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CONCLUDING INSTALLMENT• • 1933, Nov. 2. Hull - Grimsby will be· found on back cover) Book of A special label was provided for mail 51-", flown between the above two points by A set of five colour trials are known, East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd. printed on glossy white paper in the The label, measuring about 47 x following colours: brown, green, violet, 65rnm, was printed in bright metallic dark red & blue ( adopted). These trials blue on a silver background. The main are imperforate and do not bear any feature of the wording was, reading up serial numbers. wards in center "Hull-Grimsby (Para When the requisite number of stamps gon Square) (Old Market Place)". had been printed to fulfill the order the There was only one mail carrying plate was defaced. flight on this thrice daily Air Ferry. 1934. "The Island Air Express" 1934, Feb. 3. Portsmouth - Ryde, I. o. w. The Partsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Special stamp printed in sheets of four Wight Aviation Ltd. in anticipation of and bound into booklets of five sheets expanding internal air services, ordered ( 20 stamps) were used for this service. another air stamp from Messrs Charpen Numbered. consecuitvely in red, in the tier. A design showing a biplane over reverse way as with the G. W. R. ad the Needles and lighthouse, with appro hesive. It was printed in blue by the priate wording, had been agreed upon, Naval & Military printers, Messrs Char and was accordingly produced in minia pentier, Ltd., to the order of The Ports ture margined sheets of twenty in book mouth Southsea & Isle of Wight Avia let form. The blue stamps in a booklet tion, Lt. The design portrayed Ports denoted London to Isle of Wight service mouth Guildhall with monoplane to and the black were for the reverse direc right and appropriate wording above. tion. There were two printings; in the first the top, bottom and right-hand outside The Company explained their position margins were imperforate (numbered 1 in a letter to the writer: "As you are to 4,000) while in the second printing aware, we originally issued a vignette, all margins were perforated ( numbered one showing the Portsmouth Guildhall, from 4,001). which was intended for our Air Ferry The front cover of the booklet bore Service from Ryde tp Portsmouth, and the following wording in black "Travel to Bournemouth & Shoreham. Except by Isle of Wight Air Ferry between for a few experimental flights, these Portsmouth-Ryde-Shanklin (Service - were all disposed of to collectors and Everv half-hour from 9 a. m. till Sun dealers, and the blocks destroyed. When set, Easter-30th September). Also be it was announced that the Posamaster tween The I. o. W. & Shoreham for General intended to open the inland air Brighton & Worthing (Service thrice services, we fully expected to be includ daily, Easter-30th September) And ed in the first flights, especially in view Save Time Many reduced Fares & of onr regnlar passenger services, and Cheap Tickets (Additional Information (Continued on next page)
OFFICIAL .PUBLICATION. OF THE THE AIRPOST JOURNAL AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY Entered aa serand-class matter, February 10, 1932. at the post office at Albion, Pa. under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published monthly. OCTOBER. 1953 - VOL. XXV, NO. I - ISSUE NO. 282 - 25c PER COPY THE AIRPOST .JOURNAL BRITISH AIR STAMPS - based on the previous stamp but in this (Continued from· precedin' page) case the format was a large upright ob long. The stamps were printed in sheets • of 6 ( 3x2) with a bi-coloured cross in also to the fact that Portsmouth Airport the center of each vertical margin. possesses the finest landing ground in Sheets are rare. Europe. We were of opinion that air._ The labels were on sale at II- each mail would have been carried from and use was ·optional London to the Isle of Wight, and as the proof sketch was already in existence, 1937, November. Aberdeen - Shetlands and we expected to be allowed to make A special label was issued by Aber a charge, we decided to proceed with lieen Airways Ltd. It was a large up the printing of these, so that we might right oblong with biplane above the be ready at short notice. We were sur wording "Aberdeen Airways Lt. Aber prised when the Postmaster-General an deen Thurso Orkneys Shetlands Aber nounced that contracts would be given deen Airpost Dyce 32". The label was to a few places to run at ordinary post printed in green, yellow and mauve and age rates, and we were not included." was imperforate. This explains the issue of these "stamps". 1951, .January 16. B. E• A. Both exist in imperforate condition and colour trials have been seen in The Airway Letter carried on the in brown, green, purple, violet ( 2 shades), ternal services of the British Isles oper sepia-black & black. All are imperforate ated by British Airways is the air equiw on surfaced paper. alent of the Railway Letter service which has been in use for many years. 1934, May 29. Inverness - Orkney Isles By this means, the sender of a letter A service was inaugurated by High has been able to hand a letter (already land Airways Ltd. on this date to oper stamped for inland postage) to a Rail ate daily. To commemorate the first way Company for conveyance by a nom flight the Company released - a special inated train, with instructions indicated souvenir vignette to be attached to let on the envelope that it is either to be ters, but usage was optional. called for by the addressee or to be The stamp was oblong and imperfor posted by the Railway staff immediately ate and depicted the route of the flight on arrival, the object being, of course, (map in pink & green) with red biplane to secure acceleration over the normal en route and inscriptions "First Air Mail post. Highland Airways Ltd. Inverness-Ork ney Isles at ordinary letter rate 29 May A similar facility by air was first of 1934." fered by B. E. A. at the same scale of The importance of this flight lay in rates as that used by the Railway Com the fact that it was the first regular of panies, on November 1, 1949, although ficial airmail at ordinary inland postage special arrangements for the air convey rate. Furthermore it saved over two ance of such letters had been in force days in time between the Orkneys and between Penzance and the Scilly Isles London. 1,500 copies of the stamp were and between Stornoway a"1d Glasgow printed and it cost 21 ~. for some time previously. The routes introduced in 1949. were those joining 1934, Dee. 1. Inverness - Wick - Kirkwall Manchester and Liverpool to the Isle of This was an innovation to the previous Man and Belfast. The facility was ex Highland Airways route with a halt at tended to the London-Belfast and Lon Wick for the dropping and collecting of don-Edinburgh-Glasgow routes on Feb mail. · · - ruary 1, 1950. Once again the operating Company As in the case of the Railway Letter, issued a· specfal adhesiv!) for .- the first AirWay Letters, already prepaid for in flight, _ It was a striking looking stamp land postage and not eceeding 1 lb. in in pink and blue . with black and red weight, were handed in to the Town wording. Terminal or airport of departure for de The wording and design were both spatch by speoiifed air service and on OCTOBER. 1953 5 arrival were, in accordance .with the in· The fiilal ·development was a further structions of the sender, either held to increase by the Railway and Air Com be called for by the adressee, or taken panies in the scale of fees which, in the into the Town Tenninal and posted im case of the Air Company, from May 7, mediately. 1951, was raised as follows: The Air fees for this service were: Not exceeding 2 oz. 7d Not exceeding 2 oz !ld. Not exceedln& 4 oz. 1/- Not exceeding 4 oz 9d. Not exceeding 1 lb l/6d. Not exceeding 1 lb ~d To save the expense of issuing new la Receipt of the air fee was normally bels, B. E. A. overprinted its stock of acknowledged by the air company by the existing labels, the 6d. and lld. values impression of the station rubber stamp having "Plus Id." and the l-4d. value and the amount of the air fee paid was having "Plus 2d." surcharged. Small written in, in manuscript. stocks held by B. E. A. in the London In line with the Railways, these fees offices were overprinted by hand with were raised on June 1, 1950, to: a rubber stamp, while the main stock Not. exceeding 2oz 6d. was overprinted in a more professional Not exceeding 4 oz lid. type. The small stocks held by other Not exceeding 1 lb 1-411. stations were altered by hand until the With the growth of the service it was new supplies came. in from t.li.e central realised that a more busfoesslike method stock. of receipt and control should be intro This brief summary of the history of duced and in consequence a set of print B. E. A.'s Airway Letter service brings ed labels, of each of the three rates ob us down to the position as it is today. taining, was produced in sheets of 24 and issued to the B. E. A. stations con cerned. Upon payment of the air fee, It is hoped that these notes on British the receipt was acknowledged by B. E. Air Stamps, and Labels, will attract the A. by the affixing of the appropriate la attention of anyone looking for new fields bel to the envelope. This practice is in the aerophilatelic world - they form again analogous to the normal parcP an interesting collection and the time stamp affixed by the Railway Companies must come when some of the items des to the Railway Letter. cribed will have to be included in the catalogue. ·After all, the Robert Sinclair These labels were first introduced on vignette is, to all intents and purposes, January 16, 1951 and a number of en unknown flown but this cannot be said, velopes were flown as souvenir covers for example, of the Highland Airways and sold to the public. So great was the stamps? demand that the limited stock available was quickly exhausted. If desired the collection can be aug For those interested in the figures, the mented by the inclusion of flown covers following statistics may be of use: with the special adhesives and there are a) Labe1s printed the stamps of Lundy Island and the 6d. 25200 Rocket Post attempts of Herr Zucker, if lld 12600 l-4d. 10560 a big collection is the object!
