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6c lmperf Horizontally Is Subject For Further Society Controversy

• Favor Stand Thai Bona Fide Errors

Should Not Be Reissued

• Some Groups Overlook Importance

Of Establishing New Air Error As Legitimate

• PHILATELIC societies, magazines and collectors in general during the past two weeks found themselves dis­cussing the advisability of resolutions requesting that the postoffice depart­ment reissue error stamps, making them available to all collectors.

Current discussions have originat­ed through the recent appearance of forty sheets of the six-cent air mail stamp, imperforate horizontally, the origin and legitimacy of which have been seriously questioned by federal authorities and the collecting frater­nity since announcement of their ex­istence September 3, 1938, almost four months following their reported discovery in the Brooklyn postoffice. Further ·difficulties held the stamps from the philatelic market until January 7, 1939.

Protests from collectors. and organ­izations began to take more concrete form at the time the "error" stamps were offered for sale. Resolutions calling upon the postoffice depart­ment to reissue the stamps were adopted by the Beverly Hills Phila­telic Society (Chicago), The Holyoke (Mass.) Stamp Club, the Cleveland Air Mail Society, and others. Includ­ed in the resolution of at least two of these organizations was the state­ment that a reissue would "clear the department of any suspicion of con­nivance," indicating the "error" stamps might not have been legiti-

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mately released and challenging the veracity of the reports of the discov­ery of this "find."

Collectors Club Resolution Entering directly into the contro­

versy centering about the "error"' stamps the Collectors Club of New York adopted the following resolu­tion at their February 15 meeting, as is reported by H. L. Lindquist, edi­tor of "Stamps" magazine and presi­dent of the National Federation of Stamp Clubs, who seconded the reso­lution:

"Resolved that it is the unanimous opinion at this meeting that any er­rors of stamps which reach the public through legitimate channels should not be reissued."

In commenting upon the resolu­tion and defending the stand of the Collectors Club, Lindquist decried the ridiculous situation which would be apparent if the postoffice began reissuing "legitimate" errors. The weekly philatelic magazine publisher who is credited with first publishing the so-called "complete story of the find," evidently overlooked the fact that organizations who had requested the stamps reissued were also doubt­ful as to the legitimacy of the part perf stamps. and not merely asking that the department make an error available at face value. Many collec­tors registered the opinion that the Collectors Club resolution, especially as it might be applied to the air mail variety at this particular time, was an attempt to block further investi­gation of the origin of the forty air mail sheets, full credence of their purported "discovery" having not yet been generally accepted.

Westchester Club Asks Probe Viewing the situation in a differ­

ent light than their nearby neighbors,

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the Westchester CN. · Y.) Philatelic Society at their regular meeting Feb­ruary 17 passed a resolution asking that the Postmaster General be re­quested to make a vigorous investi­gation of the circumstances under which the large quantity of error stamps reached the public. The reso­lution also requests that the Post­master General cooperate with any other investigations, and that full and immediate publicity be given as to the findings such investigations might make. It was also stated that should any irregularities be disclosed, that the department take prompt steps to safeguard the interests of collectors.

Reviewing the various and sundry rumors which have clouded this er­ror both before and after its appear­ance on the market, it would appear the Westchester Society's resolution more closely mirrors the interest of the average collector in maintaining the issues of this country above re­proach, and protecting his hobby. No final condemnation of the error can be justly made until the results of thorough investigation throw more light on the unusual stamps in ques­tion.

As early as October, 1938 the AIRPOST JOURNAL and the of­ficers of the American Air Mail Society followed a similar policy of long standing when, in an editorial, it was stated that ''more light is needed" on the origin of this large quantity of errors, the like of which had never before been chronicled in United States postal history.

Now, more than ever, it seems in­evitable that collectors are due com­plete publicity of the findings of fed­eral investigators and the postoffice department to definitely establish these stamps as genuine errors, pur­chased througil regular channels, or as illegitimates, pawned to collectors through the failure of trust of some government employee or employees.

Past experience in the handling of news on philatelic issues of a doubt­ful nature should have taught the philatelic press, collectors and collec­tors' organizations and federal and postoffice officials that the attempted suppression of publicity of this kind

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only finally reflects to the detriment of all concerned. The adoption of a policy of supression of news on the issues and errors of our stamps can only degenerate these stamps to levels already reached by a few for­eign nations, whose "philatelic emis­sions" are the monstrosities of mod­ern collecting, shunned by all who recognize the true story behind them

Much constructive work has been accomplished by the postoffice de­partment during recent years in con­nection with philately. It does not seem logical that they will allow these fine efforts to go for naught, but that they will, after investigation, readily acclaim as genuine or irregu­lar, this new variety which has cast a shadow over the current United States philatelic picture.

• AAMS CONVENTION AT CINCINNATI SEPTEMBER 1-2-3, 1939

The tenth annual Convention of the American Air Mail Society will be held at Cincinnati, Ohio. September 1-2-3, 1939, with the Cincinnati Air Mail Society, Branch Chapter No. 4, as the host organi­zation.

According to preliminary plans and an­nouncements of general chairman Edward S. Horwitz there will be an exhibition, bourse, and numerous other featm·es.

Special Convention Labels have been prepared and may be obtained from Jos. B. Shirley, c/o Proctor & Gamble Co., Cincinnati. The labels are prepared in sheets of eight both perforated and im­perforate, printed in red and blue. The price has been set at 25 cents for a sheet of each.

Headquarters for the Convention will be in the Netherland Plaza Hotel, where the exhibition will also be held. Addi­tional news on the Convention plans will be published from time to time as plans for the annual AAMS gathering are an­nounced.

