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EST. 1896 EST . 1896 A. P~ I LLI PS AIR MAIL SPE:CIALIST NE:WPORT MON E:NGLAND :J.,ow.nto Ylo.r.uidi Up. 'P~ &o-4 llTH ANNUAL CONVENTION Society trophy, will also be available • for competition. The regulations Features Will Include governing the exhibition are very AIRPOST EXHIBITION liberal and all airpost collectors AIRPOST AUCTION should participate, making every ef ANNUAL AAMS DINNER fort to exhibit their choice material at this show, which promises to be SIGHTSEEING TOUR the best of its nature ever under CATALOGUE FORUM taken in the Dominion. SPECIAL PARTIES No Duty on Stamps • It should also be pointed out, for T'S "THUMBS UP !" and "On to the benefit of those who have not n Toronto" for AAMS members and been informed, that stamps and cov airposters on the occasion of the ers are not listed in any way in the Eleventh Annual Convention of the Canadian tariff regulations and are American Air Mail Society being therefore free of complications and held at the Canadian metropolis delays in this respect. Mr. T. H. August 16-17, 1940. Headquarters for R-McNally, Manager of the Toronto the gathering of air mail collectors Convention and Tourist Association, will be the beautiful Royal York advises us there will be no duty on Hotel, largest edifice of its kind in the stamps or covers brought in for the British Empire. exhibit, sale or exchange. Packages Word has just been received from sent should be marked as per the President J. M. Stephen of the Tor specific instructions related in our onto Air Mail Club, Chapter No. 14, last issue, which will insure their that in spite of ·the fact that some entry and handling without delay or of the members are now in the bother. According to Mr. R-McNally, Army, Navy and Air Force, the or anyone carrying stamps to the con ganization is carrying on and eagerly vention need only explain to the looks forward to entertaining the customs people that he is taking AAMS Convention. The burden of these stamps to a philatelic conven the local air mail collectors has been tion in Toronto and he wil have no lightened by the close cooperation trouble whatever. of five other Toronto stamp clubs, together with the Canadian Philate The Airp')st Auction lic Society and the nearby Stamp In connection with the Convention Club of Hamilton. the AAMS is also sponsoring the first Airpost Auction, consisting of The Exhibition a selected group of air mail stamps A most representative exhibition and covers and other philatelic of Airpost Stamps, Covers and As material. It is antichlated the sale sociated Material is well under way will be held in one of the assembly and will be thrown open to the pub rooms of the headquarters hotel lic on the afternoon of Friday, Aug Saturday afternoon, August 17. A ust 16. Complete details of the exhi listing of the lots to be offered at this bition, together with information and. sale will appear in connection with entry blank appear in the June APJ. the Convention Issue of the APJ, to In addition to the awards listed last be published during the last week of month, the Cincinnati Air Mail July. Entries of material to be in-
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eluded in the auction for donation, concludes the activities of the two or sale, should reach the Auction day session Saturday evening. An Manager, Mr. L. B. Gatchell, 24 enjoyable air mail program is being Brook Road, Bronxville, N. Y., not arranged by the local committee and later than July 8. Further details prominent speakers, including repre concerning this auction may also sentatives of both the Canadian and be found in the June issue . .of .this .. the .. United . States .Post .Office .De magazine. partments will be featured. The an Program Plans nouncement rnd prrnent"tion of the The Toronto Convention program Airpost Exhibition· awards will also has already taken shape, and com be made as a climaxing feature of plete details of the various meet the dinner. ings and entertainments which are to be featured will appear next Plan Attendance month. A prevue of the arrange The majority of the officers of the ments being made indicates AAMS AAMS, editors and writers of the business sessions will be scheduled Catalogue and the AIRPOST JOUR for Friday and Saturday mornings. NAL and many of the membership Friday afternoon will see the open have already announced their in ing of the airpost show, together tention of attending the Toronto with a sightseeing tour of Toronto in Convention. A cordial invitation is modern, streamlined street cars, re extended to all members and every quiring two hours. Friday evening one interested in airposts to be pre there will be a Stag Party for the sent for this enjoyable and beneficial gentlemen, including moving pic gathering of air mail collectors. Pre tures and entertainment, sandwiches liminary registratibn will be under and refreshments. At the same time way Thursday evening, August 15 there will also be a cocktail party with the general program opening for the ladies in attendance, includ Friday morning, August 16. Join in ing the serving of sandwiches and with your fellow airpost collector at some very attractive entertainment. Toronto .... and "THUMBS UP!" Catalogue Forum One of the features of this year's Convention will be the holding of a Catalogue Forum, which is tentative ly scheduled for Saturday afternoon, following the Auction. The editor in-chief and the two assistant edi tors of the 1940 Edition of the American Air Mail Catalogue will be in attendance, together with the majority of the individual Section Chairmen and their associates, pre senting what will undoubtedly be the largest single gathering of the authorities who produced this recog nized volume, and all of whom are recognized airpost specialists in their particular fields. An open discussion of listings, with questions and an ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! swers, will be available to all who would like to attend, with a cordial An absolute necessity for the in invitation for those who are not telligent collecting of Airposts. The clear on the current listings, or who recognized guide for buy- $3 SQ would like to present suggestions ing or selling. Postage ex- • for possible future editions. The tra. (Wt. 3 lbsJ. plan should prove popular, and will undoubtedly be presented in the THE future as an annual feature. AMERICAN AIR MAIL Annual AA.MS Dinner CATALOGUE Highlight of the Convention will Albion Penn'a be the annual AAMS dinner, which ·•·v~•tvtiJ•·....-~-~. BULLETIN Date Set For Inaugural of New Zealand Route
SOUTH PACIFIC INAUGURAL FLIGHT AUTHORIZED; LOS ANGELES NEW STOP Below is official data on U. S. - N. Z. inaugural flight released at Washington, June 26: The first flight on this new route from San Francisco to Auckland, New Zealand, by way of Los Angeles, (new stop) Honolulu, Canton Island (South Pacific) and Noumea (New Caledonia) is scheduled to leave San Francisco July 12, 1940. and arrive at Auckland, July 17. Returning, the first flight will leave Auckland, July 20, arriVing at San Francisco, July 24. Covers for mailing should be sent in time to reach San Francisco ·or LOS ANGELES, respectively, not later than July 10, Honolulu not later than. July 11. The last steamship connection for Honolulu leaves San Francisco, July 6. There is no steamship connection for points beyond Honolulu. Fully prepaid covers sent to the postmaster at Los Angeles with indications thereon to be carried to Hono lulu, Canton Island, Noumea, or Auckland, will be given a special cachet. All covers to and from Canton Island will be carried in the mails, and not outside the mails as previously announced. Those to be dispatched from Can ton Island will be postmarked and those received will be backstamped at that office. The postage rates for the entire route and intermediate points are as follows: From Los Angele~ to Honolulu, 20 cents; San Francisco or Los Angeles to Canton Island, 30 cents; to Noumea, 40 cents, and to Auckland, 50 cents per h<>lf ounce. From Honolulu to Los Angeles, 20 cen1s; to Canton Island, 10 cents; to Noumea, 20 cents, and to Auck land, 30 cents per half ounce. From Canton Island to Noumea, 10 cents; to Auckland, 20 cents; to Honolulu, 10 cents, and to San Francisco or ·Los Angeles, 30 cents per half ounce. From Noumea to Auckland, 7.00 French francs; to Canton Island, 7.00 francs; to Honolulu, 11.00 francs, end to San Francisco or Los Angeles. 19.50 francs per 10 grams. From Auckland to Noumea. 1 shilling: to Canton Island, 1 shilling 6 pence; to Honolulu, 2 shillings and to San Francisco or Los Angeles, 3 shillings 6 pence per half ounce. Any covers collectors send direct to postmasters for mailing to Canton Island, will be returned therefrom after the flight by boat service that may be available. Pan American Airways Company, San Francisco, Calif., EDITOR'S NOTE: adVises that any covers sent it to be serViced, should be This P. 0. an accompanied with payment by money order at the fol noW'!cement was lowing rates: From Honolulu to Canton Island, 25 cents; sent out as an to Noumea, 35 cents, and to Auckland, 45 cents per half AAMS Bulletin on ounce. Fro,-n Canton Island to Noumea, 25 cents; to Auck land, 35 cents; to Honolulu, 25 cents, and to Los Angeles June 27. What ef· 0 feet the falling of or S n Franc·sco, 45 cents pPr half ounce. From Noum"a to ( E'rench ) N e w Auckland, 33 cents; to Canton Island, 35 cents; to Hono Caledonia i n t o lulu, 45 cents, and to Los Angeles or San Francisco, 65 '.f.talian or Ger cents per 10 grams (about 1-3 ounce). From Auckland to m a n ownership Noumea, 35 cents; to Canton Island, 45 cents; to Honolulu, 50 C">nts, and to Los Angeles or San Francisco, 80 cents will have on this 1 route is not novv per ha f ounce. Any such covers should be s•>nt in time known. The C.A.A. to reach PAA at San Francisco by July 10, 1940. nnd the P. 0. D. have made no AAMS ADVANCE AIR MAIL BULLETIN SERVICE mention of this Albion, Pa. - June 27, 1940 - No. 64 - Walter J. Conrath factor i n theil current releases. AIR MAIL and the WAR, IV ported that he sueceeded in escaping to • Sweden. As a member of the Amundsen by DR. MAX KRONSTEIN Ellsworth and of the Nobile air exploits New York, N. Y. to the North Pole he signed as postmaster of the first North Pole Airmail, accepted • from all countries in 1925 and 1926. His HE PERIOD SINCE the third report signature may be seen on the special T is one of the most important in the vignette imprinted on these cards. Fin history of the airmail and it is only land resumed postal service to Germany possible to understand the events in an a.nd Holland on (~bout) JPne 10, 1940. historic and geographic order. Air connections of the "Finish Aero Transport" are egain in service between (A). THE SITUATION BEFORE Helsinki, Finland and Tallinn. Esthonia JUNE 1, 1940 and posfal service between Finland and The Far East Soviet Russia will be resumed soon. An interesting summary of the airmail From May 3, 1940 the airline from situation in China since the Japanese oc Stockholm to Riga, Latvia has been ex cupation was published in Shanghai, tended to Moscow, Russia. The postfiights China by Mr. A. F. Krenek, publisher of from Moscow to Berlin (about 1,150 miles) the Asia Stamp Journal (P. 0. Box 4047, have been accomplished in the course of Shanghai, China), in No. 8 ('Jan. 1940) of a single day since May 5, 1940. Before his Journal. In all Chinese territories oc that time the m~il had .not arrived at cupied by the Japaneses the aviation cor Berlin before the next day. The