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NEW ISSUE NOTES • • • •

by ELEANOR CARLSON and F. W. KESSLER

Andorra

A IP airmail value is reported. Argentine Republic

Two airmail stamps, 1 Oc and 25c, will be issued for mail carried on government lines from Buenos Aires to the Middle Provinces. Bulgaria

A set of 6 airmail stamps has been issued - overprints of planes in flight on postage issues. Values are as follows:

IL, black overprint; 4L, black overprint; lOL/lOOL, blue surcharge; 45L/ lOOL, red surcharge; 75L/ lOOL, green surcharge; lOOL, violet overprint.

Canal Zone The Bureau of Posts has announced a

6c brown airmail stamp to be placed on sale in February. Chile

The 20P olive value ( API2) has been issued on unwatermarked paper.

China

A set of 4 stamps honoring the Air Raid Defense Organization has been issued. An outline of a falling bomb, three rows of ideographs and new values have, been placed on the 1940-4I rm-watermarked airmail set. The set con-sists of $150/15c green (red overprint); $250/25c oran~e (green overprint); $600/60c blue (orange overprint) and $I,OOO/$I pale yellow green (carmine overprint).

• Colombia

It is reported that 20 pairs, 'imperf vertically, exist of the I5c value of the airmail set of l I recently issued. Costa Rica

The San Juan de Dios General Hos-pital issue, previously noted in this column, has been delayed until Febru-ary. Dominican Republic

An airmail set of five values commemo-rating the national anthem has been authorized. The set will consist of IOc red, I5c dull blue, 20c maroon and S5c orange measuring 26xS6mm, and IP emerald and black measuring 4lx27mm. The IP value will picture a parchment bearing the opening bars of the national anthem with "Himno Nacional" above it and "Jose Reyes" (the composer) be-low, with Dominican flags at either side

Dutch Borneo Japanese Occupation. A set of three

airmails have been issued. Values are 25s orange, SOs blue and 50s green. Ecuador

Several airmail sets have been author-ized, as follows: A set of three values -IS ( 50,000), 25 ( 20,000) and 5S ( 20,000) - is to be issued commemora-ting the first airplane flight in Ecuador.

To publicize the educational campaign of the "UNP", designs for a set of 4 values have been approved. The values are 50c, SS, SS and lOS. A printing of 10,000 sets is scheduled. ·

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Although no definite information as to denomin~tion is available at present, some airmail values will probably be in-cluded in the proposed set commemorat-ing the Revolution of May 28th. The stamps will be inscribed, "Reconstruction Democratica, Sufra.e;io Popular por la Unidad Nacional." ·

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Also scheduled is a set of four airmail sbmps commemorating the death of Mariana de Jesus Paredes y Flores. De- ~•lllil-..IMllllllMlllllllllllllllllltrillllllltllMMllllllll••i.... nominations are 40c ( 200,000), 60c (I0~,000), 3S (40,000) and 5S (40,000).

FmaUy, a Pan-American Highway is-sue of 20,000 sets is to be released short-ly. IS, 2S, SS, 5S and IOS values are expe~ted for this issue.

France

An impending issue of nine values is reported. Denominations are !Fr., 2Fr., 5Fr., IOFr., 20Fr., 25Fr., 50Fr., IOOFr. and 200Fr. . A black surcharge reading '"Postel

Aerienne/30 Francos" on the SFr. Car-cassonne postage stamp of 1938 is re-ported. . ·

. French Coloni~s

On May 8, a Victory airmail stamp is scheduled for each of 14 French Colonies. The stamps will measure 26x48mm and the denomination will correspond t~ the rate for a 10 gram letter sent by airmail.

Some time in the Spring, ·an airmail commemorative set termed "From Chad to the Rhine" will be issued. Six denomi-nations for each of 13 colonies wi1l be released, each value presenting a differ-ent design which will recount th(; modern saga of the Leclerc Column from the :time ,it left Chad until the liberation of Strasbourg in November, 1944. Denom-inations and designs will be the same for each .col~ny, but the colors will vary; the size is to be 26x48mrn. This issue is scheduled for the following colonies: French Equatorial Africa,· French West Africa, Cameroons, Somali Coast, Guade-loupe, French Guiana, Madagascar, Mar-tinique, New Caledonia, French Oceania, Reunion, St. Pierre & Miquelon and French India.

Guatemala

The recently issued 71h c gray black airmail stamp picturing the author-his-torian, Jose Milla y Vidaurre, has now been issued in dark blue.

A 5c ruby red airmail stamp picturing Fray Payo Enriquex de Rivera, famous Bishop of Guatemala, is expected.

Liberia

Four scarce varieties have been noted, all surcharges on values of the 1938 air-mail set. Denominations are 10cl5c mail · set. Denominations are 10c/5c green, 30c/4c orange, $1.00/50c brown and $1.00/3c bistre.

Five values of the 1934-35 airmail set have recently been issued with a new watermark. Values are IOc ( AP16), 15c (AP17), 30c (AP19), 40c (AP20) and IP (AP22).

Mexico A set of airmail stamps to note Mexi-

can war efforts is in preparation .

Montenegro

Two sets . of 8 values, overprinted in black ana red on the 1937 Jugoslavia airmail set have been issued. The sets are overprinted in Italian, "Governator-ato del Montenegro - Valore in Lire."

A semi-postal airmail set of four val-ues, surcharged in red and overprinted "Governatorato del Montenegro'"' in black has been released. The overprint was placed on the 5d, I Od, 20d and 30d values of the 1937 Jugoslavia set.

The above set of four semi-postal air-mail stamps also appeared with both overprint and surcharge in red.

Quantities of all four of above sets are extremely limited.

Netherlands Indies A Japanese overprint on the 30c blue

triangle ainnail stamps of 1933 is re-ported. The overprint is in red and con-sists of T apanese characters in a square frame measuring about 13 % mm. J Nicaragua

The issuance of the ainnail set pre-~iously noted honoring the late President Roosevelt will be delayed until Trme, the printing to be done by the E. A. Wri,ght Bank Note Company of Philadelphia. Values reported are 35c (100,000), 75c (100,000), IC (65,000), 3C (15,000) and 5C ( 15,000).

FEBRUARY. 1946 133

• All Stamps for illustration, Courtesy F . W. Kessler

• A Group of New and Recent Air Issues On July 24, 1946 an ainnail set of 26th congress of the A. G. I. R. (General

6 values commemorating the centenary Association of Romanian Engineers). The of the city of Manam•a is expected. De- 801420 lei gray depicts Industry and the

~~ 200/800 lei features Flight. nominations noted are 5c ( 250,000), 20c ( 175,000), 35c (150,000), 90c ( 50,000), IC ( 20,000) and l.50C ( 30,000). Paraguay

Between March and May, the historic motifs issue · is expected to be issued in changed colors: Values are as follows: IOc light red (Ruins of Humaita), 20c dark green (Port of Asuncion), I G light maroon (Government Palace), 5G dull violet (Marshal Lopez) and lOG vivid red (National Pantheon). Peru

A 30c orange airmail stamp of the same design as the 1938 issue has been issued printed by the Columbian Bank Note Company. It is believed this is the first value of a new airmail set. Romania

A set of two triangular airmail stamps has been issued to commemorate the

Salvador A set of two airmail stamps, issued

January 1st, pictures Juan Ramon Uriarte, a former Posbnaster-General. Values are 12c blue and l 4c orange. Spain

A ! OP green ainnail stamp has been issued commemorating the Day of the Postage Stamp and Spanish Race Day (Columbus Day). The stamp depicts an old mail coach with a modern clipper above, and a portrait of Conde de San Luis.

. A commemorative airmail, I OP dark carmine lake, was recently issued featur-ing Commander Carcia Morato.

Another recent issue is a 4P red air-mail stamp picturing Capt. Carlos Haya Gonzalez, heroic flier of the Spanish Civil War.

A postal tax airmail stamp has also been issued, 25c vermilion and dark car- · mine, depicting an eagle and cross. ·

TRANS-OCEANIC SERVICES DEVELOPING AT FAST PACE UNDER RIVALRY SPUR

by RICHARD L. SINGLEY

A recent Postal Bulletin carried the following announcement:

"Effective on or about February 1, 19~6, American Overseas Airlines, Inc., will inaugurate through air-mall ser-vice from New York, N. Y. to Denmark and Sweden. No official cachet for first-filght cov-e.rs .will be authorized. However s001venir covers received by the post-master at New York, addressed for delivery in Denmark and Sweden, will be dispatched by the first flight if practicable."

