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AAIIRRPPOOSSTT JJOOUURRNNAALL The Official Publication of the American Air Mail Society July 2016 Volume 87, No. 7 Whole No. 1033 Happy Birthday, America! Zeppelins & Aerophilately Ask for our Free Price List of Worldwide Flight covers and stamps. The following is a small sampling – full list on Website! United States /Germany 1927 NY to Berlin AAMS T.O. 1056 Columbia . .$1,750.00 /Canada 1931 Crash Cover. Ruth Nichols crashed at St. Johns, New Brunswick June 22, 1931 . $575.00 Germany 1930 C38 - C39 Pan Am flight to Lakehurst S.57N . $750.00 Afghanistan 1933 8th South America Flight sent to Brazil S.235A. $4,250.00 Algeria 1933 2nd South American Flight sent to Brazil S.214Aa. $575.00 Austria 1934 Bremen catapult, registered. Postage paid in cash. (k207cAV $900) Eight carried. $650.00 Bahamas 1919 (January 29) First flight from Nassau to Miami. The return address is the Royal Bank of Canada. Violet 2-line cancel "Air Service Nassau to Miami", backstamped Miami on reverse. Rare item in good condition! . $300.00 Belgium/Colombia 1931 SCADTA. .$375.00 Brazil 1928 (June 7) Early airmail cover sent to Ottoman Bank, Constan - tinople, Turkey! Neat vertical fold down center. $135.00 British Somaliland 1933 Chicago flight to Peru S.238Aa . $3,000.00 Bulgaria 1933 3rd South American Flight sent to Brazil S.219A/B . $500.00 Henry Gitner Philatelists, Inc. PO Box 3077T, Middletown NY 10940 Email: [email protected] — http://www.hgitner.com JULY 2016 PAGE 265 In This Issue of the Airpost Journal Letters to the Editor — ARTICLES — Longer, Higher, Faster; Success, Problems and Disaster .............................. 272 Life Member ‘Dues’ Henning J. Mathiassen I have just sent in my annual $30 contribution in lieu of dues and The ‘LATI Substitute’ Service of Pan American Airways, Part 9 ................ 279 just want to remind all of our life members that with a declining mem - John Wilson bership AAMS really needs our contributions now more than ever. A First Flight Cover by LOT: (It’s Not Quite What it Seems!) .................... 291 By the way, I just ordered a copy of Vol. 2 of the new AAMC Tom Reyman from APS. In order to get the benefit of the 20 percent AAMS member discount you need to call their publications department as the website — NEWS — won't do it for you, even after you get a log-in password, unless you are AAMS 2016 Major and Literature Awards ................................................... 297 an APS member or want to join. News of the Shows ........................................................................................ 299 Ken Alterman World Stamp Show 2016 Exhibits and Awards ............................................ 301 Fort Mill, SC — COLUMNS and FEATURES — LM #612 Letters to the Editor ....................................................................................... 267 President’s Message ...................................................................................... 269 Another Pioneer Postcard I have just received my first copy of the Airpost Journal (April — DEPARTMENTS – 2016). On page 196 (“A Postcard from Claude Grahame-White”) there is APJ Ads ......................................................................................................... 308 a postcard that caught my attention. I have in my collection one similar Membership Report ....................................................................................... 306 but dated a week later. Editor and Advertising Vickie Canfield Peters 11911 E Connor Road Valleyford WA 99036 vcanfi[email protected] Staff Writers and Columnists Joe Kirker Alan Warren Chris Hargreaves Bob Wilcsek Lee Downer Copyright 2016 The American Air Mail Society . The Airpost Journal (ISSN 0739-0939) is pub - lished monthly by the American Air Mail Society, 11911 E. Connor Road, Valleyford WA 99036. Periodical postage paid at Spokane WA 99201 and additional post offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to American Air Mail Society, 7 First St., Westfield NY 14787. Domestic sub - scription rate $30 per year; $5 per copy. Opinions expressed in features and columns in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the society. Running an ad does not endorse the advertiser. PAGE 266 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 267 I’ve enclosed a copy of both sides (reverse is on the cover of this issue). It bears a nice, clear purple St. Louis postmark and is addressed to President’s a town of 600 in Arkansas.The message is extremely interesting as it Jim Graue refers to a “flying machine” and the fact that the card will be carried by Message air to the recipient. Flora must have realized she was witnessing the beginning of the United States airmail service. I did enjoy reading the Journal and look forward to future World Stamp Show – New York 2016 Today, as I write this, is Friday, June 3. World Stamp Show – issues. New York 2016 is still in full swing, but it ends tomorrow. Tom Cottrell Airmail Exhibits Classified Ads Work! Since this was the major stamp show of the decade in