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ROOM 7il8 TEL.: JU 2-2393 THE AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY -t4e~IBPOST A Non-Profit Corporation Incorporated 1944 ".Lf!j_JOllBNAL Organized 1923 Under the Laws of Ohio PRESIDENT Official Publlcatlon of the John J. Smith AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY Ferndale & Emerson Sts. Philadelphia 11, Pa. Volume 29 No. 8 Issue No. 337 SECRETARY-TREASURER Ruth T. Smith CONTENTS For May, 1958 Ferndale & Emerson Sts. Philadelphia 11, Pa. Articles SALES MANAGER The Firs:t Regular Airmail Service ...... 226 Herman Kleinert 213 Virginia Ave. May 15, 1918 - Ai Washington ...... 232 Fullerton, Pa. Full Program Planned for Convention 237 VICE-PRESIDENTS Bernard Davis An American Airship Crash Cover ...... 244 .Joseph L. Eisendrath, Jr. A.A.M.S. To Have Donation Auction .. 246 Florence L. Kleinert Robert W. Murch Regular F eatlire.'f BDI'l'OR - Other Publications President's Corner ...... 231 L. 13. Gatchell Airs of :the Month 236 ATTORNEY Official Section . 239 George D. Kingdom DmEC1'0R OF Tips by Julius . 242 FOl'C.EIGN RELATIONS C.A.M. Cover Notes 254 Dr. Max Kronstein AUCTION MANAGER Notes on Canadian Airmails 255 Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr. Airport Dedication Notes ...... 256 DmECTORS Alton J. Blank EDITOR Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr. Joseph L. Eisendrath, Jr. Louise S. Hoffman 350 No. Deere Park Drive, Highland Park, m. Ernest A. Kehr ASSISTANT EDITORS Dr. Southgate Leigh Lester S. Manning Robert W. Murch Dr. Tomas Terry Ernest A. Kehr L. B. Gatchell Earl S. Wellman BUSINESS MANAGER Grace P. Conrath ADVANCE BULLETIN SERVICE 1133 Kerry Lane, Erie, Pa. Herbert Brandner DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATE: EDITORS 4038 Forest Ave. R. Lee Black, Alton J. Blank, Florence L. Klein Brookfield, Ill. ert, Dr. Max Kronstein, Thomas J. O'Sullivan, Richard L. Singley, William R. Ware, Sol Whit MEMBERSHIP DUES man, Julius Weiss, James Wotherspoon, .John Watson, William T. Wynn, Frank Blumenthal $4.00 PER YEAR Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr.. .J. S. Langabeer, Dues include subscription to N. Pelletier. THE AlRPOST JOURNAL. Ap plicants must furnish two ref Pubiished monthly at Albion, Erie Co., Pa.,U.S.A. erences, philatelic !?referred. At li:ntered as second-class matter at the Post Office least one must reside in Appli at Albion, Pa., February 10, 1932, under cant's home town. Applicants the Act of March 3, 1879. under 21 years must be guar The AIRPOST JOURNAL is not conducted for anteed by Parent or Guardian. profit. The Editor, Business Manager, and all Membership may be terminated others serve without compensation. Receipt8 by the Society in accordance from advertising. subscriptions and contribu with its By-Laws. tions are applied to the betterment of the magazine and the promotion of aero-philately. Correspondence concerning ad vertising, subscriptions, back The Editor and Officers of The American Air numbers and bound volumes, Mail Society assume no responsibility for the address changes and other mat accuracy of statements made by contributers. ters and all remittances should Every effort is marte to insure correctness of be sent t~ the Business Mana · all articles. ger. All general editorial copy Subscription Rates: $4.00 per year, 35c per copy. and communications should be Advertising Rate Card available from sent to the Editor. Business Manager MAY, 1958 PAGE 22~ The First Regular Airmail in World's History And Its Aftermath By Captain Benjamin Lipsner
I am extremely happy to pay triob • and the Post Office Department ute to the men who helped me pion handled the mail and all operations eer the air mail service on a.v.Iay 15, connected with it. It also printed the 1918, 4·0 years ago thi:s month. Many first 24-cent carmine rose and !blue stalwart heroes gave up their lives air mail stamp, with the picture of in the discharge of their duties in the the early flying machine, the "Jen formulation of the air mail system. ny." To them we must be ever grateful. Before 1918, Mr. Summerfield Today every great nation on eartih pointed out, no regularly organized has its own airmail system, whose air mail had been set up anyl\Vhere sClhedules are meticulously maintain by any nation. All attempts had been ed after the traditions started by the of short duration and on an experi United States Airmail System. mental basis only. Our Post Office To have !been instrumental in the Department itself had cooperated in · beginnings is in itself adequate re such experimental flights in Septem ward and honor; whatever recogni ber, 1911. He continued: tion I received in the past years could "To organize the United States' first never have been possible had it not scheduled experimental service, the been for the Edgertons, Webbs, Mil Army assigned Captain Benjamin B. lers, Gardners, Lindberghs and a host Liprner, who coordinated tihe efforts of other airmail pilots who blazed the of the two departments, and who be trails with early attempts to establish came the Post Office Department's a well .grounded and efficient service. first Superintendent of Air Mail Ser So much has ibeen said and written vice when the Department took over about the impact of our service on the service. , world transportation that I am sure "The experimental service launch most everybody knows the story by ed in May, 1918, continued until Aug. now. However, the Postmaster Gen 10, 1918, when the last mail in the eral, Arthur E. Summenfield, re experiment was flown. On Monday, leased for puiblication in the Fall of August 12, 1918, the Post Office De 1954, a four-page historical document partment equipped with six custom that should have great interest for built 150 horsepower new aero-mail collectors everywhere. This deals 'biplanes - advanced for their day, particularly with the observance of began the world's first regular per Aug. 12, 1918, the !birth date of the manent civilian air mail service." !World's first permanent civilian air Several more pages included histori mail service. In part the release cal background material, all of which states, "Early in 1-918 ... Postmaster I consider as being basically correct General Burleson conferred with Sec - the complete text was inserted in retary of War, Newton Baker and the Congressional Record 1by Rep. others, and as a result, set up an ex Richard W. (Hoffman of Illinois. It perimental airmail service between tells of the thrilling events that mark W~shington, 'D.C. and New York, ed the progress of the airmail and is New York, with an intermediate stop very informative to aerophilatelists. at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is interesting to note that I ex "The flights both ways were made htbited for the first time part of my on May 1'5, 1918. The United States historical collection in the Court of Army furnished planes and pilots and Honor at the A.A.M.S. convention in conducted flying and maintenance 1949. I was given the Wright Broth- PAGE 226 THE AlRPOST JOURNAL ers' medallion which shows in relief Orville and Wilibur Wrigiht and in ABOUT BEN LIPSN\ER scribed "In recognition and apprecia tion of their ability, courage and suc In 1918, the Postmaster-General cess in navigating the air." On the appointed Capt. Benjamin B. Lips reverse side it reads "Shall mount up ner, of the Air Service, to organ with wings as eagles". It seems al ize the first airmail system in the most paradoxical that this aware world. This was to conduct regu should lead to what I am about to larly scheduled flights over regu say. Whenever I address a gro~ of lar routes, air lanes and airways collectors, I am always asked, "W!hat - laid out by Captain Lipsner. As do you collect?" Of course, I am par an engineer, scientist, lecturer and tial to the very early airmail covers writer he has continued contriibu starting with May 15, 1918 and Aug. tions to aviation for over 40 years. 12, 1918 but I must confess that there His 'book, "The Airmail - Jen are many other covers in my collec nies to Jets" is in most libraries in tion. One in particular, to my way the country. He was the first re of thinking, not only adds 'history cipient of the "Winged America" ·and drama but is a most unusual trophy awarded by the Aerial document, one that only a discrim League of America, presented to inating collector can fully appreciate. him in August, 1919 iby Robert E. Peary, discoverer of the North Now let me tell you the story be Pole. Much of the material in this hind this unusual cover - and then story has not appeared !before. A judge for yourself. The United States spry gentleman oif Li:psner to invited 40 nc1tions of the world to 7o, convene in Washington, D. C., Decem day was a charter member of t:he ber 12-14, 192'8, to exchange ideas on Chkago Aero Cornni.ission and is frequently consulted on aviation "powered flight" and to commemor ate the "Silver Anniversary" of the matters by many diverse organiza Wriight Brothers' aeronautical achieve tions. ment. The movement was called the International Civil Aeronautics Con than by gathering together to consid ference. Special U. S. postage stamps er the strides made throughout the were issued for this occasion. On De world in the science and practice of cember 12, the opening date, Presi civil aeronautics since that day, and to dent Calvin Coolidge addressed the discuss ways and means of further Conference and spoke as follows: _developing it ifor the 1benefit of man "This year (19'28) will mark the kind? first quarter century of the history "Others, wdlose names will long ibe Of human flight. It ihas lbeen a period remembered, had done much to solve of such great importance in scientific the problem, but it remained for the development that it seems fitting to aible, persistent and modest brothers ·celebrate it with