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June 2013 Volume 84, No.6 Whole No. 996

June’s featured article — Singapore ‘Privates’ The 1941 FAM-14 Extension and its Privately Prepared Covers Part 1 Page 228 Zeppelins & Aerophilately Ask for our Free Price List of Worldwide Flight covers and stamps. The following is a small sampling – full list on Website!

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JUNE 2013 PAGE 221 In This Issue of the Airpost Journal — ARTICLES — Singapore ‘Privates:’ The 1941 FAM-14 Extension and its Privately Letters to the Editor Prepared Covers, Part 1 ...... 228 Robert E. Mattingly Money Should Fund Catalog Revisions Pacusan Dreamboat Cover a Nightmare? ...... 241 I have a few comments on Chris Hargreaves’ correspondence Monica De Simone with AAMS president Jim Graue in the May 2013 Airpost Journal : Yes, From Cowboys to Biplanes: The Inauguration of CAM Route 5 ...... 244 our membership is in decline, but I don't think the dues increase would Harlan Radford Jr. change that. While most of us are probably experiencing reduced income — NEWS — these days, we can probably still manage another $5 or $10. I was pleased American Air Mail Society Meets at ARIPEX and WESTPEX ...... 249 to see the financial information, as most of the major stamp and coin AAMS Meetings at ARIPEX ...... 250 societies publish this annually. $467,000 may look like a large amount of AAMS Major Awards for 2013 ...... 253 money, but in truth it is not. The expense of printing a new, revised, and AAMS Literature Awards ...... 254 sorely needed American Air Mail Catalog will be substantial, and recovery FISA Honors Jim Graue with Gold Medal ...... 254 of these costs will only come back over time as sales are made. Ken Sanford Receives CAS Award ...... 255 As Jim Graue pointed out, around $13,000 was used toward the News of the Shows ...... 256 Airpost Journal last year alone, and this probably accounts for all or — COLUMNS — most of the fund's decline since 2006. I personally don't believe this is an Letters to the Editor ...... 223 "appropriate" use of the fund, which I strongly feel should be reserved President’s Message ...... 224 for updating the American Air Mail Catalog and publishing other related Canadian Air Mail Notes ...... 236 books, etc. If we enjoy having a great monthly publication like the Airpost — DEPARTMENTS – Journal, we should be willing to "kick in" to help pay for it, through Classified Ads ...... 264 higher dues as necessary and changing the bylaws to require life mem - Membership Report ...... 261 bers to pay dues; in recent years I have been glad to make contributions in lieu of dues once I became aware of our financial situation. Whether you paid a comparatively small Life Membership fee years ago when costs were a fraction of what they are today or received it gratis after 35 Editor and Advertising years as a member (as I did), the "free ride" has to be over if AAMS is to Vickie Canfield Peters 11911 E Connor Road Valleyford WA 99036 survive and hopefully prosper. vcanfi[email protected] Ken Alterman Staff Writers and Columnists Joe Kirker Alan Warren: Airmail Elsewhere in Print Correction to 1923 Airmail Issue Chris Hargreaves: Canadian Air Mail Notes Bob Wilcsek: Zeppelin Letters Nice article on the C4 to C6 marginal markings in the May 2013 Copyright 2013 The American Air Mail Society . The Airpost Journal (ISSN 0739-0939) is pub - APJ . There is one correction, in the second paragraph on Page 201: “The lished monthly by the American Air Mail Society, Box 110, Mineola, NY 11501. Periodical postage paid at Spokane WA 99201 and additional post offices. Postmaster: Send address changes initials of the finishers appear in the lower left and lower right side mar - to American Air Mail Society, P.O. Box 5367, Virginia Beach VA 23471-0367. Subscription Rate gins . . .” The finisher initials are only on the right side. The siderogra - $30 per year; $5 per copy. phers are on the left side. Opinions expressed in features and columns in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the society. Looking forward to the C10 story. David Bize PAGE 222 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 223 Realities President’s It is instructive to look objectively at some realities affecting our hobby. Jim Graue Message • Organized philately no longer has its “strength of position” as an essential for progressing and advancing in the hobby. Virtually all of For better or for worse, our American Air Mail Society has what once could only be found in the realm of organized philately – local arrived at a milestone. On April 1, 1988, AAMS membership stood at stamp clubs, specialty and national philatelic societies, direct contact 2,015. At the end of March 2013, the membership total was 1,004. So, in with other collectors – is now readily available via internet. 25 years we have lost half of our membership total. There are those who • Airmail no longer has a current “entry point” for new or basic col - foresee a very dark ending in this fact of a major membership decline, lectors. Airmail is not the “premium” service it once was; it is now rou - but before we decide to jump off the bridge, an objective look at why this tine and unremarkable. The statement “Airmail – the most important has happened and what it means for our beloved hobby is in order. postal development of the 20th century” is true, but we are now in the Time 21st century. First flights – once a common, attractive and easily afford - able entry into collecting airmail – are no longer notable (with rare Virtually everyone with a pulse is keenly aware that we live in a exceptions). Airmail is not a special service for which one must pay a dynamic, evolving world, and this is particularly true in the Digital Age premium postage rate, so very few airmail stamps are now produced. we are now experiencing. Yes, the world has always been changing, so • Airmail today is indistinct and un-notable. The global air transport that is not new. What is different is the pace of change. It is becoming infrastructure and networks are complex and undecipherable. It is no incomprehensible for many, perhaps even most. It is outpacing anything longer possible to determine the carriers, aircraft, routes and flight ever experienced, and even a logarithmic view is difficult. The ability to records for an item of airmail. collect and analyze information, and the thirst for it – personal, social, • Air transport has not changed notably in 40 years, since the mid- political, commercial and the ever more invasive government “spies” – 1970s when the last major new civilian jet aircraft were introduced. has created a world where meaningful “privacy” is mythical. It is, Aerophilately is inextricably intertwined with aviation development and indeed, a new world. And as with so many things, new is not necessarily advancement. better. • The “Development Period” in aviation – 1918 to 1950 – is the heart The unchanging part of our new world is time. We are only allo - of aerophilately: Rapid advances in aviation technology, therefore also cated a given amount of time, short term or long. What we all deal with in airmail transport (speed, time, distance, capacity, frequency) accompa - now is competition for that fixed, unchanging allocation of time. So, we nied by the ever-present affects of competition, politics, and the national- must decide what is most important to us and prioritize accordingly. international interests of both commercial enterprises and governments. Choice . . . what wins, what loses. And in yet another dynamic of the • Airmail collectors are not engaged in anything “current.” Airmail Digital Age, available choices are already uncountable. collectors today are aeropostal historians, seeking to collect, research, In the midst of all these dynamics is the basic desire by all peo - document and preserve the records and artifacts of a period in the past. ple for leisure time, time when one can step away from the frantic com - • The principles of choice for collecting are not as favorable for airmail petition and pace of our “new and improved” world to allocate some as they once were. time – the fixed resource – to an activity (or non-activity) of their person - al choice, their personal priority. And that can and will be, for many if ======not most, something they find personally enjoyable, relaxing and The Collecting Choice detached from “world realities.” There are a multitude of reasons why stamp collecting becomes Stamp collecting has competition and the “time problem” is real. the primary hobby for so many collectors. Although one might explore this area, it is not within the scope of this discussion. That said, however,