the United Just a short note to thank you for putting my ads in the Airpost States, let’s focus on the exhibits first. Journal , re: The Dutch airmail books. I’ve received my books and am 8 Frames 5 Frames Total really pleased with them, a scholarly work throughout, however, we’re Class 1 FIP Championship 11 still shouting in English and Dutch over the final price! Class 2 Traditional 112 As a token of my appreciation for your kind efforts, I’m renew - Class 5 Aerophilately 18 * 10 ** 28 ing my subscription for a further two years. Class 6 Astrophilately 347 Robert Roe Class 10A Youth (age 10-15) 1 Victoria, BC Class 10B Youth (age 16-18) 2 Class 12A One Frame – Traditional (airmail stamps) 1 Class 12C Postal Stationery (aerogrammes) 1 I always enjoy reading the APJ ! Thank you very much for your Class 12D Aerophilately 6* hard work and the very good service. This time I have a question on the Class 12E Astrophilately 1 article by Mr. Reyman, “Canada to Germany in 1933.” (May 2016, page *Includes two “Traditional” exhibits (airmail stamps) entered in 241). Aerophilately. How does he know that the cover was placed on the ship SS **Includes one “Traditional” exhibit (airmail stamps) entered in Donau? The normal way for airmail covers from New York to Germany Aerophilately. in 1933 was by ship ( Bremen, Europa, Columbus, Normandie, etc.) to Cher - The Youth Class exhibits were diverse: one each Traditional (air - bourg and by airmail to Germany via Paris and Cologne. As far as I mail stamps, four frames), Aerophilately (three frames), and Astrophilat - know, only ordinary mail to Germany was sent by ship to Bremerhaven. ely (three frames). Compared with the many covers we know sent between Ger - Although this does not look bad, neither “airmail” in the broad many and the USA, airmail covers between Germany and Canada are view nor aerophilately (aeropostal history) were really well represented. quite rare. Many major aspects of these areas were under-represented or totally Rainer Lütgens absent. For airmail, Aerophilately 2014 was far superior in all respects. The palmares for airmail begins on Page 301 of this issue. FIP SHARE AEROPHILATELY . Large Gold awards are not easy to come by; four aerophilately exhibits made the grade. Write about it in our APJ! The new exhibit frames were troublesome. Made of plastic, they proved too flexible and were difficult to load. Additional support ele - ments are needed. PAGE 268 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 269 AAMS Meeting sions on a wide range of subjects. AAMS had no other central meeting Our AAMS meeting at noon on the opening day of the show was point or after-hours hospitality suite due to cost considerations very well attended, with some 40 to 50 present. We circulated an atten - Ken reports more than $1,300 in AAMS publications revenue dance sheet, but where it ended up is anyone’s guess. Ah, well, we tried. plus six new members. The major subjects of the meeting were (1) the announcement of the major AAMS award recipients for this year (see separate article in Overview this issue), (2) AAMS publications, especially AAMC 7th Edition, Volume New York is not a cheap date. It is downright expensive, in fact. 2: Polar Aerophilately, and (3) future AAMC 7th Edition sections that are at Nevertheless, events such as the once-a-decade FIP-sanctioned world or nearing completion. Also, the challenge of indexing both the Airpost stamp show are very difficult to bypass. Many chose not to come, but Journal and AAMC on a continuing basis. more chose to be there. Digitizing the Airpost Journal and making it available on the The dealers were busy. Some were extremely busy all the time, a AAMS website (excepting the most recent two years) is a priority. Gary clue that perhaps there is something to be found there. In spite of reports Loew estimates $15,000 to get the entire run (coming up on 90 years) of a weakening market, the principles stand: Quality is prime, seconds completed and on line. will not improve with age. Knowledge is power, the ability to recognize what others miss and secure very good, or even exceptional, pieces at AAMS Programs good prices. Sharing the hobby with others is not to be missed, as it is the The Collecting Zeppelin Airmail five-part program series put most rewarding aspect of all. together by Cheryl Ganz was very well attended and received. Atten - Next up: Boston in 2026. It will be here sooner than you think! dance at other programs was less, but those who did attend were * * * rewarded. AAMS Publications Discount Those attending world-level stamp shows must allocate time AAMS publications are only available through the American carefully, as there is much more going on than one can take in. Programs Philatelic Society (100 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte PA 16385) pur - compete for attention with everything from the large and diverse bourse suant to an agreement we have with APS, as it provides much larger that includes many dealers one may never have seen before, to important market potential and a major reduction in storage costs.