The

Airpost Journal •

May, 1952 •

• Glenn Mar:l:in Working on His Plane a:l: :l:he Time of :l:he Newpor:l:

Beach-Ca:l:alina Island Fligh:l:, 1912 •

• Storg o/ a Pioneer

OverJeaJ :Jfighf · IN THIS ISSUE

• VOLUME XXIII NUMBER 8

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• 1950 Edition Supplemented To

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Wings Over the Pacific -Newport Beach -Avalon, California

• PIONEER FLIGHT

MAY

OF GLENN L. MARTIN

10, 1912 •

by HARRY A. TRUBY

• EDITOR'S NOTE

The author of the sto1·y about the important flight which we detail herein is Harry A. Truby, co-founder and first president of the American Air Mail Society, and a world renowned authority on pioneer flight covers. At least one cover - possibly more - is believed to exist from this early flight of Glenn L. Martin, who now heads the vast Glenn L. Martin Aircrallt ·cor­poration. It is a privilege to bring this authentic story of the first sustained over-water flight to the attention of our readers and we are sure that Mr, Truby will appreciate any further information as to the existence of covers from this flight which readers may possess.

covers from this flight will, no doubt, eventually list as No. 20-A in the Pioneer Section of the American Air Mail Catalogue. -L. B. G .

~T ewport Beach nestles between the 1 ~ surf-fringed edge of the blue

Pacific and the mirror-like waters of Newport Bay, a colorful area where both the moderately inclined and the elite revel. Its many resorts and semi-tropical wonders characterize it as one of the most distinctive cities on the southern California coast. Amid this picturesque surrounding, in the Spring of 1912, Glenn Martin groomed his newly built hydro-aeroplane in preparation for an extended air cruise across the blue waters of the Pacific from Balboa Island in Newport Bay to Catalina Island. The machine he used was constructed by him with the sole exception of the seventy­five horsepower Curtiss motor, at his plant near Griffith Park, Los Angeles.

His initial trial flight indicated a few mechanical defects, and he was obliged to delay his flight one day. However, on Friday morning, May 10, certain adjust­ments to his machine were completed and another trial flight was made. Martin pronounced his boat in perfect condi­tion and decided to make the attempt at once.

• The words "GLENN MARTIN" were printed in large letters on a box like pon­toon at the rear of the plane. Aware of the hazards involved in an over water venture, an inflated inner-tube was plac­ed near the steering wheel, which could be used as a life preserver in the event of an accident.

Although the proposed dual air mail service by hydro-aeroplane was not authorized by the Post Office Department at Washington, it was formally approved by Postmasters John McMillan of New­port Beach and ]ames F. Trout, of Ava­lon, Catalina Island, California.

The question of the official status of this air mail service is attested by Glenn L. Martin himself. In a letter to the author dated April 21, 1926, the now famous flyer wrote:

"Besides the official mail carrying that I did in January 1912, I also was ap­pointed a postman and carried air mail to and from Catalina Island from New­port Bay, Calif., in 1912, which was the first flight of any kind of aircraft to the Island and the first air mail, of course,

(Continued on next page}

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN Affi MAIL SOCIETY

Entered as second-class matter, February 10, 1932, at the post office at Albion, Pa. under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published monthly.

MAY 1952 - VOL. XXIII, NO.8 - ISSUE NO. 265 ..:..... 25c PER COPY

238 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

to be carried to and from the Island. I were given to him for aerial transit to was presented with a diamond-gold Newport Beach. medal by Catalina Island, for this flight. It had been Martin's plan to refill his and for the carrying of mail." gasoline tank immediately and get an

Word of the intended flight spread early start; but in examining his machine like magic and Newport Bay drew an he found that one of the wing pontoons enthusiastic crowd of several thousand had been punctured by a pebble about spectators to her shore line to witness the- size of a walnut when the landing Martin's departure. His hydro-aeroplane was made. The damage was repaired was launched in front of Balboa Island with the assistance of a skilled mechanic at 12: 15 o'clock. After skimming over and he was soon ready to continue his the water for a short distance his mach- journey home. ine gracefully took the air and he circl- Inspired by the success of this epoch­ed to gain altitude as he flew along the al flight and a desire to add more glory ocean beach, then passed over old New- to his pioneering in aviation, he was port and set his course in the direction willing to take another calculated risk. of Avalon using--chart and compass. With Instead of retracing his previous course masterly skill he outmaneuvered the much to the surprise of his admirers at

. caprice of the elements and speedily Avalon, he decided to fly directly north winged his way through the dense fog via San Pedro. banks that camouflaged the ocean, until Before starting his homeward trip, he reached an altitude of four thousand Martin had to depend on volunteers to feet. At this height Martin was flying launch his machine from the beach. As above the dense fog banks, without sight the pontoons took the water he opened of sea or land, trusting of necessity to the throttle and negotiated a nice take­the accuracy of his instruments to reach off from the calm waters of Avalon Bay his destination. at 5:17 o'clock. After circling a few

Mter thirty minutes of flight Martin times to gain altitude, he set his course decided that he must be nearing the Is- directly north through a cloudless sky. land, and began to descend from his In due course San Pedro was sighted high altitud~ through the dense fog banks from above and he veered south toward that obsured the ocean. After passing Newport. through the lower fringe of fog he was A few minutes later Long Beach ap­able to see the white caps on the water peared to his left, and at an angle of 45 below and in the distance loomed Ava- degrees Martin must have experienced a Ion. Several minutes later he was flying , great deal of inward satisfaction at this in long loops over Avalon, then circled point as he was aware, of course, that a few times, and by perfect timing gli- this was the scene of activities of two of ded down to a safe landing on the water his rivals, Phil 0. Parmalee and Frank and taxied up to an easy rest on the Shaffer, who were planning to make a pebbly beach. similar flight to Catalina Island. Martin

Thus, this pioneer of the air added a continued straight ahead, at an altitude bright chapter to America's aeronautic of about four thousand feet, because of history and he, as well, achieved the dis- the pursuing fog banks. Finally, New­tinction of being the first aviator to es- port appeared in the distance and after tablish a world's record for such a flight volplaning to an altitude of about eight

''in a hydro-aeroplane - a distance of hundred feet, he then circled Newport thirty-one miles in thirty-seven minutes. a few times. Flying in the direction of

During his short visit at the Island, a Balboa Island, he crossed the bay, and cordial reception was tendered him in made a safe landing on the water, bring­recognition of his courage and the fact ing his machine to a stop on the beach, that he carried mail from Newport near his starting place. B~ach. His admirer~ ~lso presented him Thus, with no error of judgment to with a purse contammg more than one mar the occasion, he completed a glorious hundred dollars for his daring and un- triangular flight over the Pacific Ocean, usual ~eat. Prior to his return flight a a distance of seventy-five miles for the collection of postal cards and letters (Continued on page 259) j

Now Ready • • • New 1952 Supplement to

The American Air Mail Catalogue of

AIR LETTER SHEETS (Including Prisoner of War and Military Air Letter Cards)

INCLUDES REVISIONS TO THE 1951 CATALOGUE AND NEW

LISTINGS FOR ALL ITEMS ISSUED TO AND INCLUDING

APRIL 1, 1952

• Used in Connection with the 1951 Basic Catalogue, These

Books Provide a Complete Compilation of All Such Items Ever Issued by Any Postal Administration.

• New 1952 Supplement $1.00 Post Free .

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PUBLICATION OFFICE, ALBION, PA.

• Wholesale Rates :to Bonafide Dealers on 3 or more copies.

\\ TENEZUELA'S Coat of Arms ser­\V ies will be augmented with six

more sets this year. Bolivia has a com­memorative series. Ecuador sports a bit of Americana and Peru is going in for flowers. BOLIVIA

To commemorate the erection of a manument to the memory of Ecuardo Abaroa, a hero of 1879, is the purpose of an air mail set of six values. Produced by La Papelera S. A. in La Paz by typo­graphic means the common design to all is the defiant figure of the man with uplifted gun. The workmanship is none too good and the design is difficult to distinguish. Denominations, colors, and quantities are: 70c red ( 500,000), 2 Bs. orange yellow ( 200,000), 3 Bs. yellow green ( 500,000), 5 Bs. pale blue (50,-000), 50 Bs. violet ( 50,000), and 100 Bs. gray ( 50,000). The stamps bear the date 1879-Mar. 23-1952. We illustrate the 70c herein. BRAZIL

Contemporary stamp papers note that the recent 3.80 Cr. pale blue showing a half-figure of Isabella is an air mail item. Checking with Brazil specialists reveals the fact that this is the air mail rate but the stamp is not a true air mail stamp.

We trust readers took heed to our queries anent the two stamps overprinted for a philatelic show last fall. It devel­ops they had no postal franking value and were not supposed to have been available in mint condition. Dealers who marketed them here have publicly offer­ed to refund the purchase price. CHILE

1 The Isabella stamp promised some time ago has appeared. What a glum looking Queen she is, as depicted. The 10 pesos red was engraved to. the total

•

M~ ALTON J. BLANK

1089 WINSTON ROAD, SOUTH EUCLID 2!,0HIO

of 500,000 copies. It is large sized in format and is illustrated elesewhere. COSTA RICA

Plans are afoot to reprint in new col­ors type AP13 the airport commem of 1940. The 5c, 10c and 35c C-39-40-42 respectivaly, 'will be so treated. There may also be an overprint of 300,000 cop­ies of C-163 the FDR 65c for use as a 5c item. ECUADOR

The two values issued for President Plaza's visit to the United States are at hand. The 3 S. shows Plaza and Presi­dent Truman in an automobile. The 5 S. has Plaza addressing the Congress of the United States. There is also a miniature sheet with the two values side by each. The stamps were engraved by the Ameri­can Bank Note Co. and are illustrated this month. ICELAND

The 25 kroner noted last month is definitely not an air mail stamp. ISRAEL

The new 100 pruta is colored blue and gray and the 120 pruta is purple and gray. These are the two "TABA" stamps noted last month. LIBERIA

Jehudi Ashman is remembered again in a new series. There are two air mail denominations in the set. Thev are a 25c red and black showing a ma'p of Mon­rovia in 1831 and flanked with portraits of James Monroe and Ashman; and a 50c blue and dark red showing a map of the Liberian coastline with President Tub­man's portrait along with that of Ash­man. The items are the product of N. L. Peckmore & Sons.

