AIRPOST JOURNAL

March 1949 Vol. XX

No. 6

MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE

AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY

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ed Kessler Airmail Auctions. There are always Big things in the wind and unless your in­quiry tells us of your interest, there is always the possibilily that the good things may pass you by.

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Talented Swedish Air Stamp Designer Visits United States

b y ERNEST A. KEHR

• ]IL aila Pttytz-Wik, prominent Scan-. dinavian artist and designer of

the 20-kronor air mail stamp issued by Sweden on May 5, 1942, returned to her native Sweden on February 18, after a month's visit to the United States as a guest of Colonel Hans Lagerloef, honor­ary life member of the . American . Air Mail Society. She was accompanied by her husband, Wilhelm Wik, Swedish postal official and her twelve-year old son.

During the visit, Mrs. Wik explained her association with the postage stamp which since has been universally recog­nized as one of the most artistic designs used on an adhesive in over a century.

Born in Gallivare, Sweden, Mrs. Wik, an attractive and charming honey-bru­nette, studied at local primary and sec­ondary schools before entering the art conservatory at Stockholm. Following her elementary art training, she went to Paris and studied under Andre l'Hote, a Frenchman identified with ultramodern movements in painting. Her works, wide­ly known as representing the best in Swedish oil and water-color art today, have been on exhibition at Gotenburg and Stockholm "one-man" shows. At present her works are being featured at the former citv' s exhibition.

Although she had never planned to enter the field of postage stamp design­ing, she decided to -enter a contest an­nounced in 1937, by the Swedish postal administration to find a design for a pro­posed 10-ore air mail stamp.

Mrs. Wik made several suggested de­sign sketches, and when the judges carne to a decision, the now-famous picture was

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s~lected as the best of approximately 300 entries. A prize of 750 kronor was given to Mrs. Wik, but before th·e proposed stamps for which the contest was offered could be produced, circumstances forced the postal administration to change its value from 10-ore to 20-kronor.

Within a matter of weeks after the contest was finished the European con­tinent was blitzed into conflict with such completeness that Sweden was effectively cut off from the world beyond, except by airplanes. Because air mail suddenly was called upon to breach the emergency, heavy packages - often requiriil.g as

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much as 4,000-kronor in postage - didn't have enough area to allow the affixing of stamps, the highest denomination of which was then 5-kronor. Accordingly it was decided to issue a 20-kronor air mail stamp, and the Laila Prytz-Wik design was adapted. It depicts a brace of two wild geese" in flight over a symbolic ocean wave.

The design, which measures 22.6mm. x 27.25mm., was translated into a steel die by the eminent Swedish engraver, Sven Ewert. It was issued in sheets of 30, and booklets of 20 stamps each. The first sheet of this stamp was sent by the then Postmaster General Anders Oerne to Colonel Lagerloef, who in turn, trans­mitted it to the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was sold during the sec­ond F. D. R. sale by H. R. Harmer, Inc., at the Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York on April 2, 1946, to a floor bidder for $230.

* The Swedish Post Office identifies them as geese, but one philatelic writer who. claimed ornithological knowledge in­sisted they are swans.

When You Think Of ... BUYING OR SELLING

AIR MAILS Think of H. R. Harmer, pio­neers in selling of Air Mail Collections by auction.

Vendors: Request booklet "Concerning your stamps."

Collectors: Request free illustrated auc­tion catalogues.

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HERALD TRIBUNE HAS UNIQUE STAMP TRIP

• ~\ display combining the country's

}-\..\ foremost hobbies of stamp col­lecting, travel and photography, is rep­sented in the New York Herald Tribune's employee restaurant at 230 West Forty­first Street, New York City.

This feature is entitled 'a "Trip Around the World with Postage Stamps," and consists of 8 x 10 inch photographic en­largements of some of the world's un­usual postage stamps which depict scenic attractions that have lured globe-trotters for generations, as well as a few which are known only to natives of distant places or explorers.

This novel idea was conceived and produced by the New York Herald Tri­h>une's Stamp News Editor, Ernest A. Kehr, who is also Assistant Editor of The Airpost Journal. Mr. Kehr has been as­sociated with the Herald Tribune for ten years specializing in stamp and coin news. He is author of several books among which are "Romance of Stamp Collecting," "Guide to Stamp Collect­ing," and "Philatelic Glossary."

Included in the presentation are such sites as Chateau Chillon in Switzerland; the Carcasson in France; the Parthenon in Greece; the Citadel of Cairo; the Temple of the Tooth in Ceylon; the Yar­ra River in Australia; Mt. Edith Cavell in the Canadian Rockies and several Na­tional Parks in the United States.

The exhibit is arranged so the viewer may make an imaginary tour from the Statue of Liberty in New York, around the six continents, seven seas and inter­mediary islands before returning to the West Coast and crossing the continent back to the Battery.

Because of the interest and popularity of this collection while on display at the Herald Tribune, Mr. Kehr is making it available for display where the public generally may view it.

Japan's First Air L.etter Sheet Was Issued March 1

• by MAJOR IAN C. MORGAN

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e Attractive Air Le:l::ter Form from Japan, Issued March 1.

• OTHER "AIR STATIONERY NOTES

• llr he new Air Letter Sheet Catalog­

ue, just published by the Amer·i­can Air Mail Society is now in the hands of all those who placed advance orders. We originally planned that this first 1949 Edition should include all Air Letter Sheets issued prior to December 31, 1948, but are pleased to report that the book as actually published includes all items seen by the Editor prior to February 28, 1949. As such it is the most inclusive and up to date listing of these items publish­ed anywhere and we believe it is a "must" for anyone who aspires to col­lect these interesting items.

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As most of the recently issued items have been included in the Catalogue, only a short chronicle is needed here this month. JAPAN

The attractive sheet illustrated, pat­terned after the United States sheet, was issued on March 1. Thanks to Albert N. Brown of San Francisco for first day cov­er. LIBERIA

Both l2c and 25c air envelopes rub­ber stamped with the same type of crude handstamp as used for Letter Sheets #S lLS - 3LS are at hand. The design,

however, is somewhat larger. Franklin R. Bwns, Philatelic Advisor to the Liber­ian Government shows us these items. It is' rumored that an entirely· new design for both Air Letter Sheets and envelopes is in process. NORWAY

Our correspondent, Thorsten Ingeloff, tells us that this country's Air Letter Sheets now appear with a somewhat new arrangement of the printing and are now imprinted " E. M. l -49. 500,000" in small letters. PHILIPPINES

The Philippine Postal Administration has announced that a new 30c Air Letter Sheet, conforming to the increased postal rates, will be made available on and after March l.

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Please Note : This column desires news of all Aero Postal Stationery - not only that pertaining to Air Letter Sheets.

POSTMAM'S KNOCK wishes to offer their services in your

selection of AERO·POST AL STATIONERY

OF THE WORLD - Approval Selections -

Lists on Request Sources of Supply needed. Can us~ 1 or 100

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AIRS of· the MONTH •

By ALTON J. BLANK

1089 Winston Rd .. So. Euclid 21, Ohio

'V ariety in subject, reason, and ~ method of production makes for

a pleasing mixture of air stamps for the collector to add to his volumes this month. The French are in the process of adding a new country to the stamp al­bums of the world. Costa Rica promises quite a bit of philatelic activity this com­ing season. Iraq has six new beauties.

ALGERIA Two high values have been added to

the current series. They are a 50 f. show­ing a bird in flight and a 100 f. brown showing a plane over a city located be­low some lofty crags. We illustrate the 100 f.

Can anyone affirm or disprove a re­port of a new 15 f. being in preparation? ARGENTINE REPUBLIC

We illustrate the second value of the set for the Fourth Pan American Reunion of Cartographers. It is a 45c dark brown and shows Atlas holding the Globe.

Harry Allen. BELGIUM

July will see a Philatelic Exhibition. Reports aver a limited set is being pre­pared. Smart air mail stamp collectors might well remember the Cipex and Imaba issues and pay heed to the lessons learned at that time! BRAZIL

.A 1.20 Cr. rose pink, illustrated, show­ing a church-like edifice comes on first day cover dated Feb. 17, 1949 to a cor­respondent who has shown it to the writer. The dates "1649-1949" and the words "Igreja dos Prazaves" appear in the border. The stamp is a large one al­most 13,4 by 1 inch and comes 40 to a sheet arranged 8 x 5.

John S. Whittlesey. COSTA RICA

Long series sets for a coming Agricul­tural and Industrial Fair as well as com­memorative of the Second Republic are

• being prepared. Meanwhile it is reported that all of the current stock will be sur­charged appropriately in honor of the Revolution which recently took place. Cynically we wonder if the legend "Caveat Emptor" will be used in the sur­charge? Maybe a Third Republic Revo­lution will be financed out of the pro­ceeds! Harry A. Gordon. CUBA

A complete new set of air stamps is being prepared for both the Domestic and International services. This is in line with plans for postal emissions publiciz­ing the sugar industry of the ·Republic.

