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Airpost Journal — ARTICLES — Letters to When “FAM-18” Is Not Enough AAIIRRPPOOSSTT JJOOUURRNNAALL The Official Publication of the American Air Mail Society January 2015 Volume 86, No. 1 Whole No. 1015 January’s Featured Article — When “Fam-1P8ag”e 1i3 s Not Enough Zeppelins & Aerophilately Ask for our Free Price List of Worldwide Flight covers and stamps. The following is a small sampling – full list on Website! United States 1934 Catapult 557, 698 (2) catapult to Berlin then forwarded Bremen to Aden! . $750.00 1938 C23c ultramarine and carmine, with PF Cert. Rare!. $2,750.00 Germany / Luxembourg Bremen Catapult (K59 LX $1500) . $1,000.00 Saar 1953(May 3) 1st Balloon Post of Saar, "Henri Dunant" of the Haagsche Balloon Club in Holland. FDC, special cancel, addressed to NY. VF card with Scott B95. $45.00 Senegal 1933 6th South America Flight sent to Brazil S.229Aa . $1,850.00 Somali Coast 1933 4th South America Flight sent to Brazil S.223 . $1,850.00 Spanish Andorra 1930 Pan Am flight s.64XVa signed . $2,000.00 Sweden 1919 S.19I "Bodensee" card on board with Zeppelin message with certificate. $3,750.00 Switzerland 1930 (May 29) Catapult cover, legal sized, to Boston. 2¢ US Bremen postal stationery with 3¢ violet Tell's son large block of 32 + 2 others. Sent from Basel. 18 mailed. K255 SZ cv . $500.00 Tanganyika 1934 10th South America Flight via London and sent to Brazil S.280Aa . $1,500.00 Henry Gitner Philatelists, Inc. PO Box 3077T, Middletown NY 10940 Email: [email protected] — http://www.hgitner.com JANUARY 2015 PAGE 1 In This Issue of the Airpost Journal — ARTICLES — Letters to When “FAM-18” is Not Enough ..................................................................... 13 John Wilson Aéropostale Flight 1R: Flown or Unflown Covers? ........................................ 17 the Editor Dan Gribbin More on Robey Covers .................................................................................... 24 Article Appreciated Tom Raub I just finished reading your most excellent article re: the North Shore Air Mail Flights in this month's . Thanks to Chris Desert Shield and Storm Covers: Arabia and the Persian Gulf, 1990 - 1991 Airpost Journal Bob Dille ...................................................................................................... 26 Hargreaves and you for this wealth of information (as well as a great Two Oceans; Two Ways .................................................................................. 29 story). Robert P. Odenweiler Tom Reyman Foreign Air Mail Route No. 23 Covers ........................................................... 32 Ken Lawrence Correction — NEWS — Your latest is at hand and I must comment on Bob Dille's inter - Obituary: Henry J. Applegate .......................................................................... 12 esting article, “ First Flight Around the World in a Flying Boat” (Decem - ber 2014, page 495): — COLUMNS and FEATURES — DLH was founded, officially, on January 6, 1926, not June. The Letters to the Editor ........................................................................................... 3 part of their name—LUFT HANSA—was two words until 1934. A Note from the Editor ...................................................................................... 6 Bill Kriebel President’s Message .......................................................................................... 7 — DEPARTMENTS – APJ Ads ........................................................................................................... 44 Just the Facts, Ma’am Index to the Airpost Journal, Volume 85, Calendar Year 2014 ...................... 39 I've just read with great satisfaction the article “Wartime Trans- Membership Report ......................................................................................... 43 Atlantic Flights Can Be Complicated” that appeared in the December 2014 . As any accomplished historian would, author John Wilson APJ dug into the subtle details displayed (and hidden) on that wonderful cover from Uzwil, Switzerland to Buenos Aires, Argentina. The specifics of that cover’s journey typifies the herculean level of effort that postal Editor and Advertising authorities and postal workers demonstrated in attempting to deliver the Vickie Canfield Peters 11911 E Connor Road Valleyford WA 99036 mail via the fastest route possible, even in the face of wartime adversi - vcanfi[email protected] ties. Staff Writers and Columnists Joe Kirker Alan Warren This article is an example of postal history at its finest: no bells Chris Hargreaves Bob Wilcsek Lee Downer and whistles, just getting at the facts through research and creative inter - Copyright 2015 The American Air Mail Society . The Airpost Journal (ISSN 0739-0939) is pub - pretation of the possibilities. As Wilson points out, the new tools and lished monthly by the American Air Mail Society, 11911 E. Connor Road, Valleyford WA 99036. Periodical postage paid at Spokane WA 99201 and additional post offices. Postmaster: Send archives now being made available to postal historians are facilitating a address changes to American Air