• REPORT DEATH OF JULIUS B. BOCK FORMER A. A.M. S. MEMBER-WRITER

According to Chambers Stamp Journal Julius B. Bock, Berlin, Germany cover collector and zeppelin specialist, is report­ed to have met death in a "political ac­cident." Bock was 29 years old, a former member of the AAMS and a frequent con­tributor of German and European air mail news. He has not been heard from for more than a year. It will prove a most unfortunate circumstance if the truth of this report is verified.

FEBRUARY 1939

Membership Movement Extended

• Full-Time Project

by GLEN W. NAVES, Chairman P. 0 .Box 446,

Spartanburg, S. c.

• T HROUGH POPULAR DEMAND, the

chairman has decided to extend the time limit on our American Air Mail Society membership movement.

Various developments have influenced myself and Society officers in this de­cision.

Efforts toward forming several chapters and plans for other progressive work have been reported. Those officers and mem­bers of the Society who are doing a sub­stantial job need additional time. This fact, plus the good reason that many members have been engaged with othe1 affairs and have had a busy winter sea­son, therefore will have ample opportun­ity do better work during the next sev­eral months,. argues convincingly an ex­tension is well in order.

Accordingly, the membership movement, with all its good features, will be made a full-time American Air Mail Society project until our next national convention.

Various award lists have been publish­ed in previous issues of The Airpost Journal. Your chairman and his co-work­ers have tried faithfully to do a good job for the Society and the hobby thai belongs to all of us. We shall, frankly, be grateful for greater cooperation from all sources. The project is well worth it. In­cidentally, the chairman has to work ev­ery day, six full days a week, at his newspaper trade, has no stenographer and has to "grind-out" every letter and article he writes on his own time after regula1 hours and on Sundays-so if some of you fellows want to make us feel good-GO OUT AND SIGN-UP SOME MORE NEW MEMBERS!

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CAM Cover Notes •

by CHAS. G. RIESS Information concerning C.A.M's should be sent direct to the editor of section, P. 0. Box 11, Albany, N. Y .

• P. 0. Roof-Airport Service

() N NOVEMBER 28, 1938 an advertise­ment for air mail service for the

transportation of air mail by rotary-wing (autogiro) aircraft on an experimental basis was published. Bids for this type of service on a route between the roof-top of the Philadelphia, Pa., post office build­ing and the Camden, N. J. airport and vice versa were receivable at the office of the First Asst. Postmaster General in Washington, D. C. up until noon of Janu­ary 17, 1939. Five round trips were to be e.uthorized daily except Sundays and holi­days. Contract to be let for a period of one year with only day service required for the first three months of operation. Announcement of award of contract to the successful bidder will be made within sixty days of opening of bids after which actual service must be inaugurated within six months and in no event more than nine months. Contractor required to trans­port up to 150 lbs. of air mail per trip.

While it is true that a flight has previ­ously been made between the above-men­tioned two points and that covers are extant of such a flight it is well to men­tion that such service was unofficial and unauthorized and hence any such covers are unofficial ones. The P. 0. Dept. will prepare official cachets for the first flights of this new route which will be an AM route. Number of new route will be AM-2001. The reason that such a large number will be used is that the typE: of service may be distinguished from the regular AM routes on which numbering is reserved from 1 to 1000 with the AM feeder pick-up route numbering reserved from 1001 to 2000. It will be noted that contractor is required to carry only 150 lbs. of mail and while it is believed that the weight of the mail for the first flights will not exceed this figure collectors will do well when preparing their covers not to overstuff them in order to reduce weight to a minimum in order that all covers may be carried on the actual first flights. Collectors are requested not to write the Post Office Dept. for any in­formation in connection with this. ser­vice as due notice will be given in the

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Postal Bulletin and by regular card no­tice in addition to such notice as will be given by the advance bulletin service and through the philatelic journals. It is doubtful if this route will be in opera­tion before May or June, if then.

Pick-Up Routes-AM 1001 The two new feeder pick-up routes are

tentatively scheduled to go in operation on or about May 14th, with actual ser­vice being inaugurated at about one-third of the points on each route. Additional stops will be added about ten days or two weeks later at another one-third of the cities on each route with the remain­ing one-third of the points being ser­viced about June 15th and not later than July 1st. The reason that only about one­third of the points on each of the two routes will be serviced at the start of operations is to enable the pilot and operator to become more familiar and accustomed to handling the pick-up de­vice. As there will be only five minutes flying time between some of the points it will call for speedy work on the part of the pilot and operator in picking up and dropping the right mail. It is possi­ble that at some cities close together the contractor may only make one pick-up for both cities. Route 1001 will be from Philadelphia, Pa. to Pittsburgh, Pa. via West Chester, Coatesville, Lancaster, Col­tlmbia, York, Hanover, Gettysburg, Cham­bersburg, Mount Union, Huntingdon, Al­toona, Tyrone, Clearfield, DuBois, Ridg­way, Kane, Warren, Corry, Titusville, Oil City, Franklin, Grove City, Butler and New Kensington, Pa.

Route AM 1002 Route 1002 will be from Pittsburgh, Pa.,

through West Virginia and Ohio points, returning to Pittsburgh, Pa. via Irwin, Jeannette, Greensburg, Latrobe, Mount Pleasant, Connellsville and Uniontown, Pa., Morgantown, Fairmont, Clarksburg, ·west Union, Saint Mary's, W. Va., Mari­etta, Ohio, Parkersburg, W. Va., Pomeroy, Ohio, Point Pleasant, W. Vt., Gallipolis, Ohio, Huntington, Barboursville, Milton, Hurricane, Nitro, Charleston, Spencer, Grantsville and Glenville, W. Va. The ac. tual flight of this route will be from Pittsburgh via intermediate points to Clarksburg, W. Va.; from Clarksburg via intermediate points to Huntington, W. Va.; from Huntington via intermediate points to Clarksburg, and from Clarksburg via in­termediate points to Pittsburgh. Direct line route mileage, approximately 413 ..