MEXICO A 10 pesos gray and turquoise and a

MAY,l952 241

-Stamps for Illustration, Courtesy of F. W. KESSLER

e Colorful Examples of New Issues

20 pesos red and blue gray have been added to the current set which has been coming out piece-meal since 1950. Mig­uel Hidalgo's portrait is on the 10 p. and a view of modern architectural buildings is on the 20p. The 15c and 80c are now the only two values ·lacking to complete the issue.

PANAMA Denominations of the recent provis­

ionals are 2c, 5c and lB. PERU

A new "permanent" set is in prepara­tion. Values and subjects will be: 40c cantuca, the national flower; 75c aman­cay, flower of Lima; 95c Peruvian or­chid; 1.20 S. Corpac-Limatabbo airport; 1.50 S., tobacco plant at Tumbes; and 1.80 S., Inca solar observatory at Cuzcu. Information as to colors will follow. ROUMANIA

This Iron-Curtain bound land is in the throes of currency reform and "BANI" is being overprinted on current issues. Airs will no doubt appear.

SPAIN In preparation is a 4.50 Pts. to honor

Jaime Ferran. URUGUAY

Two more values have been added in the four-motored plane design. They are 2lc purple and 1.08 red violet. Both bear the National Printery imprint at the lower right hand corner. We illustrate the 1.08 value last month.

VENEZUELA Air values of the Coat of Arms series

due soon are: Aragua, Bolivar, Lara, Miranda, Sucre, and Trujillo. They shall be duly listed as received.

Readers will please remember that while these items are listed over a period of months - as have been the past sets -they are actually put on sale at one time. Some appear in one locality and some in another. It takes time for a col­lector to obtain them and send them on. I have adopted the expedient of listing as received to keep the news flowing.

(Continued on page 259)

Col. Hans Lagerloef, Noted Philatelic Philanthropist Dies

• l!rolonel Hans Lagerloef, honorary \\,_\.J life member of the American Air

Mail Society, and one of the world's greatest philatelic philanthropists, died at his home in Weehawken, N. J., on Sun­day, May 11, after a prolonged period that had confined him since May 1948, and during which he suffered several nearly-fatal attacks.

Known throughout the world for his active interest in stamp collecting and the betterment of the hobby, he was tire­less in his support of every worthy phil­atelic project, here and abroad. He him­self had been collecting since boyhood and eventually built a world-wide collec­tion of approximately 1,500 volumes which was aptly described as a collection of specialized collections, for each con­sisted of forerunners, essays, proofs, reg­ular stamps in singles and multiples in used and unused condition, covers, errors, minor varieties, etc. He never built an air-mail collection as such, but always included a highly repr~sentative showing of airpost stamps and covers in all of his regular ones.

Acquisitiveness was one of the lesser aims of Col. Lagerloef. Once he had built any particular collection to a point where it ·won a medal at a national or international show, he "retired" it until he located an appropriate recipient. While the major object of his generosity was the Postal Museum of his native Sweden, where he was born seventy-two years ago, a great many other museums and philatelic societies received· collec­tions. Sweden's basic holdings are the result of his benefactions. Eight catalog­ues have been published so far, just to describe his most important gifts, includ­ing both "Post Office" Mauritius stamps which he purchased when the Berlin Postal Museum obtained specimens in order that the German Imperial Post Of­fice would have no rarer stamp than was at Stockholm.

Col. Lagerloef also supported numer­ous other philatelic activities; he offered sterling silver "Grand Awards" to scores

ClabneJ B.,. Deatf.

• Col. Hans Lagerloef

of local and national shows; he personal­ly paid deficits of many local stamp ex­hibitions which went into the red or sent advance contributions to underwrite pro­posed ones. He offered a number of special annual awards for persons who made outstanding contributions to the hobby.

Col. Lagerloef was an active or hon .. or~ry member or officer of virtually every important philatelic organization in the world. He was a fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society, London, and Honorary President of the National Phil­atelic Museum. He joined the A. A. M.S. during its convention in Milwaukee and was made an honorary member in ap­preciation of his support of the catalogue publication project.

In 1948, he already had made arrange­(Continued on page 258) .

-. Post Office Department Announces

Many Printing Plate Retirements •

THE Post Office Department has announced that the 'following plates have

been cancelled and retired. The total number of impressions from each plate prior

to retirmeent is also shown below:

Pl. No. Denom. Title 24083 6c Alexandria, Va. Bi-

24084 24085 24086 24087 24088

24156

24157 24158 24159

24151

24155 24147 24148 24149 24150 24153 2415~

23580

23581 23582 23583 23586 23587 23588 23590 23591

23716

23717 23718 23719

6c 6c 6c 6c 6c

6c

6c 6c 6c

10c

10c 15c 15c 15c 15c 25c 25c

5c

5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c

5c

5c 5c 5c

centennial Air Mail Corrim., Curved EE

Convt. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do.

Wright Brothers Air Mail Comm. Curved EE Convt.

Do. Do. Do.

75th Anniv. of the Uni­versal Postal Union, Air Mail Comm. Curved EE Convt.

Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do.

U. S. Air Mail Stamp, Curved EE Convt.

Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do.

U. S. Airmail Stamp, Curved

Do. Do. Do.

Sr. 1949

1949 1949 1949 1949 1949

1949 1949 1949 1949

1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949

194'? 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947

1947 1947 1947 1947

Sub.

200 200 200 200 200 200

200 200 200 200

200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200

400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400

170 170 170 170

Date Cert. Date Can. No. Imp,

April 19, 1949 Mar. 24, 1952 April 20, 1949 Do. April 19, 1949 Do. Aprli 20, 1949 Do. April 25, 1949 Do April 25, 1949 Do.

Nov. 22, 1949 Nov. 22, 1949 Nov. 28, 1949 Nov. 28, 1949

Nov. 3, 1949 Nov. 3, 1949 Sep. 21, 1949 Sep. 21, 1949 Sep. 26, 1949 Sep. 26, 1949 Nov. 3, 1949 Nov. 3, 1949

Feb. 28, 1947 Feb. 28, 1947 Mqr. 4, 1947 Mar. 4, 1947 Mar,. 11, 1947 Never Mar. 11, 1947 Mar. 27, 1947 Mar. 27, 1947

Oct. 6, 1947 Oct. 6, 1947 Oct. 9, 1947 Oct. 9, 1947

Do.

Do. Do. Do. Do.

Do. Do. Do.

Do. Do. Do. Do. Do.

Do. Do. Do. Do. Do.

Do. Do. Do.

Do. Do. Do. Do.

66,650 71,150 66,650 71,149 54,999 55,000

103,250 103,249 103,350 103,350

55,500 55,500 48,039 48,040 48,450 48,450 42,100 42,100

592,677 592,678 310,563 310,564 265,341

None 265,240 116,192 116,192

110,748 110,748

None None

New & Unusual Service to Collectors

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Now available for 50c which also includes all supplements for 1952 and is deductible

from the first order for $5.08.

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State and City Officials Extend Convention Welcome

• Auction Scheduled for Saturday

I!("Dresident ]esse G. Johnson of the Jlt""" American Air Mail Society who

is Chairman of the Ararngements Com­mittee for the Society's 29th Annual Convention which will be held in Nor­folk, Va., ~l August 29, 30 and 31, has been assured the co-operation of both State and City officials to insure that all those attending will receive a cordial welcome and have a most interesting and memorable time during their stay in the Old Dominion.

Governor John S. Battle of Virginia has written Admiral Johnson as follows:

"I am advised that your Society has selected Norfolk as its 1952 meeeting place and I wish to take this means to extend a cordial wel­come to Virginia.

"It is unnecessary, I am sure, for me to enumerate the many his­torical and recreational attractions of the Old Dominion, which your members will enjoy during their visit to Vir~:inia. You may be sure the Society will be most hospitali­ly entertained."

From the Hon. W. F. Duckworth, Mayor of the City of Norfolk, came the following cordial letter:

"I am especially pleased to learn through the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce that you will hOld your annual Convention in the City of Norfolk this year. During the course of the year I welcome many organizations - but seldom is the occasion as pleasant as this one. We are truly honored in having your organization with us and· a deep and sincere welcome is await­ing you."

A number of members have already written of their intention to attend the gathering, the program for which has been previously published and will also be found elsewhere in this issue. It should be noted that the Official Con­vention Auction has been added to the Program and scheduled for the late a£-

• ternoon of Saturday, August 30. While the Auction itself will consist of several hundred lots, the great majority of them will be sold to mail bidders, and only the donation. portion of the sale will be offered to floor bidders. Thus the entire Auction will require less than an hour, and it will be over early enough in the afternoon to permit those attending to relax and dress prior to the Convention Banquet which will be held in the Monticello Hotel the same night. For this reason members are urged to attend the Auction and bid generously on the Donation lots which are sold for the benefit of the Society's publication pro­gram. Auction Manager Riess can still handle a few more Donation lots. If you have not sent covers or stamps you . in­tended to donate to the Society for this worthy purpose, please send them at once DIRECT to Charles G. Riess, P. 0. Box 11, Albany, N. Y. No more REGU­LAR lots can be accommodated for this sale -this request refers to DONATION lots only.

