DECEMBER 1932 TEN CENTS THE AIRPOST JOURNAL ...... � � NEAR EAST � AIR MAlL STAMPS
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List No. 6 (All items mint except as noted)
ALAOUITES, 1925, 201-04, 2p/ 40c-10p, 2fr, 4 values ....$ 1.10 1925, 205-08, 2-10pi., 4 values .27 1926. 209-12, 2-10pi., 4 values .:u 1928, 21:1-16, 2-10pi., 4 values 12.00 1929-30 217-21, Op50-25pi., 5 values .55 LATAKIA, 1931, 301-10, Op50-100pi., 10 values .... 2.10
LEBANON, 1924, 201-04, 2p/ 40c-10p/2fr, 4 values .... 1.20 1924. 205-08, 2p/40c-10p/2fr, 4 values .... .57 1925, 209-12, 2-10pi., 4 values .27 1926, 213-16, 2-10pi., 4 values �27 U!:l7, 217-20, 2-10pi., 4 values -27 1928, 221-24, 2-10pi., 4 values .60 1928, 225-28, 2-10pi., 4 valueR .24 1928, 229-32, 2-10pi., 4 values 24.00 1929-30 233-38, Op50-25pi., 6 values 4.80 1930-31 .oil9-48, Op50-100pi., 10 values 2.10 1926, f•13-16, 2+1pi-10+5pi, 4 values .3-l SYRIA, 1920, 301-03 (ON COVER),1p/5c-10p/40c, 3 values 4.55 1921, 304-06 (ON COVER), 1p/20c-10p/2fr, 3 values 6.60 1921, 30'7-09 (ON COVER)I, 1p/20c-:LOp/2fr, 3 values .... 1.80 1922, 310-13 (ON COVER), 2p/40c-10p/2fr. 4 values 1.25 1923, 314-17, 2p/ 40c-10p/2fr, 4 values 6.00 1924, 318-21, 2p/ 40c-10p/2fr, 4 values .55 1924, 322-2E•, 2p/ 40c-10p/2fr, 4 values .i)�')_, 1925, 326-29, 2-10pi., 4 value�s .27 1926, 330-33, 2-1Opi., 4 values .27 1929-30 334-37,45 0p50-25pi., 5 values .55 1929, 338-44, Or;50-25pi., 7 values .90 1931, 346-55, 0p50-100pi., 10 values 210 1926, 413-16, 2+1p-10+5P, 4 values .3--l
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!fi FREDERICK P. PROESSEL
51 EAST WOODALE ROAD, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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• "The b irdm*'>n sat out in front with nothin�r to bang onto by MARY MARGARET SANDT but a steering wheel"
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EDITOR'S NOTE: We are proud and the planes then had propellers of the fact that we are able t uilt behind. That is why they were to publish this biography of cailed pushers. These old · style the "Boy Wonder" which has planes had almost nothing to them. been written especially for the Why, there was no cockpit, even. Airpost Journal by Miss Mary The aviators or "birdmen" sat out Margaret Sandt, a niece of the in front with nothing to hang onto Pioneer Aviator. This inter but a steering w.heel. esting article was secured by Brave men, they_ were, too. Frank A. Costanzo. Cracking up nearly every flight! The planes were rebuilt a trifle different • ly each time so aviation progressed 1\ faster than other means of traveL NOW what a pusher type air Those first fliers gave their lives plane is? No? Well, neither did that we may enjoy the ·safety and I until recently when I looked up comfort of modern airplane!!. my Uncle's flying record. You see, Martyrs? Not at alL They had a he learned to fly away back in 1911, good time ·playing the game. Every-
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thing was new and dangerous. They I have heard from people outside had the adoration of a thrilling his family say that he was a mechan public-mostly women. And how ical genius. Because of this talent those women fusesd and .fluttered! it took him only two weeks of Fluttering and 'adoring women did ground flying to give him the confi not �nnoy my Uncle, Earl Sandt. dence to solo. Two weeks seem so The more they fluttered the better he little, don't them? "Doc" Weilman, liked it. Oh yes, aviation was fun! his instructor, came to Erie with him for his first trip alone. The plane My uncle lived with us in Erie, was packed in three specially con but I was too small to remember :;:tructed boxes; one for the engine, much he did. All I shall write one for the wings, and the last for comes from reminiscences of his the engine section or body. Weil family and the newspapers. Avi man advised Sandt not to fly that ators in those days were so few day before Thanksgiving because of that a great amount of space on the the weather, but he thought he front pages was devoted to their knew best. He was the baby of the flights. family and extremely catered to. Erie had seen few flights before His arrogance and self confiden'!e my Uncle brought his plane there. were unusually pronounced. But in Lincoln Beachy and one or two spite of these traits he was extraor others were the only flyers. Uncle dinarily magnetic and he had many Earl promised to make his first friends. His was that happy tem flight the day before Thanksgiving. perament which could make the 1911. He made it at the lake front scolder feel in the wrong. His but for only forty or fifty feet in genius for sliding through scrapes the air. The plane sank as it hit was remarkable. an air pocket and one of the wings After the first unfortunate crash Paught in some telephone wires. the plane was repaired, and Sandt That was Sandt's first crack-up and made a successful · flight several his first solo. He had gone to the weeks later. Sunday afternoon<;, CU/rtiss fact'ory at Hammondsport, when the weather was calm he put against his parents' consent, and on "exhibitions" for the big crowds bought a biplane for $5,000. Grand that gathered at the lake front. mother told men that months before These exhibitions lasted ten or fif he begged and teased for a ship, teen minutes (if he were lucky) but she and Grandfather were too :md left the spectators limp with the afraid to let him have one. He loved bravery of it all. A few darino, working with machinery, and when souls asked for rides, but I find he was a young boy tried to devalop Sandt never took many of them up. motors to run their fastest. His The next summer, when his Aero motor cycle and motor car were the Exhibition Company was organized speediest in town. And how he it became a sure-fire publicity "gaff" thrilled at "opening her up" and to advertise that on-lookers could tearing along at 25 miles an houri ruy rides. But, always at the last Several years later when he predict moment, something would "happen" to the ship, and the would�be pass ed that some day planes would fly engers were informed that they 1E•O miles an hour, even his best could not go. friends laughed at him. They In Ferruary. the Erie Weather laughed still harded when he told Bureau asked Sandt to fly across the them it would be only a short time lake to see if it were frozen all the until a trip from Erie to Detroit way. On the afternoon of the 20th and back in a day could be made. he took off for Port Rowan, Canada. A brace broke just as he got to the • lighthouse at Long Point, so he landed there. The keeper had The final instalment of this inter never seen a plane before and at esting pioneer story will be pub first was afraid to come out. He lished in our next (Januar'Y) thought it was a bird. He was hos- issue. (Continued on Page 19) Airs oF the Month
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IJO LIVIA'S • national set has finally come to hand after being All d_nta on New Issues of Air Mail chronicled some ··six months ;:tgo. Stamps sh and original- Italy's monthly emis- · ·East Cleveland.. Ohio. sion celebrates the tenth anniversary • of Fascism. And the specter of speculation and privat�:J manipulation COLUMBIAN REPUBLIC hovers over Lithuania's latest. Certain remainders of the "Correo BOLIVIA Aereo" overprint on the SCADTA issue were burned before govern An excellent adaption of Inca sym men:{ offidaJs. Numbers destroyed bols in the form of a modern aero are as follows: 10c claret, 5,000; nautical design comprises the insig 20c rose 70,000; 30c blue 20,000; nia used on a set of seven value:; for 40c violet 5,000; 1 peso light blue national air lines, The ·design, 3,000; 2 peso red 500; and 5 peao common to all values, contains the light. olive .E•OO. Early indications words, "Correo Aereo" in the upper that this set would surely appreciate frame and the denomination at the in: value seem to be coming true. base. "Bolivia" also appears there GUATEMALA en. The form is a horizontal ob long. The stamps are locally litho The three centavos stamp of the graphed. Perhaps a repetition of Interior set issued last summer has the denomination, color, and num reappeared bearing a surcharge · in bers printed wo-uld not be . out of red in place of the original violet. order at this time. They are 5c lRELAND ultramarine, 100,000; 10c grey, 150,000; ·15c red, 150,000; 25c Again reports coming from the orange, 150,000; 30c green 250,000; land of. Erin prophesy· an issue of 50c violet 100,000; and 1B brown, air mail stamps. The establishment 100,000. of a service from Galway to Berlin on the ·22nd- of October last is ·.the OHILE· reason for this rumor- Personal The "Correo Aereo" overprint has observation however, leans toward appea"red in blaek instead_ of -bronze the idea that there will be no blue on the one peso grf:)en and stamps, Postal authorities seem · · black stamp. - · ·· rather-· conservative and tend to fol- 5 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL low the mother country in matters lUEXICO of postal emissions. The 25c brown and red flying e.agle stamp has been reissued as a ITAI,Y forty centavos denomination. A Surprisingly conservative this large "40" with "Quarent" cents." time, two stamps only were issued ihru it appears in .black in the form for the air service as part of a series of a surcharge. The style is simi celebrating the tenth anniversary of Jar to the recent provisionals. Fir;;t the Fascist power. Stamps are 51)c days covers are dated October 27, brown and 75c red brown. Both 1932. 