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Information Cheerfully GiTen IHWIN HEIM.AN, INC. Serving American Philately Since 1926 2 WEST 46th STREET NEW YORK 36, N. Y. ROOM 803 TEL.: JTJ 2-2393 Issue Prospectus For Cuban Show; Convention And Other Plans Revealed
1000 Frames Available For• CUPEX Displays; Liberal Allotment For Air Mail Exhibits • HE First Prospectus for the great at that tme they will be sent to all who T International Stamp Show to be have expressed a desire to exhibit. held in Habana, Cuba, from November The Exhibition is receiving the most 12 to 19 of this year, has just been re effective kind of co-operation from the leased by the organizing Committee. It is Cuban government and many of the fa a handsome production with the end cilities have been made available gratis in pages showing striking views of the new consideration of this participation. Dr. Palacio de Bellas Artes in which the Ex B. Cruz Planas, President of the Club hibition will be held. The present CUPEX Filatelico de la Republica de Cuba, Bulletin is printed in both Spanish and Chapter # 19 of the American Air Mail English and gives general information as Society, is President of the Executive to the Exhibition; it extends a cordial in Committee for CUPEX. Rafael Oriol, a vitation to all collectors everywhere to Past President of Chapter # 19 and pres send their collections to Habana this fall. entlv Vice-President of the American Air Of particular interest to collectors will be Mail Society is Vice-President of the Cu the announcement that there is no frame REX and Director of the Show. Dr. Er charge or fee of any kind for exhibiting. nesto Bello is Assistant Director of the Of the 1000 frames available no less than Show. Other members of the Board in one nor more than five will be assigned clude Dr. Raul Gutierrez, Secretary and to any single exhibit, except by special Dr. Luis F. Aiamil. Treasurer. A dis vote of the Directing Committee. Accord tinguished list of Foreign Representatives ing to the Prospectus "The Exhibition of the Show is headed by Harry L. Lind will be of a competitive character and quist, President of the National Federa will be dedicated exclusively to postal tion of Stamp Clubs and Publisher of stamps of each and every one of the STAMPS Magazine, New York. Mr. countries of the Western Hemisphere: the Lindquist, who is an Honorary Member Americas, Spain, the Mother Country, of the American Air Mail Society, is serv and the Philippines." The scope of the ing as the Philatelic Adviser of the Ex Exhibition, of course, includes air mails hibition. There will be a special Court and a generous number of frames has of Honor in which will be on display been set aside for air mail exhibits. The some of the foremost collections of the Exhibition will open on Saturday, Nov World .A distinguished group of phila ember 12 and will continue through Sat telists, recruited from many corners of urday, November 19. It will be open from the world, will comprise the International 10 A. M. to 10 P. M. each day. The 32nd Jury. Annual Convention of the American Air Mail Society will be held during the The Exhibition commemorates three CUPEX and will run from Sunday, Nov important events in the philatelic history ember 13 through Tuesday, November of Cuba, 1) The centenary of the first 15. postage stamp used in Cuba, issued in 1855 2) The centenary of the first stamp The First Prospectus has been mailed to be overprinted anywhere in the world, to all those who requested same from the - the famous "Y 14" Cuban stamp released Editor. The Prospectus does NOT con- on November 19, 1855 and 3) The 50th tain either a list of Classifications or an Anniversary of the first stamps printed in Entry blank. We are advised that these Cuba after its establishment as a Sover will be available within a few weeks and eign state. JULY, 1955 299
THIS ISSUE has been particularly dedicated to the fascinating collection of Al R LETTER SHEETS and has been prepared under the Editorial direction of GEORGE D. Kl NGDOM as Special Editor of the Month. Its release has been timed to coincide with that of the new 1955 Edition of the AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE OF AIR LETTER SHEETS ( AEROGRAMMES) This new 176 page Catalogue is now on sale.
Elsewhere in this issue we print the the Convention and all delegates are in first and tentative program for the three vited to a reception at the new building day Convention of the American Air Mail sponsored by the Post Office Depart Society which will be held in Habana ment. In addition to meals at some of from November 13 to 15. This is a pro Habana's finest and most exclusive gram to whet the anticipatory appetites Clubs, delegates have been invited for of those planning' to attend. The Com ccoktails at the world famous Bacardi mittee promises that this Convention will and Arechabala private bars. be an occasion which will long be re The Committee for the Convention membered as was the highly successful consists of tjie following: President, Ra Convention of the Society which was fael Oriol. Vice-President, Edelberto de held in 1948. Those who attended the Carrera, Secretary, Richard Milian, 1948 gathering will recall the afternoon Treasurer, Alfred Cano; Housing, Rich at the Horse Races and will be happy to ard MiUan and Frank . Villapol; Enter note that another such occasion is sched tainment, Edelbe1to de Carerra and An uled for this gathering. dres L. Reyes; Registration, Rafael R. The trip to Varadero Beach will be a Garcia and Silvio Pemet; Publicity, Raul high point in the Convention activities. Gutierrez, Ricardo del Campo, Adolfo Many world travelers consider this to be Coleman and Luis F. Guzman; Recep the finest beach in the world. En route tion, Dr. Tomas A. Terry, Mrs. Sara to Varadero a stop will be made at Mat Puyol, Mrs. Pauline Salazar, Ricardo del azanas and the beauitful Yumuri Valley. Campo, Adolfo Coleman and Frank Vil Ample time has been allowed in the pro lapol. gram to permit sightseeing and shopping In our last issue we published a list on an individual basis. An added feature of those who had indicated an intention of the program is the inclusion of a to attend the Convention at Habana in Folkloric presentation at the Palacio de November. Since then we have received Bellas Artes under the direction of the a number of additional names and a Department of Education of the Cuban completely revised and up to date list government. The new Post Office build will be published in an early issue of the ing will be in operation at the time of .JOURNAL.
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF TlD THE AIRPOST JOURNAL AMERICAN AIR l\4AIL SOCIJ:'1'T ll!ntered as eerond-class matter, February 10, 1932. at the post office at Albion, Pa. under the Act of March 3. 18'19. Published monthly. JULY. 1955 - VOL. XXVI, NO. 10 - ISSUE NO. 303 - 25c PER COPY 300 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL
American Air Mail Society 195 5 Convention • Habana, Cuba • TENTATIVE PROGRAM
SUNDAY,NOVEMBER13 9 A.M. 1Registration at Palacio de Bellas Artes 12 Noon Cocktails ·at Bacardi Bar 1 P.M. Lunch at Habana Yacht Club 3 P.M. Horse Races 9 P.M. Dinner at Tropicana Night Club
MON•DA Y, NOVEMBER 14 9 A.M. Registrativn continues at Palacio de Bellas Artes 10 A.M. Business Session 12 Noon Reception at the Post Office Department 1 P.M. Cocktails at Arechabala Bar 6 P.M. Folklore Show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, ;presented by the Department of Education of the Republic of Cuba 9 P.M. Convention Banquet at Hotel Sevilla-Biltmore Roof
TUESDAY, NOV•EMB•ER 15 7:30 A.M. Busses leave .for Varadero Beach. There will be a stop at ·the city of Matanzas and a visit to the beau ful and world famed Yumuri Valley en route. 11 A.M. Arrive at Varadero Beach, Hotel Internacional 1 P.M. Luncheon
4:30 P.M. 1Busses leave Varadero Beach for iHa•bana 8 P.M. Arrive in Habana RECOGNITION
Varieties of the Br azilian Air Post Miniature Sheets issued in connection with their Stamp Centenary of 1843-1943. "Scott # C53, S·an. # 76". have long been known but only partially recorded heretofore. In a sp lendid supplement that the Sanabria Co. has just issued to their cata1'ogue of 1954-55, the r esults of a study just completed, is recognized in the publication of five additional listings of the Centen ary 'Miniature Sheet Varieties. Note: In the normal listing of #76, border of sheet is brown, 1 Cr. black and yellow, 2 Cr . black and blue green, '5 Cr. black and dull r ose. - NEWLY LISTED VARIETIES 76a Color omitted from 1. 2, or 3 stamps (background in brown) ...... $500.00 76b Background omitted (Colors of stamps normal) 500.00 76c As 'a' and 'b' (no background. color omitted from 1. 2, or 3 stamps) ...... 500.00 76f Gray green background (Stamps in color) ...... 500.00 76g As 'f' Gray green background (stamps colorless) 500.00 When it is considered that the total number existing of these Great Rarities of Aerophilately range from ·only 12 to 18 (see S an. cat. 1954 page 43 ) the logic of their pricing ·of ·$·500.00 for each V·ariety can well be understood. All fine Ai'r Stamp Collections should include one or m ore of these Rarities. There has been placed in my hands, for disposal ••• the very limited number remaining of the BRAZILIAN ST AMP CENTERARY MINIATURE SHEET VARIETIES. Special quotations on request for a, single representative variety, b, set of five different varieties. T·his present opportunity will not come again. P refe:irence to earliest inquir ies - write, wire, or phone Wisconsin 7-3834. Note: Selections of Brazilian & Air Stamp Proofs, Errors end Varieties as well as Air Stamp Varieties of many countries, priced at from $2.00 each and upward, submitted for private inspection. - Reference please. Original Discoveries Of Air Sta,mp V nrieties Purcha4>ed - John W. Nicklin Pioneer of Aerophilately llO West 42nd Street New York 36, N. Y. Mt::iJv ALTON J. BLANK 1089 WINSTON ROAD, SOUTH EUCLID 21,0HIO
