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• President Johnson Receives Polar Flight Cover. During Cere­monies at Recent A. S. D. A. Fourth National Stamp Exhibition, President Jesse G. Johnson of the American Air Mall Society was Presented with a Souvenir Cover from the Recent Pre-Regular Polar Flight Service of Scandinavian Air Lines System. Pretty Hostesses !n Photo are, left to right, Solveig Ingolfsrud, Marjatta Tolonen

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The 1929 National Elimination Balloon Races at Pittsburgh

• by DR. MAX KROHSTEIN

I N the November 1951 issue of the JOURNAL there appeared

an article on the 1921 Gordon Bennett International Balloon Races.

There are many other balloon events, both National and International, which offer interesting subject matter for studies by aerophilatelists. This present report is concerned with the balloon post carried by the balloons which participat­ed in the National Elimination Balloon Races at Pittsburgh on May 2-4, 1929.

The purpose of the races was the selec­tion of the United States participants for the forthcoming International Gordon Bennett Balloon Races to be held in St. Louis, September 10, 1929. The special cachet illustrated herein was applied to all covers. According to this cachet the races were scheduled to take place be­tween May 2 and May 4, 1929 with Commander Charles A. Rosendahl acting as the referee of the races. Three blimps of the Goodyear Zeppelin Co., the Pil­grim, the Puritan and the Plymouth, were to circle over the field during the take-offs.

In spite of the springtime date early in May, high winds and heavy snow de­layed the start until the 4th of May.

The participants were: Balloon #1 {Aircraft Development Club

Detroit) W. A. Kllkoff and Thorward Larson Landed at Eastpoint, Pa. {near Williamsport) Distance: 165 miles

Balloon #2 (U. S. Army No. 3) Lt. L. A. Lawson and Lt. E. Feg­elsonger Landed at Roxbury, N. Y. Distance: 300 miles

• Balloon #3 {U. s. Army No. 2)

Capt. E. W. Hill and Lt. R. Heald Landed at Ellenville, N Y. Distance: 300 miles

Balloon #4 {U. s. Army No. 1) Capt. W. J. Flood and Lt. U. G. Ent Landed at Livingston Manor (near Ellenville, N. Y.) Distance: 300 miles

Balloon #5 (Balloon Pittsburgh) Dr. George M. le Gallee and Walter Chambers Landed at Clinton (near Utica, N.Y.) Distance: 300 miles.

Balloon #6 (Detroit Times) E. J. Hill and Arthur G. Schlosser Remarks: Attempted to land at Elm Grosse, Mass. without suc­cess; thereafter the wind carried the balloon into the Adirondacks where it was wrecked in a lonely area. It took the aeronauts 50 hours to find food. Distance: Not announced ·at the time.

Balloon #7 (St. Louis) Capt. H. E. Honeywell ana Rol• and J. Gaupel Landed at Middlesex {near Gen­eva, N.Y.) Distance: 225 miles

Balloon #8 (Detroit Balloon Club) G. A. u. Rasmussen and Tracy Southworth Landed at Empyville (near Cam­den, N.Y.) Distance: 300 miles

Balloon #9 (American Business Club of Akron) A. c. Palmer and Walter B. Grif­fin Remarks: Balloon developed a leak and landed near Mt. Pleas­ant, only 32 miles from the start.

Balloon #10 (U. S. NavY No. 2) Lt. Jack C. Richardson and Lt. M. M. Bradley Landed at Apollo, Pa Distance: 27 miles.

Balloon #11 {Goodyear VTI) Ward T. Van Orman and Alan L.

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BALLOON RACES - continued

e One of the Covers Carried by Balloon #5. Showing the Cachet Used on All Mail Carried by these Balloons.

MacCracken Landed at Keeseville, N. Y. Distance: 465 miles

Balloon #12 (U. S. Navy No. 2) Lt. T . G. W. Settle and Wilfred Bushnell Landed at Prince Edward Island, Canada Distance: 900 miles Remarks : This Balloon was the Winner of this Race. Time in air: 44 hours.

After finding some mail from this race, the author approached several collectors for more details on the mail and he wish­es express his appreciation to Harry A. Truby, who witnessed the start at Pitts­burgh . He also confirmed that all bal­loons carried mail, but the mail from only six balloons was ever returned to him.

The mail is to be identified by the postal cancellation of the postoffice near­est the landing. In the forestanding list of the balloons the attempt has been made to identify the points of landing in a manner related to the postal cancella­tion. Nevertheless, the identification is not always easy. For instance: Both U. S. Army Balloons #2 and #3 landed so close to each other near Ellenville, N. Y. that it is difficult to decide if covers with the cancellation of Livingston Manor, N. Y. May 6 were carried in the one or in the other.

The following mail is known:

Cancellation : Balloon

Eastpoint, Pa. May 6, 1929 A. M. #1

Roxbury, N. Y. May 7, 1929 #2 Livingston Manor, N. Y. May 6,

1929 A. .M. #3 or #4

Clinton, N. Y., May 13, 1929' P. M. #5

Other mail which is known has the cancellation of:

Slate Run, Pa., May 6, 1929 A. M. Since this point is near Eastpoint, Pa., and also near Williamsport, Pa., it is possible that this is ·part of the mail carried in Balloon #1.

Lakehurst, N . ·J., May 8, 1929 P. M. No balloon landed near Lakehurst and it must be assumed that the mail which has this cancella.l;iQJl was on board of one of the U. S. Navy balloons and was posted by one of their pilots on return to the base. (Balloon #10 9r #12)

The mail of balloon #6 may have been lost in the crash of the balloon in the Adirondacks. But other mail may be in collections. It will be appreciated if readers who have additional information will contact the editor and thus make it possible to complete the data about the balloon posts of the ational Balloon Races at Pittsburgh in 1929.

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)'FRENCH Colonial stamps occupy the limelight in the little news

which we have for this start of a new year in aerophilately. Cuba and Eucador produce two unattractive sets. Let us hope 1953 brings us fewer - but more brilliantly designed - stamps than was the case during this past year.

CAMEROONS The 500£. stamp soon due will show

the Piton Rock near Humsiki. It is being designed by Gaudon and recess printed. CHILE

The National Air Lines set has two stamps added. They are a 40c purple showing a plane over a lake on water­marked paper and a 4 Pesos orange showing a plane over a mountain road on unwatermarked paper.

COSTA RICA A new set of stamps picturing indus­

tries of Costa Rica has been authorized and will be produced by a different pro­cess than heretofore used by this country. The Director of Posts has commissioned the Chamber of Industries to provide a series of photos from which the subjects for the various values can be selected.

CUBA

The martyred students airs are the poorest designed and printed emissions yet to come from this island. The 5c in two shades of blue presents "Ahna Mater", symbol of Havana University. The 25c green and orange shows the heads of Nicolas Estavanez, Frederico Capdevila - students -and Fermin Val­des Dominguez one of the defenders of the students. The stamps commemorate the Nov. 27, 1871 shooting of medical students who allegedly desecrated a grave of a political figure.

• ALTON J. BLANK

1089 WINSTON ROAD, SOUTH EUCLID 2I,OHIO

ECUADOR One hundred years ago the slaves

were freed by Urvina. Four stamps of a quickly produced lithographed job are at hand recalling this event. The values are 60c red, 90c purple, 1 S. orange, and 2 S. brown. Urvina's portrait and a condor are shown along with a broken chain. The inscription in Spanish translates "First centenary of free slaves in Ecua­dor 1851-1952." All stamps are rouletted. We illustrate the design.

FR. EQUATORIAL AFRICA The centenary of the birth of Mon­

seigneur Augouard is observed by the issuance of a 15 f. brown and lilac and green stamp showing a bust of the pre­late and the cathedral at Brazzaville. The artist who created this stamp is Raoul Serres.

Pierre Gaudon is reported designing a 500£. value showing tropical birds in a jungle setting.

LAOS To signalize its entry into the UPU

this new Indo-China state has released a 25 P blue and grey and a 50 P brown and mauve pair of airs. The stamps show the UPU monument at Berne and the head of King Sisavang-Vong.

LIBERIA The United Nations emblem surround­

ed by the flags of Liberia, Great Britain, France, U. S. S. R. and the U. S. A. is the central design of the latest stamp from this African Republic. It is 25c in value and colored light blue and red.

The design is by Stanley S. Wager and the stamp is the product of E. A. Wright & Co. This stamp is illustrated elsewhere.

Normal copies can undoubtedly be obtained at the Liberian Agency in New York City. Let's hope one will not have

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

e Attractive Bi-Co1ors Feature New Issues of the Month.

to see his local dealer for imperf, part perf., or color varieties at some later date!

NICARAGUA

Five air mail stamps commemorating the signing of the ODECA Charter (Or­ganization de Estados Centro Ameri­canos) at San Salvador will be released on March 31. Values, designs and colors are: .04 blue, ODECA flag; .05 light green, map of Central America; .06 light brown, Coat of' Arms of ODECA; .10 palm leaf green, the Presidents of five Central American states; .50 slate,

ODECA Charter and flags of the five signatories. The stamps will be steel en­graved and will be produced by Messrs. De La Rue & Co., London.

PHILIPPINES The color of the Panapex stamp noted

in November is brilliant rose red. A mil­lion copies were reported issued.

