: 20 ALL DIFFERENT ...... $1.00 port, N. H. (Cat. No. 1662) contin Or VON GRONAU SET of 8 .....45 ued from Dworak listings should Satisfaction Guaranteed DONALD L. SMITH ·be deleted. Positmaster says cor-< 15449 Dexter Blvd. Detroit, Mich. rect date was one year earlier, Sept. 17 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL
U.S.S. Pennsylvania. (Your thanks Pendergast, Henry Ritcher, Hervey due to John D. Long) .... Portland, Reese, Joe Stoutzenberg, Dr. J. J.<'. Ore., Fe·b. 27, had four line green Ullman, A. F. Wehe, Fred Wilde cachet with plane for first flight on and W. T. Wynn, Jr. My personal A.M. 8 with stop at Sacramento. All thanks for covers received from vV. who ha'd covers with McCamley A. Robert, Wm. Forbes, Thos. Gess were in on it. nes, Jas. Green, Mrs. E. M. Jaster Washington, D. C., February 25. (2); M. R. M. Gwilliam; Atlas Leve, The Aero Clwb of Washington gavCJ G. D. Lindsay, J. D. Long, E. L its annual reception to the American Randall, Mrs. Grace Piper, Hervey Fliers who broke aviation records Reese ( 2), Fred Sanders, Albert in 1932. A magenta cachet by the Stockmann, Harold T. Thomas ( 2). Club, was handled by the writer, Fred Wilde and one unknown and applied to 180 covers. Regret friend for a Savanna.h first Jiay that only a few days notice prevent cover. ed much publicity, and lists of avi ators were not available in time to be put in oachet. As it will .intCJrest CHATS WITH THE many of you, It is as follows: Cer EDITOR tificates were presented by Senator Hiram Bingham on behalf of the N. • A.A. in person to: Amelia Earhart F. B. Leech is the Prexy of the Putnam for her trans-Atlantic solo newly formed Washington Air Mail flight and for her transcontinental Society.... 1.Valter Bruggman favors fiight which established a new with a· Philippine first flight cover record distance world fiight for wo from Illilo to Negros, flown Feb. 3, men; to Major James H. Doolittle 1933 .... Aerophilatelic Club of New for his international landplane York meet regularly twice a month record of 294.38 miles per hour; to .... First commemorative stamp under James G. Haizlip for a new trans Roosevel·t is to proclaim the 150th. rontinental speed record of 10 hrs. Anniversary of Washington's Proc 19 minutes; to Mrs. May Haizlip lamation of Peace at Hasbrouck (Jimmy's wife) for a new interna House, Newburgh, N. Y., April 19, tional speed record for women of 1783 .... U. .S. Frigate Constitution 252.226 miles per hour; and to Mrs. covers postmarked March 10th and Louise Thaden and Mrs. Frances backstamped Long Beach, March 10, Marsalis for their international wo· were ba;ckstamped by P.O. employ men's endurance record of i96 hours ees who were killed an hour later and five minutes. by the earthquake.... Wm. Forbes favors with an Asherton, Texas Certificates were presented hv dedication cover .... M. 1S. Pe.tty sends proxy to Lieut. Thomas G. W. Set a cover mailed the day the holders tle, U.S.N., winner of the Gordon of the U. -S. Air Records were .feted Bennett international balloon race in the Capital. ... Ernesto Quiros, trophy; to Jack O'Meara who set a prominent Costa Rican collector, glider distance record of 67 milCJs favors with a cover dis·patd1ed on and a glider altitude record of inauguration of internal airmail 4780 feet; to Clarence Chamberlain service from San Jose to Guanacaste, and Miss Ruth Nichols for altitude San Carlos and El General, Feb. 3rd, records of 19,393 and 19,928 feet 1933 .... Anther Hind, owner of the respectively, in Diesel - powered famous British Guiana stamp, died planes (the latter record superseded th first) and to Roscoe Turner, who set a new East-Wst transcontinental record of 12 hours 33 minutes. Caldwell N.J. Dedication The thanks of all interested read Oct. 26, 1930--(l745a) Prs go to the following for news Superb Condition $2.50 We have the most complete stock in items: Boyd Allen, Donald Dicka Zeppelins. Do-X and Ship-to-Shore Mails son, Rex Copp, Wm. Forbes, Jas. Green, Frank Herget, D. H. Jacobs, Aero Philatelic Exchange Mrs. E. M. Jaster, Geo. and H. G. Paterson, N. J. 36-4 Kingdom; Leland Metzgar, John 18 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL recently .... 