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July 2016 Volume 87, No. 7 Whole No. 1033

Happy Birthday, America! Zeppelins & 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 . 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 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 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.

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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 6 347 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 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- 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. appointments with other collectors from around the world, not to men - AAMS members are entitled to a 20 percent discount tion special friends, all vying for your time, the inflexible resource that on list prices on all AAMS publications. one can spend only once. To get this discount, buyers must provide their AAMS member number with their order. APS will be provided with a current AAMS member - AAMS Booth ship list that will allow them to confirm AAMS membership. The mem - We shared a booth with Metropolitan Air Post Society (MAPS) bership list will be updated periodically to add new members and delete and the Wreck and Crash Mail Society. More than 90 members signed those who have been dropped for whatever reason. Send a copy of your the AAMS book, an excellent showing in spite of a less-than-prime loca - AAMS membership card with your order to streamline the process (most tion. important for new members). New pages were prepared for the single-frame display allowed for each participating society. We filled the AAMS and MAPS frames with exceptionally attractive and interesting examples of worldwide air - YOU are the American Air Mail Society’s most mail. Many thanks to Ken Sanford for organizing the booth and assur - important asset. ing that it was staffed at all times. It served well as a meeting site for those seeking to find other members attending and for sparking discus - Take an active role in the AAMS. PAGE 270 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 271 I was still interested in aerophilately, but not the way I had been collecting for about 20 years. I was intrigued by the drama of aviation up to World War II; the aviators and flights that made history again and again worldwide. So I decided to turn to the stories, the myths and leg - ends of aviation, and there were a lot! I decided to build another collec - tion based on “the stories.”

British aviator Alan Cobham and his engineer, Arthur B. Elliot, made exploratory flights to India and Australia between 1924 and 1926. During one of these flights, Elliot was shot over the Iraqi desert and even - tually died from his injuries. Longer, Higher, Faster; Success, Problems and Disaster When Stories Outshine Routes and Rates in Aerophilately Invitation to a reception for the French aviators Dieudonné Henning J. Mathiassen Costes and Maurice Bellonte by the mayor of the city of Philadelphia after their famous flight from Paris to New York in 1930.

Some 40 years ago I came across a first flight cover from the Writing up such a collection depends heavily on many kinds of northern part of Norway. I thought it was spectacular, with boxed cachet knowledge. But there are a wealth of books to read, you just have to take and interesting date cancels. Then I tried to find other flown covers in the the time to read them. The most famous aviators wrote thick books dealers’ boxes and even bid at auctions. At the end of the 1990s, I started (some of them had “ghost writers” to record their achievements) and to exhibit nationally and at Nordic exhibitions in the traditional aerophi - contemporary newspapers were filled with articles. It was soon obvious latelic class. I won vermeil and large vermeil medals. that the lives of the daredevils were closely interconnected in one way or My Norway collection was quite good, but it was hard to get bet - another and it was thrilling to watch the drama that took place almost ter items to improve the exhibit. Yes, I was deep into “routes and rates,” 100 years ago. the fundamental part of the traditional aerophilately. I made some seri - ous studies that were published in local stamp periodicals. But when the The Outline of My “Story:” Once Superstars – Now Almost Forgotten collecting came to a halt because of lack of material, the motivation for We have all heard about Lindbergh and Earhart, the ever-shin - continuing studies disappeared and I sold part of my collection. ing stars of aviation. Even Richard Byrd and Roald Amundsen are still PAGE 272 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 273 remembered for their feats. But important aviators like Bernt Balchen, Amy Johnson, Jim Mollison, Lincoln Ellsworth, Dieudonné Costes and their contemporaries who enjoyed years in the public limelight are very soon forgotten. All the daredevils of the golden age of aviation should be