SAN MARINO A recent aerial photographic survey

was made and two commemorative stamps resulted. Was there more than one picture necessary? One is 25 L. olive

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Kitty Hawk Ceremonies Inaugurate 50th Year Wright Flight Anniversary

• by JESSE G. JOHNSON, President AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY

]'[(""!TTY Hawk and Washington ~ celebrated the 49th Anniversary

of the Wright Brothers Flight on the Sand Dune~ of North Carolina on Dec­ember 17 lfst. The Events at Kitty Hawk followed closely the pattern of previous commemorations but several innovations made this year's observance particularly memorable.

The big event was the Sonic Boom which exploded in the air above the Wright Brothers Monument as three Air Force Sabre Jets dove at the Monument with speed higher than the speed of sound. When these planes pulled out of their dives there was an atmospheric phenomenon like an explosion as they passed through the sound barrier. This was certainly an ultra-modern tribute to the Wright Brothers when it is consider­ed that the Sabre Jets went somewhere above the speed of sound ( 750 miles an hour) in contrast to the 31 miles an hour made by the Wright Brothers in their short flight of 49 years ago.

Other events at Kitty Hawk included a memorable service during which wreaths from three cities, E]izabeth City and Manteo, North Carolina and Dayton, Ohio, birthplace of the Wright Brothers,

-were placed on the Monument. This was followed by the United States Air Pow­er Review which was participated in by Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard Air­planes.

Later at a luncheon held at the First Colony Inn at Naggs Head, N. C. and in sight of the Pylon Monument with its perpetual light, Igor Sikorsky paid trib­ute to the Wright Brothers and to the development of aviation in the United States. Other speakers were Arthur F. Kelly, president of the Air Force Assoc­iation and Major General Patrick W. Timberlake, USAF Commanding Officer of the Air Proving Ground Command at Pope Air Force Base, Fayetteville, N. C.

• Present at both functions was the re­

porter from the Norfolk Virginian, Pilot Harry P. Moore who initially broke the story of the First Flight in 1903 which had been telegraphed to him in Norfolk Virginia from a Coast Guard Station at Kitty Hawk. More than a thousand spec­tators attended the ceremony at the Monument and the music was furnished by the Elizabeth City High School Band.

The Monument itself is worth going miles to see. It is planted on the highest Sand Dune in the Area overlooking the exact spot where the Wright Brothers made their flight. It has a stairway in it so that visitors may go to the top and see the surrounding scenery and many miles out over the Atlantic Ocean. Dur­ing the American Air Mail Society Con­vention in September ceremonies · were also held at the Monument after which a shore dinner was enjoyed in the Shrine Club of Manteo. On the way back to our Convention Headquarters in Norfolk we had to pass the monument after dark and with the artificial lighting on the Monument and the ground fog and dark­ness around the Sand Dune on which it is located, it gave the impression of sit­ting right up there in the sky with no attachment whatsoever to the earth.

The second half of this year's celebra­tion was held in Washington at the Statler Hotel. The Wright Memorial Dinner had President Harry S. Truman for its main speaker who stated that U. S. Air Power can stop any War started by the Reds. He predicted also that In­ternational Air Routes would be hot potatoes for the new President and gave the vVright Memorial Trophy to Major ] ames H. Doolittle in recognition of his contributions to civilian Aviation, espec­illy for his report on the problem of the use and location of airports.

General Doolittle in accepting the A ward called for adoption of a "Long

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JANUARY, 1953

7o .All Owr Friends 7hroughout 7he. World

"Happy new Year"

Edgar Mohrmann Mr. Mohrmann will be in New York during

January - February 1953 and will be pleased to meet with Philatelists in the United States.

EDGAR MOHRMANN HAMBURG SPEERSORT 6

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GERMANY

National Inaugurates Direct New York-Havana Route

• Idlewild International Airport, Jan. 1-

When a National Airlines' DC-6 left here at 9:30 a. m. on this New Year's Day, to inaugurate a new non-stop ser­vice between New York and Havana, Cuba, its cargo hold contained 202 pounds of mail, of which sixteen pounds ( 1,289 pieces) were philatelic souvenir specially cacheted and postmarked either "New York, N. Y." or "Air Mail Field, N. Y." Sixteen passengers and a small amount of cargo also were on the mani­fest.

The-relatively small amount of mail was due to insufficient advance notice of the new service which has been pending for more than a year awaiting approval of the Cuban Government. Prior to the departure of the aircraft, Fred Carle, Foreman of the Postal Transportation Service, Foreign Section, at Idlewild, posed with Capt. T. M. Sutor, William R. Armstrong, NAL's Station Manager,

AIRPORT DEDICATION COVER NEWS

by WILLIAM T. WYNN

• Palm Springs, Calif. dedicated on Nov. 29. Cards were sent to all of those who have cards for such news with your editor and there should have been plenty of time for those who wished to cover the event. - Camp Drum was dedicat-­ed on Aug. 22; covers were mailed from G1·eat Bend and Watertown, N. Y., the nearest post offices. - Berkley Bedell of SpiTit Lake, Ia. will hold covers for the dedication planned in the spring. - No Dedication is planned at McAlester, Okla. but the Chamber of Commerce will keep us informed when plans are made for the event. - Wausau, Wis. held a dedi­cation on Sept. 13-14; only covers of the 13th have been: reported so far. Who can report a 14th? - Guntersville, Ala. air­port was dedicated on Oct. 16; we know of no covers being mailed.

and the five sacks of mail as they were put aboard. -Ernest A. Kehr

:;; • A ... E~R!P0 ~ ~- =.: ~ 11111

POSTAL STATIONERY ·NOTES ~~

• Conducted by

Aero Postal Stationery Society Of America

A Unit Of The American Air Mail Society GEORGE D. KINGDOM, Organizing Secretary, Conneaut, Ohio

"\,\\_YORK is progressing on the new "~ 1953 edition of the American

Air Mail Catalogue of Air Letter Sheets. The Committee hopes to release this about February 15 and advises that the new work will be a complete catatogue rather than a Suppl~ment and, naturally, will be greatly· enlarged to accommodate the many new issues since the appearan­ce of the 1951 basic book. A number of new illustrations are being included and some of the cuts previously used are be­ing replaced and improved. Advance orders for the new book can now be placed with the Publication Office at Albion, Pa. The price of the work is $2.50 post free in the United States and Canada, $2.75 per copy to other foreign destinations. CHINA

Richard L. Singley sends us what is obviously a new and different printing of the air letter sheet for use from Na­tionalist China to foreign destinations. The sheet in question is similar in style and arrangement to No. SLS but all printing is in a lighter tone and there are many minor changes in stamp and inscriptions which indicate that an en­tirely new plate was employed for this printing. The impressed stamp is wider and taller and is situated farther away from the "PAR AVION" impressed label at lower right of sheet. Characters on re­verse of the sheet are narrower spaced and the distance between the two dots at each end of the second line of text at right margin of the rear of sheet is some­what shorter than on the previous print-

--·--ing. The brackets forming the parenthesis for the first line of this text are farther apart than in the previous printing. When the two examples are compared side by side the differences are patently obvious to the naked eye. DENMARK

The long expected 60 ore sheet in the single definitive ty;pe stamp bearing the King's head was released on November 19. The sheet is pr.e­cisely similar to previous issues ex­cept for the change in stamp and bears the code numlber 7 to the left of the triangle found in the lower left corner of the face of the sheet.

RYUKUS We naw illustrate the 12 yen air

letter sheet of this country which was chronicled in our issue of Nov­ember 1952.

ST. CHRISTOPHER This British dependency, which is

familiarly known to most collectors as St. Kitts-Nevis, has released its first air letter. The stamp is printed in brown and is 'inscribed with the name of the three principal Islands which comprise the dependency, namely, St. Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla. The value is 12c and shows a view of Sir Thomas Warner's tomb at St. Kitts, together with the head of the late King George VI. The basic sheet is the new blue paper with nar­row setting which is now b~ming standard for most of the British pos­sessions. The sheet was first released

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e The New Sheei from ihe Ryukyus Chronicled Lasi Monih.

on November 17, 1952 and should prove to be relatively scarce as with­in a reasona•ble length of time these sheets will, no doubt, be replaced by new stationery bearing the head of Queen Elizabeth II. ST. LUCIA

The previously forecast 12c air letter sheet of this British Colony was released at Castries on Novem­ber 11, 1952. The stamp is printed in maroon and is of the King's head medallion type common to the lower valrues of the ourrent adhesive set. Differing as regards the neighboring Colony of St. Christopher, however, this sheet h as been produced on the old gray paper with grayish overlay ahd with inscriptions in dark blue and in wide setting. This sheet also cari be expected to have but limited currency. Harold G. Fisher, Walter R. Guth1·ie and R-ichard L. Singley have sent us examples of this new sheet. SOUTH WEST AFRICA

Walter R. Gttthrie of New York h as sent us a companion sheet to our presently listed sheet No. lOLS of this country. It is the Springbok type of Union of South Afri-ca, Afri­kaans inscription first, and over­printed in wider spaced bloc'k letters withou,t serifs. It is believed that this sheet was brought out sometime in 1951 along with the simiLar sheet which is inscribed with the English text first; however, apparently none of them have been reported prior to this time. UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA

A surprise sheet in a completely new type has been forwarded us by I. H. C. Godfrey · of Johannesburg through the courtesy of Richard L. Singley. This is a completely new

(ype with an impressed s-tamp at top right which incorporates the usual Spring~bok; however, the wording in the design is slightly rearranged and it has been exeouted in bold rand sharp silhouette· rather than in the pastel type of treatment previously used. The paper appears to be the same as previously and all printing is in bright blrue on gray. A-cross the top of the sheet · are the three words , "PAR AVION - LUGPOS- AIR MAIL". At top · left in an irregular­ly shaped panel reproduced in • re­verse pLate are the words "AERO­GRAMME - LUGBRIElF - AIR

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AIR LETTER SHEETS

-·-Some New And Recent Issues

Mint Flown Australia (SLS) .................... . 25 .30* Bahrain 6 Annas (lLS) ......... 30 .35 Aden 50 cen ts (4LS) ................. 25 .30 Belgium (Laid Paper) 6LS ..... 25 .30 Belgium (Laid Paper) 7LS ..... 25 .30 Denmark 60 Ore (llLS) ......... 25 .30° Ethiopia (3LS) ................... ..... .35 .45 Gold Coast (3LS) ................. 25 .30 Italy 120 Lira (2LS) . . ........ .45 .45* Israel !lOP. (6LS) ................ .25 .30* Israel !SOP. (7LS) ....... ......... .25 .35° Japan 50/ 62 Yen (6LS) ......... 40 .40* Kuwait 6 Annas (lLS) ......... 30 .35 . Muscat 6 Annas (lLS) ........ .30 .35 Ryukyus (lLS) ......................... 25 .35* San Marino 120 Lira (5LS) .. . 45 .45° St. Christopher (lLS) ............ .25 .30* St. Lucia (lLS) ......................... 25 .30° Trieste 120 Lira (2LS) .... .... .45 .45* Trinidad (3LS) .................... .... .25 .30 Thailand (lLS) ........................ .40 .45* Vatican City 80 Lira (5LS) .35 .3'5*

• - Flown First D ay of Issue. -·-WALTER R.

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GUTHRIE NEW YORK I

Scandinavian Airlines System Ties A. S. D. A. Airpost Exhibit To ·Polar Flight

']fHE official flight report rendered by the U. S. Post Office Depart­

ment shows that a total of 25,429 souv­enir covers were carried on the Experi­mental Polar Flight of Scandinavian Air Lines System from Los Angeles, Calif. to Copenhagen, Denmark on November 19 last. One stop was made at Edmon­ton, Canada and it is believed a limited number of additional covers were taken on at this point. The plane was under the command of Capt. Povl Jensen with Capt. Sven Gibson acting as First Of­ficer. All covers were postmarked at 8 A. M., November 19 and were back­stamped at 9:45 P. M. the next day at Copenhagen. All covers received, in red, the unofficial cachet which was illustrat­ed i~ the December Journal.

In connection with· publicizing the flight and the souvenir covers from same, the Airline maintained a booth at the

·Fourth National A. S. D. A. Postage Stamp Show in New York, November 21-23. The booth was staffed by attrac­tive hostesses of the Airline, some of whom are shown on the front cover this month along with President Johnson of the American Air Mail Society. Another attraction of the show was a section from one of the outstanding air mail collections of Denmark, the property of K. Lindkog of Odense, ·Denmark, who is a member of the SAS Stamp Collectors Club. His special collection of . Danish First Flight Covers really . belongs in . a class by itself and conhiins many valuable unique pieces. The pioneer section begins with one of the rarest Danish First Flight items,. a card· flown by Robert Svendsen on September 2, 1911 across the Little Belt. Other. interesting items shown were two pieces of Zeppelin mail, flown from CopenhagEm to Hamburg on board of the airship "Hansa" and some beautiful balloon postal cards from Aarhus, carried on the Balloon "Continental II", on Sep­tember 22, 1912; In addition, quite a number of the extremely rare Danish · pioneer semfcofficial airpost stamps were shown, in mint condition and on flown

• cards and covers. On some other pages one could admire cards and covers, so called Ice Mail Flights, flown on emer­gency trips during the cold winter seas­on from 1922 to 1929, connecting the Danish mainland with some of the small islands. These flights were often estab­lished with only a few hours notice and they are, therefore, very scarce. Another section of this famous collection contains First Flight mail from Denmark to fore­ign countries and vice versa. Here are found most all of the international flights of the Scandinavian Airlines from Denmark to foreign countries.

Another SAS frame at the A. S. D. A. Show contained items of the Scandinav­ian air mail collection of M. Johanson of Kastrup in Denmark. Here too, collectors could admire some very interesting First Flight covers from the Northern coun­tries.

The exhibit of these two interesting air mail cover collections, covering the entire development of aviation in the Scandinavian countries, was made pos­sible through the courtesy of the "SAS Philatelist Club" in Copenhagen and the Scandinavian Airlines System, which flew over the collection especially for the A. S. D. A. Show.

• AIRS OF THE MONTH-

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• green and the other is 75 L brown and violet. The lower denomination shows a plane over the landscape while the other value depicts a plane over Mt. Titano thru a window. Both designs are illus­trated.

Cooperators are: Miss Marie Hurley, Alfred F. Stem, Irving Ray, Nicolas San­abria, inc., Rafael R. Garcia, Fr~ In-: formation Service, 0. E. DeSio, Emeito Quiros A., and Augustin Vanegas .P. ·

Speci~l U. N. Committee

Chooses Stamp Designs •

A. A. M. S. Airposter Heads Committee

• ~\ S reported last month a special

R..\ selection Committee has chosen a number of prize winning designs which will be utilized in connection with new stamps to be released by the United Nations in 1953-54. The American Air Mail Society can take pride in the fact that one of its members, Dr. Luis F. Thomen, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States, served as Chairman of this Committee and that Bernard Davis, a Director of the Society and Harry L. Lindquist, Honorary Mem­ber, also served on this Committee. At the right is shown one of the designs which secured a major award and which will be used for a forthcoming air' mail stamp. It is the work of Willi Wolf Wind of the firm of Wind-Struski of Tel Aviv,

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• One of the Prize Winning Designs Selected for Use as an Air Mail Stamp

Israel. Mr. Wind has previously designed several of the stamps for Israel. The photo below shows the Committee at work, urrounded by some of the many designs

submitted in the competition. Messrs. ]an ]uta, Reidar Tvedt ( Chief, U. N. Postal Administration) and David Vaughn are employees of the United Nations; the others are prominent phila­telists.

e Selection CommiUee: Left to- right, D'r. Luis F. Thomen, Chairman, Jan Juta, Bernard Davis, Reidar Tvedt, David Vaughn, Edwin Mueller and H. L.

Lindquist.

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FLORENCE L. KLEINERT - A. A. M. S. Chapter News

RICHARD L. SINGLEY - F. A. M. Air Mail Routes WILLIAM R. WARE - Contract Air Mail Routes

WILLIAM T. WYNN - Dedication Covers Assistant Editor ALTON J. BLANK also conducts "Airs of the Month" Department

ASSOCIATE EDITORS FRANCIS J. FIELD F. W. KESSLER DR. MAX KRONSTEIN

THOMAS J. O'SULLIVAN JAMES WOTHERSPOON

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'i WALTER J. CONRATH successively ~;Isiness Manager and Editor. To his memory

issues of the JOURNAL gratefully dedicated. are the future

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Chance For A Good~; Deed! •

S there a generous 'soul in the house with $75 to spend on a worthy

]If cause? Or three generous souls with $25 each? Or fifteen with $5 each? Our appeal for missing issues of The Airpost Journal which was pub­

lished last month has met with instantaneous response and we have been deluged with copies of the missing issues from co-operative readers. The list of those who have sent these numbers is a long one and they are still being received, so we can only say "Thanks a million" to all those who have responded.

As re1!ders will recall the primary purpose of such appeal was to per­mit the Society to assemble a complete set of the Journal for presentation to the Smithsonian Institution in 'Vashington. This set has now been completed BUT - much as it should like to do so - the Society itse~ is not in a position to make this donation outright because of the large out-of-pocket costs for binding same. These 23 bound volumes have a retail sale value {and there are several members who are waiting to acquire such sets) of $110. The binding cost alone is approximately $75. The Society is more than willing to donate the value of the back issues themselves but must appeal to the membership to underwrite the binding cost of the proposed presentation to the Smith­sonian.

If there are any members who would like to participate in this pro­ject, please write the Editor statiilg just how much you will undertake to con­tribute. Please do not send any money at this time; after replies have been tabulated you will be advised of your proportionate allotment of the $75. Naturally, the names of all participating will be published in the Journal and will be reported to the Smithsonian for permanent recording in that Institu­tions' file of donors.

NEW LIFE MEMBERS

• W E are pleased to welcome the

following to Life Member­ship in the AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY:

#66 J. F. REINHARDT, JR., 804 Tay­lor St., Wichita Falls, Texas.

#68 FREDERICK B. FITTS, 47 Nelson St., Framingham, Mass.