'l'he 15c carmine is known are striking in design content. That perforated as well as rouletted with of the 50c presents an eagle on a the "Servico Official" overprint. It column all in stone, with planes is claimed there are only 240 of the flying above. The 7 5c presents an perforated variety. Six hundred airman's view of a group of church copies of. the 3 Oc provisional are buildings and the shadows of thre>J known perforate. planes are plainly seen in the open ya•rd between the edifi:ces. Both NEWFOUNDI,AND Rtamps are inscribed "X Annuale Futher news comes in supplement Italia Posta Aerea" at the top and to our notes last month on the vVay rear different inscriptions at ·the zata stamp. Unbiased infoTmation base. The frame on the right and obtained by a member of the A.A.lVL left is composed of leaning fasces S. sheds considerable light on the and produces the effect of a parallel iRSUe. ogram. The artist is C. Mezzana. First day cover collectors will be in The "1-told-you-so boys" will be terested in knowing that these ap interested to know that Wayzata's peared October 27, 1932. are being offered at one-quarter of face value. Some of the stamps ITAJ,IAN COLONIES were put up as collateral and aro. being liquidated by the holders for The Garitaldi special delivery what they will b'ring. stamps were issued in new colors on October 7, 193 2 and are the same Aerial World Tours used some of in design as the regular issue but the issue as collateral for loans. It have the top inscription changed to is understood that the American "Colone ltaliane" Colors are: 2.25L Legion sold a numher of the stamps. plus 1L purple and dark green and between 5 and 600. The Legion 4.50L plus 1.50L brown and green. kept a record of all purchasers. Af teT the recall of the Nefoundland LITHUANIA government, the Legion wrote all of the purchasers, offering to make re Mrs. J. Avery Wells. "Foreign funds up to October 31, 1932. To New Issues" editor of Mekeel's date about 25% of the purchasers, Weekly Stamp News, fully describes mostly non-collectors, have received a set of eight values which were to their rebate. The Legion has done be put on sale on the 23 of October this voluntarily and they surely �re and be on sale for one week. It seems that stamps of the current is to be commended for their excellent sue must be used ori mail in addi step in trying to do the right thing. tion to this series. Also the set Na will be sold at 20% under face to a Officials of the Northwestern group of New York purchasers after tional Bank were very cautious in the last day of use. The designs of telling what tltey did about ·the deal this entirely unnecessary issue de of the stamps. It is rumored that pict scenes from early Luthuanian the remaining 375,000 stamp�:> were history. Pending further develop ments we will refrain from listing sent to the Newfoundland govern this issue. It has the appearance ment at their request. The bank of another Rainis series. will neither affirm nor deny this. The 10c brown and buff stamp They say that while their part of chronicled last July has been located in pairs imperforate between but the thing is in good faith, they do perf. all around. not care to make any statements. 6 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL NICARAGUA SALVADOR Fifteen values instead of 14 as Source of information seems to be mentioned in last month's Bulletin at odds in regards to the description comprise the Interior air mail series of the recent commemoratives P..s just issued. The additional value compared to the real issue. Instead is the 8c, without the word "Vale" of the stamp described last nionth in the surchage. Whether this is an we have one with the same inscrip error or a distinct variety remains tions but totally different in regards to be seen. to the design. It is vertical in for mat and shows a winged medalion PHILIPPINE ISLANDS �>howing Father Jose ·Matias Del Last month's surmise was correct gado. The dates 1832 and 1932 are an:d Von Gronau and not the DO-X to the right and left of the face. The was honored with a special set. Tha value appears in small square at the current pictorials were surcharged base in another color than the in deep green ink with an outline of stamp itself. The 15c red has its the Dornier ship of Von Gronau and value shown in violet, the 20c gre;m .the words, "Round-the-World-Flight in blue, the 25c violet in red and Von Gronau 1932" The set was put the 40c blue in green. on sale September 27, 1932. Num U. s. S. R. bers printed are 2c green 100,000; The H• kopecks grey-black stamp 4c red 80,000; 12c orange 55,000; of the atrship construction set has 18c red orange 30,000; 20c yellow been reissued engraved as an air 30,000; 24c violet 30,000; and 32c mail express stamp. ihrown · 30,000. Oiher reports are This month's cooperators include: at variance with these figures. 8. H. Falkoff, "Stamps", Donald E. Some state that there are but 20,- Dickason, "Stamp Collecting", "Me 000 sets, others 35,000 and still keel's Weekly Stamp News", Ernesto others 235,!100. Hammer and C. Beltran. •UIIIIIIIIIIIUIIII11111111�111111111UIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIflllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllltiiiiiiiiii11UIIIIIIIIIIIIfllllllllllll111111tii�II.J SCOTT'S Standard Catalogue of Air Post Stamps 1 9 3 3 • SPECIALIZED EDITION NOW READY ln addition to the re�:tular listinJt of Air Post Stamps as contained in pr�vious :\�ars, thA 1933 SPECIAI;IZED Edition of the Air Post ' Catalogue lists ALL KNOWN VARIETIES of �v�rv e:overnm�nt issued Air Post Stamp, Jtives prices for unused, used, bloeks of four, on cover and all statistie.al information avail able at time of JtOinJt to pr�SS. POCKET SIZE, Bound in Cloth ...... $1.00 Postage extra. Sh�pping weight 1 lb. Scott Stamp & Coin Co. 1 West 47th Street - :- New York City · . u111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111Uttllllllll�llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltiiii11UIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIII 7 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL - by L. B. Gatchell . ��"\� All F.A.M. news should be sent dir<·ct to th<> <'ditor of this page, 35 Chatfield Rd .• Bronxville, N.Y . • . addition there were dispatches from Port au Prince, Santo Domingo, and Macoris to Jamaica and from .Ja maica to these points and St. Thom c.s, U.S.V.I. August 5th San Juan-Caripito. No cachet, San Juan handstamp, purple receipt mark of Caripito, seal of Venezuela applied on face, handstamp date of 9 AGO 1932-21 letters. St. Thom • as-Caripto. As above, machine PRE-P. A. A. FLIGHTS cancellation of St. Thomas to twenty letters. August 8th U NDER the • above heading a San Juan-Kingston. No cachet; discussion as to the proper catalug San Juan handstamp, backstamped classification of these interesting machine cancellation, August 8, covers was presented last month. 7:30 P.M.-29 ounces. Mr. Arthur W. Barrus, Editor of the Port au Prince-Kingston; blue FAM section of the forthcoming cachet, plane over water, inscribed Berkshire Catalog, takes serious is "PREMIER VOL-PORT AU PRINCE sue with the suggestions made there. -KINGSTON-Direct" in four lines at in. A wealth of material for this top; "Pan American Airways Sys issue makes it impracticable to con tem" in two lines at bottom. Back tinue the discussion at this time but stamped as above-5 tbs., 1 oz. provision for so doing in later issues Santo Domingo-Kingston; red ca will be gadly made. In the mean chet, plane within five pointed star, time the Editor of this column will inscribed "Correo Aereo-Primer Vu be glad to receive additional com' elo-Santo Domingo-Kingston-AGO S, ments from other F AM collecto1·s 1932" Backstamped as above- concerning the classification of the 2 6 lh ounces. covers in question. See November Macoris-Kingston - not seen- issue to: refresh your mind on the two ounces. matter. A careful reading is re Jamaica-South-Purple cachet, in a quested as it appears that Mr. Bar <:quare box inscribed "Air Mail-First rus himself has confused the Cuban Flight-Jamaica - Haiti - Dominicana. Curtiss Company flights to which we Porto Rico, August 8, 1932." referred with the West Indian Aer ial Express flights which were not Special Flight - American Clip}H'l' under discussion and of course have This giant flagship of the Pall nothing in common with or no con American System made a special nection to the suggestions made. flight from San Juan on October 15. Covers handstamped Oct. 14, 7:30 F. A. M. 6 P. M., and bear oblong cachet in Through the courtesy of George S. purple inscribed, "FIRST FLIGH'r Chapman, George P. Collier,. Jaime SAN JUAN-MIAMI-Via MACORIS· Gonzales and others we are able to PORT AU PRINCE-NUEVITAS - BY describe the covers flown on the re AMERICAN CLIPPER - OCTOBER cent direct flights San Juan to 1 5, 193 2" It is believed ·this cachet Jamaica and San Juan to Caripito, was applied by the Pan American Venezuela, the former on August Airways and that it was not official 8th and the latter August 5th. In ly applied in the Post Office. 8 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL ...... SPR,INGFIELD ORGANIZES AN AIR MAIL CLUB • ...... "E ...... : The newly organized Lindbergh l Airmail society of Springfield, Ill., was very fortunate to secure as their guest speaker Thursday, De I C. HA. M.A Covers V cember 1, a man who has had much experience in exploration flights. F. A. M. Covers This man, Mr. A. L. Loud, is a resi dent of Springfield, having been a member of a crew of four who at Gov't 1st Flights tempted a flight from Spitzenbergen to the North Pole. The flight hav Foreign 1st Flights ing started on August 27, 1909 and was known as the Wellman Polar Official Air Stamps • Expedition. He next was a member of a crew of six which it is the writ (Mint, blocks, errors, used) er's opinion was the first attempt to span the Atlantic by air. The Air Stamps on 1st Day ship was of the dirigible type known as the "America." Leaving the Covers United States on October 15, 1910, they flew 1,000 miles at sea before reing forced down. Luckily they Semi-Official Air Stamps were rescued by an ocean steamer. Slides of the attempts were shown Paris Balloon Covers, 1870 by the explorer to illustrate his talk. William Conkling ,retired post Pigeon Posts, 1898 master, has been honored with the election of honorary president of Mounted Collections the newly formed Lindbergh Airmail Society of this city. The Society Pioneers was organized to aid hobbyists in collectin� llirmail covers. Mr. Conk ling is a. friend of Col. Charles A. Zeppelins Lindbergh, an acquaintance he formed Parly in the career of the Pilot Autographed Covers famous flyer. when the latter was flying through Sorine-field on the St. Rate Change Covers Louis-Chicago airmail route. Springfield is known as the "Home Early Dedications of the Airmail" through the activi ties of Mr. Conkline;. He is widely known throughout the nation among I HAVEN•T airmail collectors. Other officers are W. A. Steiger, Any Price Lists