Wilmington, Del. Added on AM 1001 In addition, Wilmington, Del. has been

authorized as a point on route 1001. Offi­cial cachets will be prepared for all points on these two routes including Wil­mington, Del. Due notice will be given in the daily Postal Bulletin, etc.

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Service Changes Daily Postal Bulletin dated Jan. 5, 1939

states that Waterville, Me. is temporarily discontinued as a stop on AM-27 account of unsatisfactory airport conditions.

Daily Postal Bulletin dated Jan. 13, 1939 states that on account of construction work in progress at airport night trips via AM-10 will not stop at Chattanooga, Tenn.

• AAMS MEMBER IS NAVY'S NEW FOOTBALL MENTOR

Recent news releases report the appoint­ment of Capt. E. E. Larsen, U. S. Marine· Corns, as head coach of the U. S. Navy foofball team at Annapolis for 1939. Capt. Larsen, who is 39 years old, is an active collector of used airport stamps.

In his undergraduate days at Annapo­lis Larsen was classed as one of the greatest athletes ever to attend the Naval Academy. Capt. Larsen became a member of the AAMS last fall, being proposed by sales manager Chas. P. Porter. We wish the Captain all success with the Nayy's 1939 eleven.

• STAMP DEALERS WILL BE VIEWED IN NEWSREEL ON COLLECTING

Several prominent stamp dealers will participate in a Pathe newsreel covering stamp collecting, which has been in the course of filming during the past several weeks. Sequences are being taken at the offices of the Scott Stamp and Coin Co., according to Norman Serphos, President. Shots of over-the-counter sales, auctions, and albums, as well as a number of pic­tures of rare stamps are included in the feature which will be titled "Cavelcade of Stamps."

Producers are also planning to include views of the production of stamps at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, Wash­ington, and it is indicated the picture will be highly interesting and instructive to the general public.

Other firms which will be represented in the film include Scott Publications, Inc., Nicolas Sanabria, Inc., Emil Bruechig, and the Economist Stamp Company.

It is expected the film will be released throughout the country in two or three months.

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AIRS OF THE MONTH •

by ALTON J. BLANK All data on New Issues of Air Mail Stamps shou~d be sent direct to Editor Alton J. Blank, 1850 Burnett Avenue, East Cleveland, Ohio.

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~ EVERAL LONG SETS have been re­~ ceived, two from Guatemala and three from Nicaragua. Those from Guate­mala are quite beautiful and are well executed while those from Nicaragua are different from the usual run of this coun­try. There seems to be some confusion in regards to the French colonial issues promised. And the Portuguese plan a cor­rection.

e BULGARIA e Using the familiar Girl and Dove type four values have come to hand. They are: 1 Leva brown, 2L. green, 6L. red, and 12L. blue. Let us hope that this set will take the place of the pro­visional set promised last month.

· -F. W. Kessler

• CANAL ZONE • A minor correction in last month's notes. The color of the 5c. will be grey black and will show a Doug­las plane over Sosa Hill. The rest of the set is as described.

• CUBA • There may be a 5 and 10 centavos air value in the forth coming U. S. Constitution commemorative set.

e DOMINICAN REPUBLIC e There will be a 10c. green air mail stamp in the New York World's Fair set due soon. The size will be 25 x 49mm and 100,000 will be issued. The design will probably show the Trylon and Perisphere, the Dominican Flag, and the Columbus Lighthouse. A cornucopia appears under the flag.

• ECUADOR • February 12, was to be the date of issuance of the San Francisco Fair set already described in these col­umns. The Bolivian Olympic Games set . was to be issued the end of February. The three value Progress set will show a plane in flight over Chimborazo volcano. The New York Exposition stamps will be is­sued April 30, 1939.

e .FRENCH COLONIES e Conflicting re­ports seem to be current anent the prom­ised colonial issues. One note states that the correspondent knows nothing definite about the issues. The other is more re­vealing.

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This states that the design common to all vaues will be that of the current Sene­gal: but fails to distinguish which one, the view of a plane over scenery or over a camel train. Furthermore the report states that denominations common to all seven sets will be: 1.90, 2.90, 4.50, 4.90, and 6.90 francs.

Guess like everyone else we'll have to wait until the stamps get here for a com­plete description.

-Pierre Bailly, Theo. Champion and F. W. Kessler.

e GUATEMALA e The Interior and Ex­terior sets of 11 and 12 values respective­ly as described in complete detail in the October 1938 issue are here at last. The familiar Quetzal bird overprint appears on all. The stamps have a larger over all size than those that preceded them. The firm of .Toh. Enschede and Sons in the Netherlands has produced a truly artistic series.

-F. W. Kessler

• HONDURAS • There will be an offi­cial airmail set in addition to the other series noted in the December 1938 issue. Values will be 2c., 5c, Be., 15c., 46c., 50c., lL., and 2L. The design will show the Honduran Coat of Arms and Flag.

• LEBANON • In honor of the signing Of the Franco-Syrian Treaty there will be issued a 10 pi. green value showing the Group of Signatores at a long table. In. scribed in French on the stamp will be "Franco-Libanaise Treaty Nov. 15, 1937". (Note this stamp has been promised for some time and undoubtedly will be de­layed for a longer time due to the recent uprising thruout the French colonies in the Holy Land.)

e LIECHTENSTEIN e A set of five values with a face value of one franc 25c. bear­ing views similar to the eagle design now current is due the early part of March. (Not if the Nazi "Anschluss' is accom­plished if current newspaper reports are correct!)

.;...F. W. Kessler

e PORTUGUESE COLONIES e Add the 10 escudos lavendar denomination to the series under "Mozambique" chronided last fall. This makes the total of air stamps in the series 71 instead of 70. The set inscribed "S. Tome" has been declared obsolete and will be reissued with the corrected wording "S. Tome' E. Principe."