We are again indebted to American Airlines (A. 0. A.) for servicing covers for collectors. Because of the time ele-ment,. it was practically impossible for individuals to send their own covers. The following is a list of points and the price charged by the Airlines:

New York to Sweden ............... . New York to Denmark ........... . Sweden to Denmark ............... . Denmark to Sweden ................. . Denmark to New York ........... . Sweden to New York

$ .50 .50 .45 .45 .75 .75

In each case, the cost is figured at about 20c over the face value of each cover; based on letters weighing one-half ounce. The price includes the print-ed envelope and the return of the letters to sender under cover.

A similar announcement appeared in a later Bulletin , as follows:

•

7o AmSTcRDAm 7he. 11E.THC.RLAnos

• Official Cachet for FAM 24

Service io Amsterdam

for delivery in the United States will be returned by the ordinary means.

Covers for the first flight must reach New York post office by Febru-ary 17.

It will be noted that the P. 0. Depart-

ment has furnished an OFFICIAL ca-

chet and that collectors may again send

covers addressed to themselves here in

the States.

At the same time, American Airlines

announced that they would service cov-

ers from New York to Amsterdam at Philatelic treatment will be provided 45c per cover and from Amsterdam to for covers carried by the first flight from New York, N. Y., to Amsterdam. k f 5 f The Netherlands, by American over_ New Yor or 4 c per cover. The ace seas Airlines, Inc .• on F. A. M. 24, ex- l h b b h pected to depart February 19, 1946, or va ue in eac case eing a out 30c eac . shortly thereafter. The present air-mail vostage rate of 30 cents per half- This extension was flown directly ounce will apply to the new service

A special cachet will be applied to from London to Amsterdam whereas the covers sent to the postmaster or hand-ed in at the post office of New York, previous extension had flown from Lon-N. Y., bearing the required postage and accompanied by a request that d t c h d St kh Im they be sent by the first flight. cov- on ° open agen an oc o · ~~~ mJJlt:d ~:~~~ss~~ f;!r t~:li;!fiie~ Later a stop in Norway will be made on lands. Upon receipt . at Amsterdam . l f .

covers will be backstamped, and those this eg o the extens10n.

FEBRUARY. 1946 lSS

TWA pilots send first fli:ht covers by FAM 27. Pilots shown are (left to right) Bud E. Wielt, Charles L. Bencher and J. T. Cannon, w.ho sent several covers each.

Up to this time many collectors have

been unable to differentiate between

routes 24 and 27, but now that they

have branched in their respective areas,

it becomes quite simple. Transcontinent-

al & Western Airways, Inc. have ' extend-

ed their route to Paris as of the end of

January and beyond ·on February I, 2, 3

from the various ports-of-call in the

United States. T. W. A. are expected to

change their name in the near future to

Trans Overseas Airways.

The Civil Aeronautics Board decided:

December 20, 1945 that Certificates of

public convenience and necessity of Am-

erican Overseas Airlines, Inc., Pan Am-

erican Airways, Inc. and Transcontinen-

tal and Western Air, Inc., for North

Atlantic routes should be amended to

include Baltimore, Md. as a co-terminal

point.

The foregoing extensions and initial services took place between issues of the Airpost Journal. However, all subscrib-ers to the AAMS Advance Bulletin Ser-vice received notice of same. Which once more demonstrates, first that those collectors not members of the AAMS are

missing the· opportunity to be advised

of many first flights, and secondly those

collectors who are members of the Socie-

ty but do not participate !n the Advance

Bulletin Service - which is ·free to mem-

bers - are actually missing some of

these historic dispatches.

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DEALERS SUPPORT CENTENARY SHOW

• Peter G. Keller, President of the Amer-

ican Stamp Dealers' Association, an-

nounces that a total of $34,650.00 has

been pledged by progressive American

stamp dealers to underwrite the Centen-

ary International Philatelic Exhibition of

1947. A total of 48 booths have been re-served for the great stamp show which is to be held in the Grand Central Palace in New York City probably during May of 1947.

Dealers interested in supporting the Centenary International Philatelic Exhi-bition should send pledges and booth reservations at once to John W. Nicklin, Corresponding Secretary ASDA, 110 W. 42nd St., New York 18, N. Y.

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I am pleased to announce acceptance by the officers of t11e Society, of the in-vitation from fue Motor City Air Mail Society of Detroit, Mich., to hold the AAMS 1946 Convention at the Hotel Book-Cadillac on May 31st, June 1st and 2nd. This branch chapter of our society is planning an exhibition in com-memoration of its hundredth meeting, so that this seems an unusually fitting time for the national society to hold its first post-war convention. A full pro-gram for fue convention will be an-nounced soon, and anyone desiring de-tails concerning hotel facilities, bourse tables, the exhibition and other matters, should write Orian E. Green, President, Motor City Air Mail Society, 555 W. Drayton, Ferndale, Mich. I hope that many of our members will start now to plan their vacations or their business af-fairs so that they can be in Detroit with us for fuis three day meeting.

Editor Gatchell in the January issue of theAirpost Journal reported the visit by your President and himself to the Club Filatelico de la Republica de Cuba, Branch Chapter No. 19 of our society. I would be very neglectful of my duty, if I did not add my personal apprecia-tion for the marvelous reception given us by the members of this society. Our every pleasure was the serious concern of many members of our Cuban Chapter. I am particularly very grateful to my friends, R11fael Oriol, Luis Angulo Pint-ado, Richard Milian and Dr. Tomas A. Terry for their several courtesies. I am

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MUCH PROGRESS MADE ON NEW CATALOGUE

• Committee Hopes to Publish Volume c>ne by Mid-Year

• The Catalogue Committee of the

American Air Mail Society is happy to report considerable progress in connec-tion with the production of the forth-coming edition of the American Air Mail Catalogue. Composition started some months ago and several sections have al-ready been completely processed through the Albion Shop and are presently in type form. Editorial work on the remain-ing portions of Volume One is well ad-vanced and within the next few weeks most of the Sections will be ready for the linotype operator.

Press work and binding still present a major problem but Editor L. B. Gat-chell and Business Manager Grace Con-rath are hopeful that a way will be found to inaugurate printing of the in-itial Sections rather promptly. These con-tinuing uncertainties make it··more than ever impossible for the Committee to an-nounce a definite date for publication; however on the basis of information pre-sently available to them it is felt that Volume One cannot possibly be plac-ed in collectors' hands before June 30th at the earliest. Volume Two under this schedule, should not be expected before the end of 1946. For this reason, the Committee has decided to label the work the 1947 Edition, which date incidentally will co-incide with the lOOth Anniver-sary of the first U. S. Postage stamp in connection with which a Centenary Ex-hibition will be held in New York during May, 1947. The Committee regrets these production delays, caused by circum-stances entirely beyond its control, but from the start it has adopted the policy of frankly acquainting members and sub-scribers of difficulties as they exist, so

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they may at all times know what to ex-pect.

"Ask and Ye shall receive." Never was this old quotation more aptly demons-trated than in the Editor's recent request for assistance in reproducing cachet art, maps and other necessary illustrations for the Catalogue. Hardlv had the Dec-ember Journal been distributed ere no less than four volunteers called or wrote Editor Gatchell. This response evidences the great interest in the Catalogue and again demonstrates that the work, when finally issued, will truly represent the un-selfish and co-operative effort of Aero-philatelists everywhere. These four gentlemen have been added to the Ed-itorial Board and either are or soon will be hard at work. The Committee extends its hearty thanks.

