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Write for Free Copy F. W. KESSLER 500 FIFTH A VENUE NEW YORK, N. Y. Announce Milwaukee Regional Meeting, Aug. 18-19 call for a dinner on Friday night, August RESIDENT SINGLEY• of the AMER.- 18th to be served at the magnificent P CAN Am MA.IL SOCIETY has announc­ Cudworth Post, American Legion home, ed that at least one Regional Meeting of and a single business session on Satur­ Society members will be held this year, day afternoon at the Schroeder Hotel, with the possibility that an additional the headquarters of the A.P.S. Conven­ meeting may later materialize. The tion. meeting now definitely scheduled will · In selecting Milwaukee for this mid­ take place at Milwaukee, · Wisc. co­ west Regional gathering the Officers of incident with the Convention of the the Society had in mind the large num­ American Philatelic Society which is be­ ber of our members who no doubt would ing held at Mil:waukee during the same be attending sessions of the A.P.S. dur­ week in August. The group meeting of ing the same week and also the Con­ the AMERICAN Am SOCIETY . will vention of the S.P.A. which convenes at .be entirely informal in character in that Chicago the previous week-end. More de­ it will include no Exhibition or formal tails will follow in the next issue of the Banquet, although an informal dinner JOURNAL.· In the meanwhile members will be included on the program. The dates selected are Friday and Saturday, should mark the dates and plan to be August 18th and 19th. While the pro­ present at Milwaukee if circumstances gram is subj~ct to change, present plans permit.

• Cudworth Post A~erican Legion; Milwaukee, Where AAMS Regional Dinner Will Be Held

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE Tl-IE AIRPOST JOURNAL ..\.MERICAN Affi MAIL SOCIETY Entered as second-class matter, February 10, 1932, at the at Albion, Pa.. · under the Act of March 3. 1879. Published monthly. MAY 1944 VOL. XV, NO. 8 ISSUE 169 20c PER°COPY ferent design, the 42pfg. plu~ 108pfg. _Air Stamp shows an under view of a large modern­ ized four-motor plane; with the com­ • memorative inscriptions and years in the By GEORGE D. KINGDOM upper part. The 6pfg plus 4pfg depicts a four-motored plane soaring over a • truck on a road, with a more actual ABYSSINIA representation and an ornate border. A new regular series of air mail stamps The third a 12pfg plus 8 pfg shows a is being planned. The values will be Be, large Hying boat in the air over a motor lOc, 30c, 70c, lt~ 3t, 5t, and lOt. launch-modernized. The colors are blue, BOLIVIA red and green respectively. Increased postal rates are expected to GREECE result in the issuance of several new air Certain viilues of the 1942 air mail mail stamps. set have been subjected ·to color changes. CUBA Those affected are the lOdr, red; 25dr, green, and 50dr, violet. The 100, 200 and 400dr denominations complete the series. GUATEMALA To commemorate the completion of the National Palace, housing all govern­ ment offices, one postage and three air mail values are to be issued. The air will be Sc, carmine; IOc, purple; and 15c, blue. . We are advised by Member Rafael MADAGASCAR Garcia of Habana, Treasurer of the Club Filatelico de la Republica de Cuba, Chapter # 19 of the .AMERICAN Am M.All. SOCIETY that the much delayed set in honor of the 400th Anniversary of the Landing of Columbus is now in process of printing and will be released very shortly. Of the two Air Mail stamps in the series, the 5c violet was shown on the cover of our June .1943 iSsue. It depicts "Silla de Gibara", the actual landfall and will be released in 500,000 copies. The lOc value, to be printed in o Free Frenc!i ~ir Mail Type brown red and in the same quantities shows the proposed Columbus Light­ A; with other "Free .French" coionies, house to be erected in the Caribbean. we now have a set of seven air mails The design is reproduced herein. The in the usual denominat:.ons and colors. set is now almost two years behind 1hese values; and colors are: lFr, . dark schedule, due to delay in securing neces­ orange; 1F'r~501 bright red; 5Fr., brown­ reQ.; . lOFr, black; 25Fr, ultrarriarine; sary printing plates. 1 FINLAND 50Ft, dark green, and lCO Fr, plum. A 3M.50 value is ·contemplated. to . PARAGUAY mark the twentieth· anniversary of air The denominations, colors, designs and mail. quantities of an air mail set to be is­ GERMANY sued momentarily are as follows: le, si­ The New York Sun reports that word enr..a, Port of Asuncion (1,000,000); comes from neutral Portugal, through 2c, dark green, a motif having to do the Associated Press, that Germany is­ with the fact that the Paraguayan Na­ sued three stamps to mark the twenty­ tional Telegraph was established Oct. fifth anniversary of the establishment of 16, 1864 {200,000); -Sc, wine, one of the its air mail service. Each is in a d:.f- units of the merchant marine before the MAY. 1944 225

ENEMY ISSUE •

Yanks Found These Air Mail Adhesives In Use By Rommers Afrika Korps. The Color Is Brighi Blue •

tragedy of 1865-70, ( 200,000); 5c, green, air mail set of seven in the "Free French'• ancient building or marker, ( 150,000); variety mentioned for Madagascar. It lOc, lilac, monument to Antequera, is interesting to note that they are in­ ( 100,000); 20c, light brown, 1861 loco- scribed DJIBOUTI the name of the . motive of the first Paraguayan train, principal port, rather than Somali Coast. ( 300,000}, 3Cc, light blue, monument to SPAIN the heroes of Ytororo (100,000); 40c, In connection with the issuance· of olive, Government Palace-the historic several adhesives for tuberculosis fund house of the Lopez's, ( 100,000); 70c, benefits, was included a single air mail brick-red, ·primitive Guanani mail insti­ value of lOc, featuring a white bird in tution (100,000); 1 Guarani, yellow, Hight against a light violet background. Jesuit monastery in Paraguay, with ves­ tiges of ~e colonial era ( 30,000); 2G, light brown, ruins of the Church of Hu­ maita, symbol of the resistance of the FORTUNATE PURCHASE Paraguayan people ( 30,000); 5G, dark brown, NationaL Pantheon of Heroes and I just bought a private collection and Oratorio of the Virgin of Asuncion accumulation of FAM and CAM Flight Covers. (All in very fine condition). ( 5,000), and lOG, dark ·blue, Marshal They are broken up into high cata­ Francisco Solano 'Lopez ( 4,000). logue lots as follows: REUNION (at least) As with Madagascar, seven air mails $ .96 to $1.05 face value ...... $1.20 of th~ standard "Free French.. type have $1.10 to $1.90 face value ...... $2.35 been issued. They are in the same $2.00 to $3.40 face value ...... $4.75 colors and denominations. Limited Quantity SAN MARINO All lots are returnable for any reason This republic was about to mark the whatsoever. twentieth anniversary of Fascism with Terms': Cash, Mint flags, Commems or a special set of stamps. However, after duplicate flights FDCs and Naval ac- Mussolini fell from power, because of cepted at 20% over. face. changed concU.:.ons, San Marino created When ordering p 1 e a s e inform me two sets, one marking the downfall of whether or not you would be interested in exchanging F AMs, CAMs, ZEPP$ or fascism and the other an overprint read­ Navals for other FAMs, CAMS or FDCs. ing .. Govemo Provisoro". In the "down­ PVT. A. FLESCH, AAMS # 2702 fall" set are eight air ma~l v~ues, and ~3 Lincoln Place · Brooklyn 16, N, Y. in the provisio:Jal government issue .are To insure prompt delivery, home ad­ inc1uded six air mail values.- dress is used. Expect permanent SOMALI COAST address soon. This French possession also has an 226 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL TWA "Constellation" In Record Flight A~S~ ... • New or Different • Whether you are buying or selling stamps, seals or covers, you'll find (as have many others before you!) that "The Department Store of " is a pretty good place for prompt and courteous treatment and completely fair dealings. • -Courtesy N. Y. Herald-Tribune YOU GET PERSONAL SERVICE, TOO, WHETHER YOU'RE BUYING ISTORY was again made in the air OR SELLING, AND YOU'LL GET H when 011 Monday, April 17th TWA's IT BY RETURN MAIL. new Lockheed Super-Transport CON­ Every cover that was ever flown will STELLATION flashed its way across the not be found in stock, but there is United States in the remarkable time of little doubt that we have SOME­ 6 hours and fifty eight minutes. At the THING you want! _Why not drop me controls of the record-making flight were a line, give your AAMS Number and two ace pilots in their own right, Jack ask for a selection of "covers on. ap­ proval"? Yes, stamps, seals and side­ Frye, President .of Transcontinental and lines are available, too . . · . whatever Western Air Inc., and Howard Hughes you collect in the philatelic field may the famous designer and round the world be just waiting for your letter. Drop flier. The big ship ..bad left Los Angeles me a line today . . . now! at 3:56 AM. Pacific War Time and ar­ rived over Washington· National Airport at 1:54 PM. Eastern War Time. Due to • congestion on· the runways the ship was. A FEW WORDS TO THOSE not able to land immediately. The three WHO WISH TO SELL hour difference in time between the West Coast and Washington accounts We are active buyers of fine collec- for the mathematical discrepancy in the 1tions and large accumulations of all elapsed time. ikinds. We're not interested in cheap mixtures, odds and ends of duplicates Of peculiar interest to collectors of air 1(if not part of a large collection) but mail covers is the fact that the CON-· we do want fine interesting unusual STELLATION carried several hundred philatelic material of all kinds. Write souvenir Hight covers which according ltoday if you're selling. (You may to an ·announcement from TWA will be submit the material. along with a let­ turned over to the American Red .Cross ter telling us your plans; we will hold it intact pending your complete satis­ who will Auction or otherwise sell same faction). for the benefit of their War fund. Each of these covers bears a special cachet applied by TWA. The covers are post­ • ,marked at Los Angeles at 2 AM. April l E.LMER R. LONG 17 and are backstamped at the Wash­ fugton National Airport at 2 PM. the 203 Market St. Harrishlirir;, same day. Sanabri~ Catalogue Publishers New Listing Plan An~punce,,r;:> • F. Issued by committee or similar body To Be Known ~s· .CODIFIED for commemorative or special event ANAL'Y'SIS . ·,.._. ·,, · purposes. ~~~- . ''': • X. Facts not fully known. ICOLAS SANABRIA, INC., publish::: .2. AVAILABILITY FOR POSTAGE N . ers'.?r Sanapij_a's Unabridg~cl AIR- -~ A. For an extended period of time. POST' CAT ALOql/E;. hp.s announced a B. Limited by nature of issue. proposed plan under which the cm:lditions C. Arbitrarily limited. governing.. the issuance and use of Air- D. Never placed in use. post stamps will be included with each X. Facts not fully known. major listing in the Catalogue. The pub- 3. INCIDENCE OF COMMERCIAL lishers emphasize that the plan has not USAGE as yet been fully worked out and may A. Used freely on commercial air mail. be subject to later revision and inter- B. Limited commercial usage. pretation. To assist in the practical ap- C. Philatelic usage almost exclusively. plication of the plan and in order to D. Commercial usage prevented by guide them as to whether such a plan speculative activity. shall be adopted, the publishers invite X. Facts not fully known. comment from dealers, collectors and The publisher gives a few examples of philatelic publications. The plan has how Codified analysis works out. Con­ been entitled CODIFIED ANALYSIS sider these sample listings: and the press release of the publishers UNITED STATES 1928 from which we are pleased to quote, con- 11 7 5c Carmine and Blue sists of tear sheets from the April issue 1 2 3 of the Sanabria house organ, SAN- ABRIA'S AIR POST NEWS: CODIFIED ANALYSIS, as planned, A A A would be achieved by including a series ( 1 ) A This stamp was regularly authoc­ of Code Symbols with each issue listing. ized and issued by the govern­ These symbols would refer to a master ment of the United States. code included in the Foreword of the ( 2) A It was available for postage for book. A purely tentative outline of the an ·extended period of time. code folows: ( 3) A It was used freely for commercial CODIFIED ANALYSIS ' air mail. 1 2 3 UNITED STATES 1930 15 65c Zeppelin issue 16 $1.30 Zeppelin issue A A A 17 $2.60 Zeppelin issue 1. DEGREE OF G 0 V E R N M E N T .1 2 3 SANCTION. A. Authorized by official decree and/ or customary manner by recognized A B c national government. This series also was B. Issued officially by Government ( 1 ) A Regularly issued after authoriza­ Body not nationwide in scope. tion by United States Government. C. Issued by authorization of govern­ ( 2) B Its availability for postage was, ment of a revolutionary or de facto however, limited by the. sailing nature. date of the Zeppelin. D. Issued in accordance with con­ ( 3) C Its use was almost exclusively._, tractual relation with government. philatelic. -' · E. Issued privately by public carrier. (Please turn over) ... 228 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL CODIFIED ANALYSIS • (Continued) SPAIN-1930 GOYA ISSUE 47 - 59 Sc to 10 P 1 2 3