Alert readers will no doubt note the omission of LM #67 and we hasten to add that this number was assigned some years ago to CHARLES G. RIESS of Albany, N. Y., who is some­thing of a numerologist and requested this particular number. This in itself, is evidence of the kind of co-operation which Secretary-Treasurer JOHN J. SMITH will give to any member de­siring to become a Life MembeJ:! The fee of $50 may be paid in several in­s~allments or even ~ver a period of months - not exceedmg two years. In attaining Life Membership one not only joins a select group of members who demonstrated their faith in and loyalty to the Society, but assures the receipt of the Journal and all other benefits of membership for the rest of his natural life. Why not write Secre­tary Smith, Ferndale & Emerson Sts., Philadelphia 11. Pa., today?

HELP WANTED! •

T HE fine response from the membership in connection with the missing numbers of

The Airpost Journal; has tempted us to appeal once again to the generous and co-operative instincts of our read­ers. Most readers are aware that over a period of years the Post Office De­partment has provided special post­marks for the various Convention Sta­tions established in connection with A. A. M. S. Conventions, especially on those occasions when a new air mail stamp was released from such stations. We have been putting together a ref­erence collection of such items and while we had no difficulty in securing examples of the first date of each such Convention postmark, we struck a snag when we tried to find examples of use of these postmarks on either the sec­ond or third day of the respective meetings.

We need:

Chicago, Ill. Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, 1934

Springfield, Mass., July 2 and 3, 1937

Not only will any reader who is able to supply any of . these items receive our grateful thanks, but we are pre­pared to reciprocate the courtesy in any fashion desired by the sender. If you can help, write the Editor.

RANDOM NOTES FROM THE

EDITORS DESK

• THAT much needed rest which

was required by your editor was accomplished in early December in the company of Past President George D. Kingdom on a most enjoyable trip to Bermuda, the Bahamas and Cuba. We shipped aboard the SS "OCEAN MON­ARCH" which was under the command of Captain C. ]. H. Dunford, himself an ardent philatelists, and cordial host to all of those whose interests lay in that direction. Upon arrival in Cuba we were privileged to renew our friendship with many members of the Club Filatelica de la Republic de Cuba which, members will recall, served as host chapter to the outstanding convention of the American Ai-r Mail ~ociety held in Havana in 1948. Our good friend and Past National Offi­cer of the American Air Mail Society, Rafael Oriol of Havana, arranged a spec­ial luncheon which was held at the Club Regulardora in Havana and the visitors were honored by the presence of Messrs. Oriol, Angulo, Milian and Dr. Thomas Terry, all Past Presidents of the Society, by Sr. Edward Runken, the incumbent President and by Messrs. del Campo, Cano, Ferran and Garcia, members of the Club. A photo was taken at the time of the luncheon is shown on an adjoining page and it was very gratifyin)!; to us to find such an important and flourishing group of philatelists actively functioning in the Cuban capital. Later the same day we were the guests of Rafael Oriol and his charming wife, Conchita, for cock-. tails at their home and dinner at the fab­ulous Tropicana night club. During the same evening through arrangements made by Ricardo del Campo, Messrs. Oriol, Kingdom and Gatchell participated in a radio broadcast over the government station CMQ which is sponsoring a weekly program on philately. Our re-

marks were, of course, in the English language and were taken down on a tape recorder. A Spanish translation was dub­bed in and the entire program later aired over this station and its affiliated stations throughout Cuba. Readers will not be surprised to learn that Q_ur talks stressed the peculiar importance of air mail in the philatelic scheme of things. The fol­lowing morning we flew north from Havana on National Airlines' famous "STAR" flight, accomplishing the entire trip, with an hour's stop in Tampa for customs inspection, in just under six hours.

" " " Members of the American Air Mail

Society who have held such membership over a period of years will be saddened to learn of the recent death of Mrs. Myrt­le Shaughnessy, a former employee of the Post Office Department, who was long associated with the Division of Stamps and who presided over many of the first day sales held at various offices through­out the United States. Mrs. Shaughnessy served for many years before her death as secretary to Robert E. Fellers and was well known to all of the officers of the American Ah· Mail Society. She super­vised the first day sales at the conven­tions of the American Air Mail Society held in St. Petersburg, Florida and at Atlantic City, New Jersey, at which times the 6c red and black eagle type air mail stamp and the lOc purple of the definitive set were released. Mter leav­ing the Department Mrs. Shaughnessy authored a book upon her experjences in connection with the stamp collecting habits of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. She had a most pleasant and charming personality and was always eager and anxious to cater to the some­times trying and demanding wants of

JANUARY, 1953 117

e Luncheon Meeting at "La Reguladora" of CLUB FILA TELICA DE LA REPUBLICA DE CUBA During Recent Havana Visit of Past Presidents

Gatchell and Kingdom • . , stamp collectors. She was an honorary member of the Mystic Order of the KLT and her passing will be missed by all of her collector friends. .. .. ..

Just as we go to press we have learn­ed through Ernest A. Kehr of the sudden death of William M. Stuart of Washing­ton, D. C. Mr. Stuart was Stamp Editor of the Washington Post and had been associated with the newspaper business in Washington, D. C. for most of his eighty add years. Less than six months ago his wife was killed in an automobile accident and "Uncle Billy", as he was familiarly called, never completely re­covered from this tragedy. Mr. Stuart was Chairman of the Arrangements Committee for the last Washington con­vention of the American Air Mail Society, which was held at the Raleigh Hotel in Washington and also leaves a host of friends who will regret the passing of this "grand old man" of philately.

The mention of Washington personali­ties reminds us that the Honorable Jos­eph ]. Lawler, for many years Third Assistant Postmaster General and as such in overall charge of the stamp program of the Post Office Department, has re­cently resigned his position and has been appointed Director of the Internal Reve­nue Office at Scranton, Pa. - a position recently placed under civil service by action of Congress. Mr. Lawler started his career in the State of Pennsylvania and from the Scranton area went on to many important posts in labor and gov­ernment. He will assuredly have the good wishes of his many friends in this new assignment.

.. .. .. Located within the same State of Penn­

sylvania is the busy "Department Store of Philately" operated by Elmer R. Long of 112 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa., whose double spread advertisements ap-

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Life Member: AAMS APS SPA

JANUARY. 1953

F. Stanley who completed service to Seattle.

AM ROUTE #77, SEGMENT #8 __; Also inaugurated on September 28,

1952, this segment operates from Port­land, Oregon via Yakima, Wenatchee, Moses Lake-Ephrata (use same airport) to the terminal Spokane-Coeur d'Alene. The initial Eastbound flight from Port­land to Spokane-Coeur d'Alene was made via Trip # 12 in charge of Captain Shelby G. Tuttle and First Officer Har­old G. Zemp while the initial Westbound flight from Spokane-Coeur d'Alene was made via Trip # 11 in charge of Captain Edwin C. Engeset and First Officer Donald C. Hawley.

AM ROUTE #77, ADDITION OF PAYETTE AND RUPER~ IDAHO -Incident to expanded service on Route # 77, these cities were also added to Route # 77 on September 28, 1952. These stops were included for service on that part of Route #78 which has since been acquired by Route #77 and is now a part of the later route. Payette is served through the Ontario airport while Rupert is served through the Burley air­port, points which had previously been served by Route # 78.

Initial dispatches from Rupert were made via Trip # 26 Westbound in charge of Captain Dennis G. Smilanich and First Officer ]as. M. Blackwell and Trip # 17 Eastbound flown by the same crew.

The initial dispatches from Payette

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• Official Cachet for Rupert and Payette Addition. AM-77.

MAlL SALE NO. 4

Scheduled For Feb. 1953

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-FEATURING FINE AIR MAIL ITEMS

PIONEERS - U. S. and Foreign

TRANS-OCEANICS

HISTORICALS

,c. A. M. and F. A. M.

CRASH COVERS

AIRPORT DEDS. Etc.

- Write For Catalogue

THEO. LICHT ·3053 ,sunnyside Ave. CHICAGO 25. ILL.

were made via Trip # 24 Westbound in charge of Captain Geo. ]. Solomon and First Officer Russel F. Stanley and Trip # 21 Eastbound in charge of Captain Houghton H. Whited and First Officer Lewis M. Gurber.

Official cachets were furnished all cities involved in the September 28th services and we are pleased to report a first class job by the Post Office Depart­ment in applying the cachets as well as properly cancelling and dispatching all First Flight mail. With the complications of this route due to the flight pattern, we are sure this was accomplished through the very close supervision of the General Superintendent of the Postal Transportation Service at Seattle, Wash­ington. Nominal dispatches were made by the First Flights from each city in­volved with the best covers from the service being the Eastbound dispatches from Moses Lake and Ephrata via Seg­ment #8 of which there were only 216 pieces of mail from the former and 271 pieces from the latter city.