German porations which were operating with Lufthonsa announced on the same day a American or European capital were en new time t?ble with other direct war time forced to susnend their operations over services from Berlin to Budapest, Bucar the Shanghai:.North China-North West est, Belgrad, Sofia, Athens, Rome. Kopen China-Yangtsze River Valley-Hongkong hagen, Stoekholm, Amsterdam and new Canton sky routes. The immense amount airlines had been planned to Tallinn, of airmail could no longer be flown. Esthonia and Riga, Latvia. An airmail service from Canada via Later semi-military Japanese companies Siberia to Eurone has been projected by established new air services between the Yukon Southern Airw2ys in Canada. Japan and China and between the dif The flights have bPen pro9osed from ferent parts of the occupied area. Now, Wirdcor, Ont., CPn~d'l to Nome, A!Pska new Japanese air routes are planned to to Vladisvostok. S'berfa pnd to Etncope. Siam (Thailand) and, according to newest Mail could be flown to China, to Japan reports, the Japanese plan to convert the and to Europe with only 200 miles of new civilian airport at Peiping into the flight over sea. Th<> service would be center of all air services in Northern connected with U. S. A. via Detroit to China. Caneda or by the new Seattle - Alaska In South and West China. not occupied flights of the Pacific Alaska Airways by Japan, the former aviation corpor beginning on June 20, 1940. ations still operate the air services be tween Hongkong and Chungking, which The Trans-Atlantic Situation in used to be the only open airmail route April and May 1940 over all China for some time. In that area The history of the development of the Chungking has been developed as center U. S. Clipper service and of its connec of air services in spite of bomb attacks tions from Lisbon to the different Europ by the Japanese air forces. A new airline ean countries is a part of the general his from Chungking to Rangoon, Burma by tory of the war. The quantity of the air Douglas DC2 airplanes came into s~rvice mail had grown so rapidly during April on November 2, 1939. (Souvenir envelopes and May, 1940 that on two occasions spec and special cachets with English and ial clipper flights were made without pas Chinese text have been used). Other ser sen<;ers, being exclusivelv for air mail. vices have been tested or planned to After an intermission of the service of 9 Gyantse (Thibet) and to Russia. Also a days the American Clipper had departed new Sino-Russian airline has been plan from New York on April 27, 1940 with a ned to Alma-Ata, Turkestan. record mail of 7 .061 pounds in 153 sacks The difficulties to transport such quanti From Northern Europe ties of mail in a passenger airplane is From Norway, no information is avail apparent by the fact that also the new able concerning the airmail situation in Boeing four engine Stratoliner 307 B has that country. Ii: was reported from Oslo, only a maximum cargo capactiy of 6,590 Norway that Captain Hjalmar Rijser pounds, if the full number of passengers Larsen had been killed during the Nor are on board the airplane. Therefore, the wegian war. Later however, it was re- U. S. Acting First Assistant Postmaster JULY, 1940 219
Shown here in flight is the U. S. Army Air Corps' fast, camouflaged. new Curtiss P-40 advanced pursuit plane. It is the first of a large number of such fighters now building in accordance with a record peac'
General, J. M. Donaldson, declared the flown over 566,900 miles (with · 2,774 pas mail volume has increased to the extent sengers) during the first· year. -· that additional service is desirable. Such year. service is being given by the PAA, who In Lisbon a new great airport, Portela reinforced the hull of the Dixie Clipper i and removed some interior luxury to al de Sacavem, was -being prepared, only 2.5 low carrying of the additional load and miles from the Clipper Seaport at Cabo Ruivo, in order to improve the handling announced t.>. third weekly service to Europe beginning . on June 18, 1940. Other of great quantities of airmail coming from services have been proposed by the all parts of Europe and from U. S. A. American Export Airlines. for the European -countries, since the old airport at Sintra was no more big enough. French Exi:ierimental Flights were ex pected lin Mav, i940) to begin soon and Inaugurated April 19, 1940, the Dutch to continuP unt'I November 1. It was an KLM service continued to fly mail be nounced thot Farman land-planes w!ll tween London and Lisbon and Amster take the air route from B:irdeaux, France dam and Lisbon. Also arriving at Lisbon to Irel-pd ~nd to New York and that was the Ala Littoria from Rome, the Air Latocoere flving boats will start from B's Fr<:.nce from Marseilles, by way of carosse b Lisbon, the Azores, Bermud0 Northern Africa and the Spanish lines and New York. Thev would be confined from Madrid (with a new air connection to the official busine~s of !he Frenc'1 to Switzerland. It is announced in Swit Government ~nd no mail would be c?rried zerland that 16,425 letters were flown from on eP.st bound flights. Locarno, Switzerland to Barcelona, Spain It was announced on May 20, 1940, the by the first flight of that service). The first anniversary of the U. S. Clipper ser Spanish position in the air situation in vice, that 243,000 lbs. of mail have been the Mediterranean was further emphasiz- 220 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL ed by the appointment of a famous air vice between the different parts of Bel man to be commander of the Balearic gian Congo is still operating. Island. General Alfredo K.indelan, born in It is reported from Brazil that the Cuba of Irish descent, crossed the Medi Brazilian Condor Airlines, which are terranean n a ballooon already in 1907, linked With the German Lufthansa, an participated in 3 Intern. Gordon Bennett nounces a new airmail service to Oya Balloon races and is an airplaneman since pock, far up the Amazon at the border 1911. of French Guiana. The airplanes Will be A first regular weekly Clipper News flown by native Brazilian pilots. paper was issued by the German Frank When the battle in Flanders continued furter Zeitung" since May 1, 1940, with the historic air service between London the inscription: "Befoerdert durch Trans and Paris came to an end on May 17, 1940. atlantikfiug ." That was the first international air route in the history of the English airmail and The Low Countries had been developed from the military air Still in April 1940 the aerophilatelic services of the first world war. Since societies in Belgium and Holland were also the KLM air service from London engaged in good and peaceful work. The via Amsterdam to Lisbon didn't exist Muphila Magazine of the Belgium Aero any more, the British Overseas Airways philatelic Society was again published. inaugurated (twice weekly) a direct ser The Dutch Society of Collectors of Bal vice from London to Bordeaux, France loon-and Zeppelinpost held a first great and Lisbon, on June 4, 1940. Besides the public meeting in The Hague, Holland. At airmail, passengers were also flown to Rotterdam the philatelists held a Stam:o reach the U. S. clipper at Portugal. Centenary celebration on May 6, 1940 and That service was further developed very a special postal cancellation was used soon and is now flown three times a there. week, starting June 19. 1940. No more More than ever the Amsterdam airport, Clipper mail was accepted in the U. Schiphol, was a center of international S. A. for Belgium, Luxemburg and the airmail connections. On May 9, 1940 this Netherlands, when tlie Atlantic Clipper important airfield was suddenly closed was outgoing on May 22, 1940. (But air for all foreign airplanes. They were forc mail has again been accepted for Nor ed to land at Eelde airport, six miles way). U. S. Airmail service for Nether from Groningen. Passengers and mail lands (not for Belgium and Luxemburg) were then transported by car to Amster was resumed about on June 10, 1940. dam. At dawn of the next morning, May 10, 1940, the first air battle started over (C). THE ITALIAN CRISIS Schiphol, bombs were dropped on the At the end of May 1940 the danger of hangers. Air battles were fought all over the entrance of Italy in the war became the KLM airfields, pioneer centers in the actual. But when the Italian steamer history of the airmail, especially at the service to U. S. A. was suspended on May Waalhaven airfield near Rotterdam, where 25, 1940, the Italian air service to Egypt parachute troops were dropped and trans was still maintained. The director of the port planes landed. Leaflets were drop Italian Civil Aviation, General Stefano ped all over Holland and Belgium. The Cagna, who piloted the lead plane in the war had come to the Low Countries. mass flight conducted by Gen. Italo Balbo in 1933 from Italy to the Chicago Ex (B). AFTER THE OCCUPATION position, interrupted an inspecting tour OF THE LOW COUNTRIES of civil aviation in Uruguay, A1'.'gentine The occupation of the Low Countries and Brazil and arirved at New York to interrupted the Dutch KLM Services be return on June 2. 1940 by U. S. Clipper tween Holland. the different European to lt1>Iv. The Italian Air Service of the Countries and Lisbon, the airbase of the Ala Littoria was suspended the same U. S. Clippers, also the famous air ser d~v between Rhodos, Eastern Mediter vice from Holland to Dutch Indies, for ranean, and Basra, Irak. merly the oldest airmail service between The British Overseas Airways closed two distant continents. Even in Central their offices in Italy already on .Tune l, American the Dutch KLM Air Service 1940. It was announced. June 9, 1940, that was interrupted: The Government of beginning June 10, 1940 its services to Trinidad ordered, on June 7, 1940, sus India, South Africa and Australia would pension of all KLM services into and not touch Italian territory any more. out of the island and that interrupted the But just on that day, Italy declared war KLM services between Trinidad and on England and France. Ciudad, Venezuela and the air route from (D). THE AffiMAIL SITUATION SINCE Curacao (Dutch) via Trinidad to Para ITALY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE WAR maribo (Dutch). British airmail services The outbreak of hostilities in the Medi are operated by planes from St Kitts to terranean has immediately caused the Trinidad, Barbados and all the principal interruption of all steamer services bet Leeward and Windward Islands. ween Italy and U. S. A. The U. S. Clip By the occupation of Belgium the per Service to Lisbon, which is still op Sabena air service to the Belgian posses erating, became the only mail connection sions in Africa was interrupted, but it from U. S. A. to Europe. From Lisbon to can be assumed that the Sabena air ser- Bordeaux (France) and London (England) JULY, 1940 221
It: has come to be generally acknowledged that motorless flights are the best preparation for the flying of powered aircraft. American aviation experts point out that the powerful German "Luftwaffe," which has been devastating Europe's battlefields. was built around a group of pilots who after the World War learned to fly gliders and flivver planes, and enthusiastically endorse this phase of pilot training. The photo shows a pilot siiting in front of his plane with the controls in hand while waiting to be pulled off for a start by a winch car. As soon as the gliding plane gains height the cable is cut and the glider is left to his own skill. The Nazi Army now threatens invasion of the British Isles with thousands of motor. less gliders.