A C D (1) A It is generally conceded that these stamps were in fact author­ ized by the Spanish Government. (2) C The time these stamps were available for postage was arbi­ • The Late EUGENE KLEIN trarily limited by the very decree authorizing their issue. past several years has served as Chair­ (3) D The speculative nature of this man of the annual American Philatelic . issue actually made impossible Congress of which he was the prime their comercial use. organizer. He was member number 44 FIFTH SCADTA ISSUE of the AMERICAN Am MAIL SocIETY and COLOMBIA 1919 has had an active interest in the weHare 83 -95 5c to 5P of the Society throughout the years. He 1 2 3 was a generous subscriber to the AMER­ ICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE fund and a purchaser of the Sponsors' Edition D A A of this work. (1) D Authority for this issue was based A native of Hungary, Mr. Klein came on the contractual relations be­ to the United States in 1894, attended tween SCADTA and the Colomb­ Drexel Institute's Engineering School and ian Government. then the University of Pennsylvania. He .(2) A These stamps were, however, began as a schoolboy available for postage for a con­ and in later years built his hobby into siderable time. his business. He was a careful student. (3) A They were :used extensively for and expert on things philatelic and was commercial purposes. the author of several authoritative works on stamps and covers. His interest in • air mail was evidenced at an early date and he was "one of the small group of enthusiasts who organized the Aero Mail EUGENE KLEIN Club, predecessor to. the AMERlcAN Am DIES SUDDENLY MAIL SOCIETY in 1912. Many rare pio­ neer Hight covers bear h!s name. He is principally known to the lay public for ITH MUCH REGRET we report his purchase of the sheet of U. S. 24c W the death on April 30th at Phil­ Air Mail stamps of the first issue-with adelphia of EVGENE KLEIN, one of America's foremost Philatelists and a inverted center-from its discoverer W. Charter Member of the AMERICAN Am T. Robey, and for the subsequent sale MAIL SOCIETY. While Mr. Klein had of this item. to the late Col. E. H. R. been ill, his indisposition was not con­ Green. His wife, Sara, a married daugh­ sidered serious and ·his sudden death ter, Mrs. Harold Lorber, of Poughkeep- came as a shock to his many friends. Mr. Klein was a past President of the . sie, N. Y., and another daughter, Dolores American Philatelic Society and for the survive. C7 By L.B. G. J HE SANABRIA organization has taken a Jong forward step in its decision to adopt the plan which it has sty'led CODIFIED ANALYSIS and which is explained in detail in another part of this issue of the JoUBNAL. We are very glad indeed to have the opportunity to commend it for its action in this connection. We hope that our sincere expression of our feeling in this matter will in itself belie the implied statement, contained in a recent issue of the SANA/iJRIA house organ, that some of us are interested in criticism merely for the sake of criticizing. In the same issue the SANABRIA organization announces CODIFIED ANALYSIS and concludes with "frankly we thank the critics ... whose harsh words may indirectly, at least, have led to its conception." Touchel Whether or not CODIFIED ANALYSIS turns out to be a valuable contribution or just another plan will, of course, depend entirely upon the sincerity and intelligence with which it is administered. The sample listings given in the announcement give no indication of the possible pitfalls ahead. We confess an infinite curiosity as to how the publishers will classify the LUNDY LABELS, the I'uERTo fucAN A.ERoVIAs and the RicHELIEus. Using their previous conception of these issues we think we can guess how they wal classify them. In all humility we submit that an emission start­ ing with a 1-E or 1-F classification is not a at all, and while it may have unusual interest of a correlated nature, and may with some reason find its way into specialized collections, it has no place in a catalogue of AIR MAIL POSTAGE STAMPS. In connection with the Richelieu overprints, these cannot rightfully be listed as 1-B unless one wishes to accept the ridiculous premise that the great battleship is a "Government Body not nationwide in scope" whereas a listing under 1-C might have been possible had the labels not been repudiated by the de facto government of France-but such a listing is not now possible. We insist that an issue falling in the 2-B category-"never placed in use"-also has no place in the main body of a catalogue. It belongs in the back with the proofs and essays because by its very definition it IS an essay. (Yes, we know, ScoTT also makes this mistake, and we don't like it any better in their book, either/ Just to keep the record clear we don't think Christmas seals or Telegraph "stamps" so-called-belong in the ScoTT Specialized U. S. Catalogue or that the characterization of the SANABRIA Catalogue as a "specialized" work gives automatic license to include the proverbial "kitchen sink" as JoHN N1cKLIN, an associate of the SANABRIA publication staff, would have us believe according to his remarks recorded in a recent issues of STAMPS magazine. ) But we wander-is it fair to ask how one can possibly fustiftJ the listing of an item which works out XXX (and we DON'T mean kisses) or at least with an X under Classification 1 ? ScoTT handles such items under TENTATIVE LISTINGS, and while 'tis true that MOST of these (perhaps Too Many of them) finally achieve regular and full listings, isn't such ·11 procedure the safer way on items about which admittedly the facts are not fully known? Can anyone immediately recall when an item, once listed, has ever been deleted from the SANABRIA Catalogue? We think CODIFIED ANALYSIS has great possibilities. We will watch its administration with much interest. Its success or failure will depend on whether its present definitions, admittedly tentative, are revised to reflect basic prim.art} con­ siderations for listing eligibility and once e~tablished, the stamps compelled to fit these requirements-or whether the definitions and cl.assifications be drawn in such a manner as to embrace the stamps which the publishers desire to list! Good luck to it. 230 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

Official Publication of the American Att Mail Society. Published monthly at Albion, (Erie Co.,) Pennsylvania, U. S. A.

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL is entered L. B. GATCHELL, Editor as s.econd-class matter, February 10, 24 Brook Road, Bronxville, N. Y. 1932, at the post office at Albion, Pa., under the Act of March 3, 1879. GRACE CONRATH, Business Manager Albion, Penn'a The AIRPOST JOURNAL is not con­ ducted for profit. The managing edi­ ALTON J. BLANK, Assistant Editor tor, all department editors, feature (On military leave) writers and contributors serve gratis GLEN W. NAVES, Assistant Editor and without compensation of any kind. (On military leave) All receipts from advertising, subscrip­ tions and contributions are applied di­ ASSOCIATE EDITORS rectly to the betterment of the maga­ zine and the promotion of aero­ R. LEE BLACK, Des Moines, Iowa philately. Interrupted Flight Cover News SUBSCRIPTION RATES FRANCIS J. FIELD, Sutton Coldfield, United States ...... $2.oo per year England Canada and Foreign ...... $2.50 per year JAMES C. HEARTWELL, Long Beach, Single Copies ...... 20c each Calif. Back Numbers ...... 25c each Second (duplicate) copy sent to D. E. HELMUTH, East Cleveland, Ohio member's same address, I yr ...... $1.!JIJ Bound Volumes also available. ERNEST A. KEHR, Richmond Hill, New York ADVERTISING RATES F. W. KESSLER, New York, N. Y. One inch, per issue ...... $ 1.25 Quarter Page, per issue ...... $ 5.7'1 GEORGE D. KINGDOM, Conneaut, Half Page, per issue ...... ·...... $ 7.00 0hio Full Page, per issue ...... $12.00 Front Inside or Back Cover ...... $15.00 DR. MAX KRONSTEIN, New York Air Mails and the War Composition charge for solid, tabular or special typographic layouts: IOc to MAURICE S. PETTY, Washington, D.C. 25c per inch additional. Dedications and Unofficials Interested advertisers may apply for RICHARD L. SINGLEY, Lancaster, Pa. contract rate for space used every F.A.M. Notes issue for a period of 12 months. Ad­ vertising and editorial copy MUST BE WILLIAM R. WARE, Malden, Mo. RECEIVED BY THE 20TH OF EACH MONTH. 10 days before publication. Contract Air Mail Routes

THE AIRPOS'l' JOURNAL has been published unde1· the auspices of THE AMERICAN Affi MAIL SOCIETY since October, 1931. It has reached its high place of usefulness to the hobby primarily through the· genius, industry and devotion of the late WALTER J. CONRATH successively Business Manager and Editor. To his memory are the future issues of the JOURNAL gratefully dedicated.

