AIRPOST JOURNAL
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JANUARY 1949 - VOL. XX NO. 4 What · Should You Do?
· when one of the largest or- ed Kessler Airmail Auctions. ganizations of its kind There are always Big things in in the world is specially organ the wind and unless your in ized to serve airmail enthusi quiry tells us of your interest, asts, you might well ask. "How there is always the possibility can I reap the benefits?" that· the good things may pass you by. The answer is easy. "BET TER WRITE TO KESSLER." BETTER WRITE TO KESS If you want the new issues as LER. We cannot offer a more they appear, including the rari helpful suggestion because we ties at the new issue price, are sincerely desirous of serv BETTER WRITE TO KESS ing your wants completely, . LER. comprehensively and satisfac Should you have any special torily. wants. it is likely that you will turn to a proven source for the finest in mint airmails. so why not WRITE TO KESSLER? Better Write to Kessler Best and most important of all, you should follow the fam- NOW! Eastern Air Lines Celebrates 20 Years Of Miami Service • by ERNEST A. KEHR • T o .mark simultaneously the twen ed tl1at this craft would become the nu Jll tieth anniversarv of air mail cleus of an "aviation museum" which he service out of Miami to~ards New York had long dreamed of establishing in and to inaugurate new four-hour, non Miami. stop Constellation service between these Shortly before departure of the Con cities, Eastern Air Lines staged a celebra stellation on its inaugural northbound tion which was so predominantly aero trip, Acting Postmaster Sam R. Valliere philatelic that it might well serve as an of Miami, brought to the field about example of how airlines and the Ameri 5,000 covers in the same 1928 Ford can Air Mail Society can cooperate in which was used to serve the field two calling public attention to the progress of deeades ago, and which had been spec air mail. ially repainted for the occasion. Hearing Noon of December 1 found hundreds about Capt. Rickenbacker's dream of a of airline, civic, government and phila museum, visualized as a center similar telic guests at Eastern's Miami airport to to the automobile one at Dearborn, witness and participate in the various Mich., and containing planes, engines, ceremonies arranged. After the cham radios and other equipment which trace pagne splashing by a professional model the historv of aviation and airmail, Post which named one of the new giant Con master V~lliere contributed this vehicle stellations, "The Orange Bowl Flyer," as "exhibit Number Two." Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, President The covers carried ?n the anniversary and General Manager of EAL, was given · flight each were impressed with a violet the original Pitcairn Mailwing which cachet designed by an officer of the flew the first mails northward out of American Air Mail Society for the air Miami in 1928, by a group of the 20- line. year pilots which included Captains J. Prior to December 1, the Miami Stamp R. Armstrong, E. G. Cross, T. R. Cole Club and G. S. Knoth, its president, of man, J. C. Abbey, F. B. Cann, W. S. fered a prize to any collector in the Tefft, T P. Caldwell, R. H. Weant, W. J. Shaffer, F A. Stone, E. R. Brown, T. F. Armstrong and H. T. "Dick" Merrill. OUR COVER DESIGN The ancient open-cockpit biplane had • Our cover shows• a group of Eastern been discovered only a few months be Air Lines 2D year men gathered in fore, abandoned and junked in an over front of the Mailwing plane the' com pany used to inaugurate service to grown weed field eighty miles north of Miami 20 years ago and the mail truck Miami, brought back to the shops, and that delivered the air mail to the Air port on December 1, 1928. Captain the expense of reconditioning had been Eddie Rickenbacker is shown at ex underwritten through contributions by treme left. One of Eastern'li bi&: new the pilots. In accepting the unusual sur "Constellations" is in the background. -Photo by Eastern Air Lmes. prise gift, Capt. Rickenbacker announc-
Tl-IE AIRPOST JOURNAL =:~!1l~c~N~ Entered as second-class matter, February 10, 1932, at the post office at Albion. Pa., under the Act of March 3. 111'19. Published monthly. JANUARY, 1949 - VOL. XX. HO. 4 - ISSUE 225 - 25c PER COPY 112 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL Miami area who owned one of the cov support and cooperation of air cover col ers flown out of Miami on the inaugural lectors, and that this cooperation would trip of C.A.M. 25 on December 1, 1928: be sought through the Society in all - If there ever was any doubt about the future· events of a similar nature staged popularity of air mail cover collecting, by Eastern Air Lines. the club's single announcement should FOOTNOTE: C. A. M. 25 was inaugurated offer evidence positive. More than 125 by Pitcairn Aviation, Inc., on Dec. I, such covers were submitted. The owners 1928, and flew air mail northward from Miami to Atlanta, Ga., where it con were given, as a prize, a special l lh nected with C. A. M. 19, and extended hour courtesy flight in a Constellation to New York. The first pilots were Don ald B. Johnston, F. J. Schwaemmle and over Miami, the Florida Keys, Ever F. A. Stone. glades National Park and the Gulf Stream. Following the ceremonies, H. L. Lind • quist presented a duplicate of the cachet • Our composite photo on next page, handstamp to Pat Steckman, who named shows: Top center; Capt. Rickenbacker, Samuel R. Valliere, Miami Postmaster, "The Orange Bowl Flyer," while the and group of pilots and guests ill front original was given to the writer for pre of the 1928 Mailwing plane. Center left, loading the 1948 special Anniversary sentation in the name of the airline and mail; President Knoth of the Miami the Society to the Philatelic Museum Stamp Club applying the special Anni versary cachet to the souvenir covers which was opened in Philadelphia on carried on the occasion; Bottom, group December 4. taken on the courtesy flight in Eastern's Captain Rickenbacker stated that no new type "Constellation." airmail anniversarv in aviation's history -All photos by Eastern Air Lines. had ever received so much public at tention, a fact which he attributed to the r0-~ IMPORT-EXPORT COVER LOTS
We have just purchased several thousand covers, accumulated over a period of years by a large import-export house. These have been combined with several score covers from a 19th Century collection to form a truly unusual mixture. About a third of the covers show Airmail usage, many of them censored. Another third are British Colonial, many of shilling or higher value. There are the usual cheaper covers as well as some cataloguing over a dollar. These are offered, with an unconditional guarantee, at the outstanding price of .300 for $10.00 I. S. GOODMAN 72 Branch Brook Drive Belleville, N. J.
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AIRS of the MONTH • By ALTON J. BLANK 1089 Winston Rd., So. Euclid Zl, Ohio ·• 11£"'1 hile, in its most recent issue, pre ECUADOR '-..i sents a real novelty in the form . We illustrate the two basic designs of of twenty-five different designs for one the 4 stamps chronicled last month hon value. Handsome items are at hand from oring Pedro Vicente Maldonado. Lebanon, and Argentina. Turkey's long ISRAEL promised set is due this month. Four airs were reportedly ready for UNITED STATES release last December. IRAQ The .new 6 cents air mail stamp has Both the perforated and irnperforated had the following plate numbers assign air sheet have been given postal validity ed to it: 23973, 23974, 23975, 23976, and are momentadly expected. Eleven 23977, 23978, 23979, 23980. The first values of the air set were also to appear. two, i. e. "3" and "4", were sent to press Denominations as promised are: 2, 3, 4, December 1, 1948. 5, 10, 20, 30, 35, 40, 50 and 100 fils. The ARGENTINE REPUBLIC design will show a plane, bridge, train, mosque, and aerodrome if last year's re A 70c dark green, in large format, ports are true. A. H. Rashty. commemorates the Fourth Pan Ameri can Reunion of Cartographers held in LEBANON Buenos Aires in November. The design Five stamps have been issued honor shows a map of the Argentine area in ing the United Nations Education, South America as well as this country's Science and Culture Organizatfon. Three claimed holdings in the South Polar depict Apollo riding thru the sky. They regions. To the right is a globe with the are vertical stamps and denominations Western Hem4phere indicated and a are 7.50p ultramarine, 15p gray, and 20p protractor superimposed thereon. Illus cerise. The 35p pink and 75p emerald trated. Alfred F. Stem. are horizontal in format and show a crowned woman and the words "Berytus AUSTRIA Legum Nutrix." Beirut, source of laws, A new sedes is being prepared ac might be a rough translation referring to cording to Aero Philatelists, Inc. the fact that the ancient Phoenecians sailed from this port and carried their CHILE trade and laws thruout the ancient Claudio Gay's "History of Chile" was world. We illustrate the 15 piastres. first published in 1884. This book was Alfred F. Stern. profusely illustrated with examples of LIBERIA the natural flora and fauna of Chile. The air value of the "Presidential" ser These pictures are the subjects of the de ies will show President V. S. Tubman sign of the stamps issued December 6, and will be 25 cents in denomination. 1948. Liberian Philatelic Agency. Twenty-five designs are printed side PANAMA by side all in the same denomination, 3 We now show the two stamps issued pesos magenta. The issue is lithographed last month in honor of Don Miguel de by Especies V alorado - Santiago, Chile Cervantes Saavedra. on Shield and Star watermarked paper. ROUMANIA All bear the wording "Centenario del November 22, 1948 saw three stamps Libro de Gay 1844-1944." This unusual issued as a permanent air set (rather than natural history set is illustrated herein. semi-postals as heretofore). They are a JANUARY, 1949 115
-Stamps for Illustration, Courtesy F. W. KESSLER e THE NEW CLAUDIO GAY NATURAL HISTORY SHEET OF CHILE.