-F. W. Kessler

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e NEW CALEDONIA e New Values are due because of rate changes.

-Pierre Bailly

e NEW GUINEA e A new set of 14 values (lhd to lL) on "Art surfaced" pa­per containing no 2¥.! or 3lhd . values is soon to be released. Face is 2 pounds 10 pence. The stamps are to be the same size and design as the current 2 and 5 pounds values.

-F. W. Kessler

• NICARAGUA • Latest w ord states that the Will Rogers stamps will be of 15, 30, and 40c. denomination. They will be released March 31, 1939.

The three sets in process of chronicle these last few months are here. All are as noted except the "Official" series. This set does not have an overprint but is a definitive and shows a picture of Pres. Gen. A. Somoza in modernistic frame and the value is expressed in the hub of a propellor. The word "Official" is written underneath.

-R. Contrereas Co., F. W. Kessler

AIRMAIL STAMPS Fine Mint Sets

Austria # 706 to #720 ...... ...... $5.50 Germany #637 -638 .... ...... ...... 2.00 Germany # 648 to # 658 ........ .. 2.50 Italy #1 026 to #1 031 .............. 1.50 Spain #758 to #76 1 ....... .. .... .. . 5.75

200 diff. Airmail Stamps $3.75 I wish to purchase an accumu­lation or collection of Air­mail and Mint United States

stamps.

STANLEY COVELESKIE 112 Thurlow Street. Chester. Penn.

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e PHILIPPINES e The Philippine Air­mail Society has held its first Exhibition. To commemorate the event two stamps are reported to have been issued. They are the 26c. blue green Cariedo design overprinted 8c. and 10 pesos grey coat of arms type overprinted 1 peso. The over­print reads: "1st Air Mail Exhibition Feb. 17-19, 1939." Two hundred thousand of the 8c. and 30,000 of the one peso are re­ported to be the quantities issued.

-F. W. Kessler

• REUNION • New values are due be­cause of rate changes.

-Pierre Bailly

• SYRIA • The Franco-Syrian Treaty will be commemorated in much the same manner as that in Lebanon. Twenty thousand sets are promised. (See Leban­on) . • VENEZUELA • A 5 centavos value is promised in the first map type printed on white paper. Definite word is not avail­able as to whether there will be more values of this set issued in the same manner.

• AERONAUTICAL ADDENDA Judging by the response to last month's

query as to whether readers wanted this feature continued it seems as though I ought to discontinue the column and simply write this one! But do not fear, there is not enough news to keep this one going every month a_nd who knows when the editor will forget to print the other!

At any rate thanks a lot for your notes and letters: especially to Dr. K. E. Pal­mer, Warren Treichler, and James Heart­well. • JAPAN • The new postal set in the process of issue has incorporated in the series a 12 sen indigo which has as its design a plane over the map of Japan. This may not appear for some months yet so do not get excited. (Maybe they want to conquer more territory to make the map look good!).

FEBRUARY 1939

• INDIA • R eports from England state that the 12 annas has been overprinted "PATIALA STATE" but local sources claim su pplies have not yet been receiv­ed. • LATVIA o The 10 santimu green stamp (Scott #202) of the Twentieth Anniver­sary series shows a small p lan e over a large bridge as part of the border design. • U. S . S. R . • Add to the set listed last month another value. The 50k red showing students off to school shows two minute planes in flight over the building in the background of the picture.

And that's all for this month. If I've missed any drop me a post ·card describ­ing the stamp or stamps and I'll be glad to chronicle.

• AIRMAIL POSTAL CARD WANTED

"We should have Air Mail Postal Cards at about 3c each," writes 0. J . Richardson, F lorida dealer . "Many u rgent messages : 'Having a good time,' 'Wish you were here,' etc., would be rushed by air post. Uncle Sam's take would be 3c each in­stead of lc , which would help stem the postal deficit. Can anybody give one good reason why we don 't have an a ir mail rate for post cards?"

-Linn's Weekly Stamp News

P . A . A. TAKES OVER I MPERIAL' S "CAVALIER" AIR MAIL SCHEDULES

We are indebted to Richard L . Singley, well-known FAM collector for a cover carried on the first trip of the P . A . A. flying mail for the Imperial Airways on the P ort Washington-Bermuda Trans-At­lantic rou te. The American company took over the mail flying schedule of the Im­perial F eb ruary 1, shortly after the ill­fated loss of the "Cavalier."

The change of contractor cover is auto­graphed by P. A. A. Capt. A . E. LaPorte and B ermuda's Colonial P ostmaster P . S . Ingham. It is cancelled Jan. 30, 12 P . M. and was carried on the first trip handling mail which was usually carried by the British ship .

• ELMER R . LONG BEGINS HARRIS­BURG STAMP BROADCAST

Elmer R. L on g, prominent Harrisburg, Penn'a stamp d ealer and member of the AAMS began a weekly stamp program over h is local station WKOB (1200 kc.) on February 22. The initial program cover­ed rare stamps. The philatelic program will go on the air each Wednesday eve­n ing at 7:15 o'clock .

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l~[ ~m~~~l J~~~~~l THE AIRPOST JOURNAL is entered as second-class matter, February 10, 1932, at the post office at Albion, "Pa., under the Act of March 3, 1879. All editorial copy, advertising, new and renewal subscriptions should be sent direct to the publication office at

Albion, Penn'a. The AIRPOST JOURNAL is not con­ducted for profit. The managing edi­tor, all department editors, feature writers and contributors serve gratis and without compensation of any kind. All receipts from advertising, subscrip­tions and contributions are applied di­rectly to the betterment of the maga­zine and the promotion of aero-philately.