.Overseas Airpost Notes •

by JAMES WOTHERSPOON

AUSTRALIA Service between Australia and South

Mrica via Cocos Island and Mauritius was inaugurated on September 1, 1952. The Constellation "Charles Kingsford Smith" departed from Sydney on that date. A call is made at Perth, Western Australia, but no mail is accepted here. QUANTAS issued special covers for the

flight, and a cachet was also used by the Post Office on all mail. This cachet was also used on backs of covers arriving in Svdney from the return flight. The

special cover was in blue, red and yellow and shows a map of the route flown, also

"BY AIR MAIL- PAR AVION- LINK­ING - AUSTRALIA - AND - SOUTH AFRICA - FIRST REGULAR AIR SERVICE - QANTAS EMPIRE AIR­WAYS". Two types of cancel were used on mail at Sydney: "AIRMAIL - 1 SE 52 - SYDNEY N. S. W." and "G. P. 0. SYDNEY - AIR - 1 SE 52 - N. S. W. AUST." The P. 0. cachet was applied in mauve. It is a box cachet with words:

AUSTRALIA- SOUTH AFRICA FIRST REGULAR AIR MAIL

(kangaroo, wings, plane, springbok) Sydney, Cocos Is., Mauritius, Johannes­

burg. SEPTEMBER 1952

The cancel used at Cocos was that of the Air Force unit:

R.A.A.F., P.O., 2 SE 52 COCOS ISLAND

Johannesburg was reached on the 4th and the return flight departed on the 6th.

The Sydney to London "Kangaroo" service commenced calling at Frankfurt, Germany on October 16, 1952. This is the first Australian liner to make sched­uled flights .through Germany since the war. The service is operated by QUAN­TAS. AUSTRIA

A special balloon flight took place from Vocklabruck to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Spelterini, the famous Swiss aeronaut, who in his life­time made close to 600 balloon ascents. Two balloons of the Swiss· Aero Club made the ascent on August 1, 1952. Special covers were flown and a special

• cancel was used on the mail. This cancel reads ... "In memoriam - Eduard Spel­terini 1852-1952 - Conqueror of the Alps by balloon." CANADA

Service between Montreal and Dussel­dorf by TCA was scheduled to com­mence on October 29, 1952. GERMANY

On May 26, 1952, the Scandinavian Airlines System inaugurated service fro~ Bremen to New York. Mail by this fliglit bears a cachet cancel reading: ( 23) BREMEN 5. ERSTE FLUGVER­BINDUNG BREMEN-NEW YORK SAS

26-5-1952" An International Aviation Day was

held at Frankfort on Main on June 22, 1952. A cachet of large format was used on the mail. This shows silhouette of a four engine plane, and the words:

FRANKFURT (MAIN) 7 1. Internationaler Gross-Flugtag Welt

Flughafen . RHEIN - MAIN, 22-6-52.

Two special airmail cards, with im­printed stamps and labels, were issued in Berlin to commemorate the 25th An­niversary of the International Aerophila­telic Club, and the 40th Anniversary of the Bork Bruck flights. A special airmail cancel was also in use at the Tempelhof Airport. These items were in use be­tween October 25th and 28th. ITALY

On the occasion of the ~nauguration of the BOAC Comet service between Lon­don and Johannesburg, May 2, 1952, the Italian Post Office authorized the use of a special cachet, reading: APPARECCHIO "COMET" A REAZI­

ONE LINEA B. 0. A. C.

LONDRA - ROMA - JOHANNES­BURG.

SPAIN Sabena inaugurated service from Bar­

celona to Brussels on May 6. Mail re­ceived a hexagonal cachet, "CORREO AERO AEROPUERTO BARCELONA"; also, "PREMIER VOL BARCELONE­BRUSSELS PAR SABENA 6-V-1952"

P. 0. Box 595, Malden. Mo •

• SINCE our last notes, we have no

decisions nor awards by the CAB on which to report which might result in flights of interests to the collector. How­ever, numerous flights are still pending so that we· may expect plenty of covers in the months ahead.

CAPT.·· WALTER J. SHAFFER -Through the press we are informed of the retirement of veteran Capt. Walter ]. Shaffer . at the age of 61 years. Capt. Shaffer has inaugural flights to his credit while serving' with Eastern ·Air Lines which company he served during the past 25 years. He has 37 years active flying to his credit which profession he took up in 1915. Such a record certainly attests to the safety of air transportation. Our best wishes to Captain Shaffer upon his retirement .

CHRONICLE-AM #87 - ADDITION OF KINS­

TON, N. C. Delayed for several mo:riths on account of the unavailabilty of an air­port, Kinston was added to Feeder Route #87 on September 10, 1952. This route is operated by Piedmont Aviation, Inc.

Served on flights operating between Cincinnati and New Bern, N. C., the in­itial Eastbound flight was made via Trip # 20 handling 2230 pieces of philatelic mail while the initial Westbound flight was made via Trip # 27 handling 328 pieces of mail for collectors. Captain L. E. Cottrell ani First Officer William Manos, Jr., were in charge of both flights. Official cachet of same map design as previously used . for this route was ap­plied in magenta to all covers.

MI ROUTE #77, SEGMENT #7 -This segment recently awarded to West Coast Airlines, Inc., which operates from

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Seattle to Walla Walla, Washington via Ellensburg, Yakima, Pasco-Kennewick­Richland ( they use the same airport) was inaugurated on September 28, 1952.

Due to operating conditions on this Feeder Route, service on this segment is rendered by two planes with a trans­fer of mail at Yakima. The inaugural Southbound flight from Seattle was made via Trip # 21 in charge of Captain Houghton H. Whithed and First Officer Lewis M. Gruber. This trip picked up mail at Ellensburg and continued on to Yakima at which point mail was trans­ferred to Trip # 22 in charge of Captain Elmer]. Cook and First Officer MarshaU R. Smith, which trip stopped at the Pas­co airport, picked up the Pasco, Kenne­wick and Richland mail and continued on to Walla Walla.

The inaugural Northbound flights over this segment were made in the same manner with Captain Cook and First Officer Smith returning t9 Yakima as Trip # 19 at which point mail was trans­ferred to Trip #24 in charge of Captain Geo. ]. Solomon and First Officer Russel

JANUARY, 1953

Auction Manager S~licits Material For Next Sale

• To the Members of the American Air Mail Society:

The Convention Auction, now history, was brought to a successful and profit- , able conclusion thanks to the co-operation · of the membership. The profits realized from this Auction were duly paid over to the Society's Treasurer for the bene­fit of the Publication Fund.

The Auction Manager is now ready to go to work preparing the next Auction sale but first must have material from collectors and other interested persons before he can prepare and write up such an Auction list. Therefore, those wishing to send in donation lots should do so at once, while those desiring to enter ma­terial on a commission basis should write the Auction Manager advising the quan­tity and kind of material it is desired to enter. If sufficient material can be ac­cumulated at an early date it may be possible to have an Auction, even if only a small one, in the late spring. The date of the Auction will be entirely depend­ant on how soon sufficient material may be accumulated.

The following rules should be observ­ed in preparing lots for inclusion in the next Auction:

1. No lots should be sent to the Auc­tion Manager without first writing to him; however, DONATION lots may be sent at once.

2. Lots should have a minimum cata­logue value of at least $10.00 - prefer­ably higher depending on the type of material - and should have a net resale value of at least $5.00.

3. Lots should not contain tom, dirty, damaged or odd-sized covers.

4. Lots should contain only listed ma­terial. Covers with improper cancels, backstamps, cachets, etc., not in accor­dance with catalogue listings should not be entered.

5. Lots consisting of a number of cov­ers should be in complete sets or groups. Broken or incomplete sets of common items do not sell well and cannot be in· cluded.

6. Lots consisting of large numbers of poor-condition or commoner lowest pric-

The finest method of selling •••

THROUGH THE

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H.R. Harmer Organization Recent Air Post Collections sue· cessful sold by auction include the "Col. E. J. Ristedt" and "Jules -L.

Wacht" collections. ·

Col. Ristedt wrote: "The manner in which the listing and publicity was hand!· ed has been very pleasing to me. I appreciate your efforts to effect a good sale greatlY."

Wri:te for illustrated booklet "Modern Methods of Philate1ic Auctioneering"; it tells you of the many advantages of selling

through

H. R. HARMER, ln.:. 32 East 57th Street

NEW YORK 22, N. Y. Plaza 3-6481

ed covers are not wanted as this type of material also does not sell readily and brings little or nothing.

A good rule and guide to follow in respect to what should comprise a lot is for the person making up the lot to ask himself if he would be willing to bid and buy such a lot at a reasonable price.

Those having any questions about material to be entered on a commission basis should advise the Auction Manager who will be glad to answer such ques­tions.

Please let me hear from all you folks who may be interested as the next Auc­tion date is dependant entirely upon how soon I receive sufficient material to prepare such an Auction.

Airmail always, Charles G. Riess P. 0. Box 11,

Albany, N. Y.

1953 - Foreign Used Airmails-1953 Now available for 50c which also includes an supplements for 1953 and is deductible

from the first order for $5.08. GEORGE HERZOG, INC.

68 NASSAU ST. N. Y. C.

HISTORY OFqTHE

U. S. GOVERNMENT OPERA TED AIR MAIL SERVICE·

1918-1928

b y K A R L B. WE B E R

CHAPTER VI

• ORANT PARK AVIATION FIELD

CHICAGO, ILL.. Besides the regular Post Office can­

cellation a cachet was applied at the Grant Park Station at Chicago, reading in two lines in small Roman type letters, "Grant Park Aviation Field, Chicago, Ill." The ordinary machine or hand cancellation was used at Cleveland and Bryan, Ohio.

The schedule called for the air mail planes to take off simultaneously at 9:30 A. M. (C. T.) at Chicago and Cleveland and arrive at their destination before 2:00 o'clock P. M.