PAGE 224 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 225 it is good to look at some principles of choice that bear on what direction ======one takes and how far they go. Today, airmail collecting is not available as an attractive and • First Tier: Primary or Entry Level interesting option for those who, for their first time, are taking up stamp Peaceful ) collecting as a hobby. It does not have a present-day focal point. Airmail Relaxing ) Pre-conditions to successfully engage in a leisure-time now arises in its historical context rather than as a contemporary. activity. New Path to Aerophilately Enjoyable ) In view of the “new” status of airmail, it is appropriate to consid - er the “how” and “why” of making airmail attractive and interesting to • Second Tier: Secondary Level two distinct groups: Available ) Attractive ) Circumstances and subjective aspects that affect initial (1) Those not engaged in our hobby, but who have serious related choices of participation. interests. The most obvious examples lie in the aviation arena. Interesting ) (2) Those who are engaged in our hobby, but have yet to discover • Third Tier: Advanced Level the fascinations, importance and challenges of aerophilately. Those most Sustainable ) likely to be receptive are advanced collectors, many of whom engage in Affordable ) Realities affecting the subject, scope and intensity of “new” (to them) interest areas from time to time. collections. Achievable ) The shift in aerophilately from “contemporary” to “historical” • Fourth Tier: Specialty or Senior Level decreases the potential for capturing new or basic collectors and increas - Challenging ) es the potential for both capturing the attention of advanced collectors Manageable ) Aspects of personal values, dedication, priorities and and drawing in those with a passion for aviation history. Does this merit time allocation. our attention and an action plan? There is nothing to lose by crafting a Worthy ) program aimed at these two groups, and considerable potential for gain. Are there other options for drawing in new members? We are Most stamp collectors have more than one collecting area. A collector interested in your views and ideas. Send me an e-mail or write me a will selectively narrow what is actively collected in the face of the third note. Thank you in advance for your thoughtful consideration and ideas. tier of the principles of choice. The areas that survive the cuts are collect - ed more intensely. Some of these may survive into the fourth tier of the principles of choice, becoming specialties and long term interests domi - nated by study and research, with far less frequent acquisitions. The The Airpost Journal is “actively collecting” aspect slows down markedly as the collection builds and transitions into relatively small, sharply defined and highly concen - YOUR magazine. trated holdings. Narrowing the scope of one’s collecting focus does not necessari - We welcome letters to the editor, book ly cause everything to be abandoned along the way. For most collectors there are surviving remainders, collections one can turn to for simpler reviews, announcements of and less demanding engagement in the hobby. These are important assets deserving of both care and attention. aerophilatelic events and articles

PAGE 226 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 227 The Clipper Figure 1 (Photo courtesy of the Historical Foundation) Midway to Singapore (AAMC unlisted). The two known cancellations: USS Sirius (Figure 1) and Midway Detachment, 3rd Defense Battalion, Fleet Marine Force (Figure 1a). Both backstamped at Guam, May 8, 1941 and Singapore, May 10, Singapore ‘Privates’ 1941. The 1941 FAM-14 Extension and its Privately Prepared Covers Part 1

Robert E. Mattingly

A little past 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, 1941, Pan American Airways' Boeing 314 NC18602 California Clipper left Treasure Island on the inaugural flight extending Foreign Air Mail Route 14 to Singapore. Commanded by Captain William J. Barrows, the clipper carried nine other crewmen along with George Angus, Communications Superinten - dent for PAA's Pacific Division, 10 regular passengers with destinations short of Singapore and five non-revenue passengers manifested all the way. Figure 1a Initially scheduled to depart the previous day, California Clipper was delayed awaiting arrival of several of the passengers from the East Back Story Coast 1. Also on board were thousands of first flight covers, 99.9 percent The origins of the Singapore extension lie in events that of which were produced and unofficially cacheted by Pan American for occurred a year earlier and half a world away. In the calamitous six later sale to collectors 2. This article examines why the route was extend - weeks between May 10 and June 25, 1940, Hitler's armies overran the ed and discusses the very small number of inaugural covers NOT pre - Low Countries, compelled the Allied evacuation of Narvik and forced pared by Pan Am: the Singapore “privates.” France to capitulate. When Italy entered the war on the German side, PAGE 228 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 229 BOAC, KLM and Air France all suspended service across the Mediter - ranean. Taking advantage of the Allied reverses in Europe and egged on by Berlin, Japan bullied Vichy into ceding control of the ports in French Indochina. Among other things, this allowed cutting the road to China from Haiphong. And, on July 18, 1940, beleaguered Britain also agreed to

Figure 3 to Singapore (AAMC F14-20 o), back - stamped May 12, 1941 at Singapore General Post Office. The “peel-off” address label has been removed and the cachet may have been applied after the flight.