CHECK LIST: 1913. Feb 11-18. Gosforth Flying Week. Adhesive issued by Robert Sinclair Tobacco Co. in sheets of 49. Perf II rough. No expressed value. Green. 1922. "G. B." overprinted on Colombian "Scadta" stamps. Check List in text of article. 1923. Air Stamp Essay. Issued in connection with International Stamp Exhibition. Desip 6 THE AIRPOST ;JOURNAL ·.BRITISH AIR STAMPS·-
of Mercury with "Air ,Mail" above. Perf.• 13!/ and printed on aeroplane watermark-• 2 ed paper. ld. green. ld. blue. ld. red. Id Violet. ld. brown; Id. yellow. 1933. April 12. Great Western Railway stamp used on Cardiff-Torquay-Plymouth ser vice. Perf. 13!/2 • 3d. black on green. 1933. May 15. G. W.R. Lithographed In pale bluish gree.n in sheets of 20. Plain margins., Perf. 10!/2 • No wmk. Stamps numbered in red. 3d. greenish blue. 3d. pale blue. a. "Ma" of "Mail" with serifs (4th row). b. greenish-blue and pale blue se tenant pair. . 1933. Aug. 24. I. A. L. Western Air Express in black type on yellow paper. i>erf 10!/2 : Sheets of 20 imperfround outside edges; · · 3d. black on yellow. a. Imperf. on one or two sides. 1933. Nov. 2. Hull-Grimsby label issued by ]iiast Yorkshire Motor Services Ltd. No value. Bright metallic blue on silver. 1933. Nov. 25. Provincial Airwa:ys issued stamp on Oct. 20. Printed by Clarke Doble & Co. in vertical sheets of 4: Pin perf II. 4 printings. 1. 3d orange and blue. (Printing 2,500 copies). 2. 3d yellow-orange and bright biue. (2,500) 3d yellow-orange and dark bright blue. (2,500f. 3. 3d deep orange and bright dark blue. (4,800). a. imperforate. b. double perf (horizontal). 4. 3d red-orange and dark blue. Proofs and color trials, various - see Text. 1934. Feb. 3. Portsmouht-Ryde, I. 0. W. Printed by Charpentier Ltd. in booklets of 20:1 Red serial numbers added to design. Perf. 11!/2 • Two printings: (1) imperf 3 sides! numbered 1 to 4,000) and (2) perf on all sides. 1. (3d) blue. Numbered 1 to 4,000. 2. (3d) blue. Numbered from 4,001 onwards. a. without control. * b. imperf. * * Listed on authority of Sanabria catalogue. A set of 5 different imperf color trials exist ....:. see Text. 1934. Island Air E:xpress. Printed by Charpentier !n booklets of 20. Blank margined• blocks of 4. Perf. II. (3d) blue. (London to Isle of Wii:-ht). a. imperf. (3d) black. (Isle of Wight to London). a. imperf. Various color trials are known - see Text. 1934. May 29. Inverness-Orknye Isles. Special vignette issued by Highland Airways. 1 Imperf. Sold at 2/-. Use optional. No value. Green, pink, red and black (1,500). 1934. Dec. 1. Issued by Highland Airways for the new stop at Wick on the previow;\ route. Produced in sheets of 6.. Perf. II. Sold at 1/- and use optional. No value. Blue, pink, red and black. 1937. l\fay 13. Another Highland Airways product apparently issued for the Coronation. Imperf. No value. Red, blue and mauve. 1937. Nov. (?). Aberdeen-Shetlands. Issued by Aberdeen Airways. Imperf, No value. Green, yellow and mauve. OCTOBER, 1953 7 Jan. 16, B ..E. A. Issued in sheets of 24 (4x.6) for prepayment of fees to Company· 1951. 1 for Inland fliirhts to nearest point. Perf. 14V2 • .·· ._ 6d green and black. (Issue 25,200), Ild blue and black. (12,600). 1/4 orange and black (10,560). 1951. May 7. Surcharged for increase in rates. Large surcharge. 6d green and black "Plus Id", Ild blue and black "Plus Id". 1/4 orange and black "Pins 2d". Another set as above but surcharge smaller' and In different type. This latter is the commoner of the two.
PLATE DATA RELEASED BY POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT • The Post. Of~ice Department has an 24783 May 16, 1953 npunced that the · following numbered 24784 May .20, 1953 postage stamp plates,· all of the 6c 50th · 24785 May 18, 195:L Ann:iversary of Aviation commemorative, 200 subjects to the plate, were first sent '.24786 May 20, 1953 . to press on the date indicated: The Department· also revealed. that · plate ·bearing number 23977 of the 6c ._ PLATE NO. DATE .<\fr. Mail stamp of the 1947 series was · 24781 May 16, 1953 cancelled and retired on May 8, 1953 24782 May 18, 1953 after a run of 664;624 impressions. · Edgar Mohrmann ~Europe's foren1ost Pllilalelic Dealer" PRESENTS •.. An invitation to pre-war friends and to discerning new clients, to avail :themselves of an unsurpassed stock of classic and modern stamps and covers offered with superior, friendly service •••
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HE fall season is starting off with •ochre, 20m blue, and 40m red of the 11rnot many new items to chronicle. regular set and the 2m salmon, Sm We find a few provisionals and some re brown, 5m red brown; Sm green, !Om issues in new colors. purple, 30m brownish purple, 50m CHILE greenish blue, lOOm olive, and 200m Revised reports have it that there are grey of the "Kingdom of Egypt & the three rather than two new 100 pesos Sudan" set. It is reported that the commemoratives in preparation for re "Palestine" set of 1948 is also to be so lease. One is for the Centennial of Chile's treated. postal paper and will reproduce, in large size, its first postage stamp. Another 100 FRANCE pesos is for the centennial of the first Recent new releases indicate that dif locomotive in Chile. The third 100 pesos ferent subjects than originally reported is for the visit of Argentine President are to be used on the new series. This Peron and will show the Statue of the account says the designs will be lOOf Christ of the Andes along with the .coats "Simoun", 200£ "Noratlas", 5.00f "Arm-. of arms of the hvo countries. Colors and agnac", and lOOOf "Provence". Names other details will no doubt be available are of famous French mail carrying next issue. planes. COLOMBIA FR. OCEANIA "Aereo" overprinted in blue ink on the 1Oc red (Scott 570) Waterfall af Tequ The l 4f honoring the 50th anniver endama makes a striking new provisional. sary of the death of the painter Guagin In addition, another surtax for Post Of was to have appeared September 24th. fice construction stamp has been issued It was delayed from the original June on the diminutive format gray stamp promise. which has been overprinted "15", NETHERLANDS COSTA RICA A stamp for special flights is being New shades are at hand of the 1934 prepared. It will be of 25c value and in set The 5c is now light blue, the lOc is the 1938 design of a crow wheeling in a black green, and the 15c is red. flight. It will be used on the special covers carried by KLM in the London CUBA Christchurch, N. Z., Air Race. The Jose Marti commemorative is an Be green and black. It shows a copy of the Manifesto of Montecristi and featur PLANE STAMPS es the signatures of Marti and Gomez. Add the 2 shilling value of the Tonga Last January a set of five was promised series and we now have five stamps in but the official decree supporting this the set which show an airplane. item lists only one air mail stamp. A Cooperators are: George A. Blizil, total of five is still expected. Irving Ray, Frank Kiraly, Michael Cas EGYPT sel, Nicolas Sanabria Co ,.Inc., Rafael R. To date the "Farouk behind three Garcia, Donald Goertz, Charles A. Ball bars" stamps noted are as follows: 7m and J. S. Whittlesey'. OCTOBER, 1953 9 .