Four values of 5, 10, 20, and 50c de­nominations will make up the set for local use while six stamps of 5, 10, 15, 25, 50c and $1 will comprise the one for foreign use. Since there is need for an 8c value this rate may also be added. CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Featuring ~cenes deemed best suited to attract tourists a new series will soon make its appearance. ECUADOR

A Parisian printed series of five values honoring the 4tl1 Centenary of Cervantes was due to be released in January but to date has not made its appearance. The set was to he comprised of 1.30, 1.50, 3, .5, and 10 sucres values.

.FRANCE Using a new type design four stamps

of 100, 200, 300 and 500 francs values are promised. · FRENCH INDIA

Colors of the set of three mentioned last month are: 1 Ro. red and yellow, 2 Ro. green, and 5 Ro. brown and blue. GHADAMES

This is a French Military Territory be­tween Algeria and Fezzan, formerly part of Tunisia. Two new stamps of 50 and 100£. are forecast in the New York Jour­nal American.

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

HONDURAS

President Juan Galvez and Vice-Presi­dent Juno Lozano are to be given phila­telic recognition in an eleven value ser-ies. Denomination, color and subject of each are as follows: lc blue Emblem of

Honduras, 2c red Galvez, 5c blue Loz­ano, 9c brown Galvez, 15c brown Loz­ano, 2lc black Galvez and Lozano, SOc olive National Stadium, 40c blue Ton­contin Custom House, 1 Lempira brown Tegucigalpa Palace, 2 L. purple, Post-

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AIRS OF THE MONTH-(Continued from page 187)

• master Andino, and 5 L. rose Galvez and Lozano. HUNGARY

The third series of 10 stamps for fam­ous men is about to appear. Likewise a third sheet of semi-postals for the Chain Bridge is due. IRAQ

Six of the 11 stamps promised were issued February 1, 1949. These hand­some additions to the air mail stamp is­sues of the world come on first day cover from Mr. ]. Hannaney of Baghdad, Iraq.

The 3 fils green shows a plane over the airport building at the main field of entry. The 4 f. violet and the 20 f. blue show a dam and the resultant lake. The 5 f. brown shows vehicles on a bridge over a river. These four stamps are small in format. In larger format are the 50 f. olive and 100 f. purple both depicting a train crossing a bridge with a plane above. We illustrate the 3 f. and the 50 f.

]. Hannaney. KOREA

Becaus~0of a December 6, 1948 change in rate there may result a 150 weun stamp. LEBANON .,

Thirty thousand sets of stamps. of a 25 and 50 p.. value are being readied to commemorate the Universal Postal Un­ion's 75th anniversary.

The UNESCO set listed in the Janu­ary APJ has appeared in an imperforate miniature sheet on heavy cream paper with no gum. MONACO

Six stamps ·will honor the Centenary of Prince Albert, who it will be remem­bered, was noted for his passionate scien­tific interests. The subject matter will reflect these interests.

The 20 f. will depict the Celebration of the Constitution; the 25 f. shows the Institute of Humane Paleantology in Paris; the 40 f. the Anthropological Mu­seum the 50 f., Prince Albert; the 100 f., a view of the Oceanographic Institute of Paris; and the 200 f., a medallion profile of Albert.

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PANAMA Using a picture of the Aeedes Egigy

mosquito on a 5 centesimos gray and black stamp the memory of Carlos G. Finlay will be revered. The stamp will be square, 25 by 25 mm. in size and bear the inscription "Homage a Finlay" and the date "1948".

The publisher Jose Gabriel Dugue ( 1849-1918) was honored with an over­print on the Cervantes stamp. Overprint­ed in carmine are the words: "Centenario de Jose Gabrial Duque 18 de enero de 1949". Mr. Duque was the gentlemap. who merged the Panama Herald and Star, which newspaper is still managed by his son. REUNION

In addition to the new value the let­ters "C. F. A." appear on the set chron­icled last month. They signify "Colonies Francaises d' Afrique." ROUMANIA

Two stamps, one perforated and the other imperforate were issued Dec. 31,

· 1948 as part of the Office of Popular Sports. Common design to both shows a boy launching a model plane. The perf. copy is dark blue while the imperf. is bluish green. Denomination is 20 lei plus 20 lei. SAN MARINO

We now illustrate the 200 L. on 25 L. purple and red stamp chronicled in our December issue. SWITZERLAND

Mav 15 should see a stamp publicizing the Pro-Aereo fund according to recent reports. VATICAN CITY

The two values discussed last month 250L black and 500L dark blue, are no~ illustrated. PLANE STAMPS

There are four more stamps to add to the airplane-on-stamp category. Most at­tractive is the scarlet 18f plus 22f semi­postal from Algeria showing two fighter planes above the aircraft carrier Arro­manches. Three more can be seen on the flight deck. The second stamp is the 20 sen brown stamp from the Indonesian Republic showing an Indian Airways Red Cross plane. ,

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Both Oceans Scene Of Many New F. A. M. Route Flights

by RICHARD L. SINGLEY 1022 W. Ross St.

Lancaster, Pa •

• ~ carcelv had Pan American Air-~)) way; inaugurated a new service

from Seattle and Portland to the Orient than an alternate route was started from the same ports to Shanghai via Guam and Naha, Okinawa. On the original ser­vice of November 24, 1948, Seattle dis­patched 1601 pieces; 937 of which were for Honolulu and the remainder divided equally between Tokyo and Shanghai. The Airfield at Seattle dispatched 1426 pieces to Honolulu; 578 of which were collectors' items. The Airfield also dis­patched 393 pieces to Shanghai and 421 to Tokyo. Portland sent 342 pieces to Honolulu, 79 to Shanghai and 76 to Tokyo.

The inaugural crew consisted of Cap­tain Ralph W. Savory; H. J. Gwinn, first officer; William Bachelor, second offic­er; H. Wilson, engineer; Jack Poindexter, flight radio officer; Donald Nepple, purser and Phyllis Dickey, stewardess.

The return flight departed Hawaii, November 27, 1948. It is interesting to note the first dispatch from Honolulu via F. A. M. 14 and Pan American Airways was on November 24, 1935 to Guam and Manila. The flight to San Francisco was not until December 5, 1935. On the flight to Seattle, Honolulu dispatched 2107 pieces and 290 to Portland. The greater majority of this number were sent by Pan American to travel agents in the United States. There is no record of return dispatches from Tokyo or Shang­hai to either Portland or Seattle.

On the return flight, the crew were: Captain J. C. Britton; J. L. McGuiness, flight officer; Frank J. Matlick, second officer; H. Roth, flight engineer; L. C. Skipper, flight radio officer; Glen W. Orf, purser and Helga Stevens, stewar­dess.

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Official Cachet Used by the Ger­man Postal Authorities On First Flight Mail , from STUTTGART,

December 6.

The flight to Guam and Naha took place, January 3, 1949 with little advance notice to collectors. Covers from Port­land, Seattle and Airfield are backstamp­ed, Guam, January 6 and 8 and almost any date in January at Naha, none of which have any apparent bearing on the flight. The January 3 covers as well as those of the November 24 flight receiv­ed an unofficial cachet applied by Pan American which reads, "P. A. A., SEAT­TLE-PORTLAND, HONOLULU-OR­IENT, 'November 24, 1948." The cachet is in a box and was applied in several colors, predominantly in black or magen­ta.

Mr. Albert Brown shows us a letter received from Mr. J. A. Wagner, Sales Superintendent for P. A. A. at Seattle, which reads in part, "If you know of any philatelist holding covers which lack our cachet, please advise them of this ser­vice, (applying cachet), . which we will continue to extend." Mr. Ralph E. Mof­fett also shows us a letter from the Port­land postmaster which reads, "Our rec­ords indicate that a total of ( 30) thirty first flight covers were dispatched from Portland for this trip (Guam and Naha). No record was kept of the number of pieces ad.dressed to each destination." Also for the specialist; covers were dis-

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• patched on the flight of January 3 to Shanghai via Guam and Naha.

" " " The Seattle and Portland inaugural to

F. A. M. 19 was January 30, 1949 with service to Canton Island; Suva, Fiji and Auckland, New Zealand. Seattle post­marked covers January 29 while the Air­field and Portland dated their dispatches January 30. In this case as well as all the aforementioned, covers had to be ad­dressed to the country of destination so that. backstamping played a minor role in these flights. There was no cachet and covers are generally backstamped the second at Canton and the third at Fiji and Auckland.