Japanese demands that the Burma Road be closed. It was at this point that the alarm bells rang in Pan American's New York corporate offices Figure 2 and a desire to gain access to Singapore crystallized. Honolulu to Singapore (AAMC F14-21 o). The two Later, Pan Am's request to fly between Manila and Singapore known varieties (Figures 2 and 2a), both backstamped May was portrayed by both the and the U.S. government as a gesture 10, 1941, 4 p.m. of solidarity with Britain and of support to the Dutch East Indies. Con - temporary documents suggest another motive. At first, Singapore was seen as a fallback connecting terminal for China National Aviation Corp. (CNAC) (Juan Trippe called it “our China company”) in the event further British concessions to the Japanese closed the air links to Rangoon and/or Hong Kong. To this end, Trippe began talking about Singapore with key members of America's so-called “China Lobby.” At the same time, PAA engaged in private diplomacy with the British Foreign Office and postal officials to pre-arrange landing rights 3. On October 4, 1940, the same day Trippe was explaining his “Singapore Project” to U.S. Navy Secretary Frank Knox, Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent a “Secret Personal For” cable to President Roo - sevelt alerting him that “we today decided to let the Burma Road be reopened . . . on October 17” 4. Meanwhile, the BOAC/Qantas “Horseshoe Route” was begin - Figure 2a ning to experience mail build-ups which might be alleviated by a direct PAGE 230 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 231 connection to the FAM 14 trans-Pacific service. Consequently, when Pan Am's lawyers went to the Civil Aeronautics Board on November 15, 1940, seeking an amendment to the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity which would allow the airline to operate between Manila and Singapore, they made no mention of the Burma Road, Rangoon, China or PAA's significant financial stake in CNAC. Instead, the presen - tation focused on the tin and rubber of the Indies and a growing surge in airmail from India and the Middle East 5. Pan Am's petition to the CAB was st ill no sure thing. The hear - ing officer, Francis W. Brown, was told that PAA would have to alternate its weekly trans-Pacific flights, going to Singapore one week and Hong Kong the next. While concerned that such a fortnightly schedule was not ideal and would reduce the timeliness of airmail service to both places, Brown accepted the argument that “there has been an increased commu - Figure 5 nity of interest between the United States and the areas to which the pro - Wake Island to Singapore (AAMC unlisted). Postmarked posed service would furnish improved transportation,” and he recom - at Guam and backstamped May 10, 1941, 4 p.m. at Singapore. mended approval of the application for a period of five years. Scarcest of the westbound “privates." The CAB agreed and drew up the appropriate order on February 6 25, 1941. But for reasons which remain obscure, President Roosevelt did Krupnick's Pacific Pioneers , “privates” lack the unofficial cachets applied not sign it until April 29, 1941. With that green light, Pan Am moved by Pan American and usually are the smaller #6 size. swiftly to comply. An exception is the business (#10) covers which originated at the American Trust Company in San Francisco. Like the PAA “company” The ‘Privates’ covers, they are postmarked May 2, 1941, the intended departure date. A Virtually all the mail carried to Singapore on the westbound second variety of San Francisco private cover has a generic “First inaugural, including the small number of privately-prepared covers, Flight/Pan American Clipper” cachet printed in blue ink with “San Fran - appears to have been philatelic. As described by the AAMC and in Jon cisco/to/Singapore” added in red, perhaps post facto. Those seen were originally addressed using labels which have been removed and are the only ones postmarked on the actual flight date, May 3, 1941. Both types of San Francisco “privates” (AAMC F14-20 o) are rare; in total, probably fewer than 15 were flown. After the overnight leg to Honolulu, California Clipper gained a pair of new passengers when CAA inspector F. E. Kelch and Pan Ameri - can's head of hotels and commisaries, Kent Morris, came aboard. The Hawaii stop also produced at least two more types of privately-prepared covers (AAMC F14-21 o). Those most often encountered have a hastily prepared printed Figure 4 cachet which reads: “FIRST FLIGHT/Hawaii to Singapore/via/Califor - San Francisco to Singapore (AAMC F14-20 o), censored nia Clipper.” The address to Michael Poluch is also printed. Poluch cov - but not backstamped. This is the "American Trust Company" variety. ers turn up at auction and on eBay regularly enough to constitute one of the larger groups of “privates” flown on the extension.

PAGE 232 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 233 On Tuesday afternoon, May 5, 1941, Captain Barrows landed at Midway. At that time, Midway's population exceeded many small American towns. More than 1,500 construction workers were involved in building two airfields, a submarine base and a hospital. The Third Marine Defense Battalion added another 750 men and there were smaller contingents of U. S. Navy personnel, Pan Am and Pacific Cable Company employees. Mail services were available to all through a small Marine Corps post office.

Figure 6 Guam to Singapore (AAMC F14-22 o). The two known varieties (Figures 6 and 6a) with official Guam cachets. Both backstamped May 10, 1941. 4 p.m.

There are considerably fewer of the second type of Hawaii-Sin - gapore small covers. These were prepared by Pan Am employee C. W. Best who lived in Honolulu. Best also prepared covers for posting at sub - sequent stops, all self-addressed “c/o PAA, Singapore, SS.” Best covers are known with both hand- and typewritten addresses. Lacking any records, it is impossible to calculate how many privately prepared covers Figure 7 originated in Hawaii but a safe estimate would be 30 to 40. Manila to Singapore (AAMC F14-23 o) with official cachet (AAMC 14h). Backstamped May 10, 1941, 4 p.m.

Although currently unlisted in the AAMC , first flight covers to Singapore were processed there 7. A total of 10 Midway “privates,” five of which were prepared by Best, have been recorded. All have 50 cents postage affixed and are postmarked May 5, 1941. At least one of several sent from the Navy cargo ship U.S.S. Sirius (AK-15), has the Pan Am hotel “Mailed at Midway” circular hand stamp. I suspect those recorded to date represent about half the total flown. Most Midway covers were backstamped at both Guam and Singapore. There were no “company” covers for Midway. — To Be Continued —

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PAGE 234 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 235 Canada-U.S. border) by a new airmail service inaugurated earlier that month. Beyond Pembina the cover traveled by U.S. airmail routes to Canadian Air Mail Notes Minneapolis, Chicago and New York. The two violet bars through "Via Air Mail" on Figure 1 are the type used in New York to mark the end of Chris Hargreaves airmail service. The Canadian Post Office introduced new overseas airmail rates on February 2, 1931, based on regions, not specific countries. The rate to countries in Africa "for all air mail services available en route and in Country of Destination" was 15 cents per half ounce. Figure 1 was there - fore assessed 5 cents shortpaid, which was doubled to 10 cents deficien - cy, converted to 50 Centimes and marked as "TAX 50" on the cover. Once in South Africa this was converted to 5 pence postage due. [1] In May the Canadian government began cutting airmail services to save money during the Depression. Then, on July 1, 1931, it increased the basic airmail rate for a letter within Canada, or to the U.S.A., to 6 cents for the first ounce.