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DEATH CLAIMS WILLIAM C. STONE SPRINGFIELD CHARTER MEMBER

It is with deep regret we report the passing on February 23, 1939 of William C. Stone, AAMS Charter Member #56, Springfield, Mass. Information of Mr. Stone's death reached us in a telegram, received from his close friend George W. Angers as we go to press,

"Uncle Billy" Stone, as he was known to thousands of collectors throughout the country,· was an ardent philatelist over the entire span of a long, happy and useful life. Kind of heart and generous in his assistance to fellow collectors, h" was a prominent figure in numerous na­tional and local organizations. Mr. Stone's

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Olricial publication of the American Air Mail Society. Published monthly at Albion, (Erie Co.,) Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

WALTER J. CONRATH. Editor Albion, Penn'a

GRACE CONRATH. Business Manager Albion, Penn'a

ALTON J. BLANK. Assistant Editor 1850 Burnett Ave .. E. Cleveland, 0.

GLEN W. NAVES, Assistant Editor % Herald-Journal Newspapers

Spartanburg, S. C.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS FRANCIS J. FIELD, Sutton Coldfield,

England L. B. GATCHELL. 10 Birch Brook Rd .•

Bronxville. N. Y. D. E. HELMUTH. 1724 Page Ave., #11,

East Cleveland, Ohio JAMES C. HEARTWELL. 341 Carroll

Park West. Long Beach. Calif. F. W. KESSLER, 551 Fifth Avenue,

New York. N. Y. RICHARD L: SINGLEY, Post Office,

Lancaster, Penn'a

DEPARTMENT EDITORS ALTON J. BLANK Airs of the Month

HAROLD A. JONES Crash Cover News

W. R. PATTON Canada

MAURICE S. PETTY Dedications and Unofficials

CHARLES G. RIESS Contract Air Mail Routes

death will be genuinely felt throughout the realm of philately.

• W. A. M. S. CELEBRATES SIXTH BIRTHDAY FEBRUARY 20TH

Superintendent of Air Mail Service Chas. P. Graddick, postoffice department, was the guest speaker at the regular February meeting of the Washington Air Mail Society, Branch Chapter 7 of the AAMS, held at the Hotel Lafayette, February 20.

The sixth birthday anniversary of the Society was celebrated in an appropriate manner, including a door prize and a birthday cake, according to secretary­treasurer Miss Alice B. Gilley.

FEBRUARY 1939

PHILIPPINE NOTES •

by PABLO M. ESPERIDION Manila, Philippines

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KAY, AMERICA! ... Flashes from the Philippines!

President Franklin D. Roosevelt will be seen on one of the three commemorative stamps of the Philippines which will be issued sometime this year. This issue will be known as the Commonwealth Trium­phal Arch, which was approved by the National Assembly on September 5, 1938, under Commonwealth Act No. 393. Pro­ceeds of these stamps will be spent for the erection of a Triumphal Arch in Man­ila, at the site where the Commonwealth Government was inaugurated.

According to informed quarters, designs of these commemoratives will be as fol­lows: 1) The act of signing the Tydings­McDuffie Law by President Roosevelt; (2) The act of taking oath of office by Hon. Manuel L. Quezon as first President of the ·Commonwealth of the Philippines~

GOTHAM CLUB NAMES OFFICERS FOR 1939

The Gotham Stamp & Cover Club, Chapter 8, A. A. M. S., announces the following officers for the year 1939: Dan­iel Newman, President; Mrs. Ethel B. Stewart, Vice President; Harold R. Mey­ers, Secretary-Treasurer; Board of Gov­ernors: H. E. Goudket, G. F. Lancaster, Milton Ehrlich.

We are in the midst of a membership campaign; we invite all A. A. M. S. mem­bers especially, who live in the metropoli­tan area, to join up with their local A. A. M. S. chapter. Meetings are held the first and third Fridays at the Hotel Times Square, New York City .

and (3) The design of the Triumphal Arch to be erected .

The Tydings-McDuffie Law, as American collectors will recall, was an act passed by Congress on March 24, 1934 establish­ing the Philippine Commonwealth with complete independence after ten years, i. e., on July 4, 1946.

The act of taking oath of office by Hon. Manuel L. Quezon as first President of the Philippine Commonwealth on the oc­casion of the inauguration of the com­monwealth was a very memorable picture, as it was made amidst impressive cere­monies, witnessed by a large congressional delegation from the United States headed by Vice-President John N. Garner and Speaker Joseph W. Byrns, and graced by prominent military, civil, consular, polit­ical, educational and social dignataries, on the morning of November 15, 1935.

The design of the Triumphal Arch is still unknown at this writing (Jan. 26), but collectors can rest assured that this

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arch will not be made of bamboo, for it will cost half a million pesos.

The buying power in Mania! had slack­ened for some time. This was due to the "Daily Double" craze, a weekly sweep­stake held in this city. However, strict ordinances promulgated by the govern­ment on this game of chance, gradually subsided the craze, and dealers and col­lectors are seen again, stamping around like busy bees.

Newspapers in the Philippines are now publishing philatelic "brain-children", oc­casionally.

Following requests made by collectors, the Bureau of Posts instructed the Bureau of Printing & Engraving, Washington, D. C., to have the overprint "Commonwealth" in smaller type and inscribed on conspicu. ous places so as not to mar the designs of Philippine current issues. Two brilliant accomplishments of this were the 2c and 6c 0. B. stamps with the overprint "Com­monwealth." Parenthetically, the boys at Washington deserve some orchids for that ..

2,000,000 Christmas seals were released on November 4, 1938, by the Philippine Tuberculosis Society. The PTS is affiliat­ed with the National Tuberculosis Asso­ciation of the U. S. A. Proceeds-to com­bat tuberculosis in these Islands.

There's a buzzing in Manila to request the government for a Governor-Generals' issue, depicting all the American Gover­nor-Generals who had served in the Philippine Islands. Since there were fif­teen American Governor-Generals who had rendered valuable service in these Islands, it would be very fitting indeed, particularly with the U. S. Presidential series now in full swing.

