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AIRPOST JOURNAL OCTOBER 1933

THE GRAF ZEPPELIN -subject: for another U.S. airpost commemorative which appeared October 2nd for the flight to the Chicago World's Fair

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Congratulations To all those wh·D responded to

our last adverts. They tou6ht the G.W R. Rouncl Trip at $3 .00. Th e price now is ~8 .00. We have two lef t ancl they go to the fir st two applicants mentioning this a cl. The Carcliff -Teignmou t!;1 & Carcliff-Torquay a ll we nt at $3.00 . We woulcl not like to say how mu ch thev are wort>h toclay-but try e ver y cl ealer in lh e worlcl a ncl see if you can get one. Th e alert col­lector scorecl mightily with these his to rica l covers . A fe w. a very few, remain of the G.\\-.R. 1st Britis h Inlancl Rail-Air Service. Wlhil t they last, $1 eaci t. Congratulations, too, to all those who boug;ht th e Imre t•ial Ait•ways, 1st Delhi -Athens, only 42 flow n at 50c each . vVe have three left. Price no.OO each. Ca lcutta-Athen s, 18 1 flown , five for sa·le, $ 5 eacH . Oth er Gree k s tages, ve r y small s upply, $1.00 ea0i1. Most of th e ot•her 40 stages in this great 6500 mil e Incli :1 n flight are gone. A few r e main. 50c e::tch .

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Dedication and Unofficial Air Mail Covers Maurice S. Petty

News of futu~e a.nd pasf.; events under this section should be sent direct to Mr. Petty, 61'1 Ke11nedy St., N. W., Washington, D. C.

• c OMING: . WEST BRANCH, 1\!.ICH., airport dedication date un­certain. Covers to P. M ..... Clare, Mich. date indefinite, covers to CofC or P. M ......... Bedf.ord, Pa. dedication postponed. Covers to Paul R9ed, Sec. CofC ... .IScranton, Pa. Dedication soon. Covers to Raymond Gibbs, •Sec. CO'fC, or A.A .. M.S. mem'ber, Dr. F .Whitney Davis, Chinchilla {Lacka .. Co.) Pa ..... Oshkos:h listed last month cancelled, as last flight on CAM 3 was July 31st.. ... Sturgis, Mich. dedication postponed .... Covers f·or prospective visits of USS Macon may be sent to R. W. Speakman, 1871 NW Flagler Terrace, Mioa.mi, Fla. Jas. W. Green, 203 No. 4th St., San Jos·e, Cal. {Also for other west coast' exents); John D. Long, 3326 Fulton St., San Francisco, and Oscar 1

Fatout, 328 Locust Ave;, Long Beach, Calif.. ....... Miami, Fla., GofC w~ll have. cachet for visit of Graf. Zeppelin, air mail only and must. be received before Oct. 18th. Printed cachet, so leave open and empty, and if desired to be flo.wn on Graf, mu·st be accompanied by money order for 50c for the s·pecial stamp. Covers toOof·C Cac:het Directo~, R. W. Speakman, 187.1 NW Flagler Terr.ace ..... About Oct. 18th, through the influen•ce of the West Coast Air Mail Society, the Goodyear· Blinip Volunteer will make a greeting flight from Los Angeles to S'unny­vale to greet the USS Macon and

will carry covers . They must be open and empty, room for cachet, no special reque•sts granted, and aU must be sent to Albert N. Brown, 270 Tehama St., San Francisco, Cal . Air mail only.

AIRPORT DEDICATIONS: Post­master writes me and S'ec. Lions Club writes Fred Wilde that there was positively nn lllirport ded.icati.on at Wadena, · Minn. in July .... Lake­lands, Mic:h. dedicated airport uf Lakel.ands Golf and Country Club on · A:ugust 19th. Green type 11et cachet by Club Sec'ty. on 54 covers .. .. Mark Emsley {whom we were

·grad to meet at Cedar Point) writes that Sky Haven· Airport. at ·North­field, ·Ohio, near Akron, was dedi­cated July 30th. No covers known .... Ottawa, Kans. CcifC writes that the Oonard airport was dedicated .July 2nd.' They did not understand cachet and applied it to 300 covers but did not mail them until Aug. 22. Too bad .... W. T. Wynn Jr. sends clippin.gs showing Ely, Minn., Muni­cipal Airport dedicated August 27th, but Commer·cial Club says they know of no covers ........ Saginaw, Mich. reopened their airport August 2 6-2 7, and American Legion put typed and signed cachet on about 20-25 ·covers daily. Was NOT an

· airport dedication ...... Metropolitan Seaplane Base at Jersey City wn.s dedicated Augu.st 29th. ·About 50 covers mailed with stamp of Marine Air Transport Co. Some have an ink inscription privately applied .... Price, Utah. dedicated S'ept. 3 and four line box cachet applied by CofC., with CofC. stamp in addi­tion on: some .... Rex Copp in Gossip quotes editor of Dothan {Ala.) Eagle that airport was dedicated

Tl-l r AIRPOST JOURNAL O~icial.Publi~ation of The Anlerican C Air Mail Society • October, 1933

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February 18th; but no c-overs known. Any one ·have any? .... Three Rivers, Calif. dedicated_ air­port Sept. 4th, and covers have combination written and stamped cachet, 40 so .far reported .... Sou~h Bend, Ind. rep·orted to have dedi­cated Bendix Airport Sep-t. 5th with CofC cachet, but not yet seen .... Rex Co·pp writes that Carthage, Mo. covers of May 30th were not in Dr. B<rock'·s plane at all.. .. Covers from Willows, Calif. Sept. 9 with two lines printed dedication cachet by Willows Flying Service ...... Tulsa, Okla. ded-icated commercial airport on S'ept. 10th and hi-color cachet by CofC.

OTHER AERO COVERS: Muskegon, Mich., and Lansing, Mich. CofC each had cachet f.or first flight on CAM 9, Sept. lOth. No advance notice given by PO Dept. except by Supt. Cisler at AAMS Banquet in New York .... Willard, Ohio, Air Meet Aug. 13 (Pmkd. 14th) ; .... J. S'. Haldenstein, calls attention to error Olt this page in August. Los Angeles July 1, 3, 4, 5, as stated should :ha.ve been Chicago .... Los Angeles National Air Races for July 1, 2, 3, 4 had two round cachets by Airp-ort Manager and City, some pkmd. Los Angeles, some Air Mail Field, and ;some at Inglewood .... Mark Emsley of Lakewood writes that the air meet a.t Cleveland was called off and the one at Akron postponed. Your covers will come .in ·time on other events .... Bis-bee, Ariz. Aug. 24, army air maneuvers and Luke Trophy presentation ...... Arlington, Cal. Sept. 3, air meet. five covers with ten autographs .... New Orleans, Sept. 9, welcome home to Jimmy W pd dell, typed cachet on 6 0 covers .... Aug. 31, last day cancel Naval Air Station, Cal. 44 ordinary, 2 postals, and 3 4 air mail; .... Sept. 1, first day cancel at Moffett Field, Cal. 3 6 oi'dinary, 2 postals. and H air ma.il, with ciiChets .... Aug. 31, S'an Jose, last fliglht CAM ·8. black cachet on 94 air covers .... Chicago, Sept. 1. 2, 3, 4, pkmd. Glenview, fine eachet for International Air Races by Chicago Daily News. Also different one on 2nd for Gordon Bennett Balloon Races by News. Sept. 6th, fine one for National Air Mai•l Day and 15th annive'!"sary flight. All handled by J .J. Mat-

tess, lli13 Cornelia Ave., and better send him some air covers for these .good Chic-ago events he is handling .... Augusta, Me. Sept 1, visit O'f Post, Ealihart, and others, cachet by CofC ..... New ·York, N; y,, Sept. 2, green and black on 70 covers by F APS' for De Pinedo crash; Also different one for same event from Michael Sussman, whom I was glad to meet at AAMS Con­vention, as well as Harry Gordon a11d Bernard Aronstein .... Lyndhurst, 0. Exchange Clu.b Air Meet Sept. 3-4. Nothing on 3rd due to wea.ther and 747 c-overs mailed on 4th with cachet, pkmd. at Cleveland .... Visits of Wiley Post resulted in covers: A•ugust ? ? , 3 5 covers by Tu,lsa, Okla. CofC.; Aug. 5, (pkmd. 6th) 12 from Pon•ca City, Okla.; Aug. 15th, 154 from Harrisbur-g, Pa. by Lykens Stamp Club; .A:u.g. 16tJh; 14 from S'oranton, Pa.; Syracuse, N. Y. Aug. 28th; Sept. 5th, Ceveland,· 103 air covers with pur.ple cachet bv Cleve­land Air Mail Society .... GEAUGA LAKE. OHIO, the amusement park, 12 miles out of Cleveland, has no airrort worthy the name, according to intensive investigations made by Cleveland members and the dedi­cation reported as Nov. 9. 1932, will not be listed in Standard Catalogue, unless holders of covers reported. submit same with evi­dence of their standing .... Olarks­ville, Tenn. CofC writes that dedi­cation was a tJhree day af·fair, June 16; 17, 18, 1930. Covers of last two dates seen. Anyone h:ne 16th? .... C. E. Carlson shows covers of Muncie, Ind. dedication of Sept. 10-11, 19 3 2, with 13 line box cachet ·ry Muncie Aviation Corpn. All so far seen are 3c ones. Any one have air covers with this cachet? Recor:ls in MnnciA do not show .... Extensive investigations with former and present owners and addresses of )n>nwn covPrs. CofC, and PO offi­cials at Auburn, N. Y., fail to dis­c'oRe existence or location of air­port supposed to have been dedicat­Pn. there July 27-28. 1928. Frank W. Wriglht, only man known to have date. recently deceased. Can any one furnish data to warrant these covers remammg in cat" alogue? .... Coshocton, Ohio, (No. 802)

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Tenth Anniversary Convention And l:xhibition A Grand Success

• A Re:Port of the Business

Session of the 193S Meeting

THE FIRST session of the Tenth Anniversary Convention was called to order by the President, Mr. L. B. Gatchell of Bronxville, N. Y. at 10:00 A. M. on Tlh·ursday, August 31, 1933 at the Hotel New Yorker. Mr. Gatchell introduced Mr. J. J. Klemann, Jr. of New York w.h-o made the address of wel­come.

Presi·dent Gatchell delivered his annual address, in which he made some excellent recommendations for the future guidance of the Society. He then introduced the officers present. Following this, the Nom­inating Committee was appointed in accordance with the By-Laws. This consisted of Mr. Walter J. Con­rath, chairman, Mr. William R. All~y, and Mr. Frank C. Costanzo.

The Secretary was requested to urge the Post Office Department that the new Zeppelin stamp of 50c, to be ·issued at an early date in connection with the Trans~Atlantic Flight of the dirigible to tJhe Cen­tury of Progress Exposition at Chicago, be available to all air mails, and immediately after the flight, to be placed on sale at tne Philatelic Agency in Washington for an indefinite period.