appropriate form from Dayton to demonstrate com and ceremony. For that pu11pose this pletely the possibility of a machine Conference has 'been called, and in be raising itself by its own power and half of fhe government and people of carrying a man in sustained flight. the United States I bid you welcome. "Human flight .with wings, which "Twenty-five years ago, at Kitty had intrigued the imagination since Hawk, N. C. (Kill Devil Hills) occur the beginning of time, lbecame a red an event of tremendous signifi practical reality on t:he day that the cance. It was the first extended airplane of Wil:bur and Orville flight ever made by man in a pow Wright rose from the wind-swept er-driven heavier-tlhan-air machine. dunes of the Atlantic Coast. The How more appropriately could we elder brother lives with us only in celebrate this important anniversary memory 'but Orville Wright, who pil- MAY, 1958 PAGE 227 oted the first plane is still actively interested in that science. We are glad to have him as one of our dele gates to this Conference. "No achievement of man in the progress of civilization has had more rapid expansion. In the early days ability to fly was ascribed to the gods and demi-:gods, to spirits and supernatural beings, both of the hu man and animal family. Pegasus, the winged horse, and Daedalus and Ica rus are two of the innumer.a:ble ex amples which come readily to mind. The yearning to fly proba·bly always has been in the human !breast. But, his skill. for centuries its fulfillment was con "In the meantime-beginning with sidered visionary, unt.tainable. Even Cayley, ·Englishman and '!father of within our memory utter impossibil aerodynamics' who died in 13·57 and ity was expressed lby saying: 'Mi.ght continuing down through Henson and as well try to fly.' Stringfellow, Maxim, Ader, Lilien "There is a wide difference be thal, and Langley (of Washington) - tween the romance of flying and scientists, were gradually, ·with glid aeronautics a·s a science. Archytas, ers and other devices, working out Greek m athematician and mechani the problem of heavier-than-air ma cian of the first ihalf of the century chine. B. C. made a flying pigeon. This "With genius, indomitable perse seems to be the earliest authentic verance, and a will to overcome ob record of mechanical flying. Leonar stacles the Wrights, mindful of what do da Vinci, artist and scientist ex had gone before, applied themselves traordinary, who lived in Italy over to the solution of the problem. They 400 years ago, left some interesting experimented at Kitty Hawk (Kill treatises and drawings on the prin Devil Hills) for three seasons; and in ciples of human flying. It was not the fourth on December 17, 1903, suc until 1783, however, that a man was cess crowned their efforts. That first actually lifted from the ground and fliight (made by Orville Wright) last carried along the air for a consider ed only 1.2 seconds. Three more were able distance. The vehicle was a hot made the same day. One of 59 sec air balloon devised by the Mont.golf onds (made 'by Wilbur Wright) car ier brothers, paper makers of All ried the plane a distance of 8·52 ifeet. ver:gne, France. One of them was in It was wrecked by the wind and tests vited to address the Royal Academy ended for the time. of Science, and ascents were made "Further experiments ;were made for the king and queen. In 1852 a in Dayton in 1904 and 1905. In the Frenchman built a dirigiible balloon, latter year a Wright plane traveled propelled •by steam; but further pro for 24 miles at the rate of 38 miles gress was delayed until the develop an hour. Three years later one was ment of the internal~combustion en bought ·b;v the War Department, our gine. Alberto .Santos, brilliant young Government being the first to utilize Brazilian, began in Paris in 1898 to this new device. construct a navigable balloon. About "Other countries took up the idea the same time in Germany, Count and for a period r.ather outstripped us von Zeppelin started to work out his in flying. The crossing of the English rigid airship. Only recently have we Ohannel iby the Frenchman, Bleriot, welcomed !here the latest example of considered an outstanding feat, was PAGE 228 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL made in 1909. it coincides with the presence of Or "It is the development of aeron ville Wright. At the conclusion of the autics as an aid to the peaceful pur three day meeting, Orville Wright suits of transportation, of commerce, and about 200 delegates, and high and trade that this Conference is to g·overnment officials, made a pilgrim direct its attention. We are making age to Kill Devil Hills, N. C. from reality of the wonderful vision of which the Wrights made the first Tennyson, who in his "Locksley controlled and sustained powered Hall," wrote in 1842, flights in history. Here the corner 'For I dipt in the future, far as hu stone of the National Memorial au man eye could see, thorized by an Act of Congress was Saw the vision of the world, and all laid on the top of Kill Devil Hill. the wonder that would be; Here, while in the presence of Orville Saw the iheavens fill with commerce, Wright, I airmailed the "cover" from argosies of magic sails the point he indicated to me as the Pilots of the purple twilight, drop spot from whicfrl he made the first ping down with costly bales.' powered take--0ff in 1903. In Mekeel's "In .America, during the war Weekly, July 8, 1928, this cover was (World War D pilots were taught to featured and documented by the edi fly; hundreds of aeronautic engineers tor, the late Charles Severn, iw!he and designers were trained; nearly said: "It portrays in :fitting form the 17,000 planes were manufactured by true record of those who were re thousands of artisans who became sponsible for the progress of aviation skilled in aircraft production in many from the date of its birth throug1h the new factories. All of this was an Silver Anniversary in December, important foundation d'or building up 1928. It is a beautiful expression in of Civil Aeronautics. the form of an embellished envelope "Prior to this period our attention that to be appreciated must be seen." had been directed to the use of the The cover is postmarked Kitty Hawk, airplane as a carrier of mail. From N. C. Dec. 17, 1928 franked with the 1912 tihe Post Office Department stamp, especially created for the Con sought money to establish air-mail ference and is marked by myself on lines, but not until 1918 was a spe the back: "This is to certify as a cial appropriation secured. In May member and guest of the Internation of that year, between Washington and al Civil Aeronautics Conference call New York, the first regular route was ed by President Coolidge to mark the established. T·his service has been first quarter century of human :flight, rapidly expanded until now we have I accompanied iHon. Orville Wright more than 22 mail routes with a daily from Washington, D. C. to Kill Devil mileage of nearly 31,000 miles. The Hill, N. C. on the entire pU.grimage I airmail poundage .for January, 192•6, carried this commemorative cover was 23;000 pounds. In October, this and finally mailed it personally at the year, 467,422 pounds were carried as place and on the date as postmarked." compared with 423,838 in the previ From 1918 through 1927, more and ous month. Reduction in postal rates more uses were found for the plane. last July doubled the amount carried The airmail service expanded and inside of 30 days." plane designers began:· to think in. The President read several more terms of planes that would do things pages to the Conference members, in addition to just flying. There was consisting mostly of statistical ma a feeling of restless growth and ex terial. Now, the point I want to get pansion and experimentation. Air across is why I believe my cover is transportation groups came into be outstanding. First, it marks the im ing, mostly small and frequently un portance of: the President's appear successful, but in evidence nonethe ance before the Conference. Second, less. Oceans were hopped. Time lbe- MAY, 1958 PAGE 229 ~gan to shrink. The NC-4, Major no longer !bragged for weeks after a "Shorty" Schroeder, "Slim" Lind trip to New York. Instead, flying bergh, and other airmail pilots were ·became normal, accepted and routine. the names in the news. Jack Knight, The upsurge in the number of planes William B. Stout and Henry Ford did and pilots during the war brought things that were notable and were this about. lauded. The Collier Trophy empha sized the spirit of experimentation iby The new phase of aviation has al annually praisiillg those who had con ready begun, and whither it leads us tributed to the advancement of avia is uncertain, except that man now tion. seems to be doing the impossible. The commer'Cial period of aviation began to make itself ifelt in 19'25, but No matter where we go from here, it wasn't in full swing until 1927. no matter what miracles of flight are Airline operators formed and merged performed, I will always rpay glori and expanded. Schedules were estab Ushed and timetables adopted. And ous tribute to those pioneers bac'k finally, to give the chief impetus to forty years ago who helped start Vhis era, the Post Office Department regular air mail service. I am proud divorced itself from the airmail busi to have had a part in these begin ness and awarded contracts to the nings. private airlines for carrying the mail. There were several turbulent years of continued organization and reor C. A. M. #6 - FIRST FLIGHT TO ganization after this, with the govern BE COMMEMORATED MAY 7TH ment footing the bill via airmail pay ments. Finally, in 1930, the airlines The old Ford Tri-Motor and its de settled down to the task of becoming signer, the late William B. Stout, are big business, of infiltrating into ev to be honored by a state historical ery