" " " An announcement calling attention to

the inauguration of service from Los Angeles to F. A. M. 14 was contained in a Department release of January 24, 1949 and gave the date as "on or before Feb­ruary 7". The same dispatches were an­nounced in a Department schedule of January 18, "Effective; January 30, 1949". Accordingly, the clerk at the Los Angeles A. M. F. dispatched covers via Flight 3 which is the round the world segment, on January 30th, but the De­partment earmarked the flight of Feb­ruary 7 via the same trip as the inaug­ural flight. Just what disposition can be made of the covers dated January cannot be stated at this time.

The aforementioned Flight #3 is via Guam, . Manila, Bangkok and Calcutta. Correct covers to Guam via this flight are backstamped February 10. It would seem that everyone overlooked the other stops on F. A.M. 14 which happen to be flown by Flights 821 and 825; namely, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Manila. (The latter 2 stops are not on 825). The post­master at Los Angeles informs us that he dispatched 8 covers via Flight 821 on February 2 and 7 covers via Flight 825 on February 6. The latter cannot be in­augural covers for the same possible stops were involved on the flight of February 2nd. It may be possible to accept the

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covers of January 30 as February dis­patches if addressed to points on the 821 segment. The A. M. F. dispatched but one cover on the latter route.

The Los Angeles postmaster informs us he dispatched 157 covers on February 7 via Flight 3, addressed as follows: to Calcutta 81, Guam 38, Honolulu 4, Hong Kong 4, Midway 3, Wake 5, Manila 9, Okinawa 3 and Bangkok 10. Of the above, to Honolulu is not a first flight, to Hong Kong should have been on Feb­ruary 2, Midway and Wake may be con­sidered as covers to Guam, and Okinawa is not served at all out of Los Angeles.

\Ve hope to have additional informa­tion on these flights in the immediate future and in the meantime, please be advised that we are just as confused as you must be, gentle readers.

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The F. A. M. activity on the Atlantic side has been anything but dormant. Pan American Airways rounded out 1948 with a resumption of its Boston-Bermuda service. The original service of March 22, 1947 was short-lived due to some technical difficulties but on December 30, 1948, Pan American instituted a reg­ular serviCe to Bermuda. According to Mr. Howard Brooks of P. A. A., Bermuda had never dispatched mail to Boston. Accordingly, Pan American serviced a number of covers flown, Hamilton to Boston which they hope to offer to col­lectors in the immediate future. For the specialist who likes resumption of ser­vices, Boston and Airfield dispatched covers to Hamilton, postmarked 1 P. M., Dec. 30, 1948. The covers are backstamp­ed at Hamilton, 11 A. M., December 31, 1948. The latter covers will not be cata­logued.

" " " Also via F. A. M. Route 19 was the

service to and from Stuttgart, Germany by Pan American Airways. This city has been on airmail schedules for some time prior to the first airmail dispatch which was first earmarked for Xmas, 1948, with a transfer at London. Thanks to an ef­ficient Regional Superintendent, Mr. M. A. Pence, the covers were held for the first direct flight which could be used, operating on Thursday.

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The inaugural pilot was Captain R. E. Raaum and co-pilot H. Kain. There was no cachet and the New York Airfield dis­patched 47 lbs., 7 ozs.; 92 pieces of which was collectors' mail. The main of­fice sent 22 lbs., 6 pieces being collectors' items. Covers are postmarked 4 A. M., December 30, 1948 and backstamped, December 31, 1948.

What we believe to be the first dis­patch from Stuttgart via F. A. M. 18 is postmarked, December 6 and backstamp­ed New York, December 9, 1948. The cover at hand bears a cachet as illustrat­ed. This cachet, no doubt of German origin, was applied in magenta.

" " " A more recent inaugural by Pan

American Airways was to Basra, Iraq when identical cachets were provided the New York, G. P. 0. _(purple) 3880 pieces; New York Airfield, (green) 3044 pieces; Boston, G. P. 0., (blue) 3028 pieces and Boston Airfield, (red) 2452 pieces. The pilot was Captain E. M. Cone and co-pilot Loren Rea. Covers are postmarked January 20, 1949 and back­stamped, Basra, January 23. Covers car­ried on the return inaugural that we have examined are pre-dated, Basra, January 20 and backstamped at the New York, A. M. F., January 26, 1:30 A. M.

" " " The most recent Trans World Airlines'

inaugural involved the addition of Zur­ich, Switzerland as a port of call on F. A. M. Route 27 between Geneva, Switzer­land and Rome, Italy. Originally schedul­ed for January 3 and inaugurated Janu­ary 17, the flight was under the com­mand of Captain Leon H. Vestal and Co­Captain Arthur S. Vance.

Most collectors had covers planted for this fl:ght at the offices of New York, Philadelphia and Washington but when the Department issued its release it gave the office of New York and the Air­fields of New York, Philadephia and vVashington as those to which official cachets had been furnished. To add to the confusion, the covers sent to the Washington office came through post­marked at the Airfield but bearing no cachet. As a result, . there were 4503 pieces of mail, of which 3659 were col-

FIRST FLIGHT COVERS

FAM-27 Chicago and AMF and Detroit

and AMF to Zurich, Switz-

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erland ......... Each ................ .SO Zurich to Chicago and Detroit

Subject to receipt ... Each .... 1.00 FAM-34

Houston AMF to Rio de Jan­eiro via Braniff 3-8-1949. Each ..... .................................. .SO

Rio to Houston, Texas via re-turn flight. .. . Each ........ .7S

Lima, Peru to Rio or Rio to Lima via above flight. Each ......... ..... ......... .7S

Set of four covers of above .... 2.SO Check your lists of missing cov­

ers of past flights and give us a chance to fill those blank spaces. We have lots of scarce covers.

G. C. POWELL OCEAN CITY ROAD

SALISBURY, MARYLAND

lectors' pieces. The cachet was applied in red. The Philadelphia Airfield used blue and applied it to 3218 pieces. The New York Airfield applied a green cachet to 4357 pieces while the Main Office dispatched 4479 pieces with a purple cachet.

The return flight is postmarked Zur­ich, January 17, 1949 and "Flughafen" which Henrv Horn tells us means Air­port. There ~as no cachet but covers are backstamped January 20, New York, A. M. F.

Before leaving T. W. A., we should like to quote in part, a letter sent by the T. \V. A. office in Calcutta, India to member Ralph Moffett. "Our first flight to carry air mail was Flight 905, Novem­ber 12, 1948 that departed here at 21:30 P. M. LT the 13th of November. Plane NC 34538, "The Shalimar". Total mail carried was 105 pounds. Captain's name,

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F. A. M. NOTES-!(Continued from page 191)

• Neal A. Lytel with First Officer, C. R. Watkins."

" " " It has been definitely decided that the

San Juan, Puerto Rico extension of Route 59 to Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Re­public will be treated as the extension of a domestic or C. A. M. Route. The orig­inal service over this route will be found in the C. A. M. section of the catalogue. By the same token, route 95 which was originally announced as a C. A. M. ser­vice will be found under the F. A. M. section and treated as such. The service is by Northwest Airlines and is similar in nature to the San Francisco-Honolulu route served by United Airlines. Route 95 is from Seattle to Honolulu via Port­land.

Somewhat similar cachets, illustrated last month, were furnished the offices of Seattle, Portland and Honolulu and the Seattle Airfield. Seattle, green; Airfield, blue; Portland, magenta and Honolulu, purple. The pilots were two men whose very •names spell airmail history, Mol B. Freeburg and Russell J. McNown. The flight departed Seattle and Portland on December 2, 1948 and covers are so postmarked. They bear a backstamp of Honolulu of the same day. Honolulu dis­patches are dated December 3, 1948 and backstamped, December 4 at either Seattle or Portland.

" " " Braniff Airlines, the carrier of F. A. M.

Route 34 extended its services from Lima, Peru to La Paz, Bolivia, south­bound, February 8 and northbound. Feb­ruary 9, 1949. Houston Airfield was authorized· to dispatch covers for collec­tors if addressed to cities in Bolivia. De­tails are lacking at this writing but northbound covers we have examined are postmarked February 9th at La Paz and are backstamped, Houston, Febru­ary 15, 1948. The covers are on especial­ly prepared envelopes by Braniff and are quite picturesque. We understand Braniff sent a number of covers they hope to of­fer to collectors in the near future. With-

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in 30 or 60 days, the airline will be furth­er extended to Rio de Janeiro, we under­stand.

" " " Of interest to F. A. M. collectors is the

delivery of the first 75-passenger Boe­ing Stratocruiser-type Clipper to Pan American Airways on January 31, 1949. The shiny blue-striped "Clipper Ameri­ca" is the first of 20 of the new planes which will soon join Pan American's fleet between now and August. The total con­tract calls for $30,000,000.00 as each of the new Clippers cost approximately $1,500,000.00.