1933 National Air Races will be held in Los Angeles .... Max B. PACIFIC COAST Freeman, Northwest Airways Pilot was awarded the first Post Office NOTES Dept. medal for oustanding achieve ments in the service .... J. F. McCar thy, survivor of Shenandoah disa3- By Fred• H. Wilde ter, is now located at the dirigible mooring mast at Ewa, near Hono All news of Paclttc• Coast aerial events lulu, Hawaii.. .. Frank A. R. Mayer shonld be sent to Fred H. Wilde, 917 comprehensively reviews the history N. Burris Ave., Compton, Calif. as and development 01' airmail service early as possible. .in a recent story published in the Minneapolis Journal, Jan. 15, 1933 • .... P. I. Drossos presents figures that OS ANGELES. At an airmeet show the air traffic doubled in and held at the East side airport from Athens, Greece, during the L on Sunda.y, Feb. 12, in an en past year ....L. B. Gatchell and Geo. deavor to outdo Spud Manning, well W. Angers, President and Secy known parachute jumper, Harold H. Treas. of the A.A.M.S., lectured and Bradon went too far toward Mother exhibited airmails to the Fort Earth, and failed in his attempt to Orange istamp Club of Albany, N. Y. open his chute at one hundred feet on February 21, 1933 .... New Egyp from the ground, after both per tian Air Mail stamps are very at formers had leaped at 10,000 feet. tractive; P. I. Drossos sends a first His remains were buried again a day cover from Cairo franked with few days later. How foolish these five of the denominations .... At least, stunrts appear to be, and we wo;nder le and 3c comm~morative stamps how many of the S'pectators were will be issued for Chicago's Century really satisfied after seeing the of Progress .... Just returned from smash which many had undoubtedly Garfield-Perry's 43rd Annual party contemplated. in Cleveland, 0. Many prominent A.P.S. officers there including Doc. AMELIA EARHART covers to the Hennan, '&le PreX/Y. Fine exhibi number of 3 7 5 were sent out from tion and plenty of entertainment. Van·couver, B. C., on the occasion of her visit there.
WRIGHT BROTHERS MEMORIAL Information on the Canadian air FLIGHT ports to form a transcontinental chain comes from George Fawkes. • Work has started on the following: Elaborate mail carrying plans are an .. nounced in this issue of The Airpost Jour Megantic, Quebec, Upper· Brockw;iy, nal hy the Wright Memorial Celebration N. B., Fountain Falls, Ont., Kitchen Committee. They have provided appropri er, B. C. Further infoI'mation on ate souvenir envelopes at a very reasonable price and also for the carryinR' of covers these will be appreciated, through on the flight. Every possible guarantee the columns of the weeklies, or di for the carryin!