Clarence Chamberlin was one of the “big three” in the Atlantic race in 1927. This is a note concerning a flight from SS Leviathan in open sea (probably inserted in one of the covers from the flight). remembered; they paved the way for flying as we know it today, chasing new records and doing what no man (or woman) had done before. So, why did they do it? For fun? For a kick? For glory? For money? For themselves? They did it for a lot of reasons and those reasons were as differ - ent as the aviators: some were just hard-working people doing what they were good at. Then there were aviators always going for the adrenalin rush through extreme experiences. Some of them wanted to make history and to be remembered for their achievements. And, of course, there were Aviators Clyde Lee and John Bochkon made an attempt to cross always people who wanted instant fame and time in the limelight: the the Atlantic for Oslo, Norway in 1932. After a successful takeoff, they Hollywood experience. were never seen again. Yes, this was the reality show of the 1920s and 1930s. The scene PAGE 274 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 275 Italo Balbo had grand receptions in the USA after a mass flight from Europe. This is a ticket for the Chicago reception. was the sky, the airports, the streets with ticker-tape parades and lavish receptions. The aviators were loved and hated, they were discussed and followed everywhere. But there was a lot at stake. Flying was a risky business. The technology was not mature and the death toll was huge. One must remember that the aviators were a kind of test pilots and often when they lifted from the ground to fly over the high seas there were only two possible outcomes: success or death!

‘Social Aerophilately’ One of my favorite TV shows is “Pawn Stars,” set in Las Vegas. This is somehow a Pandora’s box for collectors. As they say, “We never know what comes in that door. A good history connected to an item gives higher value.” In my opinion a truly good story turns a collectible into some kind of relic. Items like photos, newspapers articles, letters and other kinds of ephemera connected to a person or a flight, provide the opportunity to make your own story and again challenge your creativity. Hopefully, it all ends in an exhibit at a philatelic show. In Norway, interest for is declining but two collecting areas are still on the rise: open philately (display class) and postal histo - ry. Aerophilately had a boost some decades ago, but today there are just Italo Balbo’s “armada” made stops in Canada/Newfoundland a dozen or so aerophilatelists and only half of them are serious collectors. before reaching Chicago. He is very well remembered for his fascist My exhibit is based on all three exhibition classes and falls in the career and for the humiliation of Umberto Nobile after his disastrous polar category of “Social Philately.” The building of such an exhibit is not very flight in 1928. different from other classes, but in addition to “following a plan,” it is PAGE 276 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 277 important to “tell a story.” My story is a tribute to the aviators and dare - The ‘LATI Substitute’ Service of devils between the two wars who made it (or didn’t make it) by showing flight-connected documentation. The non-philatelic material is really the Pan American Airways “spice in the stew.” Part 9: The Mail, January to May, 1942

Why this article? Pan American Route 5 I have been a member of the AAMS for 35 years and I enjoy hav - John Wilson ing the monthly APJ . I must admit that not all articles are of interest to me, but I fully accept that the content always reflects the interest of the On January 14, 1942, the crew of Pan American flight 5001 was majority of the members and writers. From time to time, interesting arti - faced with two tons of accumulated mail at Natal, Brazil, to be flown to cles with “the taste of social philately” appear, so there are other collec - Lisbon. Because of the circumstances, it seems unlikely that the mail bags tors sharing my special interests. were assembled in any logical order, i.e. “first in, first out;” rather a “let’s My wish is that other “flavors” besides routes and rates be get it loaded and on the way” scenario. This is suggested by dated covers added to aerophilately. Let’s expand the definition to include the aspects that seem to have been carried in random order, evidenced to a large of “social philately.” I strongly believe that our little hobby will be more extent by the presence or absence of transit mail interception. The mail attractive to other collectors or people looking for a hobby with another on this first flight was not intercepted, since the team of British Imperial way of “story telling.” I hope this promotional article makes you take a Censors were still en route from England, arriving in Bathurst, Gambia, look at your collection again and find the good stories! on February 12, 1942, after the outward and return flights had taken place. Mail carried on flight 5001 would have the correct LATI franking Wanted: Articles for APJ — and show no signs of interception between Natal and Lisbon. Examples of this mail are shown; two covers posted in Buenos Aires on January 13, NOW! 1942, both addressed to Germany and carrying the LATI postage of 145 centavos. Had these covers been carried by the North Atlantic (via New York) route despite being short paid for that route, they would certainly Airpost Journal Advertising Rates Size B&W Rate Color Rate Quarter Page $40 $55 Half Page $65 $100 Full Page $110 $160 Two-page $220 $320 Page 1 $120 $170 Inside cover $120 $170 Outside Cover $140 $190 A Contract Rate discount is available for advertisers who have either appeared in 12 consecutive issues of the Airpost Journal or who contract for at least a year. The discount is 10 percent.