" " " On January 5, 1949, President Tru­

man approved a C. A. B. order granting a three-year temporary air carrier permit to Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia authorizing air service between Bogota and Barranquilla and via Jamaica and Miami and New Yctrk. A similar permit was granted to Aero Transportes, S. A.,

MARCH, 1949

MOTOR CITY AIR MAIL SOCIETY GIVES TROPHY

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• Handsome Trophy Donated by the Motor City Air Mail Society, Chapter No. 11 of the A. A. M. S. for the Best Airpost Exhibit at the Peninsular State Philatelic Society Exhibition, to be Held April 23-24 at Ferndale, Mich.

a Mexican corporation to use the Airport at Brownsville, Texas, for one year for air transportation between Brownsville and Monterrey, Mexico. A permit was also granted to British Caribbean Air­ways, Ltd. authorizing air tmnsportation of persons, property and mail between the terminal point of Kingston, Jamaica and Miami, Florida. At the present time direct air service between Miami and Kingston is provided by Pan American Airways and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines of the Netherlands.

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PLAN ATLANTIC CITY APRIL PHILATELIC WEEK-END

• A. Philatelic Week-end, embracing

Regional gatherings of the principal Philatelic societies is being planned for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 22-24. The get-together will be held in At­lantic City, N. J. , and headquarters will be tl1e world renowned and palatial Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

Arrangements are under the auspices of Fmnklin R. Bmns, Philatelic Editor of the New Ym·k S·un and well known writer and lecturer on things stampic.

Although plans have not been com­pleted at this writing, the Society of Philatelic Americans and the American Air Mail Society have both scheduled in­formal Regional gatherings of such of their members as reside contiguous to the Eastern seaboard. If sufficient A. A. M. S. members are in attendance a for­mal group meeting will be hel~ on Sat­urday afternoon, April 23.

Plans of the general committee call for a consolidated group Banquet on Saturday night, April 23 and a Philatelic \iVriters' Breakfast on Sunday morning, April 24 .

In our next issue we will give addition­al details of the general program and of the American Air Mail Society participa­tion. Meanwhile, the dates should be carefully noted and plans made to at­tend this Spring philatelic gathering at one of the most popular of all world sun­shine resorts.

• REMOVE AIR STAMPS FROM PHILATELIC AGENCY LIST

• The following Air Mail stamps were removed from sale at the Philatelic Agency, Post Office Department, Wash­ington at the close of business on Febru­ary 16, 1949:

6c (red), issue of 1!141, 15c (brown), issue of 1941, 30c (blue), issue of 1941, 8c (green), issue of 1944,

lOc (purple ), issue of 1941, 20c (green), issue of 1941, SOc (orange) , issue of 1941, 5c (red), issue of 1.948*.

* This is the large sized Sc Air Mail adhesive .

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President Warns Urges Early Planning For Two Important Airpost Events

•

e The Fabulous Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, Scene of the 1949

Convention of the A. A . M. S .

• JiF ound elsewhere in this issue of the AIRPOST JOURNAL is the announcement

of two important coming events which should be of special interest to our member­ship, as they will both afford a certain amount of relaxation and the pleasure of association with fellow air mail collectors.

First, a get-together of all national philatelic societies will take place in Atlantic Cit:y during the week-end of April 22-24. The AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY will be represented by most of its officers and by a goodly number of its members residing in the East. It has been some time since the members in the Eastern locale have had the opportunity of meeting to,gether. All members interested should make plans at once to attend. Full details of the program will be given in the next issue of the JOURNAL.

(Con t inue d on p age 197)

•• from the Editor's Desk

• FLASH! ...

E. FELLERS APPOINTED ROBERT DEPUTY THIRD ASSISTANT P. M.G.

Just as we go to press we learn with much pleasure that Robert E. Fellers, Superintendent of Stamps in the Post Office Department, has been appointed Deputy Third Assistant Postmaster General. Mr. Fellers succeeds Roy M. North who has been confirmed by the U. S. Senate as Postmaster of Washington, D. C.

Both Mr. Fellers and Mr. North are Life Honorary Members of the American Air Mail Society and are known to hundreds of our members as loyal friends of the Airpost collectors. Our sincere congratulations to both. Mr. Fellers' appointment was made by Ron. Jesse M. Donaldson, the Post­master General, upon the recommendation of Joseph f. Lawler, Third As­sistant Postmaster General and also a Life Honorary Member of the Ameri­can Air Mail Society:

]l(t is a very real pleasure this .month to be able to extend con­

gratulations to Dr. };omas A. Terry of Havana. Cuba, who has just been elected President of the Club Filatelico de la Republica de Cuba, our American Air Mail Society Chapter in Havana, which so royally entertained visitors to the 1948 Convention of the Society. Dr. Terry is an expert on many phases of Aero-phila­tely, particularly on Rocket, balloon and Zeppelin mails. He has one of the finest Philatelic libraries in private hands. Other officers elected were: Ing. Ricardo f. Moreyra, Vice-President; Ricardo del Campo, Secretary; Francisco Villapol, Assistant Secretary; Alfredo Cano, Treas­urer and Rafael R. Garcia, Assistant Treasurer. Directors include Rafael Oriol, Edelberto de Carrera, Richard Milian, David L. Maduro, Arq Cristobal Martinez, Jose Rovira, Cesar Rey, Ing. Alfredo Dominquez and Luis Angulo Pintado.

" " " Speaking of our Cuban friends, it re­

minds us that we have had a cordial card

of greeting from Rafael Oriol who served as Convention Chairman last vear. Raf­ael' was vacationing in Acapul~o, Mexico and highly recommends Mexico - and particularly Acapulco - to members who need that first real rest in many years!

All American Airways, Inc. has, been awarded Air Mail Route #97 for opera­tion with conventional planes and equip­ment. As Bill Ware, our capable C.A.M. Column Editor, tells us elsewhere the certificate calls for the abandonment of AM-49 service co-incident with the in­auguration of the new route. The AM-49 service, performed by the same contrac­tor, employed the patented "Pick-up and delivery" principle and was operated by non-passenger carrying planes. We are now in receipt of several press releases · from the Contractor announcing not only a company first flight cachet for Route #97 (there is also an official P.O.D. cachet!) but a last flight cachet for covers carried on the last day of Route 49 ser­vice. In the early days of flight cover collecting there were some extremists

MARCH. 1949

LORD DOVERDALE PASSES

• \\-' e learn with regret of the death of

Lord Doverdale at the early age of 44. During the war he lent his house and grounds at Westwood Park, near Droit­wich to the Air Ministry to be used as the R. A. F. comforts committee's store for the West of England and he was personally in charge of this activity. He was keenly interested in politics both na­tional and local and was a member of the Droitwich Borough Council. He was also chairman of the family business, the Barrow Paper Mills and of the Droit­wich Brine Baths Park Company. He was a collector of mint air stamps and also specialized in the F. A. M.'s operated by the various American companies, in­cluding the recent Pacific and Atlantic developments. He was a member of the London Aero-philatelic Club and of the American Air Mail Society. He leaves a widow, but there is no heir to the title.

This distressing news ls sent us through the courtesy of N. C. Baldwin, Editor of "THE AERO FIELD".

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who went in for last flights, schedule change covers, rate change covers, etc. We believe we reflect the feeling of the collector todav when we sav that such types of cover~ are not popul~r and have no intrinsic future whatsoever in terms of financial value. Certainly they will find no place in any Catalogue. Even the Company itself gets a little mixed ·up when it refers to "First flight last flight covers" in its own press release! Collec­tors will be grateful for the interest shown by the Contractor and in the Air­line's effort· to please; unfortunately some one has been giving them some very poor aero-philatelic advice!

.. .. " Steve Barrie of the Public Relations

Department of the American Cancer Society asks us to say a good word for the proposed stamp to dramatize the fight against Cancer. While we normally are highly critical of some of the pro­jects for which stamps are asked, we · heartily endorse anything which will help alleviate the toll of the Nation's #1 kill­er! But a word of advice, Steve: get your stamp by persuading the responsible Postal officals that it is a must (that shouldn't be hard! ) and not through the devious route of Congressional fiat. Good luck! ·

(Continued from page 195)

• The 1949 national convention of the AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY, the

first large convention to be held since before World War II, was announced in the February AIRPOST JOURNAL. This important gathering will be held in the mid­west, at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, October 7, 8, and 9. The principal feature of the convention will be the large, all inclusive, 400 frame airmail exhibition. A word of advice at this time would be for. members not only to plan to attend this convention held at the very beautiful Edgewater Beach Hotel but also to start planning now the preparation of the material to be exhibited by you. I understand that it is planned to make this Exhibition the best showing of Air Mail material ever put on in the Mid-West. The awards will be worth while and most attractive.

Your support for both these projects will be appreciated.