Figure 1 Postmarked Edmonton Fe 15 31, addressed to Simon’s Town, South Africa, backstamped Simonstown 16 Mar D 31.

1931 - 1939 A large number of changes were made to Canadian airmail ser - vices during 1931. On February 15, the Prairie Air Mail Service was modified and night flights between Edmonton and Winnipeg were introduced. The cachet on the cover in Figure 1 consists of,from top to bottom: the arms of Edmonton; an arrow showing the location of Edmonton on a map of Canada; the statements Chamber of Commerce EDMONTON, ALBERTA The Sunniest Spot in Western Canada and a box with the text: FIRST FLIGHT - 15 FEB. 1931 (DIRECT INTERNATIONAL SCHEDULE) EDMONTON to WINNIPEG. There is also a typed instruction Airmail to New York City. Figure 2 The cover traveled south from Winnipeg to Pembina (on the

PAGE 236 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 237 In August the routes of the Prairie Air Mail Service were plane passing by day after day when the unfortunate owner of the soil changed. Instead of separate routes between Calgary and Winnipeg, and could hardly see the aeroplane because his own crop had gone up in Edmonton and Winnipeg, which merged in Regina, the route now went dust."[3] from Edmonton to Calgary and then on to Winnipeg. However, most of the air-stage services serving isolated commu - The map in Figure 2 was part of a pamphlet distributed by the nities continued and several additional air-stage services were inaugurat - Edmonton Post Office in September 1931. The pamphlet included some ed during the 1930s. The post office usually produced First Flight cachets interesting time comparisons. for these inaugural flights, such as on Figure 3. For a letter mailed on October 1, the airmail closed in the Gener - The Montreal - Albany and Winnipeg - Pembina airmail services al Post Office at 6:30 p.m., with the mail plane leaving Edmonton at 7 that connected with the U.S. airmail system also continued. A third p.m. The letter would reach Winnipeg at 7 a.m. on October 2, (a gain of trans-border service between Vancouver and Seattle was inaugurated on 24 hours compared to rail). By continuing via Pembina, Chicago, Detroit October 1, 1935. and the Detroit - Toronto airmail service, it could reach Toronto at 8:15 a.m. on October 2 for delivery that morning. A letter traveling by rail would arrive in Toronto at 10:20 p.m. on October 4 and be delivered the next morning. Airmail also provided gains of 45 hours in delivery of let - ters to New York, 48 hours to New Orleans and 24 hours to San Francis - co.[2] In spite of these gains in delivery, the Canadian Government cancelled most of the inter-city airmail contracts in 1932. According to Prime Minister R. B. Bennett: "With 300,000 of the population receiving some form of relief, there was very little gratification in seeing an aero -

Figure 3 Figure 4 Postmarked Telegraph Creek, B.C. NO 19 34 First Flight Postmarked Vancouver, May 6 2PM 1936 and ad- to Atlin. Addressed to Harrismith, South Africa. The postage dressed to Kingston, Ontario. rate to South Africa increased to 35 cents on July 1, 1934.

PAGE 238 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 239 These trans-border services were sometimes used to accelerate After this many new airmail routes were opened but only rarely mail across Canada, as happened with the cover in Figure 4. A daily air - did the post office produce First Flight cachets for them. [4] mail flight left Vancouver at 5:15 p.m., arriving in Seattle an hour later. References The cover left Seattle that night, crossed the United States on the Ameri - [1] Air Mail Covers from Canada to Overseas Destinations, Except North can transcontinental airmail route and connected with the New York - America and Mexico: 1927 -1946 by David Whiteley. Albany - Montreal flight scheduled to arrive in Montreal at 7:50 a.m. on [2] Edmonton Post Office leaflet May 8. The cover continued to Kingston by train and was delivered on [3] Quoted in It Seems Like Only Yesterday - Air Canada: The First 50 Years , the afternoon of the 8th, two days after leaving Vancouver. by Philip Smith page 23. (McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1986.) Towards the end of the 1930s, the Canadian Government began [4] The Air Mails of Canada and Newfoundland, to show more interest in civil aviation and airmail services. Trans-Canada Air Lines was formed in 1937 to develop a trans- continental airmail service. It began operating a "daylight" airmail ser - Pacusan Dreamboat Cover a Nightmare? vice from Vancouver to Winnipeg on October 1, 1938. Two months later, I've come across an airmail cover with a hand-printed attribution it extended this service from Winnipeg to North Bay, Ottawa and Mon - saying it traveled via the non-stop Hawaii-to-Egypt flight of the Pacusan treal, and also began a spur service from North Bay to Toronto. On Dreamboat. It also shows pilot signatures. However the postmark is dated March 1, 1939, a night schedule was introduced in place of the day December 18, 1946, not October 6, the date of the flight. schedule. The airmail service now provided afternoon delivery in I can find no trace of a similar cover, or any information about Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto of mail collected the previous evening in covers being flown on this trip. Also, I can't find any trace of where the Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary and vice versa. pilots or the plane might have been in December of 1946. The post office regarded March 1 as the official opening of the trans-continental airmail service and offered 40 First Flight cachets for different stages of the route. An example is shown in Figure 5.