PAGE 278 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 279 have been examined at Jamaica, Trinidad or Bermuda. Absence of any British or American examination normally indicates carriage by the “LATI substitute” flights in the period before full operation of the San Juan censor station in July 1942. Between flight 5001 leaving Natal on January 15, 1942, and flight Argentina to Bulgaria March 14, 1942 carried on flight 5009 5013 leaving Natal on April 27, 1942, most mail from Argentina to Lisbon Note the written endorsements “Via Natal” on the illustrated was carried without any interception. Despite this, covers from these Flight 5007 and 5009 covers, showing that the route by “LATI substitute” flights are difficult to find, but examples to countries other than Ger - was soon known in Argentina, even at this early stage, whereas the cov - many are occasionally seen. ers carried on flight 5001 were assumed by the senders to be traveling by the Italian LATI service and were not endorsed as to route. Mail from Europe traveling from Lisbon to South America was also being carried without interception and no southbound Route 5 flights between January and May 1942 were ever intercepted, as the next two examples show.

Argentina to February 28, 1942 carried on flight 5007

PAGE 280 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 281 Spain to Argentina Route 5 LATI substitute March 1942 unintercepted

Switzerland to Argentina Route 4 via New York 1941/42 intercept - ed Bermuda Prior to the introduction of the “LATI substitute” service, airmail from Europe to South America using the Pan American flights from Lis - bon would have been intercepted at Bermuda as in the example above. This cover was posted December 30, 1941, after Italian LATI ended but before “LATI substitute” started, and is an illustration of the research needed when analysing a route in this complicated period. Charles LaBlonde [1] says that from December 8, 1941, Swiss mail was routed via Geneva and overland to Lisbon so as to avoid Ger - man censorship. This cover therefore traveled by the overland route to Lisbon and was carried on the Pan American southern route (ironically through Natal, Brazil) to Bermuda where it was intercepted by Examiner 6031 (IC). Then it went via New York to Miami to connect with the Pan American route to Brazil and Argentina. The cover finally arrived in Buenos Aires on February 4, 1942. As soon as the Route 5 service became available {Appendix 1] starting with the flight leaving Lisbon on January 16, 1942, airmail for Argentina seems to have been bagged separately from other mail des - France to Argentina Route 5 LATI substitute April 1942 unintercepted tined for the United States via Bermuda. This can be seen in this regis - Looking for something? Check out the classified ads! tered Swiss cover from Basel which was posted on February 2, 1942, and traveled uncensored by Route 5 to be offloaded at Natal or Belem.

PAGE 282 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 283 Route endorsements “via New York,” as on the next cover, were ignored at Lisbon and mail addressed to Argentina was sent on Route 5, not on a Route 4 flight to New York. This arrangement may have been influenced by the CAB special restrictions on the “LATI substitute” per - missions granted My use of Swiss airmail to illustrate this period of Route 5 opera - tion (January to end April 1942) is intentional. Swiss routes and rates are extremely well documented and the Swiss cancellations are clear and easy to read, unlike, for example, Brazilian cancels which are often illegi - ble. A more important aspect is that the British and American intelli - gence organizations were paying special attention to Swiss and Por - tuguese mail, suspecting that the Nazis were using mail through nomi - nally neutral countries to maintain business and espionage links with their friends in South America, particularly in Argentina. For a more detailed explanation, see [2]. Why the concentration on Argentina? Because Argentina was the most fervent supporter of the Nazi cause in South America. Some in the Continued on Page 288 Switzerland to Argentina Route 5 LATI substitute February 1942 unintercepted

Switzerland to Argentina Route 5 LATI substitute February 1942 unintercepted

PAGE 284 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 285 PAGE 286 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 287 United States were aware of this and in Part 1 of this series [3] I quoted bypassed on all southbound flights of Route 5 carrying mail from Lisbon, Major (later General) H. A. P. Arnold who said that German influence in and was able to intercept mail from South America on only two occa - South America was “far too close to the Panama Canal to be ignored.” sions between February 12, 1942 and the last northbound flight leaving One person trying to show the danger by using caricature was Arthur Natal on April 27, 1942. Szyk. I’m showing one of his 1942 illustrations entitled “The Map How was the mail handled on these two occasions? I will Maker” [4], with Hitler and his henchmen Goering, Goebbels and Himm - describe this in the next installment of this series. It is an intriguing story ler reconfiguring the map of South America. and continues after the route changes that took place in May 1942.