Respectfully,

M. 0. WARNS, President

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

• FUTURE - The CAB recently auth­

orized All American Airways, Inc., pre­sently operating AM #49, the J?ick-up route radiating out of Pittsburgh, Pa. to suspend service on this route as of July 1, 1949 or "earlier under certain condi­tions." As we understand the decision in this case, the "certain conditions" referr­ed to is the inauguration of service by this same carrier over Route #97, award­ed to All American in the Middle Atlan­tic Area Case several months ago. Ser­vice on the first segment, Washington to Pittsburgh was to start on March 7.

Route #7 4 - In another decision in­volving a Feeder route, the CAB author­ized Challenger Airlines, operators of Route #74 to serve Vernal, Utah on this route. It is not known exactly when ser­vice to Vernal will start via this route but watch your Postal Bulletin for infor­mation.

PAST - In our recent remarks in this column in which we referred to Route #95, awarded to Northwest Airlines, Inc for service between Seattle, Washington and Honolulu, T. H., we assumed that this would be a CAM route but now find that both the CAB and the Post Of­fice Department regards it as an F AM Route. The Catalogue Committee has accordingly ruled that covers from this route will be listed in· the FAM sec­tion of the catalogue. Despite all this, we are entitled to our individual opinion so here goes: When announcement was made of the first flight over this route in the Postal Bulletin, it was referred to as F AM #95 which would indicate that the flight would not be of interest to the CAM collector. The writer sees nothing .. foreign" about this service. We believe that the CAB in awarding the certificate for this service intended that it be an .. AM Route" inasmuch as the number awarded this route does not follow in sequence the numbering of the various FAM routes but rather follows the·num-

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SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO !2 CIUDAD TRUJILLO.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

e Route 59 Extension Cachet

bering pattern used for "AM R~utes". In fact, the number assigned to this route follows Route #94, the New York state Feeder route. ~ ( See note) ·

The inaugural flight from Seattle and Portland to Honolulu was made on De­cember 2, 1948 in charge of Captain Mal B. Freeburg, Co-Captain R. 0. Rain and Co-pilot C. R. Kahla. The inaugural flight from Honolulu was made on De­cember Srd, in charge of Captain R. ]. McNown and Robert Polhamus with L. C. McQuain as First Officer.

Route #59 - Extension San Juan to Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic. This route, operated by Caribbean-At­lantic Airlines, Inc., was extended from San Juan to Ciudad Trujillo on Decem­ber 27, 1948. The postage rate of 10c per one-half ounce applied to covers dis­patched from San Juan to Ciudad Tru­jillo via this service but inasmuch as Roote #59 has previously been treated in tl1e CAM section of the catalogue, we presume that covers flown via the in­augural flight of this extension of this route will also be accorded a place in the CAM section of the catalogue. Cov­ers flown via the first flight of this ser­vice are postmarked at San Juan at 1:30 AM, Dec. 27, 1948 and bear a pretty cachet applied in blue ink sliowing a modern airliner flying over an early sail­ing vessel. Pilot V. ]. Treasure made the inaugural flight from San Juan. 1690 philatelic covers were dispatched.

MARCH. 1949

As we understand this service, it is a one-way service from San Juan only. We have been informed that the Dominican Republic · does not forward mail via Route #59 from Ciudad Trujillo and to date, no arrangements have been made by the Post~l Service of that country for mail to be handled by Route #59. Col­lectors had placed a number of covers with the Postal Service of the Dominican Republic at Ciudad Trujillo which were intended for the first flight to San Juan but we are informed that these were all flown by Pan American who operates an FAM Route serving both San Juan and Ciudad Trujillo.

Route #10 - Waycross, Ga. To Route #10, flown by Eastern Air Lines, Inc. Waycross, Ga. was added on November 14, 1948. The inaugural Southbound flight was made by Captain William C. Haines and First Officer E. 0. Williams, ]r., and handled 3488 pieces of mail of which all but. two pieces were reported as philatelic. The inaugural Northbound flight was made by Captain Dewey P. Kelley and First Officer V. G. Rowland and handled 357 pieces of mail of which 318 pieces were for collectors. Official cachet was applied in green ink.

• Cachet Used at Malone, N. Y. on Long-Delayed First Flight.

Route #72- Malone, New York. Mter service had originally been announced for July 1947 Malone, New York finally had its first flight on November 28, 1948, served witll Air Mail Service for the first time via Route #72. An official cachet was applied to all first flight covers from

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Malone in black ink, picturing Richard Harrison, 1747-1829. Our memory is not too good with reference to early Ameri­can history so do not know just what part this Mr. Harrison played with ref­erence to the early history of Malone or that part of New York. Perhaps some New York collector can enlighten us. At any rate, the inaugural Northbound flight, handling 217 4 pieces of mail of which all was reported for collectors, was made via Flight #30 on AM #72, while the inaugural Southbound flight was made via Flight #31, handling 394 pieces of mail, of which all was reported for collectors. Captain B. S. Macklin and First Officer E. Nowak were in charge of the inaugural flights in each direction.

*EDITOR'S NOTE, Mr. Ware is no doubt correct in his assumption that when or­iginally authorized the CAB intended Route 95 to be a so-called Domestic route. However, they appear to have changed their minds - without changing the Route number! With United flying FAM-30, U. S. A. to Hawaii, and PAA flying FAM-14 from several West Coast points to Hawaii, including Seattle-Hawaii, the premise that Northwest's Route 95 could be considered domestic service apparently became un-tenable. -L. B. G.

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A.A. M.S. Chapter News f'LORENCE LAMPORT KLEINERT News of A. A. M. S. Chapters should be

sent direct to Mrs. Kleinert at 1800 w. Ruscomb Street, Philadelphia

41, Pa.

• . lt("'1 hapter anniversary celebrations, \\\....( election of officers and chapter

programs comprise the news for this month.

CALLING ALL COLLECTORS IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH: Kessler M. Miller, 438 Post St., Salt Lake City, Utah, A. A. M. S. #5029, is making progress with his plans for an American Air Mail Society chapter in his home city. The present group has called themselves "The UTAERO Club". Please contact Kessler M. Miller and help his constructive effort in the formation of a new chapter.

The Minnesota Air Mail Society, Chap­ter #26, met on February 8, 1949, at the Curtis Hotel in Minneapolis, Minn. Ac­cording to John Mac Innes, Recording Secretary, final plans for this chapter's part in the Minnesota Centennial Stamp Exhibit, to be held March third, were completed.

From the monthly "Stampextra", pub­lished by the Essex Stamp Club, Chap­ter #25, we glean that the Club's Open House was to take place on February 21 at 984 Broad Street, ·Newark, N. J. Samuel A. Poe is the new Editor; qnd Howard L. Haines is Associate Editor; they are to be congratulated on an ex­cellent job. The party was to feature a Ninth Anniversary Birthday Cake, a Quiz Show, an Auction, a talented Magician, and special door prizes. Speakers were Frank Bickert, David Lidman and Henry Goodkind. A buffet supper was to top the good time. Ike Turner, Nick Timofai, Charles Heck, Samuel Poe and Howard Haines are serving as a "Stamps for the Wounded Committee." This group re­cently visited the Veterans' Hospital at Lyons, N. J. The veterans enjoyed their visit and were grateful for the stamps, catalogues, albums and accessories from the members.

Laura Le Vesque, President, of the

• Boston Ai1· Mail Society, Chapter #1, re­ports the February 14th meeting was held at 245 State Street, Boston, Mass. The program consisted of an Auction Sale and an Air Stamp Bourse.

The Annual Election of Officers of the Springfield Air Mail Society, Chapter #10, was held on January 19th at the home of Henry E. Angers, 119 Leyfred Terrace, Springfield, Mass. The new of­ficers are as follows: President, Harry Burckard, Vice President, H oUis H Root and Secretary-Treasurer, Clayton E. Brown. The latter sent this report.

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by PERHAM C. NAHL

• llrhe Jack Knight AiT Mail Society,

Chapter #23 of the Ame·rican Ai1· Mail Society, celebrated its seventL anniversary by honoring Captain Ben Lipsner, first superintendent of the U. S. Aerial service. Captain Lipsner was pre­sented with an engraved wallet and Hon­orary Life Membership No. 3 in the Soc­iety.

The presentation ceremony was graced by a number of distinguished guests, in­cluding ]. Edward Vining (St. Louis), Past President of S.P.A. ;, Alf1·ed Diamond ( Chicago), Past Secretary of S. P. A.; and Ben Reeves of Chicago - all three present members of the Board of Direc­tors of S. P. A.