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MINT AIRMAILS ABYSSINIA COLOMBIA GUATEMALA

Cl-10 .................................. 2.50 Cl7_20 ................................ 2.50 C6 ........................................ .35 Cll-17 ................................ 9.50 C22-26 ................................ 1.05 CB-12 .................................. ..60

AEGEAN ISLANDS cs_13 .................................. 1.25 CEl-2 ................................ 4.00 C26-27 ................................ 6.75

Cl3-14 ................................ ~20 C25 .................................... :75 C29-31 ................................ 1.75

Cl ........................................ .28 Cl24 ...................................• .05 C3 ........................................ .05 Cl26 ................................ .25

COSTA RICA

ALAOUITES C2-5 used ........................ .20 CBl-4 ................................ 1.35 C21 ...................................... .30 C7-10 .................................. 1.15

ALBANIA i- C36-42 ................................ 7 00

::43-45 ................................ no ARGENTINE

C38-42 ................................ 2.45 C43 ...................................... .15 C44 ...................................... .25

Cl5-17 ................................ .15 HAITI C55-56 ................................ .25 Cl-4 .................................... 1.35 #147 .................................. .80 C5 ........................................ 2.00 C28_30 ................................ .10 C7 ........................................ .50 C31-38 ................................ 1.45 CB ........................................ .45

ClO ...................................... .25 ::;14_18 ................................ 1.25 C22-23 ................................ 1.10

CUBA

AUSTRALIA Cl-2 .................................... .25 Cl ............ :........................... .15 C3 ........................................ .18 HONDURAS ::;4 ........................................ .50 Cl3-15 ................................ 1.85 Cl4 ...................................... 1.75

BEL CONGO Cl6-17 ................................ 1.65 Cl-4 . 95 C23 ...................................... .15 C5-6 ·::.".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".".". 2°.25 Cl6 ...................................... .40 Cl7 ······································ ·35 C5 7 & 12 1 50

BOLIVIA cil3-20 .... :::::::::::::::::::::::: 4:25 C52-54 ................................ .15 C63-71 ................................ 1.35 C72_8l ................................ 1.25 C91-95 ................................ .60 :::12_17 ................................ 3.00

BRAZIL

CURACAO

Cl5-17 ................................ 1.90 ::18-19 ................................ .30 C29 ...................................... .15 C31-32 ................................ .75 C38-40 .. ...... ............ ............ 1.25 C4L45 ................................ 2.00 C46-50 ................................ 1.50 C85-88 ................................ .85 ClOl-108 ............................ 4.35 Sanl6-20 .......................... 3.50 Sanl27-28 ........................ 1.25

CYRENAICA

Cl7-25 ................................ 3.00 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HUNGARY C22-24 ................................ 2.00 C3 5 .............................. .25

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#386 ·································· .10 g :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :~~ BULGARIA ECUADOR C4_8 ···································· 3.00

CL4 ···································· 2.00 Cl 6 1 00 90 CAPE JUBY - .................................. · COl .................................... · Cl-7 .................................... 1.00 gz1f4 .............................. ~.gg INDIA

CHILE C15:18 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :35 Cl-6 .................................... 2 .. 20

1~11r~ ;=.-- ;~ ll~-;~ ; . ;n ::;,;c:~~~: ;: CHINA C86-88 ................................ .55 CEl .................................... 1.75

Cll-20 (7) ........................ 2.25 :::103-105 ............................ 2.10 CFl .................................... 1.75 ClL17 (5) ........................ .65 :::Ol-6 ................................ .75 242-245 .............................. .45 C31-40 ................................ 4.50 '.:013-16 ............................ 1.50 LIBIA Cl-5 .................................... 6.00 C017_2l ............................ .55 CL2 .................................... .95

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rrancis Leech, A. A. M. S . . , Past President, Victim Of Heart Attack

• Belated word of the sudden death of

Francis B. Leech, former President of the American Air Mail Society and mem-ber of the Advisory Board has just reach-ed us. Mr. Leech died of a heart attack while undergoing treatment at Butter-worth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Mich. on December 10, 1945. Mr. Leech had mov-ed his home to Grand Rapids in August of last year and it is assumed that burial was in that city. He is survived by his \Vidow and two sons.

Francis Leech was an ardent philatel-ist and for many years was prominently active in the affairs of the American Air Mail Society. He succeeded L. B. Gatch-ell as President of the Society and served in that capacity from 1934-36. He was also much interested in philately at the Nation's capital and was the organizer and first President of the Washington Air Mail Society, Chapter No. 7 of the Ameri~n Air Mail Society. During his term of office the Society held its second Washington, D. C. Convention.

In business life Mr. Leech was a prom-int Patent Attorney and was a partner in the firm of Leech and Ladue. He was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. He was a member of many prominent Clubs including the National Press Club. ·

During a visit to Washington last summer Mr. Leech told President King-dom and Editor Gatchell of his intention to move to Grand Rapids for the purpose of avoiding the tensions of Washington life but there was no indication at that time of any serious physical condition. We are indebted to Mr. Clark H. Beir-iger, Mr. Leech's business associate at Grand Rapids fc;>r news of his death. We are sure that his family has the full

~ympathy of all those who were privileg-ed to be his friends.

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• Francis B. Leech

SCOTT'S TO RESUME AIR POST CATALOGUE; 1946 EDITION IN MAY

• After a wartime interlude of four years,

Scott Publications will resume publishing its "Standard Catalogue of Air Post Stamps" with the 1946 edition which will go on sale in May if printers' promises h_old, according to Editor Hugh M. Clark.

The Catalogue Listing Committee of the American Air Mail Society is collab-orating with Mr. 9lark in preparing this catalogue which will be priced at $2.

The Scott Air Post Catalogue offers specialized information on airmail issues in greater detail than the Standard Post-age Stamp catalogue. This information includes quantities issued and day of issue, when available, and prices of used stamps on cover. Also included are com-memorative stamps of aeronautical nature.

The 1946 Edition of

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FRANCIS :t. FIELD, Sutton Coldfield, England

D. E. HELMUTH, East Cleveland, Ohio

F. W. KESSLER, New York, N. Y. GEORGE D. KINGDOM, Conneaut,

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DR. MAX KRONSTEIN, New York Air Malls and. the War FLORENCE LAMPORT

Philadelphia, Pa. A.A.M.S. Chapter News

G. F. LANCASTER, Brooklyn, N. Y. Dedications and Unoft'icials

RICHARD L. SINGLEY, Lancaster, Pa. F.A.M. Notes

WILLIAM R. WARE, Malden, Mo. Contract Air Mall Routes

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:Jlie flew Scoll Airpo6l Calafogue •

Announcement has been made that Scott Publications, Inc. will re-sume the publication of the STANDARD CATALOGUE OF AIRPOST STAMPS which last appeared in 1942 and which was suspended during the War because of the inability to secure sufficient stocks of paper. The first post-war edition will be issued in May of this year.

As is well known to our readers the AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY has a standing Committee appointed to co-operate with the pub-lishers as to the scope and character of the listings which appear in this Catalogue. The Committee does not in any way concern. itself with prices. This Committee was originally appointed and currently continues under the basic policy of the Society which is to lend aid and assistance to every con-structive project which furthers the hobby of Aerophilately, when such aid is solicited or welcomed.

Editor Gatchell assumes the Chairmanship of the Committee in place of the late Paul F. Berdanier, Jr. R. J. Lyon has been appointed to the vacan-cy caused by the death of former JOURNAL Editor Walter J. Conrath. The remainder of the Committee consists of William R. C. Alley, George W. Angers, Alton J. Blank, J. J. Klemann, Jr. and Col. Charles P. Porter. The work will be edited by Hugh M. Clark with Robert 0. Truman as Assistant Editor.

Here and There with the Editor •

Friends of Francis B. Leech were shocked to hear of his recent death at Grand Rapids, Mich. Those who have been members of the American Air Mail Society for more than a few years will recall his constructive administration of the affairs of the Society during troub-lous days of the period. And fun loving members of that fabulous order of the KLT cannot fail to remember that it was in his law office at Washington that the first impromptu meeting of the organiza-tion took place during the Second Con-vention of the Society in the early thir-ties. Although Francis sold his marvel-ous accumulation of Governmental cov-ers some years ago he never lost his in-terest in the Society nor in the hobby. He will be mourned by all who knew him ..

• Evidence is at hand that the Jack

KNIGHT AIR MAIL SOCIETY is hard

at work in the preparation of its series of proposed AIR LABEL CATAL-OGUES. Earl Wellman, the energetic Editor and Chairman of the . project, sends us a copy of the AIR LABEL CATALOG STAFF NEWS which an-nounces . initial appointments to the var-ious Sections and which outlines the policies to be pursued in the listings. These boys have an ambitious program which deserves the full support of all air label collectors.

• Through Dr. Max Kromtein we learn

that the AIR MAIL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND has set up an expert Com-mittee with A. A. M. S. Honorary Mem-ber Wilfrid Peers as Chairman. The Committee will review and mark New Zealand air stamps (including pigeon-grams) and flown covers. Members of the American Air Mail Society may se-cure this service at the same rates as

(Continued on Page 162)

It's Great To Be Home! •

(By ALTON J. BLANK, Assistant Editor)

• EDITOR'S NOTE-We print Assistant Editor Blank's Aero_philatelic re-actions on returning home in the thought that they are typical of the enthusiasm with which each home-coming GI collector-starved for news of his hobby and the opportunity to practice it-reembarks upon the most fascinating of all avocations. During his service overseas Sergt. Blank was stationed at Nadzab, New Guinea;

Sorino Village, Biak, NEI; Julita, Leyte, P. I.; Imadomari, Okinawa, Ryukus and Manila, Luzon, P. I .