References [1] LaBlonde, Charles. World War II Mail from Switzerland to Great Britain, Canada & the United States, (Am Helvetia Philatelic Soc 2003). ISBN-10: 0974261904, ISBN-13: 978-0974261904 [2] Wilcsek R. J. and Wilson J. “Little German Airmail Censored at Bermuda,” ( Airpost Journal February 2016) [3] Wilson J. “LATI Substitute . . . “ ( Airpost Journal September 2015) [4] “The Map Maker.” Reproduced with the cooperation of The Arthur Szyk Society, Burlingame CA; www.szyk.org. [5] “Argentina – condemned by anti-Axis elements at home and abroad.” Press photograph in private collection, J. Wilson.

Uh-Oh!

How seriously “Nazi” was Argentina at this time? Take a look at The editor this press photograph [5] dated March 16, 1942, carrying the comment: “Argentina . . . Army and Navy forces are being strengthened as is running out fast as possible, and here a crack infantry unit is shown on parade.” of articles! Parading in Buenos Aires, the photograph could equally be of Paris, or Warsaw (or Washington?). Was Argentina Nazi? What do you think? The Airpost Journal “Finished Copy” folder is running low and as I put the July issue together, I find I don’t have enough to fill Conclusions another month. Pan American Airways was unaware, or deliberately obstruc - Articles don’t have to be long and they don’t have to be per - fectly written. Just send me a page or two about a favorite or interest - tive, of the need for mail interception and examination on the “LATI sub - ing cover, flight or piece of ephemera and I’ll take it from there. stitute” flights between South America and Lisbon. The Germans and Deadlines and procedures information can be found on Page their allies in Argentina soon knew of this free passage and used it to the 296 of this issue. fullest. The British censor team at Bathurst, Gambia, was effectively PAGE 288 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 289 Appendix A First Flight Cover by LOT: (It’s Not Quite What it Seems!)