C1PECIAL sheets and commemora • in black ink; the 1.70 S is in red; and ~ tives vie for attention in this the 4.20 S is in brown. month's new issue parade. Egypt and EGYPT Ecuador give us a few surcharges and The current two values showing a dam Colombia continues to add new items. without inset of ex-king Farouk have ARGENTINE REPUBLIC been surcharged "Palestine" in red or For the 25th Anniversary of Commer blue for use in the narrow Gaza strip in cial Aviation a 1.50 pesos bistre was is south-west Palestine. sued June 18 1955. It shows a man and FRENCH OCEANIA a you"th with a glider and a four engined A 13f stamp is being prepared for plane in the background. Designed by early release. It is reported to show Dell 'Acqua and produced by the Na Pahia Peak on Bora-Bora island in this tional Printery the stamp does not bear a lPacific group. specific inscription indicating it is an air mail. HUNGARY A 5 Florints stamp in green and red CHILE shows the P. 0. building in Budapest The 100 pesos Peron visit stamp is and commemorates the lOOth anniver colored red and was issued May 24, sary of the Governi'nent Post Office 1955. Building. It is in a miniature sheet com The current Exterior and lOc are re mon in size to rece111.t Hungarian issues. ported in new shades and with no water The item was released May 28 1955. mark and the 40p is in a new shade and watermarked. MONACO The Jules Verne stamp noted here COLOMBIA some months back is colored deep blue. Bogota's Tequendama Hotel is con trasted with the Church of San Diego on NICARAGUA a 15c reddish brown stamp produced by Reports state that a 25c and 50c air Courvoisier. mail pair are being prepared showing the portrait of Pope Pius XII. The 15c brown Church of San Pedro Claver has been released in souvenir PANAMA sheets in a quantity of 15,000. It is simi General Jose Antonio Remon Cantera lar to the 1954 stamp of the same design. is pictured on a 6c violet and black stamp CUBA bearing the dates "1908-1955" and issued The Tampa centenary 12c stamp is for national mourning in honor of the brown in color. recently assassinated President. The item was printed at the "Estrella de Panama" ECUADOR printing plant. A daily periodical exhibition was held The 1 Balboa Rotary stamp has been in Quito this past June. The lOc purple reissued in a greyish purple color and on ( C-196) has been. surcharged· with "E. · different paper bearing a watermark. M. P. 1955" and new values. The 1 S is Ten thousand copies are reported issued. JULY, 1955 303
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• New Airpost Stamp Issues Of The Month
The $1 face stamp is already wholesaling Philatelic Literature Review at $3 as we go to press. SAN MARINO • The 27th of June saw the First Inter The second quarter, 1955, issue of the national Olympic Stamp Show and a 80L Philatelic Literature Review, released red and brown and a 120L green and June 30th, features a "Bibliography of brown pair of stamps were issued. One Palestine-Israel Philatelic Literature" shows a man over a hurdle and the other compiled by Martin J. Warmbrand. features a relay. The paper is water marked multiple stars such as recently Copies of the 36-page REVIEW may introduced in Italy. be obtained from the Editor, Daniel W. Vooys, P. 0. Box 300, Canajoharie, New U.S. S. R. York, at 25c each. Subscription to the Three more airs have just been releas publication is included in Philatelic Li ed. A 2 rubles blue and 2 rubles brown brary Association membership costing are small in format and show a plane $1.00 a year. Applications should be for over a globe with the domain of the warded to Mr. Vooys promptly to insure U. S. S. R. darkened. The 1 ruble is receiving a copy of the current number. colored brown, pink and green and is larger sized. It shows a plane over Ros t ck. Cooperators whom we appreciate very much are: Nicolas Sanabria Co., Inc., Irving E. Ray, Sanf01·d Folkman, George A. Blizil, Luther Harris, . .Harry ..All en, Michael Cassel, Richard Cone, Charles I. Ball an@ Lou Broion. Air Letter Sheets Used By South African Forces In Korea • by F. W. KESSLER • SHORTLY after the outbreak of hostilities in Korea, the Government of the Union of South Africa, a member of the United Nations, sent a contingent of South African Troops to Korea to fight alongside the troops of the United States and other United Nations member soldiers.
In order to help these soldiers to write to their families back home, a Free Post age Concession was granted to them. Three Nations have used Air Letter Sheets for this purpose, namely Belgium, Netherlands, and the Union of South Africa. All mail sent by them was processed through the United States Army Post Offices in Korea.
This article deals with the issues of Air Letter Sheets of the Union of South Africa and is in effect a recapitulation of the excellent research and study made by our collaborators, I. H. C. Godfrey of Johannesburg, South Africa and S. J. Vermaak of Selwyn Discovery, Transvaal.
Four distinct types of sheets were produced by overprinting and were printed in lots of 21,600 each by the Government Printer of Pretoria, South Africa. While for each printing a new plate was made, there are no differences within each printing except on the third issue ( 5 & 6 MLS ) .
The basic Air Letter Sheet used for this overprinting was the I 1hd Inland Letter Sheet of the Union of South Africa which exists in two forms, depending upon which language appears first in the upper left corner imprint on the sheet, whether English ( Letter Card) or Afrikaans ( Brief Kaart). Theoretically therefore, these over printed forms should exist on both these two l: Aside from the mechanical and easily seen differences in the overprints, there are also differences in the color of the overprints as well as color shadings of the basic Inland Letter Sheets. A word about the cancelling of these Air Letter Sheets. While all mails were pro cessed through the United States Army Post Offices in Korea, practically none re ceived a cancellation. As a matter of fact, the only ones which this writer has seen with a United States Army Post Office cancellatio~ were those of the last issue ( 8 MLS). Earlier issues have been seen with cancellations of the Union of South Africa, but only when the addressee had moved to a new address and the Air Letter Sheet had been remailed at the original arrival Post Office in the Union of South Africa. Below we are illustrating the various known types and the characteristics of each issue. In the measurements below each type we refer to the following: JULY. 1955 305 "Air Label" means the overprint at the extreme left with a spr.ingbok and the words: "Par Avion -By Air Mail - Per Lugpos." "English means the length of the overprint: "Free Forces Mail." "Afrikaan" means the length of the overprint: "Posvry Vanaf Magte." "Bars" means the length and height of the obliterating bars over the basic l lhd value imprint. ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE IN MILLIMETERS. Aside from mechanical and easily seen differences ir.i the overprints, there are also differences in the color of the overprints as well as the color shadings of the basic Inland Letter Sheets. Below we are illustrating the various known types and the characteristics of each 1S94.le. FIRST ISSUE December 3, 1950, 2 MLS. Only 3 bars obliterating the basic 1V2 d value imprint. (All other issues have four lines). Known only on the " Afrik aan" first Basic Sheet. Measurements are: Air Label 48 x 18V2 mm, En~ lish 38 1/2, Afrikaan 46, Bars 31 x 3V2 • Colors: Royal blue on emerald green. SECOND ISSUE May 15, 1951, 3 & 4 MLS. Four bars are u.sed to obliterate .the I V2 d value imprin,t. ~ars always slant slightly to the left. Found on both Eng lisQ. and Afrikaan first sheets (3 & 4 MLS). ~easurements are the same 306 THE AIRP0'5T JOURNAL S'OUTH AFR~CAN AIR LETTER SHEETS - • as the First Issue except bars: 31 x 7. Exists in two colors: Royal blue on basic emerald green as well as blue green sheet. · THIRD ISSUE (Type A) August 23, 1951, 5 & 6 MLS. The two center bars protrude Y2 mm. to the left. Known on both English and Afrikaan first sheets. The Air Label on this and all subsequent Issues measures 47 x 18 mm. and always has a notch on th.! bottom left below the hind legs of the springbok. Other measurements: English, 42; Afrikaan, 52V2 ; Bars, 29 x 8. Colors: Deep royal blue (darker than previous issues) on basic bluish ~reen as well as a purplish tinted paper. THIRD ISSUE (Type B) August 23, 1951, 5 & 6 MLS. Same measurements as Third Issue, Type A except that the bars are in alignment. Exists on both Enclish as well as Afrikaan first sheets. Colors! Deep royal blue on emerald green. J"ULY, 1955 307 THIRD ISSUE (Type C) August 23, 1951, 5 & ·6 MLS. Same measurements as 'l'hird Issue, Type A except that the bars are placed very irregularly and measure from top to bottom in order: 30 1-2, 29, 29 1-2, and 29 1-2. Height of bars is still 8 mm. This variety has been seen only in the Afrikaan first Sheet. Colors: Deep blue on emerald green. ,. . ,.,, r ""' r, ... , t ;, ~· ? ~ ~ "', \.~ :... l • ~I.- (\ ~ • I , • FOURTH ISSUE July 31, 1952, 8 MLS. The bars are heavier than in previous types and are in alignment. Air Label is the same as in the Third Issue. Known to exist only on the Afrikaan first basic sheet. l\lleasurements: Air Label: 47 x 18, English; 39, Afrikaan; 46 Y2 • Bars, 29 x 7. Colors: Royal blue on bluish green. Any additional data a·bout these interesting Korean Issues will be greatly ap preciated. 