First shipment of the 20c Special De­livery with the "Commonwealth" over­print is expected to arrive in Manila be­fore Easter, according to Atty. Amando Marquez, chief of the Philatelic Section, Bureau of Posts. The 20c. Sp. Del. appears to be the last of the Mohicans with the overprint "Commonwealth."

The latest postal card with the over­print "Commonwealth" was put on sale on September 16, 1938, by the Bureau of Posts.

Half-baked reports from Samar Island, stating signs of the lost "Hawaii Clipper" were found, turned out to be a fish story, on investigations conducted by the PAA

The German Condor multicolored good­will plane FOCKE WULF which made a record flight of 41 flying hours covering ·a distance of 14,000 kilometers from Berlin to Tokyo, on its return flight by way ot Manila and the Dutch East Indies, made a forced pancaked landing in shallow water about 200 feet offshore between Amaya and Tanza, Cavite, in Manila Bay, last December 7. Cause of the accident

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could not be determined but it was be­lieved to have been due to a broken gas line. No mail was brought, but airmail collectors will remember that it was the same plane which made the record flight from Berlin to New York last August, crossing the Atlantic in 19 hours and 15 minutes.

The P300,000 four-motored plane was a total loss as it was submerged in salt water for several days. Curiously enough, a cartoon portraying a devil riding on one of the propellers of a plane found inside it depicts a pilot saying to the devil­"Pardon, my dear. We can fly safely with only two motors running." But the devil, according to superstitious people of the Philippines stopped all the four motors, thus sending down the unexpected cur­tains on the goodwill flight of the FOCKE WULF.-

Two commemorative airmail stamps will be issued by the Bureau of Posts on February 17 of the present year in honor of the first PHILIPPINE AIRMAIL EX­HIBITION which is being conducted un­der the auspices of the Philippine Air Mail Society, Chapter No. 13 of the American Air Mail Society, in the city of Manila.

Issuance of these commemoratives was made under a resolution passed and sub­mitted by the Philippine Air Mail Society to the Bureau of Posts to this effect, on December 9, 1938. The two values to be issued are 8 centavos and 1 peso, and will be in the form of a surcharge. Stamps to be surcharged are the 26 centavos old issue (Scott 298) and 10 pesos new issue (Scott 431) with 8 centavos and 1 peso, respectively. Or Pl.28 ($0.64) for the set. The said surcharge will read: "FIRST­AIRMAIL EXHIBITION-FEB. 17-19, 1939," in three lines, the words AIRMAIL EX­HIBITION in semi-circle.

No official release has as yet been made public as to its total issue, altho the press bulletin of the Bureau of Posts is­sued on January 19, states only "a limit­ed quantity."

Meanwhile, from informed sources it was learned at this writing (Jan. 26) that a total issue of 200,000 will be made for the 8c and 20,000 to 30,000 for the 1 peso.

An official cachet prepared by the Philippine Airmail Exhibition will be ap­plied on FD covers. Likewise the Exhibi­tion has also under consideration of char­tering a plane to fly around the city of Manila on the opening day (Feb. 17), car­rying FD covers simultaneously.

It might interest collectors to note that this is the FIRST time in the postal his­tory of the Philippines in which a set of commemorative stamps will be issued in honor of a philatelic exhibition.

That's all. Au Revoir.

FEBRUARY 1939

CRASH COVERS •

by HAROLD A. JONES 607 Shelby St., Detroit, Mich.

• Due to the pressure of other interests,

Frank Costanzo, who so ably conducted this column in the past, has asked to be relieved of the duty for a tiine. Frank has heretofore done such fine work that all crash collectors are deeply indebted to him for his thorough and sound report­ing, and his contribution to the hobby has been a large one. We all hope he will soon be back.

Crash Section of Catalogue First let it be said that while many re­

cent mishaps have not been reported here, your catalog editors have not overlooked them, and the Crash Cover Section of the AAMS catalog will contain complete list­ings of them through 1938. We are advis­ed that our section is now being printed in its final form and we hope that it will prove to be interesting and helpful to ev­·eryone participating in our snecialtv. It will contain several new features. Illus­trations of a number of crash cachets will appear for the first time .. FAM covers of interest to US collectors are being listed, and an effort has been made to adjust prices to approximately actual net market conditions. As far as possible, the quota­tions represent average values based up­on bona fide sales prices. This has meant that a considerable number of changes were necessary in former prices, and fur­ther revision as well as new listings will be made from time to time in this col­umn whenever required.

Miles City, Mont. There is one domestic crash to report

in January, although official data is not yet .available. On January 13, 1939, Flight 1 of Northwest Airlines, westbound from Chicago to Seattle, AM 3, took off from Miles City, Mont., at approximately 10:20 pm. A few minutes later the pilot, C. B. Chamberlain, was heard desperately call-

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ing the dispatcher, and the plane was thereafter seen to plunge into a dry creek bottom two miles west of Miles City. The plane caught fire at the impact and the wreckage was comp~etely destroyed, while the pilot, co-pilot Raymond B. Norby, and two passengers lost their lives in the crash. The mail data will be reported later when received.

Imperial Airways "Cavalier" On January 21, 1939, at 10:42 am., the

Short flying boat CA V ALlER of Imperial Airways, took off from Port Washington, L. I., for Hamilton, Bermuda, piloted by Capt. Marmaduke R. Alderson, with a crew of four others, and eight passen­gers on board. After ninety minutes of flying, motor trouble was experienced re­sulting in a dead stick landing on the ocean at 1:12 pm., about 300 miles south­east of Cape May, N. J. The ship was badly damaged by the impact with the sea and sank within ten minutes. One passenger was drowned almost immedi­ately. Another, badly injured by the crash, was supported above the waves un­til his death, while a steward was drown­ed on becoming exhausted several hours later. After ten hours floating in the ocean clinging to buoyant seat cushions, the ten survivors were found and res­cued by the tanker Esso Baytown and taken to New York. Unofficial reports state twelve pounds of mail were on board and it was lost with the ship.