the British air service brings the mail to Netherlands - Indies, New Zealand, South these countries. Also the Italian air ser· Africa, Southeastern Africa and South· vice is still maintained from Lisbon to eastern Asia. Italy and to Germany. But it is not known whether also the Italian air service to Brazil will be flown. Already in April, It can be expected that the Asian and 1 1940 the French and the English Govern- .. African sections of the former airlines ment had protested against the neutral to Europe will still be operated to main airmail routes from Lisbon to berngerent tain an airmail connection between the countries. Neutral European air services different countries in these continents. are now no longer possible op. that route. By that means airmail can reach U. S. A. by the U. S . Transpacific Clipper Service On June 12, 1940 the Empire Air Ser and the new airmail service between vice from England to India, the Far East San Francisco and New Zealand, which Australasia and South Africa "tem will now come into operation as soon as porarily" has been suspended. It must also possible. Also airmail from Australia to be assumed that the Dutch KLM service India, to London, England can now only to Dutch East Indies and the Air France be flown by the way of San Francisco flights to Indo-China have been suspend and New York to Lisbon. The American ed. Therefore the U. S. Airmail for the Airlines are now the world's only peace Yankee Clipper (outgoing June 15, 1940) ful communications, left by the continued will not accept airmail for Australia, spread of the war. Official publication of the American Air Mail Society. Published monthly at Albion, (Erie Co .• ) Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
THE AIRPOST JOURNAL is entered WALTER J. CONRATH. F.clitor as second-class matter, February 10, Albion, Penn'a 1932. at the post office at Albion, Pa., GRACE CONRATH, Business Manager under the Act of March 3. 1879. Albion, Penn'a All editorial copy, advertising, new and renewal subscriptions should be sent ALTON J. BLANK. Assistant Editor direct to the publication office at 1850 Burnett Ave .. E. Cleveland, 0. Albion, Penn'a. GLEN W. NAVES. Assistant Editor The AIRPOST JOURNAL is not con "lo Herald-Journal Newspapers ducted for profit. The managing edi Spartanburg, S. C. tor, all department editors, feature writers and contributors serve gratis ASSOCIATE EDITORS and without compensation of any kind. FRANCIS J. FIELD, Sutton Coldfield. All receipts from advertising, subscrip England tions and contributions are applied di rectly to the betterment of the maga L. B. GATCHELL, 24 Brook Road. zine and the promotion of aero-philately. Bronxville, N. Y. SUBSCRIPTION RATES D. E. HELMUTH. 1724 Page Ave., #11. United States ...... $2.00 per year East Cleveland, Ohio Canada and Foreign •...•.•. $2.50 per year JAMES C. HEARTWELL, 341 Carroll Single Copies ...... 20c each Park West. Long Beach. Calif. Back Numbers ...... 25c each F. W. KESSLER; 551 Fifth Avenue. Second (duplicate) copy sent to New York, N. Y. member's same address, 1 yr•.... $1.00 Bound Volumes also availal:>le. RICHARD L. SINGLEY, Post Office. Lancaster, Penn·a ADVERTISING RATES One inch, per issue...... $ 1.00 DEPARTMENT EDITORS Quarter Page, per issue ...... $ 3.25 Hali Page, per issue ...... $ 6.00 ALTON J. BLANK Full Page, per issue ...... $10.00 Airs of the Month Front Inside or Back Cover ...... $12.00 Composition charge for solid, tabular HAROLD A. JONES or special typographic layouts: lOc to Crash Cover News 25c per inch additional. W.R. PATTON Interested advertisers may apply :for Canftda contract rate for space used every issue for a period of 12 months. Ad MAURICE S. PETTY vertising and editorial copy MUST BE Dedications and Unofficials RECEIVED BY THE 20TH OF EACH CHARLES G. RIESS MONTH. 10 days before publication. Contract Air Mail Routes
TORONTO. 1940 "friendly border" between Canada and the United States than has been "MllUCH CREDIT is due the mem experienced in the past. Elsewhere J.VB bers of the Toronto Air Mail in this issue assurances of the passing Club, Branch Chapter No. 14 of the through customs without difficulty AAMS. With many of their mem or duty have also been presented. A bers and relatives actively engaged more complete set of instructions to in the European war and the entire those members who plan to be in nation responding to wartime sched attendance at the 11th Annual Con ules, the new airpost club held a vention will be presented in our committee meeting June 26 and next issue. determined to go through with the previously planned and much antici pated AAMS Convention, which will Plan now to cooperate with our be held in Toronto August 16-17. spirited and fine fellow members in Canada by attending the Convention. According to the best information You will never regret the visit .... now available passport requirements and, don't forget, a vacation in Can will not be as strict as first anticipat ada affords a 10 % saving on your ed and there will be little or no expense, because of the difference in more difficulty in passing over the exchange. JULY, 1940 223
AIRMAIL AND POLITICS "THE DEBUNKER" Chalk up a victory for the city of A contemporary sets up a regular Los Angeles in convincing the Civil house-organ department in which to Aeronautics Authority our new defend "doubtful" issues of airpost South Pacific Clipper Route should stamps. Unlike the Scott "tentative" operate ·a shuttle service over the or "doubtful" issue listings, which West Coast before getting down to seek more information on the some the business of flying the lengthy what shady stamps, this department span to the land "down under." is chiefly concerned in defense ma The addition of the great Cali terial to help authenticate and keep fornia city hardly seems necessary, the doubtful stamps moving out to though the CAA protested when one collectors. The current debunking effort of its examiners presented his re again endeavors to back up the house port recommending Los Angeles organ press and lead a counter-of should not be included as an inter fensive against the lay collector mediate stop. Exceptions were filed press, which has been "shooting early last February and new hearings holes'' in the now famous U. S. six were held, finally okaying the mod cent air mail part perforates. Any ern Clipper "pick-up" on this our defense, no matter how weak, is of longest trans-oceanic route. The de course better than none. However, bate required considerable time to the repercussions caused by the ap argue, and it now seems apparent pearance of these stamps, and the this situation was the main factor involved situations surrounding their in delaying establishment of the im appearance, will never be explained portant international trade route, the to serious and financially disinter inaugural of which was expected in ested collectors by a few lines of re October, 1939. buttal and the repetition of the "find Now, observers are wondering if story" which in itself was even con a possible change in the domain of fused and garbled by the originators, New Caledonia, a French Colony, the sponsors, and the financially in will again curtail or possibly make terested. this service impossible. While French It is a known fact that the post possessions were changing hands in office department has since set up all parts of the world as a result of more stringent regulations in the the Axis Armistice, the United States passing about of "printers' waste" announced inaugural of the new and, unannounced, isn't hopeful that South Pacific service for July 12. another "variety" of this kind will appear. The often quoted law is still Meantime, collectors who really present, though it may not be in feel complications will be met are preparing their additional covers to everyday use. include the new point of Los Angeles We, even if we happen to be almost . . . . with hopes the new Clipper individual in the matter, still con route will tly. tinue to question this and any other doubtful issue, until it is actually proven legitimate. We don't propose • or want to be a member of the hon orary committee which might award a plaque or medal to any past or Aero-Pf.ilateJy' s future "patron'' of the hobby who makes "sensational finds" of "new varieties." And, until we're forced to capitulate, our policy remains the same. We don't think it's un-Ameri can to defend and demand the purity of our own country's stamp issues. And to those who would gain through the distribution of illegiti mate material claimed to be Ameri can we quote that new slogan of our countrymen "America, Love It or Leave It." -W. J.C. AERO PHILATELISTS the AAMS is fortunate in having OF NOTE his skilled services. The Harding memorial stamp • started Alton to collecting in 1923. During the spring of 1926 he switch Number 10 In a Series ed to air mails and has been collect by GLEN W. NAVE:i ing them mint continuously since. He has all except 160-odd of air P . 0 . Box 446 mail stamps issued, making his col Spartanburg, S. c. lection one of the largest and most complete on the globe . • No "shoe-box" storage collector is nn IGH ON THE LIST of airposters our East Cleveland co-worker. He who long have rendered valu has his stamps attractively mounted able service to the American Air in seven Scott albums! This splendid Mail Society, The Airpost .Journal example ties-in neatly with a move and collectors in general, is modest ment enthusiastically backed by hard-working Alton .J. Blank, new AAMS officials, et al., to induce col issues editor. lectors to get their stamps and cov ers out of inadequate and improvised Alton replied to our query letter "filing systems" into classified and by saying "Outside of collecting attractive album pages. stamps I've really never done any thing of note." This corner disa Alton also collects semi-officials grees with him 100 per cent and and aero-philatelic labels, plus we're sure the rank and file of air United States, and takes an occasion posters, upon viewing the record al "flyer'' into various countries' will concur. His new issues section postal issues. For example, he has is one of the most complete, timely Palestine complete, Germany nearly and interestingly written features so, and is now "playing around" existing in the philatelic publica with Uruguay. Stamps are his forte tions realm - no doubt of that. and but he also has a smaller showing_of ' JULY. 1940 225
C. A. M. and F. A. M. covers, and is past director and vice president of keenly interested in early U. S. on the Society, also a charter member cover. and past president of the Cleveland Air Mail Society, AAMS Chapter He doesn't frown on cover col Number 3. lecting - "There is not time for both Born December 30, 1906 in Cleve fields, so I stick to stamps," says he. land, he has lived mainly in his Some of the Airpost Journal's top native city except "side sojourns" flight articles have come from our in Pasadena, California and Woos co-assistant editor. They include ter, Ohio. In 1929 he was graduated "Plane Stamps," "Zeppelins,'' "Fam from Adelbert College of Western ous Flight Stamps" and others. He Reserve University. has been writing stamp news since A real airposter - this fellow! - 1929 and in the Airpost Journal and at "30" on this well-merited since our magazine was acquired by account, we're still of the opinion the Society in 1931. His AAMS mem that he has achieved much of NOTE bership Number is 1270, and he is a in aero-philately.
• A NOTHER RECENT change in the existing air carriers operating bet ..t"D.. FAM schedule which demon ween these points (Juneau and Ket strates the authority of the CAA, is chikan)." the elimination of Ketchikan, Alaska The balance of the service, how as a point of local service on FAM- ever, went into operation by the 20, Seattle-Juneau. The route was Pacific Alaska Airways, a wholly inaugurated June 20, and it is under owned subsidiary of the Pan Ameri stood that mail was not carried bet can Airways. According to the com ween Juneau and Ketchikan and pany, for the initial year the route Ketchikan and Juneau, points pre will utilize a Sikorsky S-42-B flying viously announced by the postoffice. boat. By autumn, 1941, the company It is understood, however, that ser proposes to use Boeing 307 four vice to and from Ketchikan and Se engine land planes, not only over attle was ft.own, which should pro this route, but also to a future ex vide the Ketchikan cacheted covers. tension to Fairbanks, when suitable The Authority excluded the Alaska landing fields will also be available. city from local traffic on the route It is planned to suspend service dur "because local operations by Pacific ing the winter because of the doubt Alaska would have a substantial ful safety of operating seaplanes adverse effect upon the business of when ice is present.
