5.Ae ~J 1940 AIRPOST JOURNAL

Erie, Penn'a - An Oc:toLer 1s1L Inaugural

Pennsylvania Central Airlines inaugurates AM-46 at Erie, Penn'a. Photo, taken on arrival of northbound trip at 4:15 p. m., shows (L to r.l Miss Adams, Stewardess, L. C. Wisenauer, Erie Station Mgr., Capt. J. B. Franklin, co-pilot, who Oew the trip through Erie, and W. E. Goodill. Asst. Sup. of Mails, Erie. -Photo by W. J. Conrath

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~ AIR MAIL SPECIALIST ~ ~ NEWPORT MON ENGLAND ~ ~ · ~~ ~''-'--'-"-~ ~""'"'"'''''''''''''''~ ~,,,,,,,,,,~ ~'~ C:AM's IN THE LIMELIGHT • be found elsewhere in this issue of the Journal. News and Inventory on the Advent of the 15th Birthday of U. S. CAM Following Increases Contract Air Mail Service More than ever, this was also a month of greater interest in Contract Air Mail cover collecting. The gradu­ • al rise in interest began years ago, by WALTER J. CONRATH on a sound, thoughtful basis, and is still growing. More inquiries are cur­ • rently being received from collectors and prospective CAM collectors. De­ ONTRACT AIR MAIL collecting sirable covers of the more rare points CC inter€st and activity reached are becoming increasingly difficult new highs during October. First of to obtain. There's a greater activity all it was a month of feverish short­ in the buying and selling of domestic notice events, with inaugural flights first flight covers, which places them of new routes and additions popping on a plane even above the hereto­ from almost everv section of the for more renowned and revered ear­ nation. Four AAMS Advance Air ly postal covers bearing fancy and Mail Information Bulletins were is­ special cancels. Auction prices of sued· in a oeriod of two weeks. Two better items have borne out and of them within two days. Alert CAM compared well with CAM cover collectors who carefully studied their catalogue quotations. Daily Postal Bulletin found a few more first flights tucked away under Why the Popularity ? new and revised schedules. There But, how come this great evidence were but few official Post Office De­ of interest in Contract Flights? First. partment cachets, plus a few mis­ the air mail system has spun a net.­ understandings on the furnishing of work over the entire nation, and al­ cachets for new AM routes. Covers most everyone has, at one time or from the 5 October 15 inaugurals, on another during the past fourteen which but few collectors' items were years, seen or heard of first flight carried, should prove very desirable. CAM covers and cachets. Secondly, while pieces from the first flights to the covers are official in every sense and from Clarksburg, W. Va .. when of the word, being authorized by that city was added to AM-25 Octo­ the Post Office Department and ber 21, will undoubtedly be even handled with the same care and IIJiOre scarce. caution as would be employed to Continuing through November. protect any govenmental emission. CAM activity is still providing plenty Third, the covers are history-reveal­ of work for those who prepare their ing, they are clean, interesting proo­ own first flight covers. On or about erty; colorful and appealing, even to November first AM routes 48 and 51 the uninitiated. They are also quite are scheduled to be inaugurated. On readily secured, under the majority November 12 thirty-five covers will of circumstances. be necessary to S€cure complete di­ Totaling the reasons for CAM pop­ rectional coverage of a new Non­ ularity it must also be pointed out stop Pick-Up and Delivery Route that collectors of this group of first (AM-49-B} between Pittsburgh, Pa. flight air mail covers have had an and Huntington, via Parkersburg, W. efficient catalogue of listings and Va. Some readers will undoubtedly valuations of these items for a num­ still have opportunity to forward ber of years. There is no debate but their own covers on this new pick­ that this portion of the American Air up route and a reprint of the AAMS Mail Catalogue, ably edited by a Bulletin showing covers required will large and representative staff of

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THI: T~E AIRPOST JOURNAL AMERICAN AIR MAil.. SOCIETY NOVEMBER, 1940 Vol. XII, No. 2 - Issue 127 20c per Copy 40 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL specialists, has held old and attract­ United States, which will be Feb­ ed many new collectors to Contract ruary 15, 1941, it is pleasing to note flight covers. The CAM Catalogue the progress and the intensified in­ listings, after successive volumes and terest in CAM aero-philately. Many years of experience, have been de­ of us highly prize those first con­ veloped by AAMS members into a tract flights covers of 1926, specially both efficient and interesting group­ marked with history-telling cachets ing, without padding of unnecessary and cancels. We've gone a long way items or deletion of important as­ in our branch of the hobby, and we sociated facts. It is truly a listing don't regret it one bit. "BY the collector FOR the collector." At least a portion of the increased • interest in CAM cover collecting NO CHANGE IN POLICY OF might be attributed to the recent ap­ NEW AIR SERVICE RELEASES pearance of the new APJ album page sets for CAM's. These loose-leaf We reproduce here a letter from pages, of which a complete collection Mr. Roy M. Martin, Supt. of Air album is available, make it possible Mail, concerning recent Air Mail in­ for the average collector to properly augurals: mount covers of this type, anct have October 15, 1940 with his collection attractively writ­ "My dear Mr. Gatchell, ten-up information on the routes. Receipt is acknowledged of your complete route maps showing old, letter concerning the press release of revised and new routes, and illustra­ new air mail services to go into effect tions of the more attractive cachets October 15. · used on some of the covers. There has been no change in the policy concerning notices of first And :the Future flights, and the Department will en­ It is reasonable to assume that deavor to notify all concerned when­ CAM cover collecting popularity has ever there is sufficient time for full not yet reached its ultimate peak. coverage. Many collectors who have sent and saved a few covers in the past year~ Recently, there have been some are just beginning to realize their cases where the various factors upon importance. A more genuine appreci­ which authorizations for new ser­ ation of these souvenirs which chron­ vices are determined, were not in icle the historic development of our our hands until approximately the national network of airways is in­ time the carrier was ready to start. evitable as the years pass. Then too. In these cases, it did not appear war­ those who have indicated or thought ranted to delay the start of the ser­ that "all the possible new first flights vice for the considerable period re­ have been flown" will have to revise quired for first flight announcements. their premises as evidenced by the A number of notices are being sent numerous inaugurals of the past sev­ out at the present time, which will eral weeks. Though the number may indicate our intention of following be reduced, there will always be the long-established practice when­ new routes or services to maintain ever there is sufficient time for the a continued interest in new material. complete coverage necessary. Those The day has passed when collec­ which have come from the printer. tors or dealers, who specialize in at this time are enclosed herewith. some other branch of the hobby, We appreciate the cordial tenor or refer to CAM coYers as common y-0ur letter. cabbage and look upon their value Sincerely yours, as less than postage. Persons might Roy M; Martin, still TRY to BUY them at p0stage Superintendent." figures, but today they practically all look CAM's over and catalogue them At a later date Mr. Gatchell, sec­ quite carefully before SELLING the retary of the AAMS Advisory Board, covers. wrote Mr. Martin calling attention to the supplying of additional official Conlrac::t Bir:thday cachets for all cities on NEW routes So, as we approach the celebration AM-51 and AM-48. It was respect.­ of the 15th anniversary of the first fully suggested that the Department Contract Air Mail service in the provide the usual cachet treatment. Three Pounds For Erie Inaugural

• FIRST FLIGHT Air Mail changes hands for the October 15th in­ augural of AM-46 (Buffalo-Erie-Pittsburgh) at Erie. Photo taken by Editor Conrath on the arrival of the southbound Bight at 12:15 p. m. shows light sack of mail. The sack and lock weighs 2 lbs. Left is Pennsylvania Central Airlines Capt. J. T. Rinker, Pilot and. right, Ralph R. Weigel, Supt. of Mails, Erie. Pa.

BETTER CLASSIFICATION OF lector who desires to collect only -AIR MAIL STAMPS URGED official stamps has had stamps of "A branch in which better classi­ private origin foisted on him as of­ fication of material is needed is the fi.cal. And I think even the air specialist is entitled know which air mails. Here various items of to private origin have been treated as items in his collection are private and which are official issues. I in­ though they were of governmental sist on recognition of the principal origin. I realize that the air special­ that every collector has the right to ist is probably as much interested in collect what he pleases. But also I the private pioneer flights as in the insist that he should be entitled to know the status of what he is col­ official flights and desires private as lecting." well as governmental material in -From "Principles of Philately" his collection. But the general col- by John N. Myer. IMPORTANT MESSAGE • ALL MEMBERS B ELIEVING THAT EVERY REAL AIRPOSTER is deeply interested in the contin~d welfare and progress of our hobby and in the further expansion of the American Air Mail Society, both in individual memberships and new chapters, your chairman is calling signals for - ACTION. I earnestly solicit the enthusiastic and continuous support of every member. I am convinced that the majority of our members wish to see our Society and the hobby it so splendidly represents grow and :flourish in great measure and bring to increasing numbers the joys of aero-philately. One of the greatest opportunities for achieving this is through an increased number of live-wire chapters, providing frequent fellowship, exchanges,. inspiring and helpful programs and other mutual benefit enterprises. Already, since President Alley entrusted this important task to my incapable charge I have received very encouraging assurances of co­ operation and have via loyal co-workers, formed several importani con­ tacts in a number of cities. Our opportunities are limited only by the amount of work we are willing to do. I am counting on every member to do his or her full share. If your community affords no opportunity for a chapter, at least, overlook no possible new member-far or near, hut seriously consider first-a new chapter. The Society needs and will appreciate your best efforts. I shall he deeply grateful for you help. GLEN W. NAVES, -Chapters Chairman.

MOTOR CITY AIR MAIL SOCIETY IS ACTIVE CHAPTER The Motor City Air Mail Society, Chapter No. 11, American Air Mail Society, the October 26th special meeting of which will be reported in our next edition, has since its formation been an active and enthusiastic group. .John B. .Jackson is president, .John .Jungwirth iS vice-president, and the secretary-treasurer is Lester L. Manning. These officers have a record of splendid service to their chapter and The American Air Mail Society. Meetings are held the second Tuesday in each month at member's homes, and always a delightful aero-phila­ telic atmosphere prevails. As a result of member's fre­ quent contact with each other and the holding of meet­ ings in their homes, a pleasant social background adds to their enjoyment. The chapter has one honorary member, Karl Koslow­ ski, pioneer airposter. Recently for a full week, the chapter had an exhibit in the main Detroit post office building. Speakers on interesting topics, and motion pictures, a la AAMS member, Orian E. Green, are fre­ quent program features. Mr. Green, member of the chap­ ter, has modern motion picture equipment, and there­ fore is able to make this valuable contribution to its entertainment. Further newsy events on Motor City chapter activities e JOHN B. JACKSON, will appear in subsequent editions of The Airpost .Journal. President of The Motor The chapters chairman is to receive complete and timely City Air Mail Society at reports on activities of all chapters and requests they all New Orleans airport. kindly cooperate. NOVEMBER, 1940 43

We've missed hearing from them in recent months but know there's Ckapters Chatter plenty of old-time aero-philatelic en­ thusiasm on deck in their thriving • Pacific port ...... And belated but ~ OS, all Chapter prexies and sec­ SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS to ~ , retaries, send us news concern- one of our major assets, Airposter ing all your activities ...... In cases Walter Bruggmann of aforesaid where the time element will allow, chapter, elected to AAMS life mem­ please rush advance notices of bership at the Toronto aero-philatelic mEetings, special events such as ex­ extravaganza ...... about which we're hibits, etc., remembering always the still getting complimentary reports Airpost Journal deadline of the 20th ...... and still eating our ink-saturat- of each month...... Photographs of ed heart out over ...... because the new chapter presidents or exhibits fates conspired and kept us away ...... of special merit also are desirable And to the gang in Chapter 14 ...... We'll appreciate your cooper- we'd especially appreciate a news­ ation muchly ...... Remember the ad- letter ever so often so all your many dress: Glen W. Naves, P. 0. Box 446, friends in the states will know how Spartanburg, S. C., and Thanx ...... you fellows are getting along ...... P. S. to this item ...... Keep in mind Shoot it along ...... pronto ...... please. that the Chapters Section is your section and let's work together to AAMS Future Bright make it newsy, interesting and pro­ Cheerful note for all of us ...... An- gressive every month. nounced plans for Scott's 1941 Standard Airpost Catalogue, plus Calling Manila and Toronto honor and recognition to our Society Scheduled for early dispatch from via selection of AAMS committee to our cluttered desk is a Clipper let­ collaborate with those two outstand­ ter of inquiry to our good pals in ing philatelic authorities, Hugh M. Manlia Chapter 13, long one of the and Theresa M. Clark ...... plus the live-wire outfits of the AAMS scheduled 1941 American Air Mail

CHAPTER FIFTEEN EXHIBIT AT COUNTY FAIR

The 32-frames exhibit of the Spartanburg, (S. C.) Stamp and Cover Club, viewed by thousands attending the recent annual Spartanburg County Fair. Top center is the club's charter as Chapter 15 of t.he American Air Mail Society. Air! mail and other stamps and· covers were exhibited, including FAM's, CAM's, National Air Mail Week and other items, and a wide array of stamps on and off cover andi related material. The Airpost Journal and the AAMS booklet "Mail Through th~ Air" were featured. Ali chapter members and officers are "AAMS members and their membership cards were included in frames. Postmaster Helen D. Moseley is president. -Spartanburg Herald-Journal St:lff Ph·t>to 44 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

Catalogue supplement ...... another expense to the department) for the excellent product we can look for­ next chapters section. ward to from the plant of our fellow We Are Grateful airposter, Walter J. Conrath, A-1 AERORCHIDS to Miss Florence printer and typographical designer Lamport, Prexy Alley, Secretary ...... and the November AAMS air­ Vlasak, Treasurer Angers and Senors post auction with Cleveland Chapter Conrath, Gatchell, Singley, Bill Haf­ No. 3 is another important wide- ner, John Jackson, Charles J. Wood, interest event ...... wish we could the great philatelist, Eugene Klein all get there and make it another con- ...... and all our other loyal co-work­ vention! ...... However, we can count ers in this important chapters enter- on Senors Gatchell, Dickason, Por­ prise ...... plus an extra cutting of ter, Alley, Conrath, et al., to do the flora for the aforesaid Senor things up brown ...... and already Singley's interesting and informative we've ...... in our usual inimitable FAM articles ...... a valuable addit- suave (?) and subtle (?) manner ...... ion to the Airpost Journal's well­ hinted to Walter J. that a split on diversified presentation of top-flight pix of the event is in order ...... airposters matertal ...... provided we can swipe same (at no (Continued on Page 80l Report of First AAMS Airpost Auction • AIRPOST JOURNAL and did pro­ Held at Toronto, Ontario, Aug. 17 vide a much needed media for buy­ • ing and selling among members. The Below is the consolidated balance small realization can be directly sheet of the first Experimental AA­ traced to the hurried and experi­ MS Auction: mental grouping of lots which was RECEIPTS necessary for this first sale and has Received from buyers, includ­ taught us the necessity of so group­ ing postage and mailing ing as to permit a realization of not charges ...... $457 .31 less than $1 per lot. Smalle·r realiza­ Accounts receivable ...... 2.70 tions per lot create commissions so low as to not even pay for the listing. TOTAL RECEIPTS ...... $460.01 The most significant thing learned EXPENDITURES from the First Auction was the dem­ Paid to owners, less commis- onstrated fact that there is a need sions charged ...... $285.73 for this service. Members participat­ Postage, registration, insur- ed in goodly numbers on both the ance, express and supplies .. 25.05 buying and selling end and there was Paid AIRPOST JOURNAL for no complaint of any kind or char­ Catalogue listings ...... 70.00 acter from either buyer or seller. Only one lot was returned, quite TOTAL EXPENDITURES .. $380.78 properly, because of improper des­ NET PROFIT ...... *$ 79.2~ cription. Prices were generally good * NOTE--Of the net profit shown throughout although as always there outright donated material amounted were several attractive buys and to $75.35. sleepers. Earlies.• Canada, Crash Cov­ As it will be seen from the above ers, the later F AM's and Trans­ the first experimental Auction can Oceans were strong and popular. The be regarded as satisfactory. While it rarer CAM 's brought excellent is true that the net profit, which has prices whereas the commoner varie­ been paid into the Catalogue fund, ties were somewhat weak as is fre­ would have been negligible had it quently the case in these items. not been for the generous donations Respectfully submitted, received, the Auction has brought an additional revenue of $70 to the L. B. Gatchell, Manager. NOVEMBER, 1940 4S