-Stamps for Wustratlon, Courtety of P. w. KBSSLD • Hungary's New Triangles Featur~ Sports
SEVERAL IMPORTANT tracted over 50,000 visitors for !he 3 days - and even more are expected EXHIBITIONS ON WAY this year. . The AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY will have its usual Lounge at the show and members and • other visitors are asked to call at the A. S. D. A. SHOW IS FEATURE Lounge and identify themselves. On Saturday afternoon at 2 P. M. an im • portant Officers' Meeting will be held HI:S is the season of important in President John P. V. Heinmuller's T stamp shows and aero-phil suite at the Vanderbilt Hotel and ately will have a part in each of them. from 4:30-6:00 P. M. on that date, all Starting October 30 and continuing AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY through November 1, a new group of members are invited for cocktails Metropolitan New Jersey area collec and drinks for the purpose of meeting tors will play host to the 19th Annual the officers or for the renewal of pre• gathering of the American Philatelic vious friendships. This suite will be Congress. The Exhibition in connec in the name of President Heinmuller. tion with the gathering is being stag Its location may be ascertained by in ed by Philatelic Exhibitors, Inc., a quiring in the Lobby. newly chartered group of people in terested in fostering Philatelic Exhi Help is needed in connection with bitions in New Jersey. William C. ·the Lounge at the Show itself. Any Webb, A. A. M. S. member of long local members who can assist and standing, is Chairman. The Exhibi who are willing to donate a few hours tion will 1be held in the Hotel Robert of their time to this important ser Treat, Newark, N, J. vice are asked to communicate with Director Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr., Between November 20-22 the great 70-D Fremont St., Bloomfield, N. J., A. S. D. A. National Postage Stamp who will be ·in charge of these ar Show - 5th of a yearly series - will rangements. be on display in !he 7lst Regiment Armory, 34th St. and Park Avenue, Members should plan to attend New York. Last year !his show at- these important shows. An Aero Postal Stationery Society Feature - M(?thod,~ Employed In Printing·· .Qf United States Air Letter Sheets
EDITOR'S NOTE: It is our privilege •tO publish the following exclusive and authentic account ·cove.ring the production ·of United States Air Letter She:et§. The data has been provided by the GOVERNMENT PRIN.TING OFFICE whi~ produces these sheets for the POST .OFFICE DEPARTMENT and this artiei~ has been made possible through thEf cl)urtEfous co-operation of HERBERT ·s.; CHAMBERl.J:N, Director, Division of Postal Funds, Post Office Deparmte.nt. :'::-~]B.G.
APPROXIMATELY 15,000,000 Air fyta.il Letterforms, 12 x Blh inc~~'~\,~rall, are printed each year. These forms are printed from rubber plates mounted OI1 saddles 4-up, heads in, face and back; in tWo colors, red and blue on face and blue ori backf on a specially constructed Kidder rotary web press. In printing, each form is scored without ink in twa places across "the face to. provide a ·guide 'arid .aid for folding, and a -0ne foch strip of guiff k applied: at the back center of the web so that when slit, ;'2. inch of gum will be on each form for use in sealing, All reading material in the form is printed in blue ink, with the exception of the stimp, which is printed in red ink. Parallelograms on the face, alternately in red and blue ink, are printed in such a position that they form the outside border of the letter when folded 'and sealed for : mailing. Forms are delivered from press slit to 81h x 24 inches, 2-on, at the rate of 32,000 single forms per hour. They are later cut to single size and die cut 1-up to . form the 1 3-8 inch flap for sealing. The gum applied to the flap has been formulated\ to meet all types of climatic conditions likely to be encountered throughout the world, ranging from the cold clry of the Arctic to the humid conditions of the tropics. Both sides of the air mail letters are printed in what is known as one operation. First the band of gum is applied, then the back of the sheet is printed, then the face - sheet number - (the plate numbers are sunk in the shoulders of the plate and do not print) then red stamp and border, then the blue border. Just before delivery the sheet is slit in half at the gummed band and then a horizontal knife cuts it to full length two letters each half. Each half of the sheet is numbered only once two numbers on the form - for the guidance of the examiners and this number is cast aside by the lipping machine after the letters have been cut on a guillotine cutter to single size. The paper used for printing these forms is 26 pounds (basis ( 1000 sheets 17 x 22 inches) white chemical wood writing in 17-inch rolls. This paper is preprinted in a light blue ink with a visible tight design in reverse which consists of the phrase "United States Foreign Air Mail" in capital letters, horizontally repeated on the out side and vertically repeated on the inside of the paper when rolled, the words app.:ar ing at right angles to each other when viewed by transmit~ed light The phrase is separated by a star between each repetition, and the words are staggered on success ive lines of printing. This design gives opacity to the paper w that the writing on one side will not show through the reverse side of the sheet. The light blue color of the design is such that it will not interfere with the legibility of the writing. Prior to packaging the forms are inspected for rejects and accurately counted in hundreds, as they now represent money value. A chipboard separator is then place(Q between each hundred forms. In packaging, 500 forms are .packed loose in a special carton measuring 1274 x 1 13-16 x 8%: inches. Ten of these cartons are then packed in a larger carton measur..i ing 18 x 12lh x 9 inches for delivery to the Post Office Department. OCTOBER, 1953 11
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13/s" 7'/s" 17" -Layout Drawn by Edwin L. Hastry
• Printing Layout of the U. S. Air Letter Sheet Post: Office Department: Speeds First: Class Mail In Air Experiment: • FLASH! HE service discussed hereunder was inaugurated on October 6, 1953 11 following approval by the Civil Aeronautics Board. American Air lines, Capital Airlines, Trans-World Airlines and United Air Lines jointly participated in the service. An official cachet, notice of which was received too late for general release, was applied to all mail which was sent under cover to the Postmasters at New York, Washington and Chicago with the request that it be dispatched by the first flight. SORRY - WE missed it, too! -L.B.G.
OSTMASTER General Arthur E. made by the new Transportation Re P Summerfield has petitioned the search Department of its Bureau of Civil Aeronautics Board to permit deliv Transportation, to determine the De ery of 3c first class mail by air between partment's present overall costs in the New York and Chicago and between handling of first class mail. Washington and Chicago in both direc Postal officials emphasized at a press tions. Doing so, postal authoriti!"s pre conference that the contemplated air dict, will expedite a limited amount of service for a limited volume of 3c first 3c first class mail service by up to 24 class mail between New York and Chi hours. cago and between Washington and Chi Petitions filed by the Post Office De cago means greatly improved service for partment with the Civil Aeronautic& the heavily populated areas within 150 Board note that improved mail service miles of these three major cities. Faster to the public and economies in its op mail transportation in the neighborhood eration are possible, "by using air trans of these focal points is being scheduled portation for moving first class and other to take full advantage of the new ser preferential mail, other than mail pre vice. paid at the rate of postage prescribed Areas as far distant as the West Coast, for air mail." Texas and the Northwest, as well as New Further the petitions emphasize: "It England, will benefit directly by this is the belief of the Postmaster General new experimental service, since East that in the movement of mail there are West and West-East mail will pass many instances where air transportation through the Chicago gateway as much can provide a much improved service to as 24 'hours sooner. the public at a cost to the Department The petitions of the Post Office De comparable to or lower than the cost of partment point out that approval by the available surface transportation. In such Civil Aeronautics Board of a maximum instances, the Department desires to use rate for this experimental service of 18.6c air facilities for the transportation of cer per ton mile between New York and tain first class and other preferential Chicago and 20.04c between Washing mail, not for the purpose of providing air ton and Chicago are consistent with pre transportation· to all such mail, but to sent ·air freight volume rates and when implement a policy of utilizing such fa all factors are taken into consideration . cilities where they would afford a more are no· higher than rates for existing sur efficient and economical service to the face mail transportation. public than is available by the use of It is hoped air carriers will find it surface transportation exclusively." profitable to carry this mail at these The decision of the Post Office De rates because it . will -be .carried on a partment to experiment with the hand "space-available"· basis, to. be flown at ling of more mail by air follows an in the convenience of the carrier, within a tensive 90 · day traffic and ·cost study certain- time ·limit · Planir ·for speedier OCTOBER. 1953 13 transfer of the mail between post offices GUATEMALA and airports are being completed. Postmaster General Arthur E. Sum USED AIRMAIL BLOCKS - Scott Nos. merfield stated that the limited experi C41 Scenic View, Exterior ...... 1.80 ment now being contemplated in the C47 Scenic View Guatemala City ...... 08 movement of mail by air between New C73 Scenic View Carmen Hill ..•.•••••.•. 1.20 York and Chicago and between Wash C52 Scenic View Plaza Barrios ...... 06 ington and Chic~go, in both dir.ection~, Cl34A " ...... 60 will use the services of all authonzed air C134 J. Vidaurre Comm...... 4.60 line carriers willing to provide the ser C132 Scenic View Book Fair ...... 7.00 Cl55 F. D. Roosevelt ...... : ...... 7.40 vice. It will be put into effect, Mr. Sum CBl Philatelic Expos, ...... 3.40 merfield observed, as promptly as prac CB2 Philatelic Expos ...... 60 tjcable by the Post Office Department, CB3 Philatelic Expos...... 1.00 after approval by the Civil Aeronautics CB4 Philatelic Expos...... 