{ l"nd safety of the mail has rect to the editor of this column. been arrancred. The various covers are fully described in the double pa~e spread A.M. 3 4 Extension, Los Angeles to in thls iss.ue of The Airpost Journal. San Francisco, Feb. '1, report from A. N. Brown, W. C. A. 1S., says num • ber of covers about as follows: 400 Francis J. Field, Ltd., announces a new cover album, the "Luxon Philatelic Holdall" from L. A., 400 from S. F., 150 See hi~ ~ d in this issue. from Bakersfield and 150 from Fresno. There were only 60 covers 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 between Fresno and Bakersfield. NEED M 0 NEY'? Received covers at 'San Francisco Get the most out of your stamps by through request and by courtesy of disposing of them through my auction the P. M. and covers addressed to sales. Write me for my very attractive termg. The larger the property, the Gen. Del., were time ·backstamped at more favorable the terms. naturally. the Ferry ·P. 0., 2:00 p.m. By re FREDERICK P. PROESSEL ouest of P. M.'s at Fresno and 51 E. Woodale Road, Philadelphia, Pa. Bakersfield likewise identified A.M. 3 4 mail. Los Angeles used the reg- lllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUllflllllllllllllllllll 19 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL
ular received Gen. Del. cancel. W. used as the terminal of Route 34 C.A.S. extension. We find the P. M. inter ested himself and advised local col A.M. 8. Effective Feb. 2, 1933, lectors of the one day time for the trips No. 14 and 15, operated from inaugural service. There was ap San Francisco airport for the first plied to . such covers as were dis time, and an authorized pouc·h car patched from 1San Bruno a black ca rying mail between •S. F. and Oak chet indicating the purpose of the land was carried, the latter being flight. This type of cover is nice the first airmail between the two to add to any collection, but unfor cities. Courtesy of W. C. A. S. tunately cannot be listed, as it does A. M. 8, on Feb. 27, was "!bent" to not originate from a point on the include Sacramento. Route: 8an official schedule. W.C.A.S. bulletin. Diego to Seattle, with Fresno and Bakersfield omitted. Postmaster re 1920 PIONEER FLIGHT. The in ports through the neiwspapers that complete story of this series of over 25,000 covers were cacheted flights is now in shape to be com at Sacramento. Further informa pleted, with the following letter to tion on this addition from the W.C. Everett Erle, received from E. B. A.S. says Mail northbound 29 lbs., Wadsworth, 1Supt. of Mails, Wash south.bound 145 lbs. There wns ington, D. C.: "Our records do not esta'blished at the airfield a tempor contain much informatio;n about this ary office, where all mail deposit·:id service. It was operated by an was given the ·cachet and postage agreement between the Department was cancelled. As far as we can and the Aero Transportation Co. of learn, n'o effort was made to give Los Angeles, permitting that Com this mail any differen't treatment pany to carry a ·pouch of mail than that accorded dispatches can (specifically marked to go by air celled at the general P. 0. Cachets plane) in each ',direction between seen to-date are all in a clear red, San Francisco and Los Angeles tiy rather than the regular magenta. way of Fresno and Bakersfield for Portland used a special cachet (un im indefinite period, without ex ofricial). We learn that 150 covers pense to the Department. Thg were dispatched from the Oaklani route was officially number 676001. airmail field postoffice into Sacra The first trip was made on May 27, mento. 1920, leaving Los Angeles at 9:15 a.m., and the mail was delivered to A. M. 34. Effective March 1, 1933, the Postmai1ter at San Francisco at Oakland was included on Route 3 4, 5: 0 0 p. m., the same day. The name on overnight service. Di'Spatching of the ·plane used was "Avion". Thg was south only via Fresno, and no service was ordered suspended for mail was received Into Oakland. A an indefinite period under the dat'l small amount of covers were dis of July 7, 11920. There is no record patched, approximately, but not of the amount of mail carried, nor more- than 85 covers sent "from Oak the name of the pilot. No mention land field, and from Oakland P. 0. is made of any cachet " A very in 160 covers. Courtesy of W.C.A.S., teresting item from the W. C. A. S. via regular ·bulletin. SEATTLE, Washington on A.M. 8, DEDICATION at Des Moines, Iowa first dispatched via plane on Aug. airport took place on July l, 1925. 