president; J. D. Lockie, vice presi dent, ann King Hostick Secy. and Any Overhead Expense Treas. Charter members of the So ··Thus my Prices are Low ciety arA Lewis Sweet, James Arm Send me ;rour want list for my Rtrong, Orville Swett, T. A. Gessner, Rollin Kine:. Aubrev Cribb, Dr. R. quotations-or tell me just what P. Booth. Rorert Booth. Judge Ben you would like to have sent on jamin S. DeBoice and thA officerR. approval (include a reliable ref -Rollin King erence. New Check List. Francis J. Field, Ltd., of H. YORK •Hutton Coldfield, England, announces the publication of a new check list of the Cummington. Mass. •'Air Mails of British Africa". The !book (Airmail Specialist since 1922) let is fully illustrated and may be ob IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIUJIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII tained for \'iO cents. IIIIIIIIIIII •t• 9 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL THE SCOTT'S STANDARD CATALOGUE AIRPOST JOURNAL OF AIR POST STAMPS REVIEWED Published Monthly at Albion, Pa., • U. s: A., by the The Fourth Edition of Scott's AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCmTY Specialized Catalog of official air EDITORIAL OFFICES: Conneaut, 0. mail stamps edited by Edson J. Fi field has just been published by the Addt·ess Communications to "The Scott Stamp and Coin Company. Air{Jost Journal" Albion, Pennsyl This handy pocket-sized catalog vania or Tyler Bldg., Conneaut, 0. contains a wealth of information concerning the air mail stamps which have been issued. Geo. D. Kingdom, Editor-in-Chief Each stamp and overprint or sur Walter J. Conrath, Business Manager charge is fully illustrated. The date of issuance and pertinent data as to ASSOCIATE EDITORS the facts causing the issuing of the Charles G. Riess ...... ; ....C . .A.M.'s stamp is given before the listing L B. Gatchell ...... F . .A.M.'s itself. The stamp is priced in un .Aiton J. Blank.....•.. A1r Mail Stamps used condition, used condition, block M. S. Petty ...... Dedications, et al. of four .and on cover. Under the F. .A. Costanzo ...... Crash Covers major listing is listed the minor w. R. Patton ...... ; ...... ; ... Canada varieties, such as errors, inverted D. E. Dickason...... Auction Review surcharges and double surcharges. Fred H.. Wilde.... Pacific Coast Notes After each maj.or listing in many of the listings, is given the number of SUBSCRIPTIONS stamps issued. United States ...... •••.•..$1.00 per year The catalogue contains two hun Canada and Fo.reign •••••, • ,$1.50 per year dred ten pages and the countries are Single Copies, lOc arranged alphabetically excepting the United States which is first in Entered as secorld-class matter, February 10, 1932, at the post office at Albion, Pa., the book. The issues of each coun under the Act of March 3, 1879. try are arranged by the year of is suance. ADV,ERTISING RATES The value or pricing of stamps in . · . . . · � a catalogue is always of foremost One inch pe r is•su':' ...... $ 1.2 (.,luarter pag·e, per I·S·sue ...... $ 3 .• v interest to every c.ollector and we ...... $ 6.1:0 Half Page, ·per issue make the few following commeitts JJ'ull Page, per issue ...... $10.00 J<'ront Inside or Back Cover Page after examining the catalogue from when available · ...... ' .. , ..... $12.00 this standpoint. The United States first airmail stamps issued in 1918 Interested advertisers may apply for at contract rate for 'space .us.ed every is.,;ue in unused condition are priced for a period of six' months. 75c; $3.00 and $1.25 for the 6c, 16r., The Airpost Journal is pu·bJished on the and 24c values respectively, whicn is 25th of each month. Adverti-sing copy an increase over the 19 3 2 pricing. must be received by the 15th of each All other issues are priced 9.t the month, 10 days before publication. same as last year. including the U.S: Zeppelins. The Bolivia, 1930 Graf • Zeppelin stamps are lowered from $1 to $2 except the 1 b which is dropved $10 and the bronze inkq "U.S.S. Akron" poster stamps have surcharges are lowered to thirtv been seen bearing the autograph of dollars per stamp in the new catalog. Charles M. "Buddy" Cowart, the 19-year-old gob who clung to the The many Honduras varieties are mooring cable when the dirigible raised and lowered· with different broke away in its attempted landing issues. The first airmail stamp in at San Diego. The sailor was car the world issued by Italy was lower ried 2500 feet into the air and pull ed 5c in unused condition anrl 5oc· ed aboard the ship while it was in in used condition. The f:tmous flight. Mexico 40c black Aviation Week 10 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL Stamp is decreased $3.50 in value. WARNING All of the Newfoundland raritie8 • catalogue the same except the Co Several dealers and collectors in lumbia which is lowered by $100 in the metropolitan district of New J:;oth used and unused condition. York have been approached by a Early Persian airmail adhesives are party offering for sale copies of the reduced considerably in the l!l3 S South Amboy pioneer flight of July listing while the Philippines 1926 4th, 1912. issue shows a substantial increase. The forgeries can be detected by Siam's 192 5 issue also shows an the stamps used; namely: various increase. The Suriname DO-X set denominations of the 1917 issue. is priced at $8.00. General obser vations are that the major regular The cachet reads: "AERO PLANE issues remain constant in pricing ROUTE NO. 900006." It is interest with the 19 32 catalogue prices; that ing to note that this cachet was used the so called rarities are raised and on covers commemorating the 20th lowered depending upon the country. anniversary of the flight on July 4, 1931, and evidently still exists. We recommend that every collec tor of airmail stamps secure this When the writer was approached new handy catalogue as it will be by the party, he was told that a invaluable to him in the intelligent representative of King George offer collecting of aerial adhesives. The ed $1,000 for the specimen. Asked price is $l.tlO and the book is at why he did not sell, the party said tractively bound. Your order can that he thought it was worth much be sent direct to the Scott Stamp more. It was this story that lead and Coin Company, 1 West 47th St., me to believe there was something New York City. wrong. Collectors are warned to be on the loo'kout ror this forgery and re FIRST BffiTHDAYOF INSURANCE port to me any additiona� informa- · ' · STAMP CLUB . tion. _:_Leo August • "PY y ¥ ••• ..-...=;a...... , •� The first anniversary of the first club of its kind to be formed by any Insurance Company in the United States was held on October 20, 1932 AIRMAILS ty The Travelers Stamp Club in the Club Rooms at Hartford, Connecti cut. COMMEMORATIVES' This meeting was the seventeenth to be held since 1 the foTming of the Semi-Postals Club on October 22, 1931 with seven teen charter members. During the past year forty-nine additional mem Pictorials l'ers have been elected to active membership, making a total enroll ment of sixty-six with thirteen re f Mint 20th Century Eignations, leaving a: net member COMPLETE SETS ship of fifty-three and nine honor a.ry members. • The following new officers were Fine st Quality elected: President, Fred Champlin, REASONABI;E PRICES Vice Pres., Richard But,ler, Secretary • Leonard Smith, Treasurer James Connors, Auction Mgr., W. Y. Davis, Ask for Our List Librarian, Redmond Vibert. The following represents the re ELLIOTT tiring officers: Pres., R. L. Smith, Vice Pres., J. E. McNeal, Secretary, STAMP SHOP s. J. Rees, Treas., F. A. Champlin, 81 Nassau Street, New York Auction Mgr., T. W. Snyder, Librar ian, A. G. Barron. 11 LINCOLN BEACHEY Plainfield Celebrates Pioneer Flight • ty LEO AUGUST hi" ition Company, August 23-24. Lincoln Bear-hey, the pilot, was later killed in California when he at tempted looping-the-loop. He had MEMORIES of a flight that retired from aviation, but desired to occuned twenty years ago were re try the new stunt by which he met J. enacted at Plainfield, N. on August his death. 23rd, when a plane piloted by Ken neth Unger, World Ware ace and In drastic contrast to the flight r:ioneer air mail pilot, flew a pouch twenty years back, was the modern of souvenir mail over the original plane, capable of carrying three route and thence to Newark Airport. passengers, used in the anniversary flight. Ball-Kirch Post 265, Amer Lincoln Beachey, an aviation pi ican Legion were the sponsors of the oneer, was the original pilot of the flight and cachet. flight back in 1912. He flew the mail, numbering 3,293 pieces, a dis Pilot Kenneth Unger took off tance of one mile from the Driving promptly at 6:3 0 P.M. the evening Park to a point near the post office, of the 23rd, carrying with him the where it was dropped. The flight souvenir mail and as passenger, ;t was officially authorized by the Post noted member of the Betsy Ross Office Department as route number Corps, Miss Nevetah Holmes. He followed the one mile course of 6(\9;004. E. H. Bird� postma.ster Lincoln Beachy and then proceeded of Plainfield, was in charge of the to Newark Airport where members sub-station located at the field. of the Newark Aero Philatelic• So ciety were on hand to welcome the The flight made twenty years ago plane. He appeared over the . field was part of a two-day exhibition at 6:45 P.M., made a beautiful held by members of the Curtiss Ex- three-point landing, and taxied up 12 . THE AIRPOST JOURNAL to the loading platform of the Amer ITHACANS EXHIBIT STAMPS ican Airways hangar. AND COVERS Several hundred aviation enthusi • as asts watched the proceedings TIH� Ithaca Philatelic Society se photographers secured pictures of cured for philately a splendid bit of the mail being unloaded by L. E. r;ublicity by sponsoring a fine ex· Mundy, Cachet director for the hibit of stamps and covers in tho American Legion, and the writer, show windows of the new First Na cachetist for the Newark Chamber tional Bank Building. Different of Commerce. phases of stamp collecting were dis A few minutes later, the mail was played in each of five large windows; taken into the field manager's officB all displays were fully labeled and where it was laid out on a desk for depicted the history of stamp·s more photographing. T.he job b'fi issued and concluded with an ex backstamping the mail with a cachet traordinary fine display of airmail supplied by the Newark Chamber of stamps and covers. The display wa<; Commerce then began. For two arranged by a committee headed by hours, the writer applied impres·>ion Professor E. L. Worthen and includ after impression until the last one ed L. E. Paterson, M. C. Avery, B. was finished. It was an enjoyable R. Whittaker and Leo Georgiou. task in record time. -Leland C. Metzgar The committee repr13senting the Newark Aero Philatelic Society was Chnrleo \\', Uon•nu1n of BriugP.ville, Pn., composed of: William S. Baunach, i' o ffering s!'n•rnl choi<"P pilot nutograph Walter B. Feeney, Leon Werniko�. Nl CA:\[ nnrl F.