phase of everyday American liv marker in Dearborn, Mich. ing. There will also be a re-enactment This was not a period of individ of the first contract air mail fltght, uals as much as it was a time of Dearborn, iMich. to Cleveland, Ohio, names: American, Western, Eastern, in 19216 on May 7, complete with one Colonial, Northwest, United, Delta. of the Ford tri-motor planes still ~ Every young boy learned to love and use. revere the very sound of these names, and their games included such phrases Special covers printed in black will as "Triangle Flight 17 calling tower. be cancelled in Dearborn and car Am low on gas. Prepare for emerg~ ried by fae trimotor over the original ency landing." These same boys who route to Cleveland, where they will played these g_am.es were those who be backstamped. took to the skies ten years later as The cachet bears the likeness of pilots in the greatest assemblage of aerial military might ever known. Henry 'Ford; William '.B. Stout, who designed the famous "tin goose"; Gen. They lived in a dream world as chil Larry Fritz, pilot of the first flight; dren, and grew up to live the dream in reality. · and of the Ford trimotor plane. The end of Wor1d War II did not .Printed covers bearing fae 6c 'blue bring an end to the commercial phase Air Force stamp are offered 'by the l(lf aviation, but only intensified it. DeaDborn Stamp Club, cl o The Dear Perhaps it might be said that iby that born Inn. Dearborn, Miclh. at 15c :time, the ail'plane was no longer a eacll, two for 25c. Extra postage for 'CUrfosi ty. When one .flew overhead, mailing under seperate cover is re people no longer looked. And people quired for late orders.
PAGE 2~0 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL By John J. Smith • CONVENTION TIME AGAIN! This year marks the 3·5th Anniversary of the founding of our Society. Wihile it means a 1great deal of work for many of us, we all look forward from year to year to this opportunity to bring AAMS members ·together. The various committees, un der the geneval clliairmanship of past ipresident George D. Kingdom, are hard at work planning an enjoyalble and interesting progr:am. This is not the easiest thing, since many of us are separated iby so many miles and must do so muclh of the work via the mails. Conventions are the media 'by which members may .get acquainted. It is my earnest wish that we will !have many, many new faces in attendance this year. Even though you may not be able to take in all the activities or may only .be around for one day, there will be plenty of opportunity to make new friends and become better informed about the Society and its activities. It was in 1948, at the outstanding 25th anniversary convention in Cu!bia, that your president, who at the time was ia new memiber of the Society, at tended this first convention. Everyone there was a complete stranger to me and •frankly at first I was fearful of being lost in the crowd. .Far from it! Everyone was most friendly ·and it was so ea•sy meeting the officers and other members rw'ho hiad only lbeen names to me up until that time. My attendance brought me many wonderful friendships as well as opportunity to .work for the Society. ·We have not sponsored a competitive exhibition for several years and, . with the wonder:£ul facilities ·of the National Philatelic Museum at our dis posal, it is our hope that most of you will send in material for exhiibit. We are particularly anxious for new members to came forth as rwell as those who have never exhibited before. We will have a special awaM. for this latter group. Remember, we all have to exhibit a first time. Wlhy not now? Even if you do not exhibit, you will have the opportunity to see many out- standing collections and perhaps get some useaible ideas for your own collection. In thls issue of The Airpost Journal is listed the catalo.gJUe of the Dona~ tion Auction to be !held during the convention. Tihis is one af our major fund-raising sourees. We do not need to tell you that your dues. alone do not cover all the costs of running the Society. Various members 'have donated material from their ·collections ·and it is up to iUS to shaw them that their generosity is appreciated by our vigorous ibidding. Naturally, if you will be ·at 1lhe convention you will be alble to Ibid in person. However, if you will be unaible to attend you .may participate in the auction 1by mail bidding. This convention is not a "dosed affair". Bring your spouse and yGur friends. All are welcome. Step right up iand make yourse1f known. We all want to know you! Also, what better time is there to see ·the many histori cal ·places in and around Philadelphia than the days around tlhe Fourth of July? SEE YOU THERE? MAY, 1958 PAGE 231 May 15th, 1918 --At Washington
(Editor's Note: The following is an • dent and showed a great deal of con- excerpt from Chapter One of "The cern over his injured hand. The Airmail -- From Jennies to Jets" by Washington Postmaster, IMerritt Chance, held one of the mail ibags Captain Benjamin B. Lipsner, pub open for the President. Mr. Wilson lished by Wilcox and Follett Com dropped in a letter addressed to Post pany, Chicago, 1951 and is repro master Patten of New York City. The duced with the author's permission.) President had cancelled the stamp on the letter by autographing it, and At 10:10 some cars turned into the tlhe cover was to be auctioned in New far end of the Polo Grounds. Stand York for the benefit of the 'Red Cross. ing on the running boards of the sec The opening 'bid on it was set at one ond car 'Were two men. President thousand dolfars. Wilson was arriving. I hurried over to the spot where the official party The bag was turned over to the would stand. The cars drew up and mailman and then, along with three President Wilson stepped down, being others, ,was strapped into the front very careful of his bandaged hand. cockpit. The mailman came away He had burned it at an armored tank and Lieutenant Boyle strapped him demonstration several weeks before, self into the rear cockpit. When he had inadvertently ,placed his Sergeant Waters and four men hand on a hot exhaust pipe. The burn stood ready at the propeller. had been severe. "Switch off!" Waters shouted. A siren sounded on the field now, "Switch off!" Boyle repeated. and the crowd opened to make way Waters grabbed the propeller with for the motorcycle M. P.s who led one hand, while one of his men took the light mail truck into the Polo hold of his other. The five men thus Grounds. As the President and his formed a chain to pull the prop party reached their position, the mail through. They took a running step truck drew up alongside the plane. in unison and the blade made one 'I1he whole operation was nicely stiff turn. They did it twice more. timed. Then the sergeant said, "Contact!" The President's party wasn't as and Boyle answered, "Contact!" The big as I had hoped for, :but the news switch was turned on, and the ser paper boys were getting some good geant and his men pulled the prop pictures anyway. In the official party through again. were Postmaster General A~bert S. The engine ·coughed, the prop made Burleson; Second Assistant Postmas one turn and started into a second ter General Otto Praeger; the Post one, then suddenly backlashed into master General of Japan, Mr. Kam upright position and stood still. A bara (! never did learn his given puff of heavy smoke billowed from name), and the Assistant Secretary the exhaust stacks, and then every of the Navy, Franklin Delano Roose thing was quiet. velt. They tried it again, and again they Mr. Roosevelt's appearance was a failed. Ibwas now 10:35. Waters and complete ·surprise and very gratify his men pulled the prop through once ing. The rivalry between the Army more, and again the engine cough·ed and the Navy was as strong then as once and died. it is now, and this was strictly an Praeger came up to me, "What's .ATIIny show. I can remember won the matter, Ben?" dering at the time if he ,were any re I shrugged. "Don't know, Otto." lation to Teddy. I went over the possibilities in my Mrs. Wilson stood beside the Presi- mind, then order,ed the sergeant to PAGE 232 TIHE AIRPOST JOURNAL cancel • Cachets Used at :the Three Inaugural Points check the spark plugs. He looked at Then I rememlbered something. three: of them. The gas gauges registered in level "No1!hing .wrong there, Captain." fli.ght. On the ground the plane sat "Try starting again,'' I said, and at an angle. 1Perhaps - there were two more failures. "Sergeant," I eaid, "check the gas The gas g.auge stood on the turtle tank." He pointed at the gauge Show ba:ck, !between the front cockpit ing full, but I Shook my head. Si:gh where the mail was and the rear ing, he cli!mbed up to .get iat the gas cockpit. I went over and looked at cap. it. It ·showed full. I stepped !back One of his men w.as standing beside again mystified. A Jenny could be me. I said, "Did you fill that tank hard to start sometimes, but usually after the plane landed?" you could trace down the cause. I . IHe mumbled and .turned away, so couldn't think of a thing. that I was S1Ure the tank hadn't been Just then, ·behind me, 'l heard the filled. I pushed my w.ay 1Jhrou~h the President say to 'Mrs. Wilson, ''We crowd to the hanger, where I siphon are losinig a lot of varuable time ed a can o:f gas frCIIll one of the dis here." mantled planes. I hurried !back to the plane with it, and handed it up to 1958 1958 Waters. USED FOREIGN AIRMAIL PRICE LIST Now available, listing approx. 8,:tOO used "Pour this in," I or.dered. The ser airs in sufficient quantity to supply for a geant tipped the can and began to reasonable time. we also have an addi tional 1,9-00 in insufficient quantity to llst, pour, while the crowd stood there si but wm send on approval to those we lently. When fill:e can was empty, know. Price 25c. No Free Lists. Printed in limited quantity, so order at once. Waters thrust his long stick into the tank. Wihen he pulled it out, only GEORGE HERZOG, INC. ~ bout a thir.d of it was wet. The tank 68 Nassau St. N. Y. c. 38, N. Y.