30 lei carmine depicting a plane over The I 0 bogshas showing Sana'a airport, factories, a 50 lei dull green showing a has been issued in violet and green and workman, tractor, and plane over fac overprinted "AVION". The 12b, showh:!-g tories, and a 100 lei blue featuring . a President Truman and Prince Saif-al train, truck, ship, and plane. Islam Abdullah, appears in violet and The stamps are issued perforated, blue, bearing the same overprint. A printed I 00 to a sheet on the ?Jew "R. large sized 20b in purple and brown P. R." watermark paper. Of the two low ' shows the city gates and a 30b in orange values there are 600,000 and there are and violet bears the same overprint and 300,000 of the 100 lei. The designs are depicts Roosevelt and Churchill in con by A. Murnu. ference. We illustrate all four values. TURKEY Alfred F. Stern. Promised for appearance January 1st, The "Plane ~tamps" category has some 1949 are six bicolors. The 5 and 40 additional items of interest. Rarotonga, l"Urus will present a view of Izmir; the a South Pacific island, is to have a new 20 and 50k will show a view of Ankara; postal series. One value, a five pence, and the 30k and I Lira will depict a view of Istanbul. will show a Dakota type plane in the act of landing. Date of release is some YEMEN time in 1949. Four new airs from this land far down on . the Arabian peninsula are at hand. (Continued on next· page) 116 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL AIRS OF THE MONTH- (Continued from previous page) A 1948 SLEEPER • First Flight St. Pierre et Miquelon A recent Russian set depicts boys hold to Montreal 31/8/48. Backstamp· ing gliders or model planes. While ed 4/9/48. Registered cover, One stretching the point a bit this stamp of the nicest covers to come our might well be added to this type of topi way in a long time. cal collection. '7Sc Yemen has recently added to its set commemorating its admission to the First Flight Vienna-·- to Amsterdam United Nations, two large stamps which 25/11/48 on to New York. On the bear planes in the designs. One, a 20 New Isch Air Envelope. Registered bogshas, olive and black, dramatically cover. contrasts a plane in flight over a citadel '7Sc with camels in the foreground. The one imadi orange and gray shows a plane First Austrian-·- Balloon Flight over the New York skyline with the 25/10/48. This was made in aid of Statue of Liperty and flags. The stamp the children's camps. Cacheted. is diamond ~~aped. Registered cover. soc Undoubtedly these stamps will be eventually overprinted with the word We have on hand-·- a few of the "Avion" making them airmails. Mean following Air Letters. while we might as well add them to our Southern Rhodesia (used) ...... 40c plane collections. Gold Coast (used) ..... 40c A good stock -·-of ·cAM's &: F AM's always in stock. Will be pleased to . When You Think Of ... send any of the above items on BUY;INC; OR SELLING approval AfR MAILS H. G. FISHER Think of H. R. Harmer, pio 240 6th Ave neers in selling of Air Mail Ville La Salle, P. Q., Canada Collections by auction, Vendors: soooooooooooooooooooooooolfl WHY - PAY - MORE Request booklet "Concerning Airmail Mint and Used - over 3000 your stamps.'' - all different in stock at V:z Scott's. Covers - First Day and Flown. Old and New Issues at competitive prices. Collectors: Join our New Issue F. D. C. Club - Request free illustrated auc Airmails only Full Details Free. tion catalogues. AERO WORLD CO. P. O. Box '73D NEW YORK 60, N. Y. H. R. HARMER, Inc:. OCOOORRQQOOOQQQQOQQQQ0002Q THE ROOSEVELT AUCTIONEERS A PAGE OF NEW AIRPOST 32 East 5'7th Street e New York 22, N. Y. STAMP ISSUES Plaza 3-6482 ---· -Stamps for illustration, Courtesy F. W. KESSLER. · 118 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL HAITI PLANS INTER AM ERICA STAMP SHOW • rom the land of romance in the )IF waters of the blue Caribbean where in the yester-years of time Henry (I) United States Morgan and his fellow "Knights of the Horth America, compl.,te with 1,000 illustrations;. (2l Sea" gallantly plied the Spanish Main, Airmail Stamps; (3) 11ritislt word has come that an exposition of Empire; (4) Modern Europe; (5) Stamp Collector's Annual broad proportions is to be held during Catalog (albums, packets, 1949-50 in celebration of the Bicenten supplies, etc.) with complete "Guide to Stamp Collecting" nial of the founding of Port-au-Prince. and invaluable "Stamp Find· Among the many buildings to be erect er". Each catalog 128 or more pages, profusely ill us• ed along the shores of the historic Bay of trated, wonderfully informa• Gonave, one will be known as the tive, llstinq fine stamps at money-saving prices. Each sent "Palais de la Philatelie" in which an ex for only 10.:: to cover malling. hibition of the stamps of the Americas will be assembled under the supervision of the Philatelic Division of the Pan H. E. HARRIS & CO. American Union, to be shown during the 11'' orld' s L,<1rgest, Stamp Firm entire duration of t11e Exposition. Announcement has just been made of 30 Transit Bldg., Boston, Mass. a new issue of Haitian stamps dedicated to the Bicentennial Exposition. There will be four values to the forthcoming series, present plans contemplating that FIRST FLIGHT the first will be released prior to the COVERS opening of the Exposition and that the others will be issued on dates later to be F -·-AM-27 announced. New York, N. Y. AMF, Phila. AMF All of the stamps will be bi-colored, or Wash. AMF, to Zurich, Swit and printed by the American Bank Note zerland. January 3, 1949 Company, thus assuring the usual high each .50 standard of Haitian postal issues. In Zurich to New York, Phila., or brief description, the stamps will be as Washington each 1.00 follows: FAM-95 Seattle, Seattle AMF, or Portland , Ordinary Mail: 3,200,000 5 Centimes, to Hawaii.. December 2-3, 1948. showing the portraits of Dessalines, Boli ...... each .50 var and Washington, the three First Hawaii to Seattle or Portland. Set Presidents of the Western Hemisphere; of five of above for ...... 2.00 400,000 10 Centimes showing the Coat FAM-18 of-Arms of Port-au-Prince. New York, N. Y. AMF, Boston and Air Mail: 400,000 30 Centimes show AMF to Basrah, Iraq. January ing the portrait of Columbus and the 20, 1949. ... each .65 anchor of the Santa Maria, which lies Basrah to Boston or New York enshrined where "The Great Navigator" - . 1.00 left it before the 16th Century dawned, and 200,000 1.00 Gourde showing the Above Covers Subject To Receipt portrait of President Dumarsais Estime of Haiti. G. C. POWELL The total face value of the entire ser OCEAN CITY ROAD ies will come to approximately 30 cents, SALISBURY, MARYLAND U. S. curemcy. Air Stamps of the World feature the NICKLIN 30th PUBLIC SALE to be held on at Friday, Feb. 11 2 p.m.
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e UNITED STATES 19TH &: 20TH CENTURY.
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WRITE NOW FOR A CATALOGUE OF THIS INTERESTING SALE! DO YOU WISH TO SELL YOUR COLLECTION OR SURPLUS STAMPS? CONSULT John W. Nieklin Pioneer of Aerophilatelv 110 West 42nd St., New York 18, N. Y. News And Notes About Air l~etter - Sheets
by MAJOR IAN• C. MORGAN
our editor has just returned from • sheets are re-counted into 25s and pack Y a very pleasant and instructive ed into an envelOpe containing 100 trip through the printing plant of Le sheets, then into containers holding 200 Comptoir National Enrg., in Montreal, envelopes or 2000 sheets and forwarded contractors to H. M. Government, who to the postal depot for distribution to the print some of the present IOc Airletter postoffices. forms. All varieties so far reported come As the stamp die is taken out and lock from this plant. ed up each night the space between the This firm employs two presses, one of stamp and the vignette will vary. The which uses a flat plate for printing, the type for the balance of the sheet being stamp being about 24.25 mm. in height; hand set also varies each time a new the other a curved plate, the stamp be press is used or a new order placed by ing 25 mm. in height. the government. (Your editor thinks that The paper, which is provided by the they should be combined into one plate Post Office Deparbnent, is first cut to for sake of uniformity. ) shape before being fed into the press for · Albino sheets, sometimes with offset printing. It is then transferred to another printing on reverse, are caused by two machine which folds the sheets into the sheets of paper sticking together when format. as issued to the public. They are going through the feeder. Sheets with then counted and are fed into a machine just the sheet printed and stamp albino which applies the gum. The finished may be caused by bad adjustment when re-inserting the die, by a worn die, or by poor inking. ( This woul.d be avoided if POSTMAN'S KNOCK a solid plate were used. ) These are usual wishes to offer their services in your ly caught when counting. selection of AERO-POST AL STATIONERY The Toronto printings seem to come OF THE WORLD . from similar pres~es although the pro - Approval Selections - cesses apparently differ. Your editor has information indicating the paper is pro Lists on Re(!uest Sources of Supply needed. Can use 1 or 100 vided in rolls, printed, then cut to shape. POSTMAN'S KNOCK The lOc printings seem to be from a flat Box 6. Zone 7 Cincinnati, Ohio plate judging by the height of the stamp while the 15c would appear to be from JANUARY. 1949 121
POST PUBLICATION PRICE OF NEW AIR LETTER SHEET CATALOGUE RAISED • HIGH COSTS REQUIRE INCREASE TO $1.50 PER COPY • The AIR LETTER SHEET CATALOGUE is now ori the press and by the time this is read by most of our readers will be in the mail to those who have placed advance orders at $1.00 per copy, postpaid. The Catalogue is considerably larger than originally anticipated, due partly to the many new issues in the last few months and to the inclusion of a large number of additional illustrations. The continually rising costs of production make it necessary to increase the price of the Catalogue to $1.50 postpaid. Naturally all orders received prior to publication at the. previously announced price will be honored. Special discounts in quantity available to bona-fide dealers only. Address all orders to the Albion Publication office.
green relief instead of the oo:lOrless treat a curved plate. They are not folded but ment in the earlier sheet. THe background ~ sent out flat which evidently was not to is now cross-hatched in a series of en twined "V" 's and the franking box which the liking of the public or postal em still appears in red now has no period ployees as the procedure seems to have after the word "100 PF". Apparently both been discontinued in the case of the lOc types of sheet exist with the word "BER LIN" included as a third line in the frank sheets. The stock on hand probably has ing box, restricting the use of such sheets to the city of BERLIN, where as the whole been issued to firms requiring quantities word knows, special conditions apply! for firm letter heads for which purpose G REAT BRITAIN the flat sheets would be ideal. The Tor David Field Ltd. of London sends us a photo of a recently discovered "Olympic onto printings are easily distinguished by Games" sheet without the usual deep the position of the words on the reverse violet oblong impressed stamp. The error can be identified in that the white space side· - No Enclosure permitted, Ne rien at the top right of the form is long and inserer. These appear to be gummed by horizontal rather than vertical and narrow in shape which would be the case had the a screen process which seems to apply a error occurred in connection with a print thinner. coating of gum than that found ing of the regular sheet. A New York dealer shows us a somewhat similar error on other printings in that the stamp while present is center ed down in the body of the sheet, several OTHER Am LET TER SHEET NOTES: inches below the white space for which it was intended. GERMANY The previously chronicled type is ap GUATEMALA parently printed by several firms and by The attractive sheet illustrated at the different processes. The latest sheet to be top of our article is not strictly an Air seen is in the same general style but the Letter Sheet as we know them today in posthorn which appears in the center of that it was not available for public use. the sheet is now brought up in brilliant (Continued on page 141)
e THE ATTRACTIVE NEW SHEET FROM JUGOSLAVIA Official Publication of the American Air Mail Society. Pub lished monthly at Albion, (Erie Co.), Pennsylvania, U. S. A.