<\,:\[ CO\'!'rS in this iseuc of Fred Miller and Murph Wauters. the .Ton•mnl. Chairman of the Arrangement Co;n • mittee for the Bali-Kirch Post 2ti5, �ew Ll•t. Th<' Elliott Rtnmp Shop. St American Legion was David B. Lord. �assnu �StrPet, :�cw York City, Rpeciallze in sellin.g airmailH, com•mpmoratives. Hemi Thus, what was merely considered postals, J>ictorlnls and mint 20th century :-:tpmns an aviation meet back in 1912. was in !-lets. 'Phey havP rPcently puh li-R'hed n ne\\r prfcp list whiC'h iH "�ort;l haile in 1932 as one of the pioneer d the conRiderntion of t'YPry seriouR coliec mail flights in America. lfJI'. Beacltey flying Plainfie:d pioneer ail'post of 1912 13 Dedication and Unofficial Air Mail Covers Maurice S. Petty • PAST AIRPORT DEDICATIONB:- No covers mailed from Lexington, �e,vs of future and pasf; events undt>r N. C. dedication July 23-24.... 1 am this sect ion sb ould be sent direct to informed that Warren, Idaho ,did Mr. Petty, 61'1 KeHnedy St., N. lV., NOT dedicate.... HUGHESVILLE, Pa. Washington, ri. C. Sert. 5th, mentioned last issue. 11 • covers mailed and ten of them are apparently held for speculation bv COMING: n on-dPdicat'on collector .. HAMMOND Air mail covers ONLY LA., C. of C savs they think atout r re a.ccepted for events listed be 100 mailed on proper date of dedi low · and don't forget philatelic cation, Septemrer 25th. I have stamps on . your letters to those definite information on only thir handling covers. DES MOINES ded tPPn ....LA GRANDE, ORE., mailed ication has been postponed until J 22E· covers for the dedication of sr;lring.... LEBANON, PA-,1 cachet, Rankin Field on October • 9th .... very soon (may be by time this is Spring Lake, N. J. and Devils Lake, printed) for welcome home to , Gor N. D . will NOT dedicate this year .... don S. Light, maker of world record HEBER SPRINGS, ARK. dedicated at · International model airplane airport October 14. Either 50 or 61 tournament. Air cove;·rs only to rovers were nickPd uP on the 14th Henry B. Ritcher, 115 First Ave. bv rlanes of the State Air Tour anrl Future aero event cachets at Leba flown to and cancelled at Little non will i:;e supplied by Exchange Rock on the 17th. They bear a four Club and Mr. Ritcher .. will act as line rn.ultigraph cachet in purple ann cachet director ....FORT DEFIANCE, tl'>P Air Tour cachet in !:'lack on. the ARIZ., dedication expected soon anrl front and a two line stamp cachet air covers may be sent to J. G. on r:Jck.... BEAUMONT, TEX. C. of Hunter.... LEWISTON, IDAHO, dedi C. put a rlack and red sticker and cation expected soon and air covers 8 rnrple cachet of same design on may be sent to E. M. Brower.... MI 7011 air rovers for their rnunicinal Al.\:11, FLA.;·Jan --5,6;7, All- American airnort il"rlic"t.;on on Ortober 15th Air Races. C. of C. cachet and all ....BASKINfl- RIDGE. N. J. dedicatwl covers MUST re sent to R. vV. SomPrset Hills Airnort on Octo. 23. Speakman, 1873 N. W. Flagler Ter Round purple rachet by American race. Nice cachet, different color LPgion was applied to 3088 air cov daily.... FITZGERALD, GA. says ded Prs. Covers were mailed on tbe ication is long way off, but C. of C. ?.�"d but. it was Sunday and Post will hold covers.... ROSCOMMON, Office clo�ed, hence all are post MICH. expects to dedicate in spring. Jl1arkPd at 7:�0 A.M. Oct. 34th. Definite data later.... FARIBAULT, Wn�hin <;ton rPfused permission to MINN., will dedicate Jackson Me e>nPn Pnd Qffjpn for this event .... morial Airport on July 2,3,4, and SAN BERNARDINO. Calif. dedicat air covers will be handled by H. L. ed Shandin Hills Airport, Octoloer Buck, Adjut_ant Amelrican Le•gion, 25th and a four-line mimeographed but don't send yet.. ..NEW ORLEANS will dedicate Shushan Airport in cachet signed i:;y Wm. J. Angel, Mgr. February. Hope to have cover data was applied. Also the embossed next issue ....OLD IRONSIDES leaves unPolored real of the National Washington for Norfolk, Va., No Orange Show was applied .....KEN vember 28. After a few days therfl NETT, MO., dedicate Legion Air for repairs, it will proceed on a tour d taking it to the Pacific Coast. Itin port, Oct. 29-30. Diamond shaped erary not yet available ....FONTANA, cachet was applied by Legion to 100 CALIF. C. of C.. asks that 3c stamp air covers oh Oct. · 3 0; NONE mailed be sent to be added to the 5c air the 29tb ... ,CROSSETT, ARK. dedi covers being held for their dedica tion. Date still indefinite. cated Sept. 24th. Does any one have i4 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL any covers? ....ROUND MOUNTAIN, they are not particularly desirable. NEV. is reported to have dedicated In this class, falls Paris, Texas of July 4th. However, Postmaster July 30th (not previously mention says it was not a dedica�ion, simply ed in this department) (the 31st two planes from Hollywood came up are OK.) also Virginia Beach, Va. and took up a few pasensgers and of June 24th and Hughesville ,Pa., no covers were mailed .... (The Bask of September 5th ....Who can furnish ing Ridge covers were flown over the authentic data on a reported dedi field by Pilot Kenneth Dates) .... cation at Steubenville, Ohio, May 6th CLARKSDALE, MISS. defiinite in 1928, and at Philadelphia, Pa. Nov. formation received to the effect that 17, 1928? I have seen covers of dedication date of Jan. 3, 1930, as toth, but no data as to whether or given in catalog, is wrong and that not a dedication actually took place covers of that date are not dedica ifl yet available .... ! have definite in tion covers, as airport was dedicated formation on a number of dedica on October 24th, 1929. Who can tions that have taken place, but no produce a cover of this latter date? covers known. Will list them here OTHER AERO EVENT COVERS: in installments, and if any collector Little Rock, Ark, applied map cach�t bas a cover, would much like to see by C. of C. to 2093 covers on Oct. it for prospective cataloging. The 14, for Fifth Arkansas Air Tour:... first lot of them are: Stockton, Cal., PITTSBURGH, KANS. covers mailed May 7, 1927; Escanaba, Mich., Sept. Oct. 23rd without cachet for the 20, 1928; Salinas, Cal., Nov. 11, First Annual Air Races of the Amer 1928 .... Van Nuys, Cal., Dec. 16th, ican Legwn. I am told this was 1928; Lemmon, S. D. --, 1929; NOT a dedicatiop..... CINCINNATI, 0. Fort Lauderdale, Fla., May 1, 1929; Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., June ll, Oct. 25. Fo"!.lr line cachet by National · Economy League for Admiral Byrd 1929: Waynoka, Okla., June 22, s .c., visit. ...ST. JOSEPH, MO., Oct. lOth, 1929; Charleston, Aug. 10, mailed 96 covers for resumption of 1929; 'l'amworth, N. H., Sept. 18, service on A .. M. 30, previously re 1929; Holdredge, Nebr.,· Sept--, Jlorted discontinued.... CLEVELAND , 19 29; Clarksdale, Miss, Oct. 24th, Y., OHIO, Air. Mail Field Oct. 39th. 6- 1929; Perry, N. Nov. 8,9,10, line green cachet for Lithuanian Air 1929; Sebring, Fla., Jan 16-17, 1930. Meet at Mayfair Field. Those of you In response to several inquiries, who sent covers to Mr. Emsley in the Editor of this column. has no accordance>. with las't issue were in knowledge of the present status of on this ....LONG BEACH, CALIF. on the Aero News, and whether or not Oct. 30th. A good cachet was applied it has ceased publication. r·y C. of C. for the Army Aerial Demon�tration at Daugherty Field .... (;s_ed Airmails are nearly always difficult EL PASO, TEX. Oct 24th, C. of C. to obtain. J'ohn Arnosti, Box 445 Gr. used a nice cachet for the first flight Central ·S;ta., -New ·York City, ·has a fine on covers to Mexico, which I believe "tPck of · t'llese elu'sive items. had to be mailed on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. 11111111111111.1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111� MISCELLANEOUS: The La Grande RUSSIAN AIRPOST STAMPS � dedication covers mentioned above · were NOT picked u}t by mail plane 1932, "Second Polar Flight" ....Funny, some people's reaction· to unofficial covers. They do not col .E·Ok and lr, set of two ....$1.35 lect them. evidently not thinking For other Russian air post stamps them good enough. BUT, they hear kindly refer to my advertisement of a dedication and send along a few covers without letting any one else on page 7 of the September num know ahout it, and think the covers ber of "The Airpost JournaL" aer good enough to sell to collecton; at from $5 to $10 each, cash. It EUGENE KLEIN depends on whether you are buyer, 200 South 13th Street or the seller as to the value of them -,-just as in stamps. Personally, PHILADELPHIA PENN' A while such are dedication covers, IIIIIIIIIIIIIIJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIU�IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII; 15 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL by Chas. G. Riess Information concerning C.A.M.'s should be sent direct to the editor of section, 1'.0. Box 11, Albany, N. Y• • Ropids. This service will bear watching and if inaugurated will serve as a connecting link across Lake Michigfln between A.M. Routes 9 and 27. However, nothing defin ite regarding this service has been reported. The recentlv estahlished Maxwell Field Station is merely a substation of the Montgomery, Alabama post office and not an air mail field post office as some collectors are inclin • ed to believe. This substation perves thA Military Reservation at THE Maxwell Field. past month has been very quiet indeed as far as news of any Rumor has it that in view of the kind regarding new developments in increasing deficit of operating the the contract air field. is concerned. air mail service that the Post Office Official reports state that Columbia Department is seriously considering and Camden, South Carolina and the further consofidation of existing Augusta, Georgia will be added as air mail routes in order to effect stops to A.M. Route 19 on Decem furth<>r eronomies in that branch of ber 1, 1932. Whether these two the Postal Service. points will be added to A.M. 19 as .The date, "June 12th" as shown intermediate stops on the route or in the next to tbe last line of this ry means of a spur route from At column in the Novemher issue is in lanta or Charlotte, or by a leg error and shoul.d be "June 16th." route between the two latter points is not definitely· known at the time this copy is written. NEW OR-LEANS PHILATELIC There is a possibility that airmail :EXHIBITION 86rvice may be established between • Milwaukee and· Muskegon or Grand The CrescPnt City Stamp Club will IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII sponsor a Philatelic Exhibition to re T,OW PRICF.S! staged at the Hotel DeSoto on December 9, l 0_. and 11th, 1932. F.A.M. 8 Cat. Net. Three wards will be made for each lBROWNIS>VILLE•-Mex. City .75 .15 BRJOWN•SIVILLE-Tampico . . . . . 