ern collector, sends us an appreci­ ation of the August APJ, together with information that all S. African air mail services are now suspended, • there is no more Penny Post, and Coverage on Airposts and Airpost the only new issues appearing are Collectors as Gleaned Through Propaganda Poster Stamps, of which the Editorial Office three colorful examples were enclosed ...... We return good cheer to Mr . • Smith, with the assurance that this New U. S. Air Stamp? nation is doing everything to assist the Empire, short of actual war, and HOT TIP of the month comes it might not be too long, in our per­ from Maurice Petty, who while at­ sonal estimation, before we go the tending the Detroit World Wide Con­ balance of the way ...... Twenty- vention took time off at Bill Wynn's three years ago October 16 Treasurer home to report to his Journal ...... George W. Angers answered the call that there's a strong possibility that to the colors ...... This year George, not only will there be a Post Office who's slightly over 36 we understand Department cachet in connection supervised the conscription registra­ with the new Washington National tion of younger men in his own dis­ Airport dedication in December ...... trict of Springfield, Mass ...... Sec­ but possibly a NEW AIR MAIL retary. Emil Vlasak, George's busi­ STAMP also ...... That's welcome ness assistant, who recently turned news, if it only materializes 36, was a registration supervisor in We were sorta shaken not to find a his Springfield district ...... Many winged monster on the Defense set, AAMS members registered for ser­ which we claim had a number of vice ...... This scrivener being par­ items of lesser artistic and utility .ticularly flattered and feeling· much value ...... However, if this new air- younger when he was classified as port turns out to be all we've read having a ruddy complexion and red about and actually will be a most HAIR, at least several of them ...... impor'tant factor in protecting all of the nation's swell new people and Charles A. (Chick) Kenny, former buildings in D. C ...... we're all for editor and published of the National getting out an. Air Mail stamp to Stamp News, gave up his philatelic tell the balance of the country about newspaper a few months ago to join it in a more graphic manner. the publicity and press staff of GOP presidential candidate Wendell Will- And while we're tossing about kie ...... Now, according to a clipping the id~as for new U. S. Air Mail from Maurice Petty, he's had to stamps, plea;;e don't let's. forget make another change ...... the Na- there's an important anniversary tional Guard called him back for coming up next February 15th ...... service, and we send best wishes to the fifteenth birthday of the be­ our former editorial associate, now ginning of the first Contract Air back in the Army. Mail Service, which might well A tin from member Dallas R. Long, be celebrated with an Air stamp, or (but foo late for use when this is mark the release date of a new published) indicates that Hickory, series of better Air Mails comprising in ulace of Asheville, will be inaugu­ all of the necessary values for our rated on AM-51 by Pennsylvania current rate structure. Central Airlines November 1 ...... Former AAMS president Herbert Dallas, we understand, is employed H. Griffin back in the sunny South by PCA ...... Congratulations to for the winter months ...... Herb George H. Porter III, and Mrs. Por­ will appreciate hearing from old ter on the arrival of a new son, Gary friends his address is 2724 Coffee Pot Lee, October 2 ...... M. 0. Warns of Drive, 'St. Petersbur~, Florida. . Millwaukee recently visited New and if we could be m the Sunshme York with a call on Bart Gatchell City again we'd like to have a cuppa ...... It's anticipated Bart will be in coffee with Herb and some of the attendance at the Cleveland AAMS swell gents down there ...... Park Airpost Auction November 23, and Smith the Strand, C. P., South we hope to see a large number of our Africa', another fine friend and vet- fellow members there. Official publication of the American Air Mail Society. Published monthly at Albion, (Erie Co.,) Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL is entered WALTER J. CONRATH. Editor as second-class matter, February 10, Albion, Penn'a 1932, at the post office at Albion, Pa .. GRACE CONRATH, Business Manager under the Act of March 3. 1879. Albion, Penn'a All editorial copy, advertising, new and renewal subscriptions should ~be sent ALTON J. BLANK, Assistant Editor direct to the publication office at 1850 Burnett Ave.. E. Cleveland, 0. Albion, Penn'a. GLEN W. NAVES, Assistant Editor The AIRPOST JOURNAL is not con­ % Herald-Journal Newspapers ducted for profit. The managing edi­ Spartanburg, S. C. tor, all department editors, feature writers and contributors serve gratis ASSOCIATE EDITORS and without compensation of any kind. FRANCIS J. FIELD, Sutton Coldfield, All receipts from advertising, subscrip­ England tions and contributions are applied di­ rectly to the betterment of the maga­ L. B. GATCHELL, 24 Brook Road, zine and the promotion of aero-philately. Bronxville. N. Y. SUBSCRIPTION RATES D. E. HELMUTH. 1724 Page Ave., #11, United States ...... $2.00 per year East Cleveland, Ohio Canada and Foreign ....•... $2.50 per year JAMES C. HEARTWELL, 341 Carroll Single Copies ...... 20c each Park West. Long Beach. Calif. Back Numbers ...... 25c each F. W. KESSLER, 551 Fifth Avenue, Second (duplicate) copy sent to New York. N. Y. member's same address, 1 yr..... $1.00 Bound Volumes also available. RICHARD L. SINGLEY. Post Office. Lancaster, Penn'a ADVERTISING RATES One inch, per issue...... 11.00 DEPARTMENT EDITORS Quarter Page. per Issue ...... 3.25 Half Page, per issue ...... 6.00 ALTON J. BLANK Full Page, per issue ...... $10.00 Airs of the Month Front Inside or Back Cover ...... $12.00 Composition charge for solid, tabular HAROLD A. JONES or special typographic layouts: lOc to Crash Cover News 25c per inch additional. W.R. PATTON Interested advertisers may apply for Canada contract rate for space used every issue for a period of 12 months. Ad­ MAURICE S. PETTY vertising and editorial copy MUST BE Dedications and Unofficials RECEIVED BY THE 20TH OF EACH CHARLES G. RIESS MONTH. 10 days before publication. Contract Air Mail Routes

CLEVELAND AUCTION to be served through your purchases. "1 OUR ATTENTION is directed to Three types of donation lots have ll the second AAMS Airpost Auc­ been listed in the catalogue, while tion to be held with the Cleveland the other material being sold for the Air Mail Society at the Hollenden account of individual collectors will Hotel, Cleveland, Saturday after­ keep the exchange circulating with­ noon, November 23, the catalogue or in the hobby and within the Society. which sale is presented with this is­ Members have responded with sue of the J ournaL It is felt these material of a larger volume and a Society Auctions will also serve to greater value th

75 cents for the cover paper bound fellowship of CAM collectors, and edition and $2.00 for the matching those interested in this sub-division fabricoid and heavy board bound of airposts who haven't received the edition, post paid. Collectors who News should write him, with postage, have been clipping supplements from for a copy. An AAMS Chapter or the Journal will immediately wel­ Unit for CAMers might well be form­ come the appearance of the collated ed, according to Mr. Hafner. and bound 1941 Supplement. The Catalogue Committee also BULLETIN SERVICE BUSY has remaining a very limited num­ October was a busy month for the ber of the specially prepared and sometimes thought dormant AAMS artistically bound De Luxe and Spon­ Advance Air Mail Information Bul­ sors' Editions of the large 1940 Ed­ letin Service. Five Society Bulletins ition. Those collectors wishing to were published between the 10th and contribute to the· Catalogue Fund are the 25th of October, most of them invited to subscribe to these special concerning the short-notice CAM in­ editions, with proper recognition ac­ augural events. The first Bulletin of corded in the forthcoming 1941 Sup­ the month, however, covered the un­ plement. hearlded announcement of the 13th BILL HAFNER'S CAM NEWS Amendment anniversary stamp, re­ Focusing additional interest on leased October 9, the stamp went .on CAM's is Bill Hafner, AAMS mem­ sale October 20. The Bulletin usual­ ber 777 of Babylon, N. Y., who pub­ ly covers these new US stamp issues lished his first copy of "CAM Cover of a short-notic"! nature as many 01 News" during October. This mimeo­ our members also collect first day graphed folder is sponsored exclus­ covers, and would miss them without ively for CAM cover collectors and proper notice. copies of the first issue have been It should be pointed out that the sent to AAMS and WCAMS members Bulletin Service is maintained with­ interested in these popular covers. out extra expense to the member­ Bill has a fine idea in his little pub­ ship. This benefit is included in the lication for direct contact to the fine annual dues. It is only necessary to send the Bulletin manager a supply of self-addressed regulation 1-cent governmental postal cards, which are held until the time of publication. Bulletins are only printed when of­ Vou ~om.m.and fical news of interest is announced without sufficient time for the mem­ the finest stocks in the world of ber to have information in time Special Postmarks, Air Posts, Avia­ through the Journal or the weeklv tion Documents, Air Raid Leaflets philatelic press. Members should tell and War Specialties if you ask to their collector friends of this valu­ see our approval selections. able service. Those who took advan­ tage of the Bulletin of October will find that this service alone well re­ Vou ~om.mand pays their annual cost of member­ ship. an unique range of up-to-date infor­ mation and opinion if you read the de luxe, illustrated magazine "The HEH.EEL'S WEEKLY Aero Field." Subscribe now! 3/6

stop at Suva, in the Fiji Islands. This addition would be on the 1988 mile hop between New Caledonia and F.A.M. NOTES Canton Island. It is interesting to note this route extends almost from by RICHARD L. SINGLEY 40 degrees north to 40 degrees south. Lancaster, Penn'a This means you go from one climate to another before you can make the • requisite changes of clothing. The Add-FAM-19 cost of the trip to New Zealand is $650.00 or $1,170.00 for the round­ • trip. The journey from San Francisco ITH THE LAST of the New to Hong Kong is $760.00 or $1,368.00 W Zealand covers safely tucked for the round trip.

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DIRECTIONAL COVERAGE FOR INAUGURAL OF AM 49-B. PITTSBURGH, PENN'A TO HUNTINGTON (Pick-up) VIA PARKERSBURG, W. VA. SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 12, 1940 Cannonsburg, Pa. to Pittsburgh and Huntington Washington, Pa. to Pittsburgh and Huntington Stubenville, Ohio. to Pittsburgh and Huntington Wellsburg, W. Va. to Pittsburgh and Huntington Wheeling, W. 'la. to Pittsburgh and Huntington Moundsville, W. Va. to Pittsburgh and Huntington New Martinsville, W. Va. to Pittsburgh and Huntington Sistersville, W. Va. to Pittsburgh and Huntington St. Marys, W. Va. to Pittsburgh Marietta, Ohio to Pittsburgh Parkersburg, W. Va. to Pittsburgh Ravenswood, W. Va. to Pittsburgh and Huntington Pomeroy, Ohio. to Pittsburgh Gallipolis, Ohio. to Pittsburgh Wellston, Ohio. to Pittsburgh and Huntington Jackson, Ohio. to Pittsburgh and Huntington Portsmouth, Oh1o. to Pittsburgh and Huntington Greenup, Kentucky to Pittsburgh and Huntington Ironton, Ohio. to Pittsburgh and Huntington Ashland, Kentucky, to Pittsburgh and Huntington Covers also from terminals: Pittsburgh, l; Huntington, 2; Parkersburg, 2. This list prepared from the schedule appearing in the Postal Bulletin Octo- ber 18, 1940, by courtesy of Richard Singley. '

-From AAM'.S BULLETIN published October 25, 1940

500 lbs. of mail is carried per crosR~ ing one-way. The record for pound­ age one-way is 7 ,008 lbs. Passengers are always obliged to wait for ac­ UAM Uover Notes commodations on the westward flight due to the excess amounts of mail. The week of October 20th complet­ • ed the 250th crossing. Westbound flights refuel at Bermuda because of the heavy mail loads carried. by CHAS. G. RIESS Information concerning C.A.M's should SHORT NOTICE CON- be sent direct to the editor of section, TRA.CT ROUTE FLIGHTS P. 0. Box 11, Albany, N. Y. I was fortunate enough in being abte to place covers on the ~ollowing sho_rt • notice contract route flights and will have a few sets to sell. Price 30c per URING THE PAST MONTH a cover and as the number of airmail ll)) field dispatches that are available are number of new routes as well not known at this time, the actual as additions and extensions to exist­ number of covers is in question. ing routes have been authorizEd by Flights took place on October 15, ef­ fecting routes 15, 25, 40, 46, 47, and the Post Office Dept. Many of these 50. Approximately 30 covers are in- were placed in service with very volved. short advance notice. It is also noted A deposit of not less than $5 will be that official first· flight cachets were accepted and purchaser will be advis­ ed of the exact amount necessary to not furnished for some points on complete the series. All will be mailed new routes. It is hoped that the De­ out registered to purchaser. partment will be able to give more All covers will be on heavy quality advance notice in the future as well white bond paper, will be properly cacheted and backstamped. as furnishing official cachets for new In addition a new route will operate points, otherwise, many of us will from Norfolk, Va. to Knoxville, Tenn., necessarily miss out on some of the and if desired, orders may be placed flights and have to trust to luck m at this time for these covers at the same price. picking up the missed items. Many of us have found out during the past ALBERT N. BROWN 270. Tehama San Francisco few weeks that the AAMS Advance Bulletin Service was of real value NOVEMBER, 1940 51 and help in getting information out regarding some of these short-notice events. New Inaugurals The Daily Postal Bulletin of Oc­ SHOR'f NOTICE tober 14, 1940 listed the following as effective October 15, 1940. AM-46 Pittsburgh, Pa. to Buffalo, N. Y. via Erie, Pa. AM-47 St. Louis, Mo. to Nashville, Tenn. via Evansville, Ind. C.A.M.' s AM-50 Houston, Tex. to San Antonio, Tex. and Houston, Tex. to Corpus OCTOBER "15, "1940 Christi, Tex. AM-40 Extension of this route from the Tri-Cities of Florence, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Ala. • to Nashville, Tenn. Also effective AM#46-Pittsburgh and AMF to Erie, November 1, 1940 extension of AM- Erie to Pittsburgh and Buffalo, Buf­ 15 from Amarillo, Tex. to Oklahoma falo and AMF to Erie, Contractor's City, Okla. Cachets. Effective November 1, 1940 ser­ AM#47-St. Louis and AMF to Evans­ vice will be inaugurated on AM-51, ville, Evansville to St. Louis and Nash­ Norfolk, Va. to Knoxville, Tenn, via ville, Nashville AMF to Evansville, Rocky Mount, Raleigh, Greensboro, Contractor's Cachets. and Asheville, N. C. Service will not be inaugurated at Asheville Novem­ AM#5!>-Corpus Christi to Houston, Houston to Corpus Christi and San ber first but at a later date, hence, it Antonio, San Antonio to Houston. will be necessary for collectors to set in inbound covers to this point. Of­ AM#40-Florence, Sheffield, and Tus­ fical cachets at this writing have been cumbia to Nashville, Nashville AMF to authorized only for Rocky Mount and Florence, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. Asheville. I have all the above on 100% rag "Per­ The Minot, N. D. addition to AM- petual" air mail envelopes, franked 26 will take place on November 1. with commemoratives, properly back­ 1940 instead of October 25, 1940 as stamped. No space here to list prices­ originally scheduled. This point will a penny post card will bring you my be serviced by a spur line from Bis­ list of prices on these and on the marck-Mandan, N. D. November 1 flights: Effective October 21, 1940 Clarks­ (AM 26-Minot to Bismarck and Man­ burg, W. Va. is embraced as an inter­ dan and return; AM 15-0klahoma City mediate stop on AM-25. No mention to Amarillo and return; AM 48- Min­ of an official cachet was made in the neapolis and St. Paul to Rochester­ daily Postal Bulletin notice. Des Moines-Kansas City; and Des Moines-ottumwa-St. Louis; AM 51- New Pick-Up Norfolk-Rocky Mount-Raleigh-Greens- Effective November 12, 1940 an­ boro-Knoxville). other pick-up route AM-49B is to be placed in service. This route is to Trade? No-except for Scottsbluff on be operated between Pittsburgh, Pa. August 19, Traverse City on October 9, Nashville P. 0. on October 15-I and Huntington, W. Va. and vice missed those. Have an extensive stock versa. No mention is made of the use of rarities from 1926 to date. Send of any first flight cachets at any your want-Ii.st for price quotations. point. See listing of this route else­ where in this issue. AM-48, November I • Effective on or about November 1, 1940 service was to be inaugurated P. C. NAHL on new AM-48. This route will op­ 421 W. Fifth St. Stillwater, Okla, erate· from Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn. via Rochester, Minn., Mason SEND POST CA.RD TODAY City, Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, to FOR PRICE LIST Kansas City, Mo. and from Des Moines, Iowa via Ottumwa, Iowa 52 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL OILMAN'S 245th PUBLIC SALE NOV. 12-13 FEATURING United States & Foreign Alrnaalls Zepps., British, Irish, French, German Cols., Latin Amer., Australia, Africa, Canada, Switzerland, Trans-Atlantics. Also U. S. & Foreign Postage, Fine Album Pages, Collections, Etc. CATALOGUE FREE. M. OHLMAN ll6-J Nassau Street. New York City

and Quincy, Ill. to St. Louis, Mo. It Aerophilatelic Addenda is not expected that service will be In 1941 Hong Kong will issue a inaugurated at Mason City or Quincy centenial set and one value will show when service is first inaugurated on a Clipper seaplane. The denomina­ this route but that these points will tion of this stamp will be $1 and the receive inaugural service at a later color orange and bright ultramarine. date. Official cachets only to be pro­ The Honduran Official series is to vided for Mason City, Ottumwa and be overprinted in honor of the pro­ Qunicy. It will be necessary for col­ jected Columbus Memorial Light­ lectors to have inbound covers to house. While the stamps are to be those points not embraced on the in. available for the general public use augural service on this route. At this the airmail stamp collector who adds writing no notice of this route has as airs converted to other uses will find yet appeared in the daily Postal a place for them in his albums .. Bulletin. (James Heartwell has a list of such New Boston - New Orleans? stamps in his bulletin if you care According to newspaper reports to check.) the Seaboard Airways, Inc. is await­ -Alton J. Blank ing confirmation by the Civil Aero­ nautics Authority for a new air line between Boston and New Orleans. STATEMENT Of the ownership, management, etc. of The Airpost Journal, published month· Patronize APJ• Advertisers ly at Albion, Penn'a, required by the act of Congress of August 24, 1912. Editor-Walter J. Conrath, Albion, Pa. Business Manager-Grace Conrath, Al­ ~t!Je 'P~,~~ bion, Pa. ~ Owner-The American Air Mail Socl­ ~ YourAlrCovers ty, Wm. R. Alley, President, 261 Broad­ ~ The ordinary sulphite bond envelope way, New York City. Emil J. Vlasak, ~ turns yellow and deteriorates within Secretary, 293 Bridge Street, Springfield, ~ a few years, rendering your covers Mass. ~ almost worthless. We have specially Known bondholders, Mortagees and ~ printed for collectors three designs of other security holders, holding one per­ ~ Air Mail Envelopes on "Permanized" ~ Afrpost Bond, a 65% rag content cent or more of the total amount of ~ paper of high quality, whiter, strong­ bonds. mortages or other securities­ ~ er and will not yellow with age. None. ~ They cost a little more, but they Signed ~ assure you of perfect covers in Grace. Conrath, Business Manager ~ :vears to come. Sampler Box of Subscribed and sworn to before me ~ 25 APJ "Permanl;ed" Enve1-35" this 5th day of October, 1940. ~~ opes, assorted designs, 'I' (Seal) Virginia Ticknor, ~ fi~~p~~d ioo··1;;r:···$1::ro·; .. 25o'"a·;;i:·ed for Justice of the Peace. p;, $3.00. Samples of these and other (My commission expires January l, 1944) ~ Air Mail Envelopes for 5c in stamps. ~ APJ ALBUM DEPARTMENT When answering the advertisements ~ Walter J. Conrath • Albion, Pen:n'a please mention that you saw it in the ~,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.. AIRPOST JOURNAL. Gfero Pki/atelists Of cAfote