• PEACE! It's Wonderful!

After almost two years overseas it is great to be home and a civilian again. One can go and come as one pleases. One can eat with relish and actually make a choice of foods, not to mention desserts. There are shows to see and people to mingle with and cars to drive. And what is best, a home and loving wife to come home to.

In that home one gets a kick out of opening the refrigerator and seeing bottles of refreshme.nt cooling there. Milk, quarts and quarts of it along-side of cokes, and beer, and just everything that makes for fine living. In the den is piled up a two_year's accumulation of mail and magazines. Letters are opened and quickly read and stamp papers perused. All this in an attempt to bridge the two-year gap and re-acquaint ones-self with what has occurred in the stamp world during the interim.

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL is there in its mailini:- wrapper all carefully addressed in care of my wife, thanks to the efficiency of Grace Conrath. I have gone thru the issues rapidly catching items and advertisements thruout, and have reached a tolerable con_ clusion as to what has happened while I was away. If the reader will bear with me I will jot down a few notes about them in the belief that he or she may be interested in a soldier-collector's reaction. After all one can't collect stamps for twenty years and then have a little thing like a World War interrupt. So I am going to pick up where I left off collecting in 1941.

The first copy I uncover is for July of 1945. (The Journals a·re not sorted chrono-logically as yet.) STAMPEX in Newark is the main feature. The progr.am portends a fine show and gathering of AAMS members. Miss Florence Lamport is to conduct a column on branch Chapters. This young lady will be interested in knowing that I read a letter while in Manila sent by her to the Philippine AAMS chapter 13. I will write to her with some information for her column as soon as the time is available. And the Fred W. Kessler's have a baby son. Congratulations. Has he shown any preference for mint or used airs yet, Fred? Air letter sheets seem to be coming into their own.

Coincidently the cover of the Feb. '45 APJ substantiates this with a view of forms in use in Southern Rhodesia and South Africa. Guess I'll have to look into this and get s.ome for my collection. Page 150 reveals an article on Philippine Victory stamps which I wrote while stationed in Julita, a small barrio about 32 miles from Tacloban, where the first Victory stamps were sold. Rafael R. Garcia certainly did a. fine job designing that 3c commemorative stamp of Cuba. It is a beauty.

May, 1945, issue is small. The "Doodle" cover is distinctive. The December '44 issue is next· and likewise small, though its BIG news is anent member Jesse G. Johnson receiving the Navy's Bronze. Star. Karl B. Weber's history of the governmental mail carrying activities in the decade immediately following the first World War gets off to a good start in the April number. John N. Myer presents quite an article on Codified Analysis; something which I heard briefly about in a letter received in Leyte. I was pleased to read Erik Hildes-Heim's lucid letter with additional color about Tryggve Gran's aeronautical activities.

FEBRUARY, 1946 145

A bulging envelope encloses the 15th Anni:versary issue of Nov. '44. Is this ever a swell issue? There is a sample of each Editor's work with a picture of everyone who has worked for the APJ in the past decade and a half. Francis J. Field's prophecy reads more like a feasible plan for world-wide air mail service than the prognostication which he calls it. Dick Singley's "The Road Back" is of peculiar personal interest because I was fortunate enough to have been one of "more than 250,000 American soldiers" who helped in "fulfilling MacArthur's promise to return to the Islands and wrest them from their temporary masters." At the time this anniversary issue was being circulated I was busy with members of my photo squadron in processing pictures taken in support of action that led to the complete wresting of the island of Leyte from· Japanese hands. We had a wild time there just south of Tacloban what with raids, alerts, paratroopers, etc., etc. But that is another story. The "Greetings from the Netherlands East Indies" sent by myself evoked memories of writing that in response to Bart Gatchell's request for a special article. At the time of the receipt of his request we were busy preparing for the strike on the Philippines and I could not spare time for more.

But time goes on and space and paper is limited. Rather than become tedious, I will skip lightly thru the rest of the Journals. If I fail to mention a particular article, editorial, or feature that is of outstanding merit, do not think I have overlooked it, because I'm reading all of the issues from cover to cover-and that goes for the ads too. (Boy, when I finish I may appear stir crazy.) It will be with that wild look in my eye of wishful wondering how in the ........ I'm ever going to get caught up with all those now not-so_new issues that Kingdom has listed and Kessler, Charlat, Long, Scott, Anderson, and all the rest advertise they can supply. I guess I better dig out some of that phony "micky-mouse" Japanese invasion money I picked up in Biak and TRY to pass if for cash. Suppose the G. I. Bill would take care of a $2000 stamp loan?

Being an airmail stamp enthusiast who knows no limits to his ambitions, I was par-ticularly conscious of the fine pictures and listings in the CHRONICLE of Air Post Stamps as published by Scott Publications, Inc., which run thru-out the APJ's pages. Thru their medium I shall be able to bring my airmail stamp notes up to date and be better enabled to compile my want list. (Would that I could toss it to the boys!)

.Here and now I want to take time to give credit to Editor Gatchell for 10 'tblY' catching and holding aloft the torch that casts the light of honesty upon things aero-philatelic that the esteemed Walter. J. Conrath relinquished. Issue afer issue I can see in the spirit of the editorials and the crusades against malefactors the gleam that used to shine in wait's eyes when discussing incidents that needed correction.

Ernie Kehr has turne.d out some handsome covers for the society's publication,. There is nothing that can answer the question of expectancy for seeing something new so well as one of those unique APJ covers. It adequately puts one's mind in the proper frame for what is enclosed inside.

It was with great regret that I noted the reports of the passing of. two such fine collector friends as Maurice S. Petty and Paul F. Berdanier, Jr. While our collecting interests were as far apart as the poles, Petty and I used to have regular get_togethers at the conventions. Vivid as yesterday is a long walk we took together during the New York show in '36, finally winding up down in the Bower~. And Paul Berdanier used to supply me with details of Mexican air mails in his own incomparable style.

And so thru the twenty-four issues I found many things that reminded me of former acquaintances and activities. Now tha1l the war is over I think I shall join the ranks of those many thousands who are already doing so and enjoy the peace that has been so magnificently won.

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• Reported by ERNEST .A. KEHR Collectors, dealers and souvenir hunt-

ers tossed price lists and catalogues away when they attended the first part of the Franklin D. Roosevelt stamp auction and went berserk in their determination to get at least one item froin the collection of America's Number One Collector which was sold by H. R. Harmer, Inc. at the Parke-Bernet Galleries, on Febru-ary 4-5.

The several outstanding air-mail gems offered during the three initial sessions, like most everything else which had Mr. Roosevelt's initials or autograph, went far beyond normal market value.

The block of four Sarabia stamps (priced at $200 ·by Sanabria ); was sold for $550; The Graf Zepplin set went at $170, and a block of the 50-c,ent Zepps, with a block of Germany's 2-mark Chic-ago flight was knocked do\vn at $130.

The die-proofs went at approximately what the appraisers estimated them. Sidney Barrett purchased the set of the 1918 large die proofs at $2,800. The

• 1923 and the 1926-'27 map sets went at $900 each. The large Lindbergh was sold for $700 and the five-cent Beacon, at $150.· The five-cent winged globe of 1930 went at $375. Irwin Heiman bought the Large dies of the Graf Zeppelin set for $2,200, while the same set, in small die proofs went for $1,600. The small Lindbergh brought $350.

Air-mail stamps in full sheets, with the autograph of Mr. Roosevelt, brought the following prices:

1933-50c Zepp ........................ $600 1934-6c, orange .................... $140 1935-25c Trans-Pacific .......... $125 1937-20c green ........................ $150 1937-50c carmine ...... .. . . .. . . . . .. $170 1938-6c blue .and carmine .... $150 1939-30c trans-Atlantic ....... . $100 1941-set of 6 .. ......... : ................ $700

The 16-cent air mail, special delivery stamp, in the full, uncut original Farley printing, inscribed in the margin .. This stamp is from my own design, Franklin D. Roosevelt," was purchased by George B. Sloare, for $1,000.