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Albion, Pa., February 10, 1932, under the Act of March 3, 1879. The AIRPOST JOURNAL is not condu~ted for profit. The Editor, Business Manager, and all at.her editors, feature writers and contributors serve gratis and witho.ut C?mpensation of any. kind. All receipts from advertising, subscriptions and contributions are applied directly to the betterment of the magazine and the prorriot.ion of aero-philately.
EDITOR L. B. GATCHELL - 6 The Fairway, Upper Montclair, N. J. BUSINESS MANAGER GRACE CONRATH Albion, Penn'a ASSISTANT EDITORS ALTON J. BLANK 1089 Winston Rd., So. Euclid 21, Ohio ERNEST A. KEHR 230 West 41 Street, New York 18, N. Y. GLEN W. NAVES - 930 N. Church St., Spartanburg, S. C. 'ART EDITOR EDWIN L. HASTRY .-, . .., DEPARTMENT EDITORS R. LEE BLACK - Interrupted Flight Cover News FLORENCE L. KLEINERT A. A. M. S. Chapter News IAN C, MORGAN Air Letter Sheets RICHAltD L. SINGLEY F. A. M. Air Mail Routes WILLIAM R. WARE - Contract Air Mail Routes WILLIAM T. WYNN - Dedication Covers Assistant Editor ALTON J~ BLANK also conducts "Airs of the Month" Department ASSOCIATE EDITORS FRANCIS J. FIELD F. W. KESSLER GEORGE D. KINGDOM DR. MAX KRONSTEIN WILLIAM M. STUART JAMES WOTHERSPOON
SUBSCRIPTION RATES Anywhere ...... $3.00 per year. Second .jliiuplicate) copy sent to Subscriber's same address. $1.50 per year. Back NuDJ.bers, 25c each; Bound Volumes, if ·in stock, $4.75 per volume. ADVERTISING RATES One Inch, per issue ...... $ 3.00 Front Inside or Back Cover ...... $17.50 Quarter Page, per issue ...... $ 4•5o Composition charge for solid, tabular Half Page, per issue ...... $ 8.00 or special typographic layouts: lOc to Full Page, per issue ...... $15.00 25c per inch additional. Interested advertisers may apply for contract rate for space used every issue· for a period of 12 months. Advertising and editorial copy MUST BE RECEllVED BY THE 20TH OF THE MONTH preceding, publication date. The right is reserved to refuse any advertising.
THE AfRPOST JOURNAL has been published under the auspices of THE AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY since October, 1931. It has reached its high place of usefulness to the hobby primarily through the genius, Industry and devotion of the late WALTER J. CONRATH successively Business Manager and Editor. To his memory are the future issues of the JOURNAL gratefully dedicated.
·WHERE TO WRITE Correspondence concerning advertis· Department Editors may be written ing, new and r.enewal subscriptions. direct at the addresses printed at the b3ek numbers and bound vo1um.es. top of their columns. All general edi address changes and other matters or torial copy and communications on all f'irculation. business matters of all other matters should be Sent to the kinds and all remittances should be personal attention of the Editor at sent direct to the Publication Office at 6 The Fairway ALBION, PENN'A UPPER MONTCLAIR, N. J. from the Editor's Desk •• • 'F riends of past President William niversary that President James Polk )l R. Alley of the American Air signed the organic act creating the Ter Mail Society will be shocked and grieved ritory of Minnesota. Actually the Terri to hear of the recent death of his wife tory was much bigger than the present Kathryn which occurred on December State of Minnesota. It took in all of 23. Mrs. Alley was a talented and grac North and South Dakota as far west as ious person, a charming hostess and a the Missouri River. Polk signed the act real friend to those who were privileged on March 3, 1849, and shortly thereafter to know her.· Her loss is a grevious one Alexander Ramsey was appointed as to her devoted family and she will be Minnesota's first governor. In September greatly missed by her many friends in of that year the state's first territorial ·the American Air Mail Society . Legislature met.
.. " <) To commemorate this important step ping stone in Minnesota's history, the Collectors of . Air Letter Sheets and state will put on a super celebration dur Postal Stationery of all kinds will be well ing the next twelve months. March 3, · advised to secure a subscription to 1949, "'establishment day" for Minne "POSTAL STATIONERY" a well pro sota, has been fittingly selected as the duced journal issued 6 times per year first day of sale for the new Minnesota under the Editorial guidance of DR. W. Territorial Centennial Stamp which will I. MITCHELL, an authority on Postal be the first commemorative in 1949. Co ~tationery who has probably forgotten inciding with the first day of sale, March more about it than any of the rest of us 3, 1949, of this stamp, the Twin City have ever learned! The Bi-monthly is Philatelic Society at the request of the published by E. A. Farnsworth, P. 0. Minnesota Historical Centennial Com . Box 161, Claremont, New Hampshire. mittee will serve as the official sponsors . Subscription is $1.00 per year in U. S. and distributors of the first day covers and Canada, $1.50 foreign. carrying the official cachet.; Paul Fisher, Chairman of the Cachet Committee, 4838 30th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Congratulations and good wishes to Minnesota, has announced first day cov Dr. Max Kronstein, our Foreign Repre er and cachet collectors can expect an entative, who on November 24 was mar unusually beautiful cover in striking ried to Miss Marion Meeker Ward of colors and decidely novel in other res- . New York. The couple are at home at pects. Details as to cost may be found in 3900 Spuyten Duyvil Parkway in the another section of this issue. The Riverdale section of New York City. Minnesota Air Mail Society, Chapter #26 of the American Air Mail Society, is <) " .. co-operating in this great exhibition. The Twin City Philatelic Society of Minneapolis and St. Paul will take an active part in the Minnesota Territorial " " " Centennial Celebration by holding its At the Annual Exhibition of the annual stamp show and exhibition at the Mound City Stamp Club, St. Louis, Mo., St. Paul Hotel on March 3, 4, 5, and 6, Nov. 19-21, 1948 several hundred frames 1949, and h,ave also planned a gala af of stamps and covers were exhibited. fair in connection with the first day of First award went to a superb and rare sale of the new Minnesota Territorial specialized collection of Confederate Centennial Stamp on the former date. States of America; second award went The year 1949 marks the lOOth an- to an eight frame display of U. S. Die 124 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL Proofs and Essays, while third prize went flown out of Berlin via the "airlift". to Robert W. Murch, AAMS 3201, Kirk Congratulations to you, Bob! wood, Mo., for five frames. of selected "' "' " airmail covers, illustrating the growth of Our thanks to Assistant Editor Glen the U. S. Air Mail Service, froni 1911 \-V. Naves for covers on recent first pioneers, governmental flights, CAM Highway Post Office Service inaugurals. and FAM routes to 1948 military covers -L.B. G. Nice Going, Eastern! • ~l. large bouquet of Editorial orch the face of tlle cover. In this situation, ft\. ids are allotted this month to the Deputy Second Assistant Postmaster Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker's EASTERN General, the Hon. Robert S. Burgess, di AIR LINES for "philatelic co-operation rected a letter to your Editor, outlining beyond the call of duty!" Listen, you the problem and asking if the American C. A. M. collectors while we grind out Air Mail Society cared to suggest a solu the tale! tion which would be acceptable to collec It all happened because the inaugura tors. Unfortunately this letter came in tion of air inail service at Rome, Ga., while your .Editor was vacationing in originally scheduled for about July 1 of Bermuda and could not receive attention last year, was unavoidably postponed. until his return several weeks later. The Service at this point is now scheduled Board of Officers of your Society im for about February 1. However, several mediately. instructed that the Depart thousand collectors had previously sent ment be notified that the American Air in their prepared covers for the flight, all Mail Society would furnish tlle additional franked by the then rate of 5c per ounce. postage as a service to its members and Effecti','.e January 1 of this year, our collectors in general. The Department Uncle Samuel decided that he had to was so advised, but it appears that in the have a bit mare to carry the Air Mail meanwhile the matter had come to the and the new rate was fixed at 6c per atte11tion of local officials of Eastern Air ounce. One cloesn't have to be a statis Lines, the carrier for this service. tician to figure out that at this point all EASTERN AIR LINES immediately pro those covers were le each short paid. vided the Postmaster at Rome. Ga. with What appeared to be an easy way out of the deficient postage in order that collec the dilemma was evolved, viz the Post tors might receive their covers in that master at Rome, Ga. would send a condition which brings joy to their mimeographed notice to each collector hearts! that he was holding short paid covers We think every C. A. M. Collector and that an additional le for each cover owes a vote of thanks to this great Air should be promptly forwarded. This Line for their courtesy and while we solution was hastily discarded when it don't know the details of the transaction was found that all the covers had been we would like to bet a lot that A.A.M.S. · separated for directional dispatches and Member Peverl!J Griffith, !!eni~l Pn~l;,.. the cachet had been applied to each. In Relations Manager of EASTERN had many cases the name of the SENDER something to do with this matter. was no longer known! The Post Office And ~-hile we are passing out the Department was perfectly willing to dis orchids, let's, rot forget Deputv Second patch these covers as short paid and Assistant Postmaster General "Bob" marked up for postage due, but was re Bttr{!.ess and his staff. who worked so luctant to do so in that each cover would hard to see that collectors were not have ·to bear a defacing rubber stamp disappointed under these unforseen cir reading "POSTAGE DUE le" and a cumstances. CANCELLED le postage due stamp on -L.B.G. JANUARY, 1949 125 write Mr. Rashty at the Mesopotamia Stamp Gallery - 6/111 Bab-El-Agha Burbles ••• Ave., Baghdad, Iraq . • ---0--- by AL TON J. BLANK Our reportorial chapeau is off to Miss Assistant Editor Laura J. Levesque for her gracious en deavor to call the attention of the mem bers of the American Air Mall Society to • one of the finest collections of Pioneer he switch of a numeral "6" for Flight covers recently offered for sale. lr the numeral "5" on the air mail stamp may not pay off as easily as it was accomplished. It is going tp take • a mighty alert postal clerk to spot the stamp paying the new rate from the old one. Heretofore, a quick glance at an air mail letter to see if the stamp was red • usually sufficied. NEW CZECHOSLOVAKIA BOOK • ---0--- Reviewe,d by Used air mail stamp collectors will ALTON J. BLANK have a field day gathering up co ies of Chile's Claudio Gay stamp and " " the sheet. It should provide lots of fun • trying to iret all twenty-five varieties. "Thirty Years of Czechoslovakia Post age Stamps" is the name of a finel3 ---0--- printed and executed book issued by the The "gentlemen" who are promoting Minister of Posts in Prague, the end of the Yemen issues surely are doing the November 1948. job up royally! They are giving the col The book is printed in the Czech lector everything - including the works! language. The volume is of interest to This United Nations Admission com air mail collectors in that it presents col~ memorative not only contains a picture ored pictures of the various Czech stamp of the Sheik who represents the nation issues, including airmails. The amounts with oil bearing sands, but also one of issued, the recognizable perforation var President Truman, and past-president F. ieties and proofs other than printer's D. Roosevelt, Churchill, the New York waste are detailed. Skyline, the Statue of Liberty and lots of flags. Not only that but if one waits Data is given in respect to composition long enough the whole series is probably of sheets and the panes which make up going to be available with "Avion" sur an ·issue. The book is profusely illustrated. charged on the basic stamp. There is a list of engravers and the res pective stamps for which they were res ---0--- ponsible. Big question of the moment: Ml.at do the Yemen stamps which bear a large Ervin Hirsch is tl1e author and Jindra plane guarded by natives which were previously sold as air mails by eager deal Schmidt was the man who did the cover ers become, now that some of them have and the plating thruout. appeared with the "Avion" overprint def initely tagging them airs? This is undoubtedly a valuable hand ---0--- book for the collector who is able to read the language. It is declared to be the Since Iraq is about to join the air mail finest in the philatelic line to come out stamp issuing countries it is interesting of Communist Czechoslovakia. to note that a new stamp society has been formed there. The president is Those interested will find the book Aziz Bey Yamulki, the vice president is available thru Mr. George A. Blizil - Ameen Bey Al Aloussi, and the secretary 2364 Queenston Road, Cleveland 18, is A. H. Rashty. Interested readers might Ohio. COVER ALBUMS
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FLORENCE LAMPORT KLEINERT • Knight Air Label Catalogue, this year. News of A. A. M. S. Chapters should be The other four sections which will follow sent direct to Mrs. Kleinert at 1800 are: British Commonwealth, United W. Ruscomb Street, Philadelphia 41, Pa. States and Possessions, Latin America • and Europe. This catalogue is a tremen- dous job, and Earl and his committee are 11[ wish to extend to the Chapters to be commended for this fine piece of of The American Air Mail Society my work. best wishes for a happy, philatelic New The Minnesota Air Mail Society, Year. Chapter #26, held its December 14th Mrs. Gerhard Hansen, Secretary of the meeting at the Curtis Hotel, Minneapolis, Cleveland Air Mail Society, Chapter Minn. #3, reports on the election of officers To those members interested, John R. which took place at the November 15th Maclnnes, Recording Secretary, 3221 meeting. The new officers are as follows: Holmes Avenue, South, Minneapolis 8, President, Irving Ray; Vice President, Minn., will provide a special cacheted air George H. Porter; Secretary, Mrs. Ger- mail cover, for fifteen cents for one cov hard Hansen; and Treasurer, Clarence er or twenty-five cents for two covers, E. Carlson. for the Minnesota Territory Centennial Plans for this Chapter's Christmas stamp expected to be issued at St. Paul, Party, held on December 21st, were made Minn., on March 3, 1949. for the Hotel Hollenden, the new meet- My grateful thanks are sent to all the ing place. chapter secretaries who sent me Chapter The Philadelphia Air Mail Society, News items in 1948. It is hoped that your Chapter # 6, continues to meet monthly co-operation will continue throughout at 702 W. Venango Street, Philadelphia, 1949. Pa. For the January 13th meeting, ------.. Robert L. Jones, Entertainment Chair- man, will show United States Air Mails. FOR THE COLLECTOR OF UNIQUE Leo Francen will exhibit his fine col AIRMAIL COVERS lection of France and Colonies at the February 10th meeting. President Will U.S. ARMY, iam Higginbotham will . be the exhibitor PAN AMERICAN for the March 10th meeting, showing Foreign Air Mails. GOOD-WILL FLIGHT New Officers for 1949-50 for The Jack DEC. 21. 1926 - MAY 2, 1927 Knight Air Mail Society, Chapter #23, were elected at the "Airpex", on Novem Carried the entire Good-Will tour, ber 13th. Thev are: President, Herbert stamped and cancelled in every country visited, and autographed by A. Schoenfeld;' Vice Presidents, Theo the eight surviving aviators, including Light, David Crockett and George Myall; 1st Lt. (now General) Muir S. Fair Secretary, LeRoy V. Coburn; Home Sec child and Capt. (now General) Ira retary, Earl H. Wellman; and Directors, · Eaker. On 7" cover in excellent con William Griffiths, Orian Green and Ed dition. Satisfaction guaranteed. ward G. Gay. AAMC - U. S. Souvenir Historical Plans for the 1949 Airpex were an Flight #568a ...... Cat. $75.00 nounced by Ben Reeves and Ted Light, PRICED TO SELL ...... $37.50 Co-Chairmen. This annual show will be held at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, on October 7th to 9th, J. TEEDEE 1949. Box 3521 .Preston King Sta. Earl H. Wellman, Editor will issue the ARLINGTON, VA. first section, Asia-Africa, of The Jack . JANUARY, 1949 129 F. A. M. 59 CACHET - .:;:2¥iit:? Request free catalog • • • 11DR. JOHN N. LOWE11 t;}~~!~~Tf:S ~::~;\:_ COLLECTION SALE
8:00 P. M., FRIDAY NITE,. ::::::::-.:!• FEBRUARY 4, 1949 ~~-::. ~~.c-dt SAN JUAN.PUERTO RICO af Week's Stamp Shop I2 CIUDAD TRUJILLO. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1229 N. Y. Ave., N. W. ROUTE 59 PUZZLE: OTHER TRANS-OCEAN NOTES -·- Our illustration •shows the offical cachet which was used when Caribbean TRANS-OCEANIC FIRST Atlantic Airlines extended its service FLIGHT PLAN: from Puerto Rico to Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic. The official an Why take a chance and miss the nouncement of this service as issued by good flights when notice is short? the Post Office Department designated All new dispatches from the this route as F. A. M. 59. This Company United States to foreign points are has long held a certificate for service serviced for collectors at a nominal within Puerto Rico and to Charlotte charge. Whenever possible, the re Amalie, U. S. V. I. and previous service turn foreign dispatches, as well as on the route has been considered as the Foreign Air Carrier dispatches Domestic Route service. Such service to the United States, where author was listed in Volwne I of the American ized, are covered as well. The Air Mail Catalogue, 1947 Edition. No Trans-Oceanic First Flight Service decision has as yet been made by the Plan requires a minimum deposit Catalogue Committee as to listing policy of $10.00. in respect to this extension. Three possib le courses are open: ( 1) To continue to treat this route as a C. A. M. Route and list the extension along with the present -·- ly listed material; ( 2) To consider the AIRPOST AUCTIONS: If you are entire route as F. A. M. service and list not now receiving our Auction the complete service including that pre catalogs of airpost stamps and viously flown in the F. A. M. Section of covers, drop us a line. It's FREE. Volume II of the Catalogue; ( 3) To list ONLY the extension flown last month as F. A. M. service, allowing the previous • listings to remain in the C. A. M. Sec tion. Aero · Philatelie ·Exchange We are indebted to A. A. M. S. Mem ber Robert W. Murch for the following P. O. Box 139A information in respect to a pre-inaugural WASHINGTON 4. D. C. flight made by Trans-Canada Airlines (Continued on page 131)
Lee and First Officer E. C. Anderson and SERVICE TO START handled 661 pieces of philatelic mail. Of ficial cachet of route #82 design was ap ABOUT FEBRUARY lST plied in green on all first flight covers from Uvalde. AM ROUTE #31 - ADDITION OF BALTIMORE, MD. AND RICHMOND, VA. U.S.AIR MAIL On September 1st, AM Route #31, operat ed by National Airlines, Inc., embraced FIRST FLIGHT Baltimore, Md. and Richmond, Va. The in augural Southbound flight from these cities was made · via Flight #61 over this route in charge of Captain John P. Meyers and First Officer J. R. Liebrich and handl ed 203 pieces of mail from Baltimore of which 202 pieces were for collectors. The inaugural Northbound flight from these cities was made via Flight #60 and handl ed 422 pieces of mail of which 171 were for collectors from Baltimore and 435 pieces of which 160 were for collecters from Richmond. Captain Boris S. Nadiak and First Officer T. R. Trotter were in charge. No official cachets or markings were used at either city. AM ROUTE #39 ADDITION OF PANAMA CITY, FLA. This route is also • Official Cachet to be Used at operated by National Airlines and on September 1st embraced Panama City, Rome, Ga., When Eastern Air Fla., providing this city with its first air Lines Starts Service on or About mail. The inaugural Westbound flight was made via Flight #11 in charge of Captain the above date. Maurice G. Francisco, Jr. and First Of ficer B. E. Grine and handled 3193 pieces It is understood that Niagara Falls dis of mail of which 3092 were for collectors. patched 2250 pieces of philatelic mail via The inaugural Eastbound flight was made the first flight of this service, with official via Flight #12 and handled 656 pieces of cachet in magenta. It is understood that mail of which 442 pieces were for collec Buffalo AMF dispatched 83 covers to tors. This flight was in charge of Captain Niagara Falls via this extension without T. G. Alderson and First Officer G. W. cachet. It is not known how many covers Behr. Official cachet was applied to all the Buffalo city office dispatched via the first flight mail from Panama City the inagural flight of this extension but it is color of which is officialy reported as understood that it also is comparatively g.reen. However, it looks more like "aqua small. We have been informed that the marine" to us in harmony with the deep small dispatches from Buffalo in this in sea fishing scene depicted. stance were due to the fact that a large number of covers intended for the inaug ural flight to Niagara Falls wereincorrect • ly dispatched out to New York via the first flight on this route on September 19. F. A. M. NOTES - AM ROUTE #94 - ALBANY-ITHACA (Continued from page 129) SPUR. Service over this route was further expanded on November 8th at which time • service from Albany via Binghamton-En from Montreal to Kingston, Jamaica and dicott-Johnson City and Elmira-Corning to Port of Spain, Trinidad on November Ithaca was inaugurated. Albany, Elmira and Corning were furnished with official 25, 1948. cachets typical of this route while Ithaca, Through the courtesy of the TCA office, Binghamton, Endicott and Johnson City Montreal Airport, two covers, which were dispatched without special markings. The carried on the first experimental trail initial flight from Albany to Ithaca was blazer flight by TCA to the West Indies, made via Flight #21 while the return are known to exist. Covers were addressed flight was made via Flight #22. Captain to Mr. Philip Williams, Consul of the John H. Ganley again drew the First United States, Nassau, Bahamas. Covers Flight honors assisted by First Officer carried on this flight are postmarked Donald Munro. Montreal, Nov. 25, 1948 and are back AM ROUTE #82 - ADDITION OF stamped Nassau, Bahamas Nov. 26, 1948. UVALDE, TEX. AM Route #82 now serv Here is the official statement by the ing twenty odd cities in Texas extended Canadian Post Office Dept., Ottawa rela service to Uvalde, Texas on November tive to the flight. 