1r~J¢ j\atr 11PJDJI~~ 3!l®Ul!l1 i!U Official Publication of tb.e WORLD'S LEADING AERO-PHILATELIC MAGAZINE American Air Mail Society. PUb· '"'"~=====jiJE~S~T~AB~LJl~SH!iJE§,!DQll9~2~9~~~~~~ lished monthly at Albion. (Erie Co.), Pennsylvania, U. S. A. Entered as second-class matter at the Post ctffice at Albion, Pa., February 10, 1932, under the Act of March 3, 1879 . The AIRPOST JOURNAL is not conducted• for profit. The Editor. Business Manager, and all other editors, feature writers and contributors serve gratis and without compensation of any kind. All receipts from advertising, subscriptions and contributions are applied directly to the betterment of the magazine and the promotion of aero~philately. EDITOR L.B. GATCHELL - 6 The FairWay, Upper Montclair, N. J. BUSINESS MANAGER GEORGE D. KINGDOM, Tyler Building, Conneaut. Ohio ASSISTANT EDITORS ALTON J. BLANK - 1089 Winston Rd., So. Euclid 21, Ohio GRACE CONRATH, P. 0. Box 519, Albion. Penn'a ERNEST A. KEHR - 230 West 41 Street, New York 18, N. Y. ART EDITOR EDWIN L. HASTRY DEPARTMENT EDITORS R. LEE BLACK - Interrupted Flight Cover News FLORENCE L. KLEINERT - A. A. M. S. Chapter News RICHARD L. SINGLEY - F. A. M. Air Mail Routes WILLIAM R. WARE - Contract Air Mail Routes WILLIAM T. WYNN - Dedication Covers Assistant EQitor ALTON J. BLANK also conducts "Airs of the Month" Department . ASSOCIATE EDITORS FRANCIS·J;'FIELD F. W. KESSLER DR. 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Now we have on hand a very large selection of Airmails U.P.U., U.N., Inverted Centers, Sports, Topicals, Miniature Sheets, De Luxe Sheets, Proo·fs, Die Proofs, etc., etc. We have oddities and unusual items from many different countries as:- Albania, A!byssinia, Belgium, Brazil, Canary Is1'ands, Colombia, Congo, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Danzig, Ecuador, Epirus, Far East, France & Colonies, Greece, Georgia, Honduras, Iceland, Ifni, Iran, Italy & Colonies, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Monaco, Nicaragua, P araguay, 'Poland, Romania, Russia, Saar, Salvador, Scadta, Spain & Colonies, Tangier, Tanna Touva, Uruguay, Venezuela. We will gla.dly make up special offers or selections on approva.l. Please write countries, p·rice range and specialties. (Usual refer ences, please). Don't miss your opportunity to make additional profits with no risk or outlay of capital. We are also always buyers of similar material. P lease write what you have to offer - turn it into ca·sh if it is idle stock. S. SEREBRAKIAN 15 Park Row New York 38, N. Y. Air Letter Sheets Of Canada • by BARRY M. KOSTENKO • HE air letter sheets of Canada 5/8 inches when folded and the imprint T can easily serve as an example of ed stamp (similar to that on the first the unlimited range open for study to sheet) is 20-1/2 mm. wide x 25 mm. the followers of aero-philately's newest high. All printing is in blue and varies branch - air letter sheets. In addition to from light blue to dark blue. The the two military air letter sheets and the words "Canada/ Air Letter/Par Avion" "Liberated Prisoner of War" sheet, Can are in serif lettering and are contained ada has issued fourteen major varieties of in a box measuring 47-1/2 mm. wide x air letter sheets for civilian use. Four 27 mm. high. The notation "No en different companies have held contracts closure permitted" appears on the back for the production of these fourteen fold and is 1-3/16 inches wide. A total sheets ... Le Comptoir National Engr., of 1,883,600 forms were printed. Montreal, now the Enveloppe Interna tionale, Lt'e.; Globe Envelopes, Ltd., The third air letter sheet was also Toronto; Barber-Ellis Company, Brant printed by Globe Envelopes, Ltd. and ford, Ont., and the Canadian Bank Note was issued on October 4, 1947. This Company. As a result, a variety of folds, sheet, as were the first two sheets issued, sizes and "printing die varieties" exist. is of the "Two-Fold" type and measures 6 x 3-1/2 inches when folded. All Canada's first civilian air letter sheet printing is in red varying in shade from (1 LS) was issued on August 27, 1947. a light red to dark red. The imprinted It was printed by Le Comptoir National stamp is similar to the design previously Engr. and was of the "Two-Fold" type. issued and measures 20 mm. wide x 24- The sheet measured 6 x 3 1-2 inches 1/2 mm. high and is of the 15c denom when folded and was printed on paper ination. The box in the upper left cor watermarked "Rolland Croydon Air Mail ner is 48 mm. wide x 27-J I mm. high. Canada", the same watermark that ap The notation on the back fold is the pears ·on all Canadian air letter sheets. same as on 2 LS. As a result of cutting, The notation "NO ENCLOSURE PER this air letter sheet is sometimes found MITTED" appears on the back fold and with no watermark. is 1 3-4 inches wide. All printing, in cluding the lOc stamp, is in blue. As An interesting variety of this sheet was may be expected, due to the many discovered in October, 1948 by C. G. B. printings that were made (a total of Stuart of Toronto. It consisted of a 1,206,293 forms were printed) several packet of one hundred sheets of which shades of blue exist varying from milky only the top sheet was normal. The bal blue to metallic blue. In a box located ance of ninety-nine sheets had the die in the upper left corner and measuring cutting of the. sheet reversed. This error 45 mm. wide and 27 mm. high appear resulted when the printer reversed a pile the words "Canada/ Air Letter/Par Av of sheets when inserting into the die ion" in block letters. The imprinted cutting press. Some of these sheets were stamp, profile of King George VI facing sold to collectors and in 1949 the unsold left, is 20-3/ 4 mm. wide x 25 mm. balance was acquired by an air letter high. All sheets are printed on light sheet collector in Montreal. gray paper. Canada's fourth air letter sheet ( 4 LS) On September 3, 1947 Canada issued was issued on April 6, 1948 and was of the second major variety air letter sheet the lOc denomination with all printing which was printed by Globe Envelopes, in blue. The sheets were printed by Le Lt., Toronto. The sheet measures 6 x 3- Comptoir National Engr. from curved JULY. 1955 311 plates. They are now of the "book-fold" TYPE B type and measured 4-15/16 x 3-3/ 4 (a) Breaks in horizontal line above "CANADA". inches when folded. The words "Canada (b) Broken "C" in "CANADA". I Air Letter/Par Avian" are in serif let (c) Broken frame below "CA" in "CANADA''. tering and appear in the box located in (d) Dot missing above "C" in the upper left corner as on previous "CENTS". (e) Broken "O" in "10" at left. sheets. The size of the box varies from (f) Indistinct detail in upper left 45 mm. to 47 mm. wide x 26-1/ mm. corner. (g) Broken vertical lines at left high. Due to the fact that the stamp die and right of stamp. (h) Broken and irregular bottom was separate from the remainder of the horizontal line. printing on the face of the form and was placed in safe-keeping when not in use, Another varietv has the cross-bar miss variations exist in the spacing between ing in "CANADA" and appears as an in the left edge of the stamp imprinted and verted 'V' in place of the first 'A' in the right edge of the "etiquette" in the 'CANADA'. Several sheets exist with a upper left corner. These variations large blot on the upper part of the head range from 36-1/2 mm. to 43 mm. The in the stamp. notation "NO ENCLOSURE PERMIT In April of 1948, the sixth air letter TED" in capital letters on the back fold sheet was issued. It was printed by varies from 1-3 / 4 to 1-11/16 inches. The Globe Envelopes, Ltd. from flat plates, color of the printing varies from a chalky was of the "book-fold" type and meas to a dark blue and is found in both light ured 5" x 3-3/" when folded. All print and heavy printing. "Albino" examples ing, including the lOc imprinted stamp, of this sheet are also known containing is in blue varying in shade from a deep no printing but showing the impression to a purplish blue. The "etiquette" is of the stamp which is 21 mm. wide x 25 contined in a box varying from 47 to 49 mm. high. mm. wide x 26-1/2 mm. high with serif lettering. The imprinted stamp is 21 Globe Envelopes, Ltd. produced the mm. wide x 24 mm. high and is of lOc fifth air letter sheet of Canada from flat denomination. The notation "No en plates. This sheet was issued in Septem closure permitted" appears on the back ber of 1948. The sheet was of the "back fold and is 1-3/16 inches wide. The fold" type measuring 4-3/4 x 3-3/4 sheets are lightly scored for folding. inches when folded. All printing was in On May 28, 1948 Canada issued the blue including the !Oc denomination seventh air letter sheet of 15c denomina stamp imprinted. The "etiquette" was in tion and printed, as usual, on light gray serif lettering and was contained in a paper with the stamp· imprinted in red box located 40mm. to the left of the and the "etiquette" in blue with serif lettering. The sheet was printed by stamp. The box varies in width from 45 Globe Envelopes, Ltd. from curved to 47 mm. and in height from 25 to 26- plates and was of the "book-fold" type 112 mm. This sheet has been the source measuring 4-15/16 3-3/ 4 inches when of much study of "printing die varieties" folded. The size of the imprinted stamp such as the following: varies from 20-1/2 mm. wide x 24 mm. high to 21 mm. wide x 24-1/2 mm. high and in color from a light to deep red. "BROKEN DIE" VARIETIES AIR LETTER SHEET NO. 5 The notation on the back fold is the TYPE A same type and size as on the previous sheet. (a) Break in horizontal line above "POSTAGE". The eighth air letter sheet of lOc de nomination was printed by Barber-Ellis (b) "P" in "POSTAGE" not com_ pletely f01·med. Company and was issued in 1949. The sheet was printed on a thinner paper - (c) Breaks in frame above "10" at "Sub. 10" - as contrasted with 6 LS right. which was printed on "Sub. 13" paper. (d) Eye heavily inked. (Continued on page 325) Your Philatelic Needs! Remember: Write to Long for your philatelic IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE: Anything in the world, ne;eds! 