President Johnson has also announced that should enough members desire to take the trip to Kitty Hawk on Sunday, August 31 rather than the scheduled trip to Jamestown, Yorktown and Williams­burg, alternative arrangements will be made. As presently scheduled the !:rip to Kitty Hawk is optional for those who plan to stay over Labor Day, Monday, September 1.

The Committee is anxious to know the plans and desires of those attending and for this reason it is asked that the form printed on the annexed page be com­pleted and sent at once to Admiral John­son. Information concerning Hotel nites will be forwarded directly to those res­ponding as well as other information of interest.

SEE YOU IN NORFOLK!

Planning To Attend The Norfolk Convention? Please fill out the following form and send it at once to

Admiral Jesse G. Johnson, Cardinal Point, Norfolk 8, Va.

SURE, I'm coming to the Convention:

[ plan to arrive ............... and leave

There will be .................... people in my party, including myself.

[ want the Monticello Hotel to quote me room rates .. . .. . .. . ... . .. (check)

[want to go to Jamestown, Yorktown, and Williamsburg on Sunday.

August 31 as planned. Yes .... No ........... .

[also want to go to Kitty Hawk on Monday, September 1. Yes .......... :.

No ........... .

[want to go to Kitty Hawk INSTEAD of Jamestown. Yorktown and

Williamsburg on Sunday, August 31 ................ (check).

Name ................................................................................ AAMS No.

A.ddress ..... . . ..................................... City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . State ....... .

Edgar Iohrmann .: Europe•s forenaosl Phllalellc Dealer.,

and leading stamps auctioneer of Germany, will be in New York during the month of

JUNE and would be happy to meet all philatelists interested ia his auctions and illustrated bulletin "Atlantik-Post".

Mr. Morhmann, who is also an expert for the European States, the Old German States, and German colonies, would he pleased to meet with interested collectors to discuss the advant­ages of a connection with his firm.

EDGAR MOHRMANN during June, 1952

The 70 Park Ave. Hotel 70 Park A venue

New York 17, N.Y.

OUR BOOK REVIEW I

An Amateur Collector's Notebook of Early Souvenirs of the Airpost:

FRANCE. Limited Edition for private distri­

bution. By Mrs. J. Fitzgerald. Print­ed by Harrison and Sons, England. NOT FOR SALE.

Reviewed by ERIK HILDES-HEIM

• M :RS. ]. Fitzgerald, who many

consider . the foremost living British aero-philatelist and who modestly hides behind the self-chosen designation of "An Amateur Collector of Early Sou­venirs of the Air Post," has again treated friends and fellow hobbyists of the air mail circle to an exquisite pleasure by distributing a second, privately printed "Notebook," this time dealing with the pioneers of France. In lay-out and treat­ment of the subject this book follows closely the first which was devoted to the classic air mail material of Italy. However, the present opus has almost double the number of pages of the for­mer, which is but natural in that France has come to be considered the country which gave aviation to the world, even though the airplane was invented here in the United States by Wilbur and Or­ville Wright!

These "Notebooks" are privately dis­tributed and are not offered for public sale, hence are bound to be cherished by their possessors and in time become collectors' items themselves. The print­ing is excellent, which is not surprising since the printers are Harrison & Sons, producers of many British stamps. The beautiful workmanship can only be com­pared with another handbook which came to us from an English collector, Dr. John Pringle. His "Early British Balloon Posts" was likewise privately printed and is a worthy monument to the persever­ence of its author in running down and revealing the data on some previously unknown or little known English balloon air mails.

These present "Notebooks" are just as revealing about this "Amateur Collector" of Early Souvenirs of the Air Post. Every page tells vividly of the author's pleasure in going after these items, many. of

• which are outstanding rarities. The his­tory of aviation comes to life again and it is so evident that the author enjoys living the events over and over a~ain and generously sharing the fascinations of the collection with fellow travelers of the same road. Nor is it the traditional tourist with Baedecker in hand dutifully taking in what the books tells him to ad­mire and neglecting everything else! This writer-collector clearly follows her own whims, and draws her own conclus­ions, which for the most part are on very sound ground indeed.

The author can, and does, go after material having a bearing on the history of air mail developments without glanc­ing in the direction of the airpost cata­logues and worrying whether the fancied documentary material has an established resale value. Thus an excellent case is made out for the colorful, attractive and significant poster stamps issued in con­nection with many of the early and his­torical French air meets that are also distinguished by special postmarks used at post offices established on the flying grounds.

The various items are first dealt with briefly in chronological order; then the notes are enlarged with more detailed descriptions. Many rare pieces are seen reproduced for the first time, for instance, the M oniteur Aerien, one of the news­paper letters of the Paris balloon mail period, and this, the world's first regu­lar air mail service, is also represented in a unique manner by a series of letters addressed by the pilot of the balloon "Steenackers" to his wife and covering the whole period of the siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71. And the even rarer papillons of the Metz bal­loon service, true butterfly flimsies, are represented with nothing less than an item complete in its· mailing envelope! There is never anything mediocre about. this collection. The material has been gathered by a true connoisseur who can freely indulge in her enjoyed pastime and pursue any desired item.

The August 1909 aviation week at Rheims has always been recognized as the world's first air meet which demon-

MAY. 1952

strated to the public that flying was at last practical, just like Henry Farman's Chalons to Rheims first city to city flight on October 30, 1908 had shown in a modest way what the future held in store in cross-country flying. But our "Amateur Collector" challenges all this by casually labeling an item: Douai, July 1909 "The World's First Aviation Meet­ing, an historic but almost forgotten event" and then goes on to describe what took place there including Paul­han's flights of July 14th and 15th and rightly italicizes the words the First flight ever made from one town to another in flying from D()fj(Ji to Arras.

Why go on? Praise is superfluous, the "Amateur Collector'' has established for herself a magnificent monument in these notebooks. Those readers fortunate enough to have been favored with copies of the Italy and French Notebooks, or able to borrow them to read, will find that every word and illustration will re­pay a careful study and there is no air mail specialist so advanced· that he will not benefit greatly thereby. All of us are fortunate that the "Amateur Collector" has been willing to let us share in the enjoyment of a fraction of her collection representing the interesting French and Italian material.

• SALES OF SOc AIR

SET FIRST DAY RECORD

• At the first day sale of the SOc Air

Mail stamp released in Honolulu, Hawaii on March 26 there were 144,288 stamps sold and 89,864 covers cancelled, accord­ing to figures furnished by the Post Of-· fice Department.

UNITED STATES FffiST DAY COVERS

C1-6c Oran~e, Dec. 10, 1918 . ........... $12.50 C2-16c Green, July 11, 1918 ............. . $20.00 C3-24c Car. and Blue, May 15, '18 .... $20.00 C4-8c Green, Aug. 15, 1923 . • • • ........ $ 6.50 C5-16C Blue, Aug, 17, 1923 ..... ....... $ 8.50 C6-24c Red, Aug, 21, 1923 ......... ..... $10.00 C10A Cpl. Lindber~h pane, 5-26-28 •. $13.50 C16-5c Purple, Aug. 19, 1931 ........ $ 7.50

HARVEY DOLIN & CO. 31 Park Row, New York 38, N. Y.

Airpost News From

The Nation's Airlines

•

247

Born in 1948, the parcel post division of the United States air mail service has grown and grown until latest figures show package business. making up ap­proximately 41 per cent of all air mail carried by the nation's domestic sched­uled airlines. Average weight per ship­ment is about two pounds compared with half an ounce per air mail letter.

United Air Lines' flight 615 between Chicago and San Francisco broke all re­cords as a mail carrier during Febru­ary, according to company officials. In the month, this flight alone carried a total of more than 120,000 pounds of mail and parcel post between the Mid­west and the Pacific Coast.

United Air Lines in April registered the second highest monthly passenger traffic volume in the company's history. United flew 188,659,000 revenue passen­ger miles, an increase of 28 per cent over the same month last year. In addition, mail and freight set records for the month of April. Mail totaled 1,818,000 ton miles, 34 per cent above April, 1951; freight, 2,297,000 ton miles, up 12 per cent. Express, at 762,000 ton miles, was off six per cent .

Pan American World Airways carried more overseas mail ( 495,000,000 pieces) more overseas passengers ( 1,287,000) and more overseas cargo (77,540,000 pounds) than any other airline in the world in 1951.

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1 wo-}Anniversaries • • Cl --~--

Walter J. Conrath- Ten Years

THOSE who are fortunate enough to have numbered themselves as close friends of the late Walter J, Conrath need not be reminded that May 6th

marked the lOth anniversary of his untimely death. There are others who have beeri members of the American Air Mail Society for a great number of years who never had the distinct privilege of a close association with the onetime Editor of the

·Journal but who knew of and approved his forthright and vigorous Editorial policy and the tremendous good which he accomplished for the hobby which we all so eagerly follow. That ardent devotion which was his - and that simple concept of basic uncompromising honesty - was apparent in everything which he wrote and did. We think that these members, even though they may never have had the priv­ilege of meeting Editor Conrath will like to be reminded of this Anniversary. Then there are literally hundreds of new members of the Society, adherents to the hobby during the past ten years, who have heard of Walter Conrath by reputation - by a fine reputation which is the only kind which ever survives the ruthle~s ravages of time. A perusal of back issues of the Journal prior to 1942 would be an interesting and fruitful experience for those newer members but as it can hardly be expected that many can enjoy this privilege, it is our humble pleasure to express the opinion that the basis of any success which the Journal enjoys today - and in addition much of the standing which the American Air Mail Society enjoys in organized philately has its roots in the tireless energy, the consummate skill and ability and the fearless zeal for the right which was embodied in every action of our late Editor. Those who knew Walter will never forget him. Those who did not have the privilege of his ac­quaintance have missed one of the finer experiences of life. -L.B.G .

