AAIIRRPPOOSSTT JJOOUURRNNAALL The Official Publication of the American Air Mail Society October 2015 Volume 86, No. 10 Whole No. 1024 October’s Featured Article — ‘Unpublished’ Rate to Lebanon Confirmed: Route, 50¢ Rate are Not And Three Rates on One Cover! Zeppelins & Aerophilately Ask for our Free Price List of Worldwide Flight covers and stamps. The following is a small sampling – full list on Website! United States 1899 Prof. G. A. Kelly balloon advertising . $375.00 1929 (August 5) Unusual Round-the-World Flight cover with addi - tional franking applied for second leg of journey. Cover first sent from South Orange, NJ Aug. 5 and 1c +5c applied. Friedrichshafen back - stamp Aug. 8 Then 2 x 30c postage applied, tied by Los Angeles 26 cancel. Fascinating item! 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PO Box 3077T, Middletown NY 10940 Email: [email protected] — http://www.hgitner.com OCTOBER 2015 PAGE 397 In This Issue of the Airpost Journal — ARTICLES — Letters to ‘Unpublished’ Rate to Lebanon Confirmed: Route, 50¢ Rate are Not and Three Rates on One Cover! .................... 402 the Editor Bob Wilcsek The ‘LATI Substitute’ Service of Pan American Airways, Part 2 ................ 409 John Wilson Imperial Airways First Trans-North Atlantic Airmail Flight (But Not for Air- mail from Germany) ............................................................................. 420 Jim Graue Hermanos Means Brothers The First Dual Service Postal Issue: The May 1918 Jenny ........................... 409 I was enjoying the August, 2015 Airpost Journal and noticed in Joe Kirker John Wilson's interesting article "More than Just a Cover" something that Civil Airmail through Lagos, Nigeria ............................................................ 427 might be a bit confusing. The first sentence of the fourth paragraph reads John Wilson "Hermanos (Hermann) Kalwil was shown arriving in Buenos Aires with One Sunday in May ....................................................................................... 430 his wife . ." Don Lussky The way this is worded it might suggest to some that the word — COLUMNS and FEATURES — "Hermanos" translates as "Hermann" rather than it being the Spanish Letters to the Editor ....................................................................................... 399 word that translates as "Brothers" which my guess is the name of the President’s Message ...................................................................................... 400 family company in Argentina (Kalwil Brothers). Treasure Hunting the CAM Covers ............................................................... 415 Thanks for your excellent work as the editor of the APJ. — NEWS — Jim Hester News of the Shows ........................................................................................ 401 AAMS #6938 2015 AAMS Election Progress Report .......................................................... 426 Special AAMS Awards for 2015: A Second Look ........................................ 433 Dole Cover Listed in AAMC I’ve never seen a cover from the Dole race (article in August 2015 — DEPARTMENTS – APJ ), but I remembered seeing a listing in the AAMC . I got out Volume 4 APJ Ads ......................................................................................................... 440 Membership Report ....................................................................................... 439 For more than half a century . 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Domestic sub - W or p nf d scription rate $30 per year; $5 per copy. THE WASHINGTON PRESS i an Opinions expressed in features and columns in this publication are solely those of the authors and Publishers FLORHAM PARK, NJ 07932 do not necessarily represent those of the society. Running an ad does not endorse the advertiser. PAGE 398 AIRPOST JOURNAL OCTOBER 2015 PAGE 399 dramatically, to one or two a month, down from the mid-April to mid- President’s June rush of 10. APS Stampshow is usually mid-August and one of the only shows between mid-July and BALPEX in early September. The Jim Graue Message August APS Stampshow used to be anywhere, but in recent years it appears to be stabilized in a cycle that includes Hartford (Connecticut), of the 5th edition and there it was on page 1546: T.O. #1057. Portland (Oregon), Grand Rapids (Michigan), Sacramento (California), Somehow they got the date goofed up, but so did the cover pic - Richmond (Virginia), Columbus (Ohio) and Milwaukee (Wisconsin), all tured in the APJ . So I guess there's more than one in existence. of which have proven to be successful sites. Don Lussky September through mid-November are followed by the Thanks - giving – Christmas – New Year holiday season. The only WSP stamp show is FLOREX, early December in Orlando, Florida (fine weather and vacation spot). Then nothing until late January at San Diego. News of the Shows Next year – 2016 – the U.S. hosts its once-a-decade FIP World Philatelic Exhibition, this time in New York City on May 28 – June 4. Most, if not all, WSP shows usually held in May or June will take a bye so as to not conflict with New York 2016. APS Stampshow will be August 4-7 in Portland, Oregon (any further from New York and you will be swimming in the Pacific!). New York 2016 promises to be a tremendous event, but it will The AAMS election is under way now. Have you voted and not be a cheap date. Many will choose to pass New York because cost sent your ballot to Allen Klein? I am very sorry that we did not have will be decisive. It is not an easy choice. We are sharing space with Met - more interest in the election. When the slate has no contested positions, ropolitan Air Post Society (MAPS) and the Crash & Wreck Mail Society. there is not a great deal of incentive to vote, as the final results are a fore - We hope that proves beneficial to all and serves as a prime meeting spot gone conclusion. However, write-ins are welcome, if for only identifying for airmail / aeropostal history collectors. those who may have an interest in stepping up two years from now. So, * * * please vote! Work on more sections of the American Air Mail Catalogue contin - * * * ues. Have you sent scans of the covers you have so we can see when we Mid-summer is always an interesting time for stamp collecting. get enough to finish a section? We especially need (1) Trans-Ocean For most, outdoor activities increase and philately gets a rest. That Flights and (2) Crash Covers. All other areas are welcome, but our main depends, of course, on where one lives. For those in the east and mid- push is the aforementioned two. If you have any questions about exactly west, refuge from the combination of high temperatures and high what is needed, please let us know by email so we are sure to get the humidity can be found in one’s air-conditioned stamp den. For the right images for our next AAMC sections. mountain west and west coast, it is time for outdoor activities, yard work * * * and vacations. As we move into the fall season, remember that your aero collec - After mid-June, the number of WSP national stamp shows falls tion awaits your attention! PAGE 400 AIRPOST JOURNAL OCTOBER 2015 PAGE 401 David Crotty Trans-Atlantic Air Mail Services 1928-1945 Also: AAMS Medal of Excellence August E. Kalohn III A. C. Roessler Illustrated Mails for Airship, Blimp, Dirigible and Zeppelin, 1923-1943 Silver Robert Ogrodnik First Polish Airmail Issue After World War II Single Frame Competition Gold Norris R. Dyer Newfoundland’s Surcharged Air Mail Stamps Also: BNAPS Award Figure 1 Silver 36¢ cover to Beirut posted January 21, 1941 at 1:30pm, then Robert B. Pildes, MD Palestine Emergency Deliveries, Inc. reposted on the same day at 70¢, 6pm, after being returned for 9¢ postage due (would have made 45¢ rate). ‘Unpublished’ Rate to Lebanon Confirmed: Route, 50¢