~ had 'been almost empty. MAY, 1958 PA!GE 233 At Washington ·Ceremonies: ·Waiting For ihe Mail lo Leave. Note President Wilson and Assistant Secretary of i'he Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt. (A hitherto unpublished picture). "Get more gas from the hangar," the field, ·bumping heavily in a stiff I told the men beside me. Tlhey waddle at first, then smoothing out scurried off. It took two more cans to into a graceful run as the Ji.ft took bring the tank up to its capacity of over on the wings. Her tail came up twenty-one gallons. Then Waters and her wheels lifted off the ground, came down, and they went thrnugh and then that feeling hit me ·aigiain. the starting procedure all over again. Boyle was 1heading dght for the This tim'e the engine roared to life trees at fue end of the Polo Grounds. and the crowd cheered a little. Otto Once the plane was off the ground, was standing near the President, and Boyle held her low while he picked he told me later tJhat Mr. Wilson up speed. From where I was stand smiled with relief art the sound of ing it looked as if he couldn't pos the engine. But he couldn't have felt srbly clear the trees. But finally, a fraction of the relief that I felt. when he· was almost into them, ihe The engine didn't need to ibe eased back on the stick. warmed up much, since it had just He had enough speed by then, and coone in. Boyle tested his controls the Jenny lirfted out ·of the field and and magnetos, and when he was sat over the trees as pretty as· you please isfied that everything was in order, He missed the top branches by all of he raised his arm - the s1gnal to pull three feet. the c'hock:s. I began to breathe normally again. ·As he pushed the throttle forward, Tlhe ·first airmail was in the air and a whirling .cloud of dust kicked back .gaining altitude. The President and from the plane. He taxied out a short his party were already getting into distance, turned into the wind, and their cars, and the crowd was drift gave her the gun. ing away rfrom the field. I started The Jenny started to move down for the hanger. J:>f\GE 234 THE AIR.POST JOURNAL Pilot at New York Is Given Bag of Mail for First Flight to Philadelphia Then I stopped and looked up. ton, rwhat ·better tie-in could we have Boyle was overhead and turning as than showing these mail planes over he climbed. I wat0hed him for some Washington? minutes, trying to figure out what he was doing. Finally I realized that he was taking a course that was almost opposite to the one he had been in AEROGRAMMES structed to fly. The first scheduled airmail was in the air - but it was flying in the wrong direction. Check List of All ABOUT OUR COVER Nobody ever saw aeroplanes quite Air Letter Sheets like the ones flying so close to the Capitol dome at Washington. They were supposed to typify the pro Issued During 1957 gress of aviation, and were used as a cover for the old "Life'' magazine many years ago. 'Amerircan Heritage' maig:azine used this illustration in Free For Postage color a short while ag-0 and through the kindness of our good friend, Bruce Catton, its editor, we have re WALTER R. GUTHRIE produced it 'Db.is being fue fortieth anniver SEA CLIFF NEW YORK sary.of the first flight from Washing- MAY, 1958 PAGE 23'5 Airs of the Mon#h Described and Illustrated through courtesy of Nicolas Sanabria Co., Inc. 521 Fifth Avenue.. New York 17, N. Y .
ARGENTINE • shown on 29c black commemorating i .. its past director Jose Igrtado Rivera. 1P-50c violet brown w as issued in iPiAGE 236 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL Full Progran1 Planned for 35th Convention Of American Air Mail Society at Philadelphia Aerophilately will occupy the lime- • Convention Postal Station of the N~- light in the world of philately, as the tional Philatelic Museum. All n:ail American Air :Mail Society convenes dispatched through the convent10n in Philadelpihia, Pa., on June 27th, station will. bear a specia~ postma~k 28th and 29th to hold its 35th annual of this special AAMS station. Regis convention. tration will take place at the Museum The Convention Committee is high- during the morning. lighting its convention program with On 'Friday at twelve-thirty P. M. the Airpost Exhibition to be held in in the Pennsylvania Room-East on the National Philatelic Museum, at the third floor of the Hotel Sheraton Broad and Diamond Streets. '.Dhe will be iheld the President's Lunch Prospectus containing the classifica- eon. A splendid and interesting pro tions, the rules and regulations and gram has been arranged for this af an entry blank has already been fair. mailed to every member of the soci- Friday evening in the Bospitality ety as well as other well known air Suite (Rooms 5'66~68) of the Hotel mail collectors. If you have not re- Sheraton will be staged the annual ceived the prospectus or need extra and traditional AAMS 'Frolic or Jam entry blanks, drop a card to Geo. D. boree. It will feature a 115 lot do Kingdom, P., 0. Box 37, Conneaut, nation auction urnder the direction of Ohio and they rwill be sent to you. Samuel s. Goldsticker, Jr., a society The Exhibition Committee under the director. The lots are listed else direction of Bernard Davis, the di- where in this issue of The Airpost rector of the museum, a vice-presi- Journal and mail bids are invited; dent of the Society, and also assistant but the real :flun and excitement convention cihairman, are making ev- comes when you attend the Frolic ery effort to secure exhibits that will and participate in the auction. After constitute a well-rounded and fully the auction, the committee in charge covered airpost stamp and cover ex- has planned to make it a "give-away" hibition. Several collectors have al- night and prizes will be awarded all ready filed their entries and all mem- throughout the evening. Many other lbers of the Society are urged to par- surprises ar~ in store .for those at ticipate in this exMbition. Entries tending, The Frolic always affords a are also invited from any airpost col- wonderful opportunity ifor the con lectors whether members of the so- ventioneers to get better acquainted dety or not. The judging committee and is always one of the highlights of is under the direction of L. "Bart" the convention social program. Gatchell, past president and a judge The two major activities on Satur in several major exhibitions, and !he day are the !business session to be ihas assured the Convention Commit- 'held at trwo P.iJ.VI. at the Museum and tee that there will be mahy fine the Annual Banquet to be held irn the awards. Special interest is being de- Pennsylvania Room-East, of the Ho veloped in the award to be made to tel Sheraton. Free time has been left one of the exhibitors who for the first purposely to allow time for you to time is participating in an American fully inspect. the airpost ex'hi:bition or Air Mail Society sponsored exhibi- to enjoy a tour to some of the histor tion. ic spots in Philadelphia, the cradle of On Friday, June 27th the morning li:berty. will be devoted to the opening of the The Business Session will lbe de Exlhibition and the special AAMS voted .to reports by the various offi- MAY, 1958 PAGE 237 cers and department heads, as well schedule will appear in the June ii. as to ways and means of making our sue of the Airpost Journal. Further society better and more useful to col information and details are available lectors. Your opinions are sought and from Geo. D. Kingdom, P. 0. Box 37, we urge that you be there to express Conneaut, Ohio. them. The :banquet committee has had New Austria Air Line Established word that L. Rohe Walter, Special The world-famous, three-lettered Assistant to the Postmaster General, airlines: SAS, LAI, KLM, PAA, are will deliver a talk at the !banquet ab aibout to get a little brother: A U A. out the Post Office Department's Very soon you will be hearing more philatelic program, especially slanted about it and aerophilatelists ·all over at aerophilately. The Judging Com the world will start collecting covers mittee will report and announce the flown with AUSTRIAN Am,LLNiES. awards. Other entertaining and in The newly founded company, AUS-' teresting events are in the making for TRIAN AIRLINES, was scheduled to the !banquet program. start service some time in April. The Sunday will be devoted to inspect Austrian postal department was to ing the exhibition and taking of tour issue a 4 Schilling stamp honoring about the city desired by those at two events: Commemorating40 Years tending the convention. Austrian Airmail (the first set of air The Convention Committee fee1s mail stamps was issued in 1918), and that this year's convention will be es at the same time marking the start of pecially enjoyable :because we will the new airline. First Day of Issue have the new Hotel Sheraton as the was not known ·at press time, as the convention hotel headquarters. This beginning of AUSTRIAN AIRJLINES new hotel, air conditioned through service had not yet been scheduled, out, promises to give everyone every but the stamp was to be issued some comfort desired. The hotel has desig time before the first flight. The first nated Room 566-68 as the AA!MS route to be covered iby the new ser Hospitality Suite and these rooms vice was to be a Vienna~London non will be open all during the three stop flight. AUSTRJIAN :AIRLINES days of the convention. All members will make good use of the location of attending are invited to use the Hos Vienna in Central Europe: there will pitality Suite as a meeting or loafing be non-stop fUghts to practkally all spot and it is always assured that day capitals of ·Europe: London, Paris, or night, you will likely find some Brussels, Amsterdam, Rome, Athens,, one there, talking airpost stamps and Warsaw and the Middle CEast, Frank-. covers. furt, Zurich 'and the Scandinavian The convention committee has ask countries will all receive their ser ed iHerman Kleinert, Sales Manager vice from AUSTRIAN AIRLINES to ibring to the convention some of and most of these routes will be hon the aerophilatelic material which he ored with special dedication cover. has in the Sales Department, in order For information on cover service to make it available for inspection write to A.A..M;S. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 253) MAY, 1958 PAGE 239 \ Get Your Philatelie Needs-From Long MAYBE YOU DO! WE HAVE THE CATALOGUES YOU NEED! Maybe you do have to be a sleuth to dis YOU OOJ(T AAVEi ~ &I: A SUiUTA T"o PISCOVEll. LPlt6 OFFEllS STAMPS In addition to a fine line of stamps, seals and cover that Long offers stamps for collec Fo~ (OLLE(.TOJI,.$ /.------' tors. After seeing ads offering Christmas covers, we do carry the major philatelic lines of Seals, Covers, Auctions, Albums and just albums, catalogs, philatelic books and supplies. about anything and everything, it may oc Included, of course, are the 1958 SCOTT CAT cur to you that you seldom see any of our ads mention STAMPS! ALOGUES which are needed by all collectors. Actually, we do deal in stamps . . . we We can supply them: handle them by the millions, really! We sell hundreds of thousands of them at auc Vol. l - Lists US, BC, CA & SA Stamps $5.00 tion every year ... we send out countless Vol. II - Lists the Balance of the world $6.00 approval selections, designed for the par ticular customer ... and we sell from our Combined - The above 2 vol. in ONE $10.00 various price lists. U.S.S. - The Specialized U.S. Catalog $4.00 IF YOU COLLECT STAMPS: We also handle a complete Scott line of albums and sup Let me hear from you if you collect stamps'! Ask for a selection of the kind yeu wish, on approval. Besides send plements; we furnish all of these items ($2.00 or more post ing stamps ... we send covers .. seals ... a'll kinds of phila free anywhere in U.S.A.) at publisher's prices. _ telic sidelines and novelties .. to collectors all over the globe. Your needs in other lines ( Minkus, White Ace, Beardcraft, Your A.A.M.S. number is your reference. Let me know how Wingra', Elbe, Etc.) are also stocked by "The Department I may serve you. At present our ONLY Price lists which include stamps are Store of Philately" in Harrisburg. Write today and tell us The 4lst edition COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK (Which lists how we may help YOU. mostly USA stamps) and a SPECIAL PACKET PRICE LIST. f Either or both may be yours for the asking! Your Complete Satisfaction Always Assured When you Deal with Long! Life Member: 11112 MA\RKIET STo 9 AAMS EILMER Ro ILO~G APS IHIA\RRISJBHURG9 IP A\o SPA PAGE 240 THE AIRPOST .JOURNAL MAY, 1958 PAGE 241 TIPS BY JULIUS by Julius Weiss 3417 E. 147ih St.• Cleveland. Ohio Lufthansa (East German) flew a • Association of First Day Cover Col first on IMarch 31 from Er.furt to lectors provides one of the best ser Dresden plus a return first flight. vices on the continent of Europe. Special cachets were used at each Artistic FDCs are sold at a few cents city. over face from Vatican, Libya, Italy, :SAS had a first flight on Jan. 24 Italian Somaliland, as well as many (Stockholm - Wien - Djalmrta) with other countries in Europe and North special cancels used at Stockholm Africa. Truly, this is one of the most and Vienna. Our cover is cancelled economical services for airmail col at Berlin, Jan. 20 and BIS Djakarta lectors. 1/26. The points of this fligiht were The group publishes one of the fin Stoc~holm - C-Openhagen - Du,.essel est ·FDC catalogues we have ever dorf - Vienna - Rome -Athens -bjak seen. The 'book lists covers, shows arta; however, we do not ~ow the FD cancels of countries such as whether mail pick-up was made at Italy, V:atican, Trieste, UN, Israel, all of these points. France, Saar, and Libya. Catalogue IRANAIR had a first from Teher values are given in U S A dollars, an - Ankara - Frankfurt on Feb. 17, French francs and Italian liras. Al 1958 with a blue cachet with Iranian though the listings do not necessarily and Englisih text. enter the realm of first .flights, FOC We have contacted a serviceman of many' airmail issues plus many air stationed at Asmara, Eritrea who letter sheets are included. The pub brings us up-to-date on the airmail lisher has promised to give full de situation in that part of the globe. tails on both the catalogue and the IMany collectors do not know that FF and FDC service upon receipt of Eritrea is federated with Ethiopia two International Reply Coupons (can and uses Ethiopian stamps. He sent be purchased at any USA postof.fice us two of the .finest airletter sheets for a few cents). IMerely write the we have seen in some time. One is group and tell them that JULIUS a 2·5c variety, the other 55c. EaClh WEISS of Cleveland to1d you about sheet contains 5 to 6 vivid colors, but the service and shortly you will re best of all they are cancelled at As ceive a bit of good news. Contact; mara, Eritrea. In our opinion Ethio Mr. Andrea A:sseretO, GA.I.C.F.D.C.), pian material cancelled in Eritrea PO Box Ferr. 3758, Milan, Italy. will truly be gems of the future. Al Readers of our columns are at odds so, our correspondent informs us that with the philatelic news from Ghana. the "Ancient Capitols" airmails is Although no airmails have ibeen put sued last year were just placed on on sale, fantastic prices are asked for sale at Asmara and the "Tenth An the overprinted airletter sheets. niversary of the 1Ethiopian Airlines" There is no reason for this as such set has one value completely sold out material is not rare. Frankly, any at Asmara. country can do Wlhat it wishes with The Leipzig Fair fligiht took place its printed paper; but, too, any coll on 3/5/58 and a nice commemorative ector can do what he wishes with his set of two stamps was used on the philatelic budget! We go on record to first flight mail. say that we stopped collecting the We now have good news for those country when Gold Coast ceased to :who desire first flights or FDC of air exist. We no longer correspond with mail issues from Europe and some collectors in Ghana as we feel that the parts of Africa. The International postal paper of that country is not PA~ 242 THE ATRPOST JOURNAL printed merely to carry the mail. the agencies are "tops" to buy from Our mail ,shows that professional direct at face plus postage. Some collectors steer clear of this material weeks we receive over 600 letters and leave it to beginners, new collect . from our philatelic writings. We only ors, or those ,who merely collect the reply to letters wMch contain a art. Frankly, we feel the only ones stamped self addressed envelope, and to lose out are the many collectors in are always glad to aid an airmai.l Ghana who want USA and UN ma collector. Although our other col terial from collectors in the USA. umns contain subjects other than air Many have written us for book and mails, our private specialty is aero employment opportunities in the USA philately. To foreign readers we ·and their only !bartering items were suggest that if any flight news or stamps and covers; ibut now with notices of new issues of airmail comes Ghana having a market place in the your way, let us hear from you. USA there is no need to spend post Through snaring your news we can age and time to aid these folks. It aid other collectors and the hobby as is too bad that situations such as this well. Our columns in the philatelic must appear. Stamp collectors must press give the latest news and aid never be asleep to methods which do collectors, but, we know many mem not tend to keep our hobby on a ihigh bers of AAMS never contribute to plane. the 1Airpost Journal. To these people We can now announce a first flight we say: let us hear about your coll service from Scandinavian lands. ection, likes and dislikes in the phil This service fa on airletter sheets and atelic world. We should like to hear may interest members of AAIMS. It from every member of AAIMS as we will include arctic cancels, PAGE 244 THE .AIRPOST JOURNAL understand it." The cover illustrated shows the au tograph of the pilot who survived MAY, 1958 PAGE 245 AAMS Society To Have Donation Auction At Convention • The ·next regular auction of the American Air 0:1vfail Society will be a CQ!Ilbined floor and mail sale, to be held in Philadelrpihia in connection with our -.mnual convention, June 27th and :?.&th. This auction will be a donation sale, with all material donated by mem bers for the benefit of the Ariierican Air Mail Society. It is appropriate at this point to pulblicly thank the following members rwho donated material: G. Angers, S. Barrett, F. Bauer, H. ·Brandner, A. Brorwn, G. Chapman, L. Ciharlat, W. Feeney, L. Gatchell, R. Gerrish, S. Goldsticker, H. Gordon, W. Guthrie, L. Hansen, G. Herzog, W. Kaufunan, G. Kingdom, J. Kleeman, F. Kleinert, G. ·Lancaster, L. LaVesque, T. Light, L. 1Markovich, R. (Milian, R. Murch, R. Oriol, B. Rowe, R. Schoendorf, J. Smith, V. White, W. Wynn, and W. Zimmermann. Although this is a floor sale, maii bids are very welcome, and the usual auction rules rwill prevail. All Catalogue Listings are from the American Air (Mail Catalogue, Volumes 1 and 2; except stamps ... rwhich are from Scott's Postage Stamp Catalogue, and other lots noted. The condition of all lots may ibe considered as desirable and collectible items (except where noted) and any item improperly described may be re turned ... provided it is returned within three days of receipt. No charge is made .for executing mail b1ds; but a small fee to cover postage, handling, insurance, wrapping, etc., will be charged each successful bidder ... minimlum charge 25c per bidder. All bids received by mail will be treated con.fident ially. IMPORTANT: All lots must be paid for within 10 days after receipt. Bidder·s not known to the Society will be sent a list of i!heir purchases and will be requested to remit before the lots are sent to them. All members and friends are invited to be in Philadelphia and attend this auction. The exact time and place will be a'IllJlounced in the next AIR POST JOURNAL. For those who will mail in their bids, the closing date for receiving mail bids will be Saturday, June 21st, wfrlich is one week prior t9 ·the floor sale. In case of duplicate bids, the first one received will be awarded the lot. Use a postal card or ·any sheet of paper for your mail lbklis. Mail them ('before' the June 21st deadline) to SA\MUEL S. GOLDSTICKER, JR. AAMS AUCTION MANAJGER 70-D F1REMONT STR·EET BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY LOT# CAT. # DESCRIPTION CAT.VALUE * UNITED STATES AIRMAIL STAMPS • 1 Cl 1918 6c Orange. Unused center-line block of 4. Well centered. Would be superb except for slight hinge mark on back...... 15.00+ 2 C4 1921 Sc green. Mint block-4. Very good ... -...... , 6.50 3 C36 1947 25c blue. Mint plate # block 4 (UR 23667). Neat ...... 