15, 1930, on which date TaconFt If you have the cover from the first also dispatched. Previously all date of airmail service from this mail was trained down to Portland point you have this dedication. They Yancouver. Operative on the above 1,1,re not too plenti1'ul, but bear the date under the first southward night square "black cachet indicating the service-this initial airmail service first airmail service. Some covers became effective. seen have in addition a small paper SACRAMENTO, on A.M. 8, pilots, label indicating the dedication. trip No. 14a-Oakland~Sacramento A. M. 3 4 Extension from L. A. to S. F. developed a dispatch out of Medford; Pilot E. F. Keissig. in San Bruno, which is quite near the plane NC-96t'!l. "Abbot." Trip 15'.l. S. F. Municipal airport, the port M€d'ford·~Sacramento~Oakland, Pllot 20 'THE AIRPOST JOURNAL
·Al ·Gilhousen. Information through many of you know, Compton Air Ralph Moffett, W.C.A.•S. ways Inc., held dedication ceremony West Coast Airmail 1Society elec at Compton airport April 2nd. More tion of officers recently, resulted in .information next month. the following: A. N. Brown, Presi Word comes from Jas. W. Green, dent; Secy-Treas. Everett Erle; our good standby when co-operation Publicity Director, Ralph Moffett; is needed, who informs the editor, Directors, Fred Wilde and Fred in response to enquiry, that the Sun Baumgartner. Meetings are held at nyvale Naval Air 1Station is 'but three Hotel !Stewart, S. •F., on various parts complete, and it will not be days to better accommodate the dedicated until entirely completed. membership, and collectors in the He does not know at present of any vicinity of S. F. will surely ·benefit change in the plans, and says he by membership therein, through di will continue to handle covers, of rec!t contact with some live wire ficially,, as before, and when a collectors, and all members are es change is made will duly notify pecially fortunate in being the re notify collectors. (We have had cipients of an eight to ten page bul some real service from Mr. Green, letin of detailed, authentic informa and hope no change in handling tion on airmail, domestic and for covers in that vicinity will occur for eign offidah:t, etc., monthly, with a long time.) J. W. G. says there valuable information sent to mem is a possi'bility of establishment of bers. on occasion of new flights when a P. 0. at the Naval Air Station, availaJble such as the recent exten and if so, dedication covers will go sions of A.M. routes No. 8 and 34. out from there. Better hold your covers until confirmation of this ar The editor and several others are rangement is available. Editor's indebted to Harvey Reese of At Note: We ho·pe cataloguin.g of lanta, Ga. for notice of dedication future dedications will be confined at Ashburn, Ga. of Feb. 18 and 19. to the P. 0. cancellation of the city Put him on your list for a cover in or town at wMch th.e event takes the future, if you appreciate that place, except in the cast of covers kind of service. We understand the flown to another point on the day event was scheduled for the 11th, of the ceremony. This idea or but was postponed on account of running around to six different weather. Thanks the weather man towns and getting