In Captain Lipsner's response he paid tribute to Jack Knight, Honorary Mem­ber No. 1, and Majo1· R. W. (Shorty) Sch1'0edet·, Honorary Member No. 2. Af­ter this meeting Ben Lipsner joined a nwnber of the local members in visiting Shorty Schroeder at Vaughan General Hospital in Maywood. The photograph included herein shows Shortv autograph­ing members' covers. Standing, left to right, Ted Light, Vic Rohweddet·, Tom

Cla·rk, Ben L-ipsner, Ed Benson, Ben Reeves, and f. Hu.mphrey. Earl Wellman is holding a cover for Shorty to auto­graph. Shorty's ted at the hospital is lo­cated over the north-south runway of the first airport at the old Chicago Air Mail Field ( Maywood). Shorty was the first to suggest in 1918 that the stratosphere could be penetrated, and is responsible for the dual instruments on planes, which he advocated when he was head of air line inspection for the Bureau of Aero­nautics.

The J. K. A. M. S. is planning to hold its 1949 AIRPEX at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, October 7, 8, 9, in conjunction with the 1949 Convention of the Ameri­can Ai1· Mail Society.

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INTERNATIONAL AERO-POST A New German Air Mail Ma2azine

• Reviewed by ERIK HILDES-HEIM

Any harbinger of a return to more nor­mal times in war-torn Europe is always welcome news. It is doubly so, as far as our hobby goes, when the evidence is in concrete form of. a good new publication devoted to the promotion of airposts. The name of the newcomer is, translated from the German: "International AERO-POST and Stamp Magazine." The reviewer has three issues before him, the October, November and December issues of last year which evidently concludes the second volume of this latest journal to join our ranks. It goes to prove that international news and mail does not yet travel fast or freely.

Each succeeding article is an improve­ment on the previous one; all contain articles that furnish valuable new infor­mation on the various phases of our many­sided air mail field. The content can be recommended very much as reading mat­ter well worth his or her attention to any­body who understands German. A number of events occurred during the fighting years of which we had, perforce, no knowledge. Thus each succeeding issue is looked forward to with interest for what­ever additional information they will re­veal.

The new German philatelic publication deals mainly. but not exclusively with air­posts. Other articles of a general nature appear as well, for which the explanation is, obviously, that the magazine needs the advertising support of many German stamp dealers including some of the well known old names. The magazine is building up an international distribution and goes to members of the German Aero­Philatelic Club. We glean the political backwash intelligence that this new or­ganization has been registered in Cologne and has been joined by many air mail collectors in the various German zones because the old Aero-Philatelic Club of Germany which used to publish the "Ger­man Airmail Magazine" before the war, has its headquarters in the Russian sec­tion of Berlin. The atmosphere there is, evidently, not conductive to free club ac­tivities.

What intrigued the reviewer especially was that both in the "International Aero­Post" text and advertisements he came across the name of a namesake from whom letters were received simultaneously. So far no relationship has been established, but we certainly have a keen interest in air mail matters in common! The name­sake has served in the air force in France during the war. He reported that when­ever he contacted air mail dealers and col­lectors in Paris he was asked whether he knew or was related to his American counterpart. This aroused his curiosity, so last May he decided to write an inquir­ing and get-acquainted letter. Unfortun-

(Continued on page 211)

• AIRS OF THE MONTH

(Continued from page 188)

• Recently there has been submitted to

the writer a copy of the 14 annas purple stamp of India overprinted "Chamba". This rightfully belongs in the plane group, but the question is "How come?" That stamp and that rate went into ef­fect nine years ago. Surely the authorities are not just now getting around to issuing this stamp. The fourth stamp to list this month is one from U. S. S. R. which shows fighter planes and the flag of the a:r force. It is colored blue.

Exchange • ••• We can offer very favor­

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MARCH, 1949

Burbles ••• •

by ALTON J. BLANK Assistant Editor

• Spring brings Revolutions thru-out the

lands south of us. An interesting by-pro­duct will be the various stamps, surchar~:­es, and special issues which will commem­orate the happenings. Undoubtedly many will be airs. Be prepared to loosen your pocketbooks, friends. Remember our motto: "Comes the Revolution! We fin­ance it." -·-Ever stop to figure out that somebody is making a handsome profit on the Brazil Armed Forces - President Dutra air sheet? Face, you know, is just about 9 cents U. S. Most new issue services are supplying the sheet for from $3.85 to $4.25. Perhaps they are being closely held and will come on the· market at a later date. -·-CLEVELAND AIRMAIL SOCIETY, Chapter number three of the AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY, will be 20 years young this coming June. Members are be­ginning to discuss plans for a suitable ob­servance of the occasion. -·-For you who are interested in addition-al information on your collection I sug­gest you look up the February 1949 issue of the National Geographic Magazine. There is a nice little article on the area in southern Tunisia around the oasis of Guardaria and which undoubtedly is the location of the newest French stamp is­suing colony of Ghadames. -·-While the members of the Slst Congress are at it, how about a re-issuance of that number one on the beauty parade. "West­ern Cattle in a Storm"? A Flying Boxcar plane could be inserted in the design and we would have an air mail stamp com­memorating "Operation Haylift". Silly? Sure - but not half as ludicious as some of the issues being SERIOUSLY proposed! -·-A tip to the wise, etc. - better get your current sets of mint and used Cur­acao and Suriname. The area is now known as Netherlands Antilles and will be so designated on all future stamps. -·-Another tip. Watch out for shennani­gans down Panama way. There are all the earmarks of questionable dealings in the making.

Chicago And Detroit To Dispatch To Zurich, Switz .

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The Post Office Department recently announced that philatelic service will be provided at the Post Offices and the Air Mail Fields of Chicago and Detroit for covers carried by the first flight to Zur­ich, Switzerland, on F AM 27 to be flown by Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc., on or about April 1, 1949.

The present air mail postage rate of . 15 cents a half ounce, and 10 cents for air letter sheets, will apply.

A special cachet will be applied to cov­ers bearing the required postage and ac­companied by a request that they be sent by ·the first flight to Zurich from the fol­lowing points:

For dispatch from: Post Office, Chi­cago, Illinois ~ Send covers to: Postmast­er, Chicago 7, Ill.

For dispatch from: Air Mail Field, Chicago, Illinois - Send covers to: Clerk in Charge, Air Mail Field, Chicago, Ill.

For dispatch from: Post Office, De­troit, Michigan - Send covers to: Post­master, Detroit 33, Mich.

For dispatch from: Air Mail Field, De­troit, Michigan - Send covers to Clerk in charge, Air Mail Field, Detroit, Mich.

Covers may be for delivery in the United States or in Switzerland, and should be addressed in the usual man­ner to the persons who are to receive them. Covers will be backstamped upon receipt at .Zurich, and those addressed to the United States will be returned by the Swiss Postal Service.

Covers for the first flight must reach the post offices or air mail fields not later than March 29.

• NEW AIR LETTER SHEET

CATALOGUE Now Available

206

Dedication Covers ... •

By WILLIAM T. WYNN 8544 Cloverlawn, Detroit 4, Mich.

• Tucson, Ariz. held dedication of the

new municipal airport on Feb. 14. Cov­ers were mailed with a cachet. - The correct date of the dedication of the Army Air Base at Las Vegas, Nev. is Jan. 3. Covers of Dec. 29 are too early to be called dedication covers. - San Jose, Calif. municipal airport was dedicated Feb. 1, 1949 with about 100 covers mail­ed. Ed. Roth, 1136 Curtner Ave., San Jose, Calif., may have a duplicate of this event. - Frederich, Md. is scheduled to hold a dedication Feb. 15. Short notice cards were sent out on this event. Thanks are due Paul Bugg of Baltimore for his help with news on this event. - The Chamber of Commerce at Waterloo, I a. is holding our covers for their planned dedication. Mr. Meyers of the C. of C. informs me that they will add the extra one cent on covers that he is holding to make up the new air mail rate. Very nice of the C. of C. arid they deserve our thanks. We need news, past, present or future on Airport Dedications. Won't YOU send any Airport Dedication news that comes your way to your editor?

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PARCEL POST AIR EXTENDED TO FRANCE

• The Post Office Department has ad­

vised that air parcel post service was in­augurated on March 1 from the United States and territories and possessions to France, including Monaco.

Air parcels will be subject to the same size and weight limitations and other postal requirements as surface parcels ad­dressed to France, and neither registry, insurance nor C. 0. D. services will be available .

Air parcels will be accepted for mail­ing at any United States post office and will receive all available United States domestic air service, as well as overseas air transportation to France. Upon arrival in France the parcels will be given air trar:;sportation if this will expedite de­livery.

The postage rate on air parcels for France (including Monaco) will be $1.22 for the first four ounces or fraction, and 44 cents for each additional four ounces or fraction. The weight limit on an air

· parcel addressed to France will be 22 pounds.

• NEW SEGMENT OF AM-97

TO BE INAUGURATED

• The Post Office Department announced

on February 28 that on or about March 28 air mail service will be inaugurated on a second segment of Route AM-97 between Fittsburgh, Pa., and Atlantic City, N. J., via Johnstown, Pa., Altoona-Martinsburg, Pa., Harrisburg, Pa., Lancaster, Pa., Wil­mington, Del. and Philadelphia, Pa.