U.S. AIR MAIL ~o AIRPOSTS al ihe FAIR ~ HOUGH the number of frf'me.:> sketch of the flight itself. The rarities ll at the International Stamp Cen include Earhart covers, the Byrd trip tennial Exhibition at the World's in the America, the Army Round the Fair was naturally limited due to WorId Flight and many others, the fact that an 2rea of only 20,000 boosting the value of the whole square feet was available in the show up to $35,000. British Pavilion, the Aerophilatelists 'I he popular block of four airmail of America have played an important invErts of 1918 are also being shown part in bringing to visitors a splendid through the courtesy of Mrs. Ethel cross section of the appeal their B. Stewart, a direc:or of the AAMS. hobby holds for collectors. L. B. Gatchell, another wdl known The outstanding collection in the airpost enthusiast has entered his entire show is the 10 frame display collection of Fordgn Airmail flight of William H. Krinsky of Brooklyn, covers which is attrac:ini; consider N. Y., who is exhibiting an unusual able attention, p2.rticularly since it lot of Trans-oceanic flights from the is mounted in a mrnner that will in Alcock and Brown hop across the terest even the non collector. Atlantic in 1919, right up to the pre To Pc-blo Esperidion, editor of the sent Clippu flights. The collection is Philippine Air Mail DigESt, goes the mounted on black album sheets· and honor of having ~ent an entry from augmented by a map of the route, 1he farthest distance. He sent a col a photograph of the plenes used and lection of pioneer Philippines all the the pilots and a bri€f historical way from Manila by Clipper so that
Another Air Mail Exhibit. that of the Post Office Dep-:irtment, in the Aviation Building at :the New Yorks World's Fair. The display was constructed by New York postoffice employees under the di ection of Postmaster Goldman. -Photo courtesy "Flash" Hyman JULY. 1940 227
they would arrive in time for the For the past six years Martin has opening of this million dollar stamp served as Superintenden of the Fif exhibit. teenth Division of the Railway Mail Florence Lamport has entered her Service with headquarters at Pitts well known 1ot of pilot autographs burgh, where he was also in charge and Norman Serphos submitted one of Air Mail Service in that area. frame of early British Pioneers and Prior to his Pittsburgh assignment, one frame of early Americans. Mr. Martin served in official capaci ties in the Railway Mail Service at J. J. Klemann, Jr., not only enter Indianapolis and Chicago. ed three frames of early pioneer Martin's appointment as Superin covers not shown by Serphos, but tendent of the Division of Air Mail also his extremely valuable Century Service is to become effective July of Progress Flight covers ~igned by 1. The new superintendent succeeds each member of the Italian squad Charles P. Graddick, former Air Mail ron and the King of Italy, Mussolini Superintendent who recently re and Italo Balbo. signed from the Postal Service to Dr. Thaddeus P. Hysatt, a retired enter the field of commercial avia dental authority who was present at tion in an executive capacity. the Garden City flight of 1911 has At the time of his new appoint entered a complete documented col ment, Mr. Martin was Vice President lection of pictures, cards and covers of the Pittsburgh Federal Business on that memorable trip. Association and editor of that organi The exhibition, which was arrang zation's official publication, "The ed and directed by Ernest Kehr, Steel City News." Editor of the New York Herald Trib une's Stamp Section, is in the words When answering • the advertisements of several important philatelists, please mention that you saw it in the "The finest display of stamps ever AIRPOST JOURNAL. presented for the interest of non collectors and the education of ad ...... vanced philatelists." The hall was especially designed for the Fhow and has fluorescent lighting which makes THE INSANE the examination of the treasures dis application of aviation to German "total played easy on the and yet will war" methods degrades one of man's prevent the stamps' greatest achievements but, through false Admission is 10 cents, which in analogy, no reflection should be cast on cludes a free catalogue program the commercial and sporting aeronautics, nor cover of which is printed in three on the beneficial use of aircraft in ambu colors. Season passes, admitting the lance and medical work, emergency re holder to the exhibition as often as liefs, and the speeding of mails to distant he cares to come are also available corners of the world. at $1 each. However, no matter what is your point of v:ew, our unique stocks include flown covers and documents from all signifi • cant applications of the flying machine except that of "total war." We shall be ROY C. MARTIN NAMED NEW pleased to submit approval selections and SUPERINTENDENT OF AIR MAIL strongly recommend you to keep in touch Postmaster General James A. Far with the latest sane aviation develop ley announces the appointment of ments through reading "The Aero Field" Roy C. M?rtin, veteran post<>l em (single copy 5d U. S. A. 9c.; annual ployee, as Superintendent of the Di subscription 3/6 U. S. A. BOc. post free.) vision of Air Mail Service in the Bureau of the Second Assistant Post master General. Martin, a native of Lisbon, Ohio, Franuis J. Field where he was born on April 12, 1880, LTD. first entered the Postal Service on February 23, 1910, as a railway mail SUTTON COLDFIELD, ENGLAND clerk at Muncie, Indiana. AIRS OF THE MONTH • e NICARAGUA e The Pan-Ameri by AL TON .). BLANK can Union · stamp will be 1.25C. in All data on New Issues of Air Mail value instead of 2.50C. Stamps shoul·d be sent direct to Editor Alton J. Blank, 1850 Burnett Avenue, East Cleveland, Ohio . • DDAN AMERICAN UNION stamps .U:- are in the news this month. Haiti and Lebanon add more values and several commemoratives are promised. •PARAGUAY • Illustrated here is @ COLOMBIA e A single airmail the new 20 Pesos red stamp com stamp will be issued as part of the memorating the anniversary of the series in honor of the Fifth National establishment of the Pan-American Olympic Games to be held in Decem Union. It is e:p.graved by the Ameri ber 1940 This will be grey in color can Bank Note Company. anct' 5c. in denomination and will show :--Nicolas San.abria the Target Shooting event. It is also reported that the stamp will ~ppear in souvenir form as a sheet with an extra surtax of two pesos. • HAITI • A 60c. brown has been released in the former design showing Christophe's Citadel. e ITALIAN EAST AFRICA e Colors and subiect matter of the First Trien nial Ov~rseas Exposition set chronicl ed last month are: 50c. olive green an Armored car and plane; 1 L. purple a modern transport plane over an Afri • SALVADOR • Another attractive can City; 2 L. plus 75c. blue grey same product of the American Bank Note as 50c.; and 5 L. + 2.50 L. brown Company is Pan American Union set same as 1 L. of Salvador, the 80c value (carmine and black) of which is shown above. e LEBANON e B~ck in 1938 collec -Nicolas Sanabria tors received a.n 0.50p. blue showing • SYRIA • This long promised Beit Eddine and a 10 pi. violet show seven value set will soon make its ing the ruins of Baalbeck. Using these appearance showing a plane over a two key designs we are promised the bridge at Deir-ez-Zor. It will also rest of the series. They are: lp. lilac, come imperforate. 2p. grey brown, 3p. carmine and 5p. e URUGUAY e Another "Oxcart'' greenish blue all in the first design. stamp. This time it is the 2 pesos re The 15p. blue green, 25p. violet, 50p. issued in a deeper blue and perfor green, and lOOp. brown all show Ba ated 1lxl1 instead of l2lhx121h. albeck's Ruins. They will also come -F. W. Kessler imperforate. fJ VENEZUELA e A first day caver e MEXICO • Paul Berdanier reoorts dated June 13, 1940 from Carac2s in Stamps that there will be 200,000 bears the 15c. brown red Pan-Amui 20c., 100,000 40c., and 50,000 1 P. can Union Stamp. It is large sized stamps in the set honoring the 400th and is a product of the American Anniversary of the City of Campeche. Bank Note Company. It shows the This changes my last month's notes Congress that formed Colombia after which stated that but one stamp a paintmg by Tito Sala. AERONAUTICAL ADDENDA A recent Russian commemorative set issued for the occupation of cer tain parts of Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia contains a 30k. green stamp showing the people wel coming the Russian military forces. Above the people and the tanks are several planes. And so we have an other stamp to add to our Plane e VENEZUELA e The new design Stamp series. showing the Monument of Carabobo Last October 1939 I noted a pair with the large transport plane over~ of miniature sheets from Belgian head is illustrated above. The six Congo. Now, thanks to Milton J. stamps which comorise this set were Harris and S. Serebrakian, I am able chronicled in an earlier column. to explain them. These two sheets, -Nicolas Sanabria both type AP7 (one the 1 fr. dark carmine and the other 4.50 frs . • bright ultramarine) are part of a A REVIEW OF booklet issued in the Congo. Several AIR STAMP RECORDS sheets bear postage stamps for ordin 2nd. Edition ary postal service and three of them • bear airmails. Two sheets are of the by A. J.B. one francs value and one is of the • 4.50. The stamps are in two rows of AAMS member James C. Heart- four lines and are fully perforated well, of Long Beach, California, has all around and bear a small white done it again. His "Air Stamp Rec margin. Therefore these two items ords" far outstrips his first effort in must be removed from the category 1939. The man has taken statistics, of miniature sheets and placed under compiled from current catalogues their proper listing of airmail book a n d contemporary aerophilatelic lets along with certain German, magazines, and presented them to Australian and United States items. the reader in such a fashion that even the most half-hearted collector will sit up and t.a~e notice of the • enormous possibilities of airmail When answering the advertisements stamp collectip.g. please mention that you saw it in the Mr. Heartwell p•·esents a resume AIRPOST JOURNAL. of the past 10 years of the air mail stamp hobby in a fascinating fashion. Then follow notes about Miniature ie***•••****** Sheets. both souvenir and regular, an ie ~ANTED * up to date listing C\f "Plane Stamps," listings of Zeppelin stamps, and : for CASH : special flight stamps, an excellent specialized checklist of the various iC COLLECTIONS OF ITALY AND * Brazil varieties, JFORIEllGN A\llR MA\lllL SIETS Perfect Centering - Original Gum. NET PRICES, each set. Cash with order please. ARGENTINE Cll-19 ...... 