Your editors wish here to express their appreciation to their many friends who have aided in the preparation of our sec­tion of the catalog and particularly thank H. L. Waha of Detroit, Erik Hildesheim of Stewart Manor, and R. Lee Black of Des Moines, for their invalwi.ble data and helpful co-operation.

• SPRINGFIELD CHAPTER NO. 10 SPRINGFIELD AIR MAIL SOCIETY

The February meeting of the Springfield Air Mail Society was held in the Pilgrim Room of the Hotel Bridgway, Wednesday evening, February 15.

Immediately following the business ses­sion, a special period was enjoyed, with games and contests in keeping with Lin­coln's Birthday, St. Valentine's Day and Washington's Birthday.

Moving pictures of the "Sports Parade of 1938" and "News Parade of 1938" were shown and followed by refreshments.

The committee in charge of this month's meeting was headed by President George W. Angers, Norman Watt, Joseph Taylor, Henry Wickman, Mrs. Anna Goodrow and Emil J. Vlasak.

The March meeting will mark the start of another fiscal year and election of offi­cers will be held at that meeting.

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by MAURICE S. PETTY News of future and past events under this section should be sent direct to Mr. Petty, 507 Quackenbos St., N. W., Washington, D. C.

• III' OMING: Dedication of Malton Air­.J port at Toronto, Ont., Canada, scheduled for about April 30th. District Director of Postal Service, P. 0. Dept., Toronto, is variously quoted as saying that he will hold covers for dedication and also that no cachet will be used until regular night flying east of Winnipeg is established. Suggest sending him a cover, also putting one with the Toronto Board of Trade, who have signified their will-ingness to mail on proper date ......... Dot-han, Ala. said to dedicate airport about March 1st. Covers to PM or CofC ........ Al­buquerque, N. M. dedication h,as been postponed to about March 15th ........ Mr. Dedell in \l\Testern Stamp Collector states Madison, Wise. to dedicate airport on July 4th and covers to CofC or Vernon Davies, c/o Wisconsin Journal.. ....... Launch­ing USS Wasp, Airplane Carrier, at Quincy, Mass. now set for April 4th. Air covers for cachet to AAMS member, Mr. F. A. Benton, 50 Walnut St., Springfield, Mass. who is now holding about 350 covers for it. ........ A series of twelve cachet covers will be printed in memory of the Macon and Akron over the course of a year from points connected with these dirigibles, five with land cancels and five with naval. If interested, send twelve air covers (only) with one cent each for-

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warding postage to Walter Czubay, 3117 36th St., Long Island City, N. Y ......... Mo­line, Ill. dedication early April. Covers to Quad City Philatelic Society, Fifth Ave. Building.

PAST AIRPORT DEDICATIONS, etc. Everett, Wash. covers of May 19th, 1938, mentioned last month, will NOT be cata-logued .as airport dedications ......... Grants-ville, Utah, covers of January 2, mean nothing. P. M. says no formal dedication. Intermediate Field, Site .60, was opened Dec. 31, 1938. ...... . Plymouth, Utah, cover pmkd. January 19th received. P. M. writes that the intermediate landing field there had been completed for day landing for some time, and that the lighting for night landing was placed in operation January 19, 1938, the field having been accepted by C. A. A. on January first. 3 covers mailed January 19th, but no dedication exercises of any kind at any time. .. ...... Another old one has been uncovered. Mr. J. A. Jungwirth, ,via W. T. Wynn, Jr. shows Holland, Mich. cover of June 22, 1929, with no cachet or marks except CofC stamp, and an advance news clipping say­ing the Szekely Airport was to be dedi­cated that day. Inquiry to Holland CofC brings response that they had no record of covers or. event, but that on referring to local newspaper office, it was found from the papers of 1929, that dedication

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of Szekeyl airport actually took place on June 22, 1929 ......... Mr. Harold Jones, via W. T. Wynn, shows a May 23, 1931, two cent cover pmkd. New York, N. Y. with a green cachet in imitation postmark style for dedication of Floyd Bennett Field, which occurred in Brooklyn that day. Does any reader have an air cover with this cachet and any information as to its sponsor, etc? ........ Dedication of Torrey Pines Glider Port, 31;(, miles north of La Jolla, Calif., on January 1st, veri­fied by Postmaster Nathan L. Rannells, who says it was a two day event, Janu­ary 1 and 2, but covers mailed first only, 295 of them. Mr. Rannells reports long in­terest in gliders there and says that in 1910 Frazer Curtis and Ralph Cline built a glider there and they tried to launch it by Mr. Rannells towing it with a saddle horse. A. A. M. S. member, Lt. J. G. Johnson, of the USS Ranger, who applied the cachets, writes that the 295 covers were flown over the field and dropped in a little red parachute. They were so flown

·by Mr. John Robinson, 2820 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, Calif., who will be glad to autograph any sent him with stamped en­velope for return of same. ........ Boise, Idaho, covers of January ·21st received with nice magenta pictorial cachet by CofC for "First Landing of Giant Airlines on Idaho Soil-First Air Mail from New

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Airport", etc. However, CofC writes there was bad weather and NO airport dedica­tion held ........ Avon Park, Fla. covers with airport dedication inscription postmarked February 5th, reported, not yet seen. More next month. ........ San Francisco, Calif. covers pmkd. Feb. 5th, with Jr. CofC pictorial cachet showing large clip­per plane over city and bay for "First Flight of China Clipper from Treasure Island", etc. Also other San Francisco covers with same cachet plus a different nine line one reading, "Dedication Pan American Air Terminal, Treasure Island," etc. Also same nine line cachet (only) in purple on covers pmkd. Oakland Feb. 5th, and on others pmkd. Alameda on· 5th. Since our copy of San Francisco Chronicle of 6th makes no mention of event, veri­fication of its exact nature will be delay­ed until next issue .........

