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October . 1959 Volume 31 Number 1 VOLUME 31 NUMBER 1 OCTOBER . 1959 Titne To Sell??? THEN CONSIDER AUCTION AS Y01JR ~IETHOD IRWIN HEIMAN The benefit of more than 30 years experience in stamp dealing is yours - our clientele is world wide and actively in­ terested in every field of collecting. Specialist-prepared auction catalogues will present your holdings in a manner to assure you the maximum net r esult. An immediate, interest free, cash advance can b e made on suitable properties. Our commission is 20 % of the gross realization; there is no other charge. Full settlement! is made within 30 days after sale. Early Fall dates are availahle now. PRIVATE SALE: Some properties, because of their nature, are b est sold privately. Our constant awareness of the Philatelic Market often enables u s to effect a sale within a few days of receipt. We place manv valuable properties each year in this manner. Serving American Philately Since 1926 IRM71N HEIJIAN~ Inc. 2 WEST 46th STREET A NEW YORK 36, N.Y. A Non-Profit Corporation Incorporated 1944 Organized 1923 Under the Laws of Ohio OIJBNAL PRESIDENT ---Nrr Robert W. Murch 9560 Litzinger Road St. Louis 24, Mo. Official Publication of the AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY SECRETARY Ruth T. Smith Ferndale & Emerson Sts. Volume 31 No. l Issue No. 354 Philadelf)hia 11, Pa. TREASURER John J. Smith Contents for October, 1959 Ferndale & Emerson Sts. Philadelphia 11, Pa. Articles Lincoln Beachey . 3 VICE-PRESIDENTS Joseph L. Eisendrath, Jr. New 15c Air Mail Stamp ........................ 4 Louise S. Hoffman Armed Forces Day Helicopter Flight ...... 10 Florence L. Kleinert Dr. Southgate Leigh, Jr. Airmail Historical Side Lights . ..... ..... 12 EDITOR - Other Publications Air Mail Interruption Cover .................... 18 L. B. Gatchell Jobn Wise Balloon Cover ........................ 21 ATTORNEY A Flying Saucer Cover ............................ 22 George D. Kingdom U. S. Government Operated Air DIRECTOR OF Service ...................................................... 24 FOREIGN RELATIONS Notes On Canadian Air Mails . .. .. ... ... ... 29 Dr. Max Kronstein 20th Anniversary Of Manned Rocket AUCTION MANAGER Flight .......................................................... 31 Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr. Regular Features DIRECTORS Alton J. Blank Official Section . 5 Herbert Brandner Tips By Julius . .. 6 George S. Chapman A.A.M.S. Chap.ter News ............................ 15 Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr. F.A.M. Notes ............................................ 20 Lester S. Manning Emmett Peter, Jr. The Philatelic Story Of Flight 32 Dr. Tomas Terry Earl H. Wellman ADVANCE BULLETIN SERVICE EDITOR Herbert Brandner Joseph L. Eisendrath, Jr. 4038 Forest Ave. 350 No. Deere Park Drive, Hil:'hland Park, Ill. Brookfield, Ill. ASSISTANT EDITORS SALES MANAGER Robert W. Murch Herman Kleinert Ernest A. Kehr L. B. Gatchell 213 Virginia Ave. DEPARTMENT AND ASSOC[ATE EDITORS Fullerton, Pa. R. Lee Black, N. Pelletier, Florence L. Klein­ ert. Dr. Max Kronstein, Thomas J. O'Sullivan, MEMBERSHIP DUES Richard L. Singley, William R. Ware, Sol Whit­ $4.00 PER YEAR man, Julius Weiss, ;rames Wotherspoon, John Dues include subscription to Watson, William T. Flynn, Frank Blumenthal, THE AIRPOST JOURNAL. Ap­ Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr., J. S. Langabeer. plicants must furnish two ref­ Published monthly at Albion, Erie Co., Pa., U.S.A. erences, philatelic preferred. At Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office least one must reside in Appli­ at Albion, Pa., February 10, 1932, under. cants h_ome town. Applicants the Act of March 3, 1879. under 21 years must be guar­ The AIBPOST JOURNAL is not conducted for anteed by Parent or Guardian profit. The Editor, and all others, serve without Membership may be terminated compensation. Receipts from advertising, sub­ by the Society in accordance scriptions and contributions are applied to the with its By-Laws. betterment of the magazine and the promotion Correspondence concerning sub­ of aero-philately. scriptions, back numbers and The Editor and Officers of The American Air bound volumes, address changes Mail Society assume no responsibility for the and other matters and all re­ accuracy of statements made by contributors. mittances should be sent to the Every effort is made to insure correctness of '.l're~surer. All general commun- all articles. 