6.50 C20-24 ...... $ 7 .25 C46-48 ...... 1.15 C25-28 ...... 2.25 Cl2-15 ...... 70 C35-37 ...... 1.00 PANAMA BOLIVIA Cl-5 ...... 1.00 Cl-7 ...... 3.75 C6 ...... 1.35 C8-Cl0 ...... 35 C7-9 ...... 70 C24-26 ...... 5.65 Cl0-14 ...... 2.25 C35-41 ...... 60 PARAGUAY C24a-26a ...... 27 .50 Cl-6 ...... 3.75 Cl9-C23 ...... 42.00 C7-9 ...... 50 BRAZIL Cl0-15 ...... 1.20 Cl-16 ...... 13.00 Cl6-21 ...... 40 Cl7-24 ...... 2.10 C22-25 ...... 70 C26-27 ...... 1.00 C31-33 ...... 30 ' Sanabria No. 12-17 ...... 8.50 PERU CHILE C2 ...... 40 Cl-8 ...... 11.50 SALVADOR C22-29 ...... 45 C3-3a ...... 5.00 ' ECUADOR Cll-14 ...... 50 Sanabria 4-8 ...... 20.00 C20-23 ...... 1.40 Scott C12a ...... 12.00 URUGUAY Cl-8 ...... 9.00 C4-6 ...... 70 C9-11 ...... 2.75 C7-8 ...... 3.4(1 C12-14 ...... 2.75 C9 ...... 50 C01-C08 ...... 42.75 Cl0-13 ...... 70 C08 each ...... 40.00 C25 ...... 5.00 C09-12 ...... 2.75 C34-37 ...... 11.50 CANAL ZONE VENEZUELA C3-4 ...... 40 Cl-14 ...... 4.59 GUATEMALA FRENCH MOROCCO C6 ...... 20 CBl-10 ...... 1.35 Cl7-19 ...... 1.00 NEW GUINEA C15-16 ...... 90 C25-27 ...... 10.00 C20-24 ...... 50 GERMANY HONDURAS C25 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Within a few short• weeks we will assemble for our Annual Convention at Toronto and at that time you will have elected a new President and officers, to carry on the high purposes and traditions of our grand society. At this time I wish to thank all the members for their loyalty; all the officers and appointees for their cooperation and help at all times. It die in the air, and in the background has been a source of much pleasure one of the Montgolfier "fire" bal and satisfaction to have had such loons. sincere ·assistance from each of you. Our society has made a healthy Two sets come from Russia. growth and steady progress, and will continue to do so I am sure. First comes in three values (5, 10, For your new officers, directors and 20 k) and shows a stratosphere bal committeemen, I bespeak a contin loon far above earth. It is strikingly uance of your co-operation, and ad vice. I wish to announce the following ap pointments: Chairman of Credential Committee: Mr. J.M. Stephen, 37 Queensdale Ave., Toronto, Ont., Canada. Members of Credential Committee: Mr. J. M. Dron (Toronto) and Mr. John Wilsdon, (Hamilton). ' ' Very truly yours. PAUL F. ROBERTSON, President AAMS Antecedent to this issue are two stamps bearing the overprint "Gor don Bennett 30 VIII 1936," released to commemorate the Gordon-Ben nett International Balloon Race held in Poland that year. A stamp from Latvia, not recog nized by Scotts shows Charliere's similar to the earlier Belgium stamps. balloon. It also exists imperforate. For some gloomy reason, a second Sanabria's numbers for these stamps set was issued for the crash of the are 29 ·and 34. Syrius. Three values NOW - YOU CAN MOUNT YOUR CAM COLLECTION? COMPLETE NEW SETS AP J ALBUM PAGES FOR MOUNTING U. Sa CONTRACT AIR MAIL COVERS New Sets of APJ Album Pages for the attractive and systematic mount ing of a Contract Air Mail Cover Collection! Regular top flight quality three ring binder pages, punched, round cornered and printed in blue and silvt;r v.'ith a modern, streamlined layout. Title at top "United States Contract Air Mail Route No ...... " and the POD Air Insignia. Silver guide dots make ac- curate mounting easy. Each Route page properly numbered. Title and "Divi der" pages are printed in red, blue and silver on grey heavy leather cover stock. Route Information Pages include the regular Map, and inaugural flight dates, plus other data. Sets are made up according to the American Air Mail Catalogue and contain sufficient pages for mounting one cover of each major variety, plus one or two extra pages for color varieties or special covers, photos, or clippings you might want to include in your collection. Adequate titles printed silver on black (U. S. Contract Air and Vol. Numbers (I, II, III, etc.) for affixing to the backbone of are supplied with all orders for sets. A complete set of pages requires approxi mately 25 titles, which are furnished. Pages may be ordered in separate sets, as listed below. Postage in all respects is extra. Allow 2 lbs. for individual sets. ROUTE (S) NO. COVER PAGES SPECIAL PAGES SET PRICE 1 ...... 37 ...... 3 ...... $,_ 1.00 2, 3 ...... 30 ...... 4...... 85 4, 5, 6, ...... 24 ...... 6...... 85 7, 8 ...... 26 ...... 4...... 75 9 ...... 55 ...... 3 ...... 1.45 10, 11 ...... 26 ...... 4...... 75 12, 13, 15, 16 ...... 39 ...... 8...... 1.30 17 ...... 19 ...... 2...... 50 18 ...... :...... 41 ...... 3...... 1.10 19 ...... 43 ...... 3...... 1.15 20 ...... 43 ...... 3...... 1.15 21, 22, 23, 24 ...... 35 ...... 8 ...... :...... 1.15 25, 23 ...... 23 ...... ·················· 4...... 70 27 ...... 29 ...... 2...... 75 213, 29, 30 ...... 25 ...... 6...... 90 31, 32, 33 ...... 42 ...... 7 ...... 1.35 34 ...... 35 ...... 3...... 95 New 33, 34, 35 m. ~ • l~ New 39, 40, 41 .80 New 42, 43, 45 2001 ...... 11...... 8...... 65 COMPLETE SET contains 730 pages, 631 for covers and 99 Title, Divider, Map and Route Information Pages. Individual set price $19.40. Price complete $18.25, plus postage (wt. approx. 25 lbs.) Individual pages with printed Route No. supplied extra at 21h cents per page. Special pages (Map, Title, Divider, etc.) are not sold outside sets. First shipments will be made about July 15. Only a limited number of complete sets will be available in the first printing CAM PAGES WITHOUT PRINTED ROUTE NUMBERS Same design as regular CAM Pages, except title at top reads S. Contract Air Mail First Flights." Pages for mounting covers. 50 pages $1.00 (wt. 2 1h lbs.); 100 pages $2.00 (wt. 4 lbs.) Postage Samples gladly sent to any AIRPOST JOURNAL readers. APJ ALBUM DEPARTMENT !1~~:ER J~ co:::~ 234 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL REPORT OF THE NOMIN· ATING COMMITTEE FOR 1940-41 OFFICERS The committee appointed by Presi CAM Cover Notes dent Paul F. Robertson for the. pur • pose of nominating the · 1940-41 of by CHAS. G. RIESS ficers and directors of the American Information concerning C.A.M's should Air Mail Society to be balloted upon be sent direct to the editor of section, in the coming election herewith P. O. Box 11, Albany, N. Y. cause to be placed in nomination as • its selection the following names: ARIOUS newspaper reports and For President: William R. Alley, V other unconfirmed reports state Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. that there are efforts being made by For Vice-Presidents: (vote f:::r various civic groups and individuals four), Glen W. Naves, Spartanburg, for the establishment of pick-up S. C.; Richard L. Singley, Lancaster, feeder services in several different Pa.; Mrs. Ethel B. Stewart, New sections of the country. Nothing defi York, N. Y.; William R. Ware, Stutt nite or official is known regarding gart, Ark. the possible establishment of such For Secretary: Emil J. Vlasak, pick-up air mail feeder services and Springfield, Mass. in view of the fact that the two ex For Treasurer: George W. Angers, perimental routes AM-1001 and AM- Springfield, Mass. 1002, which have been in operation For Directors, (vote for seven) Paul for quite some time have had their F. Berdanier, Jackson Heights, N. Y.; services terminated ·this past May, Miss Alice B. Cilley, Washington, D. it is very doubtful indeed if any C.; Lt. Comd. Jesse G. Johnson, Nore such new services will be establish folk, Va.; Harold A. Jones, Detroit, ed, at least, during the present sum Mich.; Perham C. Nahl, Stillwater, mer season. Okla.; Claude P. Neet, St. Peters Reports at hand indicate that Cam burg, Fla.; George H. Porter, Lake den, N. J. AMF may soon be dropped wook, Ohio. and the new Philadelphia, Pa. AMF Respectfully submitted, used to service Philadelphia. It this Norman Watt, Chairman, change is made the services of AM- 2001 between Camden and Philadel Harold A. Jones, phia will no loni'er be neeessary and Charles P. Porter. this service no doubt will be susuend Majority report by Messrs. Watt ed and AM-2001 either discontinued and Porter: re. nomination of Com or changed so as to opPratA between mittee Member, Harold A. Jones. the new Philadelphia AMF and the This man has been an active worker ronf-too of the Philadf'1nhia Post in the Motor City Air Mail Society Office ·Building. Collector" will do and as an editor of the Crash Sec well to watch such a possible chani by WM. R. WARE Stuttgart, Ark. Recent data received lists the following pilots as having inaugurated the various services into and out of LaGuardia (North Beach Airport) Field, New York City: Rt. Flight Date Cat. # Pilot Co-pilot 1...... 8 ...... 12/2/39...... 17E18 ...... Van Tuyl ...... Ludwig 1...... 1...... 17W19 ...... L. C. Brown ...... J. C. Brigham :2 ...... 18...... 34E39 ...... H. J. Zimmerman ...... J. L. Graham :2...... 1...... 34W40...... L. M. Williams ...... Kasper '7...... 7...... R29E52 ...... T. J. Hill ...... T. E. Jonson '7...... 7...... 20W51...... do ...... do 7...... 8...... R20W52 ...... J. B. Boyd ...... G. F. Baird 7...... 8 ...... 12/3/139 ...... 20E51...... L. H. Bidwell ...... H. J. Grewe 18...... 8 ...... 12/2/39...... R1S46 ...... Duncan McCallum ...... H. J. Grewe 18...... 8 ...... 12/3/39...... 1N45 ...... S. T. Shoff ...... J. B. Ours 18 ...... 23...... R1N46 ...... 0. J. O'Connor ...... E. C. Watkins 18 ...... 35 ...... 12/ 4/39...... 