• Charles A. Lindbergh -Twenty-Five Years

MAY also marks a more pleasant anniversary - the twenty-fifth May 21st to slip by since a slim intrepid young man nam.ed Charles A. Lindbergh ac-

complished what was then considered impossible and flew alone from New York to Paris. To a younger generation, many of them not even born when Lindbergh flew to Paris, and today unimpressed by the literally hundreds of regularly scheduled Trans-Atlantic crossings which take place each day, the 33lh hour crossing of the young Air Mail pilqt, perhaps appears as greatly overrated. However, Lindbergh's epoch making flight paved the way for all that was to come and. once aviation had conquered the oceans, the great limiting factor had been removed. Lindy became a popular hero and his great modesty about his flight caught the imagination of a proud and grateful America. The ticker tape reception and the parade up Broadway in New York has never been surpassed before or since. We know - because we were there. Triumphal tours throughout North and South America followed and the United States Post Office Department issued a special air mail stamp showing the famous plane "The Spirit of St. Louis". Tragedy was later to come into the life of the young flyer and many also believe that jealousies and official bungling were responsible for fail­ure to give Lindbergh full credit for his Il.lany contributions to the successful com­pletion of World War II. But the glory and importance of that epoch flight to Paris can never be erased and we know that it is the hope of the American people that Lindbergh may enjoy the remainder of his life in happiness and in that quiet dignity which he has always maintained. - L. B. G.

RANDOM NOTES FROM THE

EDITORS DESK

A RECENT letter from Miss Laura ]. LeVesque, President of the Boston Air Mail Society, Chapter No. 1 of the Am­erican Air Mail Society, advises us that on April 1 she retired from the New Eng­land Telephone Company after complet­ing almost 47 years of continuous ser­vice with that concern. As many of our readers know, Miss LeVesque is a leader in hobby circles in the Metropolitan Boston area and in addition to being President of the Boston Air Mail Society she also was the organizer and execu­tive officer of the Bell Telephone Stamp Club. Miss LeVesque was recently in­strumental in having air mail material placed on display at the Boston Public Library, both at the main Library and in the Charlestown and Connolly Branch Libraries. This material was displayed along with the famous collection of Vati­can City stamps formed by his Eminence Francis Cardinal Spellman, who as many know is a valued member of the Ameri­can Air Mail Society. During the month of April 77 pages from Miss LeVesque's own collection of air mail material was displayed in the windows and lobbies of various American Airlines' ticket offices located at the Federal Street office, in the Statler Hotel, and at Logan Airport.

Our hearty congratulations to Miss Le­Vesque and the Boston Air Mail Society on all of this activity which can do much to stimulate airpost collecting in that area and may we also take this oppor­tunity to wish Miss LeVesque many years of happiness in pursuing her hobby dur­ing her well-earned retirement.

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Another American Air Mail Society' booster, Dr. Max Kronstein who is As­sociate Editor of the Journal and Direc­tor of Foreign Relations for the Ameri­can Air Mail Society, has been equally

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industrious in promoting air mail activi­ties. Dr. Kronstein writes that follow­ing the suggestion of President Johnson that air mail collectors should display their material at every possible oppor­tunity, he has entered no less than four exhibits in various shows tluoughout the country in the past three month~. He exhibited foreign pioneers at the SEP AD show in Philadelphia; he showed Dutch rocket posts at the Netherland Exhibition held in the National Philatelic Museum in Philadelphia and autographed Modern Balloonposts at tl1e SOJEX in southern New Jersey. Early regular air- mail flights of the world from the 1918-22 period were shown at tl1e ST AMPEX show recently held in Newark, N. J. This is a fine response to President J aim­son's advice and we know that other members are also taking it to heart.

" " " The same correspondent advises us

that the Montreal, P. Q. office of the Canadian Postal Service is using a slo­gan cancellation which incorporates in the box to the right of the circular die the following legend: ·

AIR PARCEL POST <~< FOR SPEED <~<

LE COLIS-A VION " EST RAPIDE <~<

We have received from Dr. Tomas A. Terry of Habana, Cuba an advance copy of the official folder which is being re~ leased by tl1e Post Office Department of Cuba in connection with the issuance· of two air mail stamps to honor the 1913 flight of Augustin Parla. These two stamps will have been released by the time this appears in print and they com­memorate the aviator's flight in a Cur­tiss hydroplane from Key West to Mar­ie!, Cuba. Parla was competing for a prize of $10,000 for the first Cuban

MAY, 1952

aviator to complete a flight from Key West to Habana, Cuba, which was ac­tually accomplished by another Aviator,. Domingo Rosillo. Parla was forced off course by a faulty compass and landed at Mariel, later flying to Habana. An overprinted stamp was issued some years ago by Cuba to honor the A via tor Rosillo and it is very fitting that these two stamps are now brought out to equally honor his friend Parla. Dr. Tomas Terry is a Past President of the Club Filatelico de la Republica de Cuba, which Club was active in persuading the Post Office Department to issue these stamps.

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The American Air Maif Society is-par­ticularly pleased to welcome to mem­bership His Excellency Dr. Luis Thomen, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States of America. Dr. Thomen is an ardent philatelist in his own right and we had the pleasure of making his acquaintance during the Netherland show which was held at the National Philatelic Museum several months ago. Dr. Thomen has recently urged the countries of the Pan-American Union lo bring out a commemorative series of postage stamps for the purpose of raising funds for the Columbus Light House which is under construction on the Dominican Republican coast. He points out that some years ago most of the countries of the Union agreed to this procedure for raising funds but such sets of stamps have as yet appeared but from several of the Republics in question.

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It does not happen very often, but in some few cases the American Air Mail Society is unaware of the passing of one of its valued members until some months later. It is, therefore, with much dis­tress and sorrow that we record the death of Col. ]ames Regan, No. 2119, of Washington, D. C., who passed away on June 30, 1951. We have no other details at the moment other than that Col. Re­gan was a collector of airpost stamps and F AM flight covers among other special­ties. We extend our sincere sympathy to his widow, ·Mrs. Consuela Y. Regan.

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We have not mentioned it heretofore but most of. our readers are aware that a splendid column on air letter sheets is carried periodically in the Western Stamp Collector. This column is written by our friend and member, Sam Hant­man of New York City, who is also an Associate Editor of the American Air Mail Catalogue of Air Letter Sheets. The column appears about every four to six weeks or more frequently if such news has accumulated and space is avail­able for its inclusion. In addition to chronicling the new issues, there is suf­ficient opportunity for Sam to express his own ideas about certain aspects of this newest of hobbies and we have found his remarks not only informative but generally sound and progressive.

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From Lt. Comm. Bob Murch of the U. S. Navy, we have received another inter­esting cover from the Trans-Polar Flight which has been designated "Operation Ski-Jump II". This cover was flown in a ski-equipped P2V Neptune patrol bomb-

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On :the next page are offered a few interesting and unusual covers • • • from a very fine stock of Flight material.

A IEILMER Ro L<O>~G

Interesting And Unusual Flight Covers -·-Here are a few airmail covers :that may belong in YOUR collection. Check

over :these items and ask :to see :the ones :that interest you. Or, better still. just send your check and order (in cases where only one is avail­able, you stand a better chance of landing :the cover). Your AAMS number is your reference. Look 'em over:

-'- You may order by Number for Convenience -

SHIP TO SHORE: Sir Alan Cobham flew and signed this unusual.. ........ Nov. 25, 1926 Moth Seaplane cover, bearing.both U. S. and Brit­ish postage. NY & S. S. Homeric postmarkings and a truly un-usual cover C#31B) listing $10.00. Special CA64) ................................ $3.50

USS LOS ANGELES: Several covers were cancelled Lakehurst, June · 5, 3 pm 1925 and were flown on a special inland flight of this ex­

ZR-3 which was commissioned by the U. S. Navy. Bearing the receiving mark of the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis, this beautiful cover bearing a 2c Norse-American stamp for postage lists as Z-509 at $20.00. You don't have it in YOUR Zeppelin cover! Get it! CZ-509) ............................................................................ $10.00

NAVALS: Don't know how the Navy got into this ad, but here they are. Only difference is that THIS collection of covers is NOT a Flight collection. It's a group of 107 different covers cancelled on 107 different U. S .. S., each postmark showing the name of the

. ship in the cancel. Nice! I'll say. Largely cancelled during the · 1930's. CN-1) ........................................................................................... $14.95

FIRST FLIGHTS: Newer collectors may think it is impossible to ac­quire those 1926 CAM Flight Covers ... and it should be! But, salted away we have found a few sets of the Lindbergh Route, old CAM #2, Chicago-St. Louis which was first flown April 15, 1926. Listing at $14.50, this cacheted set of classic covers includes those flown by Lindbergh on this route (before Lindy flew the Atlantic). Complete set of 6 different (both terminals and other 2 points N&S) CA28) .......... : ..................................................................... $6.95

FIRST NIGHTS: Here is the most beautiful and historical set of flown covers you can imagine. A complete set of all 15 cities coast to coast, each cover cacheted and carried on that First Night Trans-Continental Flight of July 1, 1924. Each cover bears U.S. #C-4, the 8c green airmail stamp of the 1923 series. Catalog

value $93.00, and worth it. CA22) ..................................................... $44.00

BIRMINGHAM: An experimental cover, cancelled Birmingham, Ala. May 15, 1925, this lists as # 173 at $5.00. You can have this pre-CAM flown cover ... CA54) ... .. ... . ... ... ... ...... . .... .... .. ... . .. .. .. ...... .. .... ... .. .. .. $2.45

These and many other fine covers are available from • • •

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POSTAL STATIONERY NOTES

BY· IAN C. MORGAN 1455 Union Avenue, Montreal 2. P. 0 .

