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48 Page GPS Template AAIIRRPPOOSSTT JJOOUURRNNAALL The Official Publication of the American Air Mail Society December 2015 Volume 86, No. 12 Whole No. 1026 Happy Holidays! Zeppelins & Aerophilately Ask for our Free Price List of Worldwide Flight covers and stamps. The following is a small sampling – full list on Website! United States 1934 Catapult 557, 698 (2) to Berlin then forwarded to Aden! Bremen . $750.00 C13 FDC--F-VF stamp on unusual front of pictorial airmail enve - lope, flown to Seville with Seville + NY/Chicago RPO Receiving B/S—interesting usage . $750.00 Germany 1935 9th South America flight stamped "Sample" in German. S.313B . $475.00 Afghanistan 1933 4th South America Flight. Sent via Turkey to Brazil (S.223 B) . $3,900.00 Algeria 1933 2nd South America Flight sent to Brazil S.214Aa . $575.00 Andorra 1933 2nd South America Flight Barcelona drop S.214C. $1,250.00 Austria 1932 (June 22) Catapult cover to New York sent by registered Europa mail to Costa Rica. Stamped "Received in ordinary mail N.Y.P.O. Var - ick S." Backstamped Berlin, New York and Costa Rica on reverse. K111AU cv $800.00 Hab. 89. $750.00 Bahamas (January 29) First flight from Nassau to Miami. Return address is Royal Bank of Canada. Violet 2-line cancel "Air Service Nassau to Miami," backstamped Miami. Rare item in good condition!. $300.00 Belgium (August 28) Balloonpost from Gordon Bennett Balloon race, launched from Warsaw. Winning balloon addressed to pilot, Belgica De Muyter. Russian receiving cancel. $100.00 Henry Gitner Philatelists, Inc. PO Box 3077T, Middletown NY 10940 Email: [email protected] — http://www.hgitner.com DECEMBER 2015 PAGE 485 In This Issue of the Airpost Journal Letters to — ARTICLES — the Editor Pan American Ghosts: San Francisco-Shanghai via Aleutians Great Circle Flights 1946 .................................................................... 492 Hermanos or Hermann? Larry Weirather Jim Hester made an interesting observation ( Letters to the APJ Cover Story: The Couzinet 70 Arc-en-Ciel (Rainbow) ................................. 498 Editor, October 2015) on possible confusion over the use of “Hermanos” William Kriebel on a letter from Dakar, Senegal to Buenos Aires. I have to admit that I World’s Shortest Airmail Flight? .................................................................. 456 assumed the use of “Hermanos” as “Hermann” was due to the writer Steve Swain being German speaking and unfamiliar with Spanish. The ‘LATI Substitute’ Service of Pan American Airways, Part 4 ................ 508 I was wrong. Scratching through the John Wilson Boletin Oficial de la Republica reveals that there was indeed a “Kalwil Hermanos” company Argentina in existence in Buenos Aires. I am grateful to Jim for his adding another — COLUMNS and FEATURES — detail to the Kalwil story. It’s amazing what a single cover can reveal. Airmail Elsewhere in Print ............................................................................ 504 The immigration records of Argentina show that a group of A Note from the Editor .................................................................................. 491 Canadian Air Mail Notes ............................................................................... 514 three Kalwil families escaped Europe between May and November 1939, Letter to the Editor ......................................................................................... 487 arriving in Buenos Aires on three different ships. They were the lucky President’s Message ...................................................................................... 488 ones. Not all of them escaped. John Wilson — NEWS — News of the Shows ........................................................................................ 513 — DEPARTMENTS – APJ Ads ......................................................................................................... 528 Looking for that perfect Membership Report ....................................................................................... 527 holiday gift? Editor and Advertising Vickie Canfield Peters 11911 E Connor Road Valleyford WA 99036 Give a membership to the vcanfi[email protected] Staff Writers and Columnists Joe Kirker Alan Warren American Air Mail Society! Chris Hargreaves Bob Wilcsek Lee Downer Copyright 2015 The American Air Mail Society . The Airpost Journal (ISSN 0739-0939) is pub - lished monthly by the American Air Mail Society, 11911 E. Connor Road, Valleyford WA 99036. See the society pages for Periodical postage paid at Spokane WA 99201 and additional post offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to American Air Mail Society, 7 First St., Westfield NY 14787. Domestic sub - scription rate $30 per year; $5 per copy. membership information. Opinions