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Three hundred-ninety-six exhibition frames will be available, each holding 6 standard loose leaf album pages. Size of frames is 30" x 36".

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On Saturdav, April 6th, an auction will be held by H. R. Harmer.

• NEW ISSUE NOTES

(Continued from page 133)

Spanish Guinea

A set of eight airmail stamps is ex-pected. Values are 20c, 25c, 35c 50c, IP, 2P, 4P and lOP.

Uruguay

Two values, surcharged on the l.38P orange Oxcart type, have been issued. The overprint consists of the year "1945," a figure of the Winged Victory, and the new values of 23c (black surcharge). and $1 ( blue surcharge).

The 68c light brown value ( AP7) of the Rio Negro Dam Issue has been sur-charged in blue reading, "Correo-In-auguration - Diciembre, 1945 - 20 cents," thus making it an adhesive for regular postal use.

The 62c blue green value of the same issue has been issued with "Inauguracion - Deciembre, 1945" in black.

This latter remains an air mail stamp.

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

JOHNSON NOW FULL CAPTAIN, U.S. NAVY

• A. A. M. S. Officer Tells Of

Jap Wake Surrender

• JJF riends of Commander Jesse G.

Johnson, United States Navy will be pleased to learn that he has recently been promoted to the rank of Captain. Captain Johnson, a Vice-president of the Ameri-can Air Mail Society, served during the late war as Executive Officer of the "USS Guadalcanal," the carrier which captured intact a German submarine off the coast of Africa and more recently has been skipper of the "USS Webster," an aircraft repair vessel of new design.

On the day prior to V-J day, Captain Johnson and the "Webster" were off Eniwetok Island. Because he had been the first Naval Pilot ever to fly to and map Wake Island ( 1935), he was per-mitted to act as Second Pilot of a Navy Martin PBM-5 "Mariner" Plane which flew over Wake Island, dropped leaflets demanding the surrender of the Jap gar-rison and which also broadcast similar demands by loud speaker. Through the courtesy of Captain Johnson we illustrate one of the actual leaflets which were dropped. He tells us that he personally manned the loud speaker and demanded surrender in the following language: "This is the United States Navy plane which is flying over you and I am calling the Japanese garrison on Wake Island. Tomorrow your countrymen in Japan will sign the peace treaty in Tokyo Bay. If your care to surrender wave a white flag or make black smoke." Five days later the surender of the Island was com-pleted.

Captain Johnson and the "Webster" were in Tokyo Bay on Navy Day of last year. For those readers of the Journal who collect Naval covers Captain John-son prepared Navy Day covers with ap-propriate cachet. The envelopes used are the 6c on 2c Air Mail overprints. Captain Johnson will send a copy of this

FEBRUARY, 1946 151

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MORE ON THE NEWFOUNDLAND HAWKER STAMP

by STEPHEN G. RICH

In regard to John Myers' article in the December Journal:

One who doesn't collect Newfound-land, nor air mails except for those of South Africa as an integral and exten-sive part of that country's postal issues and services, may perhaps see the mat-ter calmly and without prejudice. In that way, I may avoid adding heat and perhaps even add light, to the dis-cussion.

•

It is perfectly clear that there was no air mail postage rate, domestic or inter-national, in Newfoundland in 1919. As far as the postal service was concerned, the Hawker covers were just everyday mail at the 3c local and imperial rate. It is equally clear that the overprint-ing did not have any legislative or exe-

cutive sanction-and that none was even thought of, or suspected to be necessary. P. M. G. Robinson clearly decided he had the authority and power, and went ahead. We don't expect a separate act of Congress or an executive order from the White House when the U. S. con-verts useless stamped envelope stock into penalty envelopes, or when they change the value of surplus postal cards or envelopes. Why then in this case?

I don't believe the much ballyhooed "essays or trial printings" of the Hawk-er stamp are any such thing. If the over-print type is as on the issued stamp, we may presume the alleged 18 copies de-stroyed were actually preserved and we have 15 of them. If the type is differ-ent, I boldly assert that they surely are fake overprints.

by HENRY M. GOODKIND

In the December 1945 Airpost Jour-nal, John N. Myer set forth some data based upon his study of official New-foundland records in reference to the Hawker stamp. As a result of his study he poses the question, "whether the 'Hawker' is an officially issued stamp of the Government of Newfoundland or an unofficial sticker prepared by Mr. Robin-son, as a souvenir of the event of the Hawker and Grieve flight."

One who would refute Mr. Myer can only do so by producing Newfoundland Government records pertaining to the Hawker. Further some tangible evidence that this stamp was ever sold at face value at any Newfoundland Post Office.

Otherwise, one must agree with Mr. Myer that the Hawker was not a stamp issued by the Government of Newfound-land. We would prefer to have had him classify it as "a Postmaster's Provisional" rather than as he called it "an unofficial creation of Mr. Robinson." Alex. J. Robinson was the Postmaster General of Newfoundland.

In our opinion, the statement of Mr. Myer that should be stressed is that "this would, of course, in no way de-tract from its interest or value to an air mail specialist." To substantiate this,. we would point out that in 1945 the Sana-bria Airpost catalogue introduced a clas-sification table for all stamps listed by it. It codifies the Hawker "as NOT auth· orized by official decree and/ or issued in the regular or customary manner by recognized national Govei.'nment." As a result, the value of the Hawker has not decreased, but on the contrary, it is now selling at a considerable advance over its price of former years. At present, there are not enough available to satisfy the demand for a Hawker, mint, used, or on cover.

(Continued on page 157)

ABYSSINIA Cl to ClO Black Overprint First Flight Addis Abeba-

Dirre- Daoua ......................... ...... ................... 35.00

NETHERLANDS INDIES C13 on Cover 20.00

ITALY C27 on Autograph Trans-Atlantic flown Cover . ....... 17 .50 Sanabria No. 602 on flown Cover . ........ ................ ...... 4.00

LIECHTENSTEIN C15 - C16 flown Zepp Cover ........... . 5.00

LIHERIA C23A and CFl on first flight cover Liberia to U.S.A. 35.00

NEWFOUNDLAND ClS - Gen. Balbo Flight Cover 45.00

NICARAGUA C110 - Clll - C111C - C111E on Registered Cover ........ 20.00t C135 and Cl 70 on Registered Cover ..... ........ ........ .. . . 75.00 Sanabria No. 229 on Registered Cover ...... .......... ........ 3.50 Sanabria No. 225a - 226a - 227a - 228a on Registered

Cover .............. . ... .. ... ............ .......... ........ . .. ....... 35.00 Sanabria No. 235a - 236a - 237a on Registered Cover 25.00'

SURINAME Block of 4 CBI on Registered Cover Postmarked

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SALVADOR ClA Red Overprint - CB Inverted and several other

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C15 to ClS on Registered Cover Post marked December 17, 1930 ................. ...................... 25.00

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Al~ MAIL AND TH~ WA~

By DR. MAX KRONSTEIN 3900 Spuyien Duyvil Parkway

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• An RAF formation, flying from Italy, in

1944, dropped 250 million leaflets over enemy occupied Europe (about 800 000 lbs.). When the British prepared for 'the final assault on the burning Bremen leaflets were dropped on April 23 calling for . surrender of the city and harbor. Nazi planes, during the general German retreat from the Rhineland, dropped leaflets. over that province on April l, promising to return by May 1. In Mace-:ionia, the arrival of supplies for civilians was preceded by air instructions to the populace given by leaflets dropped on March 12, 1945.

NORWAY-The North Cape area was occupied by Norwegian troops early in February, 1945. After the German sur_ render of May 7 the Royal Norwegian Gov-ernment resumed power. A large portion Jf the German forces remained there for ;ome time later awaiting evacuation.

A restricted air mail service between U. S. and Norway was resumed June 2 1945. '

For some time previously, Oslo had been a regular air termlnal of the U. S. A T. C. network. An American civilian afr ser-vice from U. S. A. by way of Greenland, Iceland - Stavanger, Norway Stockholm, Helsinki, Leningrad, Moscow was approv-ed by the CAOS cm July 5.

POLAND-Temporarily two different governments spoke to the world, the one-in Exile-in London, the other, first Rus-sian sponsored, later reorganized on June l!8 and world recognized, at Warsaw. This tatter administration commenced Febru-ary 2, to extend its control over pre-war German eastern areas. Railway service during the first month. Polish air routes were, early in June, in preparation from Warsaw to Moscow, to Prague and to Stockholm. There was at that time plane service (perhaps Russian) in operation be-tween Moscow-Warsaw-Berlin (since May 20) and Moscow-Warsaw.Dresden-Prague between Warsaw and Moscow was restored on May 18.