75 .15 class and there are enough classes M.EXICO CITIY-Brownsville ... 1.60 .45 to Include every type of collection. TAMPICO-Brownsville 1.50 .35 of B'ROWNSVILLE-'.rapachula ... 5.00 .. I.SU Mr. W. H. Wynne is President BROWNSVIL.LE-•Guatemala City the New Orleans, La., Philatelic 6.00 $1.00 Rroup. Anyone visiting the south BROWN•S.fVIL,LE-San Lorenw. 1.00 .40 BROWNSVIL:UE AIR MAIL FIELD land and in the vicinity of the Mardi San Lorenzo, v. scarce .. .. 1.50 .ll5 Gras City, should he sure to vis!t BRJO:WNISVILLE-Cristoba•l, rare this Exhibition which promises to 8.00 l.ll5 ·be an outstanding Philatelic event. CR,IST'OBAL-IBII"'Wnsville .. ... 2.00 .60 GUATEIMALA CI'I.'Y-.Salvador . 5.00 1.!>0 -M. Collins First l<'li!:ht Covers on approval to serious collectors. Covers and prices both are at tracth'e. Refere�ces please. CAM's. Franklin Roe of Dixon. Ill., i• <'ffering packets· of Contract Air Mail EDGAR O. CANTRELL Covers at very reasona'hle prices In this P.O. Box 1267, San Antonio, Texas issne of the J'ournal. Prices range from· IIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIJII11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 2 1/2 to 5 cents each. 16 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL P.A. M. S. FffiSTANNUAL have had to award the prizes much EXHIBITION differently. We think this is the rest policy for small clubs to follow. • If you award them on the usual The first annual Exhibition .of the American Standard, initiative and Philadelphia Airmail Club was held originality receive nothing but dis in the Grand Fraternity Building on couragement. Monday evening, October 31st at 8 We had with us a visitor in the P.M. The exhibition was competi· person of Mr. Jefferson of the Phil tive and conducted in accordance adelphia Stamp Club who gave a with the needs of a small club. Ex complimentary exhibition of airmail hibitors showed their stamps indi stamps. Mr. Jefferson is the oldest vidually and discoursed upon them collector in the Philadelphia district while doing so. Ten members com both in point of years and of collect peted for the three awards. ing. He is a collector of the old The first prize was won by Frank school, collecting generally and he Braceland, who exhibited a special prefers his stamps used. If you Olympic collection, complete, concise know anything about American and well written up, comprising Philatelic history, you will know about everything possible to obtain where that pertinent fact places the for such a collection from stamps reginning of his collecting days. to tickets of admission, numerous He is also an enthusiastic collector photographs and even special Olym of airmail stamps and once again pic playing cards together with the proved that you don't have to be provisional playing card stamp that an old fossil just because you have featured the Games. passed three score and ten. The second prize was won by Ru The judges of our exhibition were dolph Hinrichs for his excellent col Messrs. Hill, Parker and Erkes. The lection of Zeppelin stamps practical club meets on the 4th Monday ol' ly complete featuring many minor varieties, essays, etc. The judges every month in the Grand Fraternity were undecided on the awarding of Bldg., and local collectors are in the third prize and compromised by vited to attend. a.warding two third prize certificates. -George S. Hill The .first to Miss Florence Lamport who exhibited a collection of auto graphs of famous personages very tastefully mounted and including large original photographs of the USED · signers. We noted Hoover, Coo· lidge, Capt. Eckener, Rube Goldberg and a host of other celebrities. The Mexico Airpost · second went to A. J. Keefe who ex 65c hibited a small collection of early 9·01 50c Blue and Clarat .... CAM's superbly mounted. The win 901a 50c Blue, Red-Brown $3.75 27e ners will receive certificates. These 902-903-905, 50c,2E•c,25c .... certificates include our own coat of 906-911 "Carranza" set .... 75c arms designed by Messrs. Hill and 913-915 lOc to 20c perf. .... 20c Parker. 916-917-920 30c to 1 peso perf...... 35c The exhibition was judged on the 921-922 5 peso & 10 peso $4.95 following points: 1. Appearance 923-928 lOc to 50c rouletted 40c and neatness of the collection; 2. 923-934 ...... 23c Knowledge displayed by the exhibi 935-940 "Carranza" 1930-31 90c 'tor; 3. General interest aroused by 947-950 "Carranza" 1932 50c the exhibition; 4. anything could be exhibited that was collectable. TOBECK BUYIN G To give all competitors a chanre SYNDICA TE we departed from the usual Amm·i can tradition that prizes be award PATCHOGUE. N.Y. ed solely on the ground of rarity and Airpost New Issue Service cash value and gave these last two a zero rating. Otherwise we should 17 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL bE'cause air mail is "premium mail" for which an extra charge has been made for prompt, safe delivery. Official Report of Recent Air 1\ taken over with great ceremony by the German post office, and so end&cl another great airmail. There was a great "mix-up" over the mailing of letters. The pres3 was full of thD flight for weeks be fore the actual flight, cut the actual date was only announced a week be forehand. Then, the Post Office did not make up their minds about th; rate of postaga until the day befon the flight. Imagine it, all the voor fellows had sent their mails to Gal way or Dublin to hold, prepaid with 5d (which is the regular airfee for German airmails going by England, and from there by air), and then to read in the papers that the fee was Gd, and that all letters stamped less, would go by ordinary mail. FOREIGN AIR I am afraid that half of the maih rust have been under-stamped through no fault of the senders. I NEWS wired Galway and got the Postmast er to include mine, and pay excess • The total covers I got through wa.,; 19, which is not much for a big flight. However, as I say, I was � near getting none at all. XTRACT from letter from Mr. Postmark of cover is "Galway" in Charles F. Bourk, Elmville, Ferry Irish, "22x32". Green cachet in hank, Waterford, Ireland, dated 4th Irish means, "Air-Post, 22nd Octo November, 1932: ber, 1932, Galway-Berlin". Red ca Re Airmails: On 22nd ult. (Octo chet -"Mit Luftpost Befordet, Lupt ber), the first Irish-Continental air postamp, Berlin C2", was applied hv mail was flown from Dublin to Ber German Post Office; also Berlin lin. This flight. was organized by backstamp 22-10-32-18-19. Col. Charles F. Russell, head of th(� Union of FIA-POR.TUGESE EA Irish Air Force. The plane used Affi SERVICE was a giant airliner of the Royal Dutch Airlines (Holland).. The Fit•st Flight Airmail service was m flight was sponsored by the leading augurated from Durban to Lourenco Irish commercial men, firms, and the Maraues and return at about the "Irish Press," Ltd. middle of August, 1932. Durban is located in the province of Natal in A feeder plane was flown from Union of South Africa and the city Galway to Dublin in catch the air -of Lourenco Marques is in Portu liner with mails. About half a bag gese East Africa. of letters were carried from Galway, -South African Philatelist. but no statement of numbers is is sued here. NEW ZEALAND-SOUTH AFRICA The first airmail from New Ze.aland When the feeder plane arrived at to South Africa left Wellington on Baldonnel Airport (Dublin), the .Tulv lf.oth and reached Capetown, mails were loaded on board the USA, on August 21st. Letters went Dutch liner, and then carrying 19 by sea to India and by air from famous (more or less) Irishmen, India to Egypt and Egypt to South they took the air about 7:00 in the Africa. An attractive official cachet morning, with mails from Dublin adorn these first flight covers. also. -South African Philatelist A stop was made at Croydon Air PHILIPPINE FIRST FLIGHT drome for lunch, and then on to Berlin, where they arrived about The U. S. Army Air Corps (squad four o'clock. Here the mails were stationed at Cla-rk's Field) Fort. 20 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL Stotsenuurg, Province of Pampanga, plenty of enteTtainment will be en Island of Luzon, P'. 1., made on joyed by over three hundred. '1'113 August 26th, 1932, duly authorized hospitality of this club and its mem and announced by the Bureau of bers is unsurpassed and as a result Posts of the Philippines within 10 anyone who has ever attended a days notice in advance, a first flight Rubber City "open house" always re from Fort Stotsenburg to Balanga, turns the next year and brings with Capital of the Province of Ba taan him a lot of friends. in which 301 covers and cards wc.re 'l'his year's party promises to as canied and according to its officials cend to greater heights in the way Way Bill same left. Stotsenburg at of entertainment and philatelic fun. 10 A.M., arriving at Balanga in ex Many celebrities from as far west as actly one hour or at 11 A.M. St. Louis, north as Detroit, east as All letters are bearing the Dis the ocean and south as Richmond, patch Postmark: "FORT STOTSEN Va., will he present. The writer BURG-PAMPANGA, P. I.