Special cachets will be provided for Pittsburgh; Air Mail Field, Pittsburgh; At­lantic City; Johnstown; Altoona; Martins­burg; Harrisburg; Lancaster; Wilmington; Philadelphia, and Air Mail Field, Phila­delphia and the usual treatment of phila­telic mail will be authorized.

First flight air mail covers sent to the Postmasters at these offices and to the District Superintendent, District No. 5, Railway Mail Service, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Air Mail Field, Pittsburgh, and to the Dis­trict Superintendent, District No. 8, Rail­way Mail Service, Philadelphia, Pa., for Air Mail Field, Philadelphia, should be accompanied by a letter authorizing the holding of the covers for the first flight and requesting the application of the cachet.

Supplements To The American Air Mail Catalogue 1947 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.

Volume One of the Catalogue available from most Philatelic dealers or from THE AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE, Albion, Penn'a at $4, plus 27c postage East of Chicago, 38c elsewhere, Volume II in preparation.

- FIFTEENTH SUPPLEMENT -•

UNITED STATES CONTRACT AIR MAIL ROUTES

• IV-L

CONTRACT AIR MAlL ROUTE NO. 5 • REVISED ROUTE NO. 1

• FIRST NORTHWEST DISPATCH FROM OGDEN

July 1, 1948

On the above date the first northwest dispatch from Ogden, Utah to Boise, Idaho and beyond, took place. No official cachet was provided.

5N17 Ogden-(no cachet) ( 75 pieces) 2.00

CONTRACT AIR MAlL ROUTE NO. 9 • REVISED ROUTE NO. 14

• EXTENSION FROM MILWAUKEE TO ST. PAUL (MINNEAPOLIS)

December 1, 1947

Although Northwest Airlines had previously flown St. Paul (Minneapolis) to Mil­waukee by A. M. 3, an additional operating certificate was granted Pennsylvania­Central Airlines to extend A. M. 14 from Milwaukee, Wis., to St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn. This supplemental parallel service of PCA was restricted to prevent any shuttle flights between Milwaukee and the Twin Cities being flown. No official cachet was provided.

9W86 9E87 9E88

Pilots-Norman McNeil, S. C. Pierman

Milwaukee-(no cachet)-McNeil St. Paul-(no cachet)-Pierman Minneapolis-(no cachet)-Pierman ·f. Airfield-(no cachet)

( 106 pieces) ( 303 pieces) ( 250 pieces) ( 1352 pieces)

1.50 .50 .50 .25

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REVISED ROUTE NO. 3

• EXTENSION FROM DETROIT TO WASHINGTON

March 15, 1948

On the above date A. M. 3 was extended from Detroit to Washington, via Cleveland and Pittsburgh. No official cachet was provided but Northwest Airlines furnished a cachet for Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

9SE89

9NW90

9SE90

9NW91

9SE91

9NW92

Pilots-Casimir Falenczykowski, Melvin Swansen, Edmund L. Zonne.

Detroit-(.no cachet)-Zonne ( 114 pieces)

f. Airfield-(no cachet) ( 97 pieces)

Cleveland-( no cachet)-Swansen (2048 pieces)

f. Airfield-(no cachet) ( 190 pieces)

Cleveland-(no cachet)-Zonne ( 213 pieces)

f. Airfield-(no cachet) ( 194 pieces)

Pittsburgh-( no cachet)-Falenczykowski (1059 pieces)

f. Airfield-( no cachet) ( 103 pieces)

Pittsburgh-(no cachet)-Zonne ( 826 pieces)

f. Airfield-(no cachet) ( 217 pieces)

Washington-( no cachet)-Swansen *(7939 pieces)

f. Airfield-(no cachet) ( * ) • Airport Br. pieces included in main office dispatch quantities.

CONTRACT AIR MAIL ROUTE NO. 12

• REVISED ROUTE NO. 29

• LAWTON AND FORT SILL ADDED TO EASTERN BRANCH

April 16, 1948

1.50

1.60

.25

.70

.60

.70

.25

1.50

.25

.60

.25

.25

Lawton· and Fort Sill, both using Post Field, were added to this route between Oklahoma City and Wichita Falls on the above date. Eastbound covers from both Law­ton and Fort Sill were postmarked 12:30 P. M., while westbound covers· received 7 A. M. markings. Although identical cachets were applied at both cities by the Post Office, some pieces received an additional unofficial cachet.

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AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE SUPPLE~1ENTS-CQnt.

12E44 12W44 12E45 12W45

Type 12o

Cachet-Type 12o

Pilots-Harry M. Kirchner, Wm. F. Stewart

Lawton-( black)-Kirchner Lawton-(black)-Stewart Ft. Sill-(purple)-Kirchner Ft. Sill-(purple)-Stewart

( 1192 pieces) ( 2605 pieces) ( 495 pieces) (2253 pieces)

CONTRACT AIR MAIL ROUTE NO. 17 •

REVISED ROUTE NO. 1

• ADDITION OF BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA

September 8-10, 1948

.25

.25

.50

.25

Effective westward on September lOth and eastward on September 8th, Bradford, Pa. was embraced as a stop between Philadelphia, Pa. and Cleveland, Ohio. An official cachet of the pictorial type was provided.

Type 17e

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17W32

17E32

Cachet-Type 17e

Pilots-C. C. Gates, C. F. Henderson

Bradford-(purple)-Gates

Bradford-(purple)-Henderson

AIR MAlL ROUTE NO. 87

•

( 540 pieces)

(3728 pieces)

SPUR FROM WILMINGTON-RALEIGH (DURHAM)

Apil 16, 1948

.25

.25

Effective April 16, 1948 schedule changes on Segments 1 and 2 were made which resulted in a cut-off at Raleigh (Durham) from Segment 2 to Wilmington, the terminal of Segment 1. This resulted in new directional flights between Wilmington and Raleigh (Durham). The Department did not consider these deviations first flights and no official cachets were to be used at these points until April 23 when the Roanoke-Wilmington segment was to be inaugurated, but Durham did apply its official cachet to the covers dispatched to Wilmington on the 16th. No official cachets were used at Raleigh or Wilmington.

Cachet-Type 87.

87NW26A 87SE27A 87SE28A

Wilmington-(no cachet) Raleigh-(no cachet) Durham-( blue)

ROANOKE-WILMINGTON SEGMENT

April 23, 1948

2.50 2.50 5.00

On the above date, the Roanoke-Wilmington segment was inaugurated. A portion of this segment duplicated the Wilmington-Raleigh (Durham) service inaugurated April 16, 1948 but the Department considered the April 23 flights between these cities as the official first flights and official cachets were authorized for use on covers dispatched between these cities. Official cachets were also provided for the other points on this segment.

Cachet-Type 87.

Pilot-Clive R. Mallott.

87NW26B Wilmington-(green)-Mallott (1390 pieces) .25

87SE27B Raleigh-(magenta)-Mallott ( 533 pieces) .35

87SE28B Durham-( blue )-Mallott ( 520 pieces) .25

87NW27 Raleigh-(magenta)-Mallott 910 pieces) .25

87NW28 Durham-(blue)-Mallott 791 pieces) .25 87SE29 Greensboro-(black)-Mallott 250 pieces) .55 87NW29 Greensboro-(black)-Mallott 500 pieces) .25

87SE30 High Point--(purple)-Mallott 246 pieces) .55

87NW30 High Point--(purple)-Mallott 883 pieces) .25 87SE31 Danville-(purple)-Mallott 282 pieces) .50

87NW31 Danville-(purple)-Mallott ( 1135 pieces) .25 87SE32 Roanoke-(blue)-Mallott ( 1631 pieces) .25

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AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENTS-Cont.

EXTENSION FROM NEW BERN TO MOREHEAD CITY, N. C.

May 6, 1948

Segment #2 of AM 87 was extended from New Bern to Morehead City on May 6. Service was scheduled for May 5 but was delayed on account of mechanical difficulties. Beaufort, N. C. dispatched 78 collectors' pieces from the Beaufort-Morehead City air­port on the first flight to New Bern, but as Beaufort was not a certified stop, these covers do not come within the scope of this listing. An official cachet was provided for Morehead City but not for New Bern.

Cachet-Type 87.

Pilots-H. H. Hutcheson, Lyle W. McNames.

87E33 87W34

New Bern-(no cachet)-Hutcheson Morehead City-(green)-McNames

( 143 pieces) ( 1005 pieces)

1.10 .25

INAUGURATION OF CINCINNATI-NORFOLK SEGMENT

May 14, 1948

Piedmont Aviation, Inc. inaugurated the Cincinnati-Norfolk segment on the above date. Due to delay of the westbound flight, plane crew exchanged planes at Charleston, W. Va. and same crew returned on the eastbound flight. Official cachets were provided at all points.

Cachet-Type 87.