The morning session was then adjourned.

At the second session, Mr. George W. Angers rendered his annual financial' report, and the delegates next heard from Mr. H. C. Carpen­ter, Sales Manager. Mr. George D. Kingdom of the By-Laws Commit­tee brought in the following recom­mended changes, and the same were warmly adopted:

SECTION I. Add to name, "A corporation, or­

ganized under the laws of Ohio". SECTION VI.

(Amended By-laws)

• Article I.

Change "•Secretary and Treas­urer" to "Se.cretary", "Treasurer". Article v.

'Strike out the first paragraph and insert for "Secretary", the second word in the fourth para­graph "Treasurer". Add to the fifth paragraph, after the second word, "S'ecretary", the following "And Treasurer".

SECTION VI. (New By-laws)

Article XII. The elected and appointed offi­

cers shall commence their terms of office upon the last day of the annual convention, and in the event of no convention, the nearest regular convention date to be de­termined by the President.

SECTION VIII. (Amended By-1aws)

Article 1. The election of officers shall be

held at such a time, immediately prior to the convention, as may be designated by the President. In the event of no convention, the Pres­ident, shall, at his own discretion, determine the time of the election and the date of inception of the newly elected officers.

It was voted that the President be authorized to appoint the sep­arate offices of "•Secretary" or "Treasurer" at the beginning of the new fiscal year.

By vote of the meeting, the Pres­ident was authorized to name five mem'bers to serve on the Exhibition Committee, and these members are empowered to make laws and regu­lations for future exhibitions.

Tihere being no further business, the convention adjourned sine die, with a vote of thanks to Mr. L. B. Gatchell and Mr. Erik Hildersheim, and the other members of the Metropolitan area for their efforts in making the convention a success.

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f) A.NDEMONIUM reigns su­preme when the average col­lector attempts to classify

covers carried on the various first flights from S.an Francisco and Oak­land, etc. For various reasons too long to enumerate here many un­usual conditions connected with the various first flights of (C). A. M. r·outes 8, 18 and 34 from or into these points has c,onvinced the writ-er of this column that a clear con­cise description of same will be wel­comed hv (C). A.M. cover collectors, especially, as very little definite dat~\ h·as been published to date re­gar-ding Bay a-rea flights and covers either in the catalogues or in the various nhilatelic journals. A:::­cord.ingly,- the following map to­gether wth the necessary explanaton of same is offered as a solution to this c·onfusing problem. Catalogue n urn "e'·" used are those as given In the 19 3 3 issue of The Standard Air­post Catalog;ue. The arrows besi1s the letters or catalogue numbers in­dicate the di•rection of flights either ir,to or .out .of either San Francisco or Oaklantd. Explanaion of the let­ters and n:um bers is as follows:

(C). A. M. Route 8 8N 4, 8N 4a and 8N 4f correct as liste1

in catalogue. 8S4 and 8S4a correct as listed in

catalogue. 8.Sllf Oakland Air Mail Field 2-1-28

south, no official cachet. The catalogue is somewhat in error

by Chas. G. Riess Information concerning C.A.M.'s should be sent direct to the e(litor of section, 1'.0. Box 11, Albany, N. Y .

• and very vague in data given. 1st date of {C).A.M. 8 service at Oak­land Air Mail Field was 12-15-27 when the first northward dispatch was made but inasmuclh. as no Oakland Air Mail Field canceller was in use at that time and inas­much as no field post office ex­isted only the regular mail from San Francisco was dispatched through Oakland field and under such conditions does not consti­tute a listable variety. Concord Air Mail field was abandoned on 12-15-27 for northward dispatch only. Northlbound mail was dis­patched on 2-1-28 from Oakland Air Mail Field but such covei·s can not be listed its first flight covers f.or reasons given above. On 2-1-28 Crissy field was aban­doned for sout•bward dispatch and Oakland Air Mail Field was used for the first time for southward dispatch via (C) .A.M. 8 and in­asmuch a.s a field post office ex­isted at Oakland such covers are listed as 8Sllf. From 2-1-28 un­til 10-15-30 inclusive, mail was received fr·om the north but no mail dispatched southwarod from Crissv Field. Between these dates planes flew fTom Crissv Field to Oakland ·Air Mail Field where southbound mail from San Fran­cisco and Oakland :Air Mail Field wa.s picked up. Also there are some ot'her minor variations in regard to fields rut as they do Pot affect flights n.o need for ad­cl.'tional data to be mentioned here.

88'13. 8S13a and 8.S13f correct as listed in catalo.gue.

8S14 correct as listed in catalogue. X-This cover is the mate to 8S14

and· it is possible that such a. cov­er exists inasmuc·h as Oakland ·Ciilty d'isiJa tched .4 4 lb s. of ~;ir mail via the first northbound flight.. •Such a cover if brought to light will have to be listed a.s a first flight Oakland City north as of 7-15-29. The first flight

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lEGEND AM-8-----AM-18----AM-34-------

SIIH fRANC \SCO

TO SAN JOSE.-'

northbound pHot from Oakland City on 7-15-29 was R. B. Virden. Collectors' mail intended f.or this flight was all dispatched south­ward and as suc<h are 8S,14 covers. No northbound covers known to date as northbound mail appar­ently was alil c-ommercial mail.

1----<San Francisc-o north 2-2-33. On this date S'an Francisco Airport, formerly known as Mills Field, was embraced to this route <i.nd resulted In the first direct 'flights, carrying mail between San Fran­cisco and Oakland. This data also goes for "K", "J" and "L". No -official cachet.

J--,San Franoisco south 2-2-33. No official cac-het. See "1".

K---<San Francisoo-recei·ved from ·north, Oakland or points nort•h of Oaklan•d. iSee "1".

L-San Francisco-received from ·south, Los An.geles or points south ·or east of Los Angeles. Covers from Fresno or Bakers·field J.re not received covers as northbound plane from Los Angeles did not stop at these points. >See "1".

(C.) A. M. Route 18 · 18Ell correct as listed in catalogue. 18Ellf now ·listed in the catalogue

but not shown on this map is not

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1 a listable first flight cover and as such this item should be deleted fr.om the catalogue. 'I'he reason for this is that no field post office existe>d at Oakland Air Mail Field and no Oakland Air Mail Field ·Canceller was in use at this time. Hence all maH dispatched on this date must bea.r a San Francisco cancelaltion or must have be.:m handled through the San Francis­oo post office. Th-is is merely an airport change of 1:!he variety that is unlista•ble. Should this item remain listed then every . similar cover mailed from any a-ir mail stop on a date that dispatches were ma>de from another airport whether or not such airport had a field off.ice would have to be listed if the catalogue listing is to be consistent. ·

18E15 Correct as liste-d in t•he cata­lo.gue but one ohjection is raised in regard to this listing. No au­thentic cover of this flight to date is known and I ask the catalogue editors and publishers to produce such a cover. Until such a true cover is brought to light this item should be mentioned in the .cata­logue but should not bear a cala­logue number. The reason fo:!'

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this is that on 5-1-29 the first nig.ht service was inaugurated ·over this route and this date Oak­land City dispatched for the first time to this route. However, col­lecto-rs' c.overs were dispatched on the first nig.ht :Hight and as such are not first flight cover.s inas­much as the real first :Hight was the· day :Hight. Real covers would ·be cancelled early the morning of.

· 5-1-29 and not in the afternoon or evening of this date. Practically every coHector mistakes the first night :Hight covers (second lrip covers) uf this date as 18El5, which they are not.

G~San Francisco-east 7-9-33. On this date Sian Francisco Airport, formerly known a,s Mills Field, was embraced as an intermediate stop on (C). A. M. 18. Pri.or to this date San Francisco mail was handled through Oakland Air Mail Field. Oaklan1d is now the terminal of this route. Planes co:ming in fr·om the east first stop at San Francisco and then fly to Oakland. Westbound planes fiy east between San Francisco and O~kland and eastbound planes fiy west between Oakland and San F:rancisoo. Thi1s du€ to geo.­,graphical location of these two cities and this condition alone has caused collectors endless tro·uble. in regard to covers. On first day of service there were th.ree eastwa.I'd · dispatches from San Francisco. San Francisco dispatched no mail west to Oak­land. Hence, no San Francisco west dispatched covers on this date. No official cachet.

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H----San Francisco-received from east. 'rhere wenl three trips into San Francisc.o from east on first day of service. See "G".

F---'San Francis·co-received from west (Oakland). Oakland made only one dispatch via the first trip to S1an Francisco on first day of service. rSee "G."

(C). A.M. Route 34 A-S'an Francisco -south 2-1-33.

On this date this 1•oute was ex­tended from Los Angeles to San Francisco via Baker.sfield and Fresno. No official cachet.

M----ISan Francisco-received from s;outh (other than from Los An­geles, Bakersfield or Fresno) 2-1-33. See "A".

B-Oakland City-south 3-1-33. On this date Oakland was embraced as an intermediate stop on this route for sout!hward ·dispatch only. No offocial cachet.

Bf-Oakland Mr Mail Field-south 3-1-33. No offidwl ca.chet. See "B".

C~Oakland City-north 3-16-33. On thi·s d·ate Oakland was embra.c­ed as an intermediate sto.p on lllls route f.or northwar·d disnatch as well as for northward and south­ward receipts of air mail frvm this route. No off.icial cachet.

Cf~Oakl,and Air Mail Field -north 3-16-33. No official cachet. See "C".

D-Oakland-received from north. (S'an Flrancisco) 3-16-33. See ''C".

E~Oakland-received from s·outh 3-16-33. 1See "C". Collectors having any suggestio-ns

:md criticisms to offer in regard to this article, provided suoh sugges· tions or citidsms are of a c.o.nstruc· tive nature, are welcomed to send in same to the writer of this column with their reasons and proofs. Col­lectors merely sending in criticisans without any reasons for same that have no e.ssential facts will have them rele,gated to the waste paper J::a,sket ·as life is too short to waste on other than ·data which is of actual importance a-nd interest.

On account of la•ck of sp·ac-e in this column this month regular news of (C.) A.M. activities must be held over 'till next month and there is plenty of it, such as the addition of Lan.sing and Mu,skegon to A.M. 9 on 9-10-33 and the addition of Moline to A.M. 18 on 9-15-33.

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CRASH COVER NEWS

bv FRANI{ A. COSTANZO

• Crash Cover news should be sent direct to Frank A. Costanzo, Box 32, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

• ~. EVERAL months ago the Jour-

nal as well as several other philiatelic pu•blications carried

a short notice stating t!hat we were interested in hearing fr-om all crash and accident collectors concerning tb.eir activities in the hobby. Since these notices appear'·. we have man­aged to learn of ab-out twenty col­lectors . actively in teres-ted in this tranch of aero-philately who we did not know a thing about. We feel t!he-re are .still others engaged in our ho'bby and ag-ain we ask all of you who have not sent us a postal to p~aH do w. ·

We have nothing to sell, but mere­ly wish to make up a check list of DUr brother crash and accident col­lectors. The length of tiine you have been collecting. or the number of covers. in your coilection is 'not ·considered, if you are interested in craslh. and accident ·covers, we cer­tainly will be glad to place your name on our list and will earnestly endeavo'r to co-operate with all of you in doing all we pos-sfbly can . to aird you with your collection.