-AUG. 26- intends to be there and will relate 10 A.M., 1932" and received at in more detail, the activities in next Balanga. the Receiving Postmark: month's Journal. "BALANGA REC'D BATAAN P. I. AUG. 26, 1932-11 A. M. and are beaTing an official cachet stamped on W1wt Ll,t•. H. York, Cummington . .\'Iasg. . the face of the covers. was the pnhlisher of the first Airpost .Tournai and one of the first exclusi•te -W. Bruggman uirpo�t deniers in thi" country. He has a fin� �tock of airmail statmps and covers, including n number of the scarcer one". AIUWN CELEBR.ATES His s!)eeialty is fillin� want lists and st>nding lots on approval to interest.<•J • partil.'s. December 3rd and 4th will be rad U.S.S.R. A Hne "tock of RuRsinn nirpo�t �tamps i� cnrried by IDug-ene I floweT. This Society has gained � "?f444444### ... 444 #########4. nation-wide reputation for its abil ity to put on a real philatelic party . . There plans are always very elabor ate and they will have something doing all the time for the entertain ment of their guests. A complete exhibition will re staged, an ·elaborate· banquet with ftllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll PILOT SIGNED f1Al\1 & FAl\1 COVE,RS Phila- \Vash., & Wash-Phila 311 & 12-a complete route signed h:· Alton For the Polar Parker ...... $4.50 Miami-YVest Palm Beach, Doug Davi' .1.0 Miami-Nassau 131-4, Harry Roger• .. J.nO Flight Na•sau-�flami� 132-4. Harry Rogers .. 1.2;3 Many other pilot n.utoJtrn.ph!i' In sto<'k CHARLFlS W. HOTJSl\fAN THE USSR IRSUF.S Brldge\•ille Penn'a AIR MAIL POSTAGE STAl\fi'S IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIUIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII at R.-.50 COJl- and R.l. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII C. A. M .. ' S ISSUE 10,000 SETS 10 different ...... $ .25 \Vholesale Only 25 different ...... 1.00 50 .different ...... 2.00 100 different ...... :>.00 Soviet Philatelic Fine condition. Returnable Association FRANJ{LIN ROE MOSCOW-50, Nastasinskij pcr.S. Dixon lllinois ...... v � 21 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL AUCTION RI:VII:W By Donald E. Dickason FIFTH SAI1E OF NICOLAS SANABRIA All infor-ntation concerning Canadian Air Mail should be sent direct to Oct. 20, l!l32 Editor W. . R. Pat'ton, Box 2384, Winnipeg, Man., Canada. r=OUR hundred and forty-four Rare Canadian Semi-Official wLs of air mail stamps were listed in this sale, and among them were MR. DICKASON, many of the standard errors and of the Berk rarities. The prices realized were shire Exchange, Inc., has submitted on the whole far better than those a stamp which appears to be a very which have been averaged in recent unusual and rare item. So far, have. It never heard ·or known of this one. months. still holds true that no other investment o,· security has had This is listed in the 1933 Catalogue as Semi-Official No. 15A. However, Llle survival value in these years or , on examining the stamp it is found depression as have had good stamps and this sale bears out more strong that instead of "First Saskatchewan Air Mail" being inverted, the whole ly than ever this fact. Space for wording of this Estevan-Winnipeg t ids a detailed listing of many lo:'l, stamp is inverted. From appear but the following will show the ances it seems these stamps had the trend and be of considerable inter est. wording printed after the stamp had gone through the press. All th.� United States 24c, carmine and working is up-side down, and in hiue, inverted center, fine well cen stead of being at the bottom, is ter,· o.g. copy of this great raritY Almost invisible vertical creas·e tlmt printed inverted from 'the top. · · Has any other collector or dealer does not detract from its value. ever heard of this stamp? Catalogued at $3300, sold at $1925. Altania No. 615, 5q, v.f., mint block Want- Anv Assistance? of 4, one stamn comma instead of Probably many of you, especially period after 21., very rare, went at the newer collectors, need some as U5.6U; Albania No. 615a, 5q. v.f. sistance at times in regard to your mint block of 4, one stamp reading Canadian· semi-officials, covers, etc. "shqytare" instead . of "Shqyptare, I am always ready to assist any deal very rare, realized $115; Argentine er or collector with any possible in No. 521a, 50c black inverted over formation, at any time. BUT, print, $255; Argentine No. 522a, lp PLEASE, when you. write JV.e, will blue and 1ed, inverted overprint, you remember' it costs 'money to an $25t:•; ArgPntine No. 529, 1.80 blue swer inquiries. . ';I'he . writer is ready and carmine, v.f., mint block of 4> to spend time and--stationery to help $.100; Australia, 1920, ]'To. 1 (Ch), you, but please send along a 3c the Ross-Smith stamp, superb mint stamp to cover the reply. If the in copy, only 10 exist, extremely 1;are formation is w.orth anything, it sure- unused, (Ch 20,000 frs.) sold at · ly is worth that much: $675; Austria, No. 676a, 250k/3k Another matter, very often your .ochre, inverted surcharge at $29. · inquiries are valuable to me. It Bolivia, No. 318. 1b red, brown may be that I cannot answer same at and black, f., mint block of 4, two once, and have to find out for you. right stamps centered to L., $,19; That is where both of us get the Bolivia No. 317, 50c orange and benefit, as I want to find out every tliwk, v.f., mint copy, very rare $95; thing I can regaTding Canadian Bolivia, Nos. 319-23, 10c-1b, v.f., flights and_ semi-Official stamps, and mint Bronze set, rare, $92; Nos, through several inquiries lately have 319a-23a, 10c-1b, v.f. mint' Bronze gained quite an amount of very set, inverted· overprint, in blocks of useful information. 4, extremely rare, $860; Brazil 1931 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL No. 928, 2,500r/3,000r f. mint copy PACIFIC COAST inverted surcharge, $4 5; Canada 1932, No. 503a, 6c/5c brown olive, NOTES inverted surcharge , f., o.g., $44; Chile, 1927, 1-5 (ch), 40c-2p v.f., • ment set "Testar", very rare unused By Fred H. Wilde 4,500 frs., $210. China, 1921, Nos. 451-55, 15c/90c, • v.f. mint set, $3; Nos. 451-55, H·c/ All news of Pacific Coast aerial events !lOc v.f. mint imprint and plate No. should be sent to Fred H. Wilde, 917 blocks of 4, $15; Colombia, 1919, N. Burris Ave., Compton, Calif, as early as pos sible. No. 481, 2c carmine,· superb mint copy of this great rarity, $420; No. • 481, 2c carmine, f. mint copy, slight ly centered to L., $190; No. 481, 2c L carmine v.f., used on original cover. ONG BEACH. At Municipal �86; Dominican Republic, No. 553, airport a huge airshow was present 1 Oc+ lOc, gold surcharge, f., mint ed to the public on October 30th. center tl. R. rare, $6 5; Ecuador, No. Pilots of the Army Air Corps, Air 408, lOc orange, f., mint copy, Corps Reserve and California Na slightly centered to L., $11.75. tional Guard gave a wonderful ex Ecuaa.or, No. 408, lOs orange, hibition of bombing and strafing a E"uperb mint block of 4, sold at $52; village-built in miniature at the France, "Office in Morocco" 1923, airport. Capt. Frank 0. Hunter, No. 505a, 50c greenish blue, v.f., World War Ace, led a large squad mint imperf. copy, huge margins ron of fighting planes in a "follow (ch) number 6b, 1,000 frs., $27.50; the leader·" chase, attaining speed Honduras, No. 402, 5c. blue over of 3 0 0 miles per hour at times. print, v.f., mint copy, $51; Honduras Parachute jumps by seven army No. 404, lOc blue, black overbrint, pilots. tactical formations led iJy fine. o.g., copy of this rarity, vary •UIIIIIIIIIUJIIItiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiJIII much underpriced in. Scott's, $610: Honduras, No. 406c, 20c bro.wn, fine -_-BRITAIN'S BEST mint copy. vertical overprint, slight ly centered to B. very rare, sold at PHILATELIC MAGAZINE IS !J:�15 00. THE ,,,.,,�;Av;r-A;;...... ,. MINT Affi MAIL STAMPS PHILATELIC New Issue and Approval Service Details Upon Request MAGAZINE Air Mail Price Lists Sent Free A. H. 0 LENA Fortnightly - 7-6 per Annum. 66 BeavP.r StrP.et, New York, ·N. Y. FULLEST NEW ISSUE CHRONICLE. " ALL THE CHIEF HAPPEINGS t t t .. ... t t , t • t t t •••• t • t t •.•• , RELIABLE MARKET NOTES. SPECIMEN FRE�. PIONEER POST CARDS Breaking up wonderful collection BRITAIN'S BEST TRADE of Pionee1• Postcrurds of the U.S. PAPER IS in exchange for mint 20th Cen THE tury U.S. or used commemora:tives Attractive prices for cash. PHILATELIC HENRY LACKS. 746 Westgate, St. Louis, Mo. APS 9 9 9 6 - TRADER - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIlill Monthly (15th) • 2-6 per annum CERTIFIED COVER BARGAINS!! OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE Clean, neat, backstamped covel's on ap PHILATELIC TRADERS' SOCIETY LO,VE'ST proval to particular collectors. SOUND NEWS AND VIEWS WE FIRST FLIGHTIS, DED prices. have ON ALL TRADE MATTERS. ICATIONS; FI'RST DAY•S; NAVALS, clc. Fine covers for the snecialist. C'over ser vices 4c over face. Ffrst day endwise 3c Harris Publications, Ltd., coil 15c. "!ailed oft Constitution 25c. se e HER GET fir st 112, STRAND, LONDON, W.C.2 � 553 Suffolk St. Buffalo, New York If IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111': 28 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL . Major J. T. McNarney, directed by and Flood, all of B. C., private fieids. radio from the port, dog fights by Winnipeg and Lac DuBonnet, Mani pilots of the 17th pursuit group, a toba, Govt. fields. Rennie, Man., C. ground display of army planes, P. R. R. field; Vermilion Bay, Ames motors, machine guns, parachutes dale, Sioux Lookout, Armstrong, end instruments, provided a display Camp Creek, Kowkash, Makina, of great interest to the thousands of Pagwa, Nagogami, Fountain Falls Yisitors. Lieut. Col. H. H. Arnold, and Ilwer, all in Ontario and either C. 0. of March Field, was in com Govt. or C. N. R.R. fields. Bishops mand of the display. Landing, P.Q., Megantic, P.Q., Upper LA GRANDE, ORE. It was report Brockway, Fredericton Junction and ed by A. N. Brown that request has Cambridge, N. B., private fields. been made by the P'. M. here for all George also states he paid 52c dedication covers to be picked up P.D. on four covers from Beaumont, fur by the regular airmail planes, N. and Texas. It must be kinda tough S. bound. Lat8r report states the collectors in Canada, at such pro event did not materialize, so we wll!. hibitive "deferred payment" rates. have a few extra covers for ex Cheer up, George, "It