cancellations also. 179 covers were cacheted on should invalidate covers for listing, the two days. and inasmuch . as any "dedication Cape Charles, Va. and Carmel, ceremony" takes place on one day California advise they have no air only, usually, we advocate confining ports. C. of C. reports: Browns· these items in catalogues to .the day ville, no airport being developed at of the ceremony only, for future Matamoras, Mexico; Cui dad Juarez, events. -Second, third, and even same report. Youngstown, Ohio, no seventh days are admittedly airshow new developments here; Hammond, events, and should be so listed. Ind., no airport contemplated and A report from George Fawkes, same from Stephens, Mo.; Astoria. Vancouver, B. C., says: "I received Ore., is not contemplating airport; a letter from the Postmaster at Keystone, W. Va., is constru~ting Chilliwack, B. C., about the airport an airport. Who can give us some dedication there. He informs me more information? Longview, Tex. that the airport was dedicated · on will dedicate their airport on April June 3rd and 4th, 1931, and there 14 and 15 and are holding about were 8 covers maned on the 3rd and 500 covers; Cloverdale, Calif. has. no 6 covers on the 4th." suita.ble field in view. Postmaster at Eustis, Fla. re·ports airport was Covers and assistance this month dedicated last of January; Jackson appreciated from Harvey Reese, W. ville, Tex. negotiating for a site. C. A. .S., Wm. G. Broyl·es, A. N. Carthage, Mo. airport has been op erating for several years. Many of Brown, Wm. Forbes, J .. D. Long, these reports come from .. W. G. Ral:ph Moffett, Geo. Fawkes and R. Broyles, Dallas, Texas. .And as Thomas. 21 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL
SUPPLEMENTS to the 1933 Standard Airpost Catalogue
AIRPORT DEDICATIONS 1932 October 2345 8 PARAGOULD, ARK.-Square cachet by C. of C. (124) 6.25 2346 9 PARAGOULD, ARK.-Same. (148) . 5.75 2348 9 LA GRANDE, ORE.-Rankin Field. Three line cachet by 0. of C. (1225) .35 2350 14 HEBER SPRINGS, ARK.-Four line multigraph cachet on front and two line stamped cachet on back by Airport Manager. Was ilown on plane of Fifth Arkansas Air Tour to and cancelled at Little Rock on 17th. Also bears Air Tour cachet. (50-60) 7.75 2351 15 BEA UM ONT, TEX.-Municipal Airport. Round cachet also sticker of same design on same covers by C. of C. (7011) .25 23 BASKING RIDGE, N. J.-Somerset Hills Airport. Round cachet by Legion. All flown over field by Pilot Kenneth Dates. P.O. closed Sunday 23rd, hence all pmkd. 7!30 A.M. 24th .25 2357 25 SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.-Shandin Hills Airport. Four line mineograhphed cachet by 0. of C., signed by Airport Manager. Also uncolored embos1;ed seal of Orange Show on same covers. (450) .85 a. Same with additional cachet of Stamp Club (25) .85 b. With C. of C. mimeographed cachet only, without embossed seal. (200) .~5 c. With StalllP Club cachet only (23) .85 2364 30 KENNETT, MO.-Cachet by Legion. (100) 7.00 Note: Dedication also 29th, but no covers mailed.) 1932 November 2368 11 NATCHEZ. MISS. Joseph H. Sharpe Landing Field. Round cachet .35 2372 13 JACKSONVILLE, ILL.-No cachet. (About 50) 8.25 Note: Dedication also 11th and 12th, but no covers reported. 2380 24 COZAD, NEBR.-Government Airport. Five line cachet by City. applied by City Clerk and P. M. (626) .85 1932 DecernbP-r ?.386 11 PORTLAND, ORE.-Pounder Airport. Three line cachet by Pounder Flying S"rvice, Inc. (130) 6.25 1933 J::..nu:ary 2395 1 FORT DEFIANCE, ARIZ ..