WHERE TO WRITE Correspondence concerning advertis­ Department Editors may be writteu ing, new and renewal subscriptions, direct at the ad.dresses printed at the back numbers and bound volumes, top of their columns. All general edi­ address changes and other matters of torial copy and communications on all circulation, business matters of all Jther matters should be sent to the kinds and all remittances should be personal attention of the Editor_ at sent. direct to the Publication Office at 24 Brook Road, ALBION, PENN'A BRONXVILLE, N. Y. r

Two Years •

This month marks the Second Anniversary of tht. passing of our beloved friend and former Editor and Publisher of the JOURNAL, WALTER ]. CONRATH. As the months pass by we realize more and more what his inspiration meant to us, what a great void his absence leaves in the lives of some of us, and what a great debt Aero­ philately owes to his enthusiasm and leadership throughout the years. We cannot bring him back, but we CAN try to emulate his efforts for the common good, his unstinted selfishness and hi.s uncompromising zeal for that which he thought to be right.

This month also marks the second year of stewardship of your present Editor­ an unsought stewardship thrust upon us by tragedy. How well we are discharg­

ing that stewardship is something which you alone can fudge. As for us W(J can only say that we accept the task in all honesty and sincerity with the single hope that aur efforts may warthily approach those of out· predecessar.

On this occasion ive are pleased to. announce several changes in our staff:

R. LEE BLACK of Des Moines, Iowa joins the staff as Editor of the column which used to bear the title CRASH COVER NEWS. We concur heartily with Mr. BLACK in his feeling that this column more properly should bear the title INTER­ RUPTED FLIGHT COVER NEWS and it shall be known as such in the future. Illness and pressure of other Society ditties has made it impossible for Mr. Angers to continue in his capacity as Editoi· of this column. Mr. Black's 'first column appears this month.

We also welcome WILLIAM R. WARE of Malden, Mo., who becomes Editor of the CONTRACT AIR MAIL ROUTES column, succeeding CHARLES G. RIESS who is compelled to retire because of his duties in connection with. the war effort. Mr. Ware's first column will appear next month at which time we hope to introduce him more fully to our readers and also more adequately express our thanks for the fine work of Mr. Riess throughout the years.

-L.B. G. Here and There with the Editor We are sure that readers will be glad E ARE PLEASED• to report that the to note that WILLIAM A. M. BURDEN, W AMERICAN Am MAIL SOCIETY was the distinguished author of the article issued Articles of Incorporation as a Non­ "IMPROVED WEATHER FORECAST­ Profit organization by the State of Ohio ING SIGNIFICANT TO PHILATE­ under date of April 21, 1944. This ac­ LISTS" which appeared in our April tion represents completion of a step issue has just been designated ASSIST­ which has several times been authorized ANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE. by successive Conventions of the Society As such he will probably participate in but, for one reason or another, was never the Anglo-American discussions on Post accomplished. The papers were drawn War Aviation about to be further de­ and filed by George D. Kingdom, Vice­ veloped. President and General Counsel of the " " " Society and who is also one of the four Friends of "Uncle George" Angers will Incorporators required under the Ohio be proud to know that his devoted work statutes. The others are Richard L. in connection with the Springfield, Mass., Singley, George W. Angers and L. B. Civilian Defense Program has just re­ Gatchell. As the Ohio laws require a ceived most mer_te.::l recognition. By resident agent in Ohio, George D. King­ order of Mayor J. Albin Anderson, Jr., dom has been designated as such Agent. Chairman of the Springfield Committee The lncorporators serve only until a reg­ on Public Safety, George has just been ularly called meeting of the Society awarded the Springfield Award of Mer:t. designates duly elected Corporate officers Geo1 5 e h:is credit for more than 3000 and adopts a Constitution and By-Laws. hours of service since March 1941 and It is probable that President Singley will has , made District 3, of which he is call such a meeting in connection with the District Warden, outstanding among its Milwaukee Regional Meeting to be held fellows. Congratulations, George. in August. " " " " And-speaking of the Milwaukee Re­ Guatemala, Panama, Colombia and El gional-announcement of which will be Salvador are among the Central Amer­ found elsewhere in this issue, we urge ican Nations which have recently con­ all members to plan now to attend this cluded arrangements with the Philatelic gathering if within "thumbing" distance Section of the Pan American Union at of same. Those who attended the Re­ Washir>gton, to place their stamps on gional at Milwaukee several years ago sale there at face value. A recent re­ can attest to the Milwaukee brand of lease advises that supplies of the Colom­ hospitality. As the A.P.S. will be in Con­ bian a:r mail stamps issued by AVIAN­ vention session at Milwaukee at the same CA, the Air Transport Company holding time, some extra special things can be the air mail franchise, are expected looked forward to -. Obviously, and shortly at the agency. purposely, this gathering will not be on the same scale as the meeting several " " " years ago. There will be no Exhibition The Marks Stamp Company, Toronto, and all the gatherings will be on the in­ Ont., Canada has inaugurated in its formal side with the exception of the one EMCO MONTHLY JOURNAL a Cata­ business session scheduled for Saturday logue and listing of Canadian Air Mail afternoon, August 19th. As many AAMS flights. The first installment which ap­ members will no doubt be attending one peared in the April issue starts with the or the other of the National Conventions 1929 flights but it is stated that the being held in the Mid-West at approxi­ earlier flights will be treated later. Most mately the same time, the Officers of the of the cachets are fully illustrated. This AAMS felt that the occasion warranted old established company rightfully feels a gathering of this nature. SEE YOU that Canadian Hight covers are some of THERE. the most interesting and attractive items Interrupted F/;ght Cover News.

By R. LEE• BLACK 219 Securities Building. Des Moines. Iowa

Readers of the JOURNAL• are fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Black to write this column in that they will re­ ceive the benefit of the experience and knowledge of one of our foremost col­ lectors and exponents of these covers. R. Lee Black is in his early fifties, married and has been a resident of Des Moines for the last thirty years. He is a lawyer specializing in insurance litigation. He is presently the President of the Des Moines Philatelic Society and a member of many National Philatelic organi­ zations including the A.P.S.,- the Des • R. LEE BLACK Moines Chapter of the T.M-P.S., the Russian Philatelic Society and others. ( PWT) and was due in Salt Lake City His specialties, in addition to Interrupted at 11:31 PM (MWT). The pilot was Flight Covers, are United States, Aus­ reporting to the air port in routine man­ tralian Commonwealth and Russian stamp ner af Salt Lake a few minutes before issues. His collection of items which · time for arrival when suddenly all radio have been salvaged from airplane flight contact was lost. Search began. The interruptions was started in 1934 and plane had crashed into a mountain side has become one of the finest extant. when within sight of Salt Lake City. Only last month it took a first award at Photos of wreckage reveal it was com­ ATEX in Atlantic City and has secured pletely demolished although no fire en­ many other awards at National and Sec­ -sued. Wreckage and bodies 'Yere found tional shows. In 1940 Mr. Black ap­ strewn all over the mountain side. The peared on the radio feature HOBBY plane carried mail. The plane was due LOBBY to tell about his favorite special­ to· stop in Des Moines, home of the ty. In addition to reporting current in­ writer, and waste basket pick-ups were formation Mr. Black will endeavor to made from all leading buildings but not fill in 'some of the gaps created by the a single cover was found which could long absence of this column from the be authenticated. Nor has the writer pages of the JoURNAL.-L. B. G. seen or heard of a cover from this plane. .The conclusion is that mail was re­ • dispatched without official markings of N MAY 1st, 1942, a United Air any kind and because of such treatment O Liner Hying trip ·4 left San Fran­ any covers are now probably lost to col­ cisco with Capt. Don Brown piloting and lectors. If any covers are in the hands loaded with fourteen passengers and crew of readers the writer will appreciate headed for Salt Lake City and New hearing from such owners and will assist York. It left San Francisco about 6 PM. in trying to authenticate any such items. This is highly desirable so that -proper in. the development of the Canadian listing can eventually be made in the Postal service and likewise have a pe­ JOURNAL and in Supplements to the culiar attraction to collectors of air mail AMERICAN Am MAIL CATALOGUE, covers. No doubt a sample copy of the A news dispatch dated Memphis, EMCO JOURNAL can be had by ad­ Tenn., under date of Feb. 11, 1944, read dressing the Marks Company at 258 Col­ lege St., Toronto 2, Canada. (Please tum over) 234 THE AIRP<9ST JOURNAL INTERRUPTED FLIGH;fS •• ., (Continued) in part: "An American airliner, carrying twenty four persons, is overdue from Little Rock to Memphis, and "we're a_ssuming it's down", station manager J. -Courtesy N. Y. Herald:.Tribtitie · 0. Conner reported early today".•· The plane. It is badly mutilated but post­ plane left Little Rock at 10:50 !'M. and markings are clear, dated San Pedr5J, was d11e in Memphis at 11:38 PM ~ ' The f;alif., Feb. 9; 7 :30 PM. and addressed. plane was last heard fromdit l°lfSl PM...... " -.;,_. ~'i · (ii:· . to Philadelphia. Bears official cachet in by the Memphis airport'." ' Inv~~tigation blue "DAMAGE DUE TO AIR MAIL revealed that the plane ct,"ashed_~to . the INTERRUPTION NEAR MEMPHIS, Mississippi River near Memphis between TENN., FEB 10, 1944", as illustrated. Cow Island and the Arkansas side of the No doubt, several covers from this acci- .. river. All persons aboard were killed. dent will tum up and the writer would The plane was· demolished and sank to be pleased to receive any information on the bottom of the river, thus'uridoubted­ any covers bearing any official markings ly damaging all the mail. . The_ big Doug­ other than noted above. Cover men­ las DC-3 left Dallas at 7:40 PM., made tioned was forwarded in ambulance. The a stop at Little Rock and departed from there at 10:46 PM. Capt. Dale Francis cachet is illustrated through the courtesy was in charge of the plane. The writer of Ernest A. Kehr and the New York is just in receipt of a cover from this Herald-Tribune.