expressed in features and columns in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the society. Running an ad does not endorse the advertiser. PAGE 486 AIRPOST JOURNAL DECEMBER 2015 PAGE 487 The next AAMS convention is in conjunction with Chicagopex 2016 in mid-November. All of this is too long to delay progress, so I will President’s call on your new Board of Directors in January to establish objectives and Jim Graue Message priorities for moving forward before the year is lost. The AAMS elec2tio0n1 fo5r oEffilcercs tainod ndirectors for the two-year World Stamp Show New York 2016 terms 2016 – 2017 is history. Tentative Meeting / Program Schedule Revised October 30, 2015 As no position was contested, the outcome is no surprise to any - Saturday noon – 1 p.m. AAMS Membership Meeting 1E07 one. For the record, here are the official results as compiled and reported May 28 1 – 2 p.m. AAMS Program 1E07 by Allen Klein and Bill Keesling: – Cheryl Ganz Ways to Collect Zeppelin Mail President Jim Graue 158 2 – 3 p.m. AAMS Program 1E07 Donald David Price 1(write-in) Gerhard Zucker’s Project for Rocket Mail Over Vice President Sam Pezzillo 155 – Chris Hargreaves Treasurer Stephen Reinhard 158 Niagara Falls in 1936 Sunday 10 – 11 a.m. Program: 1E08 Secretary Bill Fort 155 SCADTA First Issues May 29 2 – 3 p.m. AAMS Program 1E07 Directors (4) Steve Tucker 156 David Crotty 150 ATC Carried Mail in Africa During World – David Crotty David Ball 148 War II Patrick Walters 148 Tuesday 11 a.m. – noon AAMS Program: PAA Crash Mail 1E16 To those members who voted, thank you for your positive sup - May 31 port. We trust that the 18 percent turnout reflects the uncontested elec - Thursday 2 – 3 p.m. Wreck & Crash Mail Soc. Program 1E06 tion rather than dissatisfaction. June 2 Rare & Unusual Interruptions of Mail Friday 1 – 2 p.m. Wreck & Crash Mail Soc. Program 1E11 NexWt yoeralr d– S20t1a6m – pth eS Uh.So. who sNtse iwts o Yncoer-ak-d 2ec0a1d6e FIP World June 3 What’s Eating Your Mail? Philatelic Exhibition, this time in New York City on May 28 – June 4. We 1 – 2 p.m. Space Unit Program: TBA 1E11 are sharing space with Metropolitan Air Post Society (MAPS) and the 2 – 3 p.m. Space Unit Membership Meeting 1E11 Crash & Wreck Mail Society. We hope that proves beneficial to all and serves as a prime meeting spot for airmail / aeropostal history collectors. Saturday 2 – 3 p.m. AAMS Program: TBA 1E07 We are exploring our options for an AAMS hospitality suite June 4 where those who share a special interest in aerophilately can gather at any time for quiet relaxation, conversation, trading and other informal activity . and an AAMS auction. ExhibitWingh ise arne aAspreect tohf oeu Ar heorboby E thxaht isb aidtms? ittedly demand - The World Stamp Show New York 2016 will capture the atten - ing of time, resources and a high level of dedication. Relatively few col - tion of most philatelists for the next seven months or so. Several national lectors engage in exhibiting. stamp shows have been granted a year off to accommodate the focus on That said, exhibiting has a special place in challenging the collec - New York. Most, if not all, WSP shows usually held in May or June will tor to advance beyond “accumulation” and “basic collecting” to under - take a bye so as to not conflict with New York 2016. APS Stampshow will take the research, study, “targeted” collecting, dedication, patience and be August 4-7 in Portland, Oregon . outright stubborn persistence necessary to assemble, organize, write, lay - PAGE 488 AIRPOST JOURNAL DECEMBER 2015 PAGE 489 out and present a clear, comprehensive and attractive exhibit. The final Surely we can and should do better. Aero exhibits wave the flag result invariably serves to entertain, educate and broaden the knowledge for airmail in a special way and for an audience with great potential for of the viewers, displaying aspects of the exhibit subject previously increasing our ranks. Let’s increase our active participation in exhibiting unknown or underappreciated. It may even provide the inspiration to aerophilately / airmail. It will be a win-win for all! take up exhibiting! The great success of both Aerophilately 2007 and Aerophilately 2014 attest to the potential of exhibiting aerophilately in any aspect. These include: A Note from the Editor • Aerophilately: Development and operations of the transport of mail by air. Vickie Canfield Peters • Traditional: Creation, production and usage of airmail stamp(s). • Postal History: Airmail processing, marcophily. The ever-vigilant and ever-diligent Don Lussky called me this • Postal Stationery: Creation, production and usage of airmail postal week to tell me that the “unreported crash cover” article on Page 461 of stationery (e.g., postal cards, aerograms, air letter sheets).
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