({))WNER of one of the nation's out- in the field of aeronautics. She work­ standing collections of pilot ed hard. Resourceful, patient, she autographs and other signed aero­ contacted many famous pilots, ob­ philatelic material, Miss Florence tained their autographs on her prized Lamport, 5364 Sydenham Street, covers, greatly enhancing their value. Philadelphia, despite her youth, is a Clippings, photographs, maps and commendable example of the "good . other appropriate material were add­ soldier" who comes into the Ameri­ ed, interestingly backgrounds each can Air Mail Society, sticks to col­ item. Thus, her collection, with its lecting and, by her enthusiasm, be­ wealth of signatures, cachets, stamps comes an inspiration to others. The on covers, photographs and other more recruits of her type in the AA­ items tells, to a great extent the MS-the better! story of aviation. ' Stamp collecting has interested Miss Lamport since grammer school Orville Wright! Louis Bleroit! days. Came high school and she be­ Glenn Martin! Charles A. Lindbergh! gan specializing in air mails. The Douglas Corrigan! All their signa­ Graf Zeppelin 'round - the - world tures came into her fascinating store. flight especially attracted her atten­ No "easy stages'· operator, Miss Lam­ tion and so her first personally dis­ port didn't start with those pilots patched air cover was . sent on the whose signatures, although valuable Graf's memorable globe-circling voy­ and desirable, could be had for a let­ age. ter and perchance a stamped and ad­ dressed return envelope; she began Her collection grew. Miss Lamport with American's No. 1 Pilot, Orville wanted it to be something more than Wright! And she didn't fail-not by just another accumulation of covers a long shot. and so she decided to do something about it-she went out after signa­ Her Lindbergh autograph in on the tures of 1pilots and others prominent back of a summons for speeding. An interesting little story explains how • she got that one. Her cousin is a member of the Orange, N. J. police No. 14 In A Series department. One day, the famous by GLEN W. NAVES pilot breezed along a New Jersey P. O. Box 446 thoroughfare, a number of miles in Spartanburg. S. C. excess of the stipulated legal maxi- 54 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL mum. The law got him. He was re­ bronze award at the 1938 American quested to sign his summons and did Air Mail Society exhibition in St. so. The cousin saved the document Petersburg, Florida, has been enter­ for Miss Lamport. ed in the Philadelphia Evening Douglas Corrigan has signed a Stamp Club's annual exhibition, and photograph ancl air mail cover for went from there to the New York Miss Lamport and has written her World's Fair. two letters. In one, he wished her Other interests of Miss Lamport success with her collection. are motion pictures and their history and a collection of dolls from all Miss Lamport has been a member parts of the world. She is junior of the American Air Mail Society for motion picture chairman for the 10 years. Her membership number Federated Women's Clubs in Phil­ is 896. She has been a member of adelphia and librarian for the dolls the Collectors Club for several and motion pictures groups. For two years. years she was treasurer of the Often she speaks before stamp Temple Junior Women's Club, a clubs and in schools on philatelic charitable group, working for the subjects. Her collection received a university and hospital. AIRPORT DEDICATION COVERS • cumseh, Nebr., Jacksonville, Fla .• Elizabeth City, N. C., Lawton, Mich., by MAURICE S. PETTY and Sioux City, Iowa, since last is­ News of future and past events under sue. Your thanks are due to F. A. this section should be sent direct to Benton, C. A. Hunter, G. W. Brands, Mr. Petty, 507 Quackenbos St., N. W., W. T. Wynn, C. of C's., K. Tallmadge Washington, D. C. and G. F. Crocker. PAST DEDICATIONS: On Sep­ • tember 28th, the first planes landed on the Washington National Airport ~UPPLEMENTAL CATALOGUE on signal of Pres. Roosevelt, and ~ actively in preparation. If you an air show overhead was partici­ know of any unlisted dedication pated in by 420 planes. The Civil covers that should be included, or Aeronautics Board, Dept. of Com­ corrections to printed volume or APJ merce and Board of Trade, etc., had supplements, you should send them arranged for Pres. Roosevelt to lay in AT ONCE or it will be too late. the cornerstone of the Terminal Building that day, after two post­ COMING: December 17, 1940. ponements. The big air show was a Dedication (second) of Washington surprise, unannounced and arranged National Airport. Cover to writer by the President, and White House hereof ...... Fremont, Nebr. set for publicity for the preceding two days October 9 and 10, has not occurred heralded the coming "airport dedi­ at this writing, but expected soon. cation." It was a bit confusing, and ...... Hemet, California very soon. no cover mailing had been planned...... Clipping from Emanuel M. but to be safe, we took all the covers Strauss tells of 150 airports planned on hand to the event. The President in New York State, and hundreds ended his speech with these words: elsewher.e. Keep your eyes open for "this civilian aviation center of news and send it in for benefit of which we are all so proud, the Wash­ fellow collectors...... James R. ington National Airport, and I here­ Maxwell promises to keep us in­ by dedicate it." Hurried conference formed on Ft. Wayne, Ind. and between local Washington Air Mail others ...... If you had your self ad- Society members produced a four dressed postals with the writer, you line stamped cachet in green ink on were able to get in on the sudden the 346 covers on hand and they dedications at Alamosa, Colo., Te- were mailed at the Air Mail Field NOVEMBER, 1940 SS

Post Office. The word "Preliminary" 18 ...... Ticonderoga, N. Y., Sept. 15, in the cachet was wholly our own to mimeo pictorial cachet on 378 covers allow for the fact that dedication was for airport dedication, and different being planned for December 17th. mimeo cachet on 215 other .covers Nevertheless, the fact remained that for seaplane base dedication by C. the President himself had deliberate­ of C. The two fields some distance ly and intentionally made this Sep­ apart ...... P. M. Hickory, N. C. re- tember 28th event a dedication, and ports about 50 covers mailed by him no one had a better right to do so. Sept. 7 for Municipal Airport dedi­ cation...... Philipsburg, Pa., Sept. 14, Some collectors, who either ignored also reported without cachet...... or had not read notices in all publi­ Final report on Lockport, Ill. is 538 cations to send their covers to the (including 100 commercial) pmkd. writer sent them to the Postmaster. Chicago A. M. F. September. 2, and 1 We were unable to secure them and I 280 (including 100 commerciaD pmkd. i they (number unknown) were mail­ Lockport, Sept. 2. Thru

...... Hot Springs, Ark. dedicated the without one. Others bear no mark­ . seaplane base on Sept. 22, and the ings, pmkd. both in City and at Air Jr. C. of C. applied a blue printed Mail Field...... Elizabeth City, N. cachet to 244 covers writes Mr. H. C. C. of C. had nice purple cachet T. Hollenbeck. This was one of the for dedication of U. S. Coast Guard most unique and pleasing cachets re­ Air Station, Oct. 17th...... Oct. 8th cently, for we do like something dif- Tecumseh, Nebr. cacheted 397 cov­ ferent ...... Gloucester, Mass, mailed ers (including three flown in by L. E. 400 covers on August 15th with cir­ Tyson, from Lincoln), which have cular border of 1938 N. A. M. W. additional inscription, reports Mr. C. cachet enclosing typing by C. of C. A. Hunter...... The writer would or writing by P. M. on the center much like to secure Geneva, N. Y. blank. Also a nice printed cachet covers with red cachet, Boyne City, was applied by F. A. Benton, who Mich., with none, and Ontario Calif. was told only the day before that with purple or red...... Corinth, there would be no cachet...... Heb- Miss. reported pmkd. Oct 1, but C. ron, Nebr. on Sept. 27 had a nice of C. says there has been no dedi- purple cachet by Civic Club on 267 cation at any time ...... covers for Municipal Airport dedi­ OTHER COVERS: Glen Naves cation...... Plymouth, Mass., Sept. sends Evansville, Ind. Sept. 25th 18, and Clevelai;d, Ohio, Sept. 1, with black cachet for Inaugural both reported without cachet also, Flight by Eastern Air Lines...... the latter with city cancel...... Regarding Westfield, Mass. covers of Kirkville, N. Y. dedicated Bennett Sept. 1_5th, mentioned last month. Airport. Sept. 28th, and it was at­ and which anoth~r paper says was an tended by member Leland Metzgar. actual airport dedication. Member About 52 covers mailed without F. A. Benton, who attended the event cachet...... Cocoa, Fla. Oct. 1, print- ~tates quite definitely that the report ed purplish cachet. by C. of C. for is not correct and it was dedication Commissioning (and dedicating) of Administration Building a n d Naval Air Station...... Rockland, Hanger, but NOT of an airport. 1900 Maine, dedicated seaplane base Oct. covers mailed from Westfield 50 3. Covers are both with and without from Springfield, and 20 from Holy­ large black printed cachet...... oke. The Westfield Chamber of Com­ Typographical error last month. Sea­ merce in a letter confirms Mr. Ben­ plane base on White Lake, Mich .. ton conclusively. was dedicated on August 24th, nm: CONGRATULATIONS to C. A. 27th. Covers were mailed from the Hunter on completion of his sixth two twin towns with typed inscrip­ year on the air mail column in tion signed by Pres. C. of C. and P. Chambers Stamp Journal. He has M., on Whitehall covers and P. M. been very cooperative with us and and Mayor on Montague covers. has our appreciation. Total of 25 from both places mailed THANKS for news items received by local man ...... At this late date, from F. A. Benton, G. W. Brands, G. F. Lancaster has uncovered a Mrs. LeRoy Brown, Alvin Franzblau Manhattan, Kans. cover w1tnout: W. J. Conrath, G. F. Crocker, C. A'. cachet, but with correct postmark Hunter, H. T. Hollenbeck, J. K. date for the dedication of Sept. 28. Howe, G. F. Lancaster, Theo Light. 1939, all previously reported having L. C. Metzgar, J. R. Maxwell, J. V. been pmkd. 29th, hence too late. Murray, P. F. Robertson, E. M. And a second has also shown up. Strauss, W. M. Stuart, J. F. Ulman, Probably others...... Portland, Ore. A. K. Story, H. L. Waha, W. T. Wynn, dedicated Portland-Columbia Air­ Jr., and for covers, seals, etc. from port, Oct. 13th. Black cachet by Teddy Forbes, John Howe, M. F. Mc­ Northwest and United Air Lines and Camley, Leland Metzgar, Glen W. Naves (2), H. L. Waha, Dr. J. F. Ul­ A. H. S ...... Jacksonville, Fla. cov- man (2). ers of Oct. 15th mailed by C. of C. bear typing "Jacksonville, U. S. LET US HELP SOLVE• YOUR COVER Naval Air Station Commissioned. mounting problem. APJ Album Pages are October 15, 1940," though they re­ SJ?ecially printed and designed for many turned some collectors' covers due different .types of airpost and other cov­ ers. Special sets also available. Send lOe to having no cachet and thinking the for s9m9les. APJ Album Denartment. owners did not want them mailed WPlter J. Conrath, Albion, Penn'a. AIR MAIL and the w AR, VII • from Hong Kong to Inda China has been definitely suspended, September 26, 1940. by DR. MAX KRONSTEIN ...... After some days of fighting the New Yorx, N. Y. .Japanese army received three air bases in Tanking State, North Indo China, In­ • cluding Hanoi, began bombing of Kun­ AROUND THE PACIFIC ming, air mail center of the CNAC in the Yunnan Province, China, and attacked on UUTHEN THE FffiST U. S. airman October 9, the airliner of the German­ . VV clipper was about to start from Chinese air service Eurasia between Auckland, New Zealand, returning Kunming and Chungking. The passenger to the USA. the Tasman flying boat plane escaped with bullet holes in the "Awarno" lei'< Rose Bay for Auckland wings. on short notice, .July 17, 1940, carrying I only 50 lbs. of mail to be transferred to Airmails rrom Palestine arrlvin<" at er the Clipper for USA. The airbase situation •Singapore by the British Overseas~ Air­ for this service has been further improv­ ways (about September I.) to he trans­ ed: Canton Island (and Enderbur:v) are fered on the U. S. Clipper service have a under joint control by the USA and Eng­ blue cachet in two lines: "To be for­ land for 50 years, beginning April 6, 1939. warded bv - Air from Singapore." ...... Base facilities in Noumea. New Caledonia, The Dutch East Indies Air Services are are improving by use of the US yacht still '."aiting. for the permission for regu­ "Lyndonia" as a floating hotel for 28 lar air service to the Philipplne Islanas persons. In the Fiji Islands furiher im­ but a special fligµt of a Douglas DC-3 provements have to be provided before was earned out on tnis line from BataVia .a regular stop can be added there...... ac_ross the South China Sea (BOO miles): On August 31, 1940 the Clipper took a with. a stop at Balik-Papan (Borneo), to northbound course over Suva, Fiji Is­ Manlla, on September 18, 1940, :ror a group lands. A mail parcel (with copies of the of US newspapermen on an air trip Auckland Herald and Star) addressed to around the Pacific. Sir Henry Luke, Governor of the Fiji Is­ lands at Suva, was dropped there by From the Airways in Africa Capt. W. A. Cluth, in charge of the clip- . In Eastern Africa the British Colonial per, and was acknowledged by radio. Army had to abandon British Somaliland to ~talian forces. This colony, with the The airmail situation in French Indo capital at ~erbera, has 68,000 square China is ·still unclear. On September 3, rrnles of territory. It had no air mail ser­ 1940 an agreement had been ofl'icially an­ y1ces bef~re the winter of 1935-36 and it nounced in Tokio, permitting the landing is not situated on the important air at Hanoi, Indo China, for the govern­ route . from ~gypt to Capetown. On the ment supported J"apall' Air Transport Co. Egypt:ian-Lyb1an border actual fighting on their air service from Japan (via b;>gan September 14, 1940. In South Afnca Formosa) to Thailand. Following other air mail center for US mail arriving by reports the Haiphong flying field, on the steamer, is in Capetown; for mail from railway from the Gulf of Tongking, Indo England, at Durban. British mail can be China, to the Chinese border, has al­ flown from Durban to Australia at a rate ready been used by the Nippon Airways of 7 d for postcards, 1 Sic ;> a . per half in August, 1940 ...... To be indeuenden! ounce for le~ters ...... In Western Africa from the Indo China Crisis the US Clip­ the International Air Services formerly per Service was sending, at the same operated by Air France are Still suspend­ time, air mails from Hong Kong to Brit­ ed. According to a communication of the ish India by the Douglas airplanes of the Consulate General of the Republic of China National Aviation Corp. rCNAC) Liberia in New York, August 14, 1940, the on a nearly 2,000 miles flight via Chungking (on the Yangtse RivPr) to Republic at that time had no internation­ Kunming (Province of Yunnan, China) al air connection. It is reported, about end ~long the famous Burma Road to September 1, 1940, that the Governors of Rangoon. Burma. The corresponding air the French Colonies in Western and mail service from China to Indo China Equatorial Africa, also of the Colony of w~s suspended on September 23, when Gabon, had placed themselves under the fighting began between .Japanese anu lead.,rship of the French Genernl de French troops end the Eurasia mail plane Gavlle ?t London and will Ag•in coon,,rate h~d to turn back without completing 1ts with the Belgian air services in Belgian flight to Hanoi...... The new .Japanese Congo and with the B-itish air mail ser­ air service had been suspended on Sep­ vic;>s in Western and in South Africa. tember 21, when the Nippon Airways re­ This c0uld be ve~y interesting for fur­ moved all its equipment from Indo­ ther airmail development, because as China. The British direct air servicE> e:irly as April, 1932 the late Swiss air 58 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

pioneer, Walter Mittelholzer, referred (in Rumania gave to Hungary a large portton American National Geographic Magazine) of Transylvania with the cities of Oradea to the Sahara as "a thoroughfare for air (Grosswardein) and Cluj (Klausenburg), traffic, thanks to the excelient civilizing the air mail center of Transylvania since work of the French, who !::eve established July 24, 1929. The city was taken over by a network of airntral Europe a :ttussian army had subsided, the air The old "Grand Duchy of Luxemburg" services in the Balkan countries were re­ was declared to be a part of Germany on sumed: on July 21, 1940 the Rumanian August 14, 1940. Since Luxemburg had no air services from Bucharest to Constanca airport, the air mail had to be transferred to Jassy (on the new Rumanian border by railway to the next German airport. to Bessarabia) and to Galatz. On the same Therefore airmail covers from Luxem­ day also the air service from Bucharest to burg used to have mixed Luxemburgian Budapest. Hungary, -Vienna-Berlin. and German franking...... About the In Jugoslavia a new air mail service same time German postage stamps were was inaugurated on July 18, 1940 between introduced in Alsace and Lo~raine...... Belgrade, Jugoslavia, and Budapest, On August 25. 1940 the "Fall Fair" began Hungary. We hear (from a crash report) at Leipzig, As always since 1920, that also a service is operated from the special air mail were put in op- Jugoslavian of Spalato to Agram eration. One of the special airliners on and Belgrade. the new airline con- way from Bucharest to Leipzig crashed nects also Budapest with this neutral on August 22, near Turnu Severin, Ru­ seaport. Greece maintained daily mania. As a "foreign feature" British air m~il dispatches from Athens to Lis­ leaflets over the fair announced a visit bon (32 drachmes for 5 grams) until the by British bombers. Dr. Edmund Greek-Itelian crisis, in the middle of Rumpler died in Germany on September August 1940. But it seems from informa­ 9, 1940. He was the constructor of the tion of the Greece aerophilatelist, P. J. famous "Te.Ube" of the First World War, Drosses, to t11e New York "Stamps," that when in 1914 the German aviator van this air line was suspended on July 24, Hiddesscn (pilot of the "Gelber Hund" of 1940...... From Turkey the construction the Darmstadt Airmail, 1912) dropped the of civil air fields in many parts of the first War leaflets on Paris, from his Rum- country has been reported and new air- pler Taube...... For August 25, 1940 a ways can be awaited there ...... At the new German direct airmail service was end of August 1£40 a new crisis arose ~n announced from Berlin to Lisbon; daily South Eastern Europe between Hungary, service has been maugurated by four Bulgaria and Rumania. By the "Vienna motored Junkers planes on October 7, Arbitration Award of August 30, 1940" 1940, regaining direct air connections to '