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If you have a fine collection Labor Day and similar Holidays, you are wel for sale, you will he glad to know that in a per come to browse around! iod of twenty-one years and through over 270 auction sales, a tremendous number of A.A.M.S. collections have been sold, to the full satisfaction of the owners. If, for any reason, you have some thing that would lend itself to a Long Auction, IF YOU CAN'T VISIT US: Your letter will do the do not hesitate to pack it up and ship with in trick! Just write and let me know how you can structions attached. Prompt and careful attention he helped in any way. If you need catalogs or will he given your correspondence. albums or supplies, you will find our COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK mighty helpful. A copy of this Free booklet is AUCTIONS AS A SOURCE: Our mail auction sales yours on request. If you don't have the blue col are a great source of varied material. Regardless ored 1955 edition (our 39th edition) you of your philatelic interests, sooner or later there SHOULD ask for it today. You won't get a selec is hound to he a lot which will interest YOU! tion of unsolicited approvals when you write for a Handbook from J,ong ! THE DEPARTMENT STORE OF PHILATELY: WRITE TODAY! Life Member: 1. 1. 2 lllA\RKJET § 1fOC) AAMS ELMER Ro LO~G APS HA\RRBSBIJRG, P A\o SPA - M.. • • WWW ;e;z ·- ::- B Aili - -.A--E-R-e -= ...... -=-· POSTAL STATIONERY NOTES Conducted by Aero Postal Stationery Society Of America A Unit Of The American Air Mail Society GEORGE D. KINGDOM, Organizing Secretary, Conneaut, Ohio ADEN • total of fi ve varieties. According to According to the Bulletin of the Walter R. Guthrie, they translate as fol "Crown Agents" dated July 1 "Aero lows : grammes have been ordered bearing a A. Reconstruct a new China; re facsimile of the 50 cents stamp in deeper organize the old Mountains blue". and Rivers B. Fi~ht for Saving the Country BURMA and the Nation; Fight for Ex The 15p letter sheet of this country istence and Freedom has 'been noted with the words AIR C. Fight for Resisting Dictatorial LETTER - AEROGRAMME in two lines ness and Terrorism; Fight for Implementing the Three Peo rubber stamped in purple on the face of ples Principles the sheet. The Post Office Department D. Make Positive Preparations for Country Offensives; Liberate writes Richard L. Singley that this leg the Brethern on the Mainland end is stamped on the sheet bearing an E. Sure Victory in Resisting Com additional 35p postage in adhesive munism and Sure Success in stamps. the National Reconstruction CHINA This same sheet is also now available There have been a large number of in the $1.50 value. The stamp is printed new Air Letter sheets from this country. in brown and is flanked by the word The current $1 blue in small format and AEROGRAMME in both English and without the words REPUBLIC OF Chinese characters at top and bottom of CHINA within the impressed stamp has same. This legend is in light blue as is been noted with patriotic slogans added all other printing. Finally, the large for at bottom face of sheet. These slogans mat exterior design, last issued with an are in Chinese characters and come in a impressed $3 stamp in purple is now e The New Queen Elizabeth II Sheet Of Grenada JULY, 1955 3U e Attractive New Sheet From Dutch New Guinea. found with a $4.50 impressed stamp, ISRAEL printed in green. Three new items are at hand from this country. Both Richard L. Singley and CYPRUS Walter R. Guthrie report them to us. All A new Air Letter sheet on blue paper three items are on light blue unwater has been released from this British Col marked paper and there is no longer any ony. Strangely enough the 41h piastres overlay. Otherwise the design and layout gray impressed stamp bears the inset generally folows that for the most recent portrait of the late King George VI. The sheets. A 120 prutah is now in light inscription at top left is the modified green and the impressed stamp is now Coronation type. which has the words BY outlined with simulated perforations. The AIR MAIL in a ribbon together with new 180 prutah follows the same design ~AR AVION - AIR LETTER - AERO and the stamp and all other printing is GRAMME in three lines below the rib in light blue. A 220 prutah in red com bon. There is a three line inscription on pletes the set of three. the back of form JAMAICA FIJI Word comes from Jamaica that the Air The Bulletin of the "Crown Agents" Letter sheets with impressed stamp have for May states that new aerogrammes been exhausted. A provisional sheet have been ordered bearing a Fiji 3d without impressed stamp has been pro stamp in blue in the design previously ducing locally and is furnished free at used for air mail letter forms but with the Post Office to all patrons requesting portraits of Queen Elizabeth II. same. No doubt new sheets with im pressed stamp and perhaps of new de GRENADA sign are on order. A new 12c Air Letter sheet is at hand from this Colony. Printed on blue paper NIGERIA the impressed stamp is printed in mauve The current type 6d Air Letter sheet and is in the same design as heretofore showing the JFE BRONZE h,i the stamp except that it now bears th e portrait of design is now on issue with the back Queen Elizabeth II. All other printing thereof showing lines for Sender's Name incl uding the inscription at top left is in and Address arranged horizontally and ligh t blue. The inscription is in the modi with the two line admonition IF ANY THING IS ENCLOSED THIS LETTER fied Coronation type with three lines of - \NILL BE SENT BY ORDINARY printing under the ribbon containing the words BY AIR MAIL. The back of the ,MAIL. form has lines for Sender's Name and PHILIPPINES Address arranged horizontally and the Due to an increase in postal rates the three line inscription reading AN AIR Air Letter rate from the Philippines has LETTER SHOULD NOT CONTAIN been raised to 50 centavos. Richard L. ANY - ENCLOSURE; IF IT DOES IT Singley tells us that his correspondent WILL BE SURCHARGED - OR SENT advises that new Air Letter sheets were BY ORDINARY MAIL. This sheet was scheduled 'to be releasd on July 1. How- released on May 10th. (Continued on page 320) AIR LETTER SHEETS Rarest of the Rare! • by WALTER R. GUTHRIE • '-.\"\\ THICH Air Letter Sheet is the I would guess that it was issued much \~V rarest - the most valuable? earlier, possibly in 1945. During the en It is always a little difficult to say suing years, no other copy has come to which is the rarest stamp or cover. There light. are many rare stamps, and when I use Another Air Letter of which only one the word rare, I use it to mean number copy is known is SOUTHERN RHO known. There are many rare items, but DESIA 2 LS. Very little is known of this they are not necessarily worth as much sheet except that it is supposed to have money as others not nearly so scarce. been made locally, presumably in Bula There is then, a distinction between wayo. I wrote to Major Creasy, the rarity and value. Popularity is a factor Southern Rhodesia specialist, and the which is seen to play an enormous part man to whom collectors are indebted for in a stamp's intrinsic value. In order to 90 % of all the data on Southern Rhodes command a high price, a stamp must be ia Military Sheets, but he disclaims any pare - but it must also be popular or knowledge of it. If any additional infor desirable. mation is known, the author would be This same rule applies to Air Letter glad to hear from those informed. Sup sheets. posedly issued sometime .in December In the following article I do not touch 1946. on Military Sheets or "Specimens". The Probably the most popular of all are Military Sheets, almost without excep the COLOMBIA SCADTA Air Letters, tion, are quite scarce, and in a great with 2 LS the scarcest. These were issued many cases only a very few copies are by the Sociedad Colombo Alemana known. Without question, all of the de Transportes Aereos in 1923, and were "Specimens" are rare. Some are so scarce sold to the general public for 20 cvos., that, at the present time, only one or equivalent to 20c U. S., as the dollar two copies of many of them are known. and peso were at par at that time. Coll In all probability, some others exist ectors of the SCADTA issues were quite which have not as yet come to the numerous in the 30s, and as a consequen knowledge of the collector. ce, a number of these Air Letters are The si1eets that I do touch on in this now in collections, but there are not article were all regularly issued by rec nearly enough to go around - probably ognized governments, sold to the public only a half dozen of 2 LS exist. at post offices at the prevailing rate, and Germany 2 LS is another Air Letter of all were good for postage via air. which only a half dozen or so copies are An outstanding Air Letter sheet in this in the hands of Air Letter collectors. A category is LIBERIA 1 LS. This sheet rather handsome sheet, it was issued on was regularly issued, and was available Philatelist's Day in Bremen, June II, to the public at a rate still in force. This 1938. sheet was discovered by a Liberian miss Of the overprints, SWAZILAND 4 LS ionary, who, after over a year of diligent .and .5 LS easily fill the bill for scarcity search, turned up but one copy. This and popularity. Overprinted in red on the copy is now in the collection of a prom 1948 printings of the Union of South inent philatelist. According to the cata Africa sheets, it is hard to say just how logue, this sheet was issued in 1948, but many of these exist in collections. A good JULY, 1955 317 guess would be about eight to ten of each, possibly less. These are particular ly popular since they fall in the British Colony group. Air Mail Speuial Two other extremely scarce items are S,000 fine stamps at 1i4 catalogue CEYLON 1 LS and 3 LS, the second of which is a fairly recent discovery. This value. colony was one of the first to issue im printed Air Letter sheets for use by No damaged and all Scotts or civilians, the first having been printed and sold in 1944, during the war. 3 LS Sanabria listed. No duplicates. is a rather interesting sheet in that it was $4.00 Cat. for $1.00 printed on paper made in the United States. The watermark reads: HAMMER In $1,00, $2.00 and $5.00 lots MILL BOND - MADE IN USA. Only one or two mint examples are known. postage and insurance extra if MOZAMBIQUE 4 LS, view ( 11) and 5 LS view ( 9) are so scare th·at for a time wished. I doubted their existence, and voted that All Stamps Guaranteed they be deleted from the catalogue. I have since seen one of each. In all prob ability there were a number printed, but due to an oversight, when these Air Let SALLADE ters were supplied tb the dealers here in Tampa 3, Florida the United States and in England, these Box 7256 two views were .left out. So far as I know, only one of each are in known col lections. Naturally these Air Letters do not fall into the same category as the pre ceding, inasmuch as they are varieties, AIR LEITER SHEETS and not major numbers. Errors of course are always attractive, Mint Flown and I would say that the outstanding ex Formosa $1.00 ...... •25 .30 ample is hte recently discovered NIGEH IA "Ife Bronze". This sheet is normally Viet Nam $3.50 ...... •40 .45 printed in two colors, bronze and gray Israel ISOP •...... •25 .30 black against a white background. In the error, the bronze head is completely Ceylon 40c: ...... 