FOR. SALE UNIQUE AIR MAIL COLLECTION

If you are tired of looking at mint air mail collections that look alike as two peas in a pod, here is a collection that is different an.cl outstanding. This is a collection of used Air Mail Blocks, housed in three albums. This collection has been gathered over the past. sixteen years from every available source in this country and abroad and it is one of the only two collections of its kind and size in this country. It contains many large, rare and outstanding show pieces. This collection has never been exhibiteQ. and can be built up into an exhibit that will be a prize winner at any show and one that will increase in value from year to year. It would be impossible to duplicate this collection today as most of the older used blocks that were once available have been broken down to meet the huge demand for used singles. It would be a philatelic crime to do that with this collection and I want to pass it on to some collector who will have the· time and means to continue the collection and to make a name for himself in the Aero- Philatelic World. · The catalog value ·by Sanabri" figured as singles only, is nearly $4,200.00 and I offer it for only $2,750.00, which is less than what used Air Mails are bringing in the auctions today. This coll~tion can be sent to your bank for inspection if you are seriously interested. A. E. SCHAEFER 1733 NO. MICHIGAN AVE. . SAGINAW, MICH. MAY, 1944 · 235

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WRITE FOR OUR FREE BOOKLET Our booklet "If You Have Stamps to Sell" gives ·an the information you need in selling stamps to us ... Includes photographs and testimonials of prominent collectors. who have found our prices and methocls RO thoroughly satisfactory thnt they have been glad to recurnrnend us publicly to others .. . Our booklet is free on request. Read It, for your own protection, before you dispose of your stamps ! 1944 Chicago Airpex Draws Record Crowd • Office. Earl Wellman Wins UNITED Trophy Visitors from out of town included • Claude Degler of Milwaukee, Secretary GENERAL ARNOLD Send Greetings of the AMERlcAN Am MAIL SocmTY; • Fred Kessler, the New York Air Mail HE 1944 AIRPEX, sponsored by the Dealer, J. Lohr, the New York Air Label T Jack Knight Air Mail Society, Chap­ Authority, George Aten, publisher of the ter # 23 of the AMERICAN Am MAlL Standard Air Transportation Catalog; J. SocmTY, held April 23rd at Chicago, was J. Hart, former Secretary of the National an unqualified success. Association and now Postal EARL WELLMAN, hard working Director of United Airlines, and Dan Secretary of the group took the major Lapinski, Associate Editor of the PHI­ award of the show, the JACK KNIGHT LATELIC LITERATURE REVIEW. TROPHY, which has been donated for An auction was held for the Benefit presentation each year by UNITED AIR of the Jack Knight Air Log. All lots LINES to that member of the AMERI­ were donated and all proceeds went to CAN Arn MAlL SocmTY having the best the publication fund. Exhibit at the Annual AIRPEX. Earl's The full list of awards follows: winning exhibit was entitled "ARMY THE BROOKFIELD FEDERAL TROPHY WINGS". Chester Langner was Exhi­ HAROLD DERMODY bition Chairman and was able to present Collection of "Philately of the Air" FIRST AWARDS diversified material in more frames than Tony Russo, "World War I Covers". had ever been previously on display in Glenn Glaser, "A Comparison Study of an AIRPEX show. Mafor Max G. /ohl, PAA, Imperial Air France and Luf­ hansa''. the distinguished U. S. Specialist and R. E. Danielson, "Sweden and Scandin­ member of the A.A.M.S., now serving avian Seals". with the Materiel Division of the Army S. Bialkowski, "National Air Mail Week Air Forces, presented the Awards to the Coverst'~ pleased winners. Dick Langner, "Ai!- Mail Etiquettes" Louis Jamme, "Vatican City" Highlight of the show was the receipt Edward Benson "FAM Route 5' of a letter from General H. H. Arnold, E. H. Wellman "First Around the World" Commanding Army Air Forces, United SECOND AWARDS 0. E. Green "Foreign Air Labels" States Army which read as follows: J. J. Lohr "Aviation Labels and Seals" "I have always been interested in J. Volja "World War II Covers" Philately and feel that the theme Ed Benson "Graf Zepp Covers" employed by you and your associates H. Dermody "Relationship Between in using it as a means to depict the Stamps and Coins" history and development of aviation is R. C. Langner "Army Air Forces Insig­ an excellent one. Furthermore, it is nia'' gratifying to know that your group L. Bender "U.- S. Air Mails' makes a point in remembering that C. Langner "Over Run Nations" the present accomplishments of the THIRD AWARDS Army Air Forces are based on years J. Bergmann "The Kira Leaf" of experiment, sacrifice and plain hard Ben Reeves "Crash Covers' work. C. Seabold "Flight Covers" Please convey to your members my F. Smigel, Jr., "20th Century Cancella- appreciation of the recognition of our tions" history and achievements." C. Langner, "Army and Navy Series" Cover Number three in the Com­ S. Mihalak "Air Mails of Leichtensteln" A large section of the show was turned memorative Series sponsored by Earl over to the Junior Unit of the Jack Knight Wellman in honor of the 20th Anniver­ Air MaiL Society known as "Flight B". sary of the Army Round the World Entered in this division were 15 exhib­ its. The winners are as follows: Flight was released from Chicago and is THE BROOOKFIELD PLAQUE presented cancelled at the Air Mail Field Post by the Brookfield Federal Savings and Nominating Group Selects Kingdom For President Nominations JOSEPH TAYLOR, The committee appointed by President HARRY E. HEISER, Singley for the purpose of nominating Nominating Committee. Officers and Directors of the American Order By The President Air Mail Society to serve for the coming Article 12, Section 6 of the Constitu­ year and to be balloted upon in the tion and By-Laws provides as follows: coming election, in accordance with "The elected and appointed officers Article 3, Section 8 of the Constitution shall commence their terms of office upon and By-Laws herewith cause to be the last day of the annual Convention placed in nomination as its selection the and in the event of no Convention, the following names: nearest regular Convention date to be For President determined by the President". George D. Kingdom, Conneaut, Ohio. In this connection, I hereby fix Sat-­ For Vice-Presidents urday, August 19, 1944 as the date on Florence Lamport, 1800 West Ruscomb which the newly elected officers shall Street, Philadelphia, Pa. commence their terms. Glen W. Naves, Y3/ c, USNR. On active Members are reminded that Article duty. 4 of Section 8 of the Constitution and Rafael Oriol, Merced 307, Habana, Cuba. By-laws provides for additional nomina­ Emil J. Vlasak, 293 Bridge Street, tions by petition. Such petitions must Springfield, Mass. be filed prior to June 30. . For Directors Ballots will be mailed with the July Grace Conrath, Albion, Pa. issue of the AIRPOST JOURNAL and must Glenn Glaser, 5601 West End Avenue, be returned to the chairman of the Board Chicago, Ill. of Electors designated thereon not later J. V. P. Heinmuller, Park Ave., New than 7 P. M. of August 15, 1944. York, N. Y. RICHARD L. SINGLEY, Comdr. Jesse G. Johnson, USN. On ac­ President. tive duty. By the President: Dr. Max Kronstein, 3900 Spuyten Duyvil CLAUDE W. DEGLER, Pky., New York, N. Y. Secretary. G. F. Lancaster, 194 Essex St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Col. Charles P. Porter, AAF, AUS. On NEW CAM ROUTE 60 active duty. Effective March 1. Denver to Kansa9 For Secretary City via Topeka. Six covers, including Claude W. Degler, 2113 North 49th the Denver and Kansas City AMFs. Backstamped on the route. Contrac­ Street, Milwaukee, Wisc. tors cachets. $1.50 for the set. OK to For Treasurer send mint US low value stamps. M. 0. Warns, 4639 North Woodburn ALBERT N. BROWN 270 Tehama St. San Francisco 3, Cal. Avenue, Whitefish Bay, Wisc. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM R. WARE, Chairman, COVERS First Flight, Zepp Covers, Miniature Loan Association for Junior Coilectors Sheets, Rarities of the world and others at the "AIRPEX" was won by Herbert are included in our new list No. 40. Brandner. Send lOc to cover mailing charges Other Junior winners were Bob Kostka, Richard Fink, Fred Wellman, James Ack­ BILLINGS STAMP CO. erman J. Lymangrover and K. Blanch­ 151-14 85fh Ave., Jamaica 2, N. Y. ard. 238 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

CHRONICLE ,(/~ · for STANDARD CATALOGUE of AIR POST STAMPS ~~iion etWell4 as published by Scott Publications. Inc. • By WILLIAM T. WYNN. Jr. 8544 Cloverlawn Detroit 4. Mich. 30th SUPPLEMENT • Substituting for MAURICE S. PETTY MAURICE S. PETTY, the reg­ BRAZIL ular editor of this section for the AIRPOST JOURNAL has been confined to a bed in the hospital since March 2nd. His condition is improving slowly, but he will not be back at his post for some weeks yet. I know that his friends and read­ ers· of his column will miss his good work and that all ·wm wish him a speedy recovery as Southern Cross well as . an early return to his SP5 . job. AEREO PAST NEWS- , Covers have been seen mail­ Semi Postal stamps of 1939 ed from Indianapolis, Ind. post­ surcharged in red, carmine or black :zo marked March 29th, without Cts. any. cachet. A dedication has 1944 Wmk. (249) Per/.10~ been promised from this city Issued January 3, 1944. for some months, but at the present no data as to if it was C55-SP5 20c on 400r + 200r olive green & olive held this date, or how many (R) ·2 covers were mailed. This cover C56- " 40c on 400r + 200r olive green & olive is the first to have a postage (BK) . 5 due 'stamp caused by the C57-: " 60c on 400r + 200r change of ajr mail rate. No olive green & olive (C) 7 doubt in the future we dedi­ C58- .. lcr on 400r + 200r cation collectors will get a lot olive green & olive '(BK) · . 12 of our covers back in this con­ C59- •• l.20cr on 400r + 200r dition. olive green & olive (C) 14 Houlton, Maine produces two covers postmarked March 25th, without cachet. One cover has COSTA RICA a '"Specially Flown" rubber stamp applied to the face of the cover and backstamped New York, N. Y., A.M.F. No