Richard Saundry

Beginning September 1922, the French airline CFRNA ( Compag - nie Franco-Romaine de Navigation Aerienne ) opened a regular scheduled airmail service linking France with and onwards to Istanbul, Turkey. By 1925 CFRNA had morphed into CIDNA ( Compagnie Interna - tionale de Navigation Aerienne ) which in 1933 was merged into the newly formed French national carrier, . In January 1925, CIDNA opened a second, or “spur” route, between Prague and Warsaw. Prague was already an important interme - diary stop on CIDNA’s route between France and Romania. Thus, it was possible, beginning as early as 1925, to fly from to Warsaw via CIDNA. It is a moot point, however, whether or not airmail was flown the whole way between Bucharest and Warsaw from 1925, since permis - sion to carry mail depended upon securing necessary governmental con - tracts. It is likely because, from the very beginning of Romanian sched - uled international airmail service, when CFRNA opened service from Romania in September 1922, Poland was included as one of only 10 des - tinations for which air surcharge rates were advertised by the Romanian Post Office (1). It would seem logical that after 1925, when CIDNA opened its Prague-to-Warsaw route, Romanian airmail addressed to Poland would as a matter of course be flown the whole way by that air - line. Until June 1930 CIDNA held a monopolistic hold on the carriage of all Romanian international airmail. This situation was about to change. For the first time CIDNA’s monopoly was to be challenged when another airline opened airmail ser - vice to Romania. The burgeoning Polish airline LOT ( Polskie Linje Lotnnicza ) wished to expand beyond the borders of Poland. Subsequent to arrangements arrived at following the First World War, Poland in the inter-war years was not on very good terms with its neighbors to either the west (Germany) or the east (the Soviet Union). It was unlikely that LOT would be able to negotiate permission to fly over, let alone land, in either of these countries. The only way LOT could expand service inter - nationally was northwards to the Baltic states and southwards towards Romania. PAGE 290 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 291 During May 1930, permission was granted by the Romanian ure 1a is one of the 128 first flight covers from Lwow franked 20 Gr. authorities for LOT to open an airmail route Warsaw-Lwow-Cernauti- (which I infer was computed as 10 Gr. per 50g. printed matter rate and Galati (Galatz)-Bucharest. As Kupiec-Weglinski and Kosmala explain in 10 Gr. per 20 gm. air). a most elegant article (2), “This was an important milestone in a long- term strategy to connect Poland via the Balkan Peninsula with the Mid - dle East.” On June 1, 1930, LOT conducted a trial flight from Warsaw to Bucharest, not calling at that time at Cernauti, Romania, because the landing field there was temporarily out of commission. Kupiec-Weglins - ki and Kosmala tell us that on this trial flight 25 covers were sent from Warsaw to Bucharest. I have not been fortunate enough to have encoun - tered one of these covers but Kupiec-Weglinski and Kosmala provide an Figure 1b illustration of one on page 361 of their recent article. The first regular scheduled service flight Warsaw-Lwow-Galati- Interestingly, upon arrival in Bucharest the cover was post - Bucharest by LOT took place the following day, June 2, 1930, when it is marked using a canceling machine at 20.00hrs, June 3 (Figure 1b). The recorded Warsaw and Lwow each dispatched 78 covers to Galati, with date was subsequently amended by manuscript from June 3 to June 2. I Warsaw and Lwow dispatching 132 and 128 covers, respectively, to have no idea if this alteration was done by postal officials in Bucharest or Bucharest. The Polish first flight covers were marked with triangular first by a collector. I do believe the correct time of arrival should have been flight cachets, applied using violet ink in Warsaw and red in Lwow. Fig - shown as 20.00hrs, June 2, since the Warsaw-to-Bucharest route was scheduled to be flown within a single day. Marinescu (3) tells us that the three-times-per-week LOT service operated during the summer of 1930 was scheduled to depart Warsaw at 08.30 hours and arrive in Bucharest at 17.50 hours the same day, with reverse flights departing Bucharest at 07.00 and arriving Warsaw at 16.20 hours. Without information to the contrary, it appears the Bucharest Post Office made an unfortunate error in the postmark. The number of first flight covers flown Bucharest-to-Warsaw by LOT is not known. I recently acquired one putative first flight cover with the postage stamps canceled in Bucharest on June 1, 1930, and back - stamped in Warsaw 17.00 hours June 3 (Figures 2a and 2b). That this was intended to be sent as a first flight cover is attested by the sender’s endorsement at bottom left corner “Cu primul zbor Bucuresti Varsovie” (By first flight Bucharest to Warsaw). For good measure the back of the envelope was also struck with the same large triangular first flight cachet (in violet as specified for use in Warsaw) with the date amended to read “3 VI 1930.” At