Do you think someone in your society might be able to offer an explanation of the date and the notation on this cover? My intention was Figure 5 to place this cover at auction but I'm concerned about its legitimacy. Postmarked Vancouver 6 PM MAR 1 1939, addressed to (Ed. note: Please send responses to both the editor and Ms. De Simone.) the House of Commons, Ottawa. Backstamped Ottawa 1 PM MAR 2 1939 Monica De Simone [email protected]

PAGE 240 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 241 Watch for this outstanding group featuring stamps, postal cards and postal history from the Louis K. Robbins Estate, the “Northern Estate” of Canada, the Jon Krupnick Collection, the Specialized Fanning Island, U.S. Postal Stationery Collection containing Rare Machine Cancels, the “Connecticut Blocks of Four” Collection and the Dr. Royal S. Schaaf Collections and much more. The sale is online at stampauctionnetwork.com

PAGE 242 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 243 the transfer of some 200 pounds or 9,285 pieces of philatelic mail, pilot From Cowboys to Biplanes: Leon Cuddeback, after numerous attempts to start the engine of his Swallow biplane, finally took off around 6 a.m. for points south. The Inauguration of CAM Route 5 Arriving at Boise airport around 10 a.m., Cuddeback dropped Harlan Radford Jr.

The opening of the Contract Air Mail routes, henceforth referred to as CAM, and the passage of the Contract Air Mail Act of 1925 (the Kelly Act) confirmed that commercial aviation had truly taken off by 1926. In January, J. Parker Van Zandt of the Army Air Service said it best: “There is a revolutionary fact abroad in the land; aircraft have gone to work. And the nation is waking to find itself fast wedded to a new hand - maid of progress – the United States Transcontinental Air Mail Service.” The sixth year of the new decade saw as many as 13 CAM routes commence service. Among the initial route services was the April 6 inau - guration of CAM 5 between Elko, and Pasco, Washington with an intermediate stop at Boise, Idaho. Walter T. Varney, a “flight school and air taxi operator” from San Francisco, was awarded one of the first contracts when in October 1925 he placed the one and only bid for the 460-mile route. Some claimed this route “went from nowhere to nowhere” over some of the highest and roughest terrain in the country. That probably explains Varney’s successful bid. Amid great fanfare and celebration, on the morning of April 6, Figure 2 1926, some 2,500 festive spectators watched an authentic six-horse team Pilot Cuddeback with his Swallow at Boise Airport mail stagecoach pull up to the Pasco Airport hangar (Figure 1) carrying six sacks of mail destined for the inaugural flight to Elko via Boise. With off the mail for Boise and took on two more sacks of airmail for other points. He departed at 10:55 a.m. on the final leg of his flight service to Elko. The plane arrived at Elko at 12:27 p.m. local time. So far the newly instituted service was without mishap. That was about to change! Walter Varney designated Franklin Rose to pilot the return trip. Rose took off from Elko around 1 p.m. on the same day and soon encountered a snow storm that would force him to deviate far off his intended course. He eventually crash-landed his airplane in Jordan Val - ley, Oregon. While both pilot and aircraft landed safely and without injury or damage, the plane was unable to take-off due to the extremely muddy conditions. Two days would pass before the 98 pounds of mail, carried first on horseback by pilot Rose and then by train, was processed at Boise post office. It would be three days before the mail finally reached Figure 1 Pasco. It was backstamped there on April 9. The oversized dual or round-trip flight cover shown here in Fig - PAGE 244 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 245 United Air Lines. A half century after the April 6, 1926 inaugurals had been insti - tuted on CAM Route 5, United commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the Pasco-Boise service with a first flight “re-enactment” utilizing a restored Swallow biplane. Figure 4 shows a souvenir cover flown for this special occasion. Former pilot Leon Cuddeback, 77years old, was honored at this event by having a Boeing 727 tri-jet named after him. While on the subject of Pasco Airport, it is fitting at this time to

Figure 3 ure 3 depicts the two appropriate dispatching postmarks dated April 6 and the two different U.S. Post Office double-ring cachets applied at the respective dispatching locations. The reverse side of this historic memen - to reveals two backstamps: Elko on April 6 at 12:30 p.m. and Pasco on April 9 at 11:30 a.m. Due to his underpowered aircraft and the weather-related prob - lems encountered on these early flights, Walter Varney received permis - sion to suspend service for 60 days on April 8. Two months later, on June 6, after his six Swallows had been refitted with more powerful engines, Varney resumed Pasco-Elko service with a southeastern terminus subse - quently changed to Salt Lake City, Utah. This particular service would Figure 5 First day of use of Pasco AMF cancel, June 16, 1930 continue uninterrupted for eight years until 1934, when would become one of four founding carriers of what would become present some additional information regarding a short-lived “Air Mail Field” postmark device that was placed into use a few years later. According to the American Air Mail Catalogue, the Pasco Air Mail Field office was established December 15, 1929. Postmarked covers (see Figure 5) bearing the one and only four-bar device first appeared on June 16, 1930 along with a two-line cachet in blue-green ink reading “1ST. AIR X MAIL FIELD PO / CANCELLATION PASCO, WASH.” While this postal facility was closed on July 19, 1932, AMF Pasco postmarks on covers are somewhat more plentiful or common than some collectors earlier thought. Listed items on eBay over the last 10 years or so attest to their availability. That being said, I have seen the AMF Pasco indicia used as both a dispatching postmark (P) as well as a backstamp (B) on covers. Starting Figure 4 with 1930, the following dates of usage have been noted: June 16 (P); June 17 (B); July 30 (P); Sept. 10 (P); Sept. 25 (P) and Sept. 26 (B). The PAGE 246 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 247 American Air Mail Society Meets at ARIPEX and WESTPEX Jim Graue