10th. This route is flown by Trans-Texas "There were no philatelic arrange Airways. Uvalde isr serviced on the Hous ments made in connection with this ton-Eagle Pass segment of this route. The flight. Neither were first flight cov initial flight from Uvalde to Eagle Pass ers accepted for transmission. Any was made via Fight #17 in charge of air mail available and properly pre Captain M. L. Jensen and First Officer E. paid for dispatch by air to the above 0. Andreas and h :i.ndled 4232 pieces of destinations was forwarded by the philatelic mail while the initial flight in flight in question . , . " the opposite direction was made via (signed) E. J. Underwood Flight #10 in charge of Captain T. K. Director of Administration HISTORY OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT OPERA TED AIR MAIL SERVICE 1918-1928 by KARL B. WEBER
words "U. S. Postage". Triangular CHAPTER Ill ornaments appear in the two upper corners. Below the aeroplane, in a (Continued) straight line of Roman capital let ters, is the word "Cents" with the numeral "6" within circles in two • lower corners. Reduced Air Mall Rate The 16c aeroplane stamp ,will be available for special delivery However, it was shortly decided to fee and a single rate of letter post reduce the rate of postage. age (six cents) on aeroplane mail. The 24c stamp will be available for In conjunction with the proposed New aeroplane letters weighing in ex York-Chicago daily air mail route which cess of 3 and not more than 4 was scheduled to start on December 15, ounces..'' 1918, the reduced rate also applied. It Upon the recommendations of Pilots was fixed at the rate of 6c an ounce or Miller and Gardner, who made the test fraction thereof and 6c for each addition flights from New York to Chicago on al ounce instead of 16c for the first September 5, 1918 the Post Office De ounce. This applied to sealed parcels, partment changed the proposed layout not exceeding 30 inches in length and of this route and divided it into three girth combined, as well as to letters. legs or sections. The old rate of 16c for the first ounce Starting from Belmont Park, L. I., the allowed lOc for special delivery service. first regular stop was to be at Bellefonte, Under the new rate it was left optional Pa., with an emergency landing field at with the sender of a letter to place a Lehighton, Pa.; the next regular stop special delivery stamp on his air mail Cleveland, Ohio with an emergency letter. It was understood that on the landing field at Clarion, Pa.; and the New YorkcChicago service all mail stops final leg from Cleveland, Ohio to Chic were to be made in ample time to catch ago with a stop at Bryan, Ohio, to take the regular carrier delivery. on and discharge mail. Accordingly the Post Office Depart For this route the Post Office De ment issued, on December 10, 1918, a partment also employed in December, 10 new 6c stamp. The official notice issued more additional regular pilots and 4 by the office of the Third Assistant emergency pilots, who with the 4 regular Postmaster General, A. M. Dockery, re fliers on the New York-Washington garding the new stamp reads, in part, as route, made a total force of 19 men. The follows: newly appointed regular pilots were Leon "Postmasters and other officers D. Smith, Carl B. Smith, Ira 0. Biffle, and employees of the Postal Ser vice are notified that the depart Trent C. Fry, Dunn K. Steel, Dan Davi ment is issuing a new postage son, vVilliam W. Harrison, Edwin W. stamp of 6c denomination. It is intended, primarily for the air Hubbard, C. C. Oversole, and D. T. plane mail service, under the new Lamb. The 4 emergency pilots were rate effective December 15, 1918 (P. G's. Order No. Z415, of Novem Christopher C. Cole, Julian Sykes, E. F. ber 30, 1918), but will be valid for Waters and William Lindley. all purposes for which postage stamps of the regular issue are Ten additional mechanics were added used. The stamp is rectangular in to the force of the ground crew. shape, about 7-8 in. long and 3-4 in. high; color orange. The central Due to the delivery of a large number design is a mail aeroplane in of planes by the War Department to the flight. Above, in a curved line of Roman capital letters, are the Post Office Department and the gener- JANUARY, 1949 133 Pilot Leon D. Smith, an army aviator, was given charge of carrying the air mail on the first leg of the route to Bellefonte, Pa. The plane was a DeHaviland-4 driv ~ en by a 450 h. p. Liberty motor and was e Marking Which Appears on Many loaded with ten sacks of mail, weighing Government Flight Covers. 266 pounds. At 6: 15 A. M., the wheels of the plane left the ground at Belmont ous appropriation agreed to by the House Field, L. I., but after a few minutes, en Committee on Post Office and Post gine trouble developed and Pilot Smith Roads, it became necessary to re-organ returned again to the field. After chang ize the staff work in connection with the ing the mail pouches to another plane Air Mail Service. For that reason two he again took off at 7: 20 for Bellefonte, main sections were created about Dec Pa., where the mail was to be relayed to ember 7, 1918, one on maintenance and the second leg of the route. Owing to equipment under the charge of Dr. L. engine trouble and to losing his way he T. Bussler, who had been Acting Super was forced to land at State College about intendent under Capt. Lipsner who re 50 miles from \Villiamsport and 12 miles signed, and the other on flying opera from Bellefonte, Pa., some 236 miles tions under the charge of Lieut. J. C. from New York by rail, at 10:30 A. M. Edgerton, who resigned from the Army As he was several hours behind his to accept this post. schedule, an effort was made to trans In review, the efficiency of the Air fer his mail by rail or truck to Bellefonte, Mail Service on the Washington-New Pa., to be loaded in the relay plane. Titls, York route was demonstrated by the however, proved futile and the mail was splendid record of this service during the sent out by train. 111 days from August 12 to December Meanwhile, Pilot E. A. Johnson, who 1. This was due largely to the effort of was to have carried the New York mail Dr. Bussler, who directed the operation from Bellefonte to Cleveland on the for 87 days while Capt. Lipsner was in second leg waited and as Smith did not Texas, Chicago, Minneapolis and other arrive on scheduled time, Johnson left places on extension work for the :De at 9:00 A. M. without any New York partment. mail for Cleveland. Unable to locate the air mail station, he landed about IO New York-Chicago miles east of Woodland Park, Cleveland On December 18, 1918, fifteen years and rei;nained there overnight. Search and a day after the Wright Brothers lights were kept on at the Woodland made their flight at Kitty Hawk, N. C., Hills Park field till almost midnight as the first flight of the intended regular postal authorities thought that an at air mail service between New York and tempt might be made by Johnson to fly Chicago was made. into Cleveland. Owing to the ·early hour of the sched Lyman W. Doty, flying a reserve plane uled take-off, set for 6 o'clock A. M., only over the same route landed and turned a few persons witnessed the departure turtle near Painesville, Ohio. The plane's of the plane. Among those that had as propeller was broken but Pilot Doty was sembled were Otto F. Praeger, Second unhurt. Assistant Postmaster General; President The delay at Chicago, the western ter Alan P. Hawley and Vice President Hen minal of the route, was caused bv the ry Woodhouse, of the Aero Club of inability of the planes to reach tha't city America; Mr. Corrigan, Postal Superin from Defiance, Ohio. It was expected tendent of Railway and Aerial Mail; that a start could be made from Grant Capt. J. C. Edgerton; Maintenance Sup Park Field, Chicago at 10 A. M. Local erintendent Dr. L. T. Bussner and Lieut. officials who gathered at the park were Maurice Newton, Superintendent of the informed that one of the machines which ;New York-Chicago route. The cere left Cleveland to fly to Chicago on the monies were brief and informal. third leg, had met with an accident at 134 THE AIRPOST JQURNAL Defiance, Ohio. As the machines attempt PAN AMERICAN PROMOTES ed to land, one was partially wrecked by impact with a fence, breaking the prop CAPT. HAROLD E. GRAY eller and otherwise damaging the mach ine. The other plane, piloted by "Mike" Ebersole, landed successfully and later • continued on to Chicago, reaching Grant Captain Harold E. Gray, one of Pan American Airway's best known master Park in the afternoon. After d.scharging his Cleveland mail he took on a cargo of pilots, and who was i?" ch~rge ?f the mail for New York and flew to the Ash planes which have earned arr mail cov burn flying field on the outskirts of the ers on a dozen or more first flights, has city, where he spent the night preparatory been appointed Division Manager of Pan to the eastward flight on December 19, American's Pacific-Alaska Division. which flight also turned out to be a Gray transfers to the Pacific coast failure. from New York where he was System The Post Office Officials were Chagrin Planning Manager of the airline. ed with the poor showing made on the Captain Gray, who commanded the inaugural trips, but pointed out that the first scheduled trans-Atlantic passenger difficulties experienced in these flights flight, brings many years of experience would soon be overcome, and that they in aviation to his new Pacific post. Born hoped to establish the regularly schedul in Guttenberg, Iowa and educat~ at ed air mail service by the beginning of the University of Iowa and the Umver the year 1919. They still hoped to cut sity of Detroit where he received a de down the 18 hours required by train gree in Aeronautical Engineering, Cap from N.,w York to Chicago to 9 hours tain Gray learned to fly with the Anny hy air. Air Corps at Brooks Field, Texas.