The Royal Air Force's heroic resistance against the aerial terror of the German Luftwaffe, coupled with its own cresendo of offensive thrusts against German military objectives can be said to have appreciably abated the immediate threat of invasion. Of late, England has enormously expanded her own production of military aircraft while pursuing a policy of extensive plane purchases in this country. As a result. the gap separating her from parity with Ger- · man air strength is narrowing. An empire-wide program of training pilots is similarly augmenting the manpower of the RAF. Even under the stress of constant German bombings, England continues to turn out her new boys, as, for instance. at this undisclosed pilot training station. Above, RAF fledglings are running to their machines (old • models for beginning training purposes) before a little exercise in the technique of stradling "eggs" across a target. Below. ' studying the framework of a craft, a "necessary" of pilot training. 60 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL the US Clipper service...... Also a Ger- ary Swiss mail could be transported to man airmail and air freight service to Lisbon, for shioment to US I\.. Therefore South America was awaited in August, a special airmail courier had been arrang­ 1940. to be started soon. by use of the ed and officially announced all over French air base at Dakar, Seneg::>l, and Switzerland. For a special fee of 10 cen­ Natal, the Brazilian air base of the Con­ times for 20 grams, airmail letter·s have dor Line. A similar Italhn air service Is been accepted, collected at Chiasso (until successfully operated once a week, irans­ noon July 3, 1940) and flown to Lisbon to porting airmail and important materials be redispatched by the SS Manhattan on of small weight between Italy and Braz~l. July 9, But the courier then had to be Two other members of the Balbo Trans­ sent by SS Exeter and arrived, as the atlantic Air Cruise to Chicago 1933, were first regular Swiss mail since the Armis­ killed in aerial battles in September and tice. No special cachet has been used for October, 1940: Tonin Chiodi. over Malta this special courier from Switzerland...... and Air Marshal Walter Nencini, over Swiss regular flights to Rome and to Sidi Barrani, Egypt...... On September Barcelona, Spain were not resumed after 17, 1940, the Council of the Republic of the trial flights earlier in the year (before San Marino (on the Italian Peninsula) October 14, 1940). decided to bring to a close a 25 year-long state of war with Germany and to de­ clare war on England. The state is well France known to philatelists by a large number The first clipper from the unoccupied of stamps and air stamp issues. But its part of France left that country again army hc>s only 950 soldiers. No air mail on July 5., by "express train," is back­ services are known. The San Marino atr mail has to be transported by rail to stamped at Lisbon on July 9 and arrived Italian airports. in New York on July 11, 1940. A new French "Civilian Air Service" was de­ creed by the Air Ministry at Vichy on Switzerland September 4, 1940. But Clipper mail ar­ After the Armistice the railway services rived at New York on September 12, 1940 in France were interrupted and no ordln- from the unoccupied France with a

The British flying boat "Clare" takes off from Boucherville. P. 0. for New York. after delivering mail and refueling near Montreal. August • 4. The "Clare" made several north A:l:lan:l:ic crossings this summer. carrying nearly all official mail. --Courtesy "Flash" Hyman NOVEMBER, 1940 61

French air mail cachet already of Sep­ are under super'lision of the German tember 1, 1940 (Lyon Gare Avion.) It Authorities by official announcement of seems that the French clipper courier can September 21, 1940. again be flown to Lisbon via a center station at Lyon. But from occup1ea Aroun.d the Baltic Sea France only printed-formula messages are Air mail service has been resumed in permitted with the signature of the occupied Denmark by an airline from sender ...... The Aero - Field (August - Malmo (Sweden) to Kopennagen (Den­ September, 1940) learns from Brazil that mark) and from Kopenhagen to Berlin. the South Atlantic Air Service of Air It is operated by the Danish DDL to­ France was just performing its 500th gether with the Swedish Aerotransport crossing when France capitulated. A Co. and the Deutsche Luft-Hansa. Also special cachet was used in Brazil: "Air the direct flights from Stockholm to Ber- France-500-Travessia Aero do Atlantico lin are continued...... The air service Sul - 3 de .Junho de 1940." The mail did from Stockholm to Riga (former Lett­ not arrive in England until 2 months land) and to Moscow, which had been later...... The former "International suspended when the Russian army began City" of Tangier (North Africa) has been the occupation of Lettland, was again in occupied by Spanish troops and a special operation at the end of September...... provisional stamp was issued by the Span- The former Lithuanian state has now ish authorities...... By a new British (following overprints on stamps) the new war-time rule all philateUc sendingb name: "Lietunos Tarkybu SociaI1stine from or to the Unlted Kingdom can only Respublic" (L. T. S. R.). be dispatched under supervision of the Leaflets British Philatelic Association. The Lon­ The "Leaflet War" is spreading all don area has been the place of daily over the world. British airplanes dropped bombing attacks by the German Air hundreds of thousands of leaflets over Force since August 15, 1940. In the be­ France (occupied and not occupied) and ginning especially the historic aJr man over Rabat, French Marocco (.July 24, center of the Empire at Croyden was 26, 27, 1940), "to give the people of often attacked. But the British Air ser­ Frence full and effective information." vice from Heston. near London, to Lisbon Near Vichy, France and Rabat, was still in ooeration twice weekly dur­ Marocco, French anti-aircraft batteries ing September 1940. Also London news­ opened fire on the former allies when papers in French language have been they came, dropping leaflets...... On published since August 30 for special air August 14 and 25 British RAF bombers mail dispatch by the Lisbon air route made 1,600 mile flights over Europe and and for distribution in Southern Europe...... The New York Post Office accepted at the end of August, air mail for Egypt and Palestine via London, but it announc­ ed: "It is not known just what service is available for destination." ...... The air service between England and Lundy Bound APJ's Isle has been suspended. Cachet: "Air to brmg your library Service to Lundy I. suspended for dur- ation of war." ...... The air services bet- up to date. ween England and the British Channel BOUND VOLUME 11 Islands Guernsey and Jersey was resum­ of the ed on .June 4, 1940, on an extended route AIRPOST JOURNAL between the two Islands and Heston Air­ Issues from October 1939 to port. The service terminated on .July 1 September 1940 by the German occupation of the islands. Bound in grained blue fabricoid cov- Not before the middle of October new communications were ·established bet­ ered boards and gold stamped. ween England and the Islands. Then the VOLUME 11, postpaid ...... $2.75 Red Cross announced the acceptance of Bound Vol. 2, 3 & 4 ...... $4.00 pre-censored letters (2 shillings tax) to be transported through a neutral country. Bound Vol 5 & 6 ...... $4.00 ...... Similar as in World War I, a Nation­ Bound Vol. 7 ...... $2.75 al Pigeon Service" with more than 15.000 Bound Vol. 8 ...... $2.75 members and 750,000 homing pigeons, Bound Vol. 9 ...... $2.75 trained for communications work, has Bound Vol. 10 ...... $2.75 been reported from England. Special "Souvenir Pigeongrams" have been fl.own LOOSE LEAF APJ WffiE BINDER by a propaganda Pigeon Message Service, will hold 24 issues ...... $2.00 which was operated for a period of about 2 weeks during the National Wartime Utility Exhibition, 1940, between the Lott­ don Zoo and the Pigeon Headquarters at The Airpost Journal Tottenham...... Carrier pigeons in the Albion, Pen.n'a Low Countries and in occupied France 62 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL the Alps and dropped, during the bomo­ at Bermuda (8 on way to Europe, Zl on ing raids on Milan and Turin, leaflets way to USA) and the British censorship with an appeal to the Italians "to open controls "all clipper mail for neutral your eyes well, because war with its or belligerent nations other than Brit­ terror is now at your gate~." They drop­ ish and its allies." Since the German ped leaflets on Berlin on August 25 and authorities also delay mail passing chemical leaflets (self-igniting phosphorus through occupied territories some gov­ cards) over Germany during August and ernments began to send their official mail September...... German flyers droppea by personal "diplomatic couriers" who for the first time during the war, white, cross the Atlantic by the PAA clipper. green and yellow leaflets over England, ...... A special dispatch of ~O letters was headed "A Last Appeal to Reason by flown by autogyro from the Court of Adolf Hitler" (August 2, 4, and 7, 1940) Peace at the N. Y. World's Fair to La Many leaflets were collected and sold as Guardia Field on August 19, 1940 to be souvenirs for the benefit of the British transferred on the Clipper bound for Red Cross...... On August 14 German Europe. The letters were addressed to flyers dropped empty parachutes (in London to be auctioned off for the bene- place of leaflets) over England, In an fit of the Red Cross...... Another special effort to undermine British morale...... dispatch was flown, when 221 lbs. of Italian leaflets (in Arabic) have been typhoid serum were sent by the Yankee dropped on Palestine on September 10, Clipper from New York (September 2) to with an appeal for an Arabic "Holy War." the agent of the American Red Cross in ...... Hungarian leaflets "hostile to the Marseilles, France, to fight an outbreak Rumanian state" were officially reported of a typhoid fever epidemic in Southern in Rumania on August 27 - 28, during the France. The serum was flown by the Transylvanian crisis...... Over South­ PAA at no cost...... Since some Euro- Arnsterdam, Holland a "mysterious box" pean countries have not yet paid the fees has been dropped by parachute. A reward for clipper mail already flown. President of 5,000 guilders has been offered to the Roosevelt signed a special bill (August finder by the German and the Local 28) authorizing the Postmaster General Authorities. (July, 1940) ...... Recruitin)! to withhold money for these countries propaganda leaflets have been dropped and to apply It to the US clipper service. by British planes in various parts of the On September 3, 1940 President British Empire. Aero Field, July, 1940, Roosevelt announced by message to Con­ reports that such leaflets which remind gress, that the USA has acquired from of the danger of dropped bombs, are England the right to new airbases tn named "bombplets" by the population.' Newfoundland. Bermuda, the Bahamas, St...... The Canadian Air Force dropped Lucia, Trinidad. Antigua and in British leaflets on cities and towns on September Guiana...... As the first consequence on 10 as part of the campaign for Canada's the development of the trans-Atlannc second war loan ...... In Mexico, Govern- air mail, the PAA is already contemplat­ ment-charted airplanes of Gen. Antonio ing non-stop flights from the new US air­ Guerrero dropped, tn a mountainous reg­ base at Bermuda to Lisbon, Portugal, ion near Chihuahua City, on September dropping the stop at Horta Harbor dur­ 21, leaflets urging (with some success) ing bad weather, when dangerous ground the rebel band of Jose to lay swells there delay the regular service of down their arms...... The airplane the clippers...... On September 9. the propaganda le,,.flets of the U. S. Army Atlantic Clipper [carrying 6 passengers Maneuvers were dropped on August 20, and 671 lbs. of mail) made the first direct 1940 by a "Black" plane over the "Blue flight from Bermuda to Lisbon, arriving Army" during the Army War Exercises there on September 10 returnrng tne near Ogdensburg, N. Y. same way in a non-stop 3,116-mile flight with 1.500 lbs. of mail on September 13- Over the Atlantic 14, 1940. Also a non-stop trial flight bet­ The PAA Yankee Clipper, Capt. R. 0. ween New York and Lisbon was arranged D. Sullivan, performed the 200th Trans­ when the Atlantic Clipper left New York Atlantic Clipper flight on August 4, 1940. with 1,500 lbs. mail on September 28, During the 200 flights 750,000 miles or 1940...... Spai·n accepted (since Septem~ 10,000,000 passenger miles have been ber 19) for USA and other American flown without any serious accident. 180,- countries airmail only, no ordinay mail. 000 lbs. of mail have been flown 1'.rom A second Trans-Atlantic air service New York to Europe and 126,000 lbs. has been announced by the American Ex­ from Europe to USA. During September port Air Lines. Non-stop flights should alone 23,313 lbs. of mail were dispatched have been made between Lisbon and by Clipper from New York. A new rec­ New York, beginning in the middle of ord mail was flown by the Dixie Clipper October 1940. But in spite of the recom­ on September 30, 1940, whe11 It left Lts­ mendation of the Civil Aeronautic Board, bon with about 6,500 lbs. mail. ·But dur­ the Senate refused (October 3) the funds ing a stop at Bermuda British censors required by the Post Office Department took off about 4,000 lbs. mail for con­ for this service ...... The British Trans- trol. Since the beginning of the present Atlantic air service had to be organized schedule until the end of August 85 crossings have been made. 29 stoppea (Continued on Page ·82) NOVEMBER, 1940 63

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THE AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE PUBLICATION OFFICE ALBION, PENN'A· AAMS CLEVELAND AIRPOST AUCTION Host: THE CLEVELAND AIR MAIL SOCIETY, Chapter No. 3 HOLLENDEN HOTEL CLEVELAND. OHIO Saturday, November 23, 1940 at 1 :30 o'clock DONALD E. DICKASON - Auctioneer CHAS. P. PORTER - Auction Manager for Cleveland Sale L. B. Gatchell, Mark C. Emsley, Alton J. Blank and Walter J. Conrath AAMS Auction Committee for Cleveland Sale

Listings follow SCOTT'S 1941 STANDARD POSTAGE STAMP CAT­ ALOGUE on Air Mail stamps, U. S. stamps and 1st day covers and the AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE, 1940 on all other items, unless other­ wise specified. Unless qualified the CONDITION of all Covers can be considered to be AVERAGE FINE and DESIRABLE in every way. Covers not meeting this standard, or bettering it, carry qualifying remarks in the auction listing. IMPORTANT-No commission is charged for executing bids, but each successful mail bidder will be charged a small sum to cover mailing expense including handling, wrapping, safe-guarding, etc. Minimum 25c per bidder. The usual Auction Rules will apply. Mail bids to reach destination before November 19, to Chas P. Porter, Auction Manager, 143 Beechmont Drive, New Rochelle, N. Y. Mail all late bids (to arrive between November 19 and 23) to American Air Mail Society, Donald E. Dickason, % Hollenden Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio. CA convenient Bid Sheet will be found at the back of this magazine) DONATION LOTS The attention of bidders is particularly invited to the several sections of Donation Lots included in this sale. The first section comprises lots donated to the Cleveland Air Mail Society. The second section, at the beginning of the catalogue, lists lots given by members for the Refugee Relief Fund. These lots are sold without commission or other charge, the gross amount realized going to the specified benefit. Throughout the catalogue will also be found a number of lots donated to the American Air Mail Society. These lots are set in bold face type, with the name of the donor preceded by an asterisk. The Society expresses thanks and appreciation for this material and solicts generous bids on these special benefit lots. FOLLOWING LOTS SOLD FOR BENEFIT OF CLEVELAND AIR MAIL SOCIETY A Cl5-24 COSTA RICA. Short set of permanent airs thru the l col. XX Blank ...... ~ ...... 2.00 AB Cll-15 ABYSSINIA. First 5 values. 2nd set used. XX Blank ...... 1.85 B C51-53 MEXICO. Statistical Congress Commem. XX Blank ..... , ... . 2.75 c 205-7 EGYPT. Anglo-Egyptian Treaty plus Philippine Clippers C7-8 plus Spain 491-500 Postal Union Congress. Three very fine sets. XX Grant ...... 2.56 D 648-658 TURKEY. The 1927 Smyrna Exhibition Ovpts. XX Grant 4.64 E 730-31 UNITED STATES. The 2 Chicago sheets of 25 stamps each face $1.00. Superb as issued. XX Geo. Porter ...... 2.15 NOVEMBER 23, 1940 65 "' F 207-207e CANADA. Prince Albert-Montreal Lake. Complete set of 6. Very fine. XX Geo. Porter...... 1.50 G 89la, 898 CANADA. Semi-official, verv fine. XX Grant ...... ~.. 2.75 H CAM Three desirable CAM's. 3N9,-25N2, 30E8. XX Dickason .... 1.40 I Three interesting covers. CAM 22SW5a, San Antonio (purple). FAM 4-2, Key West-Havana and Airport Dedi- cation Sturgis, Mich. XX Dickason ...... 1.45 :I CAM West Yellowstone, Mont. 26Nl0 and inbound 26N9 mailed Salt Lake City, both fine. XX Dickason ...... 3.00 IC CAM Two covers, one 27NW22. the other 28E3. XX Dickason 1.25 L FAM FAM 6-1 and 7-1 Miami-San Juan and Miami-Nassau. XX Grant ...... 2.00 M FAM Route 14 San Francisco-Macao Fl4-7. v.f. XX Conrath .... 2.50 N FAM San Francisco-Hong Kong Fl4-7a. v.f. XX Conrath ...... 2.00 0 FAM Manila-Macao Fl4-10. v.f. XX Conrath...... 1.25 p FAM Macao-Manila Fl4·12. v.f. XX Conrath ...... 1.25 Q DED Airpost Dedications. Two Columbia, Mo. deds. (color varieties) plus Zeppelin Dock, and Minneapolis Philatelic Exhibition sta. cancels. XX Emsley ...... --- R us 106 Refueling endurance flight of July 6, 1929. Signed by Newcomb and Mitchell, pilots. XX Grant...... 3.00 s Memorial cover for the Akron disaster autographed by 3 of the survivors. A verry attractive cover. XX Grant. Est. 5.00 T First day of issue of Lindbergh booklet pane on nice cov- er. First flight cover from Bay City-Cleveland. Deli of Sunbury airport. 3 covers. XX Grant - Dickason ...... Est 2.00 u Five first dav covers of White Plains, Clark, Red Cross, Yorktown and 3c imperf. nat'l park. All first class condi- tion. XX Grant...... --- v Three cov·e.rs carrying autographs of Frankie Renner, C. E. Webb, Dick Terry, Mary Wiggins, A. J. Edwards and others. XX Dickason...... est. 2.0U w 3 covers with signatures of Edna G. Stevens, A. T. Sewell, W. L. Massie, Jay Matthews, Phoebe Omhe; XX Dick- ason...... est. 2.00 x Four pilot autographs on 4 Air Race covers. Milo Burch­ am, Annefle Gibson, S. S. Whitlman, Chartes F. Abel. XX Emsley...... est. 2.00 y Souvenir card of "Gripshomns" Funchal cane. Swedish flight; India flight over Calcuita of DeHaviland moth "G-E. B. M. O." July l, 1927. XX Dickason ...... --- z Miscellaneous lot of 3 foreign cpvers; Havana-Key West;­ Edmonton-Athabaska, with Commercial Airways stamp: and a Toronto Convention cancellation. Also photo of Benny Howard and Harold Neumann, autographed by latter. XX Dickason - Porter ...... --- XX Large cover bearing six cancels of USS ships from the Yard at Bremerton, Wash., Patoka, Idaho, Saratoga, Wil- son and Mississippi, Embossed cachet. XX Geo. Porter. Est 1.50 YY Pony Express airmail celebration cover. Akron April 15, 1928. Only ten known. XX Emsley...... Est. 5.00 ZZ Lot of 20 different U. S. and foreign airplane baggage labels. Martin's 1937 cat. $9.00. XX Emsley...... ---