25 .30 missing. So far, only one copy has come Trinidad 12c ...... •25 .30 to light. Sudan 31/:iPt...... 25 .39 FOREIGN USED. AIRMAILS Pap•a IOd ...... •25 .30 ,-he 1955 Price 8c Check List with Singapore ...... 25 .30 thousands of net prices of used airs Austria 2.80 ...... 30 .35 is NOW AVAILABLE for 50c - which 50c is deductible from your Venezuela 20c ...... •25 .30 first order of $5.00. List is kept up Iceland 1.75 Aur•...... • 25 .30 to date with supplements for 1955. Gambia 6d ...... •25 .30 NO FREE LISTS, SO PLEASE DON'T ASK GEORGE HERZOG, INC. WALTER R. GUTHRIE ~ SEA CLIFF HEW YO:RIC 8 Nassau St. N. Y. C. Balloon Post Of The Siege Of Paris 1870-71 by LOUIS A. •CHAINTRIER Translated• by DR. EVERETT E. THOMPSON and GEORGE W. ANGERS • CHAPT0ER VII WASHINGTON Mr. Ca.~siers. The departure was made ·(This balloon was named after from the Orleans station under the direc GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732- 1799), one of the founders of the tion of Mr. Godard on Wednesday. Oc Republic of the United States, of which he was the first president.) tober 12, 1870, at 8:30 in the morning in a strong southwest wind. The eighth postal balloon was charter :whether the gas did not possess a ed by the Administration of Telegraph Lines and contained 2045 cubic meters; great enough ascensional force, or its envelope was of percaline with a sur whether the basket was overloaded (it was in fact the first time that a balloon face made glossy with linseed oil. ilt was the first new balloon to leave was carrying so great a weight of dis Paris after the investment and it was the patches), the fact was that the departure was effected under the most deplornble first manufactured in the series ordered by the Administration of Posts from the conditions, which must have made the workshops of aerostatic manufactiire, di passengers foresee the outcome of their rected first by Eugene Godard and later voyage. by Messrs. Camille Daitois and Gabriel Herewith is the story of the flight as Yon. it is related in the report transmitted to It was piloted by Albert Bertaux, man Mr. Steenackers: "As it left the precincts of letters and poet, who was interested of Paris the balloon was assailed by a in the navigation of balloons and who sustained fusillade of the enemy, which had himself invented a special varnish very fortunately did not reach the trav for airships. elers thanks to the elevation of 1000 to The passengers were: ( 1) Louis van 1100 meters they· had attained. They Roosebecke, bootmaker by trade and a were followed to Chantilly, Senlis, Com pigeon fancier, a Belgian by nationality piegne, and Noyon by enemy rifle fire, and vice-president of the Pigeon Fan which did not dishearten them. Beyond ciers' Society, "L'Esperance." He was Le Fere the storn1 of bullets appeared to delegated by the Administration of Posts increase in intensity, and the aeronauts, to organize the service of carrier pigeons being out of ballast, decided, in order to from the province into Paris. maintain their altitude, to sacrifice a sack ( 2) Edouward Alphonse, Count Le of dispatches; this was recovered five F ebvre de Behaine, age 41 years, ex-sec days later in a field near the village of retary of the embassy at Berlin in 1864 Renansart by a farmer named Lemaire and at Rome in 1869, who was going to who turned it over to Mlle. Tutin in Vienna charged by the Government with charge of the post office of Crecy sur a diplomatic mission to the Emperor of Serre. Austria. "A few minutes after 11 o'clock, in an The _postal consignmept comprised five excessively violent wind, Mr. Bertaux, in sacks of dispatches weighing a total of throwing out the anchor, fell from the 300 kg. ( 660 lbs.), three baskets con basket and suffered a very bad fall into taining 25 pigeons, of which 12 belong a beet field, followed at once by Lefeb ed to Louis van Roosebecke and 13 to vre de Behaine who losing his head JULY, 1955 319 leaped from the basket as soon as it touched ground. '"The ball oon after risin g abruptly was again thrown to the ground by the wind and was subjected to a dangerous and very long dragging in the course of which \fr. wn Roosebecke was badly bruised, but happily the balloon was thrown into a screen of trees where it 'Was torn and came to a stop. It was 11 ·30 o'clock. "It was at 21h km. (about l1/2 miles ) from Boussieres in Cambresis, 1200 met ers from Ri eux and 1800 meters from Avesncs Jes Aubert, halfwav from Pont a Vagues and from the road called 'des RetPs (rakes),' which cuts the road from Avesnes !es Aubert to Carnieres." The landing point is near the great highway from Cambrai to Solesmes, 9 km. ( .5 1/z miles) to the east of Cambrai and 16.5 km. ( 102 miles) as th e crow nies from Paris. The durati on of the -from the ILLUSTRATED LONDON ifli ght was about 3 hours and the a,·cr NEWS, December 31, 1870 age rate of speed .55 km. ( 34 miles) per • Departure Of A Balloon From hour. Paris At Night. The people crowded around the travelers. Mr. Be1trand, mayor of Cam next cl ay he turned over the letters en brai who was at the home of friends in trusted to him to .\fr. Vin cent, pos tmast Carnieres, had brought them away in his er. carriage. Mr. Be1taux, seriously injured, was cared for at th e home of ?\fr. Bri Al so on th e foll owing clay J\fr. Tellier, comt-Ledier.t, municipal counselor of th e leading citizen of Carnicres, proceed Carnieres; this unlucky pilot, actuall,· a ed with the help of .\Iessrs. Marqtwille. man of letters, was an aeronaut only by Ddcroix, and Cache 11x to the work of inclination. AltJ1ough of a weak con disposing of the balloon. On his arri,·al stitution and with his chest affected by at Tours on October 14 with the 2.5 the illness that spares no one, he played pigeons, .\Ir. i; an Roosebecke placed his part later as paymaster captain of the himself at the dispositi on of the Delega Company of ?\!ilitary Aeronauts which ti on and organized th e service of dis served at Orleans and Mans, and he nev patch es for Pad s bv means of carder er fa il ed to show courage and energv. pigeons. Two days later, on October 16, He died some time after the armistice at the fir>t pigeo ns were released at Blois the age of 30, carried awav by the dis " ·ith d ispatches, and th e pigeon post was ease that threatened him, th e fatal end opened to th e public bv the grJ\·ernment. hastened bv the hardships he had borne. ln spite of the unluck;v landing the LOUIS BLANC (Named in memory of JEAN .JOS pigf'ons had not suffered from the violent EPH CHARLES LOUIS BLANC, fall and the four sacks of dispatches were French journalist and political leader, born in Madrid in 1811 and delivered into the hands of .\fr. Rosseau., died at Cannes in 1882.) postmaster at Cambrai. The ninth postal balloon was charter More fortunate than his companions, ed by th e Administration of Telegraph Mr. Lefebvre de Belwine, whose fall was Lines, contained 1200 cubic meters and broken by a stack of straw, made his way had an envelope of white silk. to Douai, where he arrived in the eve It was piloted by Eugene Farcot, spe ni ng and where he spent the night. The (Continued on next page) 3ZO THE AIRPOST JOURNAL BALLOON southwest, and in the presence of certain {Continued from preceding page) officials, among whom was Louis Blanc, author of "The Organization of Labor" cialist in precision •watchmaking, later and godfather of the balloon ascensions. known in this line as having perfected As in the case of the Washington, which the system called the "keyless action" of had depaprted a half hour before it, the Breguet. Louis Blanc endured, happily without .In 1870 he was an employee of the any unpleasant result, several enemy Administration of Telegraphs. A former salvos which forced its pilot to seek alti member of the Aerostatic Society of tude. Dupuis-Delcourt he had offered his ser (To be continued) vices when the creation of the balloon corps was organized in the great ball • room of Elysee-Montmartre, near St. AERO-POSTAL NOTES (Continued from pa~e 315) Pierre Square, services that were prompt ever, no such sheets have been seen to ly accepted. Mr. thumb on the Farcot's date. right hand had been cut off as the re SINGAPORE sult of an explosion of an engine that he Air Letter sheets from this British de had designed for a dirigible balloon of pendency have been noted with the his invention. The passenger was Mr. single 25c yellow orange impressed Gustave Tracelet, a cloth designer and a stamp and with both two lines and three pigeon fancier, member of the "Esper lines of inscription on the back; the same ance" Society, who had placed himself basic sheets have also been noted with at the disposal of the Government. the additional 5c machine turned stamp The postal consignment comprised: ( 1) in red. four sacks of dispatches to a total of 125 UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA kg. ( 275 lbs.); ( 2) a basket containing The current 6d Air Letter sheet on 8 pigeons, of which 6 belonged to Mr. blue paper has now been noted with the Tracelet and 2 to Mr. Janody; ( 3) sev word POSGELD substituted for POS eral packages of proclamations of Victor SEEL. The sheet seen has the word Hugo and I.ouis Blanc, addressed to the SUID-AFRICA in the top label of the Gennan people, written in French and impressed stamp. Although just recently German, and which were thrown out noted our correspondent I. H. C. God along the flight course on the German frey advises us that th.is new sheet ap troops. The proclamation of Victor Hu parently has been on sale since January go urged 'the German Soldiers not to of this year. The 1 V2d Inland Letter fire on the French, who had had the card has recently been issued on blue courage after the fall of Napoleon III to paper and the impressed stamp used on modify their form of government"; it re this sheet also has the new wording called "to the Germans that France no POSGELD instead of POSSEEL. longer had an emperor or king, and that if they had the good sense to imitate us, they would no longer destroy themselves LAND OF LINCOLN stupidly, just as wild beasts do." Lincoln covers from the Land of The proclamation of Louis Blanc, who, Lincoln. Dedication of .. New .. Salem, named ambassador to London, refused to Illinois State 'Park 10/26/33, Dedica leave Paris by 'balloon, was addressed to tion of tomb, Springfield, Ill. S/17/31, the British people. (Here it may be lOOth Anniv. Commissioning as P.M. noted that English censorship greatly 5/7 /33, 125th .. Anniversary of birth modified its text and that the distribution 2/12/34, 75th Anniv. of Debate and of the few copies that reached England many others. was forbidden.) Covers made up into $2 iand $5 lots. The departure took place from St. A real value. You must be satisfied Pierre Square in Montmartre, Wednes MAREL --- The Cover Girl day, October.12, 1870 at 9 o'clock in the ASHLAND. ILLINOIS morning in a strong wind from the JULY, 1955 321 1955-1956 Season's Opening Auction will contain a section of attractive Dedication Covers ... AIR POST By WILLIAM• T. WYHR • 13537 Rockdale. Detroit 23, Mich. \Vrite now to ensure that you • will receive a copy of the 1955 Check List of Airport catalogue when Dedications published. Jan. 1 Charleston, S. C. Covers were mailed but it's been impossible to find any record of any dedication • being held. H. R. HARMER, Inc. Jan. 5 Fort Sill, Okla. A few covers International S:lamp Auctioneers mailed for dedication of Helicopter base with inscription by commanding 8 West 48:th S:t., New York 36, N.Y. officer. Feb. 1 Herrin, Ill. Williamson Co. AM 107. POD cachet. June 5 Lander, Wyo. Inscription by Feb. 1 Marion, Ill. Same as above. postmaster. (Note covers were mailed from al most every post office in William The editor of this column still sends son County this date.) out cards on coming dedication events if Feb. 1 Elgin Air Force Base, Fla. Re a supply of cards is kept on hand with activation. Inscription by Command him. A number of events are due in the er. next 30 days and cards have been sent May 1 Alexandria, La. England Air out. There is no charge for this service. Force Base renamed; few covers. News of coming dedication events is greatly appreciated in order that it may May 15 Alliance, Nebr. OMNI Range dedication, sticker cachet, 192 covers be made available to all collectors. News of other dedications not listed above will May 22 Carey, Idaho. Mun. Printed pe greatly appreciated. cachet. 50 covers by postmaster. May 22 Hazelton, Pa. Mun. C. of C. cachet on 200 covers. JOIN May 22 San Juan, Puerto Rico. Isla Verde International, cachet by THE Stamp Society; 1314 covers, all mailed with cachet on 22nd. Covers AMERICAN AIR MAIL were mailed on other dates but it's believed that the 22nd was actual SOCIETY dedication date. . P. O. Box 595, Malden. Mo. • Authorizations by the CAB since our last notes involve the addition of Fort Dodge, Iowa to Route # 48 flown by Braniff Airways, Inc. Since this city has first flight ihad air mail service in the past, the ad dition to Route #48 will not warrant G~t U.S. ~JR MA!l catalogue recognition unless the Depart f~--'~ OHIO )ll}-87 ment provides an official cachet for· First OHIO Flight covers. i ~~~~'.~;::§ ii.~,llJ'MBUS, In a later decision involving Western L 11Atllt~!~t"9UIG""'N Air Lines; Sioux Falls, S. Dak. was ~r;~~~~,., awarded to Wes.tern's #35 for service. CMAILUTO"G~;~~ At this writing, service has been an ~~ nounced for .. on or about July 16th". Howover, no official cachet will be pro iff has previously served the three cities vided for First Flight covers in this in to be added to AM Route # 26 on their stance and as such, such covers will also Route # 106, it is doubtful if these three not receive catalogue recognition as this cities can be recognized with official ca city has likewise previously had air mail chets. service. Further expanding Ozark Air Lines' Further to our recent remarks in con Route # 107, the Board on June 10th nection with the permanent certification awarded this Feeder Line operator with of Feeder Routes now operating, the still another segment to Route #107. Board has now announced that as the This involves a segment from Sioux City, certificates for these routes (which have Iowa via the intermediate points Fort been temporary) come up for renewal, Dodge, Mason City, Waterloo and Du the entire route of each carrier will be buque, Iowa and Rockford, Illinois to analyzed before permanent certification ~Chicago, Illinois. This service was for is granted. It is contemplated that a merly handled by Route # 106 flown by large number of cities now receiving air Braniff. In the decision involving this mail service will be eliminated from ser service, the certificate held by Braniff vice as not warranting permanent certi for Route # 106 is to be rescinded and at fication. As a basis for permanent certi the same time, Braniff's Route #26 will fication, the Board has announced that be extended from Sioux City via Water :where the record indicates that five or loo to Chicago; furnishing these cities more passengers on an average have en rwith Trunk Line service in additon to lPlaned at any stop, such traffic should the Feeder service to be provided by the provide a "'reasonable basis" for perman new segment to be awarded to Ozark. If ent certification. Of course, this does not present policy of the Department is fol mean that any city that does not provide lowed, official cachets will be pr0vided such traffic will be eliminated from ser for this new segment to Route #107. vice but at the same time, it does feel However, in view of the fact that Bran- that service to such cities that do not JULY, 1955 323 produce sufficient traffic to justify a stop should not be certified on a permanent basis although some points may continue U. 5~ to receive service on a temporary basis. It is thought that the matter of perman AIR MAIL ent certification of these Feeder Routes will result in extensive route changes for a number of such routes and it will be a-~ interesting to watch this matter. PERSONAL A recent news release by' United Air Lines, titled "~ame Bo:ne Jltrbrst Jl~l~rght High" furnishes us with the mformation that one of United's new DC-7s has been named the "W. D. Williams". Captain ~~ Burbank, ~Jtt Williams is one of the pioneer air mail 1 E> California 7'6 pilots havina learned to fly in 1918 and flown by Capt. James A. Craig and Fir~t was Post Office Department's ~ith th~ Officer H e1·bert H. Foltz. However, this Air Mail Service as a pilot prior to the flight was not scheduled to stop at Par CAM ERA. He Jater went with National kersburg-Marietta and as such handled Air Service which was one of the parent onlv mail from Charleston consisting of companies of United Air Lines and par 2396 pieces of philatelic mail. Flight ticipated in the inauguration of CAM #97, a later flight leaving Charleston at Route #17 between Chicago and New 9:17 P. M. and flown by Captain M. M. York on September 1, 192 7. Should you Brown·ing and First Officer E. V. Settl,e happen to see. United's plane, the "~· D. Williams", you will know for whom it stopped at Parkersburg - M~riet~ an~ picked up 1320 pieces of philatelic ma:tl was named. Incidentally, Captain Wil from Parkersburg and 319 pieces from liams is presently Manager of Flight Op Marietta, all of which was reported as etations for United at San Francisco. philatelic except 12 pieces. CHRONICLE - A new type of map-cachet showing AM ROUTE #87 - EXTENSION states of Ohio and West Virginia with CHARLESTON, W. VA. TO COLUM route of the extension was .furnished for BUS, OHIO. Feeder Route #87 flown this extension to AM # 87. It was ap by Piedmont Aviation, Inc. was extended plied in areen at Charleston, blue at from Charleston, W. Va. via Parkersburg, Parkersbu~g, purple at Marietta, black at W. Va. - Marietta, Ohio (both cities use Columbus and magenta at Columbus Wood County Airport) to Columbus, AMF. Ohio on March 18, 1955. The inaugural Eastbound Flight from AM ROUTE #105 - SEGMENT Columbus was made via Flight #60 #3. Effective April 25, 1955 Bonanza Air flown by Capt. B. B. Slaughter and First lines, Inc. inaugurated service over Seg Officer W. M. Barnes. This flight hand ment 3 of this route. This segment led 1924 pieces of mail from Columbus # was awarded to Bonanza in order to pro and 1127 pieces of mail from Columbus vide service to Burbank, Indio, Ontario AMF of which 902 pieces were for col and Riverside, Calif. and improved ser lectors. Stopping at Parkersburg-Mari vice to Blythe, Calf. by removing this etta, this flight picked up 702 pieces of city from Segment # 2 and placing on mail from Parkersburg all of which was new SecYment # 3 in order to provide reported as colle?tor mail a.nd I ~66 Blvthe more direct service to Los pieces from Manetta, also bemg phila ~ith A~geles. telic mail. Mail on this flight was back .stamped at Charleston, W. Va. at 12 This segment operates from the ter Noon, March 18th. minal Phoenh:, Ariz. via Blythe, Indio, The inaugural vVestbound flight over Ontario - Riverside (they use the same this extension was made via Flight # 6.5 (Continued on next pa~~ 324 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL C. A. M.'s (Continued from preceding page) airnort) to the co-terminals• Los Angeles and Burbank. Under the present method of operation, the carrier elected to ter E1inate flights on this segment at Bur bank which situation resulted in Los An geles being an intermediate point on this ~egment. The inaugural Eastbound flight over this segment was made via Flight #_ 46 flown by Capt. John M. Boyle and First Officer Donald S. Gilday. This flight originated at Burbank and handled ~298 troit AMF., 2099 pieces from Ann Arbor, pieces of mail from Burbank, 60 pieces 1352 pieces from Jackson, 1360 pieces from Los Angeles, 38 pieces from Los from Battle Creek, 1381 pieces from Angeles AMF., 2352 pieces from On Kalamazoo and .820 pieces from South tario, 1750 pieces from Riverside, 561 Bend. This same crew in charge of Trip from Indio and 20 pieces from Blythe. # 805 made the inaugural Eastbound The inaugural Vil estbound flight was flight over this segment and handled: made via Flight #45 flown by Capt. 1298 pieces of philatelic mail from Chi- Claude H. Ferguson and First Officer cago, 1.555 pieces from Chicago AMF, Robt. V. Schafranka and handled from 373 pieces from South Bend, 267 pieces ,Phoenix 33 pieces of mail, Blythe 45 pieces, I11dio 1983 pieces, Ontario 418 from Kalamazoo, 274 from Battle Creek pieces, Riverside 384 pieces, Los An and 248 from Jackson; the Eastbound geles 46 pieces and Los Angeles AMF covers from the intermediate cities being 35 pieces. the scarcer covers. Official cachet in the form of a rect angle featuring citrus growing was ap All covers bore an · official cachet. plied in green at Burbank, blue at On Those from Chicago, Chicago AMF, tario, magenta at Riverside and purple Jackson and South Bend showed map of at Indio. No official cachets were pro this segment while those from Detroit, vided at Phoenix, Blvthe and Los An geles although Blythe' used an unofficial Detroit AMF, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek cachet applied in magenta in three lines and Ann Arbor carried a scenic cachet reading: First Flight - AM 10.5 - 4/25/ showing the "Original Irish Mills To\v 55. er." We are not familiar with the his AM Route#86 - CHICAGO TO DE tory ~f this structure. Colors: Detroit, TROIT SEGMENT. Flown by N01th black; Detroit AMF, green; Ann Arbor, Central Airlines and inaugurated on May purple; Jackson, blue; Battle Creek, ma 1, 1955; this segment operates from Chi genta; Kalamazoo, purple; South Bend, cago via South Bend, Ind., Kalamazoo, Battle Creek and Jackson, Michigan to black; Chicago, blue and Chicago AMF, Detroit-Ann Arbor. Detroit and Ann Ar magenta. bor are "bracketed", both cities using t:!:le Willow Run Airport. • The initial Westbound flight was made via Trip #802 on May 1st and JOIN was flown by Capt. G. F. Wallis and First Officer Raymond W. Kelly. This THE flight handled: 1251 pieces of philatelic mail from Detroit, 1539 pieces from Oe- A. A. M. S. JULY, 1955 325 CANADA AIR LETTERS during December of 1950 and was simi lar to the preceding sheet with the ex (Continued from page 311) ception that the imprinted stamp was of • 15c denomination printed in red. The This sheet was also of the "book-fold" balance of the printing was in blue as on type measuring 4-15/16 x 3-7 /8 inches 10 LS. when folded. The "etiquette" contained the inscription in block lettering. The During 1951, a change from rubber notation on the back fold was the same plates to steel plates was made in the as on the previous sheet. The imprinted printing of the two preceding sheets re stamp was printed in blue with the shade sulting in two more major varieties being varying from a very pale to a deep blue added to the air letter sheet records . . . and measures 21 mm. wide x 24-1/2 12 LS and 13 LS. The clearness of mm. high. printing distinguishes them from the pre ceding sheets - 10 LS and 11 LS - The ninth air letter sheet was also is printed from rubber plates. The 1951 sued in 1949 and is similar to the pre printings carry no other distinguishing ceding sheet with the exception that it is marks. However, the 1952 printings can of 15c denomination with the stamp be identified by the numerals "52" to the printed in red. All other printing is the left of the imprinted border. These same as 8 LS. Sheets exist with the numerals are known in different sizes spacing between the imprinted stamp from different printings. and the "etiquette" varying from 38 mm. to 41 mm. Corresponding spacing on A printing error variety exists of 12LS 8 LS was 36 mm. in which the inscription on the back On August 18, 1950, the tenth air let lacks the apostrophe in the word ter sheet was issued. The sheet was "L'ENVOYEUR". printed by the Enveloppe Internationale Lt'e. on a rotary press from rubber On July 1, 1953 te 15c air letter sheet plates, resulting in differences in the was discontinued when the 15c rate was size of the stamp impression and inscrip abolished. The lOc rate now prepays tion caused by the warpage of the rubber postage on air letter sheets to any part of plates under varying conditions of heat the world. and pressure. The sheet is of the "book fold" type measuring 4-7 I 8 x 3-3 I 4 The current air letter sheet ( 14 LS) inches when folded. The imprinted was issued on August 11, 1953 and was stamp is of lOc denomination, printed in printed by the offset process by the blue, and shows an airplane in flight. Canadian Bank Note Company in Otta The stamp imprint measurements vary wa. The imprinted stamp showing an from 34-1/2 to 22-1/2 mm. in height. airplane in flight and the Maple Leaf of An interesting variety - the "paste-up" Canada in the lower left corner of the sheet - exists showing the seam resulting stamp measures 38-1/2 mm. wide x when continuous rolls from which this 26-1/2 mm. high including border. In sheet was printed were spliced during the upper left hand corner, the inscrip the pri.nting process and before they tion "Aerogramme" appears on Canadian were die cut by hand machine. Another air letter sheets for the first time. All variety of this sheet exists in the form of printing, including the stamp imprint, is unfinished proofs without imprinted in deep blue. The sheet is of the "book stamp. Five proofs were prepared with fold" type and measures 4-7 /8 x 3-3/ the sheet cut to shape and with the flaps inches when folded. gummed and with all printing except the The exchange of information between stamp imprint. Proofs also exist 8-1/2 x collectors of air letter sheets has made 11 inches in size imprinted with the in possible the compilation of the American sc~iptions, etc. but without the stamp im Air Mail Catalogue of Air Letter Sheets pnnt and not die-cut to size. serving as a reference to present collect- Air Letter Sheet No. 11 was issued (Continued on page 328) PRESIDENT JoHN P. V. HEINMULLER 580 Fifth I.venue, New York 36, N. Y. EXECUTIVE BOARD (Fornier Presidents) HAIUlY A. TRUBY RICHARD L. SINGLEY GEORGE w. ANGERS GEORGE D. KINGDOM HERBERT H. GRIFFIN M. 0. WARNS L. B. G.~TCHELL GRACE CoNRATH WILLIAM R. ALLEY JESSE G. JOHNSON VICE-PRESIDENTS ALTON J. BLANK ERNEST A. KEim A LOUISE 5. HOFFMAN RAFAEL ORIOL Non-Proftt Corporation SECRETARY-TREASURER Under the Laws of Ohio Organized 1923 JoHN J. SMJTB Incorporated 1944 Ferndale & Emerson Sts. Philadelr"•ia 11. Pa. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION . DIRECTORS THE AmPOST JOURNAL Term Expires 1955 EDITOR OF PUBLICATIONS Published monthly and sent to ALBERT N. BROWN all members in good standing. California L.B. GATCHELL 6 The Fairway Upper Montclair, N. J. BERNARD DAVIS Pennsylvania EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT ATTORNEY Each member is entitled to PERHAM C. NAHL GEORGE D. KINGDOM two 25-word Exchange Notices Illinois per year in the Official Publica- tion, without charge. Address CHAPTER CHAIRMAN direct to the publication officl WILLIAM T. WYNN, JR. FLORENCE KLElNBaT at Albion, Penn'a. Michigan Term Expires 1957 HISTORIAN - RECORDD KARL B. WEBER ADVANCE BULLETIN SERVICE GERALD BooKHOP GRACE CONRATH New York Manai:-er DIRECTOR OF The Airpost Journal, Albion, SAMUEL s. GOLDSTICKER Penn'a. FOREIGN RELATIONI New Jersey The Advance Bulletin is sent DR. MAX KRONSTEIN regularly by the manager only to those members who are in ROBERT w. MURCH good standing and provide a Missouri supply of self-addressed regula AUCTION MANAGER tion Government Postal Cards. SAMUEL S. GoLDSTICKER JAMES WOTIIERSPOON 70-D Fremont St. Great Britain Bloomfield, N. J. MEMBERSHIP DUES $3.00 PER YEAR Dues include subscription to THE AIRPOST JOURNAL. Applicants mun furnish two references, philatelic preferred. At least one of these reference1 must reside in Applicant's home town. Applicants under 21 years of age· must be guaranteed by Parent or Guardian. Membership is a privilege - not a right - and may be terminated by the Society in accordance with its By-LawL WRITE SECRETARY-TREASURER FOR APPLICATION BLANK SECRETARY'S REPORT • NEW MEMBERS 4201 Davis, Robert A., 406 Shady Nook Ave., Baltimore 28, Md. 4202 Husak, Jerome D., 3306 N. 50th Street, Milwaukee 16, Wis. 4203 Fitzgibbons, Wayne J., 3911 N. Sayre Ave., Chicago 34, Ill. 4204 Cutright, Dr. Paul R., 312 Summit Avenue, Jenkintown, Pa. 4205 Teizeira, Frank L., Box 906, Mission, Kansas. NEW APPLICATIONS Brady, Hugh R., 3252 E. Willetta Street, Phoenix, Ariz. Age 53. Store Clerk. AM UC PB FF GF RP CC OF DC CF lD EX by John J. Smith; Holcomb, Edward Howard, 544 Colby Street, San Lorenzo, Cal. Age 31. Whseman. All Air Mail Material by John J. Smith. Harris, Herman A., 918 Beacon Ave., Los Angeles 18, Cal. Age 65. Retired. AM AU U20 UC lD APS by John J. Smith. Armenis, Andrew G., 2335 Beaconsfield