1S45...... do ...... do 23 ...... 12 ...... 12/1/39...... 20N53 ...... W. T. Arthur ...... H. W. Fanning 23...... 1...... 12/2/39...... 20S54 ...... W. P. McFail ...... J. C. Rose 5 ...... 107 ...... 4/2/40...... 19W39 ...... H. L. Buller ...... F. H. Spear 5 ...... 124...... 19E38...... do ...... do 6 ...... 109...... 19W41. .. '. .. C. W. Youmrerman ...... E. S. Foss 6 ...... 148...... 19E40 ...... R. W. Tucker ...... C. R. Mostoller The above list will be of interest to the CAM specialist who goes after covers autographed by the inaugural pilot. We note only two of the above as having made a previous inaugural flight. That of 0. J. O'Connor and H. J. Zimmerman. It will be remembered that H. J. Zimmerman par~icipated in the inaugural flight of old CAM #34 on October 25, 1930. ments at that point. SPECIAL NOTICE First flight covers were dispatched through the Minneapolis AMF via Copy Deadline• for August the first flight from that point via Convention Issue AM-45. Mr. A. N. Brown reports • about forty pieces dispatched from All AIRPOST JOURNAL edi- the Minneapolis AMF. A nice first tors, advertisers and contributors :flight item for those who managed to are requested to submit complete cover the Minneapolis AMF. copy for the August AAMS Con vention Issue to the Editorial Of fice not later than Wednesday, July 17. This is three days, earlier MEKEEL'S WEEKLY • STAMP NEWS • than the usual 20th of the month deadline, and will assist in en Now Published in Magazine Form With Departments Covering: abling your publication office to Coming Issues Market Comment handle the additional material,, Washington News New Issues together with the listing of Con Airposts Auction Reports vention Auction lots, and publish Precancels Naval & Seapost U.S. Notes a larger quantity of the special $1.00 per year issue several days in advance of Introductory Off er the usual release date. 6 Months for Only 25c Please do your best to cooper ate in this matter. •======•226 Federal Street Portland, Me. -Walter J. Conrath, ed. 236 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL Y'app.lemenl.~ to tAe 1940 American Air Mail Catalogue These supplements are published in the AIRPOST JOURNAL by the editors at regular intervals enabling collectors to keep up to date with new material. "!J'or ex planations of listings, terms and other information, to gether with a complete list of the individual editors re ference should be made to the Catalogue. Copies of the book are still available and may be purchased from your dealer or direct from the publication office at Albion, Pennsylvania. Price $3.50, plus postage (wt. 3 lbs). -G. W. ANGERS, Editor, 293 Bridge St., Springfield, Mass. L. B. GATCHELL, Assoc. Ed., 24 Brook Rd., Bronxville, N.Y. ·····································••'-1..WALTER J. CONRATH, Assoc. Ed., Albion, Penn'a .. U. S. CONTRACT AIR MAIL ROUTES ROUTE NO. 9 ADD AT MIDDLE OF PAGE 139 REVISED ROUTE NO. 3 RETURN DIRECT DISPATCH-WENATCHEE - YAKIMA August 26, 1939 On the above date the first direct dispatch southbound, Wenatchee to Yakima, took place. There was no official cachet. Pilot-Dudley Cox. 9SW69 Wenatchee--(No cachet)-Cox 1.50 SPECIAL NOTE June 1, 1940 See new route 45 listing for resumption of service between Minneapolis and Duluth. NEW ROUTE NO. 45 ~ ADD AFTER NEW ROUTE 44 AS SHOWN IN SUPPLEMENTS MINNE\APOLIS - ST. PAUL TO DULUTH - SUPERIOR Inaugurated-June 1, 1940 Inaugural Contractor-Nurthwest Airlines, Inc. This new route belatedly restored the service which Duluth had previously en joyed as a spur service from Minneapolis - St. Paul under old Route 9. This previous service was inaugurated May 30, 1931 but had been discontinued ior some years. Al though the field at Duluth is used for both points, Superior, Wisconsin is also afforded official service on the new Route. Despite the fact that Duluth had previously been provided with a special cachet on the similar old Route 9 service, the Department provided official Route 45 cachets for both Duluth and Superior. Contrary-wise they did NOT provide cachets for either Minneapolis or St. Paul dispatches through the Minneapolis field. Cachets-Type 45, Duluth; Type 45a, Superior Pilot-K. B. Haugen. Type 45 Type 45a 45NlA l\Unueapolis-(No cachet)-Haugen .50 f. Airfield 1.00 B St. P2ul-(No cschet)-Haugen ( ) .50 45S2A Duluth-( Green)-Haugen (70) ·.15 B Superior-(purple)-Haugen ( 47) .25 JULY, 1940 237 ported at Dothan, Ala., Bloomington, and South Bend, Ind ...... H. N. AIRPORT Sweet suggests sending covers to Chamber of Commerce, Coffeyville, Kans., and Postmaster, South Coffey- ville, Okla...... Alvin Franzblau, 717 E. 5th St., New York City, re ceiving covers (plus le each fee) for (a), C. of C. cachet for new airport ~rn1~mm~ facilities and christenini:! of A. A. plane in Mass; (b) T. W. A. cachet for 1st Stratoliner Flight, Chicago to COVE: RS N. Y. C. (c). First trans-continental fiight of same New York to Los An- geles...... Covers for the dedication • of the Washington National Airport by MAURICE S. PETTY now under construction hue, but not nearl:v completed, should be sent News of future and past events under to the editor of this colurrin. 'T'hev this section should be sent direct to will be pfared for the official P. 0. Mr. Petty, 507 Quackenboa St., N. W~ Dept. cachet if one is authorized, and Washington, D. C. if not. then for the prorn~rly snonsor ed cachet that is arranged in lieu thereof. Reports that it would be • July 4th are in error...... Again, OMING: Seaplane base dedica send your post cards for A. A. M. S. .. W fP1lf"ltt1 v ¥ ; ¥ ,,...,... ¥ 4 ¥ w ; ; ~ ¥ + ¥ t _,., + ; ¥ ; • ' ,..,... u A ; • ; 4 4 ; v A 4 4 W ¥ N 1940 AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENTS ROUTE NO. 12 ~ ADD AT CENTER OF PAGE 148 REVISED ROUTE NO. 29 Roswell, Hc.bbs and Carlsbad, N. M. Added May 11, 1940 Effective with flights of the above date, Roswell, Hobbs and Carlsbad, N. M. were added as stops between Albuquerque and El Paso. Official cachets were provided the above points. Cachets-Type 121, Roswell; 12m, Hobbs; 12n, Carlsbad. P1lo1.s-Jesse E. Hart, Alvin P. Shelly. u.f~MLJ. ~ A.AL\ 2 Type 121 Type 12m Type 12n 12822 Roswell-(blue)-Shelly (28) .35 12N22 Roswell-( blue)-Hart (109) .15 R12S23 To Roswell by Northbound pl~ne .50 R12N23 To Roswell by Southbound plane .50 12824 Hobbs~(purple)-Shelly (61) .25 12N24 Hobbs-(purple)-Hart (78) .15 R12S25 To Hobbs by Northbound plane .:ID Rl2N25 To Hobbs by Southbound plane .50 12S26 Carlsba.d-(green)-Shelly (24) .35 12N26 Ca.rlsbad-(green)-Hart (83) .15 R12S27 To CarJsbad by Northbound pkne .50 R12N27 To Carlsbad by Southbound plane .50 ROUTE NO. 17 (lW ADD AT CENTER OF PAGE 156, to preceede supplement reference La Guardia Field dispatches of December 2, 1939. REVISED ROUTE NO. l FIRST DIRECT DISPATCH-AKRON TO ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM August 15, 1939 On this date the return direct dispatch between these cities was inaugurated. No special cachet was used. Pilot-Douglas Wilson. 17E18 Akron-(No cachet)-Wilson 3.50 SPECIAL NOTICE Change numbering in La Guardia Field listings of Dec. 2, 1939 as follows: Present To 17E18 17El9 17W9 17W20 JULY. 1940 239 and C. of C. Also covers without mailed the day Pilot Frank Pollock cachet, but with pilot signed inscrip in a Bellanca Pacemaker from Fair tion stating flown from Pen Yan banks was the first plane landing on dedication, to and pmkd. at Keuka, the field. Only eighty people live in N. Y., June 10th; Middletown, Ohio, Wiseman and in a 30 mile radius. June 11, C. of C. on 568 air and 343 ...... C. of C., Sulphur Springs, Tex. non-air; June 9, Jr. C. of C. Wichita says NO dedication there May 9th. Falls, Texas, cachet reading for ...... Mackinac Island, Mich. says sea Southwest Sailplane Contest Field; plane base to be built but no dedica Laurens, S. C., June 14, by Business tion. Kalamazoo says "Small land League, four line purple; Seguin, ing mat has been built. Nothing to Tex. June 16th, magenta cachet. get excited about." ...... Regarding Those without quantities have not 106 covers pmkd. Independence, been authenticated at this writing. Kans., May 12th, without cachet. For other past ones, see catalogue Postmaster says, "There was NO supplement. dedication. The airport is not active and some local enthusiast invited Covers postmarked Los Angeles, several planes to be here that day." Calif., May 11 and 12, received, Newspaper clippings disclose that a with cachet reading for dedica new manager took charge that day tion of Vail Field, and with name and had some planes down from of L. A. Jr. C. of C. therein. 