2.00 4 C46 1952 SOc violet. Mint Plate # block-4 (UL 24592). Very good..... 6.00 5 C2 191S 16c green. Good used copy on long envelope postmarked J'uly 13, 191S (2 days after first day). WASH., N. Y., PillLA. AIRMAIL SERVICE, WASlllNGTON. Good ...... 5.50 P.A;GE 246 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL LO~# CAT. # DESCRIPTION CAT.VALUE " SEMI-OFFICIAL AIRMAIL STAMPS • 6 United States (Kronstein Rocket Catalogue #2) 1935. red . • • second issue. Mint. VG. A must for Rocket collectors...... 15.00 7 Canada (Sanabria #533). Western Canada Airways 1929. On neat flown cover...... 5.oo+ 8 Great Britain (Sanabria #505). Westcountry Air Service, Provin--· cial Airways. An attractive first flight cover flown from Ply- mouth to London. Very good ...... 15.00 * FOREIGN AIRMAIL STAMPS * 9 ETHIOPIA #Cl8, C19, C20. Fine overprinted mint set...... 15.50 10 NEW GUINEA C12. 10 Shilling overprint. Mint. Rare...... 12.50 11 NEW GUINEA Cl4, C15, Cl6, Cl7, Cl9, C20, C21. Seven overprints in mint condition. Very good ...... ,...... 7.50 12 PERU Cl. Overprint on 50c violet ...... ,10.00 * UNITED STATES FIRST DAY COVERS * lS C25-C31 Complete set of 7 1941-44 airmail series (6c, 8c, lOc, 15c, 20c, 30c, & 50c) on attractive cacheted envelopes...... 4.00 14 C35 15c airmail (Aug. 20, 1947) on envelope with special cachet of New York City postoffice ...... : .50 15 744 5c Yellowstone National Park (Washington, D. C. July 30, 1934). Very good block-6 on registered cover. Autographed by Wash- ington, D. C. Postmaster...... 2.oo+ * FOREIGN FIRST DAY COVERS * 16 HAITI, March 14, 1955. First day cover of 4 Postal Tax stamps issued for reconstruction purposes arid showing a Helicopter. Stamps are RA19, RA24, RACl, and RAC2. A good copy of C73 is used for postage. A very neat cover...... 2.00 17 ISRAEL, June 4, 1954. CU & C13. Two first day covers on at- tractive pictorial envelopes. Good...... 2.00 18 NICARAGUA, November 28, 1932. C40. A good copy of the 8c red overprint on the lOc yellow-brown, on flown first day cover. Nice...... 3.00 19 SURINAME, September 25, 1954. C27. An attractive pair of 15c blue airmails on flown registered cacheted envelope...... 1.00 20 PHILIPPINES, February 23, 1955. #618, #619, & #C27 (5c, 18c, and 50c airmail commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Rotary In- ternational) in special souvenir presentation album, with each stamp on separate page and postmarked with special first day postmark. Very scarce and unique ...... 5.oo+ • AMERICAN AIRMAIL SOCIETY CONVENTION COVERS • 21 Dayton, Ohio, 1953. Set of 3 Convention covers, unaddressed. May 29th - First day of 6c 50th Anniv. Airmail stamp; May 30th - Special Jet flight from Dayton, Ohio to Washington, D. C.; May 31st - Closing day of Convention. All covers postmarked at AAMS Convention Station...... 1.00 22 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1954. Set of 3 Convention post cards each with 4c airmail (C48) and postmarked one each on the three convention dates (1st date is also a FDC of the 4c airmail stamp)...... 1.00 23 Havana, Cuba, 1948. Set of two covers on official convention envelopes (a) first day of the 8c airmail stamp (May 21st); and (b) first day of AAMS Convention postmark (May 22nd). Very attractive...... 2.00+ 24 Havana, Cuba, 1948. Souvenir menu from Luncheon at Havana Yacht Club. Has copy of the C38 postmarked on outside...... 1.00 25 Havana, Cuba, 1948. Special presentation booklet of two souvenir sheets (a) the imperf sheet of 4 1940 issue commemorating the lOOth anniversary of the first postage stamp (C33)'; and (b) the same imperf sheet overprinted for the American Air Mail Con- vention of 1948. An attractive and unusual album ...... 10.00 a.v.nAY, 1958 PAGE 247. L0'.11# CAT.# DESCRIPTION CAT. VALUE U.S. GOVERNMENTAL FLIGHTS 26 115a May 3, 1919. Montgomery, Ala., to Macon, Ga., only 36 flown. On long envelope with several folds in it, but otherwise V. G. 20.00 27 166 July 1, 1924. New York, N. Y. First Transcontinental flight involving night flying. Properly cacheted. Good...... 3.50 28 173 Birminghom, Ala. May 15, 1925. Special feeder flight connect- ing with trans-continental airmail route. Postmarked Mobile, Ala. Neat...... 5.00 29 252 June 22, 1946. Schenectady, N. Y. First Jet Propulsion Airmail Flight. Neatly cacheted...... 1.50 30 S-1 August 4, 1925. Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Flown on first Rural Free Delivery by Air. Not flown on actual first flight (August 1st) but flown on this service. Properly inscribed and and backstamped...... 5.00 31 E-30 February 19, 1934. Los Angeles, Calif. Via first flight Army Emergency Mail Service to Salt Lake City. Cacheted and back- stamped. Good...... 3.50 U.S. SOUVENIR HISTORICAL FLIGHTS 32 522 October 3, 1924, Dayton, Ohio. International Air Races connect ing with Trans-Continental Airmail Route. Properly cacheted per Catalogue listing. Backstamped at both Chicago and San Francisco. Only two covers known. Very rare. Top slit. 24c red (C6) used for postage...... 33 581 March 9, 1928. Washington, D. C. U. S. ARMY INSPECTION FLIGHT. U. S. A. TO CANAL ZONE. Properly cacheted in magenta and backstamped at Cristobal. Rare ...... 40.00 34 586 July 4, 1928. Hammondsport, N. Y. Special flight of Glenn H. Curtiss to celebrate 20th anniversary of the first pre-an nounced public flight. Neatly cacheted. Less than 100 known. Scarce...... 15.00 35 621 April 6, 1930. New York, N. Y. Trans-Continental Glider Flight by Frank Hawks. Neatly cacheted. Very good...... 10.00 36 651 January 30, 1931. Honolulu, Hawaii. First Pacific Coast Ship To-Shore Air Mail, from S. S. City of Los Angeles. Cacheted. Good...... 2.00 37 654 June 12, 1931. San Pedro, California. First Ship-to-Shore Air- mail by Dirigible. Properly cacheted. Good...... 38 668 August 29, 1932 (postmarked Sept. 2, 1932 Airmail Field Post office, (Cleveland, Ohio). Record Trans-Continental Flight - Bendix Air Race. Cover flown on record flight (10 hr. 19 min.) by J. G. Haizlip. Cover cacheted for Cleveland National Air Races and also autographed by Pilot James G. Haizlip. Rare. 15.oo+ 39 680 April 26, 1934. Bridgeport, Conn. World Record altitude flight, Sikorsky Seaplane 842, cacheted and autographed by pilot, Boris Sergievsky. Scarce...... 5.00 UNITED STATES CRASH COVERS 40 29.6 March 1, 1929. Daytona Beach, Florida. First Flight Cover from Macon, Ga., to Orlando, Fla. Cover is watersoaked from when plane fell into river. Very good...... 1.00 41 30.3 February 3, 1930. Hartford, Connecticut. Not a cover, but the facing slip from one of the mail bags. Facing slip is postmarked at Atlanta, Georgia, and also has the stamped notation which was applied to all damaged mail. Slip is watersoaked and bears evidence it was picked up from the Connecticut River. Very unique and unusllal...... 15.oo+ AIRPORT DEDICATION COVERS 42 P-46 June 20, 1943. Detroit, Mich. Typed inscription...... 3.00 43 M94 July 27, 1940. Windsor, Ontario, Canada. No cachet...... 3.00 44 Z271 July 4 & 5, 1953. Mattoon, Illinois. Two cacheted covers, one Z274 from each of a two-day affair...... 4.00 PAGE 248 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL LOT# CAT.# DESCRIPTION CAT. VALUE • UNITED STATES CAM COVERS 45 1N27 & July 1, 1935. Bangor to Bar Harbor and Bar Harbor to Bangor. 1S28 Printed label cachets. Backstamped. Good...... 8.00 46 1N45f December 2 & 4, 1939. Complete set of four covers carried on 1S45f 1st flights in and out of North Beach Airport by American Air- R1N46 lines (AM-18). All covers properly postmarked and backstamped. S1N46 Very good...... 10.50 47 2S7f February 21, 1928. Lindbergh flight, Chicago to St. Louis. Prop erly cacheted. Postmarked at the CHICAGO & AIR MAIL FIELD MOTOR TRUCK. This was actually the first HPO post office in the U. S. Very few covers are known with this postmark. Very rare...... 15.oo+ 48 6E2 February 15, 1926. Dearborn east to Cleveland . Properly cacheted. but not backstamped. Very good...... 6.00 49 6W3b February 15, 1926. Cleveland to Detroit, with Feb. 13 cachet in black. Properly backstamped. Scarce...... 6.00 50 15N2 October 10, 1926. Washington, D. C. to Philadelphia. Cacheted and backstamped. Very good...... 5.00 51 16S1fe August 1, 1928. Cleveland Airmail Field to Columbus. Cachet in a combination of green and purple. Neat...... 1.00 52 R20E39V October 23, 1934. Washington Airmail Field to Bristol, Virginia, via first actual westbound flight into Bristol. Properly back- stamped. Rare...... 5.00 53 27E39f February 11, 1933. Detroit Airmail Field east to Buffalo. Back stamped. Very s9arce as only a very few covers are known with the Detroit AMF postmark...... 