1.80 Board. lOc mailing on orders under $2.00. other blocks o_n request. Mr. Summerfield noted the movement by air of the limited volume of 3c · first NORMANDY STAMP STUDIO, INC. class mail proposed is subject to the. pri: . 408 S. Spring St., Los Angeles 13, Callt. or movement of all air mail and passeng World-wide Price List 50c Deductible ers required to be transported by the. carrier as approved by the Civil Aeron autics Board. Regular 6c Air. Mail will mail service to the public. continue to go by air. Under the new It is understood that both Ameircan proposed plan 3c first class mail is not Airlines and United Airlines ~tand ready necessarily guaranteed air service, Mr. to fly all regular mail between. these Summerfield explained. Studies made points on the basis suggested by the indicate that no more airplanes will be Postmaster General. flown than formerly, Mr. Summerfield said, since the mail carried will utilize carrier space usually flown empty. This limited experiment for a period CANADIAN of one year is undertaken "with a view", Mr. Summerfield said, "toward expand AIR MAILS ing such service in the future when it is established by experience that an ex 1918 - 1934 pansion of the program would be in the public interest." OFFICIALS This proposal would not diminish the SEMI-OFFICIALS total amount of mail to be handled, Mr. Summerfield noted. "The work of dis MINT STAMPS tribution would be carried out under different circuy1stances by the same use lST FLIGHT COVERS of manpower. Many Rarities In Sfock: Mr. Summerfield observed that in Canada a similar service for first cla. : , · President· "Eisenl:io~er) piogr:am to ach ·";.. 202 Wanl!"ss Ave. To;i:onfo, Ont. ieve great 0 efficie:ucy ap_d .economy in postal.operations,.. and -thus -improve the tb'llli~ Official Publication of the 1 Ameri<'an Air l\lail Soelt>ty. Pub j\attlJ1I®Jt almt~l!11tIJ.l! lished monthly at Albion, (En .. WORLO'S LEADING AERO·PH1LATEL1C MAGAZINE Co.). Pennsylvania, U. S. A ESTABLlSHEO 1929
Entered as second-class matter at the Post @fiice at Albion, Pa .• February 10, 1932, under the Act of March 3, 1879, The AIRPOST JOURNAL is not conducted• for profit. The Editor, Busines• Manager, and all other editors, feature writers and contributors serve gratLS and without compensation of any kind. All receipts from advertising, subscriptions and contributions are applied directly to the betterment of the magazme and the promotion of aero-philately,
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• soiii A... E .... R·0 - ~-~ :• 11111 POSTAL STATIONERY NOTES dll Conducted by Aero Postal Stationery Society Of America A Unit Of The American Air Mail Society GEORGE D. KINGDOM, Organizing Secretary, Conneaut, Ohio • number of new items for AEROGRAM on front center of face of chronicle this month: sheet, have been shown us by Walter Guthrie. AUSTRIA BRITISH GUIANA An air mail card and a new air letter sheet - both privately prepared but The same correspondent submits the franked officially with Government im #5 LS sheet of this country, the 6 cents pressed postage stamps are at hand. blue on gray, with the Kaiteur Falls ad The card was prepared for a special vertising imprint on back. This sheet is flight by KLM between Klagenfurt and the so-called wide setting of the British Amsterdam. It bears a 70g stamp of the type form, with three lines of printing native costumes design, printed in green under the word AIR LETTER. This ad as is also a commemorative scroll at the ditional imprint on reverse has hereto left. All other printing including the MIT fore been noted only on the so-called FLUGPOST-PAR AVION label which narrow setting with four lines of printing appears at lower left is printed in bright under the word AIR LETTER. blue. The air letter sheet is mainly in rose pink,. the impressed 1 sc. stamp and CANADA. the lozenges which surround the four The attractive new Air Letter from edges of face occuring in that color. At this country, now called AEROGRAMME top left in green is a design and inscrip is picutred on our fron! cover this mon tion indicating 'that the sheet was issued th. According to the Canadian Post_ Of: for use on a special flight from Vienna fice Department this sheet was available to Frankfurt on July 29 in honor of in the Philatelic Agency starting on Aug IFRABA, the International Postage Stamp ust 11; however, as there was no pre Exhibition held in Frankfurt, Germany vious announcement as to the date of between July 29 and August 3. This air availablity it is doubtful whether many letter sheet is not eligible for regular used copies will be found bearing a date listing in the American Air Mail Catalog as early as this. The sheet was designed ue of Air Letter Sheets. Walter Guthrie by C. A. Moxham of Toronto and is be and Richard L. Singley have shown us ing printed by the offset process by the these items. Canadian Bank Note Company, Ottawa. BELGIUM ETHIOPIA Another country to adopt the word P. H. Robbs of Grendon, England, ad AEROGRAMME for its Air Letter Sheets vises us that the two new sheets expect is Belgium. The current type sheets, in ed from this country are now at hand. both the French and Flemish versions, Each sheet is on blue paper and bears a with the words AEROGRAMME - stamp showing castle and plane. The 25c 16 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL
• New Aerogramme Recently Released. by Japan has the stamp in red and yellow whereas orange, the semi-postal reproduction in the 50c sheet has the stamp in deep red and all other printing in blue. It is green and yellow. Both sheets have a edged with standard red and blue lozen green overlay and the border is in yel ges. We are grateful to Kurt Dahmann low, red and deep green. Date of release of Berlin and Walter Guthrie for this in for both sheets was September 4. formation . .
GERMANY INDIA This country has also produced some Although issued some months ago, on privately prepared postal stationery with May 1st, word of a new 3a Air Letter impressed officially issued stamps. Both sheet for this country is just reaching us. Cards commemorate the Philatelic Exhi The sheet is of the same design and for bition in connection with the 1953 Ger mat as other current sheets, but the im man Industry Exhibition, known as BE pressed stamp is in orange. In addition, VERBA 1953, which is the abbreviated an extra line has been added to the in name for Berlin Stamp Exhibition. This scription in upper left corner. Under the stationery, which bears the imprint of words ~IR LETTER there now appears 15pf and 25pf (card and letter) West an extra line reading " (For Ceylon and Berlin postage stamps, also is intended Pakistan)" which effectively describes to colTIIIlemorate the 40th Anniversary of the service for which this new vallle sheet the first air mail ~ghts in Germany. The , has been issued. Thanks to Shavak MiS card reproduces the so called Liegnitz t'ffj for an example of this new emission. Zeppelin post stamp and the envelope J APAN the semi-postal stamp issued for the Feldberg-Mulhausen flights in 1911. The A valued correspondent writes W altef' card is printed in blue, with official im Guthrie that it is planned to add still: pressed stamp in brown and the early more lines of English text to the current stamp reproduction in yellow; the en 45 yen Aerogramme of this country. Mr. velope has the impressed stamp in · (Continued on next page)
• Z ~nzibar Has Issued Two Sheets in the British Type OCTOBER. 1953 17 Al R LETTER SHEETS - (Continued from preceding page) GEORGE d'UTASSY DIES Guthrie also advises •us that he has locat- Through tl:he• courtesy of ed one of the 50 yen sheet with revised member Erik Hildes-Heim we valuation to 45 yen which bears a double have learned of the death of impression of the overprint "REVISEE George d'Utassy, a long time 45", one normal and one inverted. This member of the American Air double overprint is on the sheet which Mail Society. Mr. d'Utassy died bears both Japanese and English folding on September 3 in New York at inscriptions. the age of 82. A veteran mem MOZAMBIQUE ber of the Newspaper and Pub lishing profession, he was the Three beautifully designed and execut first Business Manager of the ed sheets are at hand from this Portu New York Daily News. He was gese colony in. Africa through the kind also connected at various times ness of our member, Virgilio Netto. The with the New York Daily Mir 1$20 and 2$50 values were released on ror, Harper and Brothers, Cos August 31 and 3$50 value came along a mopolitan Magazine and was a few days later on September 12. Each co-owner of the old LIFE Mag sheet is inscribed BILHETE CARTA azine. His interest in Aviation with air mail emblem and facsimile let dates from the pre-World War ter in black on face; each sheet has a I period, at which time he was border of red and green intertwined a licensed pilot. He was a lines around edge of face. The words student of Aviation history and PAR AVION appear in red and BY AIR ·will be missed by his many MAIL in green in very small letters un aesociates. -L. B. G. der the air mail emblem at bottom left of face of sheet. The back of each sheet and the face of flaps is printed in solid actly similar in every respect to Catalogue lathework design, light blue for the 1$20, #I LS but the impressed stamp now in yellow-green for the 2$50 and brown cludes a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II for the 3$50. A colorless panel for add rather than the late King George VI. ress of sender and a circular colorles~ spot within which is printed the arms of PAKISTAN the colony in black is reserved withi11 the lathework design on the back of each A handsome new IO anna envelope is sheet. The 1$20 stamp, in black and at hand from this country. The lozenge light blue, revroduces a waterfront border is in green and deep blue, the scene, the 2$50 yellow green and black impressed stamp is of the Arch and Lamp shows a memorial arch and the 3$50 of Learning design of the 1951 set, brown and black depicts an Instiution Scott's type Al5 and is printed in green. for girls. The PAR AVION label at top left is in deep blue. The paper itself is a very light NIGERIA blue. Thanks to Walter Guthrie for this The Australian Stamp Monthly is information. authority for the statement that the new PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA Air Letter sheet on order for this Colony, and previouslv forecast by us, will bear The Australian Stamp Monthly has a stamp which reproduces an Ife bronze been the first to illustrate the design of head and which will be printed in two the new Air Letter for this country. The colors, black and brown. IOd form is exactly similar to that used in Australia but the oblong impressed stamp NORTHERN B.HODESIA shows a map of the territories and is in Walter Guthrie tells us that the new scribed PAPAU AND NEW GUINEA sheet just released by this country is ex- (Continued 011 page 34) Add To Your Cover Collection From Long!