256 cov surrounding Points. There was no ers mailed by Mr. H. N. Sweet each airport dedication and no ceremony day, who attended the dedication. of any kind, other than the ordinary The Jr. C. of C. informed us on May air meet. There was NO formal 16th that there has been no dedica opening, a formal ceremony equiva tion, only an acrobatic air show. On lent to a dedication being necessary our being advised that they were to a "formal opening." wrong, further inquiry brought the following letter signed by the Secty. Regarding covers of March 6, 1940. Manager thereof: C. of C. Vernon, Texas, writes there is no airport there and has been no "Our arrangements for the staging dedication. Also, the publisher of of the "Acrobatic Air Show" af Vail Tri-County Trade News there writes Field, May 11 and 12, were precisely "no aeronautic event of any kind as explained to -you on the question on that day." ...... P. M. Siloam, Ga. naire furnished us. We had nothing writes the four covers pmkd. there to do with any dedication nor with April 9th were mailed on the date any cachet covers. It is my under the U. S. Govt. airport south of Si standing however, that a represen loam was completed. No dedication tative of the Aero Dedicationist held. Concerning covers of identified with the Airport Historical Engle, N. M., March 25th, the P. M. Societv, through its repr_esentative, says "No dedication." ...... Covers Mr. Harry N. Sweet, editor, made reported several sources pmkd. some arrangements through the own Cocoa, Fla. April 27th without er of the airport, Mr. Vail, of which cachet. C. of C. says nothing done we were not aware, for an apparent there except preparation of landing dEdication of the field. Frankly. it i~ place for Commander Cotter's plane not an airport, h1s nothing on it but in connection with his work on the an oiled runway. It appears Mr. Sub Air Base on Banana River. No Sweet. and others who took the re dedication of any kind. The Sub sponsibility for the cachets and covPrs Air Base not ready for some months and, incidentally, for the stamp with yet ...... Covers of May 1, pmkd. our name, were satisfied with their New York ;ind inscribed "Formal dedication arrangements with Mr. Opening, NYA Seaplane Base 23rd Vail." St., and East River," etc., were mail UNCERTAINTIES AND DISAP ed in expectation of such event. POINTMENTS: Regarding Wiseman, Clipping says floats were to be de Alaska, covers of April 22, the Post livered to Dept. of Docks by N. Y. A. master writes that there was no on that date. Dr. Miller writes the celebration or ceremonies. Th e Dock Commissioner's office says planes simply started using the field nothing done on that date. No evi- as soon as ready, and covers were (Continued on Page 246) 240 THE AIRPOST J'OURNAL 1940 AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENTS (Continued) AIRPORT DEDICATIONS • January, 1940 24 M-15 JACKSONVILLE. FLA-Add: · a. Same cachet, plus pilot signed inscription fl.own to, and pmkd. Vero Beach, F'la. 25th. (Also has Vero Beach cachet). 3 known ...... 2.75 • March, 1940 3 M-22 NORFOLK, VA.-Add: a. No cachet ...... 35 21 M-25 MOUNT DORA, FLA.-N.Y.A. Seaplane base; no cachet. (Two line stamped one is private. (50-200) ...... 7.50 31 M-28 NEW YORK, N. Y.-Marine Air Terminal near LaGuardia Field in Flushing. Eight line blue printed cachet by Collegiate Aero Phil- atelic Society, pmkd. Air Mail Field. (96) ...... 7.00 a. Same cachet, pmkd. Flushing, N. Y. (23) ...... 7.00 b. Four line black printed cachet by Kiwanis Club, pmkd. A. M. F. (55) ...... 7.00 c. Printed sticker of identical design as "b" for late covers. (15) 7.00 d. Seven line typing, date stamp, and three line P.A.A. stamp (by special permiss10n) by American Cover Club, pmkd. A.M.F. (20) ...... 7.00 e. Five line and Statue of Liberty blue sticker by Fordham Aero Philatelic Society, pmkd. A.M.F. (50) ...... 7.00 f. No cachet; (90 of them have private three line "Formal opening" etc., cachet;) pmkd. F'lushing. (About 140) ...... 5.75 g. No cachet; pmkd. A. M. F. (Over 150 known) ...... 5.75 h. No cachet; pmkd. New York, N. Y. G. P. 0. (9 known) ...... 5.75 i. No cachet; New York American Airlines stamp, pilot signed; fl.own to and pmkd. A.M.F. Newark, N. J. (11) ...... 5.75 (Note: Most of above covers exist with varied private inscrip tions, autographs, etc. Due to error in P. 0., some New York Air Mail Field covers bear postmark date of "1939," some of which were changed by hand to "1940." However, A.M.F. Post Office did not exist until Dec. 2, 1939. All covers with A.M.F. pmk. were fl.own out on regular mail flights. Those pmkd. April 1st are "too late." e April, 1940 17 M-31 MIAMI, FLA.-A. B. Chalk Seaplane Base; all known have private mimeo cachet signed by Aviation Director. (About 60) ...... 8.00 (Note: Covers of April 20th are "too late.") 28 M35 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.-University of Virginia Airport: no cachet. (Approx. 500) ...... 1.50 e May, 1940 :ro M-38 WILMINGTON, D. C.-Municipal Seaplane Base; C. of C. cachet. (449) ...... 1.75 11 M-39 HOBBS, N. M.-Me-Tex Airport; P. O. D. cachet for first flight on A. M. 29. For varieties and prices, see C. A. M. section. (6936) 11 M-40 BEAUFORT, N. C.-N. Y. A. Seaplane Base; no cachet. (Two line 8.25 11 M-41 L<~:;~Nl.sEr~;.at'A.-.J:.!.:.vilii .. Fiei CANADIAN SECTION LATEST OFFICIAL CANADIAN FLIGHTS NOTE-Flights in future will bear the following abbreviations after dates. A.M.S. meaning letter mail only, at the 6c rate. A.S.S. meaning letters are carried at the 3c rate, and parcel post serviee as well, at special rates set for such routes. JULY, 1940 241 The bodies of the occupants and the mail were brought to Leaming ton the afternoon of the 28th, after URASH COVERS a hazardous trip across open water and melting ice by a rescue party. • The wreckage of the plane, a new $20,000 Waco, was abandoned on the by HAROLD A. JONES ice. 607 Shelby st., Detroit, Mich. Noles • High spots in crash prices at the Cleveland sale on April 6 of Donald £ ONGRATULATIONS to the do- E. Dickason are $9.60 for 2.18; mestic air lines for a record year $6.50 for 7.21; $3.35 for 4.34; and without a fatal accident. A remark $10.60 for the Perth-Derby, Aus able performance in view of the tralia, crash cov~·r of Dec. 4, 1921. scheduled flights maintained. The 2.22 cover in the Buser sale CINCINNATI, OHIO brought $7.60 instead of $2.60 as previously reported ...... Erik Hilde February 9. Cincinnati, Ohio. 1.24 1940 AMERICAN AIR MAlL CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENTS KAPUSKASING, ONT. a.dded to TRANS-CANADA AIRLINES Mail stops are made East-bound only. 650 1939. Dec. 21.-A.M.S. Winnipeg-Kapuskasing. Trans-Canadia Airlines. Pilot Capt. J. A. Wright (7 lbs.) ...... 1.00 a. Dec. 21. A.M.S. Kapuskasing-North Bay. Same remarks as above (1 lb.) ...... 2.50 WHITEHORSE-CARMACKS-SELKIRK-MAYO LANDING-DAWSON This is an Air Stage Service (See explanation above) and operates independently of Flight 410 (410 being A.M.S. only). 642 1939. Oct. 11.-A.S.S. Whitehorse to points above. British Yukon Navi- gation Co. Pilot L. A. Vines. 347 lbs. letters and 1140 parcel post ...... 75 a. Oct. 21. A.S.S. Dawson, etc to Whitehorse. Arrived 22:ndl Pilot J. W. Rice. 247 pounds...... 75 645 1939. Oct. 24.-A.S.S. Carcross-Atlin. G. T. Simmons, Operator. Pilot L. E. Cook. 429 lbs...... 75 a. Oct. 27. A.S.S. Atlin-Carcross. Same pilot as above. 316 lbs...... 75 Kam•oops-Prince George-Fort St. John Contractors Yukon Southern Air Transport Ltd. This is Winter sched ule of Flight 580, operating from about November to May, bahnce of season operating as per Flight 580. 648 1939. Nov. 1.-A.M.S. Kamloops-Fort St. John. Pilot Sheldon Luck. 104 lbs. .75 a. Nov. l. A.M.S. Prince George-Fort St. John. Pilot, Luck. 2 lbs...... 2.50 NOTE-106 lbs. mail flo1'm of which 102 lbs. were forwarded to the Yukon plane. b. Nov. 7. A. M. S. Fort St. John-Ki:mloops. Pilot E. R.R. Field. 5 lbs. 2.00 c. Nov. 7. A. M. S. Prince Gem g2 Kamloops. Pilot Field. 2 lbs...... 2.00 Due to bad weather plane d1d not leave Prince George until Nov: 10th. Trans-Canada route extended from Montreal Eastward to Moncton, Halifax and St. John. 652 1S43. Jan. 2.-A.M.S. Mo·ntreal-Moncton. Trans-Canada Airlines. Pilot B. A. Rawson. 9 lbs...... 1.25 a. Jan. 2. A. lVI. S. Moncton-Montreal. Pilot Rawson. 17 lbs...... 1.00 b. Jan. 15. A. M. S. Moncton-Halifax. Canadian Airways Ltd. Pilot G. A. Gray. 1 lb...... 2.00 c. Jan. 15. A. M. S. Halifax-Moncton. Pilot G. A. Gray. 17 lbs...... 1.00 d. Jan. 15. A. M. S. Moncton-Saint John. Canadian Airways Ltd. Pilot J. Wade, 1 lb...... 2.00 e. Jan. 15. A. M. S. Saint John-Moncton. Pilot J. Wade. 1 lb...... 2.00 PIONEER SECTION 23 Add the followirg matter: Curtis bipkne, Pilot Arthm K. Colley of the Colley Aerial Service,, 2nd Mech·nic Landigan. Plrne left Toronto at 4 :OO P. M. arrived Hamiltan 4;q5 F. M. (From Hamilton, Ont. "S:;:iects.tor" of Saturday, May 29th. 1920.) OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT FLIGHTS 57 After note of this flight. the following should be added: Covers of this flight are actually only those postmarked, or backstamped. of O~tober 4th. Those with the 3rd, and bearing Western Canada Airways S. 0. stamp, are only later flights of Flight No. 811. As we have h~d corres_'.JOndence with and covers from more collectors than any other flight catalogued, it is concluded a great many covers must hf:ve been sent for th"' nrst flight, but it appears th::it W. c .. A. Semi-officicl s·camps being &pplied, these covers were all flown on the 3rd. ADD NEW ITEl\1 63 New York-Qt:ebec. 1927. D12c. l!)-21-The Canadian Transcontinental Air ways Ltd. w12s brir:ging a. pkne from New York to La Malbaie to com mence the service, Flight No. 64. Pilot Ch~s. Sutton left New Yock on the 19th, leaving Montreal on the 21st. Pzssing Quebec thi:t day, a small mail was dropped, without landing. with a very small number of letters, all bearing a speci21 card of the Company, print2d. Covers bear no' postage, or postmarks. 'They are franked by Tinner Green, Supt. of P. 0. Service at Quebec, and b-ckstamped Quebec, P. Q. 108 Date should be Dec. 11th, 1£28. 121 Add the following item: 12le Apr. 9. Fort Norman-Fort McMurray. Pilot, C. H. "Punch" Dickins, Western Camd9 Airways Ltd., B. S. Apr. 10th. Delete 30-50 covers, and change to-About 50 covers each point. 135 Delete: No return Service. Add: Unofficial covers. without postage, are known of the return trip. These, howeve".', ccnnot be classed as Official covers, as according to the instructions of both Governments, no mail was to be flown from Buffalo to Toronto. 140g First line - Quebec 14 P. lVL Dec. 12. This should read Dec. 10. .JULY, 1940 243 moving apd there. is a demand for most of the pioneers with very few covers in the circuit to offer. Sales and Service Noted among the covers in the circuits now on hand is a Newfound land Columbia (AAMC page 563, 37a) at less than a third of catalogue by CHARLES P. PORTER and a Snip cover (page 580, # 154) at AAMS Sales Dept. Mgr. twenty per cent of catalogue. For 14:: Beechmont Drive those interested in F AM's we can New Rochelle, New York submit over 500 covers for your selection. • Take your mind off the cares of 'M..T OW IS THE TIME to let your the World by giving a few hours l.'\.'