FOLLOWING LOTS SOLD FOR BENEFIT OF "NATIONAL PHILATELIC AUCTIONS FOR REFUGEE RELIEF" AA C5-10 MEXICO. Blocks, Carranza issue complete in superb mint plate number blocks. An exceptional item. XX C. D. Gorman ...... 8.00 BB (Souv.) 70 Ship-to-Shore flight of Clarence Chamberlain, 1927, from U.S.S. Leviathan. Very fine and rare. All mark- ings. XX Harry Ciiret ...... 20.00 66 AAMS CLEVELAND AUCTION

CC FS-28 FS-33, F6-10a FAMS and 6 Panama-USA, Panama- Venezuela, Miami-Trinidad, plus fine cover from later NYRBA flight. Good lot. XX Harry Citret .. plus 5.25 DD FS-58 FAM 5, Very fine cover Bogota (Barranquilla) - USA. Fully cacheted. XX Citret ...... 3.00 EE F9-1A Two Miami dispatches on the first flight to Chili, 1929, one addressed to Molenda and one to Sima. XX Citret ...... 7 .OD FF FX-la AUCKLAND-HAWAII. A superb cover of this pioneer South Pacific flight. Some dealers consider this dispatch the best of the three. Advertised at double catalogue. XX Gatchell ...... 5.00 GG Lind. 182. Panama Lindbergh "outlaw" flight. Very good. XX Citret. First day cover alone worth ...... 2.00 HH SR, 9, 9B MEXICO. Three fine covers of internal routes 6 and 9. Mexico-Tampico, Mexico-Laredo and San Luis-Laredo. XX Harry Citret...... 7 .00 II 3D21-Route 3. Chicago Lagoon-Chicago Airfield with printed cachet of pick-up. XX R. K. Meyers ...... 3.50 JJ 3R21 Chicago Airfield to Chicago Lagoon. Frequently missing. XX R. K. Meyers ...... 5.00 KK Five miscellaneo11s CAM's. Routes 2, 19, (2J, 33 (2) plus 2 F AM's (Route 1 and Route' 5) and 4 first day covers. XX R. K. Meyers. A good lot, catalogued much higher ...... Worth 1.00 LL First Day Covers. Five good covers mailed on first day. Canal Zone C3 &: 4. Panama CS, 10 &: 11 p1tus one cover Mexico Aero week 193.1 franked· with C37. XX Harry Citret. Stamps alone worth over ...... I.DO

AIR POST ST AMPS Listed and priced by Scott's 1941 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue. Special attention is directed to the fact that Scott's 1941 prices have been reduced to a ,point close to the usual selling level, and are often equal and in many cases less than the 1940 Sanabria Catalogue prices. 1 * 771 UNITED STATES Imperf. vertical line block of Blue Air Mail. Special Delivery ...... $ 4.00 2 * Cl-10 ABYSSINIA. Complete set. Very fine ...... 3.20 3 * Cl-10 ABYSSINIA. A similar set ...... 3.20 5 * C5-12; 17; 18; 21 ALAOUITES. 13 very fine mint stamps

20 0 C32-46 AUSTRIA. Complete set of last airs issued ...... 9.16 21 0 Cl-7; 251-53; B209-13 BELGIUM. All the airs of this country complete ...... 4.86 22 * Cl-7 BOLIVIA. The very fine first set now rare ...... 6.45 23 * Cll-12; · Cl4-16; C18 BOLIVIA 1930 Zepps. 6 v.f ...... 17.50 24 * 1:8'.l C52-63 BOLIVIA. Comp. ovpt. set on 2 fine covers ...... 2.78 25 0 Cl-11 BULGARIA. First 2 sets complete used ...... 3.49 26 0 Cl2-14 BULGARIA. Very scarce set used ...... 4.50

27 • San. 307B CANADA. East Winnipeg $1.00 black on red. Imperf. Inscription reversed. Ex­ tremely rare semi-official. Only 12 known 75.00

28 * Cl-10 CAPE JUBY. Complete set of 11 ov.pts. v.f ...... 2.90 29 * Cl-9 CAPE VERDE. Complete set of 9 v.f ...... 3.09 30 0 Cl-5 CHINA. The scarce striped tail. Very rare used. These are very fine...... 8.35 31 0 C6-20 CHINA. Balance of China. v.f. Worth full cat.. . 2.62 32 0 C17-20 COLOMBIA. The Cartagena overprints. Used, scarce thus ...... 3.20 33 * San. 110-112 COLOMBIA. Simon Bolivar issue complete ...... 2.50 34 0 Cl-16 CONGO. The entire country complete used. v.f. 4.68 35 0 Cl-3 CZECHOSLOVAKIA. The first 3 stamps. Im- perf. Scarce used. Very fine ...... 12.00 .36 * C4-6 CZECHOSLOVAKIA. The perforated stamps very rare ...... 16.50 .37 0 C7-17 CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Last 2 sets. No longer available in used condition. Very fine ...... 3.43 38 * Cl-30; C36-41 DANZIG. Almost complete country. Very fine. FE:w used ...... 4.37 39 0 C31-35 DANZIG. Airpost Exhibition issue. v.f., used ... . 3.95 41 * 83 147 COSTA RICA. The Lindbergh overprint in 'a very fine block of four ...... 5.00 42 " Cl-5; C6-10 O DENMARK. 1st set mint; 2nd used. Complete country ...... 8.o7 43 0 Cl-12 DUTCH INDIES. Very fine used sets ...... 2.80 44 0 C13 DUTCH INDIES. Special cancellation on the Australian flight. Rare used, worth cat...... 2.00 45 0 C14-18 (with CBl-2) DUTCH INDLES. 2 fine sets ...... 3.00 46 * Cl-4 EGYPT. Zepps and first stamps v.f. C2 used ... . 5.30 47 * 172-176 EGYPT. The Aviation Congress issue. v.f ...... 3.25 48 0 C5-25 EGYPT. 'The pyramid set. Few are mint ...... 4.53 49 * Cl-8 ECUADOR. The first issue including the rare 10 Sol ...... 25.54. 50 * Cl-3; 9-18 ESTONIA. 2 very fine si::ts ...... ,...... 2.61 51 0 C4-6 ESTONIA The overprints used. Scarce used v.f.. . 3.75 52 * Cl FINLAND. Very fine Zepps ...... 3.00 53 0 Cl-2; C5-17; 308; 325-26 FRANCE. Entire country except 3-4. First 2 mint balance used ...... 10.20 54 * Cl-2 FRANCE 1927 Overprints; C38-40 HONDURAS 1930 overprints. 2 fine sets ...... 3.60 55 0 Cl-19 FRANCE-MOROCCO OFFICES; Cl FRANCE Oceania. 21 very fine used stamps ...... 3.30 56 * CB1-CB23 FRANCE. The semi postals airs mint ...... 6.59 57 * Cl-8 FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA; Cl-8 FRENCH GUIANA, 2 v.f. complete sets ...... 5.00 58 0 C20-26 GERMANY. The gold mark. Rare and v.f ...... 8.55 59 0 C27-37 GERMANY. Eagle and 3 Zepps complete v.f. sets 4.44 60 * C35-36 GERMANY Single 1 mark and pair of 2 marks. Very slightly thin on 35 ...... 2.60 61 * C37 GERMANY. Pair of the 4 marks, one shows variety line thru "Luftpost." v.f...... 4.00 C38-39 GERMANY. The South American Zepps. v.f ...... 11.50 68 AAMS CLEVELAND AUCTION

63 0 C38-39 GERMANY. 'Ihe South American Zepps. Very fine used ...... 7 .25 64 0 C43-45 GERMANY. '!he· 3 Chicago Flight Zepps. v.f. .... 7.00 65 0 C40; C46-60; 481-83 GERMANY. 20 fine used stamps in- cluding 1 Mark. Polar flight ...... 7 .49 66 * San. 301-4; 310-315 GREAT BRITAIN. The Semi-Officials of Britain and Lundy Islands. Now rare ...... 4.85 67 * Cl-14 GREECE. 3 very fine mint sets ...... 2.80 68 0 C5-7 GREECE. '!he· 3 Zepps on first day of issue card-not fiown...... 1.35 69 0 C5-7 GREECE. Full Zep set on fl.own Zepp cover with all cachets. A very rare item...... 10.00 70 0 C8-14 GREECE. Fine rare flown first day cover. At- hens to Patras with full set. Est...... 3.00 71 0 C15-21 GREECE. Fine rare full set fiown first day cover. Est...... :...... 3.50 72 0 C21B GREECE. 50dr. with "wire tail" on flown cover to U.S.A. San. mint...... 7 .50 73 * C21B GREECE. 50dr. with "wire tail." v.f. San...... 7.50 74 0 C15-30 GREECE. 21 v. f. used stamps. 2 compl. sets ...... 9.08 75 0 San. 35a GREECE. Error on basic stamp on flnwn cover to U.S. with air stamps...... 2.20 76 * San. 35A GREECE. Error on basic stamp in strip of 10 normal. Very fine...... 2.45 77 * Cl-9 GUINEA. 9 very fine stamps ...... 3.09 77A * San. 16-20 HONDURAS. Garay issue complete. v.f...... 4.50 78 O Cl-25 HUNGARY. 6 sets complete. v.f. few mint ...... 7 .74 79 O C26-44 HUNGARY. Last 2 sets complete. v.f...... 5.11 80 * Cl-11; C15-20; COl ICELAND. Complete country except Bal- bo's. 3 mint ...... 5.50 81 0 Cl-18 INDO CHINA; Cl-6 INDIA. 2 complete coun- tries. Very fine. (San. cat. $10.70) ...... : 2.92 82 * 0 Cl-11; C12-24 ITALY. First 11 mint balance used. 24 very fine stamps ...... 3.58 83 0 C28-33; C35-47; CEl-2 ITALY. Scarce. v.f. used sets.... 4.45 84 * C42-47; 50-55 ITALY. 3 very fine sets ...... 4.70 85 0 C56-65; CE3; CE5-7 ITALY. Rarer used than mint ...... 5.82 86 * C66-78; CBl; CE4; CE8-9 ITALY. Very fine mint sets...... 4.82 87 0 C79-105; 345-348 ITALY. 6 complete sets of this country. Very fine...... 6.35 88 * Cl-C7 ITALY-Aegean Islands. C4-C7 TRIPOLITANIA. C20-23 CYRENAICA. 4 v.f. mint sets ...... 4.04 89 0 Cl-7; Bl-3 JAPAN. Country complete including rare first 2 stamps ...... 6.50 90 * Cl-14; B62-65 JUGOSLAVIA. Complete country mint. Very fine...... 5.76 91 * Cl-11 LATAKIA. Complete country -now gone. v.f. .... 5.36 92 0 Cl-8; Cl-C2B LATVIA. The triangle stamps...... 3.00 93 0 Cl-8 LEBANON. 3 very fine used sets...... 3.80 940C17-27;33-34; 37-44 LEBANON. 21 v.f. stamps ...... 2.97 95 * C44-45; 47-48 LEBANON. C49-50; 52; 54; 56 SYRIA. 9 Very fine stamps ...... 4.43 96 * C45-56 LEBANON. 12 very fine stamps ...... 4.28 97 0 C57-71 LEBANON. Complete 1937-38 ...... 2.82 98 * C4-15; 242-247 LIBERIA. Pictorial sets. v.f...... 4.82 99 * Cl-6; 9-13 LIECHTENSTEIN. 2 beautiful sets ...... 3.62 100 * C7-8; 15-16 LIECHTENSTEIN. The 4 popular Zepp stamps. Very .fine...... 5.75 101 0 Cl4; Cl7-23 LIECHTENSTEIN. Scarce overprint and 1939 · set, very fine ...... ,...... 2.93 102 *Cl-20; C28; C31 LITHUANIA. 22 fine stamps...... 4.75 103 * C34-35; C37-55; CBl-4 LITHUANIA. 5 v.f. sets...... 5.24 NOVEMBER 23, 1940 69

104 * C45a LITHUANIA. Vytautas issue 60c horiz. pr. imperf. between...... Est. 10.00 105 * C44a LITHUANIA. Vytautas issue 40c light blue and violet. Double impression of violet. Est ...... 5.00 106 * Cl-15 MACAO. Complete country, v.f. (San. 5.45) ...... 2.44 107 O Cl-5; 7-10; 11-14 MADAGASCAR. Fine set, few mint 5.24 108 * C2-17; C19-29 ME MEL. All but 2 of this country ...... 4.10 110 0 165-174; * Cl-15 MOZAMBIQUE CO. The country complete ...... 4.40 111 * Cl-9 MOZAMBIQUE. The 9 Port. Col. airs ...... 3.09 112 0 Cl-11 NETHERLANDS. The country complete,. used ... 2.85 113 * 182-207 NEW CALEDONIA. The Paris-Noumea Flight Commemoratives. Very fine, complete ...... 8.18 114 * 182-207 NEW CALEDONIA. A similar set ...... 8.18 115 * Cl-9; C28-29 NEW GUINEA. 2 sets thru the s)lilling ...... 3.79 116 * C14-24 NEW GUINEA. The 1931 anniversary set thru the 2 shilling ...... 3.16 117 * 0 Cl-4*· C5-8 0 NEW ZEALAND. complete country ...... 2.74 118 * C41-~ NICARAGUA. 0.16 surcharge inverted. Scott listed, unpriced ...... San. 12.00 119 * C42a NICARAGUA. 0.24 surcharge inverted. Scott listed, unpriced ...... San. 12.00 120 * C43a NICARAGUA. 0.08 surcharge inverted. Scott listed, unpriced ...... San. 12.00 121 * C46b NICARAGUA. 40c value inverted surcharged Scott listed, unpriced ...... San. 50.00 121A 104-lHi; Cl & 2 NORWAY. The polar bears and 2 airs (4 used) ...... 2.58 122 * Cl-9 PAPUA. Very fine sets ...... 2.15 123 0 Cl-C13 PERSIA. Rare first overprints. Few mint ...... 4.29 124 0 C22-33 PERSIA. Very rare used. Very fine ...... 11.12 125 0 C34-48 PERSIA. 15 colorful stamps ...... 3.41 126 * C51-64 PERSIA. The Iran set thru the 5 Kran ...... 2.03 127 0 361-367 PHILIPPINES. Von Gronau issue. Complete 365-6-7- with straight edge ...... 7.05 128 * 370-79 PHILIPPINES. Rein set complete, v.f. scarce ... . 6.00 129 0 405-07; 447-48; Cl-8 PHILIPPINES. 12 fine stamps. 448 with. straight edge ...... 3.74 130 * Cl-12; 306-7 POLAND. The air stamps of this lost country complete ...... 3.73 131 * 0 299-14; Cl-6 PORTUGAL. Complete country, first set mint; second used...... 2.48 132 * Cl-8 PORTUGUESE INDIA. Set of 8 v.f. stamps ...... 2.76 133 0 ~ C2-5 REUNION. Complete set on flown cover St. Denis to New York ...... plus 1.98 134 * 0 Cl-9; C13-21; and 13 Aviation Fund Stamps. ROU- MANIA. Cl-9 are mint, balance used. v.f. lot ...... 2.85 135 0 C6-9; C12-13 446-50 RCSSIA. 3 v.f. used sets ...... 3.36 136 * 441-45 RUSSIA. 1931 Russian Zepps, imperf. v.f...... 3.55 137 * 441-45 RUSSIA. A similar imperf. set ...... 3.55 138 * 449a RUSSIA. The rare blue gray error on the 50 kr. Zepp stamp ...... 4.00 139 * Cl0-13 RUSSIA. Two very fine mint sets ...... 3.05 140 * C26-29 RUSSIA. 1931 North Pole Zepps. Imperf. v.f ...... 3.35 141 * C26-29 RUSSIA. A similar imperf. set...... 3.35 142 0 C37-39; C5:.l-37 RUSSIA. Stratosphere and Zepps. 2 fine sets ...... 2.95 143 O C40-49 RUSSIA. The jubilee sets complete. v.f ...... 6.75 144 O C58-67 RUSSIA. The Chelyuskin issue complete. v.f.... . 2.84 145 o C69-75; 625-28; 636-42; 678-86 RUSSIA. Four very fine sets. A good lot ...... 2.04 146 * Cl-8 SAAR. Complete air stamps of this country. Now becoming rare ...... 7.55 70 AAMS CLEVELAND AUCTION