OFFICIAL REP'ORT OF RECENT AIR MAIL MISHAPS

Quay, N. M., A. M. No. 34, Trip 31, T.W.A. Westbound, 1:41 a.m. Pilot Howard Morgan, co-pilot W. G; Barcus and three passengers kill­ed. Mail 6 pounds and 8 ounces en­tirely destroyed.

Taking off from Amarillo ;tt 11: 3 5 with mail and three passen-gers in­cluding a three year old girl, ·the giant tri-motor transport of the T. W. A. had radioed its position as over the emerr:gency landing field east of Tucumcari, just before it was caught in a terrific storm.

Forced tD turn off the regular course, the plane was forced to fly virtually blind in t'he fDg and storm and in an attempt to find a suitable landing field, the plane struck Mesa Mountain and crashed to the ground in flames. ·- ·

Twenty miles away from the scene of. the mail-passen-ger plane crash, the same storm caused the crack pa-ssenger· train, Golden State Limited to crash through a trestle, killing eight and injuring forty others.

PLEASE Again I must request collectors

eve•ryw!here. to · send me air mail crash and accident clippings when· ever they can po-ssibly do so. I try to cover each mishap as soon as pos­sible but in order to continue doing so, I must have the co-operation of every collector. ·

Our Friend S. A. Cisler

While attending the recent A.A. M.S. convention at New York City, we haJd the pleasure of meeting and . talkin-g with the gentleman respon~ sible for the official data given in this column from month tD month~ Hon . .S. A. Cisler, Superintendent of the Air Mail Service. Mr. Cisler: praised the air mail . system very higlhly and tDld us that our pilots are flying more than 38,000,000, miles each year and are delivering, 9 6 to 9 9 per cent of everything they' take up with them. Truly a re­marrkable· record and one we should. all be very proud of. · IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIII~I.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII•

FIRST FLIGHT COVERS CAM's and F AM's on ap­proval from my fine stock of all .routes are pleasing many particular . collec-· tors. . What may ·I show you? ·

References please

EDGAR C. CANTRELI.J 21n Glenwood Court

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The AIRPOST JOURNAL

Offici"! Publication of the American Air Mail Society. Published Monthly at AJb;on, Pennsylvania, u. s. A.

Entered as secon-class matter, February 10, 1932, at the post office at Albion, Pa., undP.r the Act of March 3, 1879.

Geo. D. Kingdom, Editor-in~Chief Walter J. Conrath, Business Mgr.

DEPARTMENT EDITORS

(C.)A.M.'s ········ Charles G. Riess F.A.M.'s ················ L. B. Gatchell Airs of t!he Month ····················

························ Alton J. Blank Dedications & Unofficials

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All editorial CODY should be sent to the Editorial Offices, Tyler Building, Conneaut, Ohio.

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ANOTHER CANADIAN MUUL RECORD

C APT FRANK HAWKS left Vancouver. B.C. at 6:00 P.M. on August 25th. It was his

IntentiOn to make a . non-stop flight to Quebec, P.Q. He was heard to pass over Winnipeg before O.aylight, but was later forced to land at Kingston, Ont., arriving at Montreal at about 1:00 P.M. Aug. 26eh. The distance by Canadian Pacific Railway, Vancouver~Mon­treal is 2885 miles which Capt. Hawks flew in roughly 19 hours, the fastest trip ever made across Can­ada. T·he air mileage would be ,something over 2 50 0 miles, which is an average of 133 miles or more per l:our. On arrival at Montreal, Capt. Hawks left at once for Quebec, a distance of over 170 miles.

One matter not generall.y known is that he carried mail with him, and thds was t'he first mail ever car­ried across Canada within twenty­four h·ours. Mayor L. D. Taylor Of Vancouver sent greetings to the Lord Mayor of Southampton, Eng· Jan<d. which was delivered by Capt. Hawks to the S.S. "Empress of Austmlia" and reached Southamp­ton t1he f.ollowing Saturday, less than 8 days, which is another record for Vancouver overseas mail.

Mayor Wooley cabled as follows:. "This record of seven da.Y,s from Vancouver to Southampton demon­strates the skill and efficiency of modern transportation, and. gives promise of speedy communication of the future between distant centres of the Empire." · ·

Other mail was also carried, un­officially, but we are unable to state how many were taken. It is un­derstood that Ca·pt. Hawks took every cover offered him, provided same bore a Canadian stamp. We have seen covers with 8c postage, cancelled Que!oec, P. Q., at 8:00 P . M., August 26. The front bears a typewritten inscription in four lines, "This envelope was carried by me, from Vancouver, B. C. to Quebec, on my Canadian Tran.s-C.ontinent:l.l F.Jigl,ht.'\ Undernea•th .(.signed) by Fr-ank Hawks.

These covers are backstamped at Montreal 10 A.M., August 27, and Oakland, August 29 at 11 A.M., ,showing delivery by plane through the regular channels.

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Official List OF Awards 1933 AAMS Exhibition ,

IJELOW will be found the offi­cial list of award winners in the 1933 gxhibition, New

York City. CoHections entered NOT FOR COMPETITION were awarded Certificates of Merit in the discretion of the Judges. Entries of those commercially engaged in aero­vhilately were likewise judged sep­arately from private collectors and were awarded Certificates. Where there was but one entry in a class there was not a basis for comparison and in these cases Certificates of Merit were awarded. Certificates of Merit were in three grades, . Certifi­cate of . Merit, Certificate of Special Merit, and Certificate of Highest 1\Ierit. At this writing all dip.lomas and ribbons h'ave been mailed. If any Exhibitor entitled to an award has not as yet rece•ived same or should the diploma or ribbon be in­correct in any way, please advise L. B. Gatcheill, 35 Chatfield Rd., Bronxville, N. Y.

PRESIDENT'S CUP- George W. Angers-Paris Balloon Post.

CLEVELAND AIR MAIL SOCIETY TROPHY-Francisco de Villa.­.Specialized Scadta Air Mail Stamps.

CLAS:S 1A-Air Mai.l S'tamps--.Qff.i­cial Issues - General. Emil Bruec.hig-Certificate Df ·Highest Meri·t. Nicholas Sanabria- Cer­tificate of Highest Merit. Dr. H. E. Radasch-First. L. J. Mathews ISe·cond.

CL.A:SS 1B1- Air Mail Stamps­Specialized --Europe. Erik R. King First; Jacques Kildher, Second.

CLA'SIS 1B4-Air Mail Stamps-Sp~­cialized-Africa, Asia, etc.-L. B. Grutchall, Certificate of Highest Merit.

CLAS•S 2A-Air Mail Stamps-Semi­Official, General. Dr. H. E. Radasch, Certificate of Special Merit.

C'LA:SS' 2B2-Air Mail Stamps, Semi~ Offici:al___,SCADT A. Francisco de Vil.la, First; Norman Serphos, <Second; Rudolf P. Hinrichs, 3rd.

CLASH 2B3-Air Mail Stamps, Semi­Offidal--Other Issues. Wilfrid Peers, 1&t; Rudolf P. Hinrichs, 2nd.

CL.AJS•S 4-A<ir Mail Stickers, Bag­gage & Express Labels. (}. F. Fay, 1st; Alice B. Cilley, 2nd; Robt. M. F\linn, 3rd.

CLA'SS' 5A-Foreign Air Mail Co:vers -General. Norman Serrphos, 1st; George D. Kingdom, 2nd; Max J. Guerth, 3rd.

CLASS 5B1-Foreign Air Mail Cov­ers--ISpecialized-EUrop·e. Harry A. Lee, Certificate of Highest Merit.

CLASS 5B2-Foreign Air Mail Cov­ers-JSpecialized-N. America. El­mer Stobavt, Certificate of Merit.

CLASS 5B3---<Specialized-S'. & C. America. Richard L. Singley, 1st; IHarry Citret, 2nd; Max J. Guerth, Certificate of Hig1hest Merit. (not for competition.)

CLASS 5B4 - S'pecialized-Africa, Asia, etc. George W. Angers, 1st; T. F. Sou-thard, 2nd; Lloyd S. Ruland, 3rd.

CL.AJSS' 5B5---<Special Section for DO-X. L. B. GatcheH, 1st; E. M . Smola, 2nd.

CLASS 6A-U.<S. & ·Possessions -Covers - General. Leo Au.gust, Certificate of Special Merit.

CLASIS 6Bl-Pi.oneers. Erik Hilde­sheim, 1st; Harry A. Truby, 2nd; Francis B. Leech, 3rd.

CLAS.S 6B2-Governmentals. Gu·ido Lodigiani, 1s-t; L. B. Gatchell, 2nd; Norman Serphos, 3rd.

CLAS1S 6B3---<C.A.M.'s. Ghas. G. Riess, 1st; L. B. Gatohell, 2nd; W. R. Alley, 3rd; Geo. W. Angers, Honorab-le Mention; Norman Ser­p:hos, Honorable Mention.

CLAS<S 6B4-F.A.M.'s Richard L. Singley, 1st; T. F. Southard, 2nd; L. B. Gatchell, Certificate of High­est Merit (not for competition.)

CLASS 6B5-Historicals. George W. Angers, 1st; Norman Serphos, 2nd; J. P. V. Heinmwller, 3rd.

CL.A:SIS 6B6-U. S. Possessions. L. B. Gatdhell, 1st; George W. An-

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gers, 2nd; W. R. Alley, 3rd. CLASS 6C1--<Grash Covers. Frank

A. Gos,tanzo and R. M. Flinn, 1st prize shared; George W; Angers, Certificate of Highest Merit (not in competition.)

CLA!SS 6C2-Emergency and Flood Oovers. Harry Citret, Certificate of Merit.

CLASS' 6C3-Lindbergh Covers. H. H. Griffin, 1st; Norman Serphos, 2nd; L. W. Oharlat, Certificate of ,special Merit (not for competi­•tion.) Note - Entry of Carter Glass Jr. not received.

CLAS'S 6C4-Pilot Autographs. Geo. D. Kingdom, 1st; Dr. H. E. Ra­dasch, 2nd; T. F. Southard, 3rd; Florence Lamport, Honorable Mention; G. F. Lancaster, Honor­able Mention; Milton Ehrlich, Honorable Mention; Fred. W. Weingetz, Honorable Mention; El­mer Stobart, Honorable Mention.

CLA!S·S 6C5-Dedi·cations. MauriPe S. Petty, 1st; Milton Ehrliclh, 2nd; G. F .. Lancaster, 3r.d.

CLASS 6C6-Air Meets, Shows, etr. Stewart DeWitt, 1st; J. F, Pender­gast, 2nd.