Fifteen of the latest type of De Havi­land 4 rebuilt air mail planes with Liberty motors were made available for the Cleveland-Chicago route. Three air­planes were held constantly in reserve in Chicago, 4 in Bryan, and 8 in Cleve­land.

New York-Cleveland Leg of the Transcontinental Route.

The air mail route. from New York to Chicago was finally inaugurated on July 1, 1919, when the eastern route between New York and Cleveland was linked up with the western half from Cleveland to Chicago which had been in regular op­eration since May 15 of the same. year.

Leaving New York at 5:15 A. M., Pilot W. H. Stevens in a remodeled De Haviland 4 powered with a Liberty Motor, left Belmont Field, L. I. and flew to Bellefonte, Pa., the first relay stop, at the fast rate of 123 m.p.hr. After the mail was transferred to another plane, Capt. E. F. White, flew to Cleveland at about 100 m.p.hr., and arrived there at

9:30 A. M., with the 6 pouches contain­ing 330 lbs. of ordinary mail.

To complete the last leg to Chicago, Pilot Ira Biffel loaded the. 6 pouches of mail which White brought from Belle­fonte, into his machine, and leaving Cleveland at 9:35 A. M., arrived at Grant Park Field, Chicago at 12:55 P. M. (C. T.). After a short re-fueling stop at Bryan, Ohio, he took off again carry­ing 4 lbs. of air mail and 340 lbs. of ordinary mail.

The elapsed time for the New York­Chicago trip, made in three relays, was 8 hrs. and 43 minutes. The time made by the air mail cut down the time made by the fastest railway mail between these two cities more than 13 hrs. The entire flight was made without an accident and according to scheduled time.

Postmaster William ]. Murphy, of Cleveland, did not receive official notice of the opening of this route on July 1, hence, the eastward flight which was made by Pilot Ma."C Miller from Cleve­land to Bellefonte and relayed by Harold T. Lewis from Bellefonte to New York on that day carried only 265 lbs. of or­dinary mail, a fact of special interest to aero-philatelists.

However, the following day, July 2, Pilot Harold T. Lewis, who flew from New York to Bellefonte, Pa., and Pilot Max Miller, who relayed the mail to Cleveland, carried 6 lbs. of air mail and 370 lbs. of ordinary mail. On the east­ward trip on July 2, 1919, Pilot Earl FI White left Woodland Hills Park for the East with 37 lbs. of air mail and 370 lbs. of ordinary mail. Cargo, plane and pilot were changed at Bellefonte, Pa., Walter H. Stevens completed the trip to New York.

No special cancellation was used in any of these cities.

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TWO CENT RATE FOR AIR MAIL

The air mail service was placed upon an equal footing with all other means of mail transportation as the result of an order issued by Postmaster General A. S. Burleson, effective July 18, 1919, fixing the postage on the mail carried by air­planes at 2c an ounce, the regular post­age rate for first class matter.

The experiments made during the year, which had been devoted to the adapta­tion of the airplane to the needs of the regular daily mail service, had demon­strated the possibilities for increased ef­ficiency of mail transportation beyond the expectations of the Department. With the availability of large planes, salvaged from war stock, mail in greater quantities could be carried with increasing speed.

On July 19, 1919 the Philadelphia stop on the New York-Washington route was discontinued and by changing the type of plane the flying time between the two cities was reduced in either direction by over 30 minutes. To further develop the New York-Chicago route, arrangements were being made to place there the three fastest airplanes in the Service, each with a cap9.city of 18,000 letters and a maximum speed in calm weather of 132 m.p. r .

.. The successful operation of the air

mail for more than 1 year and the great development for commercial work on the airplane in that period has taken this phase of mail transportation entirely out of the class of experimental work," said Postmaster General Burleson in announc­ing this new policy. ''The great saving of time now effected over the fastest railroad train between New York 'and Chicago will enable the Department to make a saving in car space of more than twice the cost of the operation of an air mail service on that route. It will, there­fore, no longer be necessary to charge more than the regular rate of postage for the transmission of airplane mail.

''The success of the airship in carry­ing the mail, together with the great de­velopment that has taken place in speed, in quantity of mail that can be carried and certainty of operation, makes it im­probable that air transportation of mail, whether by the Government or commer-· cial air transportation lines, will ever be stopped, but will increase from year to year by leaps and bounds, especially over long distances.

"The great expedition of mail by this means of transportation constitutes a ser­vice which the public throughout the country is now. demanding and in course of time will receive, as supplementing

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GOV'T OPERA TED MAIL-(Continued from preceding page)

• the train service. For these reasons the air mail has been placed on the same basis with all other means of transporta­tion and the rate of postage made the same as over all other means of mail transit."

"The effect of the order," Second As­sistant P. M. G. Otto Praeger explained, "is to place all first-class mail on the same basis, and the question of time in mailing will determine whether or not a letter will go by airplane instead of by train. Letters in transit which miss train connections will be forwarded by air­plane to make up the lost time." It was stated also, that there was no guarantee under the new arrangement that a letter would go by airplane, but· that persons might go to the post office stations where airplane mail sacks were made up and request that their letters be put in these sacks.

Special airplane stamps were abandon­ed and letters did not require marking "via air post."

The Routing of the Air Mail \Vith the successful operation of the

Washington-New York and New York­Chicago air mail route on a scheduled time basis, in the second half of the year 1919, the delivery of mail between these cities and their intermediate points was advanced many hours.

The New York-Washington route car­ried an average of 5,000,000 letters a year from Washington and the Southern States, and the same number southward from New England and New York, with a gain of 16 hours in delivery. The route which is 218 miles by air, was flown in 2.lh to 3 hours. By rail it is 226.8 miles and the train time varied from 4:27 to 6:20 hours.

Letters from New York to the Pacific Coast were advanced a full day by the air mail; to Chicago ·the saving effected was 16 hours. Cleveland had the advant­age of saving in time both eastward and westward from July 1, 1919, when the Cleveland-Chicago route was connected with the Washington-New York one.

From New York to Cleveland was 410 air miles, requiring 4lh to 5 hours by

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plane; by rail, 620.6 miles, with 13:05 to 17: 20 hours train time. Cleveland was 325 air miles from Chicago, made in 3lh to 4 hours by plane; 340.3 miles and 6:55 to 10:30 hours by train. · . Eight planes were in the air daily, fly­mg 1,906 miles each day and carried 2,100 pounds of first class mail - ap­proximately 84,000 letters.

The mail plane left New York be­tween 5 and 6 A. M. with between ~2,000 and 14,000 letters daily, includ­mg Sunday, and arrived at Cleveland about 10 A. M. and at Chicago about 1 P. M. the same day. The plane advanced any letters mailed too late to leave New York on the 5:30 P. M. train and made all noon carrier deliveries in Cleveland and all afternoon carrier deliveries in Chicago, as well as advancing connec­tions to the middle West 16 hours and to Seattle, San Francisco and Los An­geles 24 hours.

(TO BE CONTINUED)

• KITTY HAWK (Continued from page 108)

• range consistent Air Power policy" Doo-little said that we were now flying forty time sas fast as the Wright Brothers flew and have flown as fast as 1238 miles per hour. He said "Traveling from Washing­ton to San Francisco at 1200 miles an hour the trip would take only two hours and as there is three hours difference in time, the traveler would arrive an hour before he took off." Which is the most modern version of crossing the Interna­tional Date Line and getting back into yesterday.

No word has been released as yet in connection with any philatelic events to occur in 1953 in celebration of the 50th Anniversary but we are sure there will be many such events. We hope the Post Office Department will issue some new Airmail Stamps during the year and there should be many flights which will make this year go down in history as one to be long remembered both for honoring the Wright Brothers and progress in World Flight. Air mail will come into that pic­ture and will make . a closer bond with our friends all over the earth, thus pro­viding better and quicker communication between any place on the earth's sur­face.

JANUARY, 1953

RANDOM NOTES-(Continued from page· 117)

• pear each month in The Airpost journal. We never lose a chance to boost this es­tablishment to our readers as we have always found Mr. Long and his people courteous, efficient and ever anxious to serve the collector. We have recently re­ceived from him a comprehensive listing of philatelic literature, stock books, sup­plies and albums which are available from the Long organization. Items on this list appeal to every taste and need and are priced from 20c to $24 each. The list is entirely too comprehensive and too long to review either here or in the monthly advertisements of the Long Company; it is accordingly suggested that readers drop a note to the address shown above and request this list of more than 130 different books, catalogues and albums. It will be sent free to any read­er of the Journal.

" " " Our director of Foreign Relations, Dr.

Max Kronstein, advises us that the Fed­eration Internationale de Philatelic, fam­iliarly known as F. I. P., is contemplating the establishment of a special commission for aerophilately and tells us that Consul H. E. Sieger of Germany has been pro­posed as chairman of this commission. Mr. Sieger is a member of the American Air Mail Society and author of the famous Sieger Zeppelin Post Catalogues. We have also received from the F. I. P. a list of stamps which they believe should be banned from all catalogues and albums because the countries issuing them did not meet certain standards previously suggested by the F. I. P. In this case the stamps in question were sold for a surtax which exceeded 50% of the face value of the stamps. While several regu­lar issues are shown on this list, the only air mail stamps included are the recent issues of Hungary, 1 + 1 and 2 + 2 florints. We are glad to print this infor­mation but we are very skeptical as to the ability of this committee or any other

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AIR LETTER SHEET NEWS-(Continued from page 111) • •

MAIL". The wordill!g on the reverse is almost precisely similar to that used on the sheets which were cru­rent previous to the release of this new item. It is not known whether this sheet will evenrtually appear with the Afrikaans and English language transposed as has been the practice in the past, but the addition of the French langu;age to the text might indicate that it is intended to issue just one type of sheet.