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Life Member: 11112 lUA\RIKIET STo9 AAMS IEILMIER Ro· ILO~ G APS IBARRBSBURG, IPA\o SPA
I I OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT • To The Members of The American Air Mail Society:
have just returned from Europe after an eventful trip aboard the lie De I France after witnessing a heroic sea rescue of 24 men, out of a crew of 26 men who were aboard the S .s. Greenville, a Liberian freighter carrying a ,load of wheat from Montreal to Liverpool. The boat was abandoned about 1,000 miles from the French coast. I have made over 100 trips by steamer and many trips by plane to Europe, but never have I seen such a heavy sea as during the rescue when a gale came up produc ing 45 ft. waves and some of the crew of the life-saving boats were thrown overboard! from their sinking freighter during a heavy sea, and it is unbelieveable to me that only 2 men lost the.ir lives. The French life-savers !!rew of volunteers did an outstanding job during four trips in little boats and worked hard and efficiently during all this time. We had perfect weather the first day out of Le Havre. and it looked like a good trip coming up. Then suddenly, I noticed the barograph at the Captain's bridge taki'ng jumps in the afternoon. A sudden fall of the needle indicator on the barograph sheet meant "trouble ahead" and that's when ·the typhoon began. Over a scotch and soda in Captain Frank Garrigue's comfortable sitting room, I discussed with him expected bad weather', but little did we. think at that time that the forthcoming trip would make a hero out of the Captain who masterfully managed the entire rescue from the water. In J"une, 1927, I made the maiden trip voyage of the Ile De France after I timed, the arrival of Lindbergh in Le Bourget on May 22, 1927. The Ile De France is famous in aviation as well as :for the many catapult flights which produced some fine covera in 1928 (Catalog #.1,-081}. Coming back to the good old U. S. A., I see many letters of congratulations UJ>OrV my election as President of the American Air Mail Society, In following the footstep!ll of a tireless worker and beloved past President, Jesse G. Johnson, who performed out standing services for the Society as President in 19f>2 and 1003, I have a major job on my hands. In turning over the Presidency to me, I was especially glad to hear him pl.edge "continued support to make the American Air Mail Society of greater service to collectors everywhere." At present the Society is in the best financial condition in its history. In the few years just past we have been able to clear off obligations of the Airpost Journal and the Catalogue amounting to many thousands of dollars. We hope to publish the supplement to the catalogue in a short time and we have other projects in mind. WI'!' have just submitted our application to the American Stamp Dealers Association for a lounge in the National A. S. D. A. Show, November 20th to 23rd, at the 71st Regt. Armory, 34th Street at Park Avenue, the same as last year. We hope to greet many of our members on that occasion. During the many years of friendship between Jesse Johnson and myself, I ap• preciated his efforts for the Society which is indeed fortunate to have the services o:f all our Past Presidents in an advisory capacity, on which to rely. Teamwork is neces.s• ary for the success of our Society and with the able assistance from past Presidents as well as the entire board, I will try my best to dedicate the Soci,ety to the ":fulrtherance and progress of our hobby and all its many interesting facets." Respectfully,
(Signed) John P. V. Heinmuller, President HISTORY .. OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT OPERA TED AIR MAIL SERVICE .. " i91s-192s .(\ b y K AR L B. WE B E R 0 " lifted sufficiently to enable the pilot to Chapter VII make a safe take-off he left the field at (CONTINUED) 10: 15 A. M., carrying approximately 400 pounds of mail, and arrived at the air • mail field at Omaha, Neb., at 12:55 Page covered the first lap of the trans P. M. Taking on gas and oil and ex continental trip at the rate of about 105 changing mail, Murray took off again m. p. hr., covering the 225 miles between at 1: 16 P. M. and after a short refuel Hazelhurst and the refueling station at ing stop at North Platte landed his Bellefonte, Pa., in two hours and 11 min plane at Cheyenne, Wyo. after 4 hours utes. He stopped there for more than and 35 minutes flying time. He imme an hour, filling his tanks and inspecting diately handed to the Postmaster, Wil the plane and motor. He then took off liam ]. Haas, one pouch of mail and at 10:05 A. M. was then escorted by members of the At 12:45 the pioneer plane arrived at Chamber of Commerce and officials of the Cleveland air mail field, flying the the Post Office Department to the town, 210 miles from Bellefonte in slow time where he was feted. because of the heavy winds which struck After a short night's rest, Murray was his plane head-on and retarded the on the air mail field early the next speed. The actual flying time for the morning. He gave the plane his usual first 435 miles was about six hours. Tak very careful inspection and after satis ing on gasoline and oil and exchanging fying himself that everything was in mail he left Cleveland again at 1:17 P. perfect condition, gave the signal for M. and arrived at Maywood Field, Chi the start. cago at 4:45 P. M., covering the dis tance from the Hazelhurst Field to Chi He left the Cheyenne field at 5:18 cago in a little more than 10 hours. A. M. on September 10, and rapidly gaining altitude, was soon lost in the While waiting for the changing of morning's mists. The flight to Rock mail into another ship, Page took ill, and Springs, Wyo., the intermediate refuel was replaced by Pilot James P. Murray, ing stop, was hindered by headwinds a former army aviator and member of and he arrived at that town at 9:25 A. the Lafayette Esquadrille and one of the M. After refueling, he took off at 9:40I most reliable aviators in the Air Mail A. M. for the continuation of the west Service. He took -off from Maywood ward trip across the Rockies. Field at 5:22 P. M. and. arrived in Iowa City, Iowa, about 195 miles west of (TO BE CONTINUED) Chicago at 6:50 P. M. During this trip he had to make a forced landing just before reaching Iowa City due to dark USED AIRMAIL ness, and after getting his ·bearings, con Dur Foreign Used Airmail Price And tinued to the established air mail field. Check List for 1953 is now DUll and void. We are working on the 1954 list Scheduled to leave Iowa City at 5:30 now. Publication date about the A. M. on September 9, 1920, Pilot Mur middle of December. ray was unable to take the air at that GEORGE HERZOG. INC. time due to the heavy fog and· very un 68 NASSAU ST. N. Y. C. favorable weather. After the fog had 22 THE AIRPOST, JOURNAL End of "SASEBO" Service --- ·•
N the December 1952 issue of THE AIRPOST JOURNAL we carried a )'I feature article on the SASEBO Navy Pigeon Post Service in ~apan. This service was inaugurated by Navy personnel stationed at the U. S. Navy Base in Sasebo, Japan, and was in operation from April 1951 to December 1952, at which time the Navy Petty officer in charge of this service returned to the United States. Comdr. ROBERT w. MURCH, newly elected Director of the AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY, who authored the original article, now sends us the photos shown above. At left is seen the Loft which sheltered the trained carrier pigeons that transmitted messages from vessels in the ha;t'bor to the Navy base at Sasebo. In the right hand photo we see the pigeon ''O!cF Bobby" returning from a harbor flight to the Loft. The container for carrying the messages can be seen on the pigeon's leg. At upper right is shown a "strike" of the special cachet used on messages carried by this service.