Ave., Montreal, Quebec. Age 58. Retired. AM AU EX by John J. Smith. Moorhead, Dudley Thomas, San Jose State College, San Jose 14, Cal. Age 42. Prof. .History. PC FF GF CAM FAM OF Z ID EX. by John J. Smith. Futterman, Melvin M., 12426 Rye Street, North Hollywood, Cal. Age 36. Self Emp. AM U20 VC EX by Jesse G. Johnson. Norris, Henry Pepper, Virginia Ave. & New St., West Chester, Pa. Age 73. Lawyer. APS by John J. Smith. Shallenberger, Martin, Harrods Creek, Kentucky. Age 41. Artist. AM EX by Mrs. Charles W. Allen. Zierler, Henry, 1115 Union Street, Brooklyn 25, N. Y. Age 52. Govt. Empl. AU U20 EX by Grace Conrath •. Cohn, Louise M., Mrs., 12051 Ventura Place, Studio City, Cal. Age legal. Dealer. AM AU by John J. Smith. DECEASED Lohr, Joseph J., New York, N. Y. CHANGES OF ADDRESS Gonzalez, Jose F., 680 W. 239th St., Riverdale, Bronx, N. Y. Painter, James C., 809-B Broadway, Jefferson City, Mo. Lake, Richard B., Box 276, Hackensack, N. J. Watchorn, Hugh, 1425 Williston Road, Burlington, Vt. Ray, Gordon W., Box 674, Springdale, Conn. Moreyra, Ricardo .r, Ave. Felipe Entre Cristo y Universidad - Rpto. Biltmore, Hav- ana, Cuba. Littin, Basil R., 100 Vermont Ave., Room 211, Washington 5, D. C. Thomen, Dr. Luis F., Dominican Embassy, 37, Eaton Square, London, England Hillier, V. W., Apt. 406, 600 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto 12, Ontario, Canda. Siskel, Jacob, 3022 NE 13th St., Portland 12, Oregon. Jackson, Clifford, 6157 Wentworth Ave., Chicago 21, rn. Jackson, Jerald Arthur, 7753 S. Lowe Ave., Chicago 20, Ill. Cooper, Edwin 0., ] 2634 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, Cal. Canter, Herbert M., 618 E. 21st Street, Chester, Pa. Reichenthal, Harry, Box 73, New York 60, N. Y. Curtis, Albert W., 48 Beverly Road, Worcester, Mass. A. A. M. S. Chapter News FLORENCE LAMPORT KLEINERT• auction were made. Gerald Bookhop, News of AAMS Chapters should be 31 Worden Rd., Schenectady, N. Y., will sent direct to Mrs. Kleinert at send a copy of the auction listings to 213 Virginia Avenue, Fullerton, Pa. members requesting it, acocrding to Vincent A. DeMase, Secretary. • Laura LeVesque, President, Boston Air Stamp shows, meetings and auctions Mail Society, Chapter # 1, writes of her highlight the news of chapters. participation in the New England Post age Stamp Show held in Horticultural ' The Essex Stamp Club, Chapter #25, Hall in Boston in April. Her Rocket will continue its weekly Monday night Collection was on display at this stamp auctions at 984 Broad Street, Newark 2, show, and made good publicity for the N. J., according to John A. Lutz, Secre air mail hobby. tary. Stephen G. Rich and Jack Pomer Hope the chapter secretaries will re antz are assisting in arrangements for the member to send news to me in the fall big "FIPEX Show" to be held in New when stamp clubs are in full swing York City next March at the Coliseum. again. Earl Wellman, President, reports that the Jack Knight Air Mail Society, Chap • ter #23 had a booth at the Mid-West TRAFFIC UP ern A. S. D. A. Show in the Palmer House, Chicago, May 13-15th. American Air Mail Society's catalogues and publi • Passenger and cargo traffic of United caitons were on display. Perry Nahl Air Lines in April soared to an all-time spoke on "C. A. M. Flights" at the ex high for the month, according to estim hibit. Juniors, Lowell Iverson and at~s announced recently by Robert E. Charles Zapotocky took major Awards. Johnson, vice president and assistant to These awards and certificates will be the president. Expansion of both first given to the members at the September class and air coach schedules gave the ;18th meeting which will be held at the company its greatest spring airlift in his home of Earl Wellman, 3532 Oak Ave., tory. Brookfield, Ill. American Air Mail So In April United flew 31.5,750,000 rev ciety's members are invited to the First enue passenger miles, a 36 per cent gain Flight Federation auction at this meet over 1954. Revenue airplane miles tot ing. The Jack Knight members are plan aled 8,908,000, up 21 per cent; express, ning a tour to Havana for the A. A. M. S. 979,000 ton miles, up 30 per cent; - CUPEX Show in November. The tour freight, 3,325,000 ton miles, up 30 per will leave Chicago, November 5-6th and cent, and mail ( including first class), will return November 19-20th. Members 2,277,000 ton miles, up 2 per cent. can contact Earl Wellman for further de tails of this tour. • Robert L. Jones was host to the Phila CANADA AIR LETTERS - delphia Air Mail Society, Chapter #6, (Continued from page 325) for the June 9th meeting which was held at 702 W. Venango St., Philadelphia, Pa. ors of this extremely• interesting phase of aero-philately and as an invitation and The C. F. Durant Air Mail Society, challenge to other aero-philatelists to en Chapter #28, met on June 25th at 10 large their field to include air letter MacPherson Terrace, Albany, N. Y. An sheets. election of officers for the ensuing year A!l references to specific sheets are was held. Mr. Barringer showed Flown based upon examples in the author's col Naval Covers. Plans for a September lection. AAMS EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT APJ ADS BUY SELL WANT LISTS RATES: DOES ANYONE WANT TO EXCHANGE THRBFJ CENTS PER WORD per in Airs, mint or used? Basis Scott '55. Noth sertion Minimum chi;iree 50 cents. Re ing rare . .Tames Gavin, Box 283, Harrison, mittance must accompany order and copy. New York. Ex303-lt The AIR.POST .JOURNAL, APJ Ads, Al bion, Penn'a. WANTED - PRICE LISTS OF U.S. FIRST Day Covers. Jack Shaber, 269 East 86 St., BREAKING UP FINEST LOT AIRPOSTS: Brooklyn 36, N. Y. Early Balloon Posters, balloon covers; Foreign, Domestic, Pioneers, early Zeppe COLOMBIA - EXCHANGE POSTAGE, lins. Trans-Oceanics; Scadtas, German, airmail stamps, mint, for Zeppelins (San. Swiss, Canadian Semi-officials; large 11-13) and other USA stamps, Sanabria, stock Rockets. Belham Exhange, Box 119, Scott, catalogues. R. de J.Acosta, Apartado Ridgewood, N. Y. 29'f-6t* 2034, Bogota-Colombia, S. A. Ex-lt WANTED TO BUY FOR CASH: FIRST BALLOON CARD OF ITALY, SALUZZO Day covers Cl to C6; also Colombia multi ]953 (very scarce), I offer for a card of colored, French Guiana TAG and better balloon mail in USA. Giuseppe Schenone, grade airposts. Schoendorf, 7832 - 31st viale Cassala 75, Milano, Italy. Ex303-lt Street, Glendale 27, L. I., N. Y. 297-6t* TOPICAL COLLECTORS JOIN AMERI AAMS EXCHANGE ADS CAN Topical Association, international topical stamp society, informative maga_ zine, check-lists, benefits. $2 yearly. ATA, WANTED: FOREIGN HELICOPTER, Fl, 3306 N. 50th St., Milwaukee 16, Wis. Austria and Swiss. Balloon Covers and Ex303-2t Cards and Sp. Cancels in exchange for U. S. CAM-FAM and F. D. Covers. V. R. TRADE MY PRE-WAR NAVAL COVER". Wailly, Box 26A, Roxbury 19, Mass some cacheted, tor mint UN, US, or First Ex302-2t Flights. Will exchange for your wants. T. C. Edwards, .Jr., Owatonna, Minn. Ex-lt HELICOPTIDR AND AUTOGIRO COVERS, Photos and Pilot Autographs wanted. Also WANTED - PIONEER FLIGHT COVERS. books and magazines about Rotary-Wing Aeroplane photocards, pilot pictures and aircraft. Fred Holladay, 3087 LeRoy Street, autographs, 1900-1920. Also want Balloonc San Bernardino, California. Ex303-lt post, Pigeonpost, Rocketpost and U. S. Nayy flown covers, ship and maritime covers. Have· all types of interesting air EXCHANGE·DESIRED WANTED: ALL mail and ship ·covers ·to exchange. Robert Air Letter Sheets and Aerogrammes mint Murch, 418 E. Argonne Drive, St. Louis 22, and used of the world. Sol Whitman, 1462 Missouri. Ex 299-2t Taylor Avenue, Bronx 60,.New York City, N. Y. · · ·Ex302-2t EXCHANGE MISSIONS MIXTURES, IN '~LUDING both· foreign and U. S., for 4 'VILL EXCHANGE FIRST FLIGHTS - (four) U. S. mint comm. plate blocks_ First Days - Maximum Cards or Mint Postpaid. C. M. Bragg, Box 416, Newport Stamps for ·Precancels. Write first. Martin News, Va. Ex-302-2t M. Held, 6151 Broadway, San Diego 14, Calif. Ex303-1t WANTED - ALL TYPE FLIGHT COV ers, Picture Postcards, Coins, Currency, Old U. S. Covers. Will exchange for your FOR YOUR COPY OF CHARLES DURANT wants. .John Yannunzio, 534 Morris Ave., Air Mail Society Auction List write G. W. Summit, N. J. Ex 1t Bookhop, 31 Worden Road, Schenectady 2, New York. · Ex303-4t EXCHANGE RARE SERIES AIRMAILS Mint for rare series Airmails Europe, BALLOON AND HELICOPTER COVERS Spain and Colonies. Please write Con wanted. Exchange with helicopter covers rado Catala, Bolonia 27, enlo, lzd., Zara of Italy and maximum cards of Italy. goza (Spain). Ex 1t Giuseppe Schendne; viale Cassala 75, Mil ano ( 811), Italy. Ex303_1t WANTED - BALBO FLIGHT 1933 ITALY to Chicago and return Flight USA to It WANTED - PHILIPPINE. IST FLIGHTS, aly, detailed offers Mario Onofri Viale AAMS 67d-e, 9Sg-i, 116a-b-c, 120-a-c, 123a Montenera 78, Milan (714) Italy. Ex-lt b-c, 8b-d, llc-e, 20d_g-h-k, 20 hh-ii-jj, 36 la.-b, 37b-e-d-e_f-h-i-j, k, 50 a, b, c. H. WANTED - WAUSAU, WIS. AM86 FEB. Harrison Huster, 100 Hudson Street, New 25, 1948 Red Cachet error. Backstamped York City, New York. Ex303-lt Duluth, Minn. Will buy or exchange. H. F. Brandner, 4038 Forest Ave., Brookfield, FOR 5 HELICOPTER COVERS OF USA, Ill. Ex 300-2t I offer a copy of interesting book· ·"Air Mail by Helicopter in Italy", luxus edition. WANTED - ZEPPELIN COVERS OF IT Schenone, Cassala 75, Milano (Italia). lt aly, S. Marino, Vatican, Italian Colonies, etc., detailed offers. Mario Onofri, Viale I HAVE BRITISH COLONIAL STAMPS ~ Montenero 78, Milan (714). Italy. Ex 1t 1st flights of the world. I need Rocket Posts, British European Airways mint, WANTED - ROCKET COVERS, STAMPS used and covers. D. Harringman, 12 Cedra and LitF>rature. Send or write me. Sam S. Court, Cazenove Rd., London N. 16, Eng Beck, 3300 Horton, Ferndale 20, Mich. land. Ex303-lt Ex 300-2t New Issues· Of Mint Airmail Stamps THE MOST ECONOMICAL METHOD OF COLLECTING NEW ISSUES, INCLUDING RARE AND UNUSUAL ITEMS AT NEW ISSUE PRICES. F. W. KESSLER 500 Fifth Avenue New York 36, N. Y.