For the moi;t part letters carried on this In 1929, Captain Gray was one of the inauguration flight show only the ordin first 10 pilots hired by Pan American. ary machine
Type 82 (Continued on next page) 136 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL
AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENTS-Cont.
Cachet-Type 82; City name in bold type; also pictorial inset for most individual cachets. Pilots-Leon J. Hassler, Dick N. Richards.
SEGMENT 3 82El San Antonio-(blue)-Hassler ( 1856 pieces) .25 82W2 Victoria-(black)-Hassler (1580 pieces) .25 82E2 Victoria-(black)-Hassler ( 324 pieces) .50 82W3 Houston-(purple)-Hassler ( 951 pieces) .25 f. Airfield-(black) ( 937 pieces) .25
SEGMENTS 4 AND 5 82N3 Houston-(purple)-Richards ( 893 pieces) .25 f. Airfield-( black) ( 542 pieces) .25 8284 Palestine-( blue )-Richards ( 528 pieces) .25 82N4 Palestine-(blue )-Richards (1501 pieces) .25 82S5 Dallas-(purpleJ-Richards ( 625 pieces) .25 f. Airfield-( green) ( 469 pieces) .55 82W5 Dallas-(purple)-Richards (1550 pieces) .25 f. Airfield-( green) (9976 pieces) .25 82E6 Ft. Worth-(magenta)-Richards ( 261 pieces) .55 f. Airfield-( blue) ( 428 pieces) .50 82W6 Ft. Worth-(magenta)-Richards (1700 pieces) .25 f. Airfield-( blue) (1097 pieces) .25 82E7 Brownwood-(green)-Richards ( 548 pieces) .40 82W7 Brownwood-(green)-Richards ( 2009 pieces) .25 82E8 San Angelo-(magenta)-Richards ( 1576 pieces) .25
EXTENSION FROM SAN ANGELO TO FT. STOCKTON December 9, 1941
On December 9, 1947 Segment 4 was extended from San Angelo to Ft. Stockton. Official cachets were provided by the Post Office Department at both cities. Cachet-Type 82. Pilots-William G. Moore, Ray C. Stolz.
SEGMENT 4 82W8 San Angelo--(magenta)-Moore ( 250 pieces) 1.25 82E9 Ft. Stockton-(black)-Stolz ( 2005 pieces) .25
SAN ANTONIO-EAGLE PASS SERVICE January 5, 1948
Trans-Texas Airways, on January 5, 1948, inaugurated its service between San Antonio and Eagle Pass. Official cachets, Type 82, similar to those used on previous stops, were used at both cities. Cachet-Type 82. Pilot-R. H. Carle.
SEGMENT! 82Wl0 San Antonio-(purple)-Carle ( 1432 pieces) .25 82Ell Eagle Pass-(magenta)-Carle (2074 pieces) .25 JANUARY, 1949 137
AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENTS-Cont.
EAGLE PASS-BROWNSVILLE SEGMENT March 27, 1948 Service over the Eagle Pass-Brownsville segment was inaugurated on March 27, 1948. This segment makes connection with Segment #1 at Eagle Pass which operates east to San Antonio. All philatelic mail dispatched south by Laredo was postmarked, in error, Februrary 27th instead of March 27th but northbound covers were correctly postmarked March 27th. The Brownsville Air Mail Field cancellation had been discontinued in 1947, but the Brownsville Office, where requested, cancelled a total of 108 covers at the Airport Branch with the "Airport Branch" cancellation. All cities on this segment were provided official cachets. Cachet-Type 82. Pilots-Leon J. Hassler, Dick N. Richards.
SEGMENT 2 82S11 Eagle Pass-(blue)-Hassler (1343 pieces) .25 82N12 Laredo-( purple )-Richards ( 1269 pieces) .25 82Sl2 Laredo-(purple)-Hassler (1332 pieces) .25 82Nl3 Mission-(magenta)-Richards (1468 pieces) .25 82S13 Mission-{magenta)-Hassler ( 868 pieces) .25 82N14 McAllen-.-( black )-Richards ( 760 pieces) .25 82S14 McAllen-( black)-Hassler (1843 pieces) .25 82N15 Edinburg-{green)-Richards ( 600 pieces) .30 82S15 Edinburg-(green)-Richards (2420 pieces) .25 B2Nl6 Harlingen-(magenta)-Richards {1141 pieces) .25 82Sl6 Harlingen-(magenta)-Hassler (1561 pieces) .25 82Nl7 Brownsville-(blue )-Richards ( 2504 pieces) .25
FT. STOCKTON-MARFA (ALPINE) EXTENSION April 15, 1948
On the above date a new portion of this route, Segment 6, between Ft. Stockton and Marfa was inaugurated. Marfa and Alpine both dispatched mail through the Marfa Army Air Field. No official cachet was provided at Ft. Stockton. Cachet-Type 82. Pilot--Ray C. Stolz.
SEGMENT 6 . ·32w1a Ft. Stockton-(no cachet)-Stolz .50 82E19 Marfa-(magenta)-Stolz (1309 pieces) .25 82E20 Alpine-(blue)-Stolz (1374 pieces) .25
ALTERNATE ROUTING TO INCLUDE GALVESTON AND BEAUMONT May 27-28, 1948 On the above dates Trans-Texas Airways inaugurated alternate routing between Houston and Palestine on the Dallas-Houston segment. This service .was via Beaumont and Galveston. On account of weather, the May 27 flight passed over Palestine and the first actual southeast flight from Palestine was on May 28. Port Arthur dispatched covers on the first flight through the Jefferson County Airport along with Beaumont, but not being a certified stop, covers are not listable. Official map design cachets, revised to show the new segment, were applied at Beaumont and Galveston. No cachets were pro vided for Palestine and Houston. Cachet-Type 82. Pllots-L. E. McCullough, Ray C. Stolz. (Continued on next page) 138 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL
AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATAL OCUE SUPPLEMENT-Cont.
SEGMENT 5 82SE21 Houston-(no cachet)-McCullough ( 128 pieces) 1.25 f. Airfield-(no cachet) ( 166 pieces) .80 82NW22 Galveston-( blue )-Stolz ( 459 pieces) .30 82NE22 Galveston-(blue)-McCullough (1203 pieces) .25 82SW23 Beaumon~(green)-Stolz ( 230 pieces) .60 82NW23 Beaumon~(green)-McCullough ( 1070 pieces) .25 82SE24 Palestine-(no cachet)-Stolz ( 117 pieces) 1.25 EXTENSION FROM ALPINE (MARFA) TO EL PASO June 25, 1948 Trans-Texas Airways extended its service from Alpine (Marfa), Texas to El Paso (completing the Ft. Stockton-El Paso Segment) as of the above date. Official cachet was provided at El Paso. No official cachets were authorized for Alpine and Marfa as cachets previously had been provided on April 15, 1948 when service to Ft. Stockton was inaugurated. Marfa dispatched 25 covers on the flight to El Paso which had been inadvertently cacheted in magenta on April 15th for the earlier service.
Cachet-Type 82. Pilots-Larry E. McCullough, Dick N. Richards.
B2W25 Marfa-(no cachet)-McCullough ( 451 pieces) .30 82W26 Alpine-(no cachet)-McCullough ( 188 pieces) .70 82E27 El Paso-(green)-Richards ( 1344 pieces) .25
FT. STOCKTON-DEL RIO-EAGLE PASS SEGMENT June 25, 1948
Also on June 25 service was extended' from Eagle Pass, via the intermediate point Del Rio, to Ft. Stockton. This completed inauguration of all segments of AM 82 as originailY authorlzed, except for the addition of certain intermediate points. Official cachet was provided for Del Rio but not for Ft. Stockton or Eagle Pass.