~. information. as yet to the stand­ ing of this cover. IIII:~ Thanks to Bill Schnieder for a clipping telling of the formal Juan Mora Fernandez Jose Maria Alfaro ceremonies commissioning the AP17a AP19a n~w Naval Auxiliary Station at - Quillayute, Washington on Feb. (Continued on page 240) 29th. No covers are known. MAY, 1944 239

conditions. I accordingly appoint George .~'''''''''''''''''''''''.. D. Kingdom, Claude W. Degler, George PresiJent's Message W. Angers and L. B. Gatchell as a Com­ ....._,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,...... mittee to revise our By-Laws and direct that they make a report as to their rec­ To the Members of the ommendations to the Milwaukee Regional AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY: Meeting. Mr. Kingdom will. serve as Chairman. Elsewhere in this issue you will find a preliminary announcement in reference In this issue you will also find a Re­ to a Regional Meeting of the Society port of the Nominating Committee offer­ to be held at Milwaukee, Wisconsin on ing a slate of Officers to govern the Soci­ ety for the coming year. I know that the Friday and Saturday, August 18th and 19th. It is believed that many of our Nominating Committe has given much members will be in attendance at the thought to this important matter and has consulted with various members in re­ Convention of the AMERICAN PHIL­ ATELIC SOCIETY which is being held gard thereto. I would like to point out, in Milwaukee during the same week and however, any member in good standing at the Convention of the SOCIETY OF can be added to the list of those pro­ posed by the Nominating Committee PHILATELIC AMERICANS which con­ upon the filing a petition signed by at venes at Chicago the previous week-end. The scope of the meeting will be very least 5 % of the full paid membership of limited and in no sense can it be con­ the Society on the date of filing. I am sidered a "full dress" meeting of mem­ designating June SO, 1944, as the final bers ·such as we were' ·accustomed to date for any such additional nominations. have in pre-war days however it is hoped The Ballots will be mailed with the July that as many members as possibl~ who are accessible to Milwaukee or in attend­ issue of the JOURNAL and the newly­ ance at either or both of the other elected Officers will take over on Satur­ Philatelic . Conventions will make it a day, August 19th. point to be present at this get-together. Make your plans NOW to attend the It is possible that a way will be found Regional Meeting at Milwaukee in: to have an additional Regional gather­ August. ing somewhere in the East somewhat Sincerely yours, later in the year, but this cannot be RICHARD L. SINGLEY, determined at this time. There will be President. but one business session at Milwaukee· together with an informal dinner or lunche~n. I am please'd to report to the Mem­ I WANT berslt.ip that General Counsel George D. Kingdom has completed the legal steps Collections necessary to the Incorporation of the Accun1.ula.tlons Society as a Non-Profit Corporation - BRITISH under the State of Ohio. Our Charter COLONIALS dates from April 21, 1944. Under the U. S. Dealer's Stocks rules we are required to adopt a Con­ General Collections stitution and By-Laws and this seems to Submit with best prices or for Cash be an excellent time to examine our pres­ Offer after inspection FRED W. COOPS ent By~Laws, which were prepared some 54 S. Raymond Ave. years a·go and have been frequently Pasadena (1) Calif. amended, in the light of present day 240 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••CHRONICLE-Continued ·····•········· .... , ... Post Office COSTA RICA • Announces ~Continued from page 238) 'V' 1943 Unwmkd. Per/.12. Important Engraved. Printed by the American Bank Note Co. Mai/Change C80A-AP17a lOcrose.pink 4 C82A-AP19a 50c turquoise green 18 • IN CONNECTION with 'V' Mail Service, the Post Office • Department has made the fol­ lowing announcements: ECUADOR Extension :to Bri:tish Forces Type of 1930 in Nor:th Africa and I:taly 1944 Unwmkd. Per/.12 Arrangements h a v e been Engraved by the American Bank Note Co. · made to extend the V-mail C 9A-AP1 ls green 16 Service to correspondence be­ ClOA- " 5s PU!J?le 80 CIIA- " 10s bright tween persons residing within ultramarine 1.60 the United States and members SPAIN of the British Forces in North 0 0STAL TAX AIR POST STAMP Africa and Italy. Such letters will be marked "British North African Force" or "C e n t r a 1 Mediterranean Force" or bear the initials "B. N. A. F.," or "C. M. F.," and should be routed to New York, N. Y. . V-Mail letters addressed as set forth above are subject to 1943 Per/. 11 Photogravure. Obligatory on air mail from De­ postage at the rate of 3 cents cember 22 until January 3, 1944. The tax was for each when s e n t by surface the tuberculosis fund. means ~d 8 cents each if air R 4C4-PTAP4 iOc violet & dull red mail transportation within the continental United States is de- "VENEZUELA sired. · 'Jr Post Stamps of 1937 . Resellado Air Mail Ra:tes of Pos:tage oveqirinted in black When. transportation of · V­ 1943 mail lett~s by air mail within 1943 Unwmkd. Per/.11 the continentar United States is C164-AP4 lOc orange red (8,000) desired, 'such letters are subject C165-AP6 25c dark violet to 6 cents postage each if ad­ (8,000) ~166-AP4 40c yellow green dressed to members of the arm­ (8,000) ed forces of the United States C167-AP3 70c red (8,000) C168-AP1 70c emerald (8,000) overseas, and 8 cents each if C169-AP5 75c bistre (8,000) addressed to members of our C170-AP3 lb dark gray (8,000) allied armed forces under the C171-AP4 l .20b peacock green extensions of the V-Mail Serv­ (8,000) G17.2-AP3 l.80b dark ultramarine ice to such forces which have (Continued on next page) (Continued on next page) MAY, 1944 241 •f'ltf••••••••••W"lf•• ...... •••• ... ••ffll 'V'-MAIL CHANGE CHRONICLE-(Cant'-uedl '. t • t,,,. t, .• ..,...... ,., ...... , , , ...... (Continued)• VENEZUELA been announced in the Postal • Bulletin from time to time .

VENEZUELA

TY,Pe of 1940-43 on 1944 Unwmkd. Perf.12 APJ Engraved by the American Bank Note Co.

C147-AP16 20c bistre brown 12 ALBUM PAGES C152- " 50c blue 30 242 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

RICHARD L. SINGLEY PRESIDENT

ADVISORY BOARD (Former Presidents)

HARRY A. TRUBY L. B. GATCHELL GEORGE w. ANGERS FRANCIS B. LEECH HER.BERT H. GRIFFIN PAUL F. ROBERTSON WILLIAM R. ALLEY VICE - PRESIDENTS PAUL F. BERDANIER CoL. CHARLES P. PoRTER GEORGE D. KINGDOM CAPT. CHAS. J. WOOD .DIRECTORS SALES MANAGER A Non-Profit Corporation GRACE CONRATH PHELPS CREE Under the Laws of Ohio Pennsylvania Organized 1923 P. 0. Box B, Incorporated 1944 GLENN w. GLASER Ocean Grove, N. J. Illinois ATTORNEY SECRETARY COMDR. JESSE G. JOHNSON California GEORGE D. KINGDOM CLAUDE w. DEGLER FLORENCE LAMPORT Conneaut, Ohio 2114 North 49.th Street Pennsylvania CHAPTER CHAIRMAN Milwaukee 8, Wisc. GLEN NAVES w. GLEN NAVES South Carolina w. TREASURER (On Military Leave) M. 0. WARNS RAFAEL ORIOL 4639 North Woodburn Ave., Habana, Cuba HISTORIAN -RECORDER Whitefish Bay, Wisc. EMIL J. VI.ASAX. KARL B. WEBER Massachusetts

ADVANCE BULLETIN SUPT. EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT Each member is entitled to two 25- GRACE CONRATH word Exchange Notices per year in the Official Publication, without charge. The Airpost Journal, Albion, Penn'a. Address direct to the publication office The Advanc< 3ulletin is sent reg­ at Albion, Penn'a. ularly by the manager only to those OFFICIAL PUBLICATION members who are in good standing and THE AmPosT JOURNAL provide a supply of self-addressed Published monthly and sent to all regulation Government Postal Cards. members in good standing.

THE SECRETARY'S REPORT NEW MEMBERS 2793 Moses. 33808258, Pvt. Irving, Co. B 29th ITB., Camp Croft, So. Car. 2794 Kaplan, Samuel, 249 Brower Ave., Rockville Centre, L. I., N. Y. 2795 Brunow, Hilbert C., 2858 No. 1st St., Milwaukee 12, Wis. 2796 Raquet, Mrs. Florence A., 505 - 6th Ave., Asbury Park, N. J. 2797 Ripley, Jr. M. C. -V (S), USNR. Frederic W., U. :ii. N. Recruiting Sta. PO. Bldg., Springfield 3, Mass. ' 2798 Hofsass, Jr. John A. 104-27 - 214th St., Queeris Village 9, N. Y. 2799 Bellamy, Mrs. Bessie E., 17585 Plainview, Detroit 19, Mich. 2800 Cano, Alfredo, Apartado 398, Havana, Cuba. 2801 Gasho, Herman S .. 384 No. 11th St., Noblesville, Ind. 2802 Sweet, John F. 38 Clark Lane, Waltham 52, Mass. 2803 Robinson, A. H., 32-24 - 160th St., Flushing, N. Y. MAY, 1944 243

2804 Greaves, Mrs. Sada, 593 Woodend Road, Stratford, Conn. 2805 Taylor, Dr. Richard G., 54 Lake Ave., Blasdell, N. Y. 2806 Holmberg Ernest, 1707 Harney St., Omaha 2, Nebr. 2807 Fleischer, Jerome, 107 Elmgrove Ave., Providence 6, R. I. 2808 Gordan, Mary Ann, 4123 Midvale, Seattle 3, Wash. NEW APPLICATIONS Burke, Bernard G., 125 S. Wetherly Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. Agc 49. Salesman. AM U20 UC PC HC FF GF CAM FAM CC OF IDC Z CF ID Ex. By Grace Conrath Goede, S/Sgt. Arthur APO #34, New York, N. Y. Age 32. Soldier GF CAM CF ID By Carl T. Lemponen Hart, John J., United Air Lines, 231 S. LaSalle St., R. 1603, Chicago 4, Ill. Age 43. Postal Manager. HC EL GF ID By Earl H. Wellman Hench, Jr. John M., 538 W. Flora St., Stockton, Calif. Age 32. Chauffeur. AM U20 UC PC HC FF GF CAM FAM DC Z CF ID CMC EX. By C. W. Degler Hershey, Sgt. Alan V., P. 0. Box 1663 Santa Fe, N. Mex. Age 27. Org. Chemist- Weather Forecaster. AM AU U:J.O UC HC GF ID CMC EX. By Lyle Spees Dolbee, Kenneth, I929 Wellsley D.-ive, Toledo 6, Ohio. Age 32. Fireman. AU FF FAM By G. H. Corbet Siegel, Joseph, 1289 Union St., Brooklyn 23, N. Y. Age 17. Student. EL CAM FAM DC 1D EX By Andrew Flesch Oliveira, Bartolomeu B., Caixa de Correio 47, Joao Pessoa. Paraiba Brazil. Age 30. Comerciaate. AM AU UC PC HC PA PB EL FF GF CAM FAM RP CC OF DC Z CF ID Ji:X By R. L. Singley ..Jacoby, Robert H., P .. 0. Box 621, Bethlehem, Pa. Age 21. Student-Lehigh Univ. AM AU UC PC OF ID Ex By L. B. Gatchell REINSTATEMENT ·437 Allen, William M., 62I E. Mt. Airy Ave., Philadelphia 19, Pa. Age 43. Accountant. AM AU AS EL FF GF FAM Z EX