NOTICE FOR NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA COLLECTORS! • ~\ N outstanding e~hibit in tribute to the 50th Anniversary of Powered 1'\ Flight has been installed by AMERICAN AIRLINES in its Rocke feller Center Ticket Office located in the Time and Life Building on West 49th Street, New York. The ·Exhibit is included in the street front window and bl a dozen glass cases within the ticket office itself. While not entirely philatelic in scope, the Exhibition centers on this theme and includes pieces from the Paris Balloon Post collection of GEORGE W. ANGERS and other philatelic material supplied by JOHN P. V. HEINMULLER, ERNEST A. KEHR, LIL'Yl PONS, BERNARD DAVIS and this writer. THE NEW YORK TIMES and the INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL SCIENCES have also contributed to the Exhibition." All New York area residents are urged to make an effort to see this Exhibition while it remains on display, probably for the next three or four weeks. -L. B. G. Copies of Colombia Cl, including the rare serifs variety, Cla A_.; Great Air Post Auction Oct:ober 26, 27, 2s 1. · · The Latin American portion of the "Sir Lindsay Everard" Cold Medal Collection affered by order of P. A. W. B. Everard, Esq. of- Ratcliffe Hall, Leichestershire, England. Replete With the big rarities, including many unique and . near-unique items.
2. Specialized Collection of Colombia Scadta Issues · ; ·" Received from Latin America and offered by order of · ,.,, · . ' · · the beneficiaries. . Includ:ng the items illustrated above, ~mple~e sets of the 1920. ~ulti-color issue, unused, used on cover, rare later it~ms, etc.
3- Collection of Air Post Issues on Covers . offered by order of ]. M._ Gilman of Glen Cove, N. Y. Rush your request for a copy of the outstanding, fully illustrated auction catalogue. D. R. ;Harmer, Ine. International Stamp Auctioneers 32 East 57th Street" New York 22, N. Y. OUR BOOK REVIEW • • • • "Denhofs Complete United States Stamp Album". Fully Illustrated, cloth bound with dust Jacket, loose leaf. By William ELECTION CERTIFICATE c. Denhof, Publishe.d by Hanover Bouse., lt75 Madison Ave., New York 22, N. Y. • Price $3.50. September 7, 1953 Mr. John P. V. Heinmuller, President • American Air Mail Society, Hanover House has published what is New York 36, N. Y. stated to be the only complete United States stamp album-"Denhofs Com Dear Sir: plete United States Album," compiled 'This is to certify that in the August by William C. Denfwf. 1953 special election of the American Air Mail Society the following were In this album every U. S. stamp from duly elected to the office of Director the first release in 1847 up to and in for the years 1955-1957. cluding 1953 is illustrated in full detail. Gerald Bookhop There are no blank spaces. In addiiton, Samuel S. Goldsticker the Denhof Illustrated Stamp Identifica tion Guide shows both beginning and Robert W. Murch advanced collectors what to look for in stamps and what stamps to collect. With James Wotherspoon over 200 illustrations, tne guide explains and shows how to identify grills, secret Respectfully submitted, marks, water marks, color changes, re This is a handsome production and We have just received• Vol. I, No. I of will be of particular interest to the spe a new Quarterly published under the cialist and advanced collector. It is right above title by Aero-Philatelists, Inc. up to date, the Air Mail Section includ Henrtj M. Goodkind is the Editor. 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Box 493 Albany, Oregon Overseas Airpost Notes by JAMES WOTHERSPOON• Union Aeromaritime de Transport, a •Tokyo 5 minutes ahead of schedule, 35 French combine of shipping and flying hours 55 minutes after departure from interests, opened the first foreign operat London; homeward flight was made in ed COMET service on February 2, 1953 38 hours 52 minutes ... actual flying on which date they inaugurated a Paris time for the round trip was· 55 hours 39 to Dakar service. The Company issued minutes. BOAC issued the usual three special covers for this flight, and these color souvenir covers, which were can were used on all six stages. Two special celled at London, April 3, 1953 and cachets were used on covers from .l:'aris, backstamped at Tokyo AMF April 5, a two line cachet in red reading "PAR 1953. Return mail from. Tokyo was can AVION A REACTION/PARIS-CASA celled April 5, and backstamped with BLANCA-DAKAR" and a four line box BOAC post section time cachet April 7. cachet in violet inscribed "ler LIAISON Ordinary mail, that is covers other than AERIENNE/PARIS-DAKARIPAR AV BOAC special covers, from Tokyo has a ION A REACTION/19 Fevrier 1953." five line box cachet in mauve ..• COM:.. Mail was postmarked at Paris 18-2-53 ET JETLINER/FIRST FLIGHT/ TOK and was backstamped at Casablanca and YO-LONDON/April 5, 1953/B. O. A. C. Dakar on 20-2-1953. Return mail from Dakar and Casablanca was cancelled on * * * February 20, and backstamped in Paris Union Aeromaritime de Transport the same day. Mail from Casablanca commenced second Comet service 0:'.1 and Dakar has a cachet similar to that April 14, 1953, with service to ABID used on Paris mail, except that it is ap JAN, Ivory Coast, West Mrica. The plied in black, and notes change of rout company issued special covers for ·this · ing. flight, and two cachets were used, one ... with two lines in red reading"Par Avion . . a reaction/PARIS - ABIDJAN. The oth Air France inaugurated the line TOK er a four line box cachet in blue inscrib~ YO to PARIS on February 19, 1953. ed ler LIAISON AERIENNEIPARIS Covers have a four line niauve cachet ABIDJAN/Par avion a reaction/14 AV reading "PREMIERE LIASON AERO RIL 1953. Covers were cancelled at POSTALE DIRECTEIJAPON-FRANCE Paris, April 14, and backstamped at Ab /TOKYO-PARIS 19 Fevrier 1953/AIR idjan on the 15th. Return mail was can FRANCE." Covers are cancelled, Tokyo celled at Abidjan, April 16, and back 19-2-53 and backstamped, Paris 21- stamped at Paris the 17t'h. Similar ca 2-53. Covers to HANOI have similar ca chets to those used on the Paris covers chet but with change of routing. appear on the return mail. • * • • * * BOAC's Comet service to TOKYO An official balloon ascent was made was inaugurated on April 3, 1953, the from D,udweiler, Saar on May 3, 1953, route being London - Rome Beirut - on the occasion of a Philatelic Exhibi .Bahrein - Karachi - Delhi - Calcutta - tion, and the issue of a stamp commem Rangoon - Bangkok - ·Manila - Okinawa orating the birthday of Henri Dunant. - Tokyo. No covers were carried from Covers bear the official first day PO ca or to Okinawa, which is only a technical chet. The ascent was made in the fam stop. Due to some unforeseen circum out Dutch balloon "Henri Dunant" and stances no mail was flown between Lon the mail has an arrival cachet of Essey don and Manila. This is the world's et-Maizerais ·dated April 4. Covers longest and fastest air serviee, the dis flown have cachet in red reading "AUF tance from London being· 20,400 miles. STEIG RED CROSS I BALLOON Despite an liour's delay at Rome on "HENRI DUNANT"IDUDWEILER 3 the outward flight the Comet arrived in MAI 1953." OCTOBER; 1953 27' The i:;olombian airline Avianca inaug ing • . . SPECIAL FLIGHT MAY 23, urated service to .France on January 13, 1953, OSLO - THULE TOKYO. Mail 1953. Route is via Barranquilla, Hamil was cancelled Oslo May 22 and back ton ( Bennuda), Azores, Lisbon. stamped on arrival at Tokyo AMF May :0 0 0: :\)- 25. Mail appears to have been returned For the Comet inaugural flight, Lon by first return flight as it had Copen don to Tokyo on April 3, 1953, a special hagen cancel of May 29 and Oslo. May cover was issued for a connecting flight 30. . from Berlin to Rome. The cover is can celled Berlin Central Airport 1.,4~53. and addressed to Tokyo. Printed at .top .and .