Cachet-Type 82. Pilots-Larry E. McCullough, Dick N. Richards. 82828 Ft. Stockton-(nao cachet)-Richards 153 pieces) 1.00 82N29 Del Rio-(blue)-McCullough 774 pieces) .25 82829 Del Rio-(blue )-Richards (4017 pieces) .25 82N30 Eagle Pass-(no cachet)-McCullough ( 297 pieces) .50
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YOUR LAST CHANCE AT $1.00 POSTPAID Famous Thatcher R. Kimball Collection Sold At Auction • WAS FORMED PRIOR TO 1927
by GEORGE •D. KINGDOM • he superb aerophilatelic collection 1918 Washington to New York flight lr of the late Rev. Thatcher R. (Lot No. 51. AAM Cat. Nos. 101, lOlb, Kimball was sold at auction, the early e, h, c) sold for $13.00. Lot No. 54, two part of December, 1948 by Pollitz & fine Boston to New York, 1918 flight Paige Auctions, Inc., of Boston, Mass. covers, cataloguing $40.00 brought . The late Rev. Kimball, a prominent and $21.00 (AAM Cat. No. 105). Lot No. pioneer collector of air mail material, 57, consisting of six various covers on died in 1927 but prior to this date, had the 1919 Macon-Atlanta route ( AAM assembled a collection of air mail stamps Cat. No. 115, 115a, b, d, g ( 2) ) realiz and pioneer flight covets of the world ed but $10.00. which included practically all of the Some of the items in the Trans-Ocean rarities. His collection was truly a chron ic Record ·Flights section of the auction icle of the early days of Air Mail phila sold as follows: The Dirigible R-34 First tely. The sale was attended by nearly a Return Trans-Atlantic Flight cover of hundred persons, and the prices realized, 1919 (Lot No. 88 - AAM Cat. No. 9) which are set forth later, prove the ever brought $40.00. Lot No. 91, a Non-Stop increasing popularity of aerophilatelic Flight cover from San Francisco to material, and the stability of the value Hawaii in 1925 ( AAM Cat. No. 26) was and worth of air mail stamps on and off bid in at $32.50. The 1926 Byrd North cover, as well as pioneer covers. Pole Flight cover (Lot No. 92 AAM The United States Pioneers, the first Cat. No. 30) realized $57 ..50. section of the sale, attracted many bids The Kimball collection contained an and brought fine prices. A 1912 Cicero outstanding group of foreign pioneer Aurora, Ill. International Aviation Meet flight covers, and their price realizations card (Lot 26-AAM Cat. No. 51) sold testify to their popularitv. The 1913 for $58.00. A card from Rutland, Vt. Fair Special Belgium-Ghent flight (Lot 121) Grounds Aviation meet, carried in 1913 sold for $27.00. The 1920 Inaugural Air (Lot 32 - AAM Cat. No. 66) brought Service Flight in the Dutch Indies ( lots $20.00. A Helena, Mont. Driving Park 146, 146 and 147), each cataloguing at Aviation Meet pictorial card, also carried $50.00 per cover, sold for $27.00, $24.00 in 1913 (Lot 35 - AAM Cat. No. 70) and $22.50, respectively. The first flight was bid in at $37.00. Lot No. 45, the from Cairo to Khartoum, 1914, Egypt Tacoma-Seattle, Wash. Experimental (lot 152) realizied $46.00. French Bal Hydro-Aeroplane Mail Flight card of loon Posts (Lot 155 - AAM Cat. Nos. 6, 1915, cataloguing at $75.00, sold for 25, 31, 44, 47, 50) brought $28.00, well $30.00. The New York Times Aerial over catalogue. The German pioneer Post flight from Chicago to New York cards and covers sold for fairly good (Lot 40 AAM Cat. No. 86) brought figures, and Lot 204, an early Zeppe)in $31.00. card flown in 1909, brought $40.00, The covers carried on the United while a 1911 flight card (Lot 206) sold States Governmental Flights were in the for $23.50. The English pioneers were second section of the sale. The percent popular with auction bidders and brought age of sale price to catalogue value was good prices. The 1919 R-34 Dirigible lower for this group. Five covers on the (Continued on page 142) PRESIDENT M. 0. WA11Ns 4639 N. Woodburn Milwaukee 11, Wisc. AD.VISORY BOARD (Former Presidents) HARRY A. TRUBY L. B. GATCHELL GEORGE w. ANGERS WILLIAM R. .ALLEY HERBERT H. GRIFFIN RICHARD L. SINGLEY GEORGE D. KINGDOM
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:A Non-Profit Corporation DIRECTORS ATTORNEY Under the Laws of Ohio ALTON J, BLANK Organized 1923 GEORGE D. KINGDOM Ohio Incorporated 1944 CHAPTER CHAIRMAN SECRETARY GRACE CONRATH CLAUDE w. DEGLER Pennsylvania FLORENCE KLEINERT 2114 North 49th Street SOL GLASS HISTORIAN-RECORDER Milwaukee 8, Wisc. Maryland l SALES MANAGER LAURA LEVESQUE AUCTION MANAGER CHARLES P. PORTER Massachusetts AriM. JESSE G. JOHNSON 270 Clinton Ave., RAFAEL ORIOL Cardinal Point New Rochelle, N. Y. Cuba Norfolk 8, Va. ADVANCE BULLETIN SUPT. EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT GRACE CONRATH Each member is entitled to two 25- word Exchange Notices per year in the The Airpost Journal, Albion, Penn'a. Official Publication, without .charge. Address direct to the publication office The Advance Bulletin is sent reg at Albion, Penn'a. ularly by the manager only to those OFFICIAL PUBLICATION members who are in good standing and THE ArnPOST JOURNAL provide a supply of self-addressed Published monthly and sent to all regulation Government Postal Cards. members in good standing. S~CR~T ARV'S R~PORT • NEW MEMBERS 3487 Fouminet, Georges, 5 Rue Pasteur, Aubervilliers, Seine, France. 3488 Silombra, Jean, 11 Rue de Provence, Paris, France. 3489 Asseo, Julio, P. Anton Recio No. 11, Havana, Cuba. 3490 Stayner, Robert S., Box 70, Sugarhouse Sta., Salt Lake City, Utah. 3491 Holmstrom, Eric, P. 0. Box 1107, Teg, Sweden. .'3492 Goerth, Leo F., Box 6, Cincinnati 7, Ohio . 3493 Winters, Edward C., P. 0. Box 151, GPO, Staten Island, N. Y. 3494 Service, John Robert, Ward 113, Olive View, Calif. JANUARY, 1949 141 NEW APPLICATIONS Salshutz, Norman L., Spivak, Colo. Age 30. Retired. AU U20 UC FF GF CAM FAM OF Z lD PIX By Grace Conrath. Smith, Lawrence, 404 Hawthorne St., Glendale 4, Calif. Age 35. Stamp Dealer. AM AUEX By James H. Wilson. Stanley, Earl T., Carmi, Ill. Age 37. Phil. Dealer. CAM FAM OF DC CF lD By Wm. T. Wynn, Jr. Samek, Richard E., 2 Easton Ave., White Plains, N. Y. Age 38. Mfg. AU EL FAM lD Air Letters. By L. B. Gatchell. Kelley, 2nd. Stillman F., 35 Carisbrooke Road, Wellesley Hills 82, Mass. Age 42. Investments. AM AU AS FF GF FA CF By Laura J. LeVesque. Simon, William K., 0-101 Midland Ave., Fair Lawn, N. J. Age 43. Foreman. AM AU PC HC EL FF CC OF Z Xmas Seals EX By Florence.. Lamport. Streissguth, Robert, 3019 N. Maryland Ave., Milwaukee 11, Wis. Age 45. EL GF CAM lD EX. By Grace Conrath. DEATHS REPORTED 2844 Boynton, C. L., Pontiac, Mich. 2201 Haynes, Jesse E., Brattleboro, Vt. 2910 Seward, Elery, Decatur, Ill. CHANGES IN ADDRESS Anderson, Robert, Box 179, Stamford, Conn. Cressler, Dr. Edward P., 223 East 8th St., Newton, Kans. Hardin, George E., 710 W. Clark St., Urbana, Ill. Hench, Jr., John M., 715 Lindsay St., Stockton, Calif. Herget, Frank, 92 Arden, Buffalo 15, N. Y. Jonson, Alma S., 544.5 Leary Ave., Seattle 7, Wash. Krueger, C. George, 28 Cross Gates, Madison, N. J. Kunz, John G., 2333 N. W. 15th St., Miami, Fla. Lavenberg, Sanford, 320 E. Stepney St., Apt. 3, Inglewood, Calif. Workers' State that come with such regu AIR LETTER SHEETS - larity from Communist domination (not (Continued from page 121) withstanding the degree of domination) states! MOZAMBIQUE Issued in 1930 it was• used officially by These attractive sheets have so far been the Director General of Posts to call at found with 19 different views in the photo tention to the advantages of Air Mail Ser panel at left. These wlll be fully described vice, particularly the new services to the in the forthcoming Catalogue. Interior inaugurated at that time. The PAKISTAN then current air mail stamps appear in The regular air letter sheets of India full color on the face of the sheet, but have been overprinted PAKISTAN in two these particular reproductions were, of forms. One is a small handstamped over course. without franking value. print; the other slightly larger and is JUGOSLAVIA printed . We illustrate the attractive new sheet from this country. It is modelled alon he SPAIN lines of the United States sheet. Carlos Lenze of Madrid shows us yet a with the red and blue parallelograms third type of sheet from this country. The . text is red against a blue stipple. The latest item has a very dark gray overlay stamp is red brown. Harry M. Konwiser background and the words "CORREO was the first to show it to us and in so AEREO" now appear in an horizontal doing· remarks that in chronicling any panel in one line. Serial numbers, which sheets we ought to try and point out the were inherent in previous types, now are view or symbolism behind the design completely discarded. which in this case consists of a male and SWAZILAND :female worker with pick and shovel, .. an It has now been confirmed that the industrial scene and a plane in flight We SWAZILAND imprint in RED on Globe don't have any official facts, Harry: it type Union of South Africa sheets occurs looks to us like this design is just another on both the English and Afrikaans version one of those propaganda items for the of these sheets. 