RESIG~ATIONS 2635 Burn3, Il.cy A., 1711 Ambassz.dcr B'.dg., St. Louis Mo. 2407 Eager, Rich rd T .. 61 S. Pearl St., L2.ncaster, Pa. 2372 Snyder, Laurn1ce H., 803 Oxford St., Worthington, Ohio. CH!~NGES IN ADDRESS John H., Box 723, Hewlett L. I., N. Y. Richard 0., B'wine, Box 142, Schenectady 4, N. Y. Canter, Herbert M., 112 E. Parkway Ave., Chester, Fa. Clark, USNR. Lt. Joseph C., 1203 Union Ave. Natrona, Pa. Clarke, Cecil A., 45 May St., New Rochelle, N. Y. Conlin, Capt. Fri::.nk A., AGF Reph\. De#l, Ft. George G. Meade, Md. Droge Edward C., 17 Waverly AvB., Brooklyn 5, N. Y. Falcon, 36840440 Fvt. Stanley J., 4th. Pl. Co. A. 52 Bn. ERTC, Camp Abbot, Ore. Johnson, B. A., 4352 N. Kedvale Ave, Chicago, III. · Kent, Lt. T. F., 61st A.LB., Camp Gordon, Ga. Larson, Lt. Col., E. E., 3903 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D. C. Loughridge Cpl. Gasper A .. Sect. B. (Medical) 134th A.A.F. Base Unit (FTR) Army Air Field, Oscoda, Mich. Porter, Col. Charles P., Box 17, San Bernardino Army Air Field, San Bernardino. Calif. Ray, Samuel, 8758 So.· Wabash Ave., Chic~go 19, N. Y. Tamarin, Leon, 1960 - 73rd St., Brooklyn, N. Y. · Voorhees Miss Helen E., 2525 - 34th St., S. E., Washington 20, D. C. Weiss, S2/c USNR, Kurt, LST. Ind., USA. FTB. Camp Bradford, Norfolk 11, Va.

WANTED USED AIR MAILS USED AIR MAILS and POSTAGE of ANY COUNTRY. Also collections gen­ Price and Check List 0£ ·an air mails eral or by country. Write before send· in used condition, 50c Deductible. ing the stamps and give full descrip­ tion o:e stampii you want to sell. GEORGE HERZOG CONDOR STAMP CO. 87 Nassau St. New York City 68 Nassau St. N, Y. C. 7 244 THE AIRPOST JOURHAL