-.Southern Navajo Airport, located on Government Indian Reservation. Indian head cachet by Airport authorities. P. 0. closed on Sunday, 1st, and Mon. 2nd, holid> ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS• • •OF F. A. M. SECTION F.A.M. 5-add: 12Aa Miami-Barranquilla, June 19-21. Type (5f) in magenta 2.00 49A David-Puerto Cabello, May 4-6. As above J.50 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL 40Aa David-Maracaibo, May 4-5. As above · 3.50 MD Maracaibo-Managua (Nicaragua) May 7-10, (purple) 3.00 Note--After No. 61 should read: Dispatches Involving Kingston and F.A.:M. 6 are listed in the combination route section. 1930 No. SSA LaGualra-Cristobal, Oct. 3·4 (no cachet) 10.00 65E.b. David, Dec. 5-7 2.50 85H.b, David, March 2-4 2.50 F.A.M. 6-add: Note after No. 21 These quantities are taken from a signed statement of the Postmaster at Georgetown and are believed to be correct. Apparent dlscrepeneles ure probably due to Improper classification of covers. F.A.M. 6-add: 1932 No. 64 Kingston (Jamalca)-S. Domin4'o (Dom. Rep.) Aug, 8-8. Six line uoxed cachet, "Air Mail-First Fllght-Jamalca-Haltl-Dominicana-Porto Rleo- August 8, 1932" Aug. 8-8 1.00 a. San Pedro de Macoris, Aug. 8-8 1.00 F.A.M. 8--add: 16F Guatemala-Mexico City. March 16-16. Type Se, (red, black or purple) 4.00 P.A.M. 9--add: 48 Colon (Panama)-Bollvla, May 20-22. Usual box type cachet 2.75 a. Pan?.ma City, May 20-22. Same as above wlth proper wording 3.25 F.A.M. lo 9 Date should rea 23 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING HAVE THE FOLLOWING DEDICATIONS to trade: Nos. 1292, 1385, 1469, ·1473, for • other Dedications. Your list please. Robert RATES Henderson, 913 California Ave.,. Avalon, le PER WORD - MINIMUM CHARGE 25c Pittsburgh, Pa. Copy for this section must be received by ZEPPELIN PHOTOS - FOUR BY FIVE the 10th of the month. inches. Trade for Zeppelin Mail. Catalog value 75 cents each. Sherman Corbett, Merldan Conn. FIRST DAY, SPECIAL FLIGHT COVERS, Zeppelins, Semi-official stamps for sale. Ask W A.!\TED J<'IVE Al'R MAIL S'.rAMP list. Aviation propaganda stamps (meetings, collectors. An airmail stamp speciallsL races) great stock, Catalogue 40c. Hummel, desires to offer his services to five collec Innsbruck, Allerheiligenhof, Austria. 35-t• tors wishing to l>uild up sp<>cialized collec tions. Correspondence invited. A-1 rerer WANTED-MINT U.S. AIR MAIL STAMPS ences necessary. Alton J. Blan)!:, AAMS also CAM covers--exchange Penn-Webster 12'0, 1f'50·Burnett Ave .• East Cleveland, 0. first day covers and others. John R. Holloway Jr., P. 0. Box 133, Haddonfield, New Jersey. A.A.M.S. 1489. EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT A. A. M. S. Members are entitled to two BREAKING FINE COLLECTION. CAM'S & 20-word ads per · year in this Exchange Dedications. With hundreds of duplicates. Section, free of charge. Sell or exchange for Canada Semi-ofl'icial air stamps. All issues wanted. Also want Mexican flights. Aero Stamp Exchange, I WISH TO TRADE-C.A.M.'s, DEDICA ~latt Ave., Norwich, Conn. 35-3t* tions, naval covers. air mail stamps. Bi centennial covers. Bicentennial precancels .. DEDICATIONS WANTED - ARMONK (?) Send me your duplicate and want list. N. Y .. McCall, Idaho, Westport (?) N. Y., Paul Rodgers, 313 Second St., Altoona, Wenatchee, Wash., Virginia Beach. Va .. Penna. Tulsa, Okla., St. Francis, Kans., McAllen, Tex., Merced, Calif., New Bern, N. C., SPECIAL BARGAIN! 15 DIFFERENT OF· Huntingdon (?