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AAIIRRPPOOSSTT JJOOUURRNNAALL The Official Publication of the American Air Mail Society April 2013 Volume 84, No.4 Whole No. 994 April’s feature article — Rocket Mail Stamps Flown After 75 Years Page 185 Zeppelins & Aerophilately Ask for our Free Price List of Worldwide Flight covers and stamps. The following is a small sampling – full list on Website! United States Item #5019: 1930 (May) C14 VF/XF on pristine cover to Friedrichshafen. Friedrichshafen backstamp on front ties stamp. Auto - graphed by Zeppelin captain Ernst A. Lehmann . .$650.00 Item #4934: 1959 (June 8) USS Barbero “square back flap” cover with letter. First official missile mail, backstamped Jacksonville, Florida. The squared-off flap is much more rare than the usually seen rounded vari - ety. .$1,475.00 Brazil Item #4503: 1934 (September 24) 2nd South America flight 300r Zep - pelin stamp on cover to Friedrichshafen, backstamped Friedrichshafen. Straight horizontal crease at bottom of cover. S. 130A $60.00 Colombia Item #4907: 1927 /Germany. European-sized blue airmail cover with dual franking. Sent registered from Hamburg with 70pfg metered postage to Colombia. Two SCADTA stamps added, 20c and 60c with machine overprint “A.” The 20c has red “R” overprint as well. Stamps were canceled in transit and tied by “Servicio de transportes Aereos, Barranquilla, 28.11.1927.” Blue Barranquilla arrival postmark. Carried by surface mail between Hamburg and Barranquilla and from there by SCADTA airplane to Medellin. Some creasing, tear on back flap with small tear through front. Sismondo certificate . ..$400.00 Germany Item #3056: 1936 (May 5) North America Hindenburg flight cover with swastika, rare as Eckener did not allow swastikas politicizing the Zeppelin. S. 406 D . $150.00 Netherlands Item #3255: 1938 /So. America (December) KLM first flight cover Henry Gitner Philatelists, Inc. PO Box 3077T, Middletown NY 10940 Email: [email protected] — http://www.hgitner.com APRIL 2013 PAGE 177 In This Issue of the Airpost Journal — ARTICLES — Letters to Rocket Mail Stamps Flown After 75 Years ................................................... 185 Chris Hargreaves Inauguration of Panama’s Intra-Province Airmail Service ..................... 192 the Editor Julius Grigore Jr. A Tale of Two Cities ............................................................................. 200 Dille Article Raises Question William Kriebel. Bob Dille’s article, “Saga of Mail Plane No. 249” (February 2013 Daring Ladies Take to the Air ............................................................... 210 Airpost Journal ), raises a lot of questions about the authenticity of the Bob Dille cover shown on Page 64. — NEWS — When I learned of Hackbarth’s upcoming flight, I wrote him ask - Airmail Component at APS Summer Seminar .............................................. 197 CAS Sponsoring Airmail Symposium ........................................................... 213 ing if he would carry a set of covers for me (and one for himself), posting Nominations Committee Drafts Slate of Officers ......................................... 214 one at each stop. He agreed and I have his written statement to that Obituary: Arnold Engel ................................................................................. 218 effect. — COLUMNS — I used the Artcraft cachet for the new 10-cent airmail (Scott C-74) Airmail Elsewhere in Print ............................................................................ 202 franked with Scott C-72. I provided a total of 32 covers; 16 for each of us. Book Review ................................................................................................. 205 We had a rubber-stamp cachet made and used it on all 32 covers. Letters to the Editor ....................................................................................... 179 My Favorite Cover ......................................................................................... 208 President’s Message ...................................................................................... 182 Question Central ............................................................................................ 207 — DEPARTMENTS – Classified Ads ................................................................................................ 220 Membership Report ....................................................................................... 