147 * Cl-9 ST. THOMAS AND PRINCE ISLANDS. Com- plete set of 9 very fine stamps ...... 3.09 148 * C20-23 SALVADOR. Very fine mint set ...... 2.00 149 * Cl-8; Cll-18 SAN MARINO. Zepp overprints com- plete and regular air mails. v.f...... 11.51 150 * Cl-11 SENEGAL. Very fine set of 11 stamps ...... 2.70 151 * Cl-8 SO. WEST AFRICA. The complete airs of this country. A very fine lot ...... 3.11 152 * Cl-30 SPAIN. The first 4 sets of this monarchy com- plete. 2 thin ...... 5.15 153 * C31-57; C62-67 SPAIN. 3 very fine sets. Few used ...... 2.70 154 * San.718a; 720a; 722a; 726a; 728a SPAIN. 5 fine Goya imperfs. 2 with wide margins ...... 25.00 155 O C73-87; C90; COl-06 SPAIN. 2 fine sets. The official airs mint. very fine...... 2.59 156 * Cl-ClO SPANISH MOROCCO. The beautiful permanent set. Very fine...... 1.92 157 0 Cl-11; C13-15 SUDAN. 14 Very fine stamps of this popular country, few mint ...... 4.35 158 * C16-C20 SUDAN. 5 very fine mint overprinted stamps .... 3.20 159 * Cl 7-22 SUDAN. Complete set of rare overprints. v.f. .... 4.45 160 0 Cl-3; 6-7; 263 SWEDEN. 3 overprints and the permanent airs. ·Very fine...... 2.18 161 0 C2-26 SWITZERLAND. A very fine lot of this country. Few mint...... 5.17 162 0 C4-6 SYRIA. Rare 1921 early overprints. v.f...... 12.00 163 0 C-7-9 SYRIA. The 1921 Avian set. Very fine ...... 3.75 164 * C19-25; C30-44; B13-16 SYRIA. 26 different airs of this coun- try, few used...... 5.20 165 0 C46-53; 57-63; 72-79 SYRIA. 28 different airs. v.f...... 5.78 166 * Cl-9 TIMOR. Complete set of 9 v.f...... 2.69 167 * Cl-12 TUNIS. The complete country, few used ...... 1.85 168 Cl-C5 used; C6-8 mint. TURKEY. The entire country ...... 3.07 169 * Cl-3; C5-6 UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA. 5 very fine stamps. C5 used ...... 3.16 170 0 Cl-8 VATICAN CITY. Complete issue of 8 v.f...... 2.04 171 * San. 305; 307-8; 310 URUGUAY. 4 of the official stamps Perf. 2 stars...... 55.00 175 * 649-50 UNITED STATES. Aero Conference 2c R. side margin Pl. # 19663 block of 6 and 5c R. side marg. # 19659 block of 6 very fine...... 3.25 1.76 * 649-50 UNITED STATES. 2c bottom margin Pl. 19665 block 6 and 5c marg. # 19659 block of 6. 3.25 177 * 683 UNITED STATES. Carolina-Charleston 2c. Set of 4 diff. plate # blocks of 6 tops #20061-2-3-4 4.00 178 * 724 UNITED STATES. 3c William Penn. Set of 4 top Pl. blocks of 6 #F 21064-5-6-7. AAMS * Wal- ter J. Conrath ...... 2.40 179 * UNITED STATES. 10 Plate number blocks G. R. Clark; Von Steuben; Red Cross; Yorktown (2J Lake Placid; Arbor Day (2); Webster; Ogle- thorpe. Centering good...... 5.45

PIONEER- GOVERNMENTAL - SOUVENIR COVERS 200 Govt. 16 Oct. 23, 1919, Portland to Augusta. Fine example of this scarce early governmental. All cachets and postmarks. Reserved at $9.00 ...... 35.00 201 Govt. 46 San Francisco to New York, Aug. 21, 1923. The forerunner of present trans-continental service .... 5.00 202 Pion. 54 McLeansboro, Ill. souvenir card. Postmarked, however, Sept. 30, 1912 at Harrison, Ill. and with- out cachet. Probably not flown ...... --- NOVEMBER, 1940 71

203 Souv. 70 Clarence Chamberlin first ship-to-shore flight. Carried from U.S.S. Leviathan off Fire Island to shore. v.f. cover...... 20.00 204 Souv.104 Unsuccessful attempt Adams Pick-Up Service from SS "Leviathan," accompanied by letter from radio operator telling of failure. Unique and rare. 205 Souv. 180 Wiley Post attempted non-stop stratosphere flights, fully cacheted and superb ...... 15.00 206 Trans-Oc. 194 First hour US naval mass flight Jan. 28, 1937. San Diego-Pearl Harbor. Pilot and co-pilot signed Superb, rare and very desirable even :though cat- logue is in error in stating only 10 were carried. Guaranteed and ** by Lt. Comdr. J. G. Johnson.--·- 207 Souv. Good Will tour of U.S. Army flying Fortresses, flown from Langley Field, Va. to Bogota, Colum- bia and return, Aug. 13, 1938. Postmarked Langley Field, Va. no backstamp but authenticated by F. E. Glantzberg, Navigator of flagship. Similar cover recently· brought $12.25 at auction. Very fine and desirable. Reserve 6.00 ...... --- U. S. FOREIGN CONTRACT AIR MAIL 208 F5-3; F5-63 F6-1; F6-10A; F6-14 Miami to Managua, Pt Bar­ rios, Porto Rico, Paramaribo, and St. Thomas to Pt. of Spain. 6 interesting covers...... 6.00 . 209 F5-25; F8-7 Miami to Bogota via Cristobal and Barranquilla on direct express .service, cacheted. Plus Browns- ville San Salva,dor. Plus ...... 1.75 210 F5-28; F5-33 Two Panama covers· one to U.S.A. and one to Cara- cas. 2 fine covers...... ;...... 3.00 211 F5-58 Fine first flight from Bogota via Barranquilla to U. S. A...... 3.50 212 F6-10a; F6-10a; F6-13a; F6-13a Four fine covers Miami to Port of Spain and Georgetown. San Juan to Paramaribo and Guadeloupe...... 4.50 213 F6-10a; F8-7 Two covers, Miami-Georgetown and Miami-Port of Spain (both magenta) plus Brownsville- San Lorenzo and thence to Montevideo, worth well over 3.25 214 F7-2 Nassau to Miami Jan. 2, 1929. Fine first flight ...... 1.50 215 F9-la; F9-la Miami to Molenda and Miami to Lima. Properly cacheted...... 7 .00 216 F9-3a; F9-25; & 26 Three desirable covers plus govt. flight #59 Seattle-Vancouver. The Miami-Montevideo cover is registered and bears cachet in red. The Cristo- bal-Montevideo has the purple cachet...... 7.35 217 F9-7a Guayquil-Miami. v.f. cover franked with Cl-3, 6. .... 4.00 218 F9-10a; F9-18 Lima, Peru to USA and Santiago to USA. Large good covers...... 8.00

219 Fl4-l thru Fl4-6 Route 14. A beautiful set of the 1935 Pioneer flights. Twelve valuable covers. The San Fran­ cisco and Honolulu dispatches are REGISTERED. Firs:!: complete set offered in years, conservatively reserved a:I: $25. A real chance. Cat...... 36.00

220 F14-1 Two large size covers San Francisco-Honolulu bearing green cachet; however one addressed to Postmaster, Midway and one to the P.M. at Wake. Each carries $1 postage. Nothing to indicate covers actually got beyond Honolulu as there were no offices at addressed points. Nice, however ...... 2.50 221 FAM 14 Shanghai-Guam, with China National Airway large green cachet for Hong Kong connection. Worth ...... 3.50 72 AAMS CLEVELAND AUCTION

222 FAM-7 to Fl4-13c The Trans-Pacific Extension to China, April 21, 1937. A complete and beautiful set of 17. All points. Superb franking, perfect and neat in every respect. Regulation size permanized rag bond envelopes. A most difficul:t set to obtain in this condition. A bargain at full catalogue ...... 40.00

tion. A bargain at full catalogue...... 40.00 223 F14-7 USA-Macao to Canton. Very nice cover ...... 2.50 224 Fl4-7 The San Francisco-Macao. Superb- 20c and 50c clipper stamps ...... 2.50 225 F14-7a USA to Hong Kong to Sweden

255 Fl4-13b Canton to Honolulu via Hong Kong with Chinese air stamps and China Airways cachet. Plus ...... 3.00 256 Fl4-13c Canton to USA via Hong Kong with 4 different Chinese air stamps and China Natl-Airway cachet Plus...... 2.00 257 Fl4 Guam to Manila (April 27) and Manila to USA April 28. A different item ...... --- 258 Fx-1, a (2) The New Zealand route pioneers. Set of 3 match- ed covers flown in the ill-fated "Samoa Clipper," 1937; includes Auckland to Pago Pago, Hawaii and USA. When available bringing close to full cat...... 17 .50 259 Fx-1 New Zealand Route. Pioneer 1937 via Samoa Clip- per. Auckland-Pago Pago. Superb card...... 7.50

260 Fl8-l thru Fl8-6 Route 18. Southern Trans-Atlantic, 1939, Superb set of 12 covers complete except provisional variety Fl8-2x. Reserved at $15. Conservatively catalogu- ed at ...... 30.75

261 Fl8-l; la & lb Southern Trans-Atlantic route; N. Y. to Horta, Lisbon and Marseilles. Three very fine matched covers each franked with a 30c trans-Atlantic stamp ...... 5.25 262 Fl8-2 Horta-Lisbon. Square black cachet ...... 3.25 263 Fl8-2a Horta-Marseilles. The oblong blue cachet ...... 3.25 264 Fl8-4 Lisbon-Marseilles. Oblong blue cachet ...... 3.50 265 Fl8-5 Lisbon-Horta Oblong blue cachet ...... 3.00 266 Fl8-6 Marseilles-Lisbon. The black cachet ...... 3.00 267 Fl8-6a Marseilles-Horta. Black Cachet ...... 3.00 268 Fl8-6b' Marseilles-N.Y. Black cachet. Also first English dispatch by southern route May 30, 1939. Two very fine covers. About ...... 4.75

269 Fl8-10 to Fl8-16b Northern Route Trans-Atlantics. A complete superb set of 18. Matched except for one Eng­ lish cover. All dispatches. Permanized rag bond envelopes prepared by specialists. A perfection set like this/ worth full catalogue ...... 22.75

270 Fl8-10; IOa; 11 Two N.Y. dispatches and one Shediac-Botwood. Fine neat covers...... 3.00 271 Fl8-10; Fl8-10a Northern Trans-Atlantic New York to Shediac and Botwood. Superb pair...... 3.00 272 Fl8-1lb; 12; 15a; Shediac-England; Shediac-N.Y.; Foynes-Shediac 3 very fine covers...... 3.75 273 Fl8-11; Fl8-12 Shediac to Botwood and Shediac to New York. Superb...... 1.75 274 Fl8-14; Fl8-14a Botwood to Shediac and USA .. Two v.f. covers ... . 1.75 275 Fl8-15 Ireland-Botwood. Very fine ...... 2.00 276 Fl8-16b (2) Two covers England-USA, mailed at Oxford, Eng. Superb...... 2.00 277 FAM 19 New Zealand Route-1940. A very fine complete set of 26 covers of this interesting route, including the added Los Angeles dispatches. Reserved at $25. Not catalogued at yet ...... --- 278 FAM 19 South Pacific flight San Francisco-Canton Island; Los Angeles-Hawaii; L. A.-Canton Island. Three stages on rag bond envelopes. Should be catalogu- ed about ...... 8.00 279 FAM 19 South Pacific (July 1940) San Francisco-Canton Is- land and S. F.-Noumea. Two matched covers. Should be catalogued at about ...... 6.00 74 AAMS CLEVELAND AUCTION

280 FAM 19 South Pacific flight. Honolulu-Canton Is. and Hono- lulu-Noumea. Two matched covers of these stages which will probably be scarce after quantities car- ried are announced. Est. cat...... 4.50 281 FAM 19 The 1940 New Zealand Flight. Los Angeles-Hono- lulu and Honolulu-L. A. Two v.f. covers ...... --- 282 FAM 20 Route 20. Alaska Route, Ketchikan and Seattle dispatches. Two good covers ...... --- 283 FAM 20 Route 20 Alaska Route Ketchikan-South. Three copies of this dispatch ...... --- 284 First acceptance British mail for Southern Route. May 31, 1939. Considered scarce in Eng. Est...... 4.00 285 England-Horta; England-N.Y. Tw-0 covers from the first English dispatch via the Southern Route. Well thought of in England. About ...... 5.00 286 NYRBA NY-6e First flight B. A. to Miami. Very fine with pilots signature. Plus interesting cover from Bra- zil on later flight. Plus...... 1.50

287 Trans-Oc. 141 Pond-Sabelli trans-Atlantic cover. No. 10 envelope as usual, superb condition all cancels and signed by pilot Sabelli. ** Klemann ...... 35.00

288 Trans-Oc. 158 Feb. 26, 1935. Actually March 8. First flight Wake Island. Catalogue data wrong on this and will be revised to 432 carried and posted various dates Manila, Guam. etc. Beautiful No. 10 envelope flown a± Wake bears cachet, postmarked USS Nitro "En­ route to Pearl Harbor" Signed by Lt. Pilot J. G. Johnson. • • Johnson...... --- 289 Hop off cover of Clyde Lee trans-Atlantic attempt 1932. Posted Oshkosh, Wisc. bears pictorial cachet and signature of Lee, later lost at sea. Accom­ panied by 7x9 photo of flyers. Not flown, of course but interesting ...... ---

290 Trans-Oc. Nov. I, 1935. First flight Palmyra Island to Kingman Reef and return. Pilot Jack Wilson, now deceas- ed. A heretofore unrecorded cover, bears pictorial cachet in blue and cancelled USS Wright, Nov. l, 1935. Palmyra Island. Very fine and one of but 100 carried.** Johnson .... ---

291 DO-X Flight S. A., June 5, 1931. Cover bearing stamps, postmarks and cachets of 12 different countries. Slit sides to show all cancellations. Scarce and unique. Est. over ...... 50.00

292 Lindb'gh 182 Flown cover on the famous "outlaw" flight. plus .... 2.00 293 Crash 4.28 Philadelphia, Pa. crash. May 1, 1928, Very fine card, mailed at Boston ...... 2.50 294 Crash Data on crash 2.28. Letters from postmaster and contractor giving full details of crash of Pilot Edgar Leedy. Historical data necessary to a crash collection...... ZEPPELIN COVERS 295 26 Tokio to Los Angeles on 1929 World Flight. Red cachet and properly backstamped. This rare point on fine # 10 commercial cover...... 15.00 296 104 Hindenburg-USA fligM Friedrichshafen dispatch. Fine cover ...... 2.50 NOVEMBER 23, 1940 75

297 104, 104a Hindenburg-USA flight Germany U.S. flight German and U.S. dispatches. 2 v.f. covers ...... 4.50 298 US-8 The Los Angeles flight to Porto Rico. Dispatched from N.Y. to Mayaguez Harbor...... 1.50 299 US-10 Zepp USS Akron Lakehurst to San Diego plus cover from visit of Amelia Earhart to March Field, 8/6/32 Autographed by Amelia Earhart and Major H. H. Arnold now Major Gen. Commander US Air Force. Autographs alone make this lot worth well over ...... 3.00 '300 Ringlaying of ZR 3, Nov. 7, 1929, Akron, Ohio. Cachet- ed. Listed by Brennecke at ...... 5.00 301 N.Y. to Ireland, Jan. 24.