The two weeks in April that saw both ARIPEX 2013 in Mesa, Arizona and WESTPEX 2013 in San Francisco were very busy (under - statement) but also interesting . . . and challenging. One of the more interesting aspects of these two national stamp shows was the presence of the American Air Mail Society at both, for the annual convention at ARIPEX and for the FISA (International Federation of Aerophilatelic Societies) Congress at WESTPEX. One might wonder why FISA did not convene at ARIPEX with AAMS, a good question, but Figure 6 without a definitive answer on the record. WESTPEX is one of the top aforementioned July 30 usage (see Figure 6) was provided in conjunction four annual stamp shows in the U.S., and that fact most likely drove the with the First Tour of the Pacific Northwest States Air Tour Association. decision. The appearance of the Sept. 25 postmark (see Figure 7) was used in connection with the visit of celebrated aviators Capt. Dieudonne Coste Aerophilatelic Exhibits and Maurice Bellonte on their 25-day Goodwill Tour of the U.S.A. These There were only seven airmail exhibits at ARIPEX. At WEST - two men had just successfully flown a non-stop trans-Atlantic flight from PEX, however, there were 23 airmail exhibits! Twelve single-frame Paris to New York City. Their French plane, The Question Mark, covered aerophilately exhibits were in the 2013 Pillage Cup competition, a very the 4,100 miles in 37 hours. friendly contest between AAMS and BAMS (British Air Mail Society) Two more dates of usage of the AMF Pasco postmark during the teams. FISA participation accounted for two or three more airmail year 1931 are known on covers: April 1 (P); and May 17 (P and B). exhibits in open competition. I won both the AAMS Grand Award at ARIPEX and the GPS Grand Award at WESTPEX for my exhibit, Zeppelin South America Flights 1930-1937. AAMS Membership Some interesting aspects of the AAMS Membership Report pro - vided by Rudy Roy: Membership Total, April 1, 2013 1,004 Life Members 268 26.7% International Members: Canada 21 All Other 120 Life membership is no longer offered. That was a sound decision consid - ering the rising costs that we cannot pass on to life members. The President’s Message in this issue is devoted to some Figure 7 thoughts about the decline in AAMS membership.

PAGE 248 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 249 • Special Publications Programs for special publications (limited quantity and special AAMS conditions) and publication support grants will be created to expand the Your Society in Action options available. AAMS Meetings at ARIPEX 2013 • New Award for Airpost Journal Articles Since 1976, AAMS has awarded the L. B. Gatchell Literature Board of Directors Award to the best article, series or regular feature published in the Air - The AAMS Board of Directors met on Thursday, April 18, in post Journal in the prior year. This award is generally awarded for a Mesa, Arizona, in conjunction with ARIPEX 2013 opening the next day major article, many times for a multi-part article. and hosting the 2013 AAMS annual convention. Six of the nine AAMS Beginning next year, AAMS will provide an additional new liter - officers and directors attended, a quorum. Also attending were Ken San - ature award for the best short article (three pages maximum) published ford and Bill Fort. The meeting was on Thursday evening to avoid con - in the Airpost Journal in the prior year. The intent is to encourage more flicting with Pat Walters’ commitments as chief judge for the show. members to share by writing short articles. This award will be the Frank The Board took the following actions: H. Blumenthal Memorial Award, honoring the late former editor who held that post for more than 17 years. • Sales of AAMS Publications AAMS publications were recently promoted and offered at sub - • AAMS Grand Award stantial discounts. Response was excellent but has overwhelmed Greg For many years, the AAMS Grand Award was a Seiko “World Schmidt, the AAMS publications sales manager. Greg is unable to devote Time” mantel clock, a prize that was treasured by those who won it and the time required to fill all the orders received. Greg advised (by email) envied by those who did not. Major advantages included “transportabili - that he needs assistance in organizing the inventory and processing ty” (not large and unwieldy) and very useful regardless of the number orders. The Board approved providing assistance as determined jointly won. by Greg and President Jim Graue. When AAMS ran out of these clocks, none were available so 10- 12 “propeller clocks” were purchased. The advantages of the Seiko are • Website not shared in any way by what many see as a “white elephant.” Seiko The AAMS website – www.americanairmailsociety.org – is has reinstituted its “World Time” mantel clock. We will purchase 12 of regarded as our “public park,” where anyone can go to learn about who them for AAMS Grand Awards over the next decade. The three remain - we are, what we do and why and how we do it. ing “propeller clocks” to be given as “special prizes” at major exhibitions Approval was given to making Airpost Journal issues older than (e.g., Aerophilately 2014, New York 2016). four years available on the website. These will be scanned in as time per - mits. • Bylaws The current bylaws date from 2006. Major revisions and correc - • Powerpoint CD Programs on Aerophilately tions are needed to conform with current policies, operations and prac - Authorized participation in a joint venture with APS for the tice. This will be undertaken this year. preparation, production and sale of aerophilatelic programs on Power - point CDs, an allocation of $110 for initial supply costs and a sale price • Future Convention Sites yielding $10 per unit sale after recovery of initial costs, with $5 going to 2014 PIPEX Portland, Oregon May 23-25 the AAMS. Aerophilately 2014 Bellefonte, Pennsylvania September 11-14 PAGE 250 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 251 2015 NAPEX McLean, Virginia June 5-7 AAMS Major Awards for 2013 2016 New York 2016 New York, New York May – June CHICAGOPEX Itasca, Illinois November AAMS major awards all have one thing in common: 2017 SESCAL Los Angeles, California October outstanding achievements over an extended period of years, decades or Note: The New York 2016 World Stamp Exhibition is included for infor - even a lifetime. mation only. No AAMS convention will be held in conjunction with it. AAMS General Membership Aerophilatelic Hall of Fame The AAMS General Membership meeting was held on Saturday, Honors men and women who have contributed significantly to April 20. the accumulation of aerophilatelic knowledge, to interest and participa - A summary report of the AAMS Board meeting held two days tion in aerophilately, or rendered outstanding service to national or before was given. The major AAMS awards for this year were international organized aerophilately. The names of those honored are announced (see separate report in this issue). inscribed on the Aerophilatelic Hall of Fame plaque at the headquarters of the American Philatelic Society in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. 2013 Election: Status of Nominations Nominated by the Nominations Committee (Allen Klein, Hal 2013 Gerard Collot - France Vogel, Sergio Lugo) President Jim Graue AAMS Aerophilatelic Research Award Vice-President David Crotty Awarded for major achievements in aerophilatelic research. This Secretary Dr. Robert Dille award recognizes outstanding achievements in aerophilatelic research Treasurer Stephen Reinhard that serve as definitive or foundation works in aerophilately. Recognized Director (5 to be elected) David Ball research may be either original research bringing significant new facts or Kent Kobersteen conclusions to light or secondary research bringing multiple resources Samuel J. Pezzillo together into comprehensive works of significant importance to aerophi - Steve Tucker latelists, as evidenced by articles, monographs, books, catalogues or Patrick A. Walters other publications and exhibits. Nominations by petition are open until July 1. Election ballots The award is international in scope and is not restricted to mem - will be distributed with the September 2013 Airpost Journal . The dead - bers of AAMS. line for the receipt of ballots is October 25. 2013 Fiorenzo Longhi - Italy