OTHER COVERS: G. F. Lancaster shows air cover pmkd. Honolulu, Hawaii, Janu­ary 30th, with magenta cachet by Hono­lulu Star-Bulletin for "First Flight Hono­lulu to Treasure Island-Commemorating change in Pan American Airways San Francisco Base", etc., and "Carried by China Clipper on First Flight from Hono­lulu to Treasure Island."

MANY THANKS FOR COOPERATION received from John H. Allen, F. A. Ben­ton, Waltet' Czubay, Lt. J. G. J0hnson, G. F. Lancaster, J. V. Murray, Dr. J. F. Ulman, F. H. Wilde, W. T. Wynn, Jr., and numerous P. M.'s and C. of C.'s.

PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW for a copy of the American Air Mail Cata­logue at $3.00, plus postage. Ready in April. Price after publication $3.50.

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American Air Mail Society ORGANIZED 1923 AS THE AERO PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA

President PAUL F. ROBERTSON, c/o Decatur

Garment Co., Decatur, Ill.

Advisory Board GEORGE W. ANGERS WALTER J. CONRATH

L. B. GATCHELL HERBERT H. GRIFFIN

FRANCIS B. LEECH HARRY A. TRUBY

Vice-Presidents ALTON J. BLANK. 1850 Burnett Ave.,

East Cleveland. Ohio.

CHARLES G. RIESS, P. 0. Box 11, Albany, New York.

WILLIAM M. STUART, Apt. 808, 2124 Eye St .. N. W .. Washington, D. C.

Directors WILLIAM R. ALLEY, 261 Broadway,

New York City. YORK BRIDDELL, P. 0. Box 668, St.

Petersburg, Fla. ALBERT N. BROWN. 270 Tehama St.,

San Francisco. Calif. WALTER BRUGGMANN. P. 0. Box

1314 Manila, Philippine Islands. FRANK A. COPTANZO. P. 0. Box 32,

Punxsutawney, Pa.

• ORlAN E. GREEN. 555 W. Drayton. Ferndale. Michigan.

MRS. ETHEL B. STEW ART. Lake Lenape, Andover. N. J.

Secretary EMIL VLASAK,

293 Bridge St. Springfield, Mass. Treasurer

GEORGE W. ANGERS, 293 Bridge Street, Springfield, Mass.

Sales Manager MR. CHARLES P. PORTER

143 Beechmont Drive, New Rochelle, New York.

Advance Bulletin Superintendent WALTER J. CONRATH

The AIRPOST JOURNAL. Albion, Pa. The Ad vance Bulletin is sent regularly by the manager only to those members who are in good standing and provide a supply of self addressed regulation Government Postal Cards.

Exchange Department Each member is entitled to two 25-word Exchange Notices per year, in the Offi­cial Publication, without charge. Ad­dress direct to the publication office at Albion, Penna.

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Published monthly and sent to all members in good standing.

The Secretary's Report NEW MEMBERS

2154 Codd, Michael P., 164 Greenleaf Ave., West Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. 2155 Chabon, Michael, 163 E. Wash. Ave., Washington, N. J. 2156 Pled!, Herman, 2605 N. 36th St., Milwaukee, Wis 2157 Louis, Henry, 31 E. Blackwell St., Dover, N. J. 2158 Haines, Rev. Johnson Abbott, 15 Highland St., Meridith, N. H.

APPLICATIONS POSTED

Obrig, James H., 211 Bellair Road, Ridgewood, N. J. Age 33. Publisher. AM AU U20 UC 1D CMC PIX. By L. B. Gatchell.

Tyson, C. E., 303 Spruce Ave., Sharon, Pa. Age 29. Merchant. AM CAM FAM. By Albert E. Gorham.

Hershey, Owen. 13 E. Main, Lititz, Pa. Age Legal. Attorney. U20 CAM FAM 1D. By Richard L. Singley.

Stone, Ralph H., 338 Liberty St., Conneaut, Ohio. Age 44. Printer. AM AU U20 UC CAM FAM CF 1D CMC EX. By W. J. Conrath.

Bode, Jr., Lou, 3742-86 St., Jackson Heights, L. 1., N. Y. Age 33. Musician. AM AU EL EX. By Paul F. Berdanier.

Maier, Alfred, 64 Seymour St., W. 1, London, England. Age 44. Managing Director. AM AU AS PC HC PA PB EL FF GF. By Walter J. Conrath.

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Saunders, Kenneth M., cjo The Stamp Shop, Coyle and Richardson, Charlestown, W. Va. Age 28. Vocational Counselor. AM AU U20 UC PB Z By F. W. Kessler.

Anderson, Alvin H., 1514 Carlisle Ave., Racine, .Wisconsin. Age 48. Engineer. AM AU U20 UC PC HC FF GF CAM FAM DC Z CF 1D CMC. By Maurice S. Petty.

Cooper, Chris C., 1228 West 24th St., Los Angeles, Calif. Age Legal. Owner Window Shade Mfg. AM AU SC U20 UC FF GF CAM FAM Z CF Lp. By Charles P. Porter.

Long, Mrs. Catherine S., North Shore Hotel, Evanston, Ill. Adult. AM 1D CMC. By F. W. Kessler.

Champagne, G. A., 47 St. Catherine Road, Outremont, Montreal, Canada. Age 46. AU EX. By Emil J. Vlasak.

Dwyer, Jr., James A., 15 East Fourth St., Maysville, Ky. Age 20. Postal Clerk. AM AU UC EX. By F. W. Kessler.

Kronstein, Dr. Max. 3902 Spuyten Duyvil