! favorite hobby pay you divi each week to your collection. It's a dends. With the horrible situation in wonderful medicine. Europe keeping you awake nights Be seeing you in Toronto in Au and the constant worry over what it gust. may mean to us in the United States keeping the old brain in a tail spin, now is the time to get out the al JUST PUBLISHED-APJ• Album Pages bums for a peaceful hour or two be for CANADA Air Mail Covers. Printed fore you knock off for the night. If in red and blue, same standard quality and size to fit any regular llx81h three ever we need something to occupy ring binder, two covers to the page, with our leisure time we need it now and handy guide dots for accurate mounting. those who are fortunate enough to Priced at 50 for Bae (wt. 21hlbs.); 100 pages . 4 lbs.) postage extra. have stamp collections find them the "Sampler elope" of 10 Canada design best cure in shaking off the heavy album pages sent postpaid for 25c. The cares of these times. If you have new Trans-Pacific Set and the Dedication Set units are also now available, priced slighted your albums for the past few at $1.00 for the former and 75c for the months get them out now. Plan a latter, postpaid. APJ Album Department. budget to allow a few purchases Albion, Penn'a. 1t each month to fill some of those spaces you always meant to fill. Place yourself ori the circuits of the Sales Department of the AAMS. DO IT NOW! Bound APJ's As yet the war in Europe has not made itself felt very heavily in the to bring your library retail price of airmail stamps. It up to date. has definitely pushed up wholesale BOUND VOLUME 16 prices, however, and it is only a of the matter of time when the stamps of AIRPOST JOURNAL all the warring nations will start to Issues from October 1938 to rise in the retail market. The risk of September 1939 sending valuable merchandise over Bound in grained blue fabricoid cov- seas plus the tremendous amount of ered boards and gold stamped. red tape involved both in sending and paying for shipments will mean VOLUME 10, postpaid ...... $2.75 that for some considerable time there Bound Vol. 2, 3 & 4 ...... $4.00 will be very few deliveries made. So Bound Vol 5 & 6 ...... $4.00 Bound Vol. 7 ...... $2.75 when you see the opportunity to Bound Vol. 8 ...... $2.75 secure some of these needed items, Bound Vol. 9 ...... $2.75 grab 'em. LOOSE LEAF APJ WIRE BINDER Covers of all types are selling will hold 24 issues ...... $2.00 better at present if priced fairly. After the lull in the Trans-Pacific covers that we had for the past year, the price has stiffened appreciably and the Trans-Atlantics are also IThe A!,?.~~!..!oarnal much stronger. The rarer CAM's are 244 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL 1940 AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENTS (Continued) 147z Note. On investigation it is found that covers exist between almost, each and every point. This means that 312 intermediate covers are possible . . lt must therefore be easily seen by every person, that no good purpose would be served by listing these. Thereifore this item should read "Inter mediate covers exist between practically all points, 312 in all, and there fore are not listed." 172 Note at end of flight. Add: Those backstamped bear date of Sept. 27th 9:30 P. M. 179 Delete all matter, and change to read: 1930. Nov. 11-Toronto-Stephenville, Nfld. 5c rate, no cachet. Pilots A. D. Sullivan and D. Fraser, Newfoundland Airways Ltd. B. S. Nov. 12...... 17.50 a. Nov. 11 Toronto-St. John's. Same remarks. B. S. 19th 3 P. M...... 17.50 b. Nov 12 Sydney-Stephenville, Nfld. Same remarks. B. S. Nov. 12th .. 10.00 c. Nov 12 Sydney-St. John's. Same remarks. B. S. 19th 3 P. M...... 10.00 199 Note: Very few of these covers are addressed to either Edmonton or Calgary. Nearly half appear to be Lethbridge, but the service as a new flight is as Catalogued. 212 Delete Switzerland, and change to read "Continental Europe.'' 310 Delete 310j. Change to read: 310j Aug. 3. Halifax-Sydney. Cachet red, Halifax Harbour Shipping (2,028) ...... :...... 40 310k Aug. 3. Sydney-Halifax. Cachet green, Steel Mills at Sydney. (2,150) .40 SEMI-OFFICIAL FIRST AND SPECIAL FLIGHTS 775 After Sioux Lookout-Pine Ridge. Delete wording in brackets: and change to read: (A Post Office was opened on Oct. 1st, 1926, and named Gold Pines). 816 Delete this matter. This would be Government mail carried, and Semi official stamps would have no franking value whatever. See Flight No. 69 for dates of first flights. 87ln Change to read Jackson Manion-Gold Pines (80) .....~ ...... 5.00 8710 All other matter in 871in should be listed as 8710. Also delete,: Covers are rare. 889 Change 10c purple stamp to read: lOc black stamp. 889a ADD: Same matter. lOc purple stamp ...... 8.00 8SO Item reading, Cachet in red, three lines. change to read: Five lines. "Com- mercial Airways, Ltd.-9th, December, 1930-First Flight with meil bearing orange stamps-Edmonton to Fort McMurray." 892a Cachet blue or green. 895 Delete all matter, and change to read as under: 895 1929. June 15. Prince Albert-Lac la Ronge. Pilot A. Malone (about 30) ...... 30.00 a June 15. Lac ·la Range-Prince Albert. Pilot Malone (about 40) ...... 35.00 b July 3. Rottenstone Lake-Prince Albert, Pilot A. Malone (about 30) 3o.;;'1 c. July 23. Prince Albert-Rottenstone Lake. Pilot Malone (about 30) ...... 35.00 • Thanks are expressed to Mr. H. Gordon Hunter of New York City, who spent many long hours checking the Catalogue completely against many hundreds of covers, and which has made nearly an these corrections possible. Also to Mr. C. H. Goulden of the Century Stamp Co., Montreal for Flight 63, and full information re. same. ~. ¥ ·~·..,.,,,.,.. ~ ¥ ...... 4 ""'" •• ~ •• ~· .... CATALOGUE; SUPPLtMtNTS appear regularly in the AIRPOST JOURNAL. Keep your membership or subscription up to date and be sure of receiving this important service. Am·erican Air Mail Society ORGANIZED 1923 AS THE AERO PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA PRESIDENT GLEN W. NAVES, Box 446, Spartan PAUL F. ROBERTSON, c/o Decatur burg, S. c. Garment Co., Decatur, Ill. GEORGE H PORTER, . 1557 Chester land Ave., Lakewood, Ohio. ADVISORY BOARD (Former Presidents) SECRETARY L.B. GATCHELL, Recording Secretary, EMIL VLASAK 24 Brook Road, Bronxville, N. Y. 293 Bridge St. Springfield, Mass. GEORGE W. 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Box 1314, Manila, Philippines. 2350 Hidalgo, Felipe R .. 685 Tanduay St., Manila, Philippines. 2351 Miranda, Luis G., P. 0. Box 271, Manila, Philippines. 2352 Roxas, Judge Simeon Garcia, 357 San Marcelino St., Manila, Philippines. 2353 Kay, Mrs. Floyd F., 764 Plume St.. Spartanburg, S. C. . 2354 Kay, Floyd F., 764 Plume St.. Spartanburg, S. C. 2355 Nanney, Fred, c/o Ligon and Grier, Spartanburg, S. C. NEW BRANCH CHAPTER Chapter #15 Spartanburg (So. Carolina) Stamp & Cover Club. President Mrs. Helen D. Moseley Secretary-Treasurer, Glen W. Naves. CORRECTION IN LISTING NEW MEMBERS May Issue Nos. 2419 to 2423 inclusive should have been listed Nos. 2319 to 2323. ~46 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL ..Tune Issue Nos. 2424 to 2438 inclusive should have been listed Nos. 2324 to 2338. APPLICATIONS POSTED ·Glass, Lester S., 1214 N. 8th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Age 36. Stamp Dealer. AM, AU, EX, By Emil J. Vlasak. Reggiani, Leo, 91 16 50th Ave., Elmhurst, L. I. N. Y. Age 40. Artist. AM, AU, U20, UC, EX. By Emil J. Vlasak. Koenig, Elsa, 851 Ellst 12th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Age 40. Housewife. CAM, FAM, DC, Z, CF, lD, CMC, EX. By Walter J. Conrath. Rogis, C. Panos, 3604 Killam Ave., Norfolk, Va. Age 28. AM, HC, PA, FF, GF, CC, Z, CF,CMC,EX. By Emil J. Vlasak. Deats, H. E., Flemington. N. J. Age 70. Farmer. By Walter Conrath. Karsnitz, James T., 121 W. Main Street, Myerstov.m, Pa. 16. Student. HC, CAM. By Richard L. Singley. Strauss, Em:anuel M., 1336 Union St., Brooklyn. N. Y. Age 30. Clerk. General collection of airmail covers. EX. By Walter J. Conrath. Wright, Charles A .. R. D. #1. West Rumney, N. H. Age 43. Prop. Auto Service Station. AU, U20, UC, PA, CAM, DC, CF, EX. By Walter J. Conrath. ·Gruen, Geo. J., 3773 Erie Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. Age legal. Watch Mfg. AM, AU. By Walter J. Conrath. :Black, R. Lee, 219 Securities Bldg., Des Moines, Iowa. Age Legal. Attorney. CC, By Harold A. Jones. DECEASED 145 Mrs. J. S. Stanford. 455 Wildwood Ave., Piedmont, Calif. 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Carolina) Stamp & Cover Society, Chapter No. 15 o± the American Air Mail Society, our nf-!west 1940 2ddition. We greet you with our warmest hospitality ;and hope you will grow and Drosrier through-out the years to come. We single out Glen W. Naves. Secret2ry-Tre2surer of the Spartanburg Club for suecial congratulations. The 1940 twins, Toronto. No. 14 and Spartanburg, No. 15 may be showing the way to the older chapters ere long. We sincerely hope so. Happy cheerful Chapter competition would le~d. to a much desired society condition. Respectfully submitted Emil J. Vlasak, Secretary DEDICATION COVERS If you can take a little fun poked ( Continued from Page 239) at you, we recommend reading "Philatelic Phillippics" by "The Pro • fessor," in Mekeel's Weekly Stamp -dence of any ceremony ...... News of April 29th, 1940, having MISCELLANEOUS: The editor of to do solely with airport dedication this column is now writing a column covers. on airport dedications in the NA TIONAL STAMP NEWS, a philatelic SINCERE THANKS FOR news re newspaper published here in Wash ceived from J. H. Allen, Dr. L. F. ington, now it its second year. We Bender, F. A. Benton, Calif. Histori will be glad to have a sample copy cal Covers, W. J. Conrath, L. W. sent to any one desiring same. Is Dedell. N. E. Ferguson, Alvin Franz published every two weeks ...... We blau, H. T. Hollenbeck, J. K. Howe, are glad to have the pleasure of a G. F. Lancaster, Glen Naves, P. B. Sunday afternoon visit from Oswood Segal, J. V. Murray, W. A. Siegrist, D. Yopp, of Savannah, Ga., recently H. N. Sweet, Ken Tallmadge, J. F. Mr. Yopp handled the recent covers Ulman, A. A. Wasserscheid, V. D. for the dedication of Hunter Field Williams, F. H. Wilde, W. T. Wynn, there. He also attended the Tuesday 0. D. Yopp, B. M. Young, L. 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