· Septeinb.er 9, 19p3 _will be thej~aug- bottom of cover· is:,> .. ERSTER BOAC 1.iration date of. Johii.nnesburg's I:ie~ Jan FLUG LONDON TOKYO .APRIL Smut's Airport.. All . seryiCes· using Palm 1953/BQAC I DUSEUFLUGZEUG. J ietfontein will be.transferred to the· new COME'F.: .Covers also have a fou:t line· airport on that date. At present abAC cachet showing the BEA insignia and Comets are the only air.crafbusiQg foe ... ERSTER FLUG BOAC "COMET" new airport. · LONDON - TOKIO via ·ROME. Also the red cachet. applie(to· ~:ft.. ··. - n Post Office and ciihcel AMPINO UNITED\$T.ATES' ZEPPS'.\:\ AIRPORT 3-4~53. The covfo ·were·ba,ck All on verY,:'.'..fine ;~hf ~~verS. stamped .· TOK):'.O AMF 5"4-53, · ·· :~· · o· o o 65c value, very fi#ifiteiii ..•.. ,.. $~0.00 $1.30 value, vei'ysc1iiceilem ..... $26.50 Special ,kti~ 'were flown· to and Jrom $2.60 yalue, very rare. ife1't .,. $45.00 London ori · ·0~- occasion of the ··Corona SPECIAL - Entire 3 C~1;~& . $85.00 tion of Queefl: · Elizabeth, by BOAC, HH&:P . COVE.ns ' QANTAS, and TEA. The ALS were Box 75, Bush~ick Station from arid to . . · . Sydney, Singapore, Ka.,. Brooklyn 21, N. Y; rachi, Colombo, Auckland, Suva, Maur itius, Papua, Norfolk Is., and New Heb rides. On June 6, 1953, Mr. and Mrs. J. Boesman, and C. de Vos made a balloon Air Letter Sheets ascent from Chelsea, London. Cards were caried with a cachet commemorat THE LATEST SENSATION ing the Coronation. IN AERO-PHILATELY ~ ~ 0 ill: A few new and recent issues On May 23, 1953, an SAS plane, on all with imprinted stamps. charter to the Norwegian Government, Mint Flown made the first flight from Oslo to Tokvo Aden 5LS Queen Eliz ...... 25 .30 Belgium "Aerogramme" ...... 25 .30 via the Polar Route. The plane was flv Bahrain Coronation ...... 30 .35 ing out personnel for a Red Cross Unit Kuwait Coronation ...... 30 .35 Muscat Coronation ...... 30 .35 in Korea. Mail was carried on this flight China (Formosa) $3.00 ...... 50 .65* and received a special red cachet read- Israel 55P red ...... 20 .25* Japan 45/50 yen ...... 30 .35* Japan, new 45 yen ...... 30 .35* Mauritius . lLS ...... 25 .30 Netherlands 30c, 3 LS ...... 25 .30* USED AIRMAIL STAMPS Norway "Aerogramme" ...... 25 .30 St. Kitts lLS ...... 25 .30* Over 5000 - All Different In Stock St. Lucia lL.S ...... 25 .30* Priced 50% to 75% Off-Scott. So. Rhodesia "Rhodes" ...... 25 .30 ("Aero· World") Our House Organ Trinidad Queen Eliz...... 25 .30 Issued Quarterly, $1 per year deduct~· Thailand lLS ...... 40 .45* ible From . First Order of $25 or Over *-First Day of Issue First Copy Will Be Mailed Out In December. WALTER R. GUTHRIE HARRY REICHENTHAL SEA CLIFF, NEW YORK P.O. Box 73-M, New York 60 N. Y. 28 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL Exhibits Pan American World Airways Flight Covers At Portugese Exhibition e Fred Bauer, Prominent Aero-Philatelist and Member of the AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY, Displays Some of His First Flight Covers To Steward· ess Beatrice Hochholdinger at New York International Airport As He Departed For Lisbon. SERVICE TO BE INAUGURATED cachet. Space approximately 2lh inches AT.CHICKASHA. OKLA. ON RT. 81 by 21h inches to the left on the address side of all covers is required for the • cachet. Effective on or about November 1, An enclosure of medium weight should 1953, air mail service will be inaugurated be place din each envelope to obtain at Chickasha, Oklahoma, on route AM-81. better impression of the cachet and post Special cachet will be provided for mark, and to prevent damage to cover Chickasha, and the usual treabnent of or cancelling machine. - philatelic mail will be authorized. No provisions will be made for point First flight air mail covers sent to the to point covers. However, at request of postmaster at Chickasha must be prepaid collectors, covers receiving cachet will be at the appropriate air mail postage rate. given directional service only to an office Double postal cards and double post designated by the General Superintend cards intended for return reply purposes ent, Postal Transportation Service, and are not acceptable as first flight covers. served by the first flight in each direc All covers should be accompaniel by a tion, and will there be backstamped and letter authorizing the application of the dispatched onward to destination. P. O. Box 595. Malden. Mo, • In a decision handed down in July, planes operating on the Chicago-Hough the Civil Aeronautics· Board amended the ton Segment of this route. certificate currently held by Braniff Air ways for Route #26. The amended The initial service out of Detroit was certificate authorizes service between provided by Flight #337 of April 4th Sioux Falls, S. Dak. and Fargo, N. Dak. flown by Captain J. H. Downing and via Brookins and Watertown, S. Dak. to Fll'st Officer J. 0. Chambers and hand Norfolk, Neb.; to Mitchell and Yankton, led the first mail via this route from De S. Dak. and to Worthington, Minn. on a troit, Lansing and Grand Rapids At temporary basis or until June 30, 1956. Green Bay, the mail was transferred to Route # 26 has not been regarded as a Flight # 241 · (from Chicago) which "F eedd' route and for this reason and flight was flown by Captain L. C. Mol since most of the above cities have pre break and First Officer B. B. Barkley. viously had air mail service, it is not. This flight handled the first mail North known at this time whether the Post Of bound out of Green Bay, Marlnette-Me fice Department will furnish official ca nominee, Escanaba and Iron Mountain chets for the cities involved. Watch but on arrival at Marquette this flight your Postal Bulletin for announcemenl:S. was terminated on account of unfavor In the same decision, the certificate able weather ahead. The mail involved for Route #48 which is also held by was held at Marquette and this same Braniff was amended to provide service crew returned as Flight # 342 making to Owatonna-Faribault-Waseca, Minn., the same stops. On arrival at Green Bay, all of which use the same airport and another change of crews was made and also to Austin-Albert Lea, Minn. which this flight continued on to Detroit in cities likewise use the same airport. charge of Captain Chas. W. Nason and First Officer Oak Mackrey. In a later decision, the Board also au thorized an extension of Route #81 On the following day, April 5th with flown by Central Airlines from Dallas weather conditions more favorable, ser Fort Worth to Oklahoma City via Chick vice was completed to Houghton-Han asha, Lawton-Fort Sill and Duncan, cock-Calumet via Flight #241 in charge Okla. of Captain L. C. Molbreak and First Of ficer B. B. Barkley. The inaugural flight CHRONICLE- from Houghton-Hancock-Calumet final. ly came through via Flight # 342 of Ap :AM #86-EXTENSION HOUGH ril 6th which flight was flown by Cap TON-HANCOCK-CALUMET TO DE tain Molbreak and First Officer Barkley. TROIT. This service extends from Houghton-Hancock-Calumet, three cities In connection with the delays involv using the same airport, via Marquette, ed, we are glad to report all philatelic Iron Mountain, Escanaba, Marinette-Me mail was properly held for the actual nominee (bracketed), Green Bay, Grand First Flights for which the St. Paul of Rapids and Lansing to Detroit. Service fice, PTS in charge of General Supt. El into and out of Detroit is provided with mer J. Bornhoeft has the thanks of nu planes that connect at Green Bay with merous collectors. Attractive official ca- OCTOBER. 