AAIIRRPPOOSSTT JJOOUURRNNAALL The Official Publication of the American Air Mail Society August 2015 Volume 86, No. 8 Whole No. 1022 August’s Featured Article — The Crash at Jeshwang in 1937: Additional Indicia and Labels Page 314 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 1912 Milwaukee, WI Pioneer 28 Rare! . $1,500.00 1930 C13 - C15 Pan Am flight round trip S.64D II . $2,950.00 Germany 1933 (August 25) balloon postcard from Hamburg Air Show for Ger - man Airmail. 30pf red balloon label. There is a small plate error on "D" in the red overprint . $900.00 Estonia 1933 Chicago flight to Recife, Brazil S238E . $875.00 Ethiopia 1936 8th North America Flight with German franking on reverse with certificate. $2,250.00 Finland / Liechtenstein 1931 dual franking on Vaduz flight. 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PO Box 3077T, Middletown NY 10940 Email: [email protected] — http://www.hgitner.com AUGUST 2015 PAGE 309 In This Issue of the Airpost Journal Letter to — ARTICLES — The Crash at Jeshwang in 1937: Additional Indicia and Labels ................... 314 Gary Wayne Loew the Editor CAM 6 and 7 First Day Covers ..................................................................... 320 Jamie O’Bannon Misinformation Corrected A Tale of Two Covers ................................................................................... 325 Bob Baltzell There is a significant “oops” in the July APJ article by David Ball Dole Air Race Winnings Came at High Cost ................................................ 329 on American Around-the-World flights. The 1924 flight was not made by More than Just a Cover .................................................................................. 332 the “U. S. Navy” but rather by the U. S. Army Air Service. Needless to John Wilson say this is a monumental error! Two Oklahomans Who Contributed to Aerophilately After World War II ... 334 The caption for Figure 1, page 270, is also incorrect. The postal Bob Dille card was flown, but only between Santa Monica and Seattle, the case for A Casualty of War ......................................................................................... 338 most of the cards/covers from the flight. John C. Symons Robert E. Mattingly (Ed Note: Bob Quintero also wrote concerning these errors.) — COLUMNS and FEATURES — Letter to the Editor ......................................................................................... 311 Rudy Roy Wins Walter J. President’s Message ...................................................................................... 312 Conrath Memorial Award APJ Book Review .......................................................................................... 342 This award is presented Treasure Hunting for CAM Covers ............................................................... 345 in honor of Walter J. Conrath, — NEWS — who contributed unselfishly to Rudy Roy Wins Conrath Award .................................................................... 311 the growth and welfare of the News of the Shows ........................................................................................ 348 American Air Mail Society. The Walter J. Conrath — DEPARTMENTS – Memorial Award is for out - APJ Ads ......................................................................................................... 352 standing service to the society. It Membership Report ....................................................................................... 349 recognizes distinguished and Editor and Advertising extended service to the Society. Vickie Canfield Peters 11911 E Connor Road Valleyford WA 99036 Rudy served as mem - vcanfi[email protected] bership secretary for many Staff Writers and Columnists years. The award was presented Joe Kirker Alan Warren Chris Hargreaves Bob Wilcsek Lee Downer Copyright 2015 The American Air Mail Society . The Airpost Journal (ISSN 0739-0939) is pub - lished monthly by the American Air Mail Society, 11911 E. Connor Road, Valleyford WA 99036. COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Periodical postage paid at Spokane WA 99201 and additional post offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to American Air Mail Society, 7 First St., Westfield NY 14787. Domestic sub - For AAMS copyright information or permission to reprint scription rate $30 per year; $5 per copy. items copyrighted by the AAMS, contact Jim Graue, 11911 E. Opinions expressed in features and columns in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the society. Running an ad does not endorse the advertiser. Connor Road, Valleyford WA 99036 or email [email protected] PAGE 310 AIRPOST JOURNAL AUGUST 2015 PAGE 311 The AAMS Board of Directors meeting on Saturday, June 6, President’s failed to draw the necessary five for a quorum, so no official action was taken. Nevertheless, the meeting was open and 15 members attended, Jim Graue Message which was excellent. The general membership meeting drew only 19. Most of the board meeting time was used in discussing the sta - tus of the next American Air Mail Catalogue volumes. The following sec - tions are being actively worked on or are ready for inclusion in an upcoming volume: AM Routes 1-64, Pioneers, U.S. Government Flights, Lindbergh, Glider Flight, and Polar Aerophilately. The two sections requiring immediate attention are: • Trans-Ocean Flights (text is essentially complete; more scans are needed for illustrations and thanks to Bob Mattingly for his submis - sions); • Crash Mail, two volumes incorporating Nierinck worldwide crash mail plus U.S. and Canada crashes updated; again, scans are needed for illustrations). The sooner these scans become available, the sooner these sec - tions will be printed. Both are popular and widely collected, so we know the pieces to be scanned are only awaiting the attention of their present custodians! 2015 Election Calendar August 1 Final election slate published September September 2015 Airpost Journal : Election issue with ballot October 20 Deadline for receipt of election ballots November 1 Final election results due from Board of Elections December Election results published in December 2015 Airpost Journal AAMS 2015 Convention Nominations for AAMS Officers and Directors for The 2015 AAMS annual convention is history. Although held in 2016 – 2017 by the Nominations Committee conjunction with NAPEX, which is generally regarded, with merit, as President James W. Graue one of the top five stamp shows in the country, AAMS participation was Vice-President Samuel J. Pezzillo minimal. Relatively few members attended and, of course, fewer still Secretary William Fort III (only seven) exhibited. Although disappointed in the turnout by AAMS Treasurer Stephen Reinhard members, those who did attend had a great time. Directors (four to be elected) David S. Ball David E. Crotty PAGE 312 AIRPOST JOURNAL AUGUST 2015 PAGE 313 Steve Tucker The Crash at Jeshwang in 1937: Patrick A. Walters It is unfortunate, and in fact a red flag warning, when an organi - Additional Indicia and Labels zation’s election slate is non-competitive for every position. At this point, only an intense write-in effort can alter a final outcome different from the Gary Wayne Loew above and there has been no hint of that in the wind. Many, if not most, members will look at the ballot and discard it, seeing the result as fore - Beginning in 1933, Deutsche Lufthansa initiated a series of gone. This is not good for us going forward. We need more members to take an active role in AAMS affairs. Every organization needs new players who bring fresh perspectives, new ideas and action alternatives that break the molds of tradition with new and creative challenges and directions that will inspire and excite the membership. Whether you have an “official” role or not, I would love to hear from you as to what you would like us to consider for AAMS going forward. FISA Reborn The 47th FISA (International Federation of Aerophilatelic Soci - eties) Congress was held at the Royal Philatelic Society in London on May 12, 2015. The British Air Mail Society, asserting that “FISA has . fulfilled its original aims and objectives,” moved to dissolve the federation. After Figure 2 discussion and debate, this motion was rejected. Wolfgang Porges (Berlin, Germany) was elected as the new FISA experimental flights between Bathurst and Brazil with the intent of estab - president. Wolfgang will form a task force to draft a new FISA mission lishing regular trans-Atlantic mail service between Europe and South statement. Stefan Bruylants is the new secretary-general. America. The objective was postal expedience: neither passengers nor This is a great step forward. Preparation of a revised mission freight were carried, only mail. The ensuing DLH service ran from Feb - statement will allow for recognition of current challenges and creation of ruary 1934 until hostilities in Europe closed the service in August 1939. a framework and action plan for meeting them going forward. I believe Bathurst, on the western limb of West Africa, was central to the feasibili - FISA can be a positive force for