10.00 54 57Nl May 12, 1941. Seattle and Seattle AMF to Vancouver and Van 57Nlf cpuver to Seattle. Seattle & AMF - covers C'acheted, and all cov- 57S2 ers backstamped. Very good ...... 4.75 55 68El April 1, 1946. Complete set of 8 covers on Denver-Grand Junc thru tion - Las Vegas - Los Angeles inaugural. All covers cacheted 68E4f and all backstamped. Good...... 2.70 56 P1Wl May, June & July, 1939. Experimental pickup route AM-1001. thru Complete set of 56 covers (including rare AMF dispatches) all P1E28 cacheted and backstamped. Most covers also have Postmaster's autographs. Very rarely seen in matched sets like this ...... 46.60+ 57 P2Sl thru May & June, 1939. Experimental pickup route AM-1002. Com- P2N32 panion set to previous lot. Very scarce and attractive ...... 38.25+ For additional CAMS, see lots #58 & #5f!. HELICOPTER FLIGHTS 58 AM-96 April l, 1950. Addition of Brookfield, Ill., to helicopter route AM- 96. Not listed as Brookfield was served through LaGrange Heli- port. Backstamped at AMF Chicago. Rare...... 5.00 59 AM-94 June 7, 1954. New segment of this route from Newark to Monti- cello and Liberty flown by Helicopter. Set of four covers (all cacheted and backstamped) autographed by Pilot G. Crawford of Mohawk Airlines. Very attractive...... 5.00 60 January 16, 1953. U. S. S. Badoeng Strait. Cover flown on heli- copter rescue in Korea .Cacheted...... 5.00 61 July 31, 1954. U. S. S. Wisconsin. Card flown by helicopter from this ship. Autographed by J. E. Pitchett, U. S .. Navy Helicopter Pilot. Cacheted...... 5.00 62 December 17, 1954. New York, N. Y. (Governor's Island). Card flown by U. S. Army Bell Helicopter at dedication of monument commemorating Early Bird Flyers. Pictorial cachet on special card. Good...... 5.00 JET FLIGHTS July 15, 1954. Seattle, Wash. First flight Boeing 707 Stratoliner Jet Transport. Cacheted...... 5.00 64 August 31, 1956. Seattle, Wash. First flight Boeing KC-135 1st United States Air Force .Jet Tanker Transport. Cacheted. 5.00 MAY, 1958 PAGE 249 LOT# CAT.# DESCRIPTION CAT. VALUE 65 January 15, 1957. Weybridge, England. First flight RAF Jet Bomber Vickers "VALIANT". Pilot autographed. Special pictor- ial vignette tied down by postmark...... 5.00 66 March 28, 1957. Swindon, England. First RAF "COMET 2" flight flown on round trip from England to New Zealand and back, via Ceylon and Australia. Cacheted, backstamped, vignette tied down with postmark, and autographed by Wing Commander Sellick. Very rare. RESERVE BID $10.00...... 25.00 * ZEPPELIN FLIGHT COVERS * 67 Z-41 October 12, 1924. First Trans-Atlantic Flight of Z. R. 3. Properly cacheted card from this flight...... 3.00 68 Z-55 October 8, 1928. First Trans-Atlantic Crossing of Graf Zeppelin. Attractive postcard with special 2M stamp postmarked Berlin and re-postmarked Friedrichshafen. Has official cachet and also supplemental unofficial cachet. Backstamped NYC. Neat...... 4.00 69 Z-170a August 29, 1931. First South American Flight of Graf Zeppelin. Cover is postmarked at Amsterdam, Holland (with Dutch postage stamps) and has both the official cachet in green and the supple mental Berlin cachet in red. Backstamped at S. Vincent. Less than 50 covers known. Scarce...... 15.00 70 Z-173 Sept. 19, 1931. Second South American Flight of Graf Zeppelin. Cover appears to be postmarked "On Board" with pair of special 2M stamps for postage, and backstamped. Official cachet ap- plied. Very good...... 3.oo+ 71 Z-180c . March 24, 1932. First 1932 South American Flight of Graf Zep- pelin. Dispatch from Bahia, Brazil. Good...... 3.50 72 Z-404 May 6, 1936. First North American Flight of Hindenburg visiting CIPEX. Cover postmarked Stuttgart and backstamped NYC. Registered cover with 50M & 75M Hindenburg stamps. V. G. 2.50 73 Z-404b May 11, 1936. Return flight of Hindenburg with u. S. cachet. G. 3.00 74 Z413a July 17, 1936. Fifth North American Flight of Hindenburg. Post- card with picture of the Hindenburg mailed "On Board" during return flight from USA to Germany. Has special postmark, and German 50M Hindenburg stamp...... 2.00+ 75 Z510 & May 8, 1932 and Aug. l, 1932. U.S.S. Akron. One cover flown on Zlll special trans-continental flight, the other on training rught. Both properly cacheted and backstamped...... 1.50 * UNITED STATES FOREIGN AIRMAIL FLIGHTS (FAM'Sl * 76 F3-l April 9, 1923. New Orleans to Pilottown. Postal card with official cachet. Very scarce ...... 20.00 77 F6-60 December 1, 1930. Rio de Janiero to Port Au Prince. Large en- velope with proper cachets. Very good...... 5.00 78 F6-7 January 9; 1929. San Juan, P. R. Three covered, one each ad F6-7a dressed to Miami, Santo Domingo, and Havana. All properly ca F6-7b cheted. backstamped, and autographed by Pilot Basil R. Rowe. These covers are on special envelopes which show a map of the Carribean Area with the route of the flight drawn in. Very unusual...... 6.25+ 79 F6-7 & Jan. 9, 1929. San Juan, P. R. A card similar to above flown F5-l fro.m San Juan to Miami via first flight of FAM-6, then held at Miami and flown to Cristobal, Canal Zone via First Flight of FAM~5. Has both official cachets and backstamped at both Miami and Cristobal on proper dates. Autographed by Pilot B. L. Rowe Very unique...... ~ ...... ;... 2.00+ 80 Fl4-13a & April 28, 1937. Set of two post cards (1) Manila to Macao and F14"15a (2) Macao to Manila. These post cards show attractive pictorial views of the China Clipper and its crew. Properly cacheted and backstamped...... 2.50+ 81 Fl4.c12 & April 27, 1937. •rwo post cards similar to above, but with different F14-12a views, one from Guam to Macao, the other from Guam to Hong Kong. Properly cacheted and backstamped. Very unique...... 7.00+ iPAGE 250 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL L()T # CAT.# DESCRIPTION CAT. VALUE 82 F18-27 June 15-17, 1946. PAA Extension to Vienna via Prague and Brus- thru sels. Set of 26 covers (Brussels to New York missing), all ca- Fl8-34 cheted and backstamped. Very fine ...... 26.75 83 Fl8-245f April 25, 1955. AMF New York (Ild.) to Teheran and Teheran & FlB-247 to New York. Nice set of two covers with cachets and back- stamps. Neat...... 1.85 84 F19-la July, 1940. Four covers flown into Canton Island. One each F19-3a from San Francisco, Honolulu, Noumea and Auckland. Each F19-8c. properly cacheted and backstamped. (Note: The cover from F19-9b New Caledonia to Canton was received the day before it was mailed, due to the International Date Line). Very good...... 9.00 85 F19-27 February, 1957, First Flight to Sydney, Australia. One cover each thru from San Francisco, Honolulu, Canton Is., Noumea, and Lautoka. F19-31 A nice matched set...... 6. 75 86 F28-60f June 3, 1950. Minneapolis AMF to Taipeh, Formosa. Cacheted and backstamped. Good...... 2.50 87 WI-6 February 20, 1928. Complete set of five covers on West Indian thru Aerial Express Line from Santo Domingo and Port au Prince WI-Sb to Santiago de Cuba; and from Santi.ago de Cuba to San Juan Port au Prince, and Santo Domingo. A nice matched set, all properly cacheted, backstamped, and autographed by Pilot B. L. Rowe. Very good ...... 7.50 88 October 15, 1928. Set of 11 covers carried on experimental flight of West Indian Aerial Express Line from San Juan via Santo Do mingo, Port-au-Prince, and Cuba, to Miami. All autographed by Capt. B. L. Rowe, and are cacheted or have suitable inscription. Very rare...... 75.00 TRANS-'00EANIC RECORD FLIGHTS * 89 1001 January 30, 1919. Nassau to Miami by U. S. Navy plane. Cach- eted and backstamped at Miami. Rare ...... 30.00 90 1038a April 18, 1926. Calcutta to Manila by Spanish Flyers Gallarza and Loriga, as part of their Madrid-Manila flight. Cover has special label tied on and special plane cancel. Backstamped at Manila and autographed by Gallarza. Only 44 covers known. 40.00 91 1124e August 4, 1931. DO-X flight from Brazil to USA. Properly ca cheted. Backstamped at NYC Aug. 27, 1931. (Cover has slight nick in upper right-hand corner, but otherwise is very good..... 25.00 92 1130 January 3, 1931. East Orange, New Jersey. Hart & MacLaren First Transatlantic Commercial Flight. Flown card with printed cachet backstamped at Hamilton, Bermuda, and carrying auto- graphed message by Pilot MacLaren. Rare ...... 35.00 93 1139 April 17, 1939. Rotterdam, Holland. First Trans-Ocean Flight from Batavia, Dutch East Indies, to Australia. Cover has special one gulden stamp, Batavia's lozenge shaped cachet, and back stamped at Sydney, May 18th. Covers are rarely seen from Hol- land, most of them originating at Batavia. Very scarce ...... 25.00 94 1217a August 11, 1934. Rotterdam, Holland. MacRobertson Air Race, England to Australia. Cover carried by Parmentier and Moll in KLM· ship "Univer". Has official air race cachet and back stamped at Sydney, Australia. On official KLM enevlope. (Cover slit at top, and has slight tear at upper left-hand corner). Good. 25.00 95 1220 December 12, 1934. Gravenhage, Netherlands. Inaugural ser vice, Holland to Dutch West Indies by Dutch plane "SNIP". Properly cacheted and backstamped. Has variety of both Dutch and Curacao stamps. Autographed by A. Haag, who could be the Pilot. Very good. This cover is also backstamped at Graven haag on Jan. 11 and possibly could be a Round-trip. This is not certain...... 30.00 96 1243d October 5, 1935. San Francisco, Calif. PAA Survey flight, San Francisco to Guam and return. A round-trip cover postmarked again at Guam, October 16th and bearing both the westbound MAY, 1958 PAGE 251 LOT# CAT.# DESCRIPTION CAT. VALUE San Francisco and eastbound Guam cachets. Very rare ...... 15.00 97 1247 Nov. 10, 1935 Cl0.11.lOJ. Tokio, J'apan. Special flight to Manila as gesture to PAA Clipper. Properly cacheted and backstamped. Neat...... 10.00 98 1276 J'anuary 27, 1937. Aircraft Base Force, U. S. Fleet, San Diego, California. First Mass Navy Flight. San Diego to Pearl Harbor. Properly cacheted and backstamped. Very good...... 5.00 99 1373 J'une 5, 1946. Gravenhaag, Holland. First Flight, KLM, Amster- dam to Curacao via NYC. Cacheted and backstamped. On offi- cial KLM envelope. Neat...... 3.00 100 1375a J'une 28, 1946. New York, N. Y. First Flight, New York to Paris via Air France. Properly cacheted and backstamped. Good. .... 