} Tenn., and others. Have ficial Government 1st flight covers for $1; a few scarce dedications for trading. Fred 80 different for $5. · Many scarce, dating Wilde, Compton, Calif. back to 1927. P. W. Riedell, Greensburg, Penna. TRADE COLLECTION OF 57 DEDICA tions, cat. over $20 for centered ·sheet of Oglethorpes. Address Philip Chambre, UNITED STATES 25c USED COMMEMOR 2680 30th St., Astoria, N. Y. ative special includes, Bicentennial set, Ar bor Day, 2c and 5c Olympics, Penn, WeL WANTED-OGLETHORPE STAMPS, 15c stert Oglethorpe. May we send approval::;? per 100; 7 & 9c Washington Bicentehniala R,,E-B Cover Service, 111 Bell Avenue, at 50c per 100; 5c Olympics at 35c per 100. Altoona Penna. AAMS 963. Also other commemoratives, etc. needed. What .have you·? R-E-B Cover Service--- EXCHANGE EXPERIMENTALS Nos 117, 111 Bell Avenue, Altoona, Penna. 35-2t 124, 140, 147a, 143J, 157c and Historical 570 570a .ylth both"· cancellations and DAHLKE AIRMAIL ENVELOPES 6l)(., initialed by Cobham, for Pioneers or Gov 100 post-paid, 50 cents. For short . time ernment experimentals I need. Standard only. Samples on request. Sol Labow, Catalog basis. Send list. F. B. Leech, Nat!. Monessen, Pa. 85-2t* Preas Bldg., Washington, D. C. WANTED - DEDICATIONS, ZEPPS, ETC. . ZEPPELIN PHOTOS FOUR BY FIVE for Dedications, Bicentennials or stamps. inches. German LZl, LZ2, LZ3, LZ-4 C. J. Hatt. 3562 - 9lst St. Jockson Heights, Roma disaster photo, 1922. 2 5 cents each. t.. I., New York. Six different $1.00. Sherman Corbett, WILL EXCHANGE ONE GOOD CACHETED Meriden. Conn. Airmail Cover for every three preccancel SPECIALLY PRINTED CHICAGO. WORLD'S led Washington Bi-Cent. Address John Bar Fair and Newburgh IndeP.endence envelopes biere. 292 Baltic St., Brooklyn, N. Y. for first day covers, · . l 2c per dozen. WANTED NEW SCRIP MONEY FROM Augusco, 510 Eighteenth Street, Newark, your city for airmail covers or air bag.. New Jersey. gage labels. Milton M. Zelter. Temple AIRPORT DEDICATIONS; BICENTEN-· Building, Rochester, New York. nials; Byrd; Coste-Bellonte; Post-Gatty; NEED MANY PENNA. DEDICATIONS AND 1st flights greatly reduced. Your wants '"''change for them Dedications, CAM's & solicited. American Airpost Catalogue 60 FAM's. Send list. Burnley Hall, Lock cents, Standar Merrill, Ella I., 1840 Biltmore St., N.W., Washington, D. C. Airmail stamps, flown covers, foreign; Legal; Gov't clerk. By Alice B. Cilley. Moskowitz, Herbert, 4211 - 17th Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Airmail stamps, · C.A.M.'s, F.A.M.'s, Foreign; 21; student. By George W. Angers. Tate, J. S., 3001 Porter 'St., Washington, D. C. Airmail stamps, C.A.M.'s, F.A.M.'s; 32; Investigator. By Francis B. Leech. Weiss, Richard I., Pa. Ave., rSo. Main, Franklin St., Elmira N. Y. Pioneers, Historicals and Unofficials; 27; Service Station Manager. By George W. Angers. APPLICATION FOR BRANCH CH.<\PTER CHARTER Washing.ton Air Mail Society, Francis B. Leech, president; Ella I. Merrill, vice-president; Alice B. Cilley, secretary-treasurer. RESIGNATIONS AC~PTED - 832, 834, 1350, 1368. RESIGNATIONS SUBMITTED 1357 Thomas E. Field, Willand Close, rSkeluranthorpe. Nr. Huddersfield, England. 610 Leroy A. Harris, Michigan State Public School, Coldwater, Mich. CHANGE OF ADDRESS-New addresses shown below Buckholz, Chas. A., 683 Madison St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Chamibre, Phillips, 2680 - 50th St., Astoria, N. Y. Clark, Malcolm S., 332 V.irginia Ave., San Francisco, California. Flinn, Robert M., Main & Ashland Aves., Norwood, Ohio. Gorman, C. D., 4526 - 30th St., Washington, D, C. Harmer, H. R., 131 - 4 New Bond St., London W.1., England. Hildesheirm, Erik, 400 E. 50th St., New York City. Northenor, Hilda A., 4226 Main St., Norwood, Ohio. Schorofsky, William, 334 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y. Weber, Carroll L., 36 Pitt St., Charleston, S. C. We are glad to receive the' application of the Washington Air Mail Society for Branch Cha·pter Charter, and, incidently, the six applications for