1cat10ns and advertising should Subscription Rates: $4.00 per year, 35c per copy. be sent to the Editor. Advertising Rate Card available from the Editor OC'I10BER, 1959 PAGE 1 President,s Corner To the Members of the American Air Mail Society: In 1923 when your society was founded the world was witnessing the advent of the 'Aviation Age'. Today, in 1959, we are witnessing the advent of the 'Space Age'. Our hobby and our society have kept pace with these achievements and as your new president I am proud to represent such a group of sincere collectors who have collectively contributed so much to the field of philately. The American Air Mail Society has published catalogs and handbooks that are authoritative in our field. Our Airpost Journal ranks high on the list of the world's philatelic periodicals and is a reference work of aerophilatelic knowledge. You, as an active member, can help further the interests of our hobby by re­ cruiting new members, exhibiting and discussing air mails at every opportunity, and by contributing informative articles on any phase of aerophilately to the Airpost Journal. The affairs of the Society are in excellent shape, your Publications Committee is planning new handbooks and catalog supplements and we enjoy cordial relations with the United States Post Office Department and tihe United Nations Postal Ad­ ministration. You are urged to buy your copy of the 1959 AAMS 'American Air Mail Cata­ log' so our publication fund can be directed to new catalogs. Your officers need your cooperation and suggestions if our Society is to continue to grow. As we enter the 'Space Age' there are no limits or 1bounds to the pleasure and interest to be found in collecting the postal souvenirs of man's conquest of time and space. Good collecting to all of you! -Bob Murch, President. THANKS TO- OLD-TIME PILOT ASKED T10 OPEN EDMONTON SHOW Robert W. Murch for first flight jet cover, St. Louis to New York; Thomas A. The woman who flew the first airmail Matthews for a Jupiter Balloon First Day from Calgary to Edmonton has been ask­ souvenir book; Ken Tallmadge for a ed to open the 1959 Edmonton Exhibi­ newspaper story of first balloon flight tion. from St. Louis; John Watson for first day Exhibition officials have tracked down covers Australian stamps and aero­ Katherine Stinson, now living in Santa gramme, and first flight jet cover, Syd­ Fe, New Mexico, whose 1918 airmail ney to San Francisco; James Langabeer, special flight will be honored with the for first days of New Zealand Red Cross Golden Anniversary of Flight in Canada and Self-Government stamps; Haitian this year. Philatelic Agency first day cover and Miss Stinson, now known as Mrs. mint copies of Lincoln stamps overprint­ Michael Otero, took 259 letters on her ed: (How did they know our Lincoln­ epic flight in a single-seat biplane. iana interest?); George W. Angers for (AAMC Canada No. 7.) Jack Knight autographed 1923 flight cov­ Mrs. Otero flew in W estem Canada er, other covers and historical clippings; as early as 1912 and in the Calgary area Dr. James J. Matejka, Jr., for first day between 1916 and 1920. Pan American Games cover. -From Calgary Herald, May 29, 1959. PAGE 2 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL LINCOLN BEACHEY NEDERLAND Our cover this month shows the re­ doubtable Lincoln Beachey, early exhi­ .........Ill. -~--. bition .flyer, at the controls of one of the ........ ~ •&\1-- early aeroplanes he flew between 1911, ·---·-·-­.......... when he first learned to fly, and Maroh ... _ 1919 KLM···-- 19s9 14, 1915, when he was killed flying a -- German Taube monoplane. Althouglh this flying career spanned only four years, Beachey achieved a reputation as an aerial daredevil that remains unsur­ passed almost ififty years later. Arthur Mix, mechanician and associate of Beach­ ey, had this to say about :him in an ar­ ticle for the "U. S. Air Services" pub­ lis.hed in -January, 1929: SPECIAL DUTCH POSTAGE "'Dhe people of the Pacific Coast were STAMPS TO MARK the first to see Beachey make 1those long KLM'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY dives and land in front of grandstands Tlhe Netherlands Post Office will issue filled with gasping spectators. Rain, two special postage stamps to commem­ shine 'Or wind made no difference to him. orate rthe fortieth anniversary of KLM Nothing lbotlhered him excepting people, Royal Dutch Airlines as the world's old­ wires and poles in the city streets in est airline. which he took off and landed. Because These stamps were designed and en­ ihe was Beache.y and could do anything, graved by the Dutch artist, E. Thorn people thought he should do just ·that, Leeson. The 12 cent stamp shows the and ~ey got so they knew that he would silhouette of a jet ·airliner against a back­ begin to do it at exactly 3 o'clock, as ground of white lines depicting part of advertised. tlhe map of the world, and underneath "Among the many remarkable exhibi­ "1919 KLM 1959". In the 30 cent value tions by Beachey were his death--defying an aircraft appears on a plain back­ flights inside the Machinery Hall, at San ground including the dates 1919-1959 Francisco, in the spring of 1914, and and the I@,M emblem. over vhe brink of Niagara Falls down The 12 cent stamp is executed in red into that mist-filled chasm, on under the and 1blue, while the colors of ·the 30 cent 'bridge and into t!hat mighty gorge, with stamp are green and -blue. not a chance to land safe within those Both stamps will be on sale at Dutch vertical walls.
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