might have change. Covers bear a green cachet teen worse." and are pmkd. the 9th. Number WARREN, IDAHO is reported to not known. have dedicated in late October and another report says they did not. SAN BERNARDINO. Shandin Hills Who knows the facts? a.p. was dedicated October 25th. A typed cachet was applied to cover;;, LEWISTON, IDAHO is reported to signed by Wm. J. Angel, Mgr. The be arranging an airport dedication. seal of the "National Grange Show" No date given by aero magazine was also applied. Number not re "Western Flying". ported. Regarding this event, mem MUNICIPAL AIRPORT On October l>er W. 0. Brown of Colton writes, 24, a T. & W.A. plane NC933Y, anli "There was some flying at the field flown by Frank Williams, licenEe Oct. 22 & 23, but high desert winds No. 1000, scheduled to land at Grand prevented the March Field particl Central a.p., was prevented from pants from flying there, and al landing there due to hazardous fly though cacheted covers were mailed ing condition;S, and continued on cut, the manager stated he consid.. over to L.A. to land at the Municipal ered the dedication as postponed, a.p., located at Inglewood, where the and was considering holding the weather was clear. Arriving there ceremony at some future time." at 9:45 a.m., from Albuquerque, N. Mr. Brown also reports that due M. The mail was transferred to a to lack of highways approaching truck and hauled into town to avoid Fontana (emergency field) a.p., C. delay. The plane left at 11:35 a.m. of c. there will hold covers on hand fer its regular destination, Glen if additional postage is sent, or re dale. Report by courtesy of Wood turn them if stamped addressed en ruff de Silva, Asst. Director of Air-· velope is sent for this purpose. ports, Los Angeles. A.M. NO 4. On November 1st, a TACOMA. Washington dispatched schedule change was inaugurated southward over CAM 8 for the first oyer this route, out of Burbank, the time on August 15, 1930-on the Eastbound plane leaving at 11:30 first night service. Again light dis p.m. instead of 8:25 p.m. This en patching is noticeable. Five pouch ables mail to be delivered one day es with a total weight of 20 lbs., 14 sooner to points as far as Montana. oz., or if we deduct for the approxi Utah, Washington and Rocky Moun mate weight of the pouches, allow tain regions. ing. about 7% lbs., we would baT1e VANCOUVER. A report from Geo. about 13 lbs. of mail, mostly com Fawkes states that the Canadian mercial items. This item, we under Dept. of National Defense intends to stand, will be listed in the new cata establish 2 4 landing fieldis across log, and we suggest you Will do well Canada. This probably means a to fill in, as it will be tough to find. Transcontinental all-Canada airmail So get busy. Miller piloted thi::; route in the future. The cities giv flight. Space does :rtot permit the en in the list are as follows: Yakk, copying of the letter from the P.M. B. C., Kitchener, Salmo, Princeton (Continued on Page 26) 24 THE .AIRPOST JOURNAL ...... -..,,,�••••••••••••••••••••••••••n""\••••'"'••••.-.r NOW READY! The A. A. M. S. �dition of the STANDARD AIRPOST CATALOG Through arrangement with the publishers, members of the A.A M.S. will be furnished with an exclusive blue cloth-bound and specially gold lettered edition of the 19 3 3 Standard Airpost Cata-. logue. This special edition will be available te members of the Society only, at the substantially reduced price of $1.25. The regular publisher's price is $2.00; you save 7 5 cents on this catalogue • The 1933 STANDARD AIRPOST CATALOG (With whieh will be incorporated the Dworak Specialized Catalogue of U. S. and Canada.) U.S.-PIONEERS, GOVERNMENTS. C.A.M.'s, F.A.M.'s DEDICATIONS, AIR EXPRESS, CANADA & NEWFOUNDLAND, PHILIPPINES, ZEPPEUNS. CRASH & ACCIDENT COVERS, HI�TORICA:I:. FLIGHTS, SEMI-OFFICIAL AIR STAMPS Every Country of Latin America and the West In�ies CONTRIBUTING EDITORS will include: Eric Hildesheim, L. B. Gatchell, Arthur W. Barrus, Geo. W. Angers, Frank A. Cos tanzo, Willis M. Pott, Mauric e S. Petty, J. T. Schweier, W. R. Patton, Walter Bruggman, S.H. Falkoff, W. A. Steiger, Alton J. Blank and other special authorities on the various complete countries listed. • ORD�R YOUR CATALOG NOW Send in your order with $1.25 to The Airpost Journal now, or use the supplementary blank sent with the October issue of this magazine. The special A. A. M. S. Edition is limited a word to the wise: - order your Catalogue today and save 7 5 cents. The blank provides a space for those who are not members of the Society and wish to take advantage of this and the numerous other benefits of membership. THE AIRPOST JOURNAL OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE A. A. M. S. P. 0. BOX 37 -:- CONNEAUT, 0. )dttttttttwVtt��� 25 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL PACIFIC COAST NOTES ports-Bismarck, N. D., Miles City, (Continued from Page 24) Mont., Mexico, Mo. C. o C. at Co • lumbia, Mo., reports their field has been passed on by Dept. of Com on this flight data. Information merce, but field probably will not be through the courtesy R. E. Moffett. ready before next year. AMARILLO A.M.F. Office was estab The editor wishes to correspond lished on Feb. 8, 1932, and the field with a collector in each of the fol cancellor used first on the 19th of lowing cities, with a yiew to obtain March, 1932. This field serves C. ing interesting data on airmail, pilot A. M.'s Nos. 12, 33 and 34. experiences, etc., for publication in ALBUQUERQUE A.M.F. Office was this column. Your name will ac establshed and the field canceller company any article used, which ftrst used on March 1, 1932. This E'hould be concise and of general in field serves C.A.M.'s Nos. 12 and 33. terest. San Diego, Glendale, Bur Three items above kindly provided bank, Bakersfield, Fresno, San Jose, ty A. N. Brown, San Francisco. Oakland, Sacramento, Portland, Medford, Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, LOS ANGELES. The first East Pasco, ::.as Vegas, Salt Lake City. round on.e day (24 hour) coast-to coast flight over T. & W. A. lines Covers and assistance appreciated was started on November 5th. H. this month from J. F. Ulman, Geo. H. Halloway and F. C. Whitney, vet Fawkes, A. N. Brown, R. E. Moffett, eran pilots, flew the first Ford tri Woodruff de Silva, W. 0. Brown, M. motored transport plane to Albu R. Hall, J. W. Green, J. D. Long, q\lerque, where the second pair of Rex Copp, Leo August. pilots took . charge into Kansas City. ' · K. The third crew fly from C. to FAM Covers. ·These interesting covers are Columbus, 0., and the. fourth to N.Y. being offered at s·wbstantial reductions from C. l Eleven stops are made between the catalog prices by Edgar Cantre l, Box 1.2!i7, tian Antonio, Texas. See his Pacific and Atlantic coasts, requiring auvertisement in this issue of the J'ournal. two hours· and fifteen minutes all • told for re-fueling, checking-up of motors, weather .bur.eau orders. and Newfoundland, A .fine selection of New foundland strumps and' covers are being transfer of passengers, mail and ex featured in the Chdstmas advertisement press. From this end of the line ot ltev. E. A. Butler, Sandy Point, St. Mayor Porter of L;A., verbally gave •George, Newfoundland. the order, over long distance Lele phone, at 5:10 p.m., or 8:10 p.m�, in REQUESTED POST OFFICE Y., . & N. to T . W. A.'s dispatcher, REPORT Mr. Coyle, to signal the start of the Statement of the ownership, management, Westbound plane. Incidentally, mail etc., of The Airpost Journal, published cacheted and Prnkd. Nov. 5, 8 p.m., monthly at Albion, Penn'a, required by Act at Air Mail Field, Newark, were de of Congress of August 24, 1912. livered in Compton at 11 a.m., of Editor-George D. Kingdom, Tyler Bldg., Conneaut, Ohio. the 8th. This 24 hour flight time Busine.ss Manager, Walter .J'. Conrath, may minimize· the time between ex Albion, Penn'a. treme points, but when it takes a Owner-The American Air Mali Society day and a half to travel the remain H. H. Griffin, Pres., ing '12 miles, one (editor) wonders E. 40th St. & Kelley Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. what all 'the rush is about. L. B. Gatchell,' Sec'y., 3i5 The one department saves time ·Chabfleld Rd., Bronxville, N. Y. for another department to squander, Known bondholders, mortgages and other apparently. A very nice cachet on security holders, holding one per cent. or face of westbound mail, and thanks more of the total amount of bonds, mort to Leo August, who says he had gages or other securities-None. only 24 hours notice, and only about (Signed) Walter J. Conrath, Business Manager. covers, were sent out. We did 100· not get that niuch notice, so prob Subscribed and sworn to before ably few covers went out of L.A. me this 13tn day for collectors of these items. of October, 1932 E. A. C!OLLINIS, .Justice of the Peac� No improvements or dedications My commission expires first Monday in contemplated at the following air- J'anuary, 19M. 26 American Air Mail Society Organized 1!>23 as thP. Aero Phila.tP.Iic SociPtY of America 1st l'RES.-H. H. Griffin VICE-PRESIDENT \Ym. H. Conkling 1200 Bab-bitt Rd. 2nd VICE-PHESIDENT Euclid, Ohio Ueurge D. li.iuguuHl SECRETARY -TREASURER L. B. Gatchell, 35 Chatfield Rd., 'Bronxville, New York SALES ;\!AXAGER H. C. Carpenter, 600 So. Railvoay Bldg., Cincinnati. Ohio EXCHA:-iUE ;\1ANA:UER T. F. Donahue, 2352 Washington Ave., Newton Lower FalLs, MaSB. HISTORIAN AND RECORDER Karl B. Weber, 114 Montana .Street, N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. ADVANCE BULLETIN SUPERINT·ENDEN'l' George D. Kingdom, Conneaut, Ohio DIRECTORS George \Y. A1urers, Raymond V. Bahr, Walter Conrath, Henry S. Parsons '1atnice K Petty .•Tames 'l'. Schweier, Karl B. \Veber. The Exchange Department-Each member is entitled to two 20-word excllange notices per year, in the official 'publication, without charge. 'l'he Advance Information Bulletin is .sent regularly only to those mem·�ers who are In good standing and provide a supply ot self-addressed stamped env ..lopes in which to mail it. Address the Manager. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION - THE AIRPOST J"OURNAL Secretary's Report NEW MEJ\'ffiERS The following havP. been admittfld to membership since last report. Memtership is a privilege, not a right, and may bP. terminated at the will of the Society. 