Mail Society, 1190 S. Grape St., Denver CO 80246-3229. level of research heretofore impractical. Not only can we do a “better” Domestic subscription rate $30 per year; $5 per copy. job with new postal history discoveries, but we can revisit and reanalyze Opinions expressed in features and columns in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the society. Running an ad does not endorse the advertiser. known covers to get expanded and perhaps reinterpreted understand - PAGE 2 AIRPOST JOURNAL JANUARY 2015 PAGE 3 ings of history via the vehicle of postal history. resides and in what areas their interest lie. Thus I put forward the alter - Although he raises the issue himself, I would submit that Wil - native suggestion that more articles of a general interest from around the son’s level of route granularity is appropriate and absolutely necessary world are printed with the hope that it may attract more overseas mem - for an understanding of a cover’s true significance within a postal history bership, rather than keeping to just U.S. and becoming a very insular context. As a still-developing postal historian, it is only by reading arti - society with just U.S. CAM flights. cles such as this that I can expand my own research skills. The only thing The excellent article on Fishermans Lake to which he refers is that I find myself asking when reading well-researched articles like this actually about an FAM base, which I consider more U.S than Liberian is “how does he know that?” airmail. Likewise there are the excellent research papers on World War II I have a great need for reading the specific references that will which have answered the unknown facts on FAM 22. tell me about routes and rates and other facts about a cover and its jour - To gain knowledge on other people’s interest can often raise or ney. For my needs, references to new (for me) sources (e.g., airline solve mysteries in one’s own field, thus thank you, editor, for an enjoy - timetables and the like) will serve to make me a better postal historian. able read. By the way, my main interest is British internal airmails. Perhaps for the more advanced readers what I'm asking is unneces - P. Lister FRPSL APJ sary, but for us newbies, knowing the reference for censor’s numbers, for (Past President B.A.M.S) example, is not superfluous. If an author tells me where he found it, I'll be able to find it, too. To quote Queen (the group, not the monarch): “I want it all.” Correction As to Wilson’s claim of “a touch of heresy” by suggesting the use Two errors appeared in the December 2014 Henry Gitner ad. Correct prices can be found on the company website: www.hgitner.com of more descriptive nomenclature, I must admit I cannot see the heresy. I Here’s the correct information: am dubious that even in the more reserved United Kingdom this would be considered a call to revolution. But certainly across the pond here in Hungary the Colonies (where we know a thing or two about revolutions), I believe Chicago Flight sent to Brazil S.238Aa, the price is listed as $1,250 but this would be considered “progress!” the correct price is $475.00 Gary Wayne Loew Monaco Chicago Flight sent to Brazil S.238Aa, the price is list as $4,250 but the correct price is $1,250; there is another one listed for $800. More General Interest Articles on World Aerophilately Needed My sincere apologies for the mistake. After reading Mr. William C. Moyers letter to the editor, “Air - post Journal Needs More U.S. Content” (December 2014), I feel that I must offer another point of view. Like Mr. Moyers I joined the American Air Mail Society as a life Future AAMS member, whilst visiting the U.S.A and attending an airmail exhibition some years ago. I found the enthusiasm of the membership infectious and them only too willing to share their knowledge. Meeting Sites However, I also share the concern of the drop in membership, NAPEX which seems to be general around the world, other than in Asia. Since I McLean, Virginia June 5-7, 2015 joined the membership has dropped by over 50%, comparing this with a sister society, the British Air Mail Society, which has only dropped by 28% over the same period, which does not devote itself solely to UK air - CHICAGOPEX mail. It would be interesting to see where our current membership Itasca, Illinois November 19-21, 2016 PAGE 4 AIRPOST JOURNAL JANUARY 2015 PAGE 5 A Note from the Editor President’s Jim Graue Message Vickie Canfield Peters Here we are in a brand new year. What does it hold in store for WAith AtheM relC ease– o fA Work in Progress the ? It’s my goal to maintain the gold-medal quality American Air Mail Catalogue, 7th Edition, Vol - Airpost Journal last September, we began a new chapter in our society history. The we’ve achieved in the past two years. I work to make the APJ an infor - ume 1 current plan calls for two new volumes each year. mation vehicle for our readers, whether through news we report or arti - The change to color is exciting but challenging in that we need cles you submit. It’s also my aim to provide diversity of articles and a new high-quality color scans of everything.
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