• I N the 1952 Supplement to the

American Air Mail Catalogue of Ai1· Lette1· Sheets just released, there was at least one omission and several typographical errors. It was explained last month that it is intended to com­pletely re-write CEYLON next year and for this reason no changes or corrections were shown for that country; however, we should have noted that a new 20c sheet with a single impressed stamp of that value, but in all other respects simi­lar to the previous sheets of this country, was released during 1951.

Collectors are also asked to make note of the fact that the two new sheets of Japan, issued on April 1, 1952 and shown in the Supplement as numbers 4 LS and 5 LS respectively, should properly be numbered 6 LS and 7 LS.

·The sheet issued on March 1, 1951 and also designated as number 5 LS is cor­rectly munbered.

There are a few new varieties to chronicle this month as follows:

UNITED NATIONS

Advance information indicates that the United Nations air letter sheet to be re­leased later this summer will closely follow the design and pattern of the·

United States air letter sheet. Readers are aware that, inasmuch as the United States Post Office Department performs the actual postal functions for the United Nations, obviously the United States postal regulations and rates govern. As indicated previously, the United Nations sheet will bear an impressed stamp of the design of the 25c value of the ad­hesive stamps but with value tablet changed to 10c. It is understood that the entire sheet, including the impressed stamp, will be printed in "United Na­tions blue" and that the overlay will con­sist of colorless capital letters repeated over and over again in horizontal lines incorporating the words United Nations and its equivalent translation in French, Spanish, Russian and Chinese. The sheet will bear appropriate instructions in English and it is said will include the United Nations' emblem in upper left corner.

DENMARK The current 50 ore sheet from this

country has appeared with the numeral 5 to the left of the triangle which appears at the lower left side of the face of the sheet. This sheet also differs from pre· vious emissions in that a further overlay

• Design of the New 5 cent Sheet from Trindad and Tobago

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e The Attractive New 50 Yen Sheet of Japan

is included on the reverse or inside of the sheet, thus qualifying it for a major listing in the Catalogue. Walter R. Guthtie is the first to show .us this new sheet.

GREAT BRITAIN Our Associate Editor ]ames Wother­

spoon advises us that, effective May 1, the air letter rate from this country was increased from 6d to 9d. It was stated that the current sheets will be sold at the Post Office for the time being with a 3d adhesive stamp affixed but that in due course a new sheet with an im­pressed stamp of 9d will be issued. It is very probable that this new sheet may bear the likeness of Queen Elizabeth II and thus may be the first item of postal paper to show the new Queen.

JAPAN In addition to the 50 yen overprint on

the previously current 62 yen stamp of the regular air letter sheet, we are ad­vised from several sources that a lin1ited number of the UPU sheets were also overprinted. From H. Hitono we have received a sample of this sheet. He states that only 200 such sheets were over­printed and that they were all cornered by a Japanese dealer who "to prove same and to prevent forgeries has suc­cessfully obtained the cancellation of first day of issuance on them." The sheets are being offered in the wholesale mar­ket for $4 or $5 and Mr. Hirano cari supply them retail at $8 or more, indi­cating that our correspondent may him­self be the Japanese dealer who has cor­nered the items.

This sheet has not been authenticated up to this time by any responsible offi­cial of the Japanese Postal Administra­tion or by any of the Japanese philatelic

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societies, and until more information can be secured in respect to same it is be­lieved that great care should be used in purchasing these items at highly inflated prices.

NETHERLANDS

A new 30c air letter sheet appeared on May 1. It is similar to the preceding emission except J:hat the ornamental blue overlay has been eliminated. Inscrip­tions on back are now in reversed posi­tion. Thanks to Sam Hantman for send­ing this information.

THAILAND

Smn Hantman writes us that this country will shortly issue an air letter sheet of the denomination of 2 baht. It will show the "Garuda" -a symbolic winged figure previously used on the air mail stamps of Siam. The blue im­printed stamp will also include the words "Thailand Air Mail"'.

TRINIDAD &: TOBAGO

Walter R. Guthde is also the first to show us the new Sc air letter sheet from this British Colony. The impressed stamp is in deep lime green and shows a view of the General Post Office and Treasury Building with an insert medal­lion of the late King George VI. The sheet is the new blue air mail paper and has all other printing in blue with the inscription, of course, in the new nar·· row setting pecular to all British Empire type sheets. The paper is completely unwatermarked. Mr. Guthrie advises us that a new 12c sheet was released at the same time as the Sc sheet but we have as yet been unable to secure a copy of same .

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COVERS TO BE SERVICED FOR MEMBERS

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RS. MARILYN AUGUST, a member of the FIRST FLIGHT FEDER· ATION, which is a Unit of the AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY, and who is the sister of SAMUEL S. GOLDSTICKER, JR., promin-

ent A. A. M. S. member and President of the FEDERATION, as a service to members of these organizations will mail and handle prepared covers on the first flights of AM-111, now expected to be inaugurated about September 15. This is the New York Area Helicopter Feeder services involving approximate­ly sixty dispatch points. While a small service charge will be made, those taking advantage of this offer will be saved the trouble and expense o·f send­ing covers to each of the various dispatch points. If you desire to take ad­vantage of this offer please carefully observe the following instructions:

1. Covers must be fully prepared, with 6c air mail postage affixed and addressed· to the address at which they are to be delivered.

2. The exact number of covers needed for complete coverage on these flights is still uncertain, but will be approximately sixty, figuring one outbound cover from each stop and one cover on each segment dis­patched from the Airfield.

3. There will be a service charge of $1.00 for each complete set of sixty. Should less than a complete set be desired, the service fee will be 2c per cover.

4. No point-to-point or directional coverage can be undertaken. According to preliminary reports, intermediate points will not dispatch to each other but only to the AMF at the end of the segment. In other words, only covers which will be listed in accordance with the current AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE policy will be handled.

5. Covers should be sent to MRS. MARILYN AUGUST, 6!14-A BROAD STREET, BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY. BE SURE THERE IS SUF­FICIENT POSTAGE ON THE OUTER WRAPPER AS POSTAGE DUES POSITIVELY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

6. 'Yhile every attempt will be made to assure complete coverage for members, responsibility cannot be accepted for any covers incorrectly dispatched, nor any covers which. fail to make the proper connections.

7. It is possible that all segments of this route will not be inaugurated simultaneously. All covers will be held and dispatched at the proper times, regardless of when inaugural flights occur.

8. Members are urged not to write to the Post Office Dep:utment or NEW YORK AIRWAYS for any information about these flights. Further de­tails will be published in THE AIRPOST JOURNAL as soon as avail­able.

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T enlalive Program ---·--AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY

Twenty-Ninth Annual

Meeting and Convention NORFOLK, VA.

AUGUST 29-30-31. 1952

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29

10:00 A.M. Registration, Monticello Hotel

3:00 P. M. First Business Session, Monticello Hotel

8:00 P.l\<1. Official Opening, Special Aviation Exhibit, Norfolk Museum of Arts

9:00 P.M. Informal Get Together and Frolic, Monticello Hotel

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30

10:00 A.M. Registration continues, Monticello Hotel

10:30 A.M. Final Business Session, Monticello Hotel

1:00 P.M. Luncheon, Officers' Club, U. S. Naval Base

3:30 P. M. Official Convention Auction

6:30 P.M. Mayor of Norfolk's Reception

7:30 P. M. Annual Banquet, Monticello Hotel

SUNDAY, AUGUST 31

9:30 A.M. Bus Trip to Jamestown, Yorktown and Williamsburg

8:00 P.M. Symphonic Drama, "The Common Glory"

NOTE: The Convention Officially Closes on Sunday, August 31 but for those Desiring to Stay Over for Another Day the Following Program is Available:

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

9:30 A.M. Bus Trip to Kitty Hawk

8:00 P.M. Symphonic Drama, "The Lost Colony"

A. A.M. S. Chapter News FLORENCE LAMPORT KLEINERT News of A. A. M. s. ·Chapters should be

sent direct to Mrs. Kleinert at 213 Vir&lnla Avenue. Fullerton, Pa.

• Special meetings, an election of offi­

cers and important activities make the chapter news this month.

The Minnesota Stamp Club, Chapter No. 26, held its election of officers for 1952 with results as follows: A. Robert Johnson, President, R. F. CogsweU, Vice President, Clayton Marrs, Treasurer, Ray­mond Spiller, Secretary, LiUian Eberlien, Recording Secretary and Carl M. Beck­en, Historian. On April 8th, The Min­nesota Stamp Club met at the Curtis H()tel in Minneapolis, Minn. The mem­bers enjoyed circuit books, a trading session and an auction.

A House Warming at the home of M;s. R. J. Squibb, 1815 Yalecrest Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah, was the feature of the April meeting of the Utaero Air Mail So­ciety, Chapter No. 27. The program featured the United Air Lines film, "Highway to Hawaii". This chapter will make a study of air mail stamp design in panel groups at future meetings, ac­cording to Kessler M. Miller, Secretary, Sugarhouse Box 128, Salt Lake City, Utah.

F1·ed Holladay, Editor of "The Jack Knight Air Log," will be the speaker for the May 4th meeting of the Jack Knight Air Mail Society, Chapter No. 23, which will be held at the home of Earl Well­man, 3532 Oak Avenue, Brookfield, Ill. The June 18th meeting will take place at the Palmer House in Chicago. Her­bert Schoenfeld, President, will hold a catalogue committee meeting and will talk on his European trip for members and guests.

Edwin E. Elkins, Secretary of the Col­lectors' Club of New York and Secretary of the Association for Stamp Exhibitions won the Grand A ward at "The 20th An­nual Stampex Show" held at the Essex Stamp Club, Chapter No. 25, in Newark,

• N. J. on March 28th to 30th. He show-ed his British Commonwealth Collection.

Maurice Tripet of New York won "The Air Mail Trophy" for his collection of Swiss Air Mails .