308 Mexico 6R, 9, 9b Three fine Mexican firsts. Mexico-Tampico; Mexico-Laredo; San Luis-Laredo ...... 7.00 FOREIGN PIONEERS 309 17a Australian Commonwealth P.O. Dept. flight inaugural from Broken Hill to Mildura, June 21, 1925 ...... 10.00 310 First flight Copenhagen to Amsterdam April 23, 1924. An interesting historic item. Listed Champ...... 6.00 311 Ecuador First flight Latacunga-Otavalo Jan. 1, 1932. Has official cachet. v.f. In 1933 Berkshire at ...... 5.00 '312 9g Great Britain Coronation. Aerial Post. Sept. 13, 1911. Green special cover addressed to G. H. Worthington, Cleveland...... 4.00 312a 25 Great Britain Motor Glider Flight at Lympne to Hasting- leigh. Oct. 13, 1923. Fine cover...... 4.00 312b 28 Great Britain. Experimental flight Newquay-Tor­ quay. Very rare, only 26 carried. Fine card shows picture of pilot and plane ...... 75.00

313 C2 Guatemala. First flight Guatemala to Balboa, Feb. 18, 1924. No. 10 envelope with no backstamp as usual .... 35.00 314 Guatemala. First flight Guatemala City-Relahulen June 5, 1930. Official cachet, nicely franked ...... --- 76 AAMS CLEVELAND AUCTION

315 India. May 20, 1929 First Flight Calcutta-Darjling. Inter- esting item ...... -·-- 316 India. 2 covers flown on RAF demonstration flight Nov. 19, 1930. Allahabad-Delhi and Delhi-Calcutta ...... --- 317 India. First flight Madras-London. Oct. 17, 1932 via Im- perial Airways. v.f. decorated cover with cachet ...... --- 318 India. Jan. 17. 1933 Santa Cruz-Calcutta flight with Prince Ali Khan label ...... , ...... --- 319 India. First flight Oct. 1, 1933. Extension of air route Akjob-Rangoon plus first Karachi-Calcutta flight ...... --- 320 India. Earthquake emergency flight. Dum Dum to Dar- bhangah. 30Jan34. Earthquake cachet ...... --- NEWFOUNDLAND 321 13 St. Johns-St. Anthony Jan. 29, 1931. All postmarks and cachets, franked 15c air mail and signed by Pilot A. D. Sullivan. Very fine ...... 3.50 322 14 Newfoundland. St. Anthony-St. Johns, Jan. 30, 1931. Very fine cover franked with C6. Plus ...... 2.00 323 14 A similar lot except large size # 10 envelope but reg- ister at St. Johns...... 5.0() 324 St. Johns-No. Sydney, N. S. Aug. 23, 1931. Franked 50c air mail, bears printed official cachet and signature of Pilot Sullivan. v.f. and priced low at ...... 5.00 325 16, 16a Round trip cover of special Labrador Gold Concessions Flights. All cachets and postmarks. Large #10 envelope, franked 60c air mail Cl6. Highly desirable significant flight, catalogued as round trip plus value of stamp at .... 8.75 326 124 (P.l.) Neiherland Royal Air Force Flighi Manila-Pueria Princesa. Fine cover. Reserve $1. •• Neizorg ...... 4.00 327 Two fine commercial covers one flown by German South Atlantic Air Service to Valparaiso, posted in London but with German cachet and one also to Chili but by Atlan­ tic Clipper service. First item postmarked one week be- fore war. Fine and very desirable...... --- DEDICATIONS 328 A221 Ottumwa, Iowa. Nov. 11, 1928...... 7.00 329 K55a Brooklyn, N. Y. June 17, 1938. Coast Guard Air Station dedication flown to and postmarked Washington, D. C. only 72 thus ...... 6.75 330 K70 Gladwin, Mich. July 14, 1938. very fine ...... 7.00 331 K79 Plymouth, Mich. August 7, 1938. Flown in Glider to Pon- tiac, Mich. Very fine...... 6.25 332 G1B5 Downtown lakefront A.P. Dedication. Cancelled at amf. at Cleveland ...... 8.50 333 G244 Moultrie, Ga. Nov. 10, 1934. v.f...... 4.50 334 M4 Si. Peiersburg, Fla. dedicaiion of Alberi Whiiied sea- plane base. Superb and scarce. • • Kesier ...... 4.2S 335 Dewey Eldred Seaplane base dedication cover Sept. 1, 1940 postmarked Cleveland Air Mail Field Lost Nation A.P. dedication Willoughby, Ohio. Sunday postmarked Aug 25, 1940. Both covers flown and signed by Dewey Eldred. Not yet catalogued ...... --- 336 Five covers commemorating 20th anniversary of US air mail and flights mailed at Sacramento, McLeansboro, St. Louis, Ocean City and Boston. Several pilot signed and accompanied with newspaper clippings. Interesting lot .... --- ROCKETS 337 German rocket flight with 1 mark special stamp and regular Ger­ man postage used on June 11, 1933. 1 First American rocket card dated Hewitt, N. J. Feb. 23, 1936 ...... --- NOVEMBER 23, 1940 77

338 2 flown Indian rocket covers Feb. 27, 1935 and March 23, 1935 each with special rocket stamp and cachet plus regular postage .... --- 339 Roberti Rocket Experiment. Calais, France, has special private label and cachet, signed by inventor...... --- 340 2 unused Austrian rocket flight letters with government issued imprinted stamps. 1 Bavaria air post card unused, of government issue, good lot...... --- 341 Catapult. Ile de France, ship to shore, eastward. Very fine. Berk- shire 1933 catalogue...... 6.00 MISCELLANEOUS 342 Lustig Glider Train Flight. Stated to be carried by return flight Philadelphia-Brooklyn and so attested by R. E. Franklin pilot, third glider. Owner values at ...... 15.00 343 Same as before but attested by Stan Smith, pilot second glider. Owner also believes worth ...... 15.00 344 Special Pony Express Airmail celebration April 15, 1938. Cover carried Pony Express Akron to Cleveland and then flown to New York. Pouch carried covers and invitations to Mayors of Eastern cities to attend celebration. Signed by Pony Express rider ...... --- 345 Special Air Mail pick-up cover from Cleveland Sept. 6, 1937 sign­ ed by pilot Norman Rentoul and 2 pick-up covers route 1001 Nat­ rona, Pa. First day light pick-up 7 /2/40 and first night 11/15/40. One large envelope ...... --- 346 1929 Air Race Cover. Postmarked Cleveland AMF on Sept. 2 - Akron Day. Signed by Dr. Hugo Eckener. Cost owner...... 5.50 347 8 National Air Race covers signed by Tony Levier, St. Vasquez, Annette Gipson, E. L. Preston (2) D. Elmendorf, Earl Ortman and Gerd Achellis ...... --- 348 8 National Air Race covers signed by Lee Miles (2), Milo Bucham, E. L. Preston (2), Tod Dryer, John Livingston and S. J. Wittman .. --- 349 Registered cover of first day of the 20 and 50c trans-Pacific plus 25c postmarked Washington, D. C. Feb. 16 to Sweden via Clipper to Manila. Backstamped Manila and Sweden, March 21. v.f. item --- 350 Cover mailed at special P.O. Mid-Western Philatelic Station franked with Lindbergh booklet pane, first day use May 26, 1928. Cover slated for Round the World but returned by New York P.O. with interesting "Unmailable" label ...... --- 351 First day of rate change to 16c Washington postmark July 13, 1918. Carried and backstamped July 15, very fine copy 16c airmail--- 352 First day of issue. 6 covers with air stamps on first day of issue. Canal Zone C3 & 4; Panama C5; 10; 11 Mexico C37 Plus ...... 1.00 353 Special souvenir booklet issued in honor of the AAMS conven- tion in Toronto bv Canadian P. M. General. Contains 17 different mint stamps of Canada. Face ...... 2.49 354 Facsimili of Sat. Eve. Post cover of Sept. 4/37 by Clayton Knight issued for 1937 Air Races. Signed by 15 pilots, four of whom are now dead ...... --- 355 10 attractive first day covers with special printed envelope: An­ thony, Alaska, Constitution, Virgin Islands, Idaho (2), Const. Sesqui. (2), Golden Gate, Panama Canal...... ---- 356 First day covers. Fine lot of 12 1st day covers 1928-1939. Includes 3 Hawaiian overprints 1928 franked with both 2c & Sc each cover: Maryland, Mother's Day, Tipex, SPA sheet, etc. Nice lot. •• Gor- man. Worih Over ...... 1.00 CONTRACT AIR MAIL ROUTES 450 lNl; 1N22; 1S22; 1S25; 1S26 New York-Hartford with 8c #C4 (cat. 60c) superb plus New Haven-Springfield and Boston dispatches. Five neat covers ...... 4.15 451 1N25 Springfield north. A scarce item, very fine. •• W. J. Conrath ...... 3.00 78 AAMS CLEVELAND AUCTION

452 1S28 Bar Harbor, south, very fine ...... 2.00 453 1N34-1S37 Complete set of 6 covers of Bangor-Caribou exten- sion. Every one superb on rag bond envelopes. 1 pilot signed ...... 4.00 454 2N4; 2N5; 2S6 Route 2 dispatches from St. Louis and Springfield (1926-1927) Very fine ...... 3.00 455 3Sl: 3S3: 3S4: 3N5 Route 3. Four very fine 1926 covers. ** W. J. Conrath ...... 3.50 456 3S3a St. Joseph-south with northbound cachet in error. Superb ...... 3.00 457 9W38 Detroit-Milwaukee. March 2, 1938. v.f ...... 5.00 458 R12S23; Rl2N25 New Route 29, two very fine covers dispatched via first flight into Roswell and Hobbs respectively. Bear unofficial cachets. Latter has Albuquerque Air- field cancel. Worth over ...... 1.00 459 13N2 Washington-Philadelphia. Franked with 1-2-5c Wal- loons and Sesqui (cat. $1.77). b.s. Phila. Expo. Model P.O. Very fine ...... plus 2.75 460 13S4 N.Y.-Philadelphia. Franked with plate block of 4 Sesquis. b.s. at Phila. Expo. Model P.O. Plus cover. 5.00 461 13N3b Rare Philadelphia black cachet in combination with Springfield, Ill. Fair Flight cachet (2N2). Franked with pair 6c orange airs. Very fine ...... 15.00 462 19S51 (sup.) LaGuardia Field dispatch to New Route 5, addressed New Orleans, 4/2/40. Superb and very desirable ..... 5.00 463 19S53 (sup.) Same but dispatched to New Route 6, addressed Miami 4/2/40. Superb and rare ...... 7.50 464 20W51 LaGuardia Field first dispatch to New Route 7. 12/2/39. Mailed to Buffalo. Superb ...... 1.00 465 24E4 Charleston-East ······························'··································· 3.00 466 26S10; 26N9; 26Sll West Yellowstone-Salt Lake City plus 2 in- bound Helena thru Butte (26S1D and Salt Lake Air- field thru Idaho Falls (26N9) v .f. small covers ...... 4.50 467 30W8 Evansville-St. Louis but mailed at Champaign ...... 2.50 468 33E36 Augusta-East...... 2.00 469 34N19 Fresno-North ...... 5.00 470 X33El-4 New Route 33. Superb set of 4 Hawaii service ...... 2.50 471 New Route 34.Superb matched set. except no "Fields" and missing 34N2. 7 covers. * * Glen Naves...... 2.95 472 Route 49-A Pick-Up Service, Aug. 12. Pittsburgh AMF - Huntington. Superb...... --- 473 Route 49-D. Pick-Up Service, Aug. 12. Pittsburgh AMF - Jamestown. Not listed as yet ...... --- 474 Route 49-F. Pick-Up Service, Aug. 12. Philadelphia AMF - Pittsburgh. Nice cover ...... --- 475 Route 49-F. Same but dispatched Pittsburgh AMF - Philadelphia. Very fine ...... --- COMBINATION CAM LOTS 476 Route 1. Group of 9 attractive Route 1 covers from New England extensions, 1934. lSlO, 1Sl2, 1N14, 1S15, 1S16, lSl 7, lSlb, 1S19, 1S20...... 4.10 477 1N36, R12S21 Presque Isle - north and to Lewistown, Mont. by NB plane dispatched from Billings. Two very fine covers ...... 2.50 478 Eight miscellaneous CAM's from Routes 1, 8, 20, 25, 27, New 33 and old 33 including 1N4f desirable New- ark Airfield dispatch. Worth ...... 2.00 NOVEMBER 23, 1940 79

479 2S7 Chicago dispatch to St. Louis, Feb. 21, 1928 plus cover on Alaska flight postmarked Barrow, July 14, 1929. Cover bearing Air Mail Service cachet­ first day of use July 19, 1919 postmark not legible - Plhiladelphia, Pa...... --- 480 Route 5, 9, 12. Group of 7 covers, all 1934. Includes 5SE6, 9E52, 9E54, 12N14, 12S15, 12S16, 12S17. Superb condition ...... 5.95 481 6El; 11N4; 15N3a; 20W2c. Detroit, Cleveland, Norfolk and Buf- falo covers...... 6.75 482 One Rou:te 8 and five Roule 9 covers all 1926. Good lol. • • Cilrel 8c Duncan...... 6.50 483 8N15; 16N2; 18N38; 20W7; 23N4; 30N4. San Diego, Akron, Coffey- ville, Albany, New Orleans and Evansville. 6 fine covers ...... 3.70 484 Six Route 10 8c 11 covers. lOSS (2). US l, 1152, 11N3, 11N4. •• Duncan ...... 4.00 485 Route 18, 20 29, 33. Six covers from the post Army flight period. Has 18SE31, 18SE32, 20W28, 20E30, 29E6, 331E7. All very fine...... 3.10 486 22N6; 2286; 25Ell; 25Sl; 2584. Laredo, St. PetErsburg, Atlanta, Macon. 5 fine covers, 2 pilot signed ...... 3.55 487 West Yellowstone, Mont, pre-regular flight, June 22, 1935. One each direction and an additional dispatch north. 3 attractive covers ...... --- 488 Army EmErgency Flight, 1934 from Akron-Cleve- land. Very scarce ...... --- 489 Demonstration flights, Washington, D. C. May 27-28. Performed by contract carriers but not strictly CAM- Pick-Up and Autogyro. Two v.f. covers...... --- 490 Two nice covers, last day lOc rate July 31, 1928 from Cedar Rapids to Cheyenne, Wyo. beautifully franked with strip of 5 from White Plains ExhibitiDn sheet. For franking alone worth ...... 2.00 PHILADELPHIA AIRFIELD CHANGE June 20. 1940 All of the following lots arise from the change of Airfield at Philadelphia, Pa. from Camden, N. J. Airport tD Philadelphia Municipal Airport. None of these covers have been listed or catalogued as yet. None bear cachets. All Philadelphia Field dispatches are cancelled AMF July 20 in ERROR and corrected to June 20. All inbound covers to Philadelphia are backstamped PHILADELPHIA GENERAL DELIVERY. All are small superb covers. 491 New Route 2001. Autogyro Service. Philadelphia Rooftop to Phila. Municipal Airfield ...... 492 Same. Phila. Airfield - Phila. Rooftop...... 493 New Route 23. Philadelphia Airfield, 7 A.M. Wash- ingtDn ...... --- 494 Inbound-Washington Airfield 8 A.M. - Phila ...... --- 495 Philadelphia Airfield, 8 A.M. - New York ...... --- 496 Inbound, New York Airfield 5:30 A.M. Phila ...... --- 497 New Route 5. Phila. Airfield, 9 A.M. - Washington .... --- 498 Inbound, Washington Airfield, 9:30 P.M. June 19 - Philadelphia...... 499 Phila. Airfield, 10:30 P.M. June 19 - New York ...... 500 Inbound, New York Airfield, 7:30 A.M. - Phila...... 501 New Route 6. Philadelphia Airfield, 9:30 A.M. - Washington...... --- 502 Inbound, Washington Airfield, 2:30 P.M. - Phila ...... --- 503 Philadelphia Airfield, 3:30 P.M. - New York ...... --- 504 Inbound, New York Airfield, 8:30 A.M. Phila ...... --- 80 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

CONVENTION REPORTS, ATTENTION PHILADELPHIA TALKS, AERO BINGO ON An earnest effort is being made SPRINGFIELD PROGRAM to place this important chapter back on the active list. The Soc­ The second Fall meeting of the iety needs it. All airpost collectors Springfield Air Mail Society was held in this area, whether AAMS mem­ at the Angers' downtown office, in bers or not, are URGED to the Stearns building, Springfield, RALLY and COOPERATE. One Mass., Wednesday evening, October meeting has been held. Another is 23. scheduled the evening of Novem­ Owing to the inability of Dr. ber 25 (Monday) at the home of Thomas J. Abernethy, former A. E. Miss Florence Lamport, 5364 F. World War ace to be present, Sydenham Street, Philadelphia. President Watt called upon those Attend! Cooperate! The Society who had attended the Toronto con­ officers and directors join me in vention to relate some of their ex­ this request. Thank you. periences. Mr. Angers, Mr. Vlasak Glen W. Naves, Chairman. and Mr. Schermerhorn responded with brief resumes of their trip. The feature of the evening was the CHAPTERS CHATTER 3-minute speech in which each mem­ (Continued from page 44) ber was called upon to exhibit what he considered a most unusual cover In Spartanburg ye chapters sec­ or stamp in his collection pertaining tion ed ...... after writing thousano.s to air mail and relate its history, not of words urging other 21 to 36 lad­ using over three minutes for his dies to heed the call ...... got himself talk. Many interesting items were a nice new registration card ...... displayed and many unusual stories 'round 4 p. m ...... and has been as- · were heard as to how the items were signed Serial No. 3742 ...... out of obtained or in connection with the 16,901 local numbers ...... which he cover or stamp. prizes 'long with his AAMS-Chapter 15 membership ...... while back to Air mail bingo was enjoyed toward Springfield ...... Lee "Skippy" Scher- the end of the evening with George merhorn, George Robinson, Hollis Angers officiating as the official an­ Root and Frank Hayes were register­ nouncer. Prizes for the bingo games ed in that metropolis and o'er in West are mostly donations of stamps and Springfield Ambrose! Johnson also covers, received from members or gladly did his patriotic duty ...... friends of the chapter. Many unusual We're glad to report that Miss Jean­ and rare items have been awarded to ne Angers, daughter of good pal. Springfield chapter members in this George, and a student at Notre Dame manner. On exceptional! items, a Academy, Washmgton, is improving small charge of five or ten cents is nicely after an appendicitis operation made for that particular game and in Providence hospital ...... Our list the money turned over to the treas­ of "die hards" includes two additions urer for chapter expenses...... Bart Gatchell and the aforesaid George ...... who like a couple of The November meeting will be kids just had to take another gander held at the home of Arthur Cayer. at the Noo Yawk Fair before the Mr. Cayer has recently completed curtain went down ...... and ...... so his large ping pong room and will we hear ...... even tested the 'chute inaugurate the winter season by jump ...... which ye ed has also tried opening up to the members of the out ...... and wants absopostive!y Springfield chapter. nuthin' more to do with ...... and con­ -Emil J. Vlasak. gratualtions to Fred Benton ...... re­ cently elected prexy of the Airport Historical Society ...... See you gals and guys Christmas month ...... unt!l Essential for Airpost Collecting then ...... 301 THE AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE • $3.50, plus postage. (wt. 3 lbsJ Patronize AP:r Advertisers NOVEMBER, 1940 Ill