first glance this would seem to be a bona fide first flight cover since the time in the Warsaw date stamp (17.00 hrs) accords with that expected for the sched - uled arrival of the LOT aircraft (16.20 hrs.). I naively assumed that an Figure 1a aspiring collector of the time had posted his cover in Bucharest sometime PAGE 292 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 293 Incidentally, the postage of 12 Lei is correct: 2 Lei per 50g print - ed matter plus 10 Lei per 20g air surcharge rate to Poland, effective June 1, 1930, to February 28, 1934(1). There were a lot of “cheap skate” collec - tors around in the inter-war years who saved on postage by sending their precious covers as items of printed matter. But there is a major problem with this LOT first flight cover. You will note that on the front of the envelope is a clear strike of the Prague airmail date stamp “PRAHA-LETISTE / 2-VI 30 -16 / C.S.P.” The cover transited Prague at 4 p.m. on June 2. This was not possible if the cover was flown by the first return regular service flight by LOT over the advertised route Bucharest-Galati-Lwow-Warsaw on June 3. For some reason the cover traveled the route Bucharest-Prague-Warsaw. So how do we explain the unexpected evidence of transit through Prague? It is possible the postal officials in Bucharest made an unfortunate mistake. When the cover was posted on June 1, it may have been added to other mail destined for airmail service to Warsaw normal - ly flown by CIDNA. It was then flown by CIDNA the next day and offloaded at Prague to connect with a flight to Warsaw. If so, why was the cover backstamped with the LOT commemorative first flight cachet? Figure 2a The second possibility is that the LOT first flight of June 3 did not travel the advertised route, but went instead via Prague. If this was during the day before the the case, why was the cover date-stamped in Prague, as it would not arrival of the first regular have been necessary to take the cover from the LOT aircraft to be han - flight, in plenty of time to dled by Czech postal officials? And what about first flight covers that have it carried over the might have been posted from Galati? This scenario is preposterous. advertised route Bucharest- I suggest there is a third possibility to explain the Prague transit Galati-Lwow-Warsaw- mark. Active collectors in Romania would have been made aware of the (Danzig) on the first return impending trial flight by LOT Warsaw-Bucharest on June 1. It is possible, regular flight which we nay quite likely, the sender of the cover intended the cover to be flown believe was June 3. The the return of the trial flight. And that was how it went, but for some “BUCURESTI – AVION” unknown reason the Bucharest-to-Warsaw return trial flight did not cancellation for June 1, 1930 retrace the inbound route, but went via Prague. Again, this is possible (Marinescu type PA-A.1, the but not very plausible. If a LOT aircraft was in Prague at 4 p.m., there first type Romanian air mail was still plenty of time for it to resume its journey to Warsaw the same date stamp) is observed to evening. If that’s the case, why the June 3 first flight cachet? have been used in the period So we reach an impasse. All three scenarios are theoretically pos - Figure 2b October 10, 1924, to June 2, sible, all highly implausible and not one of these can be used to satisfac - 1930. There is no provision in this date stamp for the hour of use. We torily reconcile the Bucharest date of posting, the Warsaw date of arrival have no idea, therefore, when the cover was canceled in the Bucharest and the Prague transit postmark. Head Post Office on June 1. There is, of course, a fourth possibility: this is a bogus cover PAGE 294 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 295 designed to satisfy the needs of collectors of the time and modern day collectors such as myself. I would be highly grateful for other collectors’ interpretations of this mystifying cover, in particular those who are bet - American Air Mail Society ter versed in Polish airmail matters than I am. 2016 Major Awards References (1) Marinescu, Calin. Tarifele, Taxele si Gratuitatile Postale in Romania 1841 Aerophilatelic Hall of Fame – 2008 Vol. 2, page 133. Pub. by Editura Medro, Bucharest, 2008. ISBN: To honor men and women who have contributed significantly to 978-973-8487-30-7. the accumulation of aerophilatelic knowledge, to interest and participa - (2) Kupiec-Weglinski, J.W. and Kosmala, J. “Development of Airmail Ser - tion in aerophilately, or rendered outstanding service to national or vices in Poland 1929-1939. Part 1: LOT Polish Airlines Domestic and international organized aerophilately. The names of those honored are International Routes” Airpost Journal, Vol. 83, No .9 (Whole No. 987) inscribed on the Aerophilatelic Hall of Fame plaque at the headquarters September 2012, pp. 357-367. of the American Philatelic Society in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Posta Aeriana in Romania 1916-1993 (3) Marinescu, Calin, pub. Rodan 2016 Peter Lister United Kingdom Impex Co. S.R.L. Bucharest, 1994. Robert Wilcsek United States