1443 Gerlach, Luther D., 1822 Grand BlYd., Wyomissing, Pa. 1444 Brownfield, W. Y., 594 - lOth St., San Bernardino, Calif. 1445 Strizzi, John, 707 Union St., Farrell, Pa. 1446 Vise!, Jm:eph H .. 3602 WeissP.r Pk., Fort Wayne, Ind. 1447 Ray, SamUP.l, 1539 S. Kolin Ave., Chicago, Ill. 1448 Heath, J. H., 311 MillP.r St., West Liberty, Iowa. 1449 Hermann, Charlotte D., 9924 - 193 St., Hollis, N. Y. 1450 Simpson, E. RidgP.!y, Ruxton, Maryland. 1451 Kess!P.r, F. W., 66 St. Pauls Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1452 Egger-t, Herbert L., 1330 W. Forest Home Ave., Milwaukee, Wise. 1453 Ephlin, Harrison M., 8 Elko StreP.t, Boston, Mass. RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED-Nos. 185, 346, 438. RESIGNATIONS SUBMITTED P'lea.se seA Section 3, Article 8, of Constitution and By-Laws. 344-J. Stewart Barney. 921-Walter Feeney. 1236-Fred W. Boyd. ADDRESS CHANGEs-New Addresses shown below 139-Guido Lodigiani, 239 9th AvA., New York, N. Y. 485-C. L. Weber, 473 Huger St., Charleston, S. C. 1080-Dr. H. Vogler-Greppin, Aeschengraben, 29, Basel, Switzerland. 1241-Karl Wulff. 103 Robson Ave .. Ft. Thomas, Ky. 1380-Henry E. Gerrish, 676 Broadview Terr., Hartford, Conn. Also not<'> new addresses as givAn abovA for Nos. 1447 and 1450. APPLICATIONS POSTED The following have made application for membership in the Society. If no objection is received and references are found in order they will be admitted on December 15th. The letter (J) indicates that the applicant 27 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL is under 21 years of age. The name immediately following that of the applicant is that of the proposer. Robert D. Henderson (J), 913 California Ave., Avalon, Pittsburgh, Pa. Dickason. C. W. Lounsberry, 5580 Page Blvd .. St. Louis, Mo. Bahr. Sam C. Bushnell, 4249 Maple Ave., 'st. Louis, Mo. Bahr. William K. Simon, 31 Robert St., Paterson. N. J. Mayer. Capt. William H. Peters, 48-29 58th Lane, Woodside Terrace, Long Island, N. Y. Dickason. Russell L. Bratton, P'. 0. Box 52, Greenfield, Indiana. Kingdom. F. S. Kelley, 231 Spencer St., Modesto, Calif. Kingdom. Robert ·s. Gibson, 61 Brinkerhoff Ave .. Mansfield, Ohio. Griffin. Herman E. Sieger, Lorch, Wurt., Germany. Mayer. H. M. Millar, 29 Arthur Ave .. S., Hamilton, Ont., Canada. Kingdom. Richard E. Parke, North Conway, N. H. Kingdom. Saville H. Sheard, Lama St., Chelmer, Queensland, Australia. Kingdom. Marshall Collins, Commander, USN, 623 Godchaux Bldg., New Orleans, La. Kingdom. . Harry B. Imhoff 3rd, 623 S. West End Ave., Lancaster, Pa. Singley. 37 Frank W. Peck, 44 Van Dyke 4-ve., San Diego, · Calif. Kingdom. John N. Lowe, Marquette, Mich. Gatchell. · Charles M. Rice, Postmaster, Hamilton City, Calif. ··Kingdom. Capt. Walter R. Cuff, P.O. Box 212, Caldwell, Idaho. Kingdom. Rev. Fred A. Buchholz, P.O. Box 44, Chesterfield, Illinois. Kingdom. William Palmer Epps, Sr., 146 W. High St., Somerville, N. J. Gatchell. Harry Bound, 1310 Golf Terr., Union, N. J. August. Chandler Bates, 103 E. 7E• St., New York, N. Y. Carpenter. H. L. Waha,. P�O... Box 1348, Tulsa, Okla. Kingdom. Stewart DeWitt, 36-05, 29th St., Long Island City, N. Y. Gatchell. Winthrop Kent, 49 Starin Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. Kingdom. William Schorofsky, 334 Eastern Parkway, New York, N. Y. Kingdom. Twenty-seven applicants this month-a new high for recent years, indicating a renewed and healthy interest in the Hobby and the recognized leading exponent of the Hobby. Fine work on the part of those loyal workers who have turned in so many. NEW MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY As a supplement to .this issue, all members in good standing will receive a revise·d and completely up-to-date copy of the Membership List, including the Constitution and By-Laws, corrected to the changes author ized by the 1932 Annual Convention at Cleveland. 'rhis is a necessary and useful dire.ctory and it is hoped that not only will it be preserved and used but that it will be kept up to date by the simple and easy expedient of preserving changes and additions as they are listed monthly in the reports of the Secretary. Corrections or omissions, if any, should be re- · ported to the Secretary. ANNUAL DUES Seventy per cent of all memberships expire as of November 30th each year. Formal notices will be mailed but a great deal of work can be saved the Secretary if as many members as possible whose dues expire at this time remit the required fee, $2, U. S. and possessions, $2.50, for· eign, at once. This fee covers subscription to the Airpost Journal and is not subject to deductions of any kind or character. As the term of your present Secretary expires on December 31st, I am naturaliy anxious to turn over the records to my successor in as complete form· as possible. Your co-operation will be greatly apprec.iated. Respectfully submitted, . L .. R :GATC!IELL, S.�creta�y-Treasuret·. 28 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING * EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT RATES A. A. M. S •. Members are entitled to two 20-word ads per year in this Exchange lc PER WORD- MINIMUM CHARGE 25c Section, free of charge .. Copy for this section must be received by the lOth of the month. EXCHANGE W ANTED-COVER;S POSTED THE DAY Colonel Lindbergh arrived in Mexico City, WANTED-DE[)ICATl'O'N OOVER WANTED-WASHINGTON BIC'EN'.rEN EXCHANGE 0:'-iE: AIRMAIL COVEit nal stamps : "William ·Penn; vVebster; 2c fo.r every ten match box labels (safety and 3c Olympics; @ 10c per 100. 5c only) sent me. Must not be damaged. \V. Olympics; 7c and 9c Bicentennials @ 20c G. Fountaine, 55 E. :State St., Columbus, 0. per 100. ·what others have you to offer? 963. 111 A.A.M.S. R-E-B Cover ·Service, DED-]OATIOIN:S WAJN T•Eil.). HU\GHEIS.-, Bell Avenue, Altoona, Pa. ville, Pa., Heber Springs, Ark., Kenn�t. Mo., Oct. 29 ; ·Carpinteria, IC'alif, J'uly 4th, A.A.M.K MEJMBIDR;S' STATIONE,RY-SEE 19in; St. Franci•s, Kansas, Mar. 3, 1002 display advertisement in the new 1933 and many others. Will trade ded's·, Can Directory or send for samples and prices. adians, shows, CAM's, l<'AM's, etc for Also boxed stationery for non-member deds. F. H. Wilde, Compton, Calif. air mail collectors. \Valter Conrath, The Ne·w"'s, Al1bion, Penn'a. EXCHANGEI AIRMAI.L CO•VEIRS WI'.r'H collectors in Pacific and British Colonies through Oceanic Collectors Club, dues :;n:. WANTED----'CANADIAN & NE'Wli'OUNID Sample club magazine, lOc stamps. 2 N. Z. land semi-official air mail stamps m singles, blocks, or sheets. This includes 1st flights $1. F. Bray, Philatelic Puo all varieti<>s. Also any news clippings or lisher, Taihape, New Zealand. photos pertaining to Canada, Newfound land and Alaska airmail. Also photos of WAN'l'ED-=-ZEPP'S AND FIR WANTED - l<'IVE Al1R MAIL STAMP HAV'ID SOl\fiD COMMON AND RARE collectors. An airmail stamp specialls• Dedication covers to exchange for Penn desires to offer his services to five collec sylvania dedications I need, exchang" tors wishing to build up specialized collec lists. .John C. Morgan, 0'21 Fifth Ave., tions. Correspondence invited. A-1 refer Nt>w Kensington, Pa. A.A.M.S. 33. ::12-3.� : ences necessary Alton J. Blank, AAM� 1210, 10'50 Burnett Ave., East Cleveland, 0. HAlVFJ CAM's, FAM's, FIRST DAYS·, Zet>pelins, etc.. to exchange for U. S. ZE�P·E:LlN �IATE'RIAL ANT'ED.W PR-E Stamps or early covers. Prefer Commem fer older German cards, medals, rihbons, oratives in ·stamp·s .. Walter Conrath, A.A. photos, illustrated magazine artiCles, M.R No. 471, Albion, Penn'a. ����! �o�Thi s;�'ffe� :.enus, etc. Walter t h o n ZIDPPS.. C.A.M.'s, DEDICA'l'IONS, ETC., cx 29 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL NEW U. S. S. R. NEW DIRECTORY • Inclosed with this issue of the magazine, is a new Directory of the members of the American Air Mail Society. The printing of this Di rectory this month and also the mailing of the special edition of the Standard Airpost Catalogue to the The new enera.ve future sales, fine lots and collec (Price 50c. Post Free) tions. • The complete story (with near If you have not received your ly 50 photographs, maps; etc.), catalogue for my 3rd sale, rush of the Air Stamps and Covers of the British flights to Africa, and a card to us at once, and you will Internal Air Mails of East, Cen n:ceive your catalogue by re tral and S. W. Africa. The turn mail. Priced Check Lists include about 1,000 items, many never before • catalogue. • • • Sidney K. Steinfeld Francis J. Field, Lt:d. 2119 Broadway SUTTON COLDFIELD, ENGLA�D NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA :!r:w*• *.wtuot:..V••• v * t • t •• t • � 4, y 4"¥ ... .-r•¥+�;A.-..-.-.¥; .,...... ,..A+ �+ 4 � ¥; ¥ +; ¥ 4' Dt=CI:MBI:R AUCTION BUY YOURSELF A CHRISTMAS PRESENT (Special Post-Christmas payment may be arranged) A Brilliant British Colonial Collection A Notable Collection of Air Stamps A Few Choice Lots of U. S. FIRST FLIGHTS - FIRST DAYS And Other Covers - About 500 Lots If you ever spend money on your collection, it costs you money to stay off of our mailing list. A post card brings a catalog • • • Donald E. Dickason THE BERKSHIRE EXCHANGE WOOSTER. OIDO ..• t ... t 't tJ t ..t ...... , ...... � u ...... t. v t t ...... t •• t '-{ ======Fl RST AUCTION SALE· OF ZEPPELIN MAIL & AIR MAIL COVERS TO BE .HELD AT THE HOTEL McALPIN , (Room A) Broadway at 34th St., NEW YORK FRIDAY AFTERNOON, December 9th, 1932 AT 8:00P.M:. ASK FOR A CATALOGUE HANDBOOK OF ZEPPELIN MAIL by DR. \'. :\1. BER'l'HOLD and F. W. KU!\IMER With Every Purchase of $10.00 and over at my Auction Sale you will receiYe FreE:, a copy of this Handbook MY SECOND AUCTION SALE will takA place about • January 15th, 1933 And MY THIRD AUCTION SALE will takP. placP. about February 15th, 1933 If You 'Vant to Dis}>Ose of any Zeppelin Mail or Air Mail ('A)vP.rs-,VritR. 1\IP. at Once. The Auction Catalogue is Mailed to 6,000 Active Air Mail CovP.r Collectors. FIRST CLASS APPROVAL SERVICE of ZEPPELIN l\IAIL and Affi 1\-IAIL COVERS. Two References Will Bring You An Approval Selection. VERY REASONABLE PRICES. The Electio n Is Ove r .. . :SEVERTHELESS, IF YOU NEED ZEPPELIN MAIL VOTE FOR F. W. KUMMER Box 66, Wall Street Station, NEW YORK, N.Y. echange. G. B. Camp, to Carter Glass, Jr., Lynch1bnrg, Va. 30-3* 3004 Lincoln Ave. Detroit, Mich.