membership i_n the A.A.M.S. from the President's City. Great credit is due to our esteemed Vice Presidenlt, Franc.is B. Leech, DI-rector Maurice S. Petty and the organizing group in actually 'bringing to a consumation the long laid plans for an active air mail unit in the Cap.itol City. Fine work and congratulations! The large number of applicartions this monlth was really a great sur prise, especially since the majority of them were received during the Bank Holiday (with· cash or money order attached.) The "new deal" has set all machinery in action and Air Mail is actually receiving .its share of the promised prosperity. It is an indication of renewed interest in the hobby and ·greater activity on the part of a numiber of our good members in boost ing the Society. It sh·ould ·be an incentive ·for each and every one of us to serve as a comrmittee of one to enlist a new member in our growing orga_n ization. . In November we shall have completed ten very successful years, a record o-f which we might justly ·be proud. Is it not apropos, therefore at this time, to mention that we should make this anniversary a banner one? You can help by recruiting at least one new member. May we have your complete co-operation? PLEAiSE DO NOT ALLOW YOUR MEMBERSHIP TO LAPSE REMIT NOW! Sincereiy and respectfully sulbmitted, GEORGE W. ANGERS, Secretary-Treasurer. E. C. Cantrell specializes in CAM covers A. H. Olena, 66 Beaver- St., N. Y. C., always and always has a complete stock for sale. has 11 fine stock of current mint air mail His advertisement appears elsewhere in this stamps for sale. See his ad in this issue, issue · of The Journal. of The Afrpost Journal • • • Collectors desiring to dispose of some of Holcomb York, a pioneer in the field of their airmail stamps or covers should note Airmail solicits your want lists. His large the full paJl"e ad of F. W. Kummer in this stock offers many of the choice items of· Issue of The Airpost Journal. aerophllately. See his 11d on PaJre 13, MY Ttill2() AUCTI()~ §AL~ -OF- ZEPP~LIN MAIL, FIRST FLIGl-IT COVERS, AIR MAIL STAMPS AND U.S. A. STAMPS WILL TAKE PLACE ON Ask For Catalogue For m:v n~xt SalP&, I want ZEPPELLV MA.IL, RARITD~S ONLY. AIRMAIL STAMPS. Single and Collections and U. B. A. STA.i"l-IPS. I shall be glad to have you bear me in mind before yon decide to send your material elsewhel'e. I guarantee that catalogues will be malled to more than 7,000 collertors, which fact alone assures you 1.hat your materlal will be brought to the attention · of the largest number of collectors. FIRST CLASS APPROVAL SERVICE of ZEPPELIN MAIL and AIR MAIL COVERS Two refettnces will bring you an approval selection. Very Reasonable Prices • • •• F. W. KUMMER Box 66, Wall Street Station, NEW YORK, N.Y. The lute rnational Air Post AlbuUl 1933 Edition Now on Sale • Completely revised to date. Spaces are provided tor all Atr Post Stamps listf>d as major varieties in Scott's Standard Catalogue of Air Post Stamps, and all others chronicled in Scott's Monthb Journal up to and includlll!: the January 1933 Issue. Loose Leaf, Hinged-Post Edition ...... $ 3.00 Shippiair Welirht 6 tha. DeLuxe Edition ...... ,..... $1.0.00 Shippiair Welirht tn tt.a. PRICE LIST ON REQUEST Supplementary Pages .FOR THE INTERNATIONAL AIR POST ALBUM NOW ON SALE Providing SP&Ces for all Air Post Stamps issued and chronicled since January, 1932, to January, 1933. This ts the third set tor the DeLuxe Hinged Edition and the second for the Hinged-Post Edition. Shlppln& Weight No. 3 DeLuxe, Pages Linen Hinged .... $2.50 3 lbs. No. 2 Hinged-Post Edition Pages ...... $1.25 2 lbs. Forwal'dinr; Charges are Extra • • • 1 West 47th St. New York. N. Y.