Polish L. 0. T. Air Lines. since March 6, under state management, resumed opera. lion in April, 1945, and flew 30,000 miles (since May 24). An U. S. civilian air ser-vice U. S A.-Moscow by way of Warsaw was approved in Washington on July 5.

PORTUGAL-All landing of German planes was banned on April 22. When a Swiss Exhibition was prepared at Oporto. Portugal, a special Swiss airplane arrived at Lisbon on May 12. The first direct PAA Clipper flight New York-Lisbon was made in the middle .of June, 1945. The license 'o operate an air service from U.S. A. to the eastern Mediterranean by way of Lis_

bon was granted to TWA on July 5. The license of PAA was extended to permit trom Lisbon to Calcutta, India.

RUSSIA-Russian air services were ex-'ended to Warsaw. Poland, to Dresden and Berlin, Germany, and to Prague at the end of May, 1945. Air mail service from Moscow was extended by way of Lenin-grad to Finland and Sweden, with airmail acceptance to England, effective May 5, 1945.

U. S. civilian air services to Leningrad and Moscow received U. S. approval on Juiy 5. Their inaugural date has not been announce das yet. The air mail rate from U. S A. to Russia was lowered from 70 to 30 ds a h'alf oz. effective June 28, 1945. SWEDEN:

This country was the most active Euro-pean neutral at the time of the German surrender. It resumed airmail service to Paris on May 18 (to be extended to Switzer-land soon). Courier flights between Stock-holm and England were inaugurated, at reduced rates (5c per 1 oz.) on March 17 and extended to regular passenger and mail services on May 21st. Daily British BOAC flights between Croydon and Stock-holm were resumed early in June 1945. Regular Swedish air services were resum_ ed to Oslo on May 16 and also daily flights to Helsinki, Finland and. to Copenhagen, Denmark. On May 5th, Sweden became the base for an England-Russia airmail service. The first trial flights between Sweden-Iceland-USA took place on May 19th. The first of five trial mail flights was made June 27-30 carrying about 620 lbs., and a special cachet was used: "First Swedish Transatlantic Flight from Stock-holm 27.6. 1945 (map: Stockholm-Rejkavik-Goose Bay-New York) Stockholm to New York." Captain A. Duvander was in charge. The plane, in addition to Rejk-javik. stopped at Mindan Field, Quebec. On May 25th, the first US ATC plane of the USA-Sweden service arrived at Stockholm from Iceland. A civilian US air service to Russia by way of Stockholm and Helsinki was approved in Washington on Juiy 5: SWITZERLAND:

All mail services to Germany were halt-ed in Switzerland on April 27th. At the end of the war it was announced that in 1944 Swiss airspace had been violated 1400 times, some times by large formations. The AA went into action 189 times and the figl).ter squadrons made 350 sorties with more than 1000 planes during which 100 foreign planes were forced down and 150 fighter bombers crashed in Switzerland. . . but one Swiss plane was lost. Regular US air mail service for Switzerland was re_ sumed on June 21. At that time Geneva was the ref(ular terminal of the US ATC network. The first flight to Portugal after VE day was made on May 12, 1945, but no resumption of regular international Swiss-air services was expected during 1945. A new 1945 Swiss airpost catalogue was is-sued by the Swiss Aerophilatelic Society.

(Continued on page 158)

We think that all members of the

American Air Mail Society will wish to subscribe now to the forthcoming handbook of

Mr. Pierre de Brimont to be issued in Feb~uary

In second part:

FRANCE by Pierre de Brimont

{Noted French Expert)

French ~olonies Air Mail This

By WILLIAM R. WARE P. 0. Box 595, Malden, Mo.

• It would hardly be proper for us to

pass up February 1946 without remem-bering that the 15th of February repre-sents the Twentieth Anniversary of the inauguration of Contract Air Mail service in the United States. No doubt, a large number of the older CAM collectors will remember that occasion. As we recall the events of that time, wide publicity was given to the flights made by the Ford Motor Company over Contract Air Mail Routes No. 6 and No. 7 which routes happened to be the first Contract routes inaugurated. Route No. 6 operated be-tween Detroit and Cleveland while Route No. 7 operated between Detroit and Chicago. Prior to that time "CAM" col-lecting was unknown. True, we had seen "First Flights" prior to that time but no air mail by private Contract. Noting the publicity given to these flights prior to the inaugural date, a lari;i;e number of collectors placed covers for the first flights on these routes; hardly knowing what to expect in return and little realize-ing what twenty years would ·produce in the way of "CAM" covers. The follow-ing twenty years insofar as the develop-ment of our domestic air mail system is concerned and the rapid growth of the hobby of collecting "First Flights" is a matter of which most collectors are fam-iliar, even though we little realized at the time, what twenty years would pro-duce.

The inaugural pilots on these first "CAM" routes were: Lawrence G. Fritz, Dean W. Burford and Ross Kirkpatrick. Ross Kirkpatrick survived the inaugural flights by a few days. Dean W. Burford passed on several years ago. Of the three; Lav11·ence G. Fritz, we are informed is still flying. During the recent war he served in the Army Air Forces and reach-ed the rank of Brigadier General in June 1944. He was commanding general of the North Atlantic Division of the ATC and last summer established a record for the New York to Paris flight; making the trip in less time than it was ever made before. Mr. Fritz is now associated with American Airlines as Vice-President in charge of Operations. Our idea of a Twentieth Anniversary flight would have been for Mr. Fritz to re-enact those early flights of February 15, 1926, with a special cachet provided for the mail by the Post Office Department and cere-

monies appropriate for the occasion. It is too bad that the Department failed to give some recognition to those early flights by the Ford Motor Company in the way of a special flight or cancellation. However, we have the 25th Anniversary to look forward to and perhaps Mr. Fritz will oblige us at that time.

AM Route No. 59 - San Juan ,Puerto Rico to Maya{!.uez, Puerto Rico via Ponce. This extension which took place on June 6, 1945 is now a matter of past history and while we did not record this extension to this route at the time in our notes due to some conflicting .information with ref-erence to the inaugural crew we would

. now like for the benefit of the records, to state that the crew was composed of Captain W. E. Bruen and First Officer Tames Brown.

AM Route No. 15. - Extension from Oklahoma City to Memphis. September 20, 1945. This is another route that is several months old and which we did not previously chronicle. This extension from Oklahoma City to Memphis flies via Tulsa, Muskogee, Fort Smith and Little Rock. The first Eastbound flight was made by Captain A. D. Lockey with R. B. Butler as First Officer. Oklahoma City dispatched 858 pieces of mail of which 261 were for collectors, Tulsa 273 pieces of mail of which 266 were for collectors, Little Rock 680 pieces of which 614 were for collectors. On the first Westbound flight which was in charge of Captain G. H. Slusher with V. W. Taylor as First Officer. Memphis dis-charged 474 pieces of mail of which 392 pieces were for collectors, Little Rock dispatched 2656 of which 398 were for collectors and Fort Smith dispatched 3283 pieces of which 273 were for col-lectors while Tulsa dispatched 2670 of which 162 were for collectors. The car-rier on this route is Braniff Airways who furnished a cachet which was placed on all covers noted. Service at Muskogee was deferred to a later date and at this writing has not taken place.

In the writer's opinion that portion of this extension between Tulsa and Okla-homa City will not warrant listing in the catalog in view of the fact that service between these two cities had previously been furnished by old CAM Route No. 3 ( the predecessor route) and we believe by Braniff Airways. However, the figures for the mail between these two cities are furnished for the benefit of the records.

.AM Route No. 51 - Addition of Eliza-beth City, N. C. On November 15, 1945

FEBRUARY. 1946

UNITED STATES AIR MAIL

// NEW YORK, NEW YORK • Cachets for AM-72 and AM-72F

this city was added to AM Route No. 51 which is flown by Pennsylvania Central Airlines Corporation. Resuming official cachets for first flight cities the POD furnished an official cachet which was applied to all first flight covers from Elizabeth City. The inaugural Eastbound flight from Elizabeth City was made on November 15, 1945 by Captain T. A. Hinkle with First Officer J. R. Liebrich. First Eastbound mail consisted of 1664 pieces of mail of which 1341 were for collectors. This mail was cancelled 2:30 PM. There was also 181 pieces of col-lectors mail received at Elizabeth City via this flight.