Clinton Airport Dedication Covers Available Walter J. Conrath Memorial Award AAMS Sales Manager Don Lussky reports that the Bill and Awarded for outstanding service to the American Air Mail Soci - Hilary Clinton Airport Dedication in Little Rock, Arkansas, was ety. The award recognizes distinguished and extended service to the moved up from May 5 to May 2. Society, evidenced by a prominent role in the Society leadership and Anyone who did not get a dedication cover can purchase one direction, activities serving to increase membership and participation, from Mr. Lussky for $2. Please send the money to Don Lussky, P.O. contributions, exhibiting, programs and seminars and/or major impor - Box 1172, Westmont IL 60559 or email Don at tant contributions to or activity in the Society publications programs. [email protected] 2013 Derrick Pillage - United Kingdom

PAGE 252 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 253 AAMS Literature Awards Ken Sanford Receives CAS Award These two awards are for the best aerophilatelic literature pub - Members of the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society (CAS) are lished in the prior calendar year. pleased to announce that the CAS Editor’s Award for 2013 was presented to Ken Sanford. George D. Kingdom Literature Award In 1984 Ken organized the founding Given annually to the best overall aerophilatelic catalog, book, meeting of the Canadian Aerophilatelic Soci - monograph or pamphlet published in the previous year. AAMS publica - ety during CANADA 84 in Montreal. He tions are not eligible for this award. became member number 6 of the CAS, and the 2012 Dieter Leder - Germany first secretary of the society. LZ 129 Hindenburg – Zeppelin Crash Mail In 2013, Ken celebrates his 50th anniversary as a member of the American Air L. B. Gatchell Literature Award Mail Society. This means that when he helped found the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society, he Recognizes the literary efforts of members whose articles appear had already been a member of the AAMS for in the Airpost Journal . It is awarded to the best article, series or regular 21 years! feature published in the prior year. Ken has held numerous positions in aerophilately since 1984. They include president of the American Air 2012 Alistair Watt - Australia Mail Society in 1986 and 87; editor of La Catastrophe, journal of The The Japanese Invasion and the End of the Wreck & Crash Mail Society; editor of the "Interrupted and Crash Covers Great Horseshoe Route of Canada and Newfoundland" section of The Air Mails of Canada and Newfoundland; current AAMS convention coordinator and webmaster for the Metropolitan Air Post Society. FISA Honors Jim Graue with Gold Medal Throughout this time, Ken has been actively involved with the FISA – the International Federation of Aerophilatelic Societies – CAS. He regularly contributes articles to its journal, The Canadian presented Jim Graue with its Gold Medal, its highest award. The award Aerophilatelist, and gave a presentation during the CAS Symposium at honors his achievements in aerophilatelic research and publications and ROYAL 2008 ROYALE in Quebec City. his contributions to worldwide aerophilately as a leader, author, editor The Canadian Aerophilatelist Editor’s Award is presented annu - and exhibitor. Jim is well known for his passion and activity as a relent - ally to a person chosen by the editor for his or her contribution to the less advocate of aerophilately. CAS and aerophilately. The award was created in 1999 by editor Chris The award was presented to him by FISA President Ross Wood Hargreaves to give him a "good news" story of his choice to compensate (Australia) and FISA Executive Secretary Wolfgang Porges (Germany) at for having to write obituaries. the 46th FISA Congress, held in San Francisco, California, in conjunction with WESTPEX, on April 27, 2013. Jim is the current president of the American Air Mail Society and the Germany Philatelic Society. In 1997 he received the AAMS Walter J. Conrath Award for outstanding services to the Society, and he was elect - ed to the Aerophilatelic Hall of Fame in 2011. In 2012 he was honored by the American Philatelic Society with its highest honor – the Luff Award – for philatelic research. PAGE 254 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 255 Jay B. Stotts Early U.S. Commercial Airmail Also: AAMS Award News of the Shows George W. Struble Swiss Airmail Up to 1939 Also: AHPS Silver Southeastern Stamp Expo January 25-27, 2013 - Atlanta, Georgia Vermeil Ray E. Cartier How We Got Men to the Moon Gold Also: Space Unit Gold Hideo Yokota U.S. Airmail Special Delivery Issues 1934-1936 Also: USSS Statue of Freedom Award, AAPE Title Page Award Philadelphia National Stamp Exhibition 2013 Sarasota National Stamp Exhibition April 5-7, 2013 - Oaks, Pennsylvania February 1-3, 2013 - Sarasota, Florida Gold Vermeil William J. Drummond FAM 14: 1935-1941 Derrick Pillage Early Airmails of Uruguay 1910-1924 Also: Ray Simrak Best Airmail Award Single Frame Vermeil Ian Gilchrist Europe to Central and South America via New York Single Frame Vermeil with PAA and SCADTA Edwin J. Andrews 1929 Inauguration of Union Airways Service Routes

SANDICAL 2013 February 8-10, 2013 - San Diego, California ARIPEX 2013 Mesa, Arizona - April 19-21, 2013 Vermeil 2013 American Air Mail Society Annual Convention Allen Klein Philatelic History of USS Macon Silver Gold Allen Klein Macon Crash Covers James W. Graue Zeppelin South America Flights 1930-1937 Also: AAMS Grand Award, APS Excellence 1900-1940 One-Frame Silver William J. Drummond Foreign Air Mail Route 14, 1935-1941 Bob Markovits The U.S. 5¢ New York Airmail Issue Also: Postal History Society Medal, AAMS Gold

Vermeil TEXPEX 2013 Jon Krupnick 80 Cent 1952 Diamond Head Stamp March 1-3, 2013 - Grapevine, Also: AAMS Vermeil Millard Mack 6 Cent Transport Airmail Stamp Goes to War Gold Also: AAMS Vermeil Santiago Cruz SCADTA First Issues - A Traditional Approach William Fort Wartime Trans-Pacific Airmail Routes Also: APS Excellence 1900-1940 Also: AAMS Vermeil,