-----------------to prevent the collection and dissemina­tion of stamps by the methods suggested.

" " " In a recent issue we mentioned the fine

booklet edited by our Assistant Editor, Emest A. Keh1~ and published under the auspices of the National Philatelic Mm­eum on the occasion of the West German Stamp Show. Another prominent mem­ber of the American Air Mail Society, J. J. Klemann, Jr., had a fine article on the Zeppelin Post of Germany in this same booklet and we can recommend this work to all of our readers. Thanks to all of our friends for Christmas and other holiday cards received at the turn of the year; to J. Boesman for a balloon card flown from Greece; to John H. Hawker, Editor of the Australian Stamp Monthly for a first day cover from the Australian Pan Pacific Scout Jamboree, and our congratulations to Assistant Editor Kehr, who has been made U. S. Commissioner for the International Stamp Show to be held in Portugal.

And so to bed.

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

• Supplements to this Catalogue will appear regularly in THE AIRPOST

JOURNAL. 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.

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AIR IV-AI AIR MAIL ROUTE NO. 81

• BORGER, TEXAS ADDED

May 15-16, 1951

Effective the above date, Borger, Texas, was added to Segment #1, the Tulsa­Amarillo Segment, between Amarillo and Pampa. Due to adverse weather conditions, westbound service from Borger was not inaugurated until May 16th. Although covers were postmarked May 15th, and Amarillo inadvertently backstamped the philatelic covers May 15th, they were held and properly dispatched on May 16th. An official map­type cachet, with pictorial insert, was provided.

Cachet-Type 81. Pilots-Lester Harper, Lester Moss.

81E32 Borger-(magenta)-Moss 81W32 Borger-(magenta)-Harper

ADDITION OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA

September 26, 1951

(1070 pieces) ( 945 pieces)

.25 .25

On the above date, Norman, Oklahoma, was added to Segment #4, which oper­ates from Ft. Worth, Texas to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. An official map-type cachet, with insert picturing an oil derrick, was provided.

Cachet-Type 81. Pilot-Walter A. Whitlock.

81833 Norman-(black)-Wbitlock 81N33 Norman-(black)-Whitlock

( 945 pieces) (4198 pieces)

.25 .25

JANUARY. 1953 129

AIR MAIL ROUTE NO. 82

• McCAMEY, TEXAS ADDED

April 22, 1950 On the above date, McCamey was added to Segment #4 of this Route between

Ft. Stockton and San Angelo. An official map-type cachet, with appropriate pictorial insert, was applied in blue.

82W37 82E37

Cachet-Type 82. Pilots-R. M. Boyd, W. A. Williamson.

McCamey-(blue)-Williamson McCamey-(blue)-Boyd

FT. STOCKTON-PECOS-EL PASO SERVICE

August 10, 1950

(3741 pieces) ( 560 pieces)

.25 .25

On short notice Trans-Texas Airways inaugurated additional service between Ft. Stockton and El Paso by a new alternate service with Pecos as the intermediate stop: whereas, the old service operated via Alpine/Marfa. The usual Route 82 map-type official cachet was provided for Pecos. Pecos applied its inaugural cachet to the covers received from Ft. Stockton and El Paso.

82NW38 82W39 82SE39 82E40

Cachet-Type 82. Pilot-T. M. Foulks.

Ft. Stockton-(no cachet)-Foulks Pecos-(magenta)-Foulks Pecos-(magenta)-Foulks El Paso-(no cachet)-Foulks

( 69 pieces) (2030 pieces) ( 490 pieces) ( 77 pieces)

2.25 .25 .40

2.00

SEGMENT 6, MISSION (McALLEN/EDINBURG) TO SAN ANTONIO AND VICTORIA

September 3, 1950

On this date, service over Segment #6 of this route was inaugurated. This new segment operates from Mission/McAllen/Edinburg (jointly using the Tri-City Airport) via Alice, Corpus Christi and Beeville to the terminal points of San Antonio and Vic­toria, and connects, at the south end, with Segment #2 (Eagle Pass-Brownsville) and at the north end, with Segment #3 (San Antonio-Houston). The usual Route 82 map­type official cachets, with an appropriate individual insert for each city, were applied.

82N41 82N42 82N43 82N44 82844 82N45 82845 82NW46 82NE46 82S46 82SE47 82SW48

Cachet-Type 82. Pilots-Leon :r. Hassler, W. W. Pulliam, D. N. Richards.

Mission-(black)-Hassler McAllen-(green)-Hassler Edinburg-(magenta)-Hassler Alice-(black)-Hassler Alice-(black)-Hassler Corpus Christi-(green)-Hassler Corpus Christi-(green)-Hassler

Beeville-San Antonio-(blue)-Hassler Beeville-Victoria-(blue )-Richards Beeville-(blue)-Hassler

San Antonio-(purple)-Hassler Victoria-(magenta)-Pulliam

ADDITION OF TYLER, TEXAS April 6, 1951

(2057 pieces) (1933 pieces) (1726 pieces) (2325 pieces) ( 278 pieces) (1921 pieces)

( 326 pieces) (1511 pieces) ( 37 pieces) ( 315 pieces) (1890 pieces) (1696 pieces)

.25

.25

.25

.25

.50

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.55

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.55

.25

.25

On April 6, 1951, Tyler, Texas was added to this route on the Dallas-Houston section between Dallas and Palestine or Lufkin. On certain flights, Trans-Texas was authorized by C. A. B. to omit service to Palestine; resulting in service ·in a southeast direction to Lufkin from Tyler instead of southwest to Palestine. For proper identifica-

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AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENTS-Cont.

tion postmark times are: 8:00 A. M., northwest to Dallas; 9:00 A. M., southeast via Lufkin; and 3:00 P. M., southwest via Palestine; however, the latter is not a listable dispatch. For the information of specialists there were 50 pieces carried on the 3:00 P. M. service to Palestine. The usual Route 82 official map-type cachet, with insert picture of John Tyler, was applied.

82NW49 82SE49

Cachet-Type 82. Pilots-Leon J. Hassler, W. A. Williamson.

Tyler-(magenta)-Williamson Tyler-(magenta)-Hassler

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS ADDED September 20, 1951

(3500 pieces) ( 600 pieces)

.25 .25

Effective September 20, 1951, Nacogdoches, Texas was added to Segment #5 (Dallas-Houston) of this route between Tyler and Lufkin. '!'he usual Route 82 official map-type cachet, with pictorial insert, was applied.

82N50 82S50

Cachet-Type 82. Pilot-Sidney G. Sims.

Nacogdoches-(black)-Sims Nacogdoches-(black)-Sims

• AIR MAlL ROUTE NO. 86

• ADDITION OF mONWOOD, MICIDGAN

December 2, 1949

(2961 pieces) ( 364 pieces)

.25

.40

On December 2, 1949, Ironwood, Mich. was added to this route between Duluth/ Superior, and Rhinelander. Service was originally scheduled for December 1st but was delayed on account of adverse weather conditions. Westbound covers were cancelled December 1st and eastbound covers December 2nd. A map-type official cachet was provided.

86W33 86E33

Cachet-Type 86. Pilot-Alexander M. Banks, Jr.

Ironwood-(blue)-Banks Ironwood-(blue)-Banks

ADDITION OF LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN

April 27, 1952

(2686 pieces) ( 437 pieces)

.25 .30

On the above date LaCrosse, Wisconsin was embraced for service on this route between Eau Claire and Madison on the first southbound trip and between Madison and Minneapolis on the first northbound trip. An official map-type cachet, of revised design, was applied.

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Cachet-Type 86a. Pilots-Arthur W; Rinke, R. T. 8wennes.

La Crosse-(magenta)-Hinke La Crosse-(magenta)-8wennes

ADDITION OF WINONA, MINNESOTA

May 11, 1952

(2029 pieces) ( 455 pieces)

131

.25

.30

Winona, Minnesota was scheduled to be added to this route on April 27th, but service was postponed until May 11th ·on account of the flooded conditions of the air­

port. Winona was served between Eau Claire and La Crosse on the first southbound trip and between La Crosse and Minneapolis on the first northbound trip. An official map~type cachet ,similar to the one applied at La Crosse, was provided.

86841 86N41

Cachet-Type 86a. Pilots-L. C. Franke, D. E. Petit

Winona-(green)-Franke Winona-(green)-Petit

(2393 pieces) ( 584 pieces)

ST. CLOUD-ALEXANDRIA-FARGO EXTENSION

June 22, 1952

.25

.25

Under its renewed certificate for AM-86, which resulted in revised routing and service expansion, Wisconsin Central Airlines on June 22nd extended service from st. Cloud via Alexandria to Fargo. Inaugural service was originally scheduled for .Tune 15th but was postponed until June 22nd account of equipment. Official map type cachets were provided only for Alexandria and Fargo which had never heretofore been served by this route.