On account of weather conditions, the inaugural Westbound flight was not made from Elizabeth City until the following day, or November 16th. This flight was in charge of Captain Tames S. Bradford Jr. and First Officer G. H. Wilson. Eliza-beth City dispatched 292 pieces of mail via this flight cancelled 1 AM, November 16th. There were received at Elizabeth City 153 pieces of collector mail from Norfolk via this flight.

Other recent flights for which complete information is not yet in, are as follows: Huntsville, Ala. added to AM Route No. 40 on January 1st. Detroit, Michigan add-ed to AM Route No. 1 on January 5th. Ogden, Utah added to A M Route No. 1 on January 16th and a new direct flight over AM Route No. 40 between Memphis and Huntsville, Alabama.

We regret to advise that in each of these cases, advance information from the Post Office Department was insuf-ficient for most collectors to cover these flights. We have been somewhat dis-couraged by this action on the part of

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the Department in view of their recently announced policy in which they stated that as much advance notice as possible would be given to collectors on future first flights. However, in the case of Huntsville on Route No. 40 information was furnished in the Postal Bulletin of January 4th while the flight was actually made on January 1st. As with Ogden, Utah on Route No. 1, the Postal Bulletin of January 15th carried the information that the flight would take place on .Jan-uary 16th. Certainly, there is very little to encourage the first flight collector by furnishing such short notice or no notice at all. It is difficult for us to understand whv such secrecy surrounds these inaug-ural flights or how they can happen with-out giving the collector sufficient advance notice to cover. Certainlv, collectors were patient enough during the War but now that the War is over we feel that they are entitled to this courtesy.

• LETTERS TO THE EDITOR-

(Continued from Page 152)

• There is one statement made by Mr.

Myer, which we have not located in the many sources we have read on New-foundland Air Mail stamps. It concerns the $1 Alcock-Brown stamp concerning which Mr. Myer maintains 50c of each $1 went to charity. What official New-foundland record shows this and what charity benefited from the surtax?

A.A.M.S. Chapter News

• by FLORENSE LAMPORT

News of A. A. M. S. Chapters should be sent direct to Miss Lamport at 1800

W. Ruseomb Street, Philadelphia 41, Pa.

• The Chapters are making progressive

plans for activities during the coming year.

The Motor City Air Mail Society, Chapter #11, plans a two-day exhibition and bourse to be held in the Book-Cadil-lac Hotel, Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2, 1946, in Detroit, Michigan. This will be the Memorial Day week-end and will be a convenient time for visitors. Please make your hotel reservations early by writing to President, Orian E. Green, 555 W. Drayton, Ferndale, Michigan.

Memo from M. 0. Warns, national treasurer of the American Air Mail So-ciety, reports that the Milwaukee Air Mail Society, Chapter No. 17, held their De-cember 12th meeting at the home of Les-lie Markovich. The officers for the year are: M. 0. Warns. President; H. L. Eg-gert, Vice President, and C. W. Degler, Secretary. The following chairmen were appointed: Edward Kushbert, Auctions; James Porth for "Stamps for the Wound-ed" and Clarence E. Cary, entertainment committee.

From the Dayton-Wright Air Mail So-ciety, Chapter No. 18, Dayton, Ohio, Captain Charles J. Wood, President, sends the first writeup of a series of parties to he held this year. President and Mrs. Wood gave a Christmas party at their home on December 19th. The program featured the display of a fine philatelic library, including bound volumes of "The Airpost Journal,'' early catalogues of Tur-ton, Lissiuk, Champion and the Field handbooks. This chapter has been active during the war years and continues to have interesting meetings planned for the fuhire.

Alton J. Blank, Assistant Editor of The Airpost Journal, reports that the Cleve-

land Air Mail Society, Chapter No. 3, held their Christmas Party at George H. Porter's home on December 22, 1945. The new President, Frank A. Kiraly, was host for the January 29th, 1946, meeting.

During his stay in Manila, Mr. Blank, on duty with the U. S. Army, consulted with Pablo M. Esperidion, Secretary of the Philippine Air Mail Society, Chapter No. 13. The club plans to reorganize as soon as it is possible to hold regular meet-ings. Many of their members lost their collections during the looting and fire that preceded the American occupation of Manila. A number of their members were lost to them by Jap atrocities. All the American Air Mail Society Chapters would do well to send a note of encour-agement to the officers and members of the Philippine Air Mail Society. The secretary, Pablo M. Esperidion, can be reached, care of Elizalde and Company, Elizalde Building, Manila, Philippines. Use air mail to reach him quickly.

• AIR MAIL AND THE WAR

(Continued from page 154)

• SPAIN: ' '·...,I

Between the middle of March and April 1945, special air courier transports at-e supposed to have been flown with official records from Berlin to Spain and the Balearic Isles. However on April 22nd all landing of German planes was banned. TURKEY:

The BOAC, in the spring of 1945, ex-tended the air route Cairo-Ankara, Tur_ key to Istanbul. The service links Turkey with Syria, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran and the rest of the BOAC network. During the Yalta confer-ence, early in February 1945, American courier planes extended their flights from Cairo as far as to the Crimea. Negotiations concerning a US air service between USA and Turkey got underway on .June 27th at Ankara. The service will eventually be extended from there to India. Air ser-vices between London-Zurich-Istanbul are under preparation by the Companie Euro-peene de Navigation Aerienne (Airopia Ltd.) at London. TRANSATLANTIC FLYING:

During the last year of the war in Europe, the Empire and the US air ser-vices over the Atlantic reached new rec_ ords: At a northern terminal of the RAF Transport Command during 1944 about 3000 planes of the RAF, Canadian and BOAC services delivered 3,183,160 lbs. of airmail and freight from USA and Canada and well over one-half million lbs. from the UK to the North American continent. One British Commando was lost near the Azores on way to Canada early in April 1945. A liberator enroute from Canada to Britain with British delegates from San-

CONTRACT AIRMAIL COVERS CAM 1 CAM 6 CAM 10

lNl New York .............. .35 6El Detroit ...................... .70 lOSl Jacksonville ........ .6S 1N2 Hartford .................. .7S 6W3 Cleveland .............. 1.lS 10S2 Tampa .................... 1.00 1S2 Hartford .................. .70 CAM 7 10S3 Fort Myers ............ 3.00 1S3 Boston ...................... .30 7Wl Detroit .................... .6S 10N4 Miami .................... .50 1N4f Newark field ...... .50 7E3f Chicago .................. l.SO 10S5 Atlanta .................. .SO 1N5 Boston ...................... .20 CAM 8 10N6 Macon .................... 2.00 1N6 Portland .................. .lS 8Tl Seattle ...................... .30 10N7 .Jacksonville ........ 1.SO 1S7 Bangor ...................... .25 8S2 Portland .................. .6S lONB Tampa .................... 1.SO lNB Providence ............ .25 8N2 Portland .................. 2.00 10N9 Ft. Myers .............. 1.50 lNlO Augusta ................ .BS 8N3 Medford .................. .65 lONlO Miami .................. .SO 1Nl2 Waterville ............ .50 8S4 Frisco ........................ .3S lOSll Macon .................. 2.00 RlN13 to Waterville.... .25 8N4 Frisco ...................... .6S lONll Macon .................. 3.00 1Nl4 Boston .................... .20 SSS Fresno ...................... 1.SO CAM 11 1N16 Concord ................ .30 8N7 Los Angeles .......... .30 llSl Cleveland .............. .2S 1S20 Burlington ............ .20 8T9 Tacoma .................... .7S 11S2 Youngstown ........ .65 1~21 New York field .6S BSlOf Oakland .............. 2.00 11N3 McKeesport ...... SO 1 22 New Haven .......... .20 BSll Frisco .................... .65 11N4 Pittsburgh ............ :35 1N25 Springfield .......... .6S 8Nl2 San Jose ................ .20 llNS Akron .................... .2S 1S26 Boston .................... .2S 8Sl4 Les Angeles.......... .90 R116 to Akron .............. .3S 1S30 Providence .......... 1.00 BNlS San Diego ............ .lS 11E7 Pittsburgh ............ .SO 1N34 Bangor .................. .20 8N22 Sacramento .......... .30 11W9 Washington ........ .20 IN3S Millinocket .......... .25 R823 Sacramento rec'd .3S CAM 12 IS36 Presque Is. ............ .20 8S27 Santa Barbara .... .9o· 12Sl Cheyenne .............. .3S 1S37 Caribou .................. .lS CAM 9 12N2 Denver .................. .7S