The C. F. Durant Air Mail Society, Chapter No. 28, met at the home of Charles G. Riess in Albany, N. Y., on April 14th. He showed his interesting collection of Early c, A. M. Covers. Meetings will be held in May and June with .the possibility of a picnic in the summer and the resumption of meetings in September, according to W. A. Sei­fert, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer.

Hope to see the officers and mem­bers of the chapters at the American Air Mail Society's convention at Norfolk, Va., on August 29th-31st.

• COL LAGERLOEF -

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• ments to attend the memorable Havana convention, but was stricken and hospit­alized a few days before departure. He recovered, but never left his home again, although he passed at least a few hours a day at his stamps and other activities.

Col. Lagerloef certainly is one of the very last of the "old school" collectors whose first and major interest in stamps was the pleasures they provided. He ve­hemently objected to the later trend of regarding postage stamps as "financial investments." His own knowledge of stamps was phenomenal. He was to have exhibited four volumes of the first three issues of Peru at the CENTILUX and ITEP shDws, however this became im­possible.

Philately in general and the American Air Mail Society in particular, express their deepest sympathies to his widow, Clara Lenz Lagerloef, his son, Eric Gus~ tav and his daughter, Mrs. Fernstrom.

-Ernest A. Kehr

MAY. 1952

RANDOM NOTES-(Continued from page 251)

• er over the North Pole, Barrow, Alasko to Thule, Greenland (Air Force Air Base, Thule) and return to Barrow. On April 5, 1952 two Neptune bombers to~k off from Barrow, Alaska and landed on ice island "T-3", approximately 50 miles from the North Pole. One plane, due to engine mishap, had to remain at "T -3" while the other plane piloted by Lt. Comm. C. D. Kephart flew to Thule air base across the North Pole, with subse­uqent return flight back to Barrow. Fif­ty covers were flown in Lt. Comm. Kep­hart's Neptune plane and are now in­teresting mementos of an East-West and West-East Polar Flight. This flight was reported by the Associated Press under an April 7th dateline. Our thanks to Comm. Murch for letting us have an ex­ample of this interesting cover.

" " " Speaking of unusual covers, Member

Harry A. Gordon tells us that he is mak­ing much progress with his collection of jet flight covers which now numbers over three hundred items. A great many of these have been flown by pilots of our own Air Forces both here and in com­bat areas in Korea. He writes that re­cent additions to his collection include a cover from the first flight of YB-52, a fast jet produced by Boeing and from the first flight of YB-60, the 8 jet bomb­er type manufactured by Consolidated Vultee. He also cherishes a cover from a Sabre jet flight made April 18 over Korea at which time one enemy MIG was destroyed.

" " " We are advised that the Portland

Stamp Club, in cooperation with Post­master Joseph S. Cook of Portland, Maine, had a special air mail cachet for covers mailed during Air Postal Services Week, May 4-10. This notice reached us too late to be of any advance interest but it is possible that extra covers were mailed and may still be secured from Everett M. Hall, 443 Congress Street, Room 603, Portland 3, Maine. The cost of the covers is 10c each.

" " " And, so to bed.

259

WINGS OVER THE PACIFIC -(Continued from page 238)

• round trip. On his return flight from A val on via San Pedro and Long Beach, Martin was in the air fifty-one minutes.

The collection of postal cards which he carried from Avalon were deposited Friday evening at the Newport Beach Postoffice and dispatched in the usual way to points of destination.-

An interesting excerpt from the New­port News reads: "Today they are read­ing of the feat of an Orange County boy in, Europe and Glenn Martin is now known as ~he only aviator who has ever flown this distance across water and re­turned the same day. The feat of Louis Bleriot pales into insignificance."

An excerpt from the Los Angeles Tribune quoting Glenn Martin reads: "The voyage was a great joy to me; my sensation throughout was one of great pleasure. Mostly I was sililing above a vast ocean of fog. Part of the time be­low me gleamed the white caps and fishing boats bobbed about on the water like corks."

Unfortunately no special cachet was used to commemorate this aeronautic feat. Incidentally, all the mail flown from Newport Beach to Avalon, was postmarked there and vice versa. The only mark of identification on the covers which Mr. Martin carried on May 10, 1912, is his signature.

• AIRS OF THE MONTH -

(Continued from paJ:'e 241)

• RATE STAMPS

Readers who follow this category are undoubtedly watching for the first of the Queen Elizabeth items to appear. No doubt all of the current items bear­ing the King's head will be superceded in due scourse.

This month's assistants are: Donald Goertz, Nicolas Sanabria, Inc., John S. Whittlesey, Alfred F. Stern, C. A. Phill­ips, L. H. Flach, George Blizil, Ernesto Quiros, Israel-Palestine Philatelic Socie­ty, Irving Ray, and Stewart Clark, Jr. Thank you all.

Supplements To The American Air Mail Catalogue 1947-1950· Edition

• Supplements to this Catalogue will appear regularly in THE AIRPOST

TOURNAL. Users possessing additional information for listings or correc­tions are asked to communicate with the appropriate Section Chairman. A list of such Chairmen will be found at page 600 of Volume One and at page 624 of Volume Two.

The Catalogue is available from most Philatelic dealers or from THE AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE, Albion, Penn'a at .$4 per volume, post free.

- Forty-First Supplement -•

UNITED STATES MAIL

CONTRACT ROUTES

AIR IV-AE •

AIR MAlL ROUTE NO. 64

• AUSTIN -HOUSTON LEG

September 30, 1951

On ·the above date service was inaugurated over that portion of Segment #1

between Austin, Texas via Temple and Bryan, and the terminal point Houston, Texas. Although first flights had previously been flovyn over this route between Houston,

Bryan and Temple, the Austin-Houston leg was considered as a separate service and·

accordingly the Post Office Department furnished official first flight cachets to all

poi.':lts.

64NE33 64SE34 64SW34 648£35 64NW35 64NW36

Cachet-Type 64. Pilot-E. E. Madden

Austin-(black)-Madden Temple-(purple)-Madden Temple-(purple)-Madden Bryan-(magenta)-Madden Bryan-(magenta)-Madden Houston-(green)-Madden f. Airfield-(blue)

• Included in Airfield figure.

Join A. A.M.

( !107 pieces) ( 637 pieces) ( 478 pieces) ( 326 pieces) ( 773 pieces) ( 1572 pieces) (1572 pieces)

s.

.25

.25

.30

.60

.25

.25

.25

MAY. 1952 261

AIR MAIL ROUTE NO. 90 October 21-22, 1949

Inaugural Carrier: Mid West Airlines

• INAUGURATION MINNEAPOLIS-OMAHA SEGMENT 3

October 21-22; 1949

On October 21-22, 1949, Mid-West Airlines (formerly Iowa Airplane Company) inaugurated service over Segment #3 of AM-90 from Minneapolis, Minn. to Omaha, Nebr., serving ten intermediate cities. St. Paul was served thru the Minneapolis Airport, Faribault thru OWatonna Municipal Airport, Boone thrue Ames Municipal Airport, and Council Bluffs thru the Omaha Municipal Airport. The first southbound flight operated thru to Omaha on October 21st, but the first northbound flight was held overnight at Albert Lea, account of darkness, and operated on to Minneapolis on October 22nd. Rochester Post Office was not notified early enough on the morning of October 22nd to dispatch to the first northbound trip and therefore had to dispatch to the second north­bound trip, which departed 2lh hours later. Official map type cachets, with appropri­ate pictorial inserts for each city (except for Owatonna), were provided for all cities.

FIRST FLIGHT MINNEAPOLIS- ST. PAUL n

® ll !Ml Of[)\:!]~~

OWATONNA-FARIBAULT 0~

ROCHESTE:;' ·:··· ... " [. ·I·F· ~0 AL~:RT LE_~ ?::!! -~USTIN ~~r·r~£ iili1w~ ~ MASON CITY\

SAINT PAUL ~OOOGE BOONE-AMES 0 II

~ SEGMENT \ ATLA~TIC t DES MOINES I

No 3 ®;--,o/© ~ & • OMAHA- o

A.M. COUNCIL BLUY:~~~EST0~----

90 U.S.AIR MAIL

Type 90

Cachet-Type 90.

Pilots-Howard H. Engstrom, R. B. Redic, Milford W. Taylor.

90Sl 1\Iinneapolis---:(blue)-Engstrom 1392 pieces) .25 f. Airfield-( green) (3191 piec~s) .25

90S2 St. Paul-(black)-Engstrom (1092 pieces) .25 90N3 Owatonna-(purple)-Taylor ( 611 pieces) .25

90S3 Owatonna-(purple)-Engstrom (1531 pieces) .25

90N4 Faribault-(magenta)-Taylor ( 235 pieces) .65 9084 Faribault-(magenta)-Engstrom ( 858 pieces) .25 90N5 Rochester-(green)-Redic ( 235 pieces) .60 90S5 Rochester-(green)-Engstrom (1276 pieces) .25 90N6 Austin-(black)-Taylor ( 249 pieces) .55 908G Austin-(black)-Engstrom (1740 pieces) .25 90N7 Albert Lea-(blue)-Taylor ( 211 pieces) .65

9087 Albert Lea~(blue)-Engstrom (1439 pieces) .25

90N8 Mason City-(magenta)-Taylor ( 281 pieces) .55 90S8 Mason City-(magenta)-Engstrom (1358 pieces) .25

262 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENTS-Cont.