Pilots-Leon M. Fox, Albert E. Rozitus.

87\V35 87E36 87W36 87E37 87W37 87E38 87W38 87E39 87W39 87E40

Norfolk-(magenta)-Rozitus Richmond-(blue)-Rozitus Richmond-( blue)-Rozitus Lynchburg-(black)-Rozitus Lynchburg-(black)-Rozitus Roanoke-(pink)-Rozitus Roanoke-(pink)-Rozitus Charleston-(green)-Rozitus Charleston-(green)-Fox Cincinnati-( purple )-Fox

f. Airfield-(green)

OUR BOOK REVIEW-(Continued from page 204)

• ately, he addressed .it simply: Fairfield, U. S. A., so received it back in due course marked "Unknown". A second effort with a more complete address was more suc­cessful around Christmas time.

Which reminds the reviewer of a similar incident of many years ago. He was flying at Morane-Saulnier in Villacoublay and had met the American author and balloon mail specialist, H. Bedford-Jones, in the office of a well known Paris dealer, K. Djismardahoss. He knew two other col­lectors in the. same field here, and sug­gested we ·contact them. That was good advice which was followed. There was no trans-atlantic air mail service in those days, but in due course the late John Prevost, of Springfield, Mass., answ­ered and was later visited· at his home

(1322 pieces) ( 267 pieces) ( 761 pieces) ( 317 pieces) ( 877 pieces) ( 453 pieces) ( 785 pieces) ( 280 pieces) ( 972 pieces) (1012 pieces) ( 825 pieces)

.25 .50 .25 .45 .25 .30 .25 .50 .25 .25 .25

where his fine Paris balloon mail collec­tion was inspected. Years afterwards it was the reviewer's sad job to assist in the write-up and disposal of this fine mater­ial. The other Paris balloon mail special­ist proved for a long time a poor corres­pondent; or was he? Springfield, Mass., was also his home town, but again it turn­ed out to be an inadequate address when the envelope bore only the notation: Springfield, U. S. A. As in the case of Fairfield, there are too many states that have places with these names and it would be too big a job for the postal ser­vice to run down the proper one.

All is well that ends well. You guessed it; Uncle George was in time absolved of all blame and the reviewer has over the years often had the pleasure of both com• peting with that outstanding airmail col· lector, George W. Angers, in the Paris balloon mail field and discussing mutual interests in many other sections of air­posts · as well.

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3509 Kupillas, Frank V., 47 Pershing Ave., Seymour, Conn.

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Nasits, Jerry, 330 So. Broadway, Tyler, Texas. Age 34. Florist. AM UC FF GF CAM F AM CC OF DC Z CF 1D EX By Grace Conrath.

Horowitz, Samuel, 830 Saratoga Ave., Brooklyn 12, N. Y. Age 42. Mailman. AM AU EX By E. A. Kehr.

Yonge, Phil, 3301 Percival Ave., Coconut Grove, Fla. Age 14. Student. AM AU U20 UC PC HC CAM F AM OF 1D EX By Grace Conrath.

Sommer, Jr., Dr. John A., 325 Compton, Bronson, Mich. Age 30. Dentist. By C. W. Degler.

Barsch, Herbert G., 3652 N. Albany Ave., Chicago 18, Ill. Age 30. Engineering Draftsman. AM AU U20 UC CAM FAM 1D By C. R. Grebasch.

Mitchell, Dr. W. 1., 398 Vassar Ave., Berkeley 8, Calif. Age 71. Retired. All Postal Stationery of the World EX By Wm. E. Beam.

Foss, Vern R., 1725 Carroll Ave., St. Paul, Minn. Age 36. Const. Supt. GF CAM F AM RP CC EX By Grace Conrath.

REINSTATEMENTS 1733 Slayter, R. S., Lexington St., Weston 93, Mass. Age 50. Civil Engineer. AM

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HAVE FAM 17 FIRST FLIGHT COVERS, Baltimore-Bermuda 1938, for what have you. John Jancho, 1042 N. Harding Ave., Chicago 51. Ill. , Ex-lt

AIRMAIL STAMPS TO EXCHANGE FOR U. S. first day covers. Will also exchange CAM's & FAM's for same. Frank Herget, Arden, Buffalo, N. Y. Ex227-2t

WILL EXCHANGE COMPLETE SET OF 1948 First Day covers, unaddressed, blocks of 4 on all for 10 Plate Blocks of N. "Y. Jubilee Air Mails. Alfred F. Stern, 14074 Superior Rd., Cleveland 18, Ohio. Ex-1t

RELIABLE EXCHANGE WANTED FOR Flight and Special Covers. Good New Zea­land covers or Pacific Islands stamps given. James Stapleton, 3 Hagley Street, Christchurch, New Zealand. , Ex-lt

U.S. ZEPPS WANTED- OFFER PILOT­autographed F AMs, Cubans, Bendix Race, and historicals wo't"th over $1500. Roy C. Votaw, 212 Cascade' Drive, Mill Valley, Calif. · Ex-lt

BR. EMPIRE, 236 COVERS COSTING £300/· (stamps above £50); world collec­tion, 138 covers costing £700 (stamps above £200) in exchange for Br. Colonial 1932/ 1933 Centenary sets equivalent catalogue value £750 superb and rare details. A. R. Binns, Bengal United Service Club, Cal­cutta. Ex227-2t

ANY FOREIGN FDC'S? HAVE CAM'S, F AM's, Canadian FF's, Alaska Star Routes, Dedications. Need better grade Foreign FDC's, particularly South Central America and British Colonials. K. W. Shaw, Box 628, Passaic. N .. J. Ex-lt

APJ ADS AAMS EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT BUY - SELL - WANT LISTS

AIR LETTER SHEETS W ANTED FOR collection, mint er used, offer New York Jubilee mint airmail or what else in ex­change? Warren H. Treichler, Fogelsville, Pa. Ex-1t

NEED HELICOPTER FIRST FLIGHT covers, give in exchange first flight CAM and F AM covers from my duplicates. Cor ­respondence invited. Mrs. I. T . Hai nes, Wescosvllie, Pa. Ex-lt

WILL SWAP CANADA #C4 ON FIRST Day Cover for set of ~amous Americans, Mint CPL. Harvey Dolin & Co., .:n Park Row, New York 7, N. Y. Ex-lt

WILL EXCHANGE 1926-28 CAM'S FOR Plate Bloek four large Com., plus postage. Hugh J. Horne, Box 71, Roanoke Rapids, N . C. Ex-1t

ECKENER AUTOGRAPHED COVERS wanted-offer unsigned Zepps, FAMs, Cuban flights, Bendix and other auto­graphed covers. Roy C. Votaw, 212 Cas­caae Drive, M1ll Valley, Calif. Ex-lt

AIR LABELS VIGNETTES STICKERS offered in exchange for v. f . mint Latin American airmail sets or semi-officials. Robert Hase, Box 421, La J<>lla, Calif.

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I SELL, BUY, EXCHANGE COVERS only, R. F. on 6c Airmail, Naval Post. Air­mail, all concerning Red Cross of World, Censored and Occupation of last War. Dmitry Kandaourow, 25 rue Rennequin, Paris 17, France. Ex-227-2t

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AERIAL PROPAGANDA LEAFLE'l'S w anted - Have m any interesting dupli­cates for exchange. Also collect and ex­change Air Letters with imprinted stamps. Correspondence invited . Robbs, Grendon, Northampton, England . Ex-1t

WANTED - BRITISH GUIANA, COSTA Rica and Jamaica stops, PAA Test Flight, November 1, 1946. Send Prices. Wesley B. Wilde, 4862 - 187th St .. Flushing, N. Y.

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PHILATELIC MAGAZINES - APS IS­SUES - 1934 to 1948 - 141 superb copies; " CAM COVER NEWS" 3-41 to 4-42; "PHIL­ATELY" complete 53 issues. Horn, 32 Ster­ling Place, Brooklyn (17), N. Y. Ex-1t

AIRMAIL STATIONERY WANTED. LET­TERSHEETS, enveiopes, cards. From one to 200. Mint. Used. Also new issues. Cash­trade. Paul Newman, 801 N. W. 114 Street, Miami 38, Florida. Ex227-2t

WANTED- CANADIAN FIRST FLIGHT covers before 1938. Also latest Trans­Canada Air Lines first flights. What would you like. A. L. Kapp, 2728 Kings Highway, Brooklyn 29, N. Y. Ex-1t

HAVE SPECIALTY PAGES FOR GUAM and Philippines, complete for single stamps. Never used. Wlli swap for covers. A. J . Paul, 1601 East Ave., Austin. Texas.

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WILL EXCHANGE MINT U. S . COMMEM­ORATIVE Blocks and Plate Blocks for CAM and FAM covers. Earl stanley, Car­mi, Illinois. Ex-lt

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