CLASS 7B1-P'aris Balloon Post. ·George W. Ang(lrs, Certificate of Highest Merit.

CLASS' 7B2- Pre-War Zeppelins. Oscar L. Mayer, Certificate of Highest Merit.

CLASIS 7B3-GRAF ZEPPELIN. L\.n­s·on R. Thompson, 1st; Oscar L. Mayer, 2nd; L. B. Ga<tchell, 3rd; Rudolf P. Hinrichs, Honorable Menti-on; M. Kalinchak, Honor­ab.le Mention; J. J. Kleeman, Cer­tificate of Highest Merit.

CLA!S•S 7B4-U. S'. Dirigibles. Os-car Hengstler, Certificate of Spe­cial Merit.

CLA!SS 8--Catalogues. Standard Cat­alogue of Air Mail S'tamps (Scott Stamp & Coin Co.,) Certificate of Highest Merit. Standard Airpost

· Cata1logue (Berkshire, D. E. Dick-

SIXTH MAIL AUCTION SALE-Oct. 14, 1933. Supet·Ane Air-mails. Covers, U.S.

AIR MAIL STAMPS are in heavy demand and bringing fine prices. If you want to cash in on your collection, now is the time. Let me ex­pl~in why it is to your advantage to sell in my sales.

FREDERICK P. PROESSEL 51 E. Wooda;ie Road, PHILADELPHIA

ason), Certificate of Highest Mer­it. G. A. G. Thoolen, Certificate of Special Merit; Carl M. Becken, Certifi•cate of Special Merit; Ken­net!h Tallmadge, Certi:(icate of Merit. Albums: Scott S'tamp & Coin Co., Certificate of Highest Merit; John W. Nicklin, Certifi­cate of Special Merit; American Philatelic Line, Certificate of Special Merit; George L.indman, Certificate of Special Merit. Magazines: The Airpost Journal, Certificate of Highest Merit; Aero News, Certificate of Merit. Un­classified: Mrs. Minnie Oppen­heim, Certificate of Merit; George Lindman. Certificate of Special Merit. (Rec'd too late for display

or c-lassification.)

FIRST AIR MAIL LONDON TO PORTSMOUTH

• History has heen made at Ports-

mouth, and a Newport business m.1.n has helped to make it.

Using th•at foresight and acumen for which he has gained a consider­able reputation. Mr. H'Lrold PhiUipG. of Newport (A. Phillips, air mail specialist), saw tlhat he'had a con­signment of letters among the first ? erial mail dispatched from Croydon to Portsmouth. Only short notice was given of the pPoposed flight and except for one letter in a private collection. none of the souvenirs re­mained at Portsmouth. In fact, Mr. Phillips owned forty of the forty­two envelopes that were sent. "Aa enterprising air mail specialist" re­ports a local newspaper, "had ail the letters except two sent to his address in South Wales."

The envelopes have a yellow st-amp with t•he inscription, "I. A L. 'Vestern Express 3d. prepaid pack­l3ge," cancelled with a rul)Joer ~tamp. "First fi'ght. Fri., 25 8 33 .. Cro•ydon," together with a b'ue .'tir mail larel and three-halfpenny stamp with tlhe Portsmouth Post Office cancellati-on.

-S'outh Wales A,-guc>.

W-ant to add some of th·ose hard-to­get covers or stamps to your collec­tion? Try advertising for them with a Classified Ad in tlhe next Air· post Journal. The rate is reason­able-one cent per word.

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Airs of the Month

THE "Century of Pr·ogress Flight" Zeppelin stamp of the United States is foremost in

interest at the present moment of writing. ·Supplementing last months Bulletin (S:ee page 21) the follow:ing inf01rmation has been obtained.

The design on the stamp will represent the Graf Zeppelin in fii,g:ht over the Atlantic with the Hangar at Frdedrichshafen to the right and the towers of the Federal Buildin.g at the CenJ;ury of Progress E.:xp·osition at Chicago to the left. Above will ap·pear the words '"'Unit'3d States Postage" in solid Roman letters and immediately below the words "Century of Pro~ress Flight" in smaller Gothic type.

In th.e center is an oval below the central design which bears the de­nomination "50 cents" on a dark background in white lettering. A t order of two narrow parallel line~ frames the stamp.

First day of sale will be New York, N. Y. on October 2, 1933. As seon the1reafter as circumstances will permit the following offices :will have the stamp on sale: Miami, Flordda; Chicago, Illinois and Akron Ohio.

For the convenience of collectors the stamps w~ll be on sale at Wash­ingt·on, D. C., the Philatelic Agency, Post Offioe Department.

The following sentence, copied fr·om the official Post Office Depart­ment letter, should be read with tholllgh.t and carfully digested. A word to the wise is sufficient. "As the special Zeppelin stamp is being issued solely for use on mail matter carried on the flight of the Graf Zeppelin to the Oentury of Progress Exposition, supplies thereof will not be issued to post offices except as provided ahove."

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC There is a rumor current to the

effe<Ct t•ha t a special Zeppelin set will be issued for one of the Graf's visits this fall. One wonders if

Alton J. Blank All data on New Issues of Air Mail Stamps should be sent dh·ect to Editor Alton J. Blank, 1850 Burnet<! Ave., EaHt Cleveland. Ohio.

• there might be a tie-up with the Century of Progress Flight.

BRAZIL Another additional value is prom­

ised with a face of 7,000 reis. T.he stamp will berur a view of the Santos Dumont monument at St. Cloud, France. Its use wil be o·bligatory on all d•omestic air mail.

CHILE W·ork is still in progress on the

series of stamps mentioned last AprH.

CIDNA Three values in the design of the

1932 set showing a low-flying .mono­plane over the Gr·eat Wall of Ch>ina were put on sale on Sept. 1, 1933.

Denominations and colors are: 25c orange; 50c deep brown; and $1.00 apple green. These .stamps form an attractive addition to the CUirrent series.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Dangerous forgeries of the two

official stamps are in circulation. The best way to tell the genuine from the counterfeit is by the color of ink of the overpT'int. Black ink instead of blue was used to make the forgeries. ·

HAITI Sup.plementing the information

about the Boyd-Lyon stamp ·in the August issue we have the news that the aviators brought the plate used in the surcharging from New York. The fiye1rs retained one-third of the :stamps issued for resale at their ·own price. The remajnder were to te sold 200 a day at not more than five per person from the post office wiridow. Better go slow before purchasing copies.

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ICELAND Figures show that of the recent

Balbo set there were 5,900. 1K, 4,600 5K, and 4,000 10K issued. It i.s claimed that 900 were sent to the U.P.U. F1rom another source comes the wo!'d that only 2300 were availa.ble to the pu'blic and the rest went to private sources.

JUGO-SLAVIA An aerodrome has been opened

at Ljabljana and air mail connec­ti.O'ns extended throughout the country. As a result th.ere has beBn a competition among artists for the design of an air stamp soon to be issued.

LITHUANIA From a continental source comes

word that the recent New Yoll'k tn Kaunas set of five values is absolute­ly un·official. It seems that some New York dealer supplied the stamps to the fiyer.s and had them overprinted. The mistake· the Amer­kan dealer made was to use an ob­solete issue for his purp·ose.

MALAY STATES •Conflicting re-p-orts state that: (1)

a definite air mail set will be issued al.ong with t:he regular series that is to te i·ssued the first of the coming year, and ( 2) that a distinct air stam:p will re i.ssued for each of the states of P'erak, Selangor, Negri Sem·bilan and Pahang to be in addi­tion to the postal series for the en­tire group.

l\iEXICO Design an-d color of the geograph­

ical and Statistical Society commem­oratives will be the same for all three stamps. The National Thea­tre, where the Congress is to be holding its sessi·ons will comprise the central picture. All values ara to be br·own and black in color. There will be issued 100,000 of the 20c., 50,000 of the 30c and 5,000 of the 1 Peso.

The set is being issued on the oc­casi•on of the reunion of the XXI In­ternational Statistic Congress, co­incident with the celebration of the founding, one hundred years ago, ol the Mexican Geographic and Statis­tic Society. T-he stamps are to re­place current issues for the month of October.

l\iONACO The newest and probably the

smallest nation to join the a.ir m::~il stamp issuing ranks is this PJ"·inci­pality on the Mediterranean. The 5 fr. green and rose stamp of the 1924-26 issue has been surcharged with an airplane device in the up­per left hand corner and the new value of lf50 in the lower rig:ht. The overprint is in black.

PARAGUAY Using the same design as the

19 31 issue a new set of eolors has teen used, the third, for reissuing four air stamps. Den·ominations all'(i colors are: 5c pink, 10c light brown, 20c pale green and SOc vermilion.

.Several sheets of the 45P Zeppe­line stamps of the 1933 issue have been located in· a gray blue color in­siead of violet. •·

"' SALVADOR A fiag with three crosses, and air­

plane and a map of the country will comprise the design of the issue.

-FiY.e values are t·o be added to the current airpost series. According to a decree aated August 9, 1933 the following quantities, values and col­ors will be issued: 200,000 5c grey; 230,000 10c orange; 40,000 1 Colon vermilion; 20,000 5C. light blue and 10,000 10c black.

These stamp.s will be on sale ·within a s:h·ort time.

A commemorative series is pro­vided in a decree dated J·u.Jv 25th, 1933 which is similar in nature to the recent Nicaragua Flag of the Race issue. Quantities and valu•3s of the set are: 15,000 15c and 10,-000 each of the 20, 25, 40c and 1 Colon. This set will be put on sale October 12, Columbus Day.

SOUTHWEST AFRICA Use of a distinctive air stamp will

be discontinued after current sup­plies are used up.

SUDAN Of the 50,040 of the original is­

sue of the 2 ~ pt. provigj·onal 3·0,-465 were sold and the remainders 1 !J, 57 5 were destroyed. ·

SPAIN An airp,ost series composed of the

following denominations is in the course of preparation: 5, 10, 25 and 50c., 1P, 2.50P, 3P', 5P and lOP. This probably will be the first per­manent airpost series o.f the Re-

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pu'blic, heretofore only commemor­atives have been issu·ed.

This month's cooperators are: Erwin Strasser, Jack Schildhouse, Don Grieve, Milton J. Harris, Mari­ano Anzorena, A. I. Castellanos and Miss Florence Cul!'tis.

DEDICATIONS & UNOFFICIALS ('Continued from Page 4)

• was actually a four day event, July 25-28, 1929, and mai1l sent out all four days. S'ome late mail sent out 29th, but has no standing. Next ·catalou,gue will list other dates, 'provided any one can produce covers at once .... Westfield, Mass. ( 15 6-15 7) dedication was actually May 25-26-27, 1928. Can any one show cover of 28 .... Gus Lancaster of Brooklyn submits covers which investigation results in addition of ·six varieties in next catalogue list­ing with possi:bilities of two more. Who else can matah this? .... CofC, Lawton, Okla. sends newspaper of Sept. 2, 1930, showing Reed Air­port was dedicated Monday, Sept. 1930 (not 3rd as now listed). 65 covers mailed. Who can produce cover of proper date?