90N9 Boone-( green)-Taylor ( 1191 pieces) .25 90SS Boone-(green)-Engstrom ( 363 pieces) .40 90N!a Ames-(purple)-Taylor (1418 pieces) .25 90810 Ames-(purple)-Engstrom ( 424 pieces) .50 90Nl1 Des Moines-(magenta)-Taylor (1371 pieces) .25 90811 Des Moines-(magenta)-Engstrom ( 343 pieces) .50 90N12 Atlantic-(green)-Taylor ( 280 pieces) .55 90S12 Atlantic-(green)-Engstrom · ( 280 pieces) .55 90N13 Council Bluffs-(magenta)-Taylor (1549 pieces) .25 90N.l4 Omaha-(black)-Taylor (1978 pieces) .25

f. Airfield-( purple) (2736 pieces) .25

NOTE: Clear Lake, Iowa dispatched direct pouches of mail thru the Mason City Munici­pal Airport to AM-90. No official cachet was authorized. Covers dispatched were: 120 pieces north, of which 30 were collectors' pieces; and 12 pieces south, all but one of which were collectors' pieces.

SEGMENT 2, OMAHA-HURON

November 28, 1949

The carrier for this route, on November 28, 1949, inaugurated service over ~g­ment 2 from Omaha, Nebr. to Huron, S. Dak., serving six intermediate cities. Council Bluffs, Iowa received service through Omaha, Nebr. Official map type cachets, with small inserts depicting some interesting feature of each city, were applied at all points.

90N15

90N16 90N17 90817 90N18 90S18 90N19 90S19

Type 90a

Cachet-Type 90a.

Pilots-Robert W. Hicks, Milford W. Taylor.

Omaha-(magenta)-Taylor f. Airfield-(black)

Council Bluffs--(purple)-Taylor Fremont-(magenta)-Taylor Fremont-(magenta)-Hicks Norfolk-(black)-Taylor Norfolk-(black)-Hicks Sioux City-(purple)-Taylor Sioux City-(purple)-Hicks

(1324 pieces) .25 (1317 pieces) .25 (1050 pieces) · .25 (1423 pieces) .25 ( 564 pieces) .25 ·(1285 pieces) .25 ( 427 pieces) .35 (1100 pieces) .25 ( 278 pieces) .50

MAY, 1952 263

AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENT-Cont.

90N20 90S20 90N2l 90S21 90N22 90S22 90S23

Yankton-(blue)-Taylor Yankton-(blue)-Hicks Sioux• Falls-(green)-Taylor Sioux Falls-(green)-Hicks Mitchell-(magenta)-Taylor Mitchell-(magenta)-Hicks Huron-(magenta)-Hicks

SEGMENT 1, OMAHA-NORTH PLATTE

December 21-22, 1949

548 pieces) 749 pieces) 384 pieces) 956 pieces)

( 352 pieces) ( 1083 pieces) (1030 pieces)

.25

.25

.40

.25

.50

.25

.25

Service on Segment 1 of AM-90, between Omaha and North Platte, Nebr., was scheduled to be activated December 20th but was postponed to December 21st due to adverse weather condiitons. The eastern section of the segment did not receive service untll December 22nd.

The first westbound flight out of Omaha on December 21st returned to Omaha ten minutes after departure and was cancelled, account of weather; but a Hastings to North Platte section of the flight operated on the 21st, making no stop at McCook due to delayed operation of the flight. The eastbound flight of the .21st from North Platte ope1·ated as far as Hastings and was cancelled account of weather. On the following day. December 22nd, the westbound Omaha flight operated through to North Platte; carrying westbound philatelic mail on the Omaha-Hastings section as well as west­bound mail from McCook. Also, on the 22nd, the eastbound North Platte flight operat­ed through to Omaha; carrying eastbound philatelic mail on the Hastings-Omaha sec­tion of the segment, as well as the philatelic mail flown as far as Hastings on the pre­vious day - this mail received a Hastings backstamp of December 21, 4:00 P. M.

Official map type cachets, with appropriate pictorial inserts symbolic of each city, were provided for all points.

Cachet-Type 90. Pilots-Robert W. Hicks, Wayne F. Van Meter, Everett J.

90W24 Omaha-(blue)-Hicks f. Airfield-(green)

90W25 Council Bluffs-(black)-Hicks

90W2G 90E26 90W27 90E27 90W28 90E28 90W29 90E29 90W30 90E30 90W.31 90E31 90W32 90E32 90W33 90E33 99E34

a. (blue) Lincoln-(purple)-Hicks Lincoln-(purple)-Van Meter Beatrice-(magenta)-Hicks Beatrice-(magenta)-Van Meter Fairbury-(green)-Hicks Fairbury-(green)-Van Meter Hastings-( blue)-Taylor Hastings-·(blue)-Van Meter Grand Island-(black)-Taylor Grand Island-('black)-Taylor Kearney-(purple)-Taylor Kearney-(purple)-Taylor Lexington-(magenta)-Taylor Lexington-(magenta)-Taylor McCook-(green)-Hicks McCook-(green)-Taylor North Platte-(blue)-Taylor

Taylor. (1593 pieces) (1914 pieces) ( 1283 pieces)

(1068 pieces) ( 219 pieces) ( 4 71 pieces) (1095 pieces) ( 1643 pieces) ( 369 pieces) ( 1263 pieces) ( 425 pieces) ( *585 pieces) ( 1405 pieces) ( 534 pieces) ( 1370 pieces) ( ~73 pieces) (1291 pieces) ( 312 pieces) (1267 pieces) ( 1468 pieces)

* Despite quantity stated to have been carried, covers are unusually scarce.

ADDITION OF CRESTON, IOWA

June 1, 1950

.25

.25

.25 1.00

.25

.60

.30

.25

.25

.40

.25

.35 2.00 .25 .25 .25 .55 .25 .50 .25 .25

On June 1, 1950 Creston, Iowa was made a stop on Segment No. 3 of AM-90 be­tween Des Moines and Atlantic. An official map-type cachet was applied, which is similar in design to those ·used for the inauguration of Segment No. 3.

264 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENTS-Cont.

90E35 90W35

Cachet-Type 90. Pilots-Matthew Krebs, Robert Porter.

Creston-(green)-Krebs Creston-(green)-Porter

ADDITION OF COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA

October 3, 1950

( 1053 pieces) ( 270 pieces)

.25

.55

Effective on the above date Columbus, Nebraska was made a stop on Segment #2 of AM-90 between Fremont and Norfolk. An official map-type cachet was provided showing a farm scene, symbolic of the region around Columbus.

90S36 90N36

Cachet-Type 90. Pilots-Harry Brewer, George Richardson.

Columbus-(green)-Brewer Columbus-(green)-Richardson

• AIR MAlL ROUTE NO. 99

March 1, 1951

( 2055 pieces) ( 323 pieces)

Inaugural Carrier: Trans-Pacific Airlines

• INAUGURATION, LIHUE-HILO

May 15, 1951

.25 .45

On March 1, 1951 the Civil Aeronautics Board, after considerable debate, amended the certificate of Trans-Pacific Airlines to include authority to transport mail in the Territory of Hawaii in competition to existing service rendered by Hawaiian Air­lines. Cities served by AM-99 are also served by AM-33 and the routing is similar. The Board was of the opinion that competitive service within the Territory was in the pub­lic interest and had several advantages - resulting in improved service, better equip­ment, alternate service to rely on in case of a <;:atastrophe, and many other benefits.

On May 15, 1951, with little advance notice, service was inaugurated at Lihue, Honolulu, Hoolehua, Puunene, Kailua and Hilo by Trans-Pacific Airlines. Like AM-33, this route is operated in sections, namely: Honolulu-Lihue and eastwardly from Honolulu by separate flights to Hoolehua, Puunene, Kailua and Hilo. Three of the four flight~ eastward from Honolulu departed within a few minutes of each other. All Honolulu covers were cancelled 5 :30 A. M. except those to Kailua which received a 1:00 P. M. cancel. No official cachets were authorized.

Pilots-J. Clyde Allen, Olen V. Andrew, Frank T. Boyd, George P. Cullen, Allan W. Olson.

Lihue-(no cachet)-Olson Honolulu-(no cachet)-Olson

99El 99W2 99E2 99W3 99W4 99Wi'l 99W6

Honolulu-(no cachet)-Allen, Andrew, Cullen, Boyd Hoolehua-(no cachet)-Cullen Puunene-(no cachet)-Cullen Kailua-(no cachet)-Olson Hilo-(no cachet)-Cullen • Eastward Dispatches from Honolulu.

Departed Postmark Collectors• To Puunene 7:00A.M. 5:30A.M. 18 To Hilo 7:17A.M. 5:30A.M. 165 To Hoolehua 7:30A.M. 5:30A.M. 14 To Kailua 1:00 P.M. 1:00 P.M. 28

325

601 pieces) 1121 pieces)

(*5262 pieces) ( 405 pieces) ( 418 pieces) ( 620 pieces) ( 645 pieces)

Pieces Total

1.00 1.00 .80 .50 .50 .50 .50

Pieces 2565 2094 405 198

5262

Still a Few Left --·-on the oe::asion of the FIRST DAY OF ISSUE of the foUl

U. N. AIR MAIL stamps, 100 numbered sets of special· ly cacheted and autographed covers were prepared, to be sold for the benefit of the Publication fund of the

o{merican o{ir __ Mail Sociellj Each cover bears the specially designed printed cachet used

by the U. N. itself in sending its own covers for distribution to the press and distinguished personages. The set of four covers is properly franked with one each of the four air mail stamps on each cover and has of course, the official FIRST DAY OF ISSUE cancellation on each.

IN ADDITION, each of the four covers is autographed by one of the following distinguished persons connec.ted with the first day ceremonies:

HON.BERTaRENBORG Chief, United Nations Postal Administration

HON. ALBERT GOLDMAN Postmaster, New York, N. Y.

BERNARD DAVIS Director, National Philatelic Museum and Member of the Board

which chose the desi~ns for the U. N. stamps.

ADM. JESSE G. JOHNSON, USN (Ret'd.)