219 Editor and Advertising Vickie Canfield Peters 11911 E Connor Road Valleyford WA 99036 vcanfi[email protected] Staff Writers and Columnists Joe Kirker Alan Warren: Airmail Elsewhere in Print Chris Hargreaves: Canadian Air Mail Notes Bob Wilcsek: Zeppelin Letters Copyright 2013 The American Air Mail Society . The Airpost Journal (ISSN 0739-0939) is pub - All 16 of my covers (one shown here) are autographed and can - lished monthly by the American Air Mail Society, Box 110, Mineola, NY 11501. Periodical celed at each stop on this flight across the United States. postage paid at Spokane WA 99201 and additional post offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to American Air Mail Society, P.O. Box 5367, Virginia Beach VA 23471-0367. Subscription Rate Question: Since the cover shown on Page 64 has the new stamp $33 per year; $5 per copy. on it, canceled on the First Day of Issue, it was not postally flown from Opinions expressed in features and columns in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the society. San Francisco. I have six other similar covers from cities that have Wash - ington, D.C. cancels. PAGE 178 AIRPOST JOURNAL APRIL 2013 PAGE 179 When I bought my first one (Elko, Nevada), I called Bill and dwindled from 2,000 to 1,500 to probably less than 1,000 fairly soon. asked how many he carried on the flight. He replied that since the U.S. With only limited funds coming in the only choice is to raise dues Post Office Department refused to certify the flight to carry mail, the cov - and/or lower expenses. If every life member would send in a donation ers prepared by airmail pioneers to help defray costs were carried by in lieu of dues the financial picture might improve significantly. (I'm other means, possibly the supporting ground party. sending in my check as soon as I finish this letter.) Life members have I have 16 canceled/autographed/cacheted covers that were car - long since gotten full value from the $100 or $200 or whatever was paid ried, one short of the 17 fields. I didn’t know Hackbarth sent one from so many years ago (and many life members like me received it gratis Sacramento as he started east. after 35 years). While the cover illustrated on Page 64 of the February APJ can Yes, it would be nice to see the auction lots listed in the APJ , but be classed as a commemorative cover, it is certainly NOT an aerial flight anyone really interested can look for them online. I suspect their removal cover. has more to do with cost savings than anything else. And I also suspect Bob Quintero that the sales have been generating too little even before their removal. It would be regrettable if a member decides to cancel his or her subscrip - Auction Listings in the Airpost Journal tion just because of this. In any organization there are always the givers I do not have a problem with the listings not being available in and the takers. Unfortunately (or fortunately) there have always been the Journal. However, John Puzine in his letter included Editor's Com - enough of the former to keep us going. But who out there will take on ments as having no "lasting value." Sad to say this has not always been the task in the future? the case. I, for one, learned more from Wayne Youngblood's Editor Page Ken Alterman than from many of the articles. I miss him and his Editor's Page and hope some day it can be The letter written by John Puzine in the February 2013 Airpost revived as an important part of the Journal - and with "lasting value." Journal hits the nail on the head and expresses my views and complaints Jack Graham regarding the removal of auction listings far better than I could. The sending of $2 cash to Mr. Lussky for the auction sheet print - I am sorry that John Puzine is "angry" that the AAMS auction is out and the time lag is a bit of a nuisance. Also, I seem to mislay the not included in the APJ . I think it was a good move. I don't know if Don printouts whereas my copies of the Airpost Journal are always at hand. Lussky (God bless him!) agrees, but I think it is more convenient to be Mr. Lussky’s service has been of the highest order at all times. able to download it and analyze what one might want to try to acquire. Robert Roe Don used to say "we sell junk," but I myself have sold some of my "junk" that would otherwise still be sitting on a shelf, and, I would Donations hope, has found a new home! Most AAMS auctions items are NOT I would consider it extremely poor form to give a sizeable dona - "earth-shattering,” but that's why they are here, and in may cases, are not tion of AAMS money to the National Postal Museum while raising mem - generally easily found at the shows. For me, I find Don's efforts a way to bership dues at precisely the same time. share/exchange duplicate or unwanted items with other members, a Worthiness is not the issue here. If members feel strongly very worthwhile part of our organization! enough, they are free to contribute to the National Postal Museum on William Kriebel their own and take a tax deduction in the process. They may also contribute directly to the AAMS, also tax I feel compelled to respond to John Puzine's letter in the Febru - deductible, if they are so minded. Maybe details on just how to make ary Airpost Journal , as well as to some of Jim Graue's comments in his such contributions to our AAMS can be provided in the Airpost Journal. President's Message. I have been a member for approximately 40 years or Bob Wilcsek so. I have sadly followed each membership report as our numbers have PAGE 180 AIRPOST JOURNAL APRIL 2013 PAGE 181 My thought on this new column is to make the Airpost Journal a President’s publication of two worlds: (1) the tremendous excitement of pre-World War II aviation, and (2) the advances made by jets and later aircraft, Jim Graue Message including the Concorde.
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