142 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL Kl MBALL SALE other for $190.00. Philippines 4p, 0. G. (Lot 551 San. 12), brought $60.00, (Continued from page 139) and the lOp, 0. G. (Lot 552 - San. 13), sold for $135.00. Lot 578, Sweden, 20c, • 0. G. Wmk. Crown (San. 4), catalogu First Flight cover, England to Nova ing at $400.00, sold for $147.00. Scotia (Lot 227 - AAM Cat. No. 18), A very fine selection of air mail stamps realized $53.00. on cover was offered in this sale. A Ross The Japanese Classic (Lot No. 268), Smith issue on cover (Lot 622 - San. 1 a 1912 Experimental Flight from Yoko Australia), cataloguing at $750.00, sold hama to Tokyo ( AAM Cat. No. 1) for $220.00. Lot No. 623, Canada Aero brought but $22.00. A 1924 First Flight Club, 1918, Aug. 26th, very fine copy, cover from Amsterdam, Netherlands to cancelled and tied to neat blue cover, Java (Lot No; 278) was bid in at $42.00. (San. 301 ) , priced at $200, brought Among the famous Newfoundland flights $130.00. The Colombia, First Provisional and attempted flights, the Vickers-Vimy Issue 1919, 2c tied to neat cover by Plane, the first successful flight across light cancellation (Lot 640 - San. 1 ) , the Atlantic Ocean, in 1919 ( Lot 279 - cataloguing $125.00, realized $!10.00. AAM Cat. No. 3) went for $110.00, the Lots Numbers 641, 642, 643 and 644 be Handley Page attempted flight in 1919 ing the lOc, 1920 Second Pfovisional is (Lot 280 - AAM Cat. No. 4) brought sue and described in Sanabria as Num $39.00, the Martynside Plane, attempted bers 2, 3, 4 and 7, sold for $75, $60, $70 flight in the same year, but a very poor and $70 respectively. A Far Eastern Re example of the cover, sold for $15.50 public item, 1923, 20K on 35K (lot 658 (Lot 281 ) . Sweden's Demonstration - San. 312), cataloguing $100, sold for Fight in 1912 between Eslog and Akurp $57.50. Lot No. 665, French Guina, 1921, (Lot No. 304 - AAM Cat. No. 1) sold 75c Horizontal pair cancelled and tied on for $35.00. A card on the flight of the cover, cataloguing at $200.00, brought Zeppelin "Deutschland" into Switzerland $110.GO (San. No. 5). The New in 1911, described in Lot 312 (AAM foundland Hawker cover brought Cat. No. 1), cataloguing at $50.00, $860.00 (Lot 685 - San. 1 ) . The New brought $39.00. Zealand Pigeon Posts brought high prices, in some instances more than the cata A fine. selection of rarities was offered logue values. Generally most of the air in the section devoted to mint and used mail stamps on covers yielded fair prices. air mail stamps off cover. Some of the Acknowledgement is made of the prices realized were as follows: The valuable assistance of George W. Angers, United States 24c invert, in mint condi Past President of the American Air Mail tion (lot 101 - San. 3a) sold for $1700.00. Society in the preparation of this report. The Ross Smith issue of Australia (Lot Mr. Angers attended the sale. 335 - San. 1 ), cataloguing at $1000, but without margins, realized only $255.00, -Geo. D. Kingdom probably due to its condition. The Col ombian Republic, 1919, 2c 0. G. sold at $230.00 (Lot. 379 - San. 1). The item catalogues at $650.00. A bid of $60.00 MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL each for Lots 380, 381, 382 and 383 res pectively bought Colombia's various lOc CENTENNIAL values, 0. G., catalogued in Sanabria as Officially and exclusively sponsored by Minnesota Historical Society and Twin· Numbers 3, 6, 8 and 10. The famous City Philatelic Society. Official two color Newfoundland 1919 Hawker issue 3c, 0. embossed cachet franked with the new Minnesota stamp and special cancellation G. (lot 530 - San. 1), sold for $1500.00. dated March 3, 1949. F. D. c. 15c, 2 for 25c. Two copies were offered of the 1921 Envelopes only, 5 for 25c , 25 for $1.00; Halifax issue, 35c, 0. G. with the in larger quantities at special discount!t."' PAUL FISHER, Cachet Chairman verted surcharge (Lots 536-537 - Sa.n "838 - 30th Ave. S., Minneapolis 11, Minn. Od); the first sold for $201.00 and the AAMS EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT APJ A.DS BUY SELL WANT LISTS RATES: WANTED: ALBANY, N. Y. SEAPLANE THREE CENTS PER WORD per inser. Base dedication cover #L-81. Will buy or t.ion. Minimum charge 50 .cents. Remittance trade. Chas. G. Riess, P. 0. Box 11, Al must accompany order and copy. The bany, N. Y. Ex-224 AIRPOST JOURNAL, APJ Ads, Albion, PLATE BLOCKS -,. WILL EXCHANGE Penn'a. commemorative plate number positions. Write, sending want list. Will buy N. Y. TRANS-OCEANIC AIRPLANE MAIL from Jubilee air plate blocks. Bob Anderson, flown, attempted or intended flights. Ben Box 179, Stamford, Conn. Ex-224 Krinsky, 250 E. 96th Street, Brooklyn 12. N. Y. 192-12t• WILL EXCHANGE 100 FLIGHT COVERS, Retail over $100.00 for Zeps U. S. - #537 USED AIRMAILS BOUGHT, SOLD, EX and Pilgrim first day covers. Harvey Dolin CHANGED. Scott basis. Over 2000 differ & Co., 31 Park Row, New York 7, N. Y. ent in stock. H. Reichenthal, Box 5181J, Ex-224 Miami 29, Fla. 211-tf BRASILIAN AIRMAILS FOR SAME OTH AIRLETTER SHEETS AND AIRLETTER ER countries, mint or used. Base Scott-49. E'olders, with or without stamps, wanted Regis_tered Airmail. English, Portuguese, in any quantity. I will buy or exchange Spamsh. Alvaro A. Correa, Caixa postal, for stamps. F. -Ad. Senecal, 1950 Clare 5177, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Ex 224 mont Ave., Montreal, Canada. 224-3tc DISPERSING FINEST LOT OF AIRMAIL J. BARCHINO, BOX 133, BRANTFORD covers of every description: at attractive Ontario, Canada, wants Canadian stamps: prices: Early Balloons, USA & Foreign Italy - Balbo sheet. Gives good foreign Pioneers, early Zeppelins, Transatlantics, stamps, covers, etc. Ex224-2t Historicals, largest stock Rocket mail. Rare Airmails on covers. Early semi-officials: WANTED: FIRST TRIP HIGHWAY POST Scadtas, Condors, Swiss, German, etc. OFFICE covers from this summer's new Rarities and ordinary items. No price lists. routes. Will trade first day covers or what Approvals. Belham Exchange, Box 119, do you want otherwise. C. A. Ryniker, 324 Ridgewood, N. Y. 223-5tc No. Edward St.. Decatur, 11. Ex-224 WANTED: FAM-1, ALBANY #Fl-1 COV AAMS EXCHANGE ADS ERS with black or purple cachets. Will buy or trade. Chas. G. Riess, P. 0. Box 11, COLLECTOR WANTS WELL CENTERED Albany, N. Y. Ex224-lt Mint U. S. Air Mail, Singles, Blox, Plate Blocks and First Day Covers. Send prices. EXCHANGE WANTED: AIR-MAIL Max Shrage, 764 Addison St., Woodmere, Stamps, Baggage Labels, Air Stickers Air L. I., N. Y. Ex224-lt Etiquettes. Offer same material and FAM covers. Rafael R. Garcia, Apartado 129 - PILOT SIGNED CAM AND AIRMAIL Havana, Cuba. Ex224-lt covers from 1926 to 1934 to exchange for I NEED 6 DIFFERENT COVERS, NIAG current U. S. Commemoratives. Otto E. ARA Falls, AM 94, Sept. 19. What do you Seibel, 3627 Iowa Ave., St. Louis, Mo. . Ex224-2t want from my dups, CAM or Airport Deds? Geo. Austed, 220 Orizaba San Fran cisco 25, Calif. ' Ex224-lt CAMs: WANT "POINT-TO-POINT" route inaugurals; inbounds from trip ter DO YOU HA VE ANY AIR LABELS TO minals, AMFs, and closest dispatching exchange or for sale? Foreign issues want points; "directs"; AMFs wherever possible. ed especially. Ready to purchase old ac Send your "dupe" list to L. Fischbach, 99 cumulations and collections .. Earl H. Well Bay 29 Street, Brooklyn 14, N. Y. Ex224 man, Brookfield, Illinois. · Ex-lt FAM, CAM. I have them many! WILL GIVE 5 DIFFERENT CANADA How about dupes? Have you any? First Flight covers for 2 different used I'll trade yours for mine foreign air letter sheets or 10 different for Just drop me a line any old time. 4 different. Stanley H. Waite, 171 Pine St., M. Bogost, 6110 W. 75th St. Los An- Holyoke, Mass. Ex224-lt geles, Cal. Ex-224 MAGAZINES:~ "PHILATELY" 1 TO 53· WILL EXCHANGE 1946-46 CAM COVERS A. Phillips "Air Mail" 1 to 66, (ten miss~ for Mint U. S.; Commem. Blocks. Paul ing); "CAM Cover News" 3/41 to 4/42 Is Bugg, 1417 Gorsuch Aire., Baltimore 16, sues. Make off;rs. Horn, 32 Sterling Pl., Md. Ex-224 Brooklyn, N. \'. Ex224-lt LATIN AMERICAN AIRMAIL STAMPS WANTED: YOUR CAM DUPLICATES. specialty Bolivia, mint only, minor varle~ Will trade a year's new membership in ties and better grade offered . by: Ludwig First Flight Federation for 25 CAM covers. Horn Flach, Box 415, La Paz, Bolivia Perham C. Nahl, 1131 Leonard, Evanston, South America. Ex222-4t Illinois. Ex223-4t OFFER TRANSATLANTIC FIRST FLIGHT CAMs, FAMs. CAN. FFS, FDCS & MISC. England to Canada, Imperial Airways Covers. Exchange for FDCS, or sale, Aug. 3, 1939, in exchange for $5.00 Cat'. whole or part. Hoare, 869 Valiquette, Ver value used airmails (Scott's). Spie~ 21i5 dun, P. Q. Ex.224-lt Craig St., w .. Montreal. Ex223-2t SCOTT'S AIR MAILS *· The f I ight: of air mails and covers ends and begins at: Scott's. They come to rest: with us, ready to wing their way to you. Try your w~nt list: on Scott:. .ou' II like the number and quality of the stamps you get:, and the prices too. ' S_cott Stamp & Coin Co.; Inc. One West 47th Street • New York 19, N. Y. . Branch: 172 Fulton Street, New York 7, N. Y.