SPI:CIAL PRICI:

President, American Air Mail Society

Set of 4 covers $250 Post Free

YES, you can have another set or sets - until Supply Is Exhaust·

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NEW MEMBERS 3814 Leis, Raymond E., 3542 Westmount Ave., Los Angeles 43, Calif. 3815 Yannunzio, John, 534 Morris Ave., Summit, N. J.

'"- 3816 Danmann, Kurt, Konstanzerstrasse 9, West-Berlin, Germany. 3817 Riley, Harold S., 1600 Emory Street, Asbury Park, N. J. 3818 Amos, D., c/o Y. M. C. A., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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3819 Gravelat, Jean, 25, Place Jules-Ferry, Montrouge (Seine), France.

NEW APPLICATIONS Thomen, Dr. Luis F., 4500 16th St., N. W., Washington 11, D. C. Age 39. Diplomat.

AM AU X by Jesse G. Johnson. -Morris, Robert, 740 Miramar Ave., San Francisco 12, Calif. Age 16. Student. 'HC

RP Helicopter and Jet Plane Covers. by Wm. T. Wynn, Jr. Berman, Henry, 2219 Clinton Ave., S. Rochester 18, N. Y. Age 64. Accountant. PC

HC PB GF CAM F AM OF Z PIX Aero Postal Stationery by Grace Conrath. Nunnelley, Sherrell, 139 Fenley, Louisville, Ky. Age 29. Financial Secretary. Z X

by Grace Conrath Olson, Edward V., 1534 Edison Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Age Legal. Test Flight

Engineer Scandinavia. by Kessler M. Miller. Pearson, Elliott R., 361 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn 5, N. Y. Age 26. Agent N. A. L.

U20 UC PC HC PA FF GF CAM FAM RP CC OF DC Z CF lD X by Grace Conrath.

Stefansson, Magnus, Tungata 22, Reykjavik, Iceland. Age 54. Dealer. by Grace Conrath.

White, F. D., 1540 Takena Street, Albany, Oregon. Age 47. Electrical Engineer. by Jesse G. Johnson.

Mutczall, Bruno, ( 15) Erfurt/Thur, Treppenstr, Germany. Age 60. Clerk. AU F AM X by John R. Gregg.

REINSTATEMENTS 2063 Godinas, Francois, 62 rue de Vise', Wandre, Belgium.

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United Nations Postal Exhibit To Open In Philadelphia

• THE National Philatelic Museum,

in association with the United nations Postal Administration, will open an Exhibition of the First United Na­tions postage stamps and relative ma­terial, in the Museum at Broad and Dia­mond Streets, Philadelphia, on Thurs­day, May · 22.

The initiative to create the Exhibition was taken over a year ago by Bernard Davis, Founder and Director of the Mu­seum, and it was organized and ar­ranged by ]ames Baxter, Chairman of the Philatelic Research Committee of the Museum, in close cooperation with the United Nations Postal Administration, represented by ]an ]uta.

The exhibition includes original de­signs, proofs and philatelic rarities, to­gether with photographs and data cov­ering the whole production and manu­facture of the stamps.

•

THE All\POST ~OURNAL

There will be a preview at 3 p. m. on Thursday, May 22, for which special in­vitations have been issued, to be fol­lowed that evening by a banquet to be held at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Broad and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia.

Representatives of the Secretary-Gen­eral of the United Nations will be Ben­jamin Cohen, Assistant Secretary-Gen­eral of the Department . of Public Infor­mation, David B. Vaughan, Acting As­sistant Secretary-General of the Depart­ment of Conference and General Ser­vices, and Andrew W. Cordier, Execu­tive Assistant to the Secretary-General. Mr. Cohen and Mr. Cordier will be the principal speakers at the banquet. Also present will be the Mayor of Philadel­phia; Byron F. Wood, Director of the Bureau of General Services of the United Nations; and Bertil A. Renborg, Chief of the United Nations Postal Administra­tion, as well as representatives of the United States Post Office Department.

The Exhibition will remain open to the public for a month.

Two of the Attractive Cachets For. Current CAM Services

Hot Springs

APJ ADS RATES:

THREE CENTS PER WORD per inser­tion. Minimum ch a rge 50 cents. !<.emittance must accompany oruer and copy. 'l 'he AHtJ:'OST J u UttNAL, Al'J A ds, Albion,

Penn' a~·----------------------------------SEVERAL THOUSAND FIRST FLIGHT covers, CAM's, ~'AM's, Canadians, oU% aiscount 1947 -1950 catalogues. George L:napman, _t,;J Centro, Calif. 2o3-4t•

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FINE LOT OF 15 AIRMAIL COVERS, mc1uding J Zeppelins, :j>J. Remit lnterna­uonal 1V1oney u 1·aer . .K. Kroger, Schiller­str. S/, (:.!:.!OJ ~wewrucken, .c-rencn :t-one, l%ermany. 25Y-12t•

HAVE V-F MINT RUSSIA, C1-33; LATA­KIA, C8-1L Want U. S. Airs, Corns. Will give 4 1or 3 C. V. 11' hat do you have'! .t""roctor, 22o Eagewood, Silver Springs, Md. 204-2t•

CAM'S; FAM'S; D EDICATIONS AND ~'irst D ay covers on approval. Herget, 92 Arden, .t:suffalo, N . Y. 264-3t•

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WANTED TO BUY -- AIR LETTER Sheets and Aero-Postal Stationery, mint or flown. Walter R. Guthrie, Sea Cliff, New York. Ex264-t2

WANTED TO B UY - ZEPPELIN FLOWN covers and cards. Send offers w ith prices. Goris, 37 Rue de Bercy, P aris 12, .E 'rance.

Ex265-2t --------------------------HELICOPTER COVERS WANTED -- ES­pecially L. A . and Chicago Experimental flights. Also other helicopter miscellan­eous covers and related data. Fred Holla­day, 800 Sperry D rive, Colton, California.

Ex264-2t

KANDAOUROW, 27 RUE DES MARTYRS, Paris; echange achete, vends envelopes et cartes guerre 1939-45. Europe et colon­ies Francaise. Croix Rouge D u Monte en­tier de toutes epoques. Ex-lt

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WANTED- PHILIPPINE FIRST FLIGHT covers, except 1935 and 1937. Only fine material. Other fine covers for exchange. Early Haiti and others. Will also purchase. H. Harrison Huster, 42 East Lane, Madi­son, N . J. Ex-lt

AAMS EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT

BUY - SELL - WANT LISTS

WANTED -- WRECK, CRASH, OR WAR covers . 11· ill trade same types or other matenal that you need. Wilham G . Bagg, Sr., Box JJJ, Burlington, Vermont. Ex-1t

WANTED -- EGYPTIAN, CANADIAN, Sw1ss, Malayan stamps and .i''irst Flight covers. UI.Ier T1betan, Nepalese, lnd1an stamps, etc . Govmaa Dass Joshi, ~-37 Kel­tole, .h.atnmanau, Nepal. Ex-lt

WILL SWAP USED AIRS FOR ISRAEL SLamps, mHlL or used or on cover. !:::iamuel ::item, w~ l:onelyou ha ., .l:Srooklyn ltl, N . Y. Bx2o5-2t

WAI'ITED -- ROCKET COVERS, HELI­l:Urll!.rt::i, :<:arly u. "· .c'irst Day ana .l<'lrst J:. ·Hc:;ITt covers, 1...,ava1 and .t-'aqueoot covers. W1.11 excnange or ouy. rtooen: Corby, l:sox 83, Dover, 1'< . J. Ex-lt

l AM STILL SEEKING OLD NEWSPAP­.l!;h.S, magazines, articles, maps, etc, any­thing to ao witl1 early L:ana01an Ali l'osc­al history. 1\ 11at w1ll you have in ex­cnange. "-l K app, ZIZd Amgs .tiighway, .tH'OOKlyn G~, J'<. >. Ex-lt

EXCHANGE AUTOGRAPHS OF FRENCH _r;toneet·s on contemporary postal cards, a1so uiugraphies or 1: rencn r-toneers. Sena rrte yo u1· 11St, mine \VU1 .touow. Cl1as . .t-attlson, loGo E. l!'lth S t., Ch1cago 17, l!L

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EXCHANGE WANTED -- OFFER CUBA v1~ U. !Jr. GU1teras and Isabella Airmail snee<s, mmt ana .c·. l.Jay f or other a1rmail stamps ana sheets. .rtafael R. Garcia, Aparcado 1Z9, H avana, Cuba. Ex-lt

FIRST FLIGHTS -- CAM'S -- 1934 to 1951 offered slightly over cost. FAM's 1935 to aate -- ~v percent AAiVI8 Catalogue dis­euuntings. ::.upero. Showpieces. horn, J2 Sterling .Place, Brooklyn 17, N . Y. Ex-lt

AIR LETTER SHEETS WANTED - A Mint copy or Germany 2-LS. S. A. Cul­verwell, .t'. 0. Box ~449, Philladelphia 1, Penna Ex-lt

EARLY AIR EVENTS AND A IR SOUV­,;Nlli labels exchange wanted. J. J. Lohr, 144'1 M.inrord Place, New York 60, N. Y.

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MISSING C. A.M. FIRST FLIGHTS? WILL exchange CAM's for mint U. S. Send for 11sts. Wha t routes or years do you need'! Nahl, 2014J Lincoln, Evanston, Illinoi&.

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HAVE COMPLETE SETS AIRP OST JOURNAL, 1948 to date. What do you need? Benjamin Ladin, 5701 Fifteenth Avenue, Brooklyn 19, N. Y. Ex262-2t

FOREIGN FIRST D AY COVERS WANT­ED in wholesale quantities. Will exchange philatelic m aterial for same. Foreign cor­respondents wanted to service FDC. Write Walter Brooke, Boyertown, P a. EJ~;263-2t

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