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AIRMAIL AND THE WAR VII motor troubles 2t Foynes) 200 lbs. (Continued from Page 62) dipl. mail for New York. • Sept. anew, since leading members of the 1939 4- 6 New York-England No mail an­ service are now preparing for trans­ nounced at New York. A tlantic flying of military airplanes bet­ 15-16 England-New York 2 "pouches" of ween Canada and England. Therefore the diplomatic mail and 3 "large pouch­ old airbase at Botwood, Newfoundland es" of ordlnary mail and news­ will be strengthened by the Canadian papers (Eire Post Department had Government...... It has been reported announced acceptance of airmail on that the US seaplane "Guba" (which is August 8). known to aerophilatelists by the Aus­ 21-23 New York-England 173 lbs. diplo­ tralian special air mail for East Africa matic mail from New York. during the 1938-39 "Guba" flight from On the Western Hemisphere USA to New Guinea, Australia and It was officially announced in New Africa) will be used in a British Trans­ York on July 12, 1940 that the Dutch KLM Atlantic Air Service ...... The new civilian air services have been suspended between trans-Atlantic flights are organized · by Port of Spain. Trmidad and Barbados, the "Airways Atlantic Ltd., London" also between Port or Spain and Ciudad, holder of the U. S. air transportation Bolivar, Venezuela. Other Dutch KLM license of the former Imperial Airways services in South America and the West since September 1940. The flights are Indies are still operating ...... From an carried out by the flying boat "Clare" important conference of all the American (with camouflage) on an irregular sched­ Republics, held at Havana, Cuba, at the ule between Poole (England), Foynes (Ir­ end of July, 1940, and of the acquirement eland), Botwood (Newfoundland) Bouch­ of the new air bases in the Caribbean ersville( near Montreal, Canada) and New Sea, further improvements of the an­ York. On July 28 it was announced by connections between the Americas might some New York Broadcasting Stations arise. For faster air links between USA that the first British flying boat was on and South America the PAA four-engined the way from London to New York, but Stratoclipper "Comet" made an experi­ the first flight of the four motored "Clare" mental flight over a new 4,430-mile route (Captain Kelly Rogers, former captain from Miami, Fla. to Rio de Janeiro, Bra­ of the war-time air service London-Lis­ zil. in 3 days (August 19-21, 1940) instead bon) was not affected before August 3- of the 5,717 miles and the 5 days of me 4, 1940. old route. Regular service on the new The first war-time flights of the "Clare:" route was inaugurated on September 1, Aug. From To Mail 1940, when the "Clipper Comet" left Miami with 1,000 lbs. of mail and a special 3- 4 England-New York Diplomatic mail letter from Presi~ent Roosevelt to Presi­ and London newspapers for Canada dent Vargas of Brazil (Earlier Presiden­ and (112 lbs. for) New York. tial First Flight Messages: Sept 12, 1929 8-10 New York-England 15 lbs. diplo­ President Coolidge to the Argentine matic mail from New York. Government by first flight USA-Argen­ 13-15 England-New York 115 lbs. diplo­ tine: 9 days. September 12, 1939 President matic mail and newspapers. for New Roosevelt to President Roberto M. Ortiz York ((Aug. 16.: Accidental fire on of Argentina on the occasion of the 10th board of the Yankee Clipper 4 yards Anniversary of the air mail service: 4'(,, from the "Clare" in New York ex­ days.) ...... Another acceleration of the fly­ tinguished at last moment). ing time to Brazil to 2 days and 7 hrs. has already been announced, beginning 18-20 New York-England 50 lbs. diplo­ October 2, 1940 ...... Beginning January, matic mail from New York (Just 1941 the PAA plans to increase its weekly before arrival of the "Clare" in Ir­ schedules into and out of Latin America eland a German warplane crashed at from 212 to 274 a week and to begin night Faha Mountains, Ireland). flying between Miami and Para, Brazil. 26-31 England-New York (delayed by The first one-day round trip between Miami and the Panama Canal Zone was flown by the Clipper "Rainbow" on TRANS-ATLANTIC"',_...*"~··········· AND NON-STOP .. August 26. to make connections at Cris­ PICK-UP sets of APJ Album Pages a.re tobal with planes for different South best suited for mounting covers from American countries ...... Also the Central these new routes. Sets, comprising 39 American Airlines of the Transnortes pages each, include title page, 2 pages of Aereos Centros Americanns ITACA), maps of route, photo page showing air­ operating since 1931 over a bout 125 air­ planes, cachets, etc., and individual title fields in British Honduras, Honduras, for affixing to backbone of album. Either Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa set postpaid 51.00. Samples of APJ Album Rica, and Panama, will be further devel­ Pages 10 cents. APJ Album Department, oned by the American Export Airlines. Albion, Pennsylvania. The TACA transported (in 1939) 3.500,000 lbs. of mail, besides 22,000,000 lbs. of air • v•••··~··~ freight. American Air Mail Society Organized 1923 as the Aero Philatelic Society of America PRESIDENT CLAUDE P. NEET, Sta. A., P. 0. Box W1LLIAM R. ALLEY, 261 Broadway, 1, St. Petersburg, Florida. New York City. GEORGE H. PORTER, 1557 Chester­ land Ave., Lakewood, Ohio. ADVISORY BOARD (Former Presidents) SECRETARY L. B. GATCHELL, Recording Secretary EMIL VLASAK 24 Brook Road, Bronxville, N. Y. 293 Bridge St. Springfield, Mass. GEORGE W. ANGERS WALTER J. CONRATH TREASURER HERBERT H. GRIFFIN GEORGE W. ANGERS FRANCES B. LEECH 293 Bridge St. Springfield, Mass. PAUL F. ROBERTSON HARRY A. TRUBY SALES MANAGER VICE - PRESIDENTS CHARLES P. PORTER GLEN W. NAVES, P. 0. Box 446, 143 Beechmont Dr .. New Rochelle, N.Y. Spartanburg, South .Carolina. RICHARD L. SINGLEY; Post Office ADVANCE BULLETIN SUPT. Dept., Lancaster, Penn'a. WALTER J. CONRATH MRS.. ETHEL B. STEWART, Hotel The Airpost Journal, Albion, Pa. Warwick, 65 West 54th Street, New The Advance Bulletin is sent regular­ York City. ly by the manager only to those mem­ WILLIAM R. WARE, 404 East loth & bers who are in good standing and Leslie Sts., Stuttgart, Ark. provide a supply of self addressed regu_ lation Government Postal Cards. DIRECTORS PAUL F. BERDANIER, Jr., 44 Brad­ EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT ford Road, Scarsdale, N. Y. 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The Secretary's Report NEW MEMBERS 2381 Herron, Jno. L. 2713 East Central Street, Wichita, Kansas. 2382 Bellamy, Raymond F., Florida State College for Women, Tallahassee, Fla. 2383 Smith, Dr. Kenneth A .• 623 Ridge Road, Lackawanna, New York. 2384 Maxwell, James R., St. Joe, Indiana. 2385 Glaser, Glenn W., 5601 West End Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.

APPLICATIONS POSTED Kovarik, Frank J., 2502 So. Kedzie Ave., Chicago, Ill. Age 44. P. 0. Clerk. GF, CAM, FAM. By Walter J. Conrath. Ramey, Hardin s .. Yukon, Okla. Age 38. Asst. Mgr. Drygood Store. AM, FF, GF,, CAM, FAM, ID, CMC, EX. By Walter J. Conrath. Bimmerman, William, 525 Reynolds St., Easton, Pa. Age 45. Shipping Clerk. By Walter J. Conrath. Adams, Lt. James G., 1142 E. 40th Street. Brooklyn, N. Y. Age 48. Aviator. PC, HC, FF. By Walter J. Conrath. Konwiser, Harry M., 181 Claremont Ave., New York City. Age legal. Advertising. By Walter J. Conrath. Lee, Ralph L., 621 North 7oth St., Wauwatosa, Wis. Age 48. Treasurer. AM, PC, HC, FF. By George W. Angers. Gisiger, Walter, 200 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Age 43. Dealer. By Simon B. Nicholsky. Staffen, Edward J. 9007 W. Roger, West Allis, Wis. Age 33. AM, AU, EX. By M. O. Warns. Christensen, Emil, 2214 E. Vollmer Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. Age 43. Scandinavian Covers. PIX. By M. 0. Warns. Degler, Claude W., 2114 - N. 49th St., Milwaukee, Wis. Age 47. Insurance Clerk. By M. 0. Warns. 84 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

RE-INSTATED 358 Tucker, David J., 7 Acorn Road, Brookline, Mass. Age 30. Stamp Dealer. By Walter J. Conrath. CHANGE OF ADDRESS Bengtson, W. E., 115 E. Ehn Street, Greenwich, Conn. Billig, Fritz F., 151 - 14, ll5th Avenue, Jamaica, N. Y. Harps, C. Berwind, 3301 Granada Blvd., Coral Gables, Florida. Hill, H. Stanton, 136 So. Cloverly Avenue, Temple City, Calif. Lincoln, L. B., 377 Woodbine Street, Teaneck, N. J. Morin, Arthur B., 1570 Main St., Springfield, Mass. Pollock, E. V., North Court Road, Ottumwa, Iowa. Salva, William J., P. 0. Box 128, San Juan, Porto Rico. CHANGE OF NAME 1906 From Walter Wisnowski to Walter West, 161 Eckford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. DECEASED 33 John C. Morgan, 621 Fifth Avenue, New Kensington, Pa. 1533 Anson R. Thompson, 403 River Street, Troy, New York. RESIGNATIONS Carter, Glenn E., Forest Hills ,East Rochester, New York. Stevens, Thomas R., 15 Rush Street, Springfield, Massachusetts. Respectfully submitted, EMIL J. VLASAK, Secretary.

Get A Nerv AAMS Meniberl ..... ~ ... ~.~ ~~r::j][email protected]?J{);f]g/l,!J, 00@!/\'.J@ - VIA AIR HAIL - AIR MAIL ENVELOPES - A standard quality white sulphite bond paper. Red and blue - oblique. J?lirallelogram ~ _., "'1lr' ,., ,,.- _,., _,., .-. ...,, ,., style, as illustrated. POSTPAID PRIGES, PLAIN: 100 for 50c; Box of 500 for $2.25; 1,000 for $4.2:5 PRINTED with your name and address in upper left corner or on back Hap: 100 for $1.50; Box of 500 tor $4.25; 1,000 for $8.00. Wide selection of modern type faces available for imprinting. Also-EATON'S CONGRESS AIR MAIL ENVELOPES-Modern design, light weight opaque paper. Prices: 25 for 35c; 100 for $1.30 Box of 250 for $3.00 "PERMANIZED" AIRPOST RAG BOND ENVELOPES-Printed with our own Air Mail designs. These do not yellow and deteriorate with age, are tougher and whiter, 25 for 35c; 100 for $1.30; 250 for $3.00; Box of 500 for $5.50; 1,000 for $10.00. Cost more, and make your covers worth more. SELEJCT THE BEST ENVELOPES FOR YOUR AIRPOSTS-Sample set of five designs of sulphite and rag bond Air Mail Envelopes for 5c in stamps.

Walter J. Conrath APJ ALBUM DEPARTMENT Albion, Penn•a ..------

BID Sl-IEET AAMS CLEVELAND AUCTION CHAS. P. PORTER, AAMS Auc:tion Mgr., 143 Beeehmont Drive, New Rochelle, N. Y. Please purchase for me at the AAMS Cleveland Airpost Auction to be held SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1940 the lots below, the prices annexed being my limits for each lot. It is understood that you will buy for me as much below these limits as possible.

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NOTE: Mail bids, to reach destination before November 19, to Chas. P. Porter, Auction manager, 143 Beechmont Drive, New Rochelle, N. Y. Mail all la:te bids :to American Air Mail Society, Donald E. Dickason, % Hollenden Ho:tel, Cleveland, Ohio. All mailing or express charges to be borne by the purchaser. Minimum charge 25c.

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No. Bid No. Bid No. Bid j I I II II .· .. I I I II II I I I II II I I II I II II I I II II I I 11 II I I 11 II I I I II II I II I I II II I !I I I II II I I II II I I I II II I I II I I II 11 I I 11 I I II II I I I I II II I I II I I II II I I II I ! II II I I II II I I II II I II I II II I II I II II II I II 11 11 11 11 II II II II II II II II II ! II 11 RATES: WILLING T 0 EXCHANGE FIRST ONE CENT PER WORD per inserUon. flight covers. Routes: All emanaUng from Hong Kong, FAM-Brazil, Zeppelin, Varig, Minimum charge 25 cents. Four insertions Vasp. J. F . Ridgway, 7, Rua Paraguay - of same want ad for the price of three. Sao Paulo, Brazil. ex-127-lt (Fourth lnserUon free). Remittance must accompany order and copy. The AIRPOST IOURNAL, API Ads, Albion. Penn•a. WILL SWAP BRAND NEW NOVELTY stamp album, (made for type collections TRANSOCEANIC MAIL FROM FLOWN as maps, beasts, etc.) Exchange for un­ or attempted flights bought and exchang­ used U. S. Daniel Newman, 1616 Walton, ed. What have you? Write William H. N. Y. C. ex-127-lt Krinsky, 860 E. 27th St., Brooklyn. N. Y. 115-15• LA GUARDIA FIELD DEDICATION covers carried by United Air Lines. Send EXCELLENT AVIATION PHOTO­ me a block of 3c commems mint. Bach­ graphs, Planes, Pilots & Airships. Glossy arach, 3420 83rd street, Jackson Heights, finish. 3 1-2"x5 3-4", lOc each 12 for $1.00 N. Y. ex-127-lt Send 3c stamp for detailed list. Bart A. Brady, 158 Amherst Street, East Orange, PAUL KALNOZOLS, PASTA KASTE 184, N. J. 126-4t• Riga, Latvia (AAMS 2348) accepts Clipper covers, Foreign FC against duplicates I HAVE $25.00 THAT I WOULD LIKE TO from Europe. Exchanges stamps. spend for a used or mint air mail collec­ ex-127-1 tion. N. I. Barnett, 1611 - 41st Avenue, San Francisco. California. A.A.M.S. #2347. WILL EXCHANGE CAM. FAM. OR 125-4t• dedication covers for unused 6 3/4 air mall envelopes with printed return ad­ COVER COLLECTORS OPPORTUNITIES: dress of a hotel, business, or individuaL Christmas Present for Yourself and Offer 20c catalogue value (my choice) tor Friends. Superb U . S. A., Canada, P. I. each one sent. Will accept up to twenty First Day's, First Flight's 1925 to date. Clippers; Gliders; Zeppelins; Wiley Post of one finn, forty from one city. Specify Stratosphere; Little America. Specially type of cover desired. Perham C. Nahl. franked, Rare Autographed items. Cover Stillwater, Oklahoma. ex-127-lt Rarities, Exclusive Specialties, seldom seen. Note advertisement August APJ. EXCHANGE YOUR DUPLICATES OF Reasonably priced-$atsifaction, Authen­ used airmails for used or mint airmail ticity Guaranteed. Do You Want Prize Wining Covers? I Have Them. Lists Free. stamps. Merey. 243 East 26th Street, HORN, 32 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Brooklyn, N. Y. ex-127-lt 126-4t• WANT MINT USED U. S.. HAVE A NEW ZEALAND-LOS ANGELES-SAN large stock CAM's, FAM'S for exchange. Francisco complete sets of 26 unaddressed What do you need? Bacharach, 3420 83rd First Flight Covers, $18. Paul C. Lloyd, Street. Jackson Heights, N. Y. ex-127 141 North carol Blvd., Upper Darby, Pa. 127-lt lST FLIGHT COVERS ARE MY IN­ terest. Will be glad to arrange exchange WANTED BY COLLECTOR-SUPERB with members. W. Isensee, Koskastr. 4, ''Newfoundland-Columbia" flown cover Magdeburg, Germany. ex-127-lt with surcharged stamp issued for the oc­ casion. Send for inspection and quote WANT ISSUES 1 TO 17 OF THE AIR­ price. R. G. Dawson, P. O. Box 55, War­ post Journal. Have other Issues and mag­ ren, Pa. AAMS #1590. 12'7·3tc azines to exchange for them. C. E. Lee. 1201 Doidge Ct., Long Beach, Calif. ex-12'1-lt AAMS EXCHANGE ADS (Each member is entitled to two 25-word TRADE IN YOUR SURPLUS USED AIR­ ads per year). mall stamps, for mmt or used stamps you need to fill empty spaces. A. E. Merey, 243 East 26th Street, Brooklyn, N. WANT RECENT COMMEMORATIVE Y. ex-127-lt stamps in used condition. Will trade Dedi­ cation covers for them. Lots of 100 or CANTON ISLAND TO NEW ZEALAND more needed. Write G. Lancaster, 3049 first flights wanted. Can offer other points Fulton Street. Brooklyn, N. Y. or any 1939 Pan-American points. L. P. ex-127-lt Miller, Box 733. Scranton, Pa. ex-12'1-lt SCOTT for AIRMAIL

F ROM PIONEER TO YESTERDAY'S FLIGHTS, Scott has the Airmails-stamps and covers. Prices are right and special attention is given to building individual collections. Let us know what you do collect, or what you would like to collect, and our Airmail Department will give you special attention, and help all it can. Many collectors, not sure they are on the ri,ght track, need the help and advice of the professional. Our Airmail Departtnent makes no charge for this service. "* * * HERE'S A "SCOTT SPECIAL" 9'..cM. .lliJunail ~

C. A. M. COVERS - ROUTES 1 TO 35 50 different, (our selection) ...... $ 25.00 100 different, (our seiectlon) ...... 60.00 150 different, (our selectidn) ...... 100.00 200 different, {our selection) ...... 185.00 * * * WANT LISTS -For Airmail or other stamps-will be filled, so far as possible, from one of the world's latgest stocks ot fine stamps. SCOTT STAMP & COIN CO., 'INC.

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