AAMS MAIL AUCTION Bids Close June !4, 1944

GEORGE D. KINGDOM, Auction Manager

Listing follows The AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE 1940 Edition, 1941 and 1943 SUPPLEMENT on all cover listings, unless otherwise specified. Unless qualified, the Condition of all covers can be considered to be DESIRABLE and COLLECTIBLE items. Covers not meetings this standard, or bettering it, carry further descriptive remarks in the auction listing. No commission is charged for executing b_ids, but each successful mail bidder will be charged a small fee to cover postage, handling, wrapping, safeguarding, etc. Minimum 25c per bidder. All usual auction rules will apply. MAIL ALL BIDS SO AS TO REACH THE AUCTION MANAGER BY JUNE 24, 1944. ALL BIDS SHOULD BE MAILED TO GEORGE D. KING­ DOM, P. 0. BOX 37, CONNEAUT, OHIO . • AIR MAIL STAMPS Lot No. Cat. No. Description Value 1 Cl 6c Orange, mint line block of four, fine 5.00 2 C6 24c-mint single with plate no. attached ...... 3.00 3 Cl8 Century of Progress Zeppelin Stamp, a superb plate number, block of ten. Top. More than ...... 12.50 4 C23 6c-Used Top plate number block of ten, neatly can- celled. More than ...... 1.75 5 650 5c Aero. Conf. Vertical mint block of six with side plate number, fine ...... 2.50 6 650 5c Aero Conf. Horizontal mint block of six with bot- tom plate number, fine ...... 2.50 ROCKET STAMPS 7 Germany. Complete set of Imperforate Rocket stamps 1934 issue. Values lh, l, and 3M. Mint. Rare. Est...... 18.00 8 Same set of stamps only perforate and on small pieces ofpaper and are cancelled with the special rocket can- cellation ...... 11.50 9 Great Britain. Two rocket stamps, mint, one for First British Flight, and other first Isle of Wight Flight ...... 3.50 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS STAMPS 10 Manila-Madrid Arnacal Flight commem. 2 very fine mint sets plus one copy 407a, the 16c in the light green shade. Scott's 405-407 ...... 2.06 11 First Air Mail Exhibition, the scare 1 peso on 10 pesa gray... Fine, mint, Scott 448 ...... 2.75 12 First overprinted air mail set, complete 6 values mint Scott Cl-6. Very fine ...... 1.53 13 Trans-Pacific issue, 2 values, mint, 2 very fine sets, Scott C7-8 ...... 1.10 .JUNE 24, 1944 245 SEMI-OFFICIALS 14 Canada. Patricia Airways and Exploration, Ltd. Third issue, May 1927, Green and Red on Yellow. Mint single overprinted "Red Lake", with INVERTED airplane. San. 325b. Superb ...... 37.50 15 Colombia - Scadta. 1921 - 30c black on rose, signed Mejia. Small defect as usual, but rare used. San...... 35 8.00 16 1921 issue, 2 and 3 Pesos used, very fine with colored cancels. San. 47, 48 ...... 6.50 17 1923, 30 on 60 Provisional, very fine ungummed mint single. San. 78 ...... 10.00 18 1923, 30 on 60, and 30 on 20, two fine used singles. San. 78, 79 ...... 2.00 19 Mendez, 1928 Commem. 30c, very fine mint single. San 82...... 8.00 20 Four EU Consular Overpints. San. 351, 951, 953 and 957. All fine ...... 6.20 21 Prov. issue, 1923, 30 on 20c, gray San. 77, with purple E U handstamp. Very rare. Est. .. .. 25.00 22 Great Britain-3d greenish blue, Great Western Railway mint single. San. 301 __ ...... 6.50 23 Brazil.-Condor Co. issue of Dr. Victor Kondor commem. 1930, mint single, value 2,000R, color, slate. Fine ... 5.00 PIONEERS 24 12 Albany, Ga.. Dec. 2S. 19ll, -a very fine card. Res. 12.50 25.00 25 22 Altoona, Penna. May 18, 1912, very fine card. Res. 6.00 15.00 U.S. GOVERNMENTALS 25 4 New York to Boston, June 3, 1918, spec. and frank with 24c.red and blue, 1918 issue. Long cover .... 15.00 27 25 St. Louis to Chicago. Aug. 16, 1920, spec. cancellation plus reg. pm. Fine ...... 5.00 23 32 St. Paul to Chicago. Nov. 29, 1920, spec. cachet post- mark. Fine ...... -...... 6.00 29 35 Kansas City-Omaha, American Leg. Flight, Oct. 31, 1921. Very fine card 7.50 30 35a Omaha-Kansas City, American Leg. Flight, Oct. 31, 1921. Very fine card_ ...... 10.00 31 43a Hartford to New York, all markings but dated Oct. 7 1922 ...... ???? 32 43a Hartford to New York, dated Oct. 6, 1922 and fine cover 10.00 33 44 Chicago to Hartford, Nov. 9, 1922. _Very fine card, all markings ...... _ ...... 7.50 34 46i Sans Francisco-east, superb small cover ...... 5.00 35 49 Trans-cont. night flight. Postmarked Chicago, July 1, 1924 ------··-·····- 3.50 TRANS-OCEANIC FLIGHTS 35 15 Amundsen North Polar "Maud Expedition" cover. Bears very rare No::ne postmark. Has rarer green rectangular labels. green five line cachet and single line purple cachet. Dated July 26, 1922. Several attempted flights were made from June 3 and after. Low reserve of $8.50 ???? 37 38 Nungesser-Coli Search Exped. June 2, 1927. Pm. New York, bs St. Johns, Nfld. Very fine, lowreserve of $3.25 10.00 38 57 First Catapult Ship to Shore from SS Ile de France. Spec. postmark, black cachet and autographed by pilot, Demouget. Res. of $5.00 _ ...... 10.00 39 101 Justice for Hungary Flight, NY to Budapest. Specially printed card with all markings ...... 35.00 40 102a 1931 Boardman and Polando, NY to Istanbul flight, special small card, postmarked Boston ...... 25.00 41 104 1931 Moyle and Allen, Trans-Pacific flight, special cover cover with autographs of both fliers and all markings as in cat...... __ ...... 10.00 246 FOURTH AAMS MAIL AUCTION 42 107 1931 Australia to England flight. Specially printed cov.er, all markings and very attractive ...... 2.50 43 137 1934, Carried on Navy Mass Flight from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor (bs). Carried on plane 10·P·2 and autographed by pilot Lieut. R. J. McRoberts. Very rare cover and real showpiece ...... 40,00 44 171 1935, Thor Solberg, New York to Denmark flight. Special cover .and signed by pilot. Very fine ...... 20.00 45 17la 193.5, Aug. 17, First PAA Flight Midway Island to Wake Island. All markings as described in catalogue. Very rare and superb. Worth full cat...... 20.00 46 17Bd 1935 Pan. Amer. Survey Flight, San Francisco to Guam and return. Proper , purple cachet, long . Superb ...... 15.00 47 173d Similar cover, reserve 3.00 15.00 48 193.9, First Rome to Rio de Janeiro trans~oceanic flight. Franked with Vatican stamps, blue cachet and all proper postmarks and backstamps. Very fine. Est. 40.00 U. S. SOUVENIR HISTORICAL FLIGHT 49 45 · 1925 Attempted Resumption of Seaplane Mail Service from Seattle to Victoria. All cachet and postal mark­ ings, fine 15.00 50 58 1926 Floyd Bennett-Guggenheim Tour, Washington, D. C. No cachet · 10.00 51 59 1926 Non-stop Flight from Hampton Rds. to Canal Zone by Commander Bartlett. Reserve 15.00 ...... 25.00 52 113. 1929, First Trans-Cont. Non-Stop Shuttle flight. Post- mark Oakland, bs NYC. Flown by and signed· by Ira Eaker, the pilot and now outstanding aeronaut. 15.00 53 114 1929, First Official Air Mail Pick-up Service at Yoilllgs­ town, all markings ...... · 5.00 54 128 1930, First Deisel Power Plane carrying mail from Pont­ tiac to Chicago. All markings 15.00 55 133a 1930, John Henry Mears Flight, New York to Harbor Grace, Nfld. Very fine card. Res. 7.50 15.00 56 181 1935, Laura Ingalls, Woman's Non-Stop Trans-contin­ ental flight. Carried on flight and signed by pilot . 15.00 57 1927. Carried on Last Flight of Army's Largest Blimp TC-13 and autographed by entire crew. Worth at least 5.00 58 1935. Carried on attempted New Record for UP-Side­ Down, flying for women by Bernadine Lewis King. Signed by flier ...... 3.00 59 193.1 Earthquake in Nicaragua. Cover carried on first mail out of Managua after the disaster. Signed by pilot, A .Paschal. Very fine and unusual cover. Est. 20.00 60 1930, Cover carried by Roscoe Turner, on record break- ing transcontinental flight from N. Y. to L. A. Auto- graphed by the famous flier on back. Est. 75.00 61 1934, Carried in Trans-continental Derby by Roscoe Turner. Cover bears notation and signed by flier. Worth 10.00 U. S. CONTRACT AIR MAIL FLIGHTS 62 lNla New York-Boston, bs. magenta cachet 3.00 63 6W3 Cleveland-Detroit, bs., 2-15-26, fine 3.00 64 8S5 Fresno-L.A. bs. 9-15-26, fine 4.00 65 8N31 Bakersfield-San. Frans. bs. 4-1-3.8. Rare. Res. 5.00 10.00 66 9W41 Lansing-Milwaukee, 9-10-33 2.00 67 9W70 Great Falls-Spokane, bs. 7-16-42. Very rare and under­ catalogued. Res. 5.00 3.50 68 10S2 Tampa-Ft. Myers bs. 4~1-26, fine ...... 3.00 69 10S3 Ft. Myers-Miami bs. 4-1-26. Rare and superb . 10.00 70 10N7 Jacksonville-Atlanta bs. 9-15-26 . 3.50 71 15Sl Phila.-Norfolk bs. 10-10-26, fine 4.75 72 15N2 Wash.-Phila. bs. 10-10-26, superb . 8.00 JUNE 24, 1944 247 73 18E9f Reno AMF-Omaha bs. 7-1-27. Rare. Res. S.00 ...... 10.00 74 18E34 Mandan SE-St. Paul bs. 7-3-34, fine ...... 6.00 75 19S46 St. Petersburg-First Direct Flight South bs. Sarasota. 9-26-37, superb and scarce.· Res. 5.00 ...... 7.50 76 19N49 Vero Beach-Orlando bs. 12-15-37, fine ...... 2.50 77 21S7 Dallas-First Direct Fl. to Houston, bs. fine, reserve 1.25 2.50 78 21N8 Houston-First Direct Flight to ·Dallas, bs. 10-20-35. Res. 1.50. Fine ...... 4.00 79 R22N10, R22S10, inbound, both directions to Corpus Christi, 6-1-32, 2 covers ...... 1.20 80 23S7 Birmingham to Montgomery, bs. First direct flight. 5-28-34. Res. 2.50, fine ...... 6.00 81 23N8 Montgomery to Birmingham, bs., First direct fl. 5-28- 34. Res. 2.50, fine ...... 6.00 82 24Slfa Chicago AMF-south, bs. Cincinnati, fine ...... 3.00 83 24N2, 24S2, 24N3 Indianapolis, north and south, with ter minal backstamps, and Cincinnati, north-Ind. bs. Three fine covers, 12-17-27 ...... 3.00 84 24E3 Cincinnati-Charleston bs. 6-10-34. Res. $1 ...... 3.00 85 24W5f Wash. AMF-Charleston bs., rare. Res. 2.50 5.00 86 24E8 Elkins-east and west, inbound from both directions, fine complete set ...... 1.30 87 24W12 Chicago-Wash. First direct flight, 4-1-37. Res. $2.00. 2.00 88 24W12f Same flight, postmarked Chicago AMF. Res. 2.00 .. 3.00 89 24E12 Wash.-Chicago, First direct service. Res. 2.00 ...... 3.00 90 24E12f. Same flight, postmarked Wash. AMF. Res. 2.00 ...... 3.00 91 24E14 Clarksburg-Wash. bs. 10-21-40 . 2.00 92 24W14 Clarksburg-west, bs. rare ...... 5.00 93 R24E15 To Clarksburg-pm. Wash. Pilot signed. Res. 1.50 3.50 94 R24W15 To Clarksburg-pm. Charleston ...... 2.50 95 25Ella St. Petersburg-east, bs. 12-14-29. Res. 2.00 ...... 3.00 96 26N9, 26Sl0,26Nl0,26Sll, West Yellowstone-north and south, and Iadho Falls and Butte to same city, four superb covers, all bs...... 6.50 97 27N36, 27N36f, 27S37, Cols. and Cols. Amf, and Toledo to Columbus. Three superb covers, all bs...... 5.50 98 27E38 Detroit-east, 27W39, London-west, 27E39, London-east, all backstamped, ..superb covers ...... · 4.50 99 27E38f Detroit AMF-east London bs., 2-11-33. Rare and superb cover. Res. 3.00 ...... 10.00 100 28 Round Trip-St. Louis-Kansas City. Both cachet on front of cover and postmarked both city. Fine and un- usual cover ...... ???? 101 33E41, 33W41 Oklahoma City-Amarillo service ...... 1.10 102 33SE43, 33N44, Augusta-Savannah, Direct Spur Service . .70 103 34Nl 7 Los Angeles-San Fran. 2-1-33, fine 1.00 104 34Nl8 Bakersfield-N, bs. fine 3.00 105 34Sl8 Bakersfield-bs. Los Angeles, fine 3.00 106 34N19 Fresno-bs. San Fran., fine ...... 5.00 107 34S19 Fresno-bs. Bakersfield, fine ...... 3.00 108 34S20 San. Fran.-bs. Bakersfield, fine 1.00 109 34W21 Cols.-Fort Wayne bs. 2-1-33 1.50 110 34E23f Chicago AMF-bs. Cols., scarce ...... 3.00 111 34W22 Fort Wayne-bs. Chicago, superb 4.00 112 34N24 Oakland-bs. San Francisco, 3-16-33 3.50 113 2.4N24f Oakland AMF-bs. San Francisco, fine 5.00 124 34S24 Oakland-bs Fresno 3.50 115 R34N25 ·To Oakland-southbound, fine .... . 3.50 116 R34S25 To Oakland-northbound, fine ...... 3.50 117 34E30, 34W30, R34E31, R34W31, Dayton, east and west and in- bound from both directions. Four superb covers, all bs. 4.00 118 34E34 Los Angeles-Boulder City bs. 4-3-38 ...... 2.50 119 34E34f Los Angeles AMF-Las Vegas bs., superb and 3carce. Res. 2.00 ...... 4.00 248 FOURTH AAMS MAIL AUCTION 120 34E38 Los Angeles-Boulder City bs., 4-4-38, fine. Res. 2.00 ...... 4.00 121 34E38f Los Angeles AMF-Boulder City, bs., fine...... 3.00 1.22 40N14, 40N15, 40N16, 40Sl 7f Extension from Flor~nce, Shef- field, Tuscumbia to Nashville, and Nashville AMF- south. ]four superb covers, all backstamped ...... 4.75 123 45N1A Minn.-Duluth, 45NlA Minn.-Duluth, 45Nlab St. Paul­ Superior, 45S2A, Duluth-Minn., 45S2AB, Superior-St. Paul. Four superb covers ...... 1.90 124 45N1Af Minneapolis AMF to Superior bs., 6-1-40. Res. 5.00. Very scarce. Undercat...... 3.00 125 46Sl Buffalo-bs. Pitts., 46S2 Erie-bs. Pitts., 46N2 Erie-bs. Buffalo, 46N3 Pitts.-bs. Buffalo. Four superb covers ...... 4.00 126 46Slf Buffalo AMF-bs. Pitts. Res. 1.00 ...... 2.00 127 46N3f Pittsburgh AMF-bs. Buffalo. Res. 1.00 ...... 2.00 128 47Slf St. Louis AFM-bs. Nashville, 47S2 Evansville-bs. St. Louis, 47N3f Nashville AMF-bs. St. Louis. Res. 1.00 .... 1.80 129 54Nl- 54S3. Cincinnati-Atlanta complete except Atlanta AMF. Four superb covers, all proper markings ...... 3.50 130 5581 to 55N8 except 55Slf. Pittsburgh-Birmingham. Fourteen Jsuperb covers, all properly postmarked and backstamp· ed. Neatly cacheted ...... 15.60 131 57Nl, 57S2-Seattle, north and Vancouver- south, fine ...... 2.25 132 58Sl to 58N4 Detroit-Cincinnati. Six superb covers, all com­ plete except 58Slf. All backstamped and neatly can· celled ...... 12,25 All the CAM covers are desirable pieces to add lo any collection. All small covers unless otherwise noted, and all properly postmarked and cacheted. · FOREIGN CONTRACT AIR MAIL COVERS (FAM) 133 F5-5 Managua to Miami-black cachet, superb ...... 6.00 134 F5-5 Same cove:r with rare PURPLE cachet . 15.00 135 F5-7a Panama-Belize, BH, 5-22-29 3.00 136 F5-22 Panama-San Jose, CR-bs, 3-10-30 ...... 3.00 137 F5-24b San Jose, CR to Havana, 3-11-30, scarce . .. 6.00 138 F5-29a Cristobal, CZ--Havana, 5-1-30, p cachet ...... 3.00 139 F5-34 Curacao-Maracaibo, Ven., 5-6-30, ack cachet ...... 3.00 140 F5-35b and F5-40a l\l!aracaibo-Cristobal, 5-7-30, purple cachet and Cristobal-Cienfuegos, Cuba, 12-3-30, purple cachet 3.00 141 F5-38a Miami to Cienfuegos and Kingston, 2 covers, and F5-39 Kingston to Miami, all markings · 3.00 142 F5-39a Kingston, Jam.-Cienfuegos, fine 3.00 143 F5-40a, 40b-Cristobal to Cienfuegos and Kingston, two covers, all markings 2.50 144 F5-49b Cristobal-Paramaribo, DG, green cachet 2.00 145 FC-50 Panama to Port of Spain, Trin., scarce 4.00 143 F5-52 Maturin, Ven.-Port of Spain, 2-13-31, fine 2.50 147 F5-61 Cienfuegos-Cristobal, black cachet, fine 3.00 148 F6-7 San Juan-Santiago de Cuba, 1-9-29, fine 3.50 149 F6-13, 13a San Juan to St. Thomas, Castries, St. John, Georgetown, Paramaribo, Port of Spai::l, 9-22-22. All markings, seven cov