86W42 86W43 86E43 86E44

Cachet-Type 86a.

Pitol-Arthur W. Rinke.

St. Cloud-(no cachet)-Hinke Alexandria-(purple)-Hinke Alexandria-(purple)-Hinke Fargo-(green)-Hinke

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(2199 pieces) ( 308 picees) (2082 pieces)

.75

.25

.55

.25

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Meyer, Leo, 210 E. DiLido Dr., Miami Beach 39, Fla. Age 59. Retired. AM AS U20 UC PC HC PB EL FF GF CAM FAM RP CC OF DC Z CF lD X

by John J. Smith. Dekker, W., Sonoystraat 36, The Hague, Netherlands. Age 31. HC FAM OF

Z PIX X by John J. Smith. Hertzig, Saul, 127 W. 43rd Street, New York, N. Y. Age 31. Hotel Owner. AM U20

UC PC HC FF CC OF Z lD by John J. Smith. Richards, R. B., Windover Lane, Stamford, Conn. Age 38. Consulting Engineer.

AU U20 APS X by John J. Smith. Kreader, Rollin L., Jr., 2817 Monroe, Denver 5, Colo. Age 28. Student.

by John J. Smith.

REINSTATEMENTS 3634 Akineri, Erdogan, Box 1608, Galata-Istanbul, Turkey. 3596 Catala Saenz, Conrado, Bolonia 27, Zaragoza, Spain. 3298 Semmel, Ben, 131 Avenue "C", New York 9, N. Y.

CHANGES IN ADDRESS Anderson, Astor A., 5109 Oxford Ave., Minneapolis 10, Minn. Benedict, Francis W., 5823 Crown Lane, Des Moines, Iowa.

Bush, Joseph F., c/o Elks Club, Hempstead, N. Y. Day, Hal A., 118 N. Washington St., La Grange, Texas. Haac, Norman M., 4341 Orchard St., Philadelphia 24, Pa. Kelley, Stillman F., 2nd., "Hardendale", R. F. D. #2, Charlottesville, Va. Lamken, A. Frederick, 960 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles 13, Calif. Schaal, Carl G., A. C. L. Depot, Mount Dora, Fla. Tedesche, Leon G., 2401 Tigertail Ave., Miami 33, Fla .

• AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENTS-Cont.

(Continued from page 131)

• BRAINERD-BEMIDJI-GRAND FORKS EXTENSION

June 23, 1952

An extension from Brainerd via Bemidji to Grand Forks on another segment of this route was also scheduled for June 15th, but was postponed until June 22nd and further postponed to June 23rd because of weather conditions on June 22mi. Although covers are cancelled June 22nd, they were held and properly dispatched on the first flight. Official cachets of the map-type were applied only at Bemidji and Grand Forks.

86W45 86W46 86E46 86E47

Cachet-Type 86a. Pilot-K. M. Bretz.

Brainerd-(no cachet)-Bretz Bemidji-(purple)-Bretz Bemidji-(purple)-Bretz Grand Forks-(magenta)-Bretz

(1680 pieces) ( 453 pieces) (2344 pieces)

.75 .25 .50 .25

APJ ADS RATES:

THREE CENTS PER WORD per in­sertion. Minimum charge 50 cents. Re­mittance must accompany order and copy. The AIRPOST JOURNAL, APJ Ads, Al­bion, Penn'a.

SANABRIA'S AIRPOST CATALOGUE -1950 Edition. "Mint" copy. Best offer. Bids close Jar-mary 31st. J. Biondo, Box 111-A, Kew Gardens, New York. 273-lt•

UNITED STATES ClOA - CPL. "LIND­BERGH" Pane of 3 on First Day Cover, Cleveland cancel. $15.00. H. A. & P. Cov­ers, Box 75, Bushwick Station, Brooklyn 21, N. Y. 273-lt*

UNITED STATES FffiST DAY COVERS, Cl, ~20.00; C3, $20.00; C6, $12.00. A. Dolin, 31 Park Row, New York 38, N. Y. 273-lt*

ZEPPELIN COLLECTORS! - FOTO postcards of the "Deutschland", -"Schwa­ben", "Sachsen", "Viktoria Louise", LZ 1, 2, 3; 56, Navy Zeppelins L9 and L30, several crashes, the Africa Zepp L59, while they last at 50c apiece prepaid. LOHR, 1447 Minford, New York 60, N . Y.

272-3t•

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS AND SUBSIDIARY Companies a History and Priced Check List of the Empire Air Mails, over 150

maps, fotos and illustrations of cachets, postmarks, etc. $1 prepaid. Small supply. LOHR, 1447 Minford, New York 60, N. Y.

272-3t*

WANTED - USED Am MAILS OR wholesale quantities. Fair prices paid for collections, accumulations, or duplicates. Write Joseph J. Figuccio, 324 92nd St., Brooklyn 9, New York. 272-12t•

AAMS EXCHANGE ADS

BREAKING UP COLLECTION OF CAM's and FAM's prior to 1932. Will exchange. W. D. ·Peer, Canal Winchester, Ohio. Ex-1t

WILL TRADE FIFTY DIFFERENT FOR­EIGN postage stamps for each foreign airmail stamp sent me. Avvampato, 3707 Roland Circle, Dayton 6, Ohio. Ex-lt

WANTED- AffiMAILS OF SANABRIA'S: Libia 3a, Fezzan 1a, San Marino 72, 73, 74, 76c. S . Amaral, C. Postal 367, Belo Hori­zonte, Brazil. Ex273-2t

STAMPLESS COVERS, 1756-1856, WANT­ED for Airmail stamps. Harry M. Kon­wiser, 181 Claremont Avenue, New York 27, N . Y. Ex273-2t

STILL NEED SEVERAL NUMBERS OF Alan Thurton's "Air Post Bulletin." Can offer much in exchane or will buy. Chester Ernest Lee, 6933 La Jolla Blvd., La Jolla, California. Ex-1t

WANTED TO BUY OR TRADE - HELI­COPTER, Jet, Rocket, Flights, PIX, and related data. Send offers with prices. Robert Morris, 740 Miramar, San Francisco California. Ex-lt

AAMS EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT

BUY - SELL - WANT LISTS

WILL EXCHANGE ISRAEL FffiST ISSUE Scott 1-9 for U. S. Cl5 or Uruguay C35-59 (1929 issue). A. R. Jansen, 813 Walnut St., Brazil, Indiana. - Ex-lt

ISRAEL 2ND AIRMAIL SETS ON FIRST Day Covers. Will exchange for first illghts of world. Irving Pistiner, 27 Chatfield St., Springdale, Connecticut. Ex-lt

AUFSTIEG PARSEVALS CARD, FRANK­FORT A. M. Oct. 9, 1909, to trade for U. S. material. Clifford Jackson, 143 West 70th St., Chicago 21, ill. Ex-lt

1909 GERMAN ZEPP & 1914-19 MILITARY flight cards to trade for U. S. material. Clifford Jackson, 143 West 70th Street, Chicago 21, Ill. - Ex-1t

FAM 22 - WANTED. COVERS TO AND from Gambia only, exchange other "airs" or cash. Swiss and German "pioneers" also wanted. Dalwick, Sutton Montis, Yeovil, England. Ex-lt

WANTED - AFGHANISTAN - 1871 TO date, stamps, covers, postage and airs. Will buy or trade for. Theo. Light, 3053 Sunny side Ave ., Chicago 25, Ill. Ex273-2t

NICE HAITI COVERS #3-5-7A-9 (LIND­BERGH), Marine Corps, March 13, 1929 (Berkshire $10.00). and others. Trade cata­logue basis - U. S. Postage or airs. Rubin, 6509 Delmar Blvd., University City 5, Mo.

Ex273-lt

MAKE OFFER FOR POINT TO POINT set of CAM-15, small covers, superb con­dition. W. D . Peer, Canal Winchester, Ohio. Ex-lt

SWAP USED AIRS - NEED AND OFFER better items only. What do you have? Send sample want lists. L. Doren, 1651 Metro Ave., New York 62, N . Y. Ex-1t

LOTS OF COVERS BEFORE 1940 - WHAT have you to trade? Fred Wilde, 917 N. Bur­ris Ave., Compton 2, Calif. Ex-lt

I HAVE SOME NICE AIRMAIL COVERS to trade for Highway Post Office covers. Also want photos and related material. Jerry Jarnick, Box 182, Superior, Wiscon­sin. Ex-1t

TRANS-OCEAN AIRPLANE MAIL FROM flown, attempted or intended illghts. Bill Krinsky, 250 E . 96th Street, Brooklyn 12, New York. Ex271-4t

WANTED- FIRST FLIGHT WASHING­TON, D. C., May 15, 1918 with blue can­cellation. Will pay cash or trade rare governmentals. Karl B. Weber, 114 Mon­tana Avenue, Pittsburgh 14, Pa. Ex273-2t

WANTED - GENUINE FLOWN ROCKET cards or covers. Buy for cash, or exchange for first days, CAM or F AM covers. Anton Robling, 1725 Putnam Ave., Brooklyn 27, New York. Ex271-4t

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