1953 31 UNITED STAT£S AIR MAIL UNITED STATES AIR MAIL FIRST FLIGHT FIRST FU$HT Route AM 94 Route AM 94 Y,JOSTO:JI(, • O~ficial Cachets For Route AM-94. chets were furnished at all points with Monroe, J.,a. was added to the M~mphis the ext'eption of Calumet and all covers New Orleans Segment of AM #98 on seen from. tha:t p.oint carry an appropri- . June 13th. ate cachet through. the courtesy of the Calumet .C; of C. The scarce covers · The initial Souf;hbound flight from from this new segment of Route # 86 MonJ:'Oe was· made via· Flight #331 in. are those from Marquette Northbound charge of Captain W (llter Green and of which only 18.0 p:eces -were flown and First Offi9er James W. Godwin and those .. from ·the Southbound flight from handled 2272 pieces ·of which 2250 were Lansing of ·which b".lt 255 philatelic for. collectors while the initial North pieces were flown .. ?ound flight was made via Flight #834 m charge of Captain Frank H. Abbott AM #86-EXTENSION TO INTER and First Officer John Spotts and hand NATIONAL FALLS, MINN. On June led 625 pieces of mail of which 293 1, 1958 the Chicago to Chisholm-Hib pieces were for collectors. An official bing segment of this route was extended ?achet in purple showing airplane super- to International Falls. Minn. 1~posed on an eagle in flight, as pre viously used for Route # 98, was applied The inaugural flight from Chisholm to all covers. Hibbing was made via Flight #588 in charge of Captain R. ]. Swennes and AM #77-EXTENSION TO KLA First Offices V. N. Turner and handled MATH FALLS, ORE. On June 29 approximately 800 pieces of mail from 1953 the Portland-Medford Segment of Chisholm and a number which the A~ #77, flown by West Goa.st Air Postmaster at Hibbing estimates at ap Lines, Inc., was extended to Klamath proximately 52 pieces from the latter Falls, Oregon. city. No official markings were provid ed at either city. The initial flight of this extension The inaugural flight out of Interna from Medford was made via Flight tional Falls was made via Flight #680 #43 flown by Captain]. A. Peacock and in charge of Captain Charles W. Na.son First. Officer Ferringer and handled ap proxunately 120 pieces of mail from and First Officer R. E. Wahl and hand led. 5241 pieces of philatelic mail with Medford cancelled 12 nool1, but w:thout official cachet in black. The number of official cachet. The initial trip from covers dispatched in this instance ex Klamath Falls to Medford was made via ceeded those for any inaugural flight, Flight #44 flown by Captain Max to the best .of our knowledge, for sev Christman and First Officer John E. eral months past. Schneider carrying 2482 pieces of mail of which 2240 pieces were for collectors. AM #98-ADDITION OF MONROE, An official cachet in magenta, showing LA. Flown by Southern Airways, Inc., (Continued on next page) 32 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL ~: '' . C. A. M. NOTES-··· AM # 111-A!Ppf!I 9,tJ i J~F;; \R,AR,1- . (Continued from' preceding· page) TAN AND MA~;V"I~iLE~ N.:j. '.iOri.;July 1, 1953 these cifi.es. serv;eci tl;rough' the •• Somerville Heli:i*>rt; we~¢ ii.d MEMBERSHIP DUES $3.00 PER YEAR Dues Include subscription to THE AIRPOST JOURNAL. Applicants must furnish two references, ph1latellc preferred. At least one or these rererences must reside In Applicant's home town. Applicants under 21 years of age must be guaranteed by Parent or Guardian. Membership ls a privilege - not a right - and may be terminated by the Society in accordance with its B;v-Law11. WRITE SECRETARY-TREASURER FOB APPUCATION BLANK SECRETARY'S REPORT • NEW MEMBERS 3988 Conner, Preston M., 4228 Disston Street, Philadelphia 35, Pa. 3989 Hill, Mrs. Helen A., 512 N. Central Ave., Fairborn, Ohio. 3990 Comklin, Howard H., 4 Paul Place, Haskell, N. J. 3991 Arbogast, Karl F., Jr., 3713 Chestn1=.1~ Street, Philadelphia 4. Pa. 3992 Freggens, Roger F., 403 S. Lucas Ave., Mallonee Village, Ft. Bragg, N. C: 3993 Atherton, Alexander S., 2150 Puualii Place, Honolulu 4, Hawaii. 3994 Mirr, Albert J., 6614 Cochiti Road, SE, Albuquerque, N. M. 3995 Baker, Col. Wm. E., Bakers Landing, Lake Mary, Fla. 3996 Kuhlman, Marvin, 955 Edmund Ave., St. Paul 4, Minn. 3997 Kurtz, E. T., Main Street, Brocton, N. Y. 3998 Knortz, A. J., 26 N. Main Street, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 3999 Page, D. P., Box 3, Winfield, Pa. 4000 Van Waeyenberge, George F., Avenue Leopold 6, Ninove, Belgium, N £W APPLICATIONS Cherubino, Cherubini, Via dei Conti, 4, Florence, Italy. Age 38. Ragioniere. PC HC PB EL FF GF CAM FAM RP CC OF DC Z CF X by Mario Onofrl Keil, Robert H., 50 Price Ave., Lansdown, Pa. Age 53. Refrig. Engr: AM AU UC 1D by John J. Smith Wilson, Edwin T., West Morris Ave., Tabor, N. J. Age 47. Western Union: AU Z X by John J. Smith. Vincent, Lawrence, 5026 Drexel, Detroit 13, Mich. Age 28. Electrical Engineer. AU or Moslem Countries APS X by Anthony Banner. Keiter, William B., 409 E. Longfellow, Kansas City, Mo. Age 41. Foreman. AM AU APS X by John J. Smith. Brink, Raymond M., 5000 Martin Ave., Austin, Texas. Age 32. Stamp Dealer. by John J. Smith. Gall, Piero, Via Carducci, 20; Trieste, Italy. Age 73. Obstetrics Professor. by Mario Onofrl .. CHANGES IN ADDRESS Lockhart, Jack, N. T. C. C. P. 0.-1, San Diego, Calif. Franke, William J., P. 0. Box 161, Rensselaer, N. Y. Schaekel, T. F., 149 Fawn Lane, Haverford, Pa. 34 :_ ,,-~'f~~: ~l:fl.P)?~T, J<;>URNAL AIR .· lETTE'iC'.SH'EETS - ,Of the ownership, management, etc., (Continued from page 17) of the Airpost Journal, publishef.l -ll!Qllth.·.·. ly at Albion, Penn'a required by 'the: Ad AIR LETTER. As• Australia has al- of Congress of August 24,. 1912. ready adopted· the new name AERO Editor-L. B. Gatchell, 6 the Fairway, GRAMME for its sheets, no doubt siin Upper Montclair, N. J. ilar changes in this sheet can be later Business Manager - Geo. D. Kingdom, expected .. Conneaut, Ohio. Owner-The American Air Mail Socie SOUTHWEST AFRICA ty, J. P. V. Heinmuller, 270 Park Avenue, New York City, president; John J. Smith, Advices from official sources in this Ferndale & Emerson Sts., Philadelphia, country indicate that it may soon issue Pa., secretary-treasurer. its own Air Letter Sheets rather than re Known bondholders, mortgagees and sorting to overprints on sheets of the other security holders, holding one per Union of South Africa. cent, or more of the total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities - SOUTHERN RHODESIA GEO. D. KINGDOM - Business Manager The special Rhodes Centenary sheet has been replaced with a shee.t of the Subscribed and sworn to before me same style hut bearing a 6d stamp of the this 2.2nd day of September, 1953. new Queert Elizabeth pictorial set, re Harold L. Hoyt produced in bistre. Accor!ling to P. H. (My commission expires April 10, 1956) Robbs the first day of issue was August l------. ;. 31st. NEW ISSUE SERVICE SWAZILAND For The Following Countries • • From Richard L. Singley we have re ceived the new 6d blue sheet of the ICELAND - DENMARK - Union of South Africa overprinted NORWAY - GREENLAND SWAZILAND in large block letters in FINLAND - SWEDEN red. The sheet submitted is of the Afri kaans first type, but no doubt the over - ISRAEL- print exists on both types of sheets. This Service Includes •• UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA MINT - FIRST DAY COVERS It has now been confirmed that the BOOKLETS -POSTAL new type sheet on blue paper, chronicle::l last month, exists in both the English STATIONERY first and the Afrikaans first versions. AIR LETTER SHEETS FLIGHTS & SPECIAL EVENTS Write For Particulars Tciday WALTER R. GUTHRIE SEA CLIFF, NEW YORK AAMS EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT APJ ADS SUY SELL WANT LISTS RATES: WANTED - AEROGRAMS. HELlCOPTEH THREE CENTS PER WORD per in and Balloon !lights from all over the sertion. Mirumum charge 50 cents. Re worla, picture cards, prints. Ex~hanged mittance must accompan~ order and copy. witn European aerograms. Uiuseppe 'lne AliU'OST JOU.kNAL, APJ Ads, Al Schenone, viale Cassala 7.,, Milano, Italy. bion, Penn'a. · Ex21!2-; THE MOST ECONOMICAL METHOD OF COLLECTING NEW ISSUES, INCLUDING RARE AND UNUSUAL ITEMS AT NEW ISSUE PRICES. · "}'. F. W. .KESSLER 500 Fifth Avenue New York 36, N. Y.