1N39 Houl~~~·2············ .6S 9Wl Chicago .................. .30 g~ ~~bl~o ... ~:.~~~~~ 3:gg 2Sl Ch. 9W2 Milwaukee ············ .70 12SS Pu bl SO

1cago ···················· .35 9W3 Lacrosse ................ 7S S S e °F···················· · 2S2 Peoria ........................ 1.50 9E4 St. Paul .................... ·2s 12 6 anta e ................ .20 2N4 St. Louis ................ .35 9E3 Minneapolis .......... ·25 12N7 Alburquerque .... .20 2N5 Springfield ............ 25 9w6 Madison .................. ·3s l2S8 Pueblo-Amarillo .30 2S6 Springfield .............. :20 9E6 Madison .................. ·25 12N9 Am~r.illo ................ .20 2Sl0 St. Louis ................ .40 9w8 Milwaukee ............ ·25 12Sl0 Trmu~a~ .............. .20 2Nll Memphis .............. .20 9W9 Fond du Lac ........ ·35 Rl211 to Tr1mdad ........ .35

3sl Ch. CAM 3

2S 9W10 Oshkosh ................ ·50 12Sl2 Las Vegas............ .25

1cago .................... . 9Wll Appleton .............. ·95 R1213 to Las Vegas ...... .35 3N2 Moline ...................... .50 9El2 Green Bay ............ ·2s 12Nl8 Billings ................ .6S 3N3a St . .Joseph ............ 1.00 9NWl3 Chicago ............ ·2s 12Sl9 Great Falls ........ .20 3NS Wichita .................... .

33s 9NWl4 Elgin .................. ·20 12N20 Lewistown.......... .3S

3N7 Ft. Worth................ . o 9NW15 Rockford .......... :so Rl2N21 to Lewistown.. .20 3N8 Dallas ...................... .3g 9NW16 .Janesville ........ .50 CAM 13 3S9 Ponca City .............. .~ 9E18 Rochester .............. lS 13Sl Philadelphia ........ l.SO 3E11 to Tulsa ................ 1.00 R9El9 Rochester rec'd :25 13N2 Washington ........ 1.SO 3Wll Tulsa ...................... -~ 9W20 Bel

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SECRETARY'S REPORT

• NEW MEMBERS

Diener, Augustin AdoHo, Juan de la Barrera No. 64, Mexico D. F. Mexico. Levy, Nathan L., 2217 Huldy St., Houston, Texas . Hardin, George E., 317 N. W, 8th St., Oklahoma City 3, Oklahoma. Aguero, hijo Dr. Martin, Honduras Legation, Managua, D. N.-Nicarngua, C. A. Brink, Elmer A., 1628 Chestnut St., Quincy, Ill. Hach, Max, Apartado 64, Culiacan, Sin. Mexico. Kleinert, Herman, 4649 Rosehill St., Philadelphia 20, Pa. Malonado, Gral. Eugenio G., Pasco de la Reforma 146, Dep. 4, Mexico, D. F. Bartley, Deane C., 6035 8th Ave., N. E. Seattle 5, Wash. Prawdzic-Lazarski, Arthur, 128 East Trinity Road, Edinburgh 5, Scotland. Whyte, J. E., 449 4th St., Niagara Falls, N. Y. MacKay, John, Arabian American Oil Co., Bahrein Island, Persian GuH, Saudi, Arabia.

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2978 Kaufman, Edward, 234 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles 24, Calif. 2979 Cole, A., I5 Stamford St., Blackpool, S. S. Lanes' England. 2980 Poggenberg, Walter E., 66I7 N. 7th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 298I Hatch, Robert W., 5I45 Knox Ave., So. Minneapolis, Minn. 2982 Morgan, Mrs. Doris, 2944 Pacific Heights Road, Honolulu, T. H. 2983 Britt, John J., 48I Ft. Washington Ave., New York 33, N. Y.

NEW APPLICATIONS

Miller, Martin, clo Imperial Life Assoc. Co., I64 Water St., St. Johns, Newfoundland. Age 45, Saleman. AM AU HC ID CMC By L. B. QltcheIJ..

Nielsen, Erwin C., 735 N. Water St., Milwaukee 2, Wis. Age 58. Stock Supt. AU U20 Uc FF GF CAM FAM ID CMC By Herbert L. Eggert.

Corby, Robert, P. 0. Box 83, Dover, N. J. Age 35. Banking. AM U20 UC PC FF FAM RP OF Z ID EX By R. L. Singley.

Hom, Alfred C., 82 East Brown St., West Haven 16, Conn. Age 46. Sales Engr. UC PC HC CC Z ID CMC EX By George W. Angers.

Moore, Mrs. Gertrude E., 22610 Morley Ave., Dearborn, Mich. Age 53. Housewife. AM AU AS U20 UC EX By Orian E. Green.

Callaway, David, 2I23 Queen No., Minneapolis 11, Minn. Age 14. Student. By Carl M. Becken

Preus, James, 2510 McNair Ave., No. Minneapolis 11, Minn. Age 14. Studenil). AU U20 UC PC HC PA GF CAM FAM DC CF lD By Carl M. Becken

.Wiebe, Milburn K., 4227 Grand Ave., Omaha 11, Nebr. Age 36. S-alesman Mgr. AM UG FF CAM FAM OF Z CF ID By Grace Conrath.

Reinhard, Ellwood K., 68 Rockwell Road, Langley View, Hampton, Va. Age 21. PC HC FF GF CAM FAM CC OF DC Z CF ID By R. L. Singley.

Griffith, Carleton, 1050 Logan St., Denver 3, Colo. Age 58. Businessman. AM AU UC PC PB GF FAM OF Z EX By C. W. Degler

White, Tames H., 477 Edinburgh Road, Camtyne, Glasgow El. Scotland. Age 30. Clerk. PC HC PA EL EF GF CAM RP CC OFZ lD EX -V Mails and

Airgraphs. By Henry M. Hom. Engle, Frank, 42 Hudson Ave., Maplewood, N. J. Age 57. Stampdealer. AM AU UC

ID By W.C. Webb

REINSTATEMENTS

1284 Moore, Maurice, 611 Pearl Ave., Lynchburg, Va. Age 71. Retired. By R. L. Singley

305 Schamus, Sanford L., 777 West End Ave., New York 25, N. Y. Age 32. Stamp-dealer. By R. L. Singley

RESIGNATIONS

2573 Alvarez, Estiddo, Jose M., Havana, Cuba. 2730 Berger, Martin H., 63 Melbourne Terr., Waterbury, Conn. 2734 Crosby, Mrs. M. Rosalie, Monroe, Wash.

647 de Lagneau, Charles, 1233 N. W. 3rd Ave., Miami 36, Fla. 2437 Nietzel, Albert J., 511 Main St., Muscatine, Iowa. 2310 Poisson, Alfred L., 261 Union St., New Bedford, Mass.

DEATH REPORTED

1732 Hedges, Les B., 6235 Mt. Angelus, Dr., Los Angeles, Calif. 2149 Larson, Col. E. E., Washington, D. C.

TRANSFER OF MEMBERSHIP NO. 2149

From Col. E. E. Larson, Deceased, to Mrs. Margaret M. Lars,1n.

ADDRESS CHANGES

Dupont, Mrs. Gilmor E., 4281 Ravencraft St., Apt. 285, San Diego, Cal. Dwyer, Jr. James A., R. R. #1, Georgetown, Ky.

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Gantz, Mrs. Harry, 403 S. Muir.field, Los Angeles 5, Cal. Gantz, Col. Harry, 403 S. Muidleld, Los Angeles 5, Cal. Goudket, Herbert E., 1476 Jesup Ave., New York 52, N. Y. Grebner, George, 807 Kansas St., Peoria, Ill. Greaves, Mrs. Sada, 9 Church St., Lennoxville, Que., Canada. Gutmueller, Aug. G., Care of Doehler-Jarvis Corp. 386 4th Ave., New York 16, N. Y. Hershey, Alan U., 2657 So. Harvard, Los Angeles 7, Calif. Huesges, August P., 190 W. Chew Ave., Philadelphia 20, Pa. Johnson, Hamilton M., Schlumberger, Surenco, S. A. Apartado 1608, Caracas,

Venezuela, S. A. Meisenbach, Rev. Edw. L., Whitten, Iowa. Miller, Harold F., POB #185, Howard Beach 14, New York, N. Y. Naves, Glen W., 93