We are very grateful for news or covers received from Bernard Aronstein ( 1), Al'bert N. Brown, P. L. Bruner (1), R. 0 .Copp, Dr. P. W. Davis (1), M. C. Emsley, J. W. Green ( 3). c. H. Haas, J. S. Halden­stein, J. C. Horn (1), J. D. Long (1), Jas. MacPatride (1), J. J. Mattes, E. L. Mundy, Mrs. J. L. Nagel (1), Daniel Newman, R. W. fi:peakman, E. Saulsbury (6), R. Singley (3), J. W. Stoutzenberg, M. Sussman ( 2), Harry Sweet, E. A. Thurman (1) Dr. J. P. Unman, J. E. Vinin~. H. L. Waha ( 1), Fred WildP, W. T. Wynn, Jr., Paul Wunder (1).

W ANTFD TO BllY Pre-Wc::.r

ZEPPELIN ITEMfo.;· Mail and associated material. State or send what you have with net cash price.

OSCAR L. MAYER 54SO Cornell Ave. ChicaJ<o, 111.

PHILIPl'INE ISLANDS ARMY .FLIGHTS

• James Wolfstein reports some re-

cent first flight airmail covers from the Philippine Islands that · were flown by tbe Army planes.

One flight was from Fort Stotsen­burg to Lingayen made on Septem­ber 22nd, 1932, the covers bearing a two line purple cachet.

The next day, September 23rd, 19 3 2, a flight was made from Fort Stotsenburg to Santa Cruz and a similar cachet was applied to the mail in the same color, violet.

Another first flight cover, not listed in the Standard Airpost Cat­alogue, is from Fort Stotsenburg to •Sorsogon. This flight was Decem­·ber 16th, 1932 and the covers bear a circular blue cachet with aJppropri­ate discri·ptive wording within the circle. Also on March 9th, a first flight was made from Fort Stotsen­burg to San Fernando, Union and a similar circular violet cachet was applied to the airmail.

Always be sure to mention Tlhe Air­rost Journal when answering or L uying from advertisements.

Mexico INTERNATIONAL

STATISTICAL CONGRESS LIMITED ISSUE

3 Values Complete

6oc _,...OtJher Mexico Airs in Stocl..:­

N o lists, state your wants.

AMERICAN STAMP COMPANY

137 Madison Sq. Sta. N.Y.C.

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• All infortuation concerning Canadian Air Mail should be sent direct to Editor \V. R. l'ntton. Box 238-1, \\'innipeg, Man., Canada.

• Canadian Airwa:ys Ltd.

The first fliglrt with this com­pany's stamps was made between Edmonton and Fort McMurray (Al­berta) on Dec. 30th, !1932. About 47 5 covers were carried northbound.

The return flight, Fort McMurray­Edmonton was flown on January 3rd, 1933. About 450 covers we1·e carried on the sou•thbound trip.

The company has recently order­ed two Fox Moth planes for delivery ·ed around the end of February, due to increased traffic conditions. This will bring the number of machines to 43, which are stationed at 18 different bases all over Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Pilot Paul B. Calder (who we un­derstand carried the first flight on Dec. 30th, 1932, Edmonton-Fort M·cMurray) crashed at noon on January 31st, on the way from Fort Rae to Cameron way, with Engineer W. B. Nadin. The missing machine was discovered by Pilot W.R. "Wop" May a1bout 90 miles north from Rae with both men dead, and the ma­chine destroyed by fire. It is pre­sumed that Pilot Calder lost his way in a snow storm which came up shortly after they left Rae, and lost his bearings.

Pilot Calder was born at Bridge­town, N. S. and was about 35 years old. He joined the Canadian Army during the Great War and served in France for nearly three years, at the latter part of the war as a flying offli:cer. Prior to his j:otning the Western Canada Airways, he was engaged in Aerial Photography with the R. C. A. F. (Royal Canadian Air Force). He joined the W. C. A., now the Canadian Airways in No­vember 1928. Until 1930 he was

mostly engaged in Aerial .Survey in Northern British Columbia. In March 1930 he was engaged in fly­ing the Prairie Air Mail route and only recently transferred ·again to the north. He leaves a widow and three sons in Edmonton.

Engineer W. B. Nadin was an­other old-timer with the Company, having joined on March 29th, 1928 . He was an Englishman and born at Crewe, England. Served over ten years with the Royal Air Force. During the time the Prairie Air Mail service was in oper-ation, he was stationed at Calgary, Moose Jaw and North Battle.ford, and later transferred to Fort McMurray. He leaves a widow and one child.

By the way, everybody talks de­pression these days, but the recent report of the Canadian Airways is an idea that some firms missed out. They have recently taken on Pilots Hatton, Bibby, Watt, Irvine and Saunders. These ·are five more pilots besides Pilot Kennedy, taken on at Winnipeg this month. Their records for 1931-1932 are very creditable reading and are as follows:

1931 1932 Hours flown .... 19,143.21 32,919.15 Mi. flown 1,832,794.00 1,294,207.05 Mail, freight, Express

pounds 1,223,908.00 2,169,202.15 Pass'g'rs 8,047.00 8,863.00

The increase in weight being al­most 1,000,000 pounds. The com­rany has just recently ·received a contract to fly 300 tons from Savant Lake, Ont. to one of the mines 8 5 miles north of there.

Pilot Marlowe Kennedy, who just recently joined the Canadian Air­ways s·taff, flying the mail on Feb. 24th from Lac du Bonnet to Bissett and .Wadhope, was injured trying to land at Lac du Bonnet in the midst of a snow storm, and was cut about the head but did no.t lose conscious­ness. Mechanic W. M. McLeod who was with him in the machine, had both ankles sprained. The machine was damaged slightly.

Loose~leaf Binders for preserving your copies of The Airpost Journal are availa'ble at $2.00 each. Send your order to The Airpost Journal, Albi:on, Penn'a.

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GREEK AIR MAILS

• by P. I. DROSSOS

T HE FIRST AIRl\IAIL to leave Athens for the new landings in India was on the 11th .of

October, 1932. Athens only made up special air mail bags for Bombay and Madras. 90 pieces of mail were sent to the first town and 80 to the other.

Mail for the other two landings, with the proper new rate, was sent via the Athens-Karachi bag, from where they were sent to destination by air. This was a ve-ry smali 'mail, of some 20 pieces for each landing. Airmaii to Ahmedabad and Bellary with the Athens-Karachi air rate (now also increased, i.e., drsl7 p.lo grammes) was marked "Par Avion jusqu'a Karachi," to fly up to there. lt may be also that some mail for these two landings may have been sent via the A~hens-Bombay and· Athens-Madras airmail bags, being marked "Par Avion jusqu'a Bombay or Madras. which also did not fly to destination.

The first airmail from India ar­rived on the 22nd October, 1932. All the mail was in the Karachic Athens airmail bag (without any Karachi transit airmail postmark\. The whole mail consisted of 3 g 1 pieces of mail, of which 250 pieees were for Greece, and the other, transit mail for Central Europe and the' Balkans. Of these 250 pieces fbr Greece, about 200 were from the new landings.

All this mail tears the commem­orative cachet of the first flight (on the front or back of the covers)­MADRAS-KARACHI FIRST AIR­MAIL (an aeroplane) and the date 17th or 18th of October, 1932. The Madras and rart of the Bellary mail has the cachet with the 17th anJ the other part and that of Bombay and Ahmeda!'ad, that of the 18th.

To be noted, that mail which was not posted at any of these four towns, but at other towns;·and fiew from one of these four towns, does not bear the postmark of the town from which it began to fly. There is no exception to this. F. I. Mail from Calcutta does not bear any other , postma'fk whatsoever, al­though some of the mail was put on board the plane at Madras and other

mail was put on at Bombay, etc. ALL THE MAIL, HOWEVER, bears the COMMEMORATIVE !C.AJCHE'l' of the flight without exception (of ten not clear). Very attractive large commemorative 'Covers were used, with a map of the whole of India, and another map, of the new route. There was a very small pro­portion of these covers in the mail. Madras used a special postmark on some of the mail, posted at Madras. This postmark is larger than the usual post office cancellations, has an aeroplane in the middle and the wording "MADRAS-KARACHI AIR­MAIL" and the date 17. Oct. 32.

Athens applied the air arrival postmar·k o·n nearly all the mail, the air arrival cachet was however, ap­plied on only a part of the m~J,il.

In the airmail bag Karachi-Ath­ens, which arrived in Athens on the 15th October, was mail posted at Rangoon (Burma) on the 98th Oct. which must have flown from Ran­goon to Calcutta by the KLM Hol­land,Netherlands-Indies Line, which now carries mail in India, from one landing to another. Airmail had al­ready been flown to Athens, all the way from Rangoon, by the Experi­mental flight from Australia to Eng­land in May 1931.

The Karachi-Athens air mail bag which arrived on the 22nd October. contained air mail bags from Akvab, rostmarked October 7th and also had a Karachi transit "Air Post­mark of the 15th October 32.

Other First AlTivals of Airmail In Athens

Persian Gulf. Bahrein Islands (In­dia.) Athens bas not sent any mail to this landing of the Imperial AirwayE., which was inaugurated when the Imperial Airways aban­doned the Persian towns of Buchir, Lingah and Jask~ Greek airmails for the South of Persia are still now sent to Buchir by the KLM (Hol­land-Ne~b~rland-Indies) The fi;rst airmail from Bahrein Islands, ar­rived in Athens on tlie 11th Oct. (having left there on the 5th Oct.) with 17 pieces of mail. Hongkong. The first airmail bag Hongkong-Athens arrived fn Athens on the 15th August (having left on the 2nd of August), with ten pieces of mail. This airmail bag is sent by usual rapid route to SAIGON,

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from where it is sent to destination by the "Air Orient" France-Indo·­China Line. Alor Star (Kedah, Malay State) Air mail bag closed at Penang, Straits Settlements. The first airmail from Penang, arrived in Athens on the 9th September 1932, with 10 pieces of mail having left there on the 2nd. This air mail bag is placed on board the plane at ALOR STAR (Kedah) and flown to destination by the KLM (Holland· Netherlands-Indies) from Amsterdam to Batavia. The Athens air mail bag which was up to now (1st flight 29th July, 32) sent to Alar Star, is now landing there, but being directed to Penang, is sent on to destination ad opened, there.

Greek air mails to West Indian Ocean ports in Africa by the Im­perial Airways and the Tanganyika FEEDER Service.

The first air mails that were sent from Athens on the 6th of August. 32, to Tanga, etc., were not flown to destination, but landed as fol­lows. The mail bag for Tanga landed at Moshi, the mail bags for Zanzibar and DaresSalaam landed at Dodoma. The mail bags were sent closed to destination with exception to the mail bag for DaresSalaam, which was backstamped there. The other mails have no transit post­mark and the fact that they were landed elsewhere can not be de~ tected.