PAGE 256 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 257 Military Postal History Society Award Jay Stotts Early U.S. Commercial Airmail WESTPEX Single Frame Grand Award and Gold Also: AAMS Vermeil, AAPE Honor Award James W. Graue DLH South Atlantic 1934-1939: Crashes and Recov- ered Mail Single Frame Reserve Grand Award Also: GPS Gold Alfredo Froelich SCADTA Airmail Stamps for SCADTA Airmail Service in Ecuador Single Frame Gold Dickson H. Preston Processing Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg Passenger Mail WESTPEX 2013 Also: GPS C. H. Hunt Reserve Grand Award, San Francisco, California - April 26-28, 2013 GPS Gold, AAPE Title Page Award Allen Klein Flown Mail on USS Shenandoah Gold Don David Price The Jenny: Printing Variations of America’s First James W. Graue Zeppelin South America Flights 1930-1937 Airmail Stamp Also: GPS Grand Award, Also: EFO Collectors Club Second Place Award GPS Herman L. Halle Memorial Research Award, Uttam Reddy The World’s First Official Aerial Post – 1911 AAMS Gold Medal Brian Callan Graf Zeppelin 127 – The Postal Globetrotter Single Frame Vermeil Also: GPS Gold Richard Saundry French Acceptances for Mail Flown from New York David Collyer Postal Charges on Airmail France – Australasia 1927-1939 1933-1993 Peter Lister United Kingdom Experimental Rocket Posts Also: APS Excellence 1900-1940 Michael Peter Swiss Zeppelin Mail to the Americas 1930-1937 Single Frame Silver Also: California Collectors Club Award (Best 20th Grahame Boutle Wartime and Early Post-War Proving Flights to/from Century), GPS Gold Australia Derrick Pillage Uruguay Airmails 1921-1946 Duncan Crewe Hong Kong Airmails: Pre-War KLM Connections to Also: SESCAL Award of Merit Europe William J. Snider The Beacon Airmail Stamp Also: USSS Statue of Freedom Award Single Frame Silver-Bronze Edward Spicer Via New York: North Atlantic Catapult Airmail Vermeil 1928-1935 Richard Saundry Romanian International Airmail 1922-1939 William E. Trower Yankee Clipper: Accelerated Trans-Atlantic Airmail Jaroslav J. Verner Airmail of the Czechoslovakia First Republic Between USA and Europe Also: Society for Czechoslovak Philately William E. Trower Imperial Airways Experimental North Atlantic Oper- Alfons Mucha Medal (Best Czech Exhibit) ations 1937-1939

Silver 2013 Pillage Cup Team Competition Ross Wood Czechoslovakia Airmails 1945-1975 American Air Mail Society vs British Airmail Society Also: AAPE Award of Honor Single Frame Airmail Exhibits

PAGE 258 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 259 Winner AAMS Team: Derrick Pillage ( 3p Provincial Airways Semi-Official, November 25- AAMS Membership Report 26, 1933 ) May 2013 Kendall C. Sanford ( Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways and Pan- Submitted by Membership Secretary Rudy Roy American World Airways ) Jim Graue, Dickson Preston, Allen Klein, Don David Price New Applicant (exhibits listed above) 12231 Luke, Ronald M., Lockport NY. AM HC FF. By: S. Reinhard Runner-Up British Team: Grahame Boutle, Duncan Crewe, Richard Saundry, Reinstated Edward Spicer, Peter Lister, William E. Trower (exhibits listed above) 08649 Baumgardner, Ralph E., Jr. 09071 Stubenrauch, John

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PAGE 260 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 261 American American Air Mail Society Air Mail Society Membership and Subscriptions Annual membership dues for new members, which includes a subscrip - Dedicated to the research, study, documentation and tion to the Airpost Journal is $30 domestic, $40 Canada, $50 Mexico and $60 worldwide. preservation of aerophilately. All foreign dues include first-class airmail shipment. Organized in 1923, Incorporated in 1944 as a non-profit corporation of the state of Ohio Publication IRS 501(c)(3) non-profit organization APS affiliate #77 Monthly Official Publication: Airpost Journal Editor and Advertising: Vickie Canfield Peters, 11911 E. Connor Road, PRESIDENT: Jim Graue, 11911 East Connor Road, Valleyford WA 99036 Valleyford WA 99036 ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Publications Committee VICE PRESIDENT: K. David Steidley, Ph.D., 11 Davey Dr., W. Orange Chairman: Jim Graue, 11911 East Connor Road, Valleyford WA 99036 NJ 07052 ([email protected] ) ([email protected]) SECRETARY: Dr. Robert Dille, 335 Merkle Drive, Norman OK 73069- Member Services 6429 ([email protected])

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PAGE 262 AIRPOST JOURNAL JUNE 2013 PAGE 263 AAMS EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT APJ ADS BUY — SELL — WANT LIST All members, including Life Mem - Forsythe, 1111 Willis Avenue, bers, are entitled to two free 25-word Wheeling IL 60090. Telephone 847- “Wanted and Exchange” notices per 520-6215 or fax 847-520-7268 1/14 year in the APJ Ads section of the * * * Journal. Members are encouraged to BUYING airline baggage labels. Con - take advantage of this benefit. tact [email protected] RATES 6/13 * * * TWENTY CENTS PER WORD . CHRISTMAS greetings aero - Minimum $5 per insertion. grammes used by prisoners and mili - Remittance must accompany order tary in World War II wanted. Peter and copy. The Airpost Journal, 11911 Fink, Restaurant Lowen, CH-9532 E. Connor Road, Valleyford WA Rickenbach/Wil Switzerland. FAX: 99036. Ads can also be emailed to 011 41 719124315, telephone 011 [email protected]. 41 719233010 4/14 Ads must be received by first * * * of the month preceding publication WANTED: 24-cent airmail cover date. dated July 14, 1918, May 13, 1918 and/or May 14, 1918. I’ll pay your FOR SALE price! Don David Price, AEROGRAMMES for sale from all [email protected] or call 941- over the world. More than 200 coun - 355-3339. 12/13 tries represented. Peter Fink, Restau - * * * rant Lowen, CH-9532 Ricken - AAMS membership has many bene - bach/Wil Switzerland. FAX: 011 41 fits. One is an annual free classified., 719124315, telephone 011 41 to be run in two consecutive issues. 719233010 4/14 Have you used yours yet? This space is waiting for you! WANTED and EXCHANGE

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