2.00 101 October 30, 1952. Mexico City, DF, Mexico. First Flight by KLM, Mexico City to Amsterdam. On official KLM envelope. Prop- erly cacheted and backstamped. Very good...... 4.00 102 Dec. 3 and 4, 1953. Brussels, Belgium; and Leopoldville, Belgium Congo. First Flight SABENA Airlines from Brussels via Casa blanca to Leopoldville. Two covers (a) Brussels to Casablanca and (b) Leopoldville to Casablanca. Both on Sabena First Flight envelopes with proper postmarks, cachets, and backstamps. Nice. 5.00 * CANADA "AIR ST:AGE" FLIGHTS 103 SOl December 11, W27. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Leamington to Pelee Island. Special printed envelope carried on flight and back stamped at Pelee Island. Postmarked at Winnipeg instead of Leamington. Good...... 3.00 FOREIGN PIONEER FLIGHTS * 104 J'une 12, 1912. Planen, Germany. Rare Official Card flown from Planen to Goldberg, probably by balloon. Autographed by Pilot, suitably inscribed, and addressed to Dr. Paganinni in Switzer- land. Very rare...... 75.00 105 6 6 GREAT BRITAIN. December 13, 1918. First Through Aerial Mail, London to Karachi, India. Has proper cachet and inscrip tion, and autographed by a Brigadier General and a Major. Very rare...... ,...... 100.oo+ 106 1 INDIA. February 18. 1911. Allahabad, World's First Official Airmail Flight. Cacheted with special postmark and backstamp- ed. Scarce ...... 15.00 NOTE: Catalogue Numbers for Lots #107, 108, 109, and 110 refer to the 1940 American Air Mail Catalogue. 107 24 ITALY. J'une 27, 1925. Como. Special flight over Lake Como. Backstamped at Torino. Good...... 6.00 108 25 ITALY. Oct. 3, 1925. Milan. Special flight from Milan to Geneva. Backstamped at Geneva. On special printed envelope. Very good...... 6.00 109 27 ITALY. March 19, 1926. Verona Balloon Meet. Cover flown in Balloon CAMPINO X. Autographed by Pilot. On special en- velope. Neat...... 10.00 110 28 & 28c ITALY. April 1, 1926. Two covers. One flown from Torino to Venezia, the other from Trieste to Torino. ·Both properly ca- cheted and baclrntamped...... 8.00 111 17 MEXICO. J'une 30, 1929. First Flight, Merida to Cozumel. Au- tographed by pilot B. L. ROWE. Scarce...... 10.00 112 17b MEXICO. June 30, Hl29. First Flight, Merida to Miami. Auto- grapted by Pilot B. L. ROWE. Good...... 5.00 113 17 PHILIPPINES. February 18, 1927. Manila. Southern Islands Tournament Flight by U. S. Army Seaplanes. Cover has both type cachets, and in addition to Manila postmark, is also post marked at Zamboanga and J'olo. Has good postage stamps cat. $1.30. Neat...... 10.00 .. .. " POLAR FLIGHTS * 114 December 15, 1956. Pole Station, Antarctica, USN. Operation PAGE 252 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL L0'.11 # CAT.# DESCRIPTION CAT.VALUE DeepFreeze. Flown by US Navy Task Force Squadron XV-6 from New Zealand to Antarctica on October 17, 1956; then by US Air Force from McMurdo Sound to South Pole in December, 1956. Very good...... 5.00 115 August 30, 1951. U. S. S. UNION. US Navy Pribilof£ Islands Expedition. Flown from Ii;lands to Alaska. Cacheted. Very good.. (May have been flown by helicopter ... not certain). .... 3.50 END OF SALE Remember to mail your bids in early. Final date for mail bids is Sat~ urday, June 21st. Or, plan to attend the convention and b1d on these items Jn person. OFFICIAL SECTION - (continued from page 239) Schlandt, A. F., 4437 E. Weldon, Phoenix, Arizona Hanson, Lauren K., 2715 First Ave., Hiblling, Minn. Gildred, Robert P., 716 N. Sierra Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif. DECEASED 279 Housman, Willia;:n F., Steelton, Pa. Mail Delivered By Rockets After one of these swimming mes sengers was killed by a shark, natives Before 1921 came out to the ship in canoes. Later Thanks to our member, Francis J. a volcanic eruption caused all natives Field, we have learned about a mail to be removed from the island. delivery by rockets before 1921. Such Many "tin can mail" covers exist, action took pl~ce quite frequently at but no flown cover from this early the island of Niuafoou, between Sa rocket delivery is known. moa and the Fiji Islands in the Pa -Dr. Max Kronstein cific. The island is one of the Tonga Islands in Polynesia. Each month the steamship Tofua NEW ISSUES of the Union Steam Ship Company OF of New Zealand made a stop at Niau MINT AIRMAIL foou enroute from Samoa to the Fi jis. A shallow reef prevented the STAMPS steamer from .approaching the shore. THE MOST ECONOMICAL When letters for the isiand were to be delivered, weather permitting, METHOD OF COLLECTING they were attached to one of the NEW ISSUES, INCLUDING regular signal rockets of the ship and RARE AND UNUSUAL were fired to the shore. No similar ITEMS AT NEW ISSUE return delivery has been reported. PRICES This method was not very satisfac tory as sometimes letters were burn ed by the rocket or the rockets with their letters were lost in the bush. - Send For Descriptive Folder - Shortly thereafter the rocket deliv ery was abandoned when outgoing mail lfrom the is1and iwas attached to a !bamboo stick held up by a native F. W. KESSLER swimmer who siwam out to the ship. 'Dhe mail from the ship was sealed 500 FIFTH AVENUE in a tin can which was then taken NEW YORK 36, N. Y. back to the island. iMAY, 1958 PAGE 253 P. 0. Box 595, Malden, Mo. At the moment we have no infor- •sion for entry as well as O.A:B au- mation as to decisions by the CAB thority. For example, Western Air which involve route extensions or the Lines was given permission to pro addition of new cities to existing vide service to Calgary, A1berta, as routes. However, this body is busy far back as 1946 by the C.A!B. How with hearings involving several ma ever, the Canadian Government has jor cases. It is understood that pro never authorized the service after gress is being made in the SOUTH nearly twelve years; Western is still anxious to provide the service. Prob EASTERN LOCAL SERVICE CAS·E and although the final decision may ably, the next major decision to be be several months away, we are handed down by the CAB will in pretty sure to see an expansion of volve the Seven States Area Case. service in that area. The principal This award should be made in the applicants are Trans-TexasandSouth near future and will involve addi ern Airways. Our guess is that both tional service to North and South Da kota, Nebra·ska, Iowa, Illinois, Wis carriers will be authorized to expand their existing routes. Lake Central's consin and Minnesota. application to extend service to CHRONICLE- Southern Indiana, Tennessee and AM #35, SEGMENT #3 - Service Kentucky has been consolidated with over Segment #3 of AfJ.VI Route #35 the PIEDMONT AREA LOCAL from Denver, Colorado to San Diego, CASE and although the CAB is as Calif., via Phoenix, Arizona was in sembling data, it is not expected that augurated by Western Air Lines, Inc., the final hearing will be held before / on December 1, 1957. Although September. In addition to Lake Cen Western had previously served !both tral, both Piedmont and Allegheny Denver and San Diego, Segment #3 are· interested in expansion in that provided improved service from area. Progress is ·being made towards Southern California to Phoenix, Den a decision in the GREAT LAKES ver and points beyond. CASE in which Lake Central and Inaugural flight, Trip #484 in North Central are involved. Inci charge of Chief Pilot Stanley J. Ca dentally, North Central has applied vill made the first flight from San for entry into Canada via three dif Diego to Denver and handled 131 pcs. ferent routes: an extension of their of philatelic mail from San Diego, existing route from Minneapolis - St. postmarked 6:30 AL."VI and 2•648 pcs. Paul, Detroit to Toronto, and from from Phoenix, postmarked 9 AM. Minot, N. D., to Regina. A decision The philatelic mail from this flight on this request is months a•way and was backstamped at Denver AMF at ·may not even materialize, as it is 12:30 RM Dec. 1st. merely an application by the Carrier. The inaugural fl~ght from Denver On such International service, the to San Diego .was made by Capt. Nor carrier must have Canada's permis- .AAJMC D - YUKON AI-RWAYS says the aircraft's first flight, after AND EXPLORA'DION ·LTD. This being assembled at Skagway, was a company is credited with introducing direct flight to the Company's head commercial flying in the Yukon Ter quarters in Whitehorse, arriving at ritory. On September 27th, 1927 a 9:45 AiM on October 25th. new Ryan monoplane, named "Queen Our collection includes a cover of the Yukon", arrived in Vancouver with special air stamp dated Novem by air and was shipped by boat to ber 11th, postmarked Whitehorse and Skagway, Alaska. At Skagway the Dawson. We consider it to be· the aircraft was reassemibled ;for winter company's first flight with special air service. The monoplane, made by stamp. The pilot of this fliight, Lieut B. H. Mahoney Corporation at San enant David "Andy" Crukkshank, Diego, California, was a replica of was also General Manager of the air Lindbergh's famous "Spirit of St. line. He had lbeen accompanied by Louis." Mrs. Cruickshank. It has been re Late in :September Ottowa :gave the ported that she had dropped the mail company authority to issue a special bag from the cabin window when fly air mail stamp of their own design. ing low over the iD.aiwson air strip in This was printed in books of 100. order to avoid landing. The aircraft For the convenience of philatelists visiting Britain, this exceptional sale will immediately precede the auction of the ",Hurlock" Gold 'Medal Collections of Barbados (June 16-18) and Trinidad (June 23-25).