The first flight Athens-MTMBASA (Kenya) by the Feeder Service took place on the 24th September 32 with 56 pieces of mail. This flight was a record flight, as the mails arrived at destinations in five days only. All the mail is backstamped on the 29th of Sertember. ZANZIDAR sent is first airmail to Brindisi (Italy) by this service one the 20 August 32, on the 1st fligllt of the reopening of the Feeder Ser­vice (DaresSalaam-Zanzibar-Tauga­Mombasa-Nairohi). The mail receiv· ed the Brindisi air backstamp of the 26-8-32. The airmail for Greece was sent in this bag, and was then l:'ent i:Jack to Athens by sea route. This procedure was followed till the 8th of October from Zanzibar when the first airmail was sent to Athens, direct via Nairobi. This mail ar­rived in Athens on the 13th October, with some lE• pieces of mail.

BULLI:TIN! •

DICKINSON, (N. D.) TO BF. NEW (C.) A. M. STOP

• Effective October 21, 1933. Dickinson,

North Dakota, wHI b" embraced on A.M. 9, Chicago-Billings route.

The Postmaster at Dickinson will be furnished by the Department· with a special cachet for use on suc.h air mail letters as may he dispatched by his office to Route 9 on October ?.1.

Lletters to receive this dispatch should be sent, under cover, to the Postmaster at Dickinson, N. D .. in advance of the open­ing day.

NEW STAMP CATALOGUE

• The 1934 EdWon of Scott's Standard

Cat~logue of Airnost Stamns has just been received ... Insufficient time prevents a re­view in thi<ii issue. exceot to say th"'lt it meets the high standard· fixed by the Scott St?mp ;:tnd Coin Co .. for their c~talogue ]'ublications. Every serious airmail stu.t.-n.p collector f:hould have 'this handy and com­plete volume. A c:omolete review will ap­pear in the November Airpost Journal.

DIRECT BUFFALO - N.Y.C.

• Direct Buffwlo to New York City

first flight was inaugurated Septem­ber lOth with the 5:02 P.M. plane, before a large crowd. Evidently collectors slipped up on this flight as the load was light. Only 54 air­JT•a il c'Overs for c-ollectors were ca­chetd and cancelled at the Air Field Station. Approximately 100 covers were cancelled at the main post· office f•or a total load of only 15 4 covers for collectors. The incoming mail from Newark was equally light with about 175 covers received at Buffalo.

Cooperate with The Airpost Journal by mailing us the name of a collec­tor friend who might like to receive a sample copy of the magazine.

r ~~LK;;~·- ~"-' .. 'l R AIRMAIL 50

ENVELOPES · ' 00 Post Paid · C ~

SOL LABOW ·. Monessen _ • • i'e:!!.naj

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SCHEDULE AND RATES GRAF ZEPPELIN CENTURY OF PROGRESS FLIGHT

• The following is the tentative

schedule for the . Gr'af Zeppelin's Century of Progress flight issued by the Post Office Department. All tentative dates given are leaving dates. Friedrichshafen, Germany, Octoher 14; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 19; Pernambuco, Brazil, October 20; Miami, Florida, October 23; Akron, Ohio, (for Clhicago) Oc­tuber 25-27; Chicago (for Akron) Octo!ber 25-27; Akron (for Ger­many) October 28; Sevilla, S'pain, October 30.

The rates of postage and mailing instructions as issued by the Po3t Office Department are as folows:

Within The United States From Miami, Florida to Akron,

Ohio or Chicago, Ill ............... $0.50 From Akron, Ohio to Chicago,

Ill. .. , ......................................... $0.50 From Akron, 0. to Akron, 0 ... $0.50 From Chicago, HI. to Akron, Ohio .......................................... $0.50

Return Flight From U . .S.A. (Ohicago or Akron

to Sevilla, ·Spain or Fried-tichshafen, Germany ............ $0.50

Letters and post cards for this dispatch should be marked "VIA GRAF ZE·PPELIN, Miami (or Chi­cago, or Akron) to .... " and should be sent under an outer envel­ope, prepaid at the regular rate of postage to the Postmaster (at Miami Chicago, ·or Akron, as \he case may be) from whose office the articles are to be dispatCihed by the Graf Zeppelin, in time to reach him be­fore the Zeppelin is due to depart, as shown in the ahove schedule.

These special rates may also be prepaid with regular United S'tates posltage stamps or a money-order pa<yable to the Postmaster at Miami (or Chicago, or Akron, as the case may be) may be sent with the let­ters and post cards to prepay these special rates with the special issue Graf Zeppelin stamps.

It is to be specially noted that . (Continued on Page 21)

PACIFIC COAST NOTES

By Fred H. Wilde

• All news of Pacific Coast aerial events should be sent to Fred H. Wilde, 917 N, Burris Ave., Compton, Calif. as early as possible.

•

A VIATION WEEK in Cal­ifornia was celebrated by various activities through­

out tlhe S'tate. Open house was held 'by Eastbay-S. F. area___:.airports, Aug. 6 to 13, with an airshow on the last day at Oakland Municipal airport. •Similar airmeets were held at other points. At San Francisco, Harbor Day was celebrated a little earlier than usual, during which event aerial activities between Sunnyvale and S. F. added to the interest of the program. The Good­year blimp "Volunteer", recently flown from Los Angeles for over­haulings, carried covers to cele'brate its tri·p from S'unnyvale to San Francisco and return. Cancelled at the Naval Air Station, tlhe cover bears a printed cachet "Aug. 17, 1933, The Goodyear blimp "Volun­teer" on this day participated in the Aerial Parade over San Fran­cisco during the celebration of San Francisco Harbor Day. This cover was carried frcim Sunnyvale over San Francisco arid back, on the parade". S'Igned by the pilot, Verner .Smith, chief engineer Water L. Massie and Postmaster Jay R. Mat­hews. On back of covers "cachet by courtesy of West Coast Airmail '8.ociety". Various Slhips of tile fleet also cancelled covers on Har­bor Day, among covers received being two from J. D. Long, can­celled aboard the U. S. S. Pennsyl­vania and U. S. S'. Relief, the latter showing "Fleet Week Harbor Day" between the bars, the former having "Harbor Day" in similar position. Each cover carries a sticker pro­vided by the Junior C. of C., San Francisco.

YERBA BUENA. The proposed air­port here is a project which will not Le ready for a long time. It may be next year or even later.

WADENA, MINN. A letter from the Secretary of tJhe Lions Cub here

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says · the "the airport dedication covers are cancelled Chicago, IlL­here was a fake pure and simple. SEiP. 2-3 PM-1933-Airmail. All No one in Wadena had anything to autographed by "Frank Hawks". do with the visit of three Minne- TAHOE. Western Flying reports apolis aviators, who had some that Lake Tahoe airport was dedi­letter heads printed, gave aerial cated on Aug. 12, 1933. Anyone rides to a few paying passengers, having any information, same will and de:r;'arted for home." We won- be appreciated. · der if tJhere are a group of interest- SAN JOBE. On the occasion of dis­ed persons, who start these silly continuance of service on AM No. rumors, who are desirous of put- 8, covers from here were mailed -ting our hO'bby on the rocks, or is with caCihet-"Gommemorative last it merely the brainstorms of a .few flight AM 8, from S'an Jose, Aug. unreiable news reporters, as at 31, 1933. Jas W. Gr·een reports 94 Walker, Minn., Martinsburg, W. Va. covers, all airmail, and possibly dedicated several years ago, no air- more from Ban Francisco. Many port at Baker, Nev., no ded'n at thanks for cover, J. W. Saginaw, Seal Beach or Wadena, NAVAL AIR STATION last day and so on. Of course these might cancellation was Aug. 31, 1933, and all have been like Eustis, Fla., MOFFETT FIELD first day cancel­Lakeland, Mich. or Three Rivers, lation Sept. 1, 1933. J. W. Green Cal., but they were not. We feel reports 36 ordinary, 2 postcards t1hat a false report is much worse and 31 airmail on this event, and than a sudden event missed, con- for the last day 44 ordinary, 2 post· side-ring the inteTest of everybody cards and 3 4 airmail covers mailed, concerned. Postmaster Ernest Vi- with others mailed by J. D. Long, 'bert, of S'aginaw, courtesly return- San Francisco. Many thanks to ed covers to collectors out here, roth for covers. sent for a. p. dedication,· with an ARLINGTON. On Sept. 3, an air­explanation that there was not to show was put on at the Arlington be any dedication, cachet, ceremony airport, and a cover wit1h auto­or other ·service, and for several graphs of 12 participating pilots Pacific Coast collectors we offer comes from Harry sw·eet, who is in thanks and appreciation. harness again after a sick spell, VANCOUVER - QUEBEC. A nice and must have been very busy that cover was received of this ·ev.ent, day. Thanks again, Harry. on which LT. Cmdr. Frank Hawks BAKERISiFIELoD. Another cover is reported to have made a time comes fTom the same source, com· record. Tlhis was intended as a memorating the second annual air~ non--stop fligh-t, bU:t the fier stopped meet of the Bakersfield Americ::m at two points en route, in his robot Legion. This is one of two covers controlled plane. Elapsed time 17 carried from the Santa Anna airport hrs., 10 min. to B--·d. and autographed by· Pilot

Since this flight he has made at Harry M .Jo!hnson unde-r the state­least one other special flight, and ment, and on face autographs of carried covers. Chicago-Los An- two other v\lry prominent aviators. geles-.Seattle-Chicago, in the inter- We had not heard, prior to this, of ests of· tJhe Century of Progress. f!ny covers on this annual event. From here he must have continued THREE RIVERS, CALIF. On Aug. on to Boston, the same day, and 29 a newspaper reported that "a from there to Atlanta, Ga., for we powder nia.n is hlasting rocks from have seen evidence but no report. the site of an airport near the en­Covers were carried from L. A. as trance to Grant National Park.' On far as Georgia, and we await with Sept. 2, the n. p. reported "this interest a repo·rt on two which we airport. on wh'ch a lot of work lhas had the pleasure of inspecting. An teen done hy Conservation Camp undoubtedly very interesting tale workers. including the installation will probably be told in t!he future, of direction finders, etc., will prob­when these items are verified. ably re used for the first time on Cancellation on Candian covers is Sep. 4. A cover received has the "Quebec- 8 P.M.- Aug. 26-1933-P, following cachet-"S'ep. 4, 1933 Q. and on tri-city flight from L. A. (subber stamp), Officia.l opening air-·

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port (written in ink), THREE RIVERS CALIF. (rubber stamp) and autographed in ink 'by Sol Sweet, Pilot," who flew the first plane into this new field. A post­card received says "Dear S'ir, Mailed letters as airport was dedicate·d to­day by the first landing at new a·irport by an ainpane. C. L. Tay­lor, Se.p. 4, 1933." We understand tlhis is to be a permanent, Govern­ment operated (or .interested) air­port) for use by the Forestry· Ser­vice.