All proper markli,0 ·s ...... ··"············· 3.00 205 Fl8-15b, 16a, 16b Foynes-Shediac, Southampton to Shediac and New York. Three fine matched covers ...... 3.75 206 Southampton :to New York bs. July ls:t and thence by connecting flight :to Barbados, BWI, and backs:tamped :there. Superb cover and very interesting and excep- tional variety ...... ,...... 6.00 207 Sweden. First dispatch from Stockholm. via North At­ lantic Service :to Shediac. Very fine and ra're cover 7.50 208 India-First dispatch from Karachi via· air :to England and No. A:tl. Service :to Shediac. Only 6 covers known. Very fine and rare variety. Wodh a:t least ...... 25.00 209 India-Another cover mailed from Karachi, June 20 and connecting with first No. Atl. Flight. Addressed USA no backstamp .. ???? 210 Tr. 39-8-lb, lj, lk, 11. North Atlantic Service via Imperial Airways. Southampton to NY, Montreal to Botwood, Foynes and Southampton, four fine covers .... 5.00 211 Swedish. Dispatch via First Imperial Airways North Atlantic Service :to New York. Only 20 covers carried and a very fine item . .. . . ·l 0.00 212 Egypt. First dispatch from Alexandria via perial Airways No. Atl. Flight to New York. cover · 4.00 FAM 19 TRANS-PACIFIC DISPATCHES 213 F19-2c Los Angeles to Auckland, N. Z .. 3.00 214 F19-3a Honolulu to Noumea, Cal. 1.75 215 F19-15 Suva, Fiji Is.-Noumea 2.00 216 F19-16 Suva-Canton Island, PM 14th-bs. 13th. 2.00 217 "Fl9-16a Suva-Honqlulu 2.50 :n8 F19-17 Noumea-Suva 2.50 219 F19-18 Auckland, N. Z.-Suva 2.00 22·0 FX-la New Zealand-U.S.A., 12-29-37. All markings ...... 5.00 ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS 221 Z-6 Graf-First trip Germany-USA 4.00 222 Z-6 Same cover ...... 4.00 223 Z-7 Graf-U. S. to Germany ...... 4.50 224 Z-7 Another cover just same as last lot ...... 4.50 225 Z-7 Another cover just same as last lot ...... 4.50 226 Z-24 Graf-Round the World FL Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen 3.00 227 Z-24a Sanie flight-Lakehurst :to Tokio ...... 10.00 228 Z-24b Same flight-Lakehurst to Los Angeles 16.00 229 Z-24c Same flight-Lakehurst to Lakehurst ...... 6.00 230 Z-26 Same fligh:t---'-Tokio :to Los Angeles 15.00 231 Z-27 Same flight-Los Angeles-Lakehurst 2.00 232 Z-27a Same flight-Los Angeles-Friedrichshafen .... 4.00 233 Z-4la Graf Zep-Europe-Pan American Flight. Germany to Seville, pm. On Board Ship .. 2.00 234 Z-41b Same flight-Friedrichshafen-Pernambuco 3.00 235 Z-4ld Same fligh:t-Friedrichshafen-Lakehurst. Long cover bearing pair 4M Zep and single 2M Zep, first issue. S:tamns cat. 13.00 l\nd c<:>v'!'r 6.00 19.00 236 Z-41f Same flight-Friedrichshafen-Canary Is. 6.00 237 Z-42c Same flight-Seville-Rio de Janeiro 5.00 238 Z-42c Same flight-Seville-Rio de Janeiro 5.00 239 Z-42e Same flight-Seville-Lakehurst 7.50 240 Z-42E Same flight-Seville-Lakehurst 7.50 241 Z-43b Same flight-Pernambuco-Lakehurst 4.00 242 Z-43c Same flight-Pernambuco-Sevill covers. complete in every detail ...... 5.30 343 P2S20 l:o P2S26-Irwin - Jeanel:l:e - Greensburg - UnionJ:own­ Fairmonl: - Si. Marys - Pomeroy. 12 superb covers with markings ...... 15.45 344 P2S27 l:o P2N31 Grafton - Philippi - W. Union - Barbourville- Granl:sville. 7 superb covers ...... 7.15 One bid will be accepted on I.ots 341, 342, 343, and 344 .and if higher than individual bids will be sold as one lot. 345 Cover auiographed by Harry Lyons. pilot with Kingsford­ Smil:h on flight l:o Australia. This cover was marked and planned l:o be flown by Lyons from Hawaii l:o Fresno on first eastward non-stop flight bul: never flown because of lack of financing. ·Res. 1.00 ...... ??? 346 Special souvenir envelope prepared for the Round the World Flight of Amelia Earhart bul: never flown. Cover is autographed by AMELIA EARHART and bears her picture. Fine souvenir and great flier ??? 347 Lind.28 Lindbergh Day al: Grand Rapids, Mich•• Aug. 12 1927. Special cachet. Good Will Tour 4.00 254 FOURTH AAMS MAIL AUCTION 348 Tr-Oc. 194 First 24 hr. U. S. Naval Mass Flight, San Diego to Pearl Harbor, Jan. 28, 1937. Flown by U. S. Navy Patrol Squadron SF and this cover on Plane 6-P-l. Cover signed by pilot and crew. Properly postmarked. Superb ??? 349 Tr-Oc. 137 First U. S. Naval Mass Squadron Flight from San Francisco to Hawaii, Jan. IO, 1934. Squadron VP-lOF. · Cover flown and signed by Commander K. McGinniss. Notation of flight ...... 40.00 350 122 US. Souv. Hist. First Trans-Continental Glider Flight, April 6, 1930. Glider piloted by Frank. Hawks. Black cachet and properly postmarked. Fine cbver ...... 10.00 End of Sale --- Thank You I

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Bl D 51-U~ET 4 AAMS MAIL AUCTION GEORGE D: KINGDOM, P. 0. BOX 37, CONNEAUT, OHIO Please purchase for me at your Auction Sale to be held at Conneaut, Ohio, on June 24, 1944 the lots enumerated below, the prices being the highest that I will pay for each lot. It is understood 1hat you will ibuy them for me as much below these limits as is possible. In accordance with your terms of sale, I will take up and\ pay for within three days any lots tha11 you secure for me.

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No. Bid No. Bid No. Bid II II II II II II II ~ II II II rl II 11 ~ 11 II II ~'''"''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''~''~BUY - SELL -WANT LISTS APJ ADS AAMS EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT ~,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, RATES: ONE CENT PER WORD per insertion. Minimum charge 25 cents. Four insertions of same want ad for the price of three. NEW STAMP PAPER (Fourth insertion free). Remittance must accompany order and copy. The AIRPOST LAUNCHED JOURNAL, APJ Ads, Albion. Penn'a. The first philatelic journal ever to be WANTED TO BUY-GOOD FLIGHT covers, Airmail Stamps on and off covers. published in Paraguay (South America) Please submit details before forwarding "Revista Filatelica Paraguaya" has m a terial. R. Schoendorf, 7832 - 8lst Street, Glendale, L . I., N. Y. 168-12tc made its appearance. It is profusely WRIGHT BROTHERS EARLY FLIGHTS illustrated and contains articles by the (1903-1914) material wanted. Cov:ers, leading specialists in Paraguay. A cards, preferably autograph ed. Clippings, listing of all stamp collectors in Latin pho tograph s. 1st flight anniversary cov­ ers except 25th and 4th. Joseph C. Horan, America also is included. Details may M. D. 565 Park Ave., NYC. 166-4t* be secured from ADVANCED COLLECTOR TRADES OR Sefi.or Administrador buys used or mint air mails. For trade basis Scott or Sanabria 44. Frederick de la Steinhardt, 521 Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, California. 167-4t RIVISTA FILATELICA IF INTERESTED IN FAM OR CAM flights please see my adv. in this issue. PARAGUAYA Pvt. A. Flesch. 169-lt* Ciudad: CORONEL BOGADO I WILL EXCHANGE FAMs, CAMs, ZEPPS, FDCs and Patriotics for other FAMs, ffiepublica del Paraguay) CAMs, Zepps, Navals and unused Patri­ otics. I can use more than one of same South America item. Correspondence invited. Pvt. A. Flesch, 463 Lincoln P l., Brooklyn 16 N . Y. 169-lt*

AAMS EXCHANGE ADS APO's, camp and V-Mail. Also have some World War I APO's to exchange. John AIRGRAPHS K. Howe. 380 Richton Ave., Highland Park 3, Mich. Ex-168-2t are the new, fascinating and WANT PRROOFS AND ESSAYS OF AIR important development of the mail stamps. Will pay cash or give mint obsolete stamps in trade. M. J. Har r is, air mail. 516 Swetlan d B'.dg., Cleveland, O'M~: 169 _ 2t EXCHANGE AIR MAIL COVERS DIRECT COLLECT with members all over the world. Cur­ rent issues, odd values and conmemora­ them while they are still tives. William McFarlan, 356 East Lan­ caster Ave., Downingtown, Penn'a. available. Ex-169-lt WANTED-ZEPPELIN COVERS IN EX­ change for Zeppelins, FAM, CAM, Dedi ­ AJ7 Catalogue of Airgraphs, crtions, crash covers, Lindberghs. Canada flights. H . J. Stone, 700 West 179th St., listing 165 varieties, post Apt. 7G, N. Y. Cit y 33. Ex-169-6t p~d ~9 WANTED-U. S. ARMY AIR BASE AND field cancels. Lt. Thomas E. Gift, 4th Regt. Hdq. IRTC, Fort McClellan, Ala­ bam a. Ex-169-lt PHILLIPS WANTED - USED AIR MAILS. ALL A. count ries in quantity. Offers w elco'lled. Lester S. Glass 1831 Glenifer St .. Fhil'I. AIR MAIL SPECIALIST 41, Pa. Ex-169-lt NEWPORT MON ENGLAND WANTED-TO BUY AIR MAILS IN LOTS or s ingles. Sam S. Beck, #2303, Box 3504, Highland Park 3, Mich. Ex-169-lt SCOTT'S AIR MAILS •

S COTT'S is no "specialty shop" with limited ~tocks and unlimited prices. But Scott has the stamps. • Fer air mails of the world, from pioneers to current, send your want list to Scott. You'U be happy .

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