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PAGE 298 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 299 Silver-Bronze Hugh Delaney Aerophilately Fun and History: Ways to Collect Air- World Stamp Show – New York 2016 mail Stamps and Covers New York City, New York May 28 – June 4, 2016 Exhibits and Awards One-Frame Silver-Bronze Chris Edwards Imperial Airways Africa Route, London – Capetown ~ Multi-Frame Exhibits - Class 5: Aerophilately ~ 1925-1932 Large Gold Jorge E. Moscatelli (Argentina) 95 Argentina Airmail Services 1912- 1939 Philatelic Show 2016 Fredrik Ydell (Sweden) 95 Airmail within/from/to Nordic Boxborough, Massachusetts May 6 - 8, 2016 Countries 1809-1924 Gold Jerzy Kupiac-Weglinski (US) 95 Airmail in the Polish Territories 1914- Murray Abramson Expansion of U.S. Airmail to Foreign Destinations 1939 Also: William Turner Airmail Award Patrick A. Walters (US) 95 U.S. Governmental Flights 1918-1927 A. C. Roessler 1923-1943 for Airship, Blimp August E. Kalohn III Gold and Zeppelin Ferdinando Giudici (Italy) 93 Mail by Ballon-Montes Out of Paris Sammy Chiu Hong Kong Wartime Airmail, September 1939 – 1870—1871 December 1941 Allen D. Jones (US) 91 Establishing U.S. Transcontinental Airmail Silver Lucien Toutounji (US) 91 Lebanon Airmail 1919-1950 Mike Drabik Golden Anniversary Airmail Stamps of U.S. Canal Lin Mao-Hsin (Taipei) 90 Netherlands East Indies Airmail 1920- Zone 1942 Claus Petry (Germany) 90 Air Feldpost Admission Stamp of Ger- many WESTPEX Anna Lee (Hong Kong) 90 Hong Kong Airmails San Francisco, California April 29 – May 1, 2016 Dmytro Frenkel (Ukraine) 90 International Airmail in Russia – Vermeil USSR 1870-1941 Sammy Chiu Hong Kong Wartime Airmail, September 1939- Ahmad Bin Eisa Al Serkal 90 of Airmail from Iraq December 1941 (UAE) 1919-1945 Also: AAMS Medal Large Vermeil Silver Ratomir Zivkovic (Serbia) 88 Development of International Airmail Michael Drabik Golden Anniversary Air Mail Stamps of U.S. Canal in Yugoslavia 1923-1941 Zone Roger Muller (Switzerland) 87 Swiss Airmail John Allen (US) 87 Momotombos: First Nicaragua Air- mail Definitives Have a question, concern or comment? Jean-Daniel Ayache (France) 86 Airmail to and from New Caledonia 1929-1949 Write a Letter to the Editor! Domingo A. del Fabbro 85 Argentina Airmail Issues 1928-1936 (Argentina) PAGE 300 AIRPOST JOURNAL JULY 2016 PAGE 301 Brian Callan (Ireland) 85 Graf Zeppelin LZ-127: Postal Globe- Vermeil trotter Brian Gruzd (South Africa) 83 Israel First Airmails 1950 Yehoshua Eliashiv (Israel) 85 Postal History of Latvian Airmail 1921-1940 ~ Single Frame Exhibits - Class 12A: Traditional ~ Henry Pillage (UK) 85 French Influence on Airmail Develop- Cheryl Ganz (US) 94 U. S. 50 Cent Zeppelin Issue – ment in South America A Study in Design James O’Bannon (US) 85 U. S. Aerial Mail 1910-1924 Also: Best in Class, Special Prize (Treatment) Eckhard Foerster (Switzerland) 85 Hindenburg Mail ~ Single Frame Exhibits - Class 12C: Postal Stationery ~ Vermeil Jassim K. Behzad (Bahrain) 69 Aerogramme in Bahrain Postal Barbara Levine (Israel) 83 Haiti Airmail Development Through History 1948 Gabriel Martinez (Uruguay) 83 Uruguay Airmail Until 1930 ~ Single Frame Exhibits - Class 12D: Aerophilately ~ Ladislav Fekete (Slovakia) 82 Austrian Imperial and Royal Aviation Pablo Sauma (Costa Rica) 92 “1944” Overprint on 1934 One Colon in World War I Official Peter Huethmair (Austria) 81 Austrian Civil Airmail to America in Also: Special Prize (Knowledge) the First Republic Raymond Simrak (Canada) 92 Canadian Pioneer Airmails 1918-1922 Boncho Bonev (Bulgaria) 80 Bulgaria Airmail Abroad 1928-1945 Carlos Vergara (US) 86 Three Months in ‘31 ~ Multi-Frame Exhibits - Class 6: Astrophilately ~ Amr Laithy (Egypt) 85 Graf Zeppelin LZ-127 Egypt Flight, Gold April 1931 Walter Hopferwieser (Austria) 92 From to Space Mail Dzhanguli Gvilava (Russia) 83 Airmail of the Caucasus 1922-1939 Large Vermeil Bob Watson (New Zealand) 82 Airmail from New Zealand to U.S. David S. Ball (US) 87 American in Space: Mercury, Gemini, 1930-1953 Apollo Early Period of Space Exploration to Lin Da’An (China) 87 ~ Youth Exhibits - Class 10A (age 10-15) ~ Space Mail Large Vermeil Jaromir Matejka (Austria) 85 First Space Rocket and Its Heirs in Mayong Kalua (Indonesia) 87 Netherlands Indies Airmail 1927-1942 East and West Also: Special Prize Wang Rouwei (China) 85 Shenzhou Spaceship and Space Enve- lope ~ Youth Exhibits - Class 10B (age 16-18) ~ Vermeil Vermeil Xavier Espy (France) 84 Space from Observation to Conquest Alexander Matejka (Austria) 83 Spacemail Achille Hamelin (France) 80 French Airmail Stamps 1984-1997 Sandra Matejka (Austria) 82 From Science Fiction to Science Fact

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