Three collector visitors dropped in on Sep. 9, including Messrs. Carvey, ofPasadena, Shaw of Compton, with their families, and Lee Gilbert, of Glen!iale, the man with many fine -autogra•phed covers in his collec­tion: A very enjoya'ble evening was s·pent, until the Shaw baby cried ( ? ) for more covers, or was it a bottle of milk (?), so of course we had to quit. An exchange of covers and stamp·s, discussion of new fliglhts in the future, and dis­cussion of Hawks flights of recent dates kept us busy. When more detaHed information is available, recipients of L. A.-Chicago covers will be informed just why· their covers were either torn, stamps torn off, and other peculiar abuse suffered. Have nothing on it at present. We wis·h more collectors in and around Los Angeles would show up at these meetings, so more interest could be injected into col­lecting. No restrictions as to in­terestE-covers, stamps, airmail or otherwise-bring them along next time. We'd like to meet you.

Having had several inquiries and suggestions from collectors regard­ing one day dedication ceremonies, we offer the suggestion-DEDICA­TION COVERS as of DAY of DEDICATION GERIDMONY ONLY. We wish catalog editors would con­sider this suggestion, f.or future listing, beginning as of Jan. 1, 19 3 4. This has been passed along to others many times, in private correspondence, and we would like to hear from any.one else on the su'bject. Also send your ideas on t·he suhject to Messrs. Petty and Tallmadge, for their consideration. It very seldom happens that a dedi­cation ceremony is repeated on two or more consecutive· days, and

other events are essentially air· meets.

We appreciate cq-operation and covers from-F .W!hdteney Davis, J. W. Stoutzenberg, J. D .Long, M. S'. Petty, W. C. Thompson, Lee Metzgar, J. T. Ulman, Jas. W. Green, Chas. H. Haas, W. T. Wynn, Lee Gilbert, G. C. Lindsay, Harry Sweet A. N. Brown, L. A. Times, Frank Hawks, Geo. Fawkes; W. A. Steiger, C. L. Taylor. SPECIAL FLIGHT. One cover from each collector will be accepted for the Goodyear blimp "Volunteer" Greetings FHght from Los Angeles to Sunnyvale, on or a;bout the 20th October, when the dirigible "Macon" will arrive at Moffett Field, Sunny­vale, Calif. Covers must be unf-ill­ed, airmail rate, and spac~ at lower left corner for printed cachet, and to arrive not later than the 15th Octob-er at t1he following address­A. N. Brown, (President West Coast .A!irmail S'ociety), 270 Tehama Street, San Francisco, Calif. The fociety is acting in behalf of the Goodyear Co., and sponsoring the ca'chet. One cover limit set, due to limit of weight the company feels S[>fe to carry. DON'T FORGET THE DATE LIMIT-OCT. 15.

GRAF ZEPPELIN SOHEDULE

• (Continued from Page 19)

• letters and post cards to be dispatch­ed by the reurn flight slhould be sent only to Chicago or Akron.

Letters and post cards for dis­patch by the Graf Zeppelin must show, in the upper left-hand corner of tlhe address side, the return card of the sender, that is, his name and complete address. A clear space should be left in the lower left-hand portion of the address side for the impression of the special cachet which will re about 2 inches by 2 ir.ches in size. The mail will be backstamped after the air dispatch is over.

You can help The Airpost Journal grow in size and quality by includ­ing a subscription blank witih your letters to collector friends. Let us know how many you can make use of to help along the good cause.

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Pw •• ·' ~ . ....-.-. •••••••••• 4 .... 4 4 4........... . ....

SUPPLEMENTS to the 1933

Standard Airpost Catalogue

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO CONTRACT SECTION

Route 1 Delete: 1N5f Boston Airfield

Note: Information furnished by the Railway Mail Service casts strong doubt on the existence of this cover. It is being deleted subject to restoration rhould subsequent facts prove its existence.

Route 4' Delete: 4S5f Revised information indicates that Los Angeles did not dispatch mali southward by planes of Route 4 because ·of almost simultaneous dispatch Ly Route 8 planes.

Route 11 11Slfa Cleveland (Airfield) (true black) 1.:;0

Route 13 NATIONAL AIR RACES

Evening Plane J 3S6f New York (Airfield) No cachet 7.00

Route 20 20E2fd Cleveland (Airfield) (black) 1.50

EXTENSION VIA SPUR Albany, N. Y. to Boston, Mass. February 12, 1933

On the above date service Albany to Boston by Springfield, Mass. was in­augurated. Sc.hedule called for two daily trips but due to snow on landing fields the morning trip was cancelled and the first mail to actually go through was the afternoon trip. On this trip was mail duly cacheted scheduled for official first flight which the Department designated as the morning trip only and ALSO uncacheted mail dispatched via and scheduled for afternoon flight. Either can be considered legitimate first flight covers. Official cachets provided hy the Department show Municipal Group at Springfield and GPO at Boston.

Pilots: George W. Whittier, Laurens Claude. 20E18 Albany-(no cachet)-Claude

20El9 20Wl9 20W20

f. Airfield Springfield (magenta)-Claude Springfield (magenta) -Whittier Boston (purple)-Whittier

Route 27 27Ellc South Bend (blue)

(35)

(37) (130) (106)

Delete: Change.

Present number 27W15. This is a duplication. Present number 27E14 to 27El5.

27W14 to 27W15 ADD:

.45

.75

.45

.25

.25

1.00

DESIGNATION OF DEARBORN, MICH. AS OFFICIAL DISPATCHING POIN'r Oct. 15, 1928

On this date the Department recognized Dearborn, . Mich .. as an official and separate stop on this route. 27W14 Dearborn (no cachet) 2.50

Covers cancelled with hands tamp, time. 3.:30 P.M. and generally signed by Postmaster.

Route 32 a2E2PMc Portland (purple)

33E5Aa 33Nl9f

Route 33 Fort Worth-morning plane (purple) New Orleans--Jackson (Airfield)

.50

1.00 1.00

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33N24f Ft. Worth (Amarillo Spur) (Airfield)

Route 34 34E7fa St. Louis (Airfield) (black)

Souvenir l-listorical Covers BENDIX TROPHY RACE - Crash

July 1, 1933.

l.uO

.75

Russell Boardman, famous trans-Atlantic flyer, co-holder of a long-distance non-stop flight reco1d established in 1930 when he flew from New York to Istambul, Turkey, came to his death at Indianapolis, Indiana at 3:10 A.M., July 2, 1933, aftu a crash the day before, while participating in the Bendix Trophy Race fo•· 1933.

His short-winged plane crashed when after a refueling stop made at the municipal airport he attempted to take off on his journey against speed to the west coast. His ship turned over, and slid upside down for more than 200 yards.

Covers !lre marked, "This cover was carried by Russell Boardman in the 1933 Bendix Trophy Race from New York to Indianapolis, Ind., where he crashed, causinp: his death," ship Gee Bee 11. signed Mrs. Russell Boardman.

There are no postmarks on the covers and were either on his person or in the ship and were forwarded by Mrs. Boardman from Mattapoisett, Mass. under cc.~Jer. Mattapoisett was the home of Mr. Boardman.

Catalogue

BABY ZF.P HISTORICAL

1296 M~y 14, 1932 At the time of the celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the founding of

the City of Wooster, Ohio. the Goodyear Zeppelin Co., of Akron, Ohio,- sent over the flagehip of their Baby Zep fleet, the "Defender" and upon its return to Akron, carried 12,000 covers, making the first lighter-than-air cargo. from ·wooster. All air mail wM forwarded from Akron, via regular air mail service.

Covers bear two cachets. Covers postmarked Wooster, Ohio Covers !lOStmarked Akron, Ohio Autographed by Zep Pilot

JAPAN TO U. S. ATTEMPTED FLIGHT

1058 September,' 1930

2.50 $1.00

3.50

In September of 1930, Lieut. Harold Bromley and Harold Gatty took off from Samishire Beach. Japan on an attempt to fly to the United States and after flying 1200 miles out over the Pacific Ocean they encountered some very bod weather and had a most interesting and thrilling e"perience and were forced to return.

Cards were all that were carried only 12 at that. Cards marked-"By kindness of Lieut. Harold Bromley on his Plane "City of

Tacoma" from Japan to Tacoma, Washington, U. S. A." Postmarked .at Yokohama, Japan, 25-R-30. A\ltographed-Harold Gatty, Navigator 35.00

McALPINE RESCUE FLIGHT

926 Nov. 22, 1929 After being stranded in the Arctic for two months, Col. C.D.H. McAlpine,

Canadian millionaire mining man and his seven aerial prospectors were returned to civilization· which they had almost abandoned hope of ever seeing again. Lack of fe.el ~.nd a severe storm caused their forced landing on the rocky Arctic coas~ and they had to rely ori their rifles for sustenance as they treked for fifty days through dreary wastes to safety of the Hudson ~ay Post at Cambridge Bay.

Several rescue parties set out to locate them and the actual rescue pilots "ere Rollick-Kenyon, Roy Brown and Bill Spence.

Covers wert;:~ c~.rried on one of the rescue planes and are marked "Kind­ness of Pilot Cruikshanks of Col. McAlpine rescue party on route Bathurst Inlet to Winnipeg."

Postmarked Fort Resolution, N.W.T., Nov. 22, 1929 and backstamped (which happens to be on the face of cover) Edmonton, Alta., Canada.

Cover autographed by Andrew W. Cruikshanks Cover autographed by Andrew Kruikshanks, A. J. Milne and S.

McMillan

15.00 R.

25.00

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American Air Mail Societg Organized 1923 as thP. Aero PhilatP.lic Society of America

PThES.-L. B. Gatchell 35 Chatfield Rd.

VICE PRESIDENTS Ray V. -Bahr. Albert N. Brown

Geor.ge D. Kingdom Bronxville, N. Y. I•'rancis B. Leech

SECRE'l'ARY-'l.'REASURER Geo. ·w. Angers, 29 : Bridge Street, Springfield. Mass.

SALES MANAGER H. C. Carpenter, 600 So. Rail">aY Bldg., Cincinnati. Ohio

EXCHAI\UE MANAGElt •.r. 1!'. Donahue, 2352 'Yashington Ave., Newton Lower FalLs, Mass.

HlS'l'OlUAN AND RECORDER Karl B. 'Yeber, 1H Montana Street, N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa.

ADVANCE BULLETIN SUPERINTENDEN'l' George D. Kingdom, Conneaut, Ohio

DIRECTORS Herbert H. Griffin, Erik Hildesheim, Oscar L. l\layer. Henry S. Parsons, llfaurlce

S. Petty, J". T. Schweier, Karl B. Weber The Exchange Department-Each member is entitled to two 20-word excliange

notices per year, In the official publication, without charge. The Advance Information Bulletin Is sent regularly only to those men:"lers who

are In good standing and ·provide a supply of self-addressed stamped envdopes In which to mall it. Address the Manager.

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION - THE AIRPOST J"OURNAL

Secretary's Report NEW MEMBERS"

1520. Collier, Mary Cain, 901 --22nd St., N. W. Washington,. D. C. i521. Harris, Milton J., 516 Sweetland Bldg., Cleveland, OhiO. 1522. Mathews, Lester, J., 41 Mountain Av·e., Mount K>isco, N. Y. 1523. Cherney, Johnnie, 3032 Caroline Ave., Lorain, Qhio. 1524. Clark, F. E. % Linde Air Products Co. P. 0. Box 1079, Salt Lake

•City, Utah. J-il525. Harris, Georgiana, 261 State St., Albany, N. Y. 1526. Norcross, Arnold B., 421 .St. Ronan St., New Haven, Conn. 1527. Feder, Leo, 2110 Spring Grove Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.

APPLICATIONS POSTED The following have made appHcation for membership in the Society.

If no ·objection is received and references are found in order, they will be admitted Oct. 15, 1933.

Aspinwall, Francis H., 8 Norma Place, White Plains, N. Y. Ag·e 18; Student; U. S. AirmaH S'ta;mps, C. A. M.'s and Unofficials. By G. D. Kingdom ..

Brooks, Arthur W., Box 25, S.pringf.ield, Mass. Age 50; Sales Mgr.; Airmail Stamps only. By George W. Angers.

De Villa, Francis·co, 82 Wall S't., New York City. Age 32; Exporter; Air­mails Stamps, Airmail 'c-overs, Foreign. By George W. Angers.

Heinmuller, J. P. V., Katonah, N. Y. Age 42; Mgr.; Airmail Stamps, Pioneers, Historicals. By Erik HildeSiheim.

Rosen, Emanuel, 2855 Claflin Ave., New York City. Age 43; Airmail ·Stam:ps, Zepps., Unofficials and Foreign. By Geo. w. Angers.

Rothschmitt, Emil, 3053 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Age 38; Airmail Stamps, CAM'S', F AM'·S. By S. H. Falkoff.

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Thompson, Anson R., 149 Pawling, T!'oy, N. Y. Age 64; Manufacturer; Spec. Zeppelin covers. By Charles G. Reiss.

RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED 324-Goldstein, Morton S, 900 W·est End Ave., New York City.

1004-Marx, Richard, 120 Ruskin Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 11111-McKinney, Phil, 1036 Franc·is S't., Jackson, Mich. 1154-Looma, Frederic B., Jr;, 8 Orchard St., Amherst, Mass. 1173-Wahl, 277 Stockbridge Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. 1287---'Miller, Alden ;Edward, 3448 33rd Ave., .S. Minneapolis, Minn.

DROPPED FROM THE ROLLS 198-Gryzewski, Tad, Krolewska, 35 M. T., Warsaw, Poland. 275-S'treet, George T., Apartado 1702, Havana, Cu'ba. 803-Tchertkoff, Vladimir V., % S. F. A. Nastasenski, Moscow, Russia.

1233-RohbacJher, 2321 S. Broad St., Trenton, N. J. 1328-Arnosti, John, 445 Grand Central Sta., New York City. 1379-Marx, H. B., Rua De Janeiro, Brazil, S. A.

CHANGE OF ADDRES8-New Addresses shown below Berman, Leon, 1616 Blaine Ave., Detroit, Mich. Bucholz, Chas. A. 758a Madison St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Conklin, Mrs. S., 92 Woodside Terrace, Springfield, Mass. Crocuh, Gordon H., Wes1Jmount P. 0., Ontario, Canada. De WHt, Stewart, 30-50 33rd St., Long Isand City, N. Y. Edwards, Jr., 1027 North Ave., N. E., Atlanta, Ga. Fisher, G. V., 6038 Acacia, Oakland, Cal. Forbes, William, 921 Lamar S't., San Antonio, Tex. Hansen, K. A., Soley Jargotu, 15, Reykjavik, Iceland. Klot:?Jbach, Harry E., 554 La ·Salle St., Buffalo, N. Y. Kucera, Jos. J., 573 La Paz Drive, San Marino, Cal. Lincoln, L. B., 41 E. Chestnut St., Chicago, Ill. Ols'hin, S'. J., 656 W. 171 St., New York City. Pratther, Fred V., 5652 N. Rockwell St., Chicago, Ill. Ruiz, Nicholas E., 538 West 153rd St., New York City . . Siskel, Jake, 2905 First Ave., S. W., Portland, Ore. Sladek, John R., 2227 S'. Elmwood Ave., Berwyn, Ill.

FINAL CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

In accordance with the By·Laws the Nominating Committee reported the f.ollowing nominations 'to the Convention held at New York City, Aug. 31, September 1st and 2nd, 1933:

For P'resident-L. B. Gatchell. For Vice-Presidents-four to be elected:

Walter Bruggmann, Philippine Islands. George D. King·dom, Conneaut, Ohio. Francis B. Leech, Washington, D. C. Qharles G. Riess, Albany, N. Y.

For Secretary-Treasurer-George W. Angers. For Directors--<Seven to be elected:

William R. Alley, New York City. H. H. Griffin, Cleveland, Ohio. Erik Hildesheim, New York City. Oscar Mayer, Chicago, Ill. Maurice S'. Petty, Washington, D. C. Richard .Singley, Lancaster, Pa. William R. Ware, Stuttgart, Ark.

Additional nominations may be made by a petition signed by at least 25 members in good standing provided same reaches Mr. Walter Conrath, Al'bion, Pa., Chairman, Nominating Committee, on or before October 21, 1933.

George W. Angers, Secretary-Treasurer.

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CLASSIFIED

• RATES

lc PER WORD - MINIMUM CHARGE 25c Copy for this section must be ·received by the lOth of the month.

DIRECT AIRFIELD BUFFALO TO NEW York City, first flgiht Sept. lOth (54 mail­ed and cacheted) 50c each. Grand Island first flight 15c. Received covers 15c. Lan­sing and Muskegon first flights, 20c each. Received covers 20c. Weiland, Ont. dedica­tion $1., Pratt, Kans. $1. Postage extra. Lists free. Herget, 553 Suffolk, Buffalo, New York. lt*

COVERS, STAMPS, INDIAN RELICS, headwork, coins, minerals, gem stones, Old \Vest photos. curios. Catalogue and arrowhead 6c. Vernon Lemley, North­branch, Kansas. lt*

WILL PAY CASH FOR AIRPORT DEDI­cation covers. List or send covers and state price desired. Sarjeant, Box 727, New

. Rochelle, N. Y. 42-4t*

ANNOUNCEMENT - MY NEW WASH­ington Bicentennial and Airport Dedication cover Price Lists are ready for mailing on request. E.' L. Mundy, Box 644, Plain­field, N. J. 39-4t

SUNRISE AIRPORT, OZONE PARK, LONG Island, N. Y. dedication. Nov. 20th, 1929-Cat. 1120, for $3.00. J. 0. Oxman, Rah­way, N. J. lt*

MAJOR DOOLITTLE'S EXPERIMENTAL flights for "PANAM" in South America. Five covers (all trial routes) Berkshire #725. Cat. $18.50, for $3.50; "General Bal­bo's Rome-Brazil flight with #625; Auto­graphed by eighteen pilots and General Balbo, $8.00; Army Inspection Flight, Washington to Canal Zone and return. March 1928. Rare unlisted pioneer, $2.00, ITALY #625 7170L) nice mint copy $4.00, Postally used Air mails, nicely cancelled: Nicely cancelled Airmails: Brazil #917-92! complete set $1.00; Germany #627-623, 75c; Greece #7!i1-754, 3oc; Iceland #304-308, $1.00; Nicaragua #1049-1055, 7 val­ues, $1.10, Nicaragua #1201-2. The hard to find officials, 75c; SCADTA-Colombia, 30 different incl. peso values- -1921-1932. Sur­charged values and high catalog, $3.00; Venezuela #401-16, obsolete, complete, $4.00; Venezuela #415,416. The high values $1.75. Captain William H. Peters, Wood­side, Long Island, New York. 41-3t%

WANTED- U.S.S. AKRON COVERS IN f;ne condition. Will pay cash. F. A. Cos­tanzo, Punxsu~awney, Penna.

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EXCHANGE

WILL EXCHANGE 1926 CAM's FOR MINT or used U. S. Commems. or good binoculars or binocular microscope. H. Citret, 9 Hill St., Newark, N. J. 40-4t

WANTED, FORT WORTH-DALLAS, A.M. 22, 2/6/28. Also early C.A.M.'s and pilot signatures. Can supply same in exchange. Frederick W. Weingetz Jr. 8761 - 118th St., Richmond Hill, N. Y.

WII.,L EXCHANGE C.A.M.'s & AUTO­graphs for other I need. Send list with trade prices attached. Frederick w: Wein­getz Jr .. 8761 - llRth St., Richmond Hill, New York.

NEWFOUNDLAND WAYZATA $1 TRANS­Atlantics-Mint $1.00 each. Have several used on covers from Different Nfld. points, no b.s., at $10 each. L. S. Clark (928) 1125 Washburn Ave., South, Mineapolis, Minn. 42-2t

WANT CANAL ZONE STAMP8-ALL kinds used and unused on or off cover; will exchange or pay reasonable prices. L. S. Clark, 1125 Washburn Ave., South, Minne­apolis, Minn. 42-2t

HAVE AEROPOSTALE, SCADTA AND other first flights of South America to ex­change for NYRBA and F.A.M.'s I need. Richard L. Singley, Lancaster, Pa.

WILL EXCHANGE DEDICATION COVERS for dedications I can use. Send me your Jist of duplicates. Richard E. Brumbaugh, 111 ell Avenue, Altoona, .Penna.

HAVE FIRST FLIGHTS TO EXCHANGE for 1932 Bicentennial covers. List mailed in order of receipt. Elmer Mundy, Box 644, Plainfield, N. J. E-41-2t

COMPLETE SET OF DOOLITTLE'S COV­ers, Cat. $18.50, for equal catalog value used Airmails or covers of your choice. Captain William H. Peters, Woodside, Long Island, N. Y. 41-2

EXCHANGE: CAM's, DEDICATIONS, FAM's for CAM's I need. Send Jist. A. M. Disch­ner, Rox 2; Kensington Sta., Buifalo, New York. 40-2t

EXCr ANGE DESIRED IN F. A. M.'S­South & Central America against 1st and spec. fl. of Italy, Cirenaica. Tripolitania, Aegean Isl., San Marino, Vatican City ect. Basis reciprocal net prices. Largest stock in Europe. S. Bayer, Via Aiaccio, 14, Rome. (137) (AAMS 1327). 3t

LAKELAND, MICH. DEDICATION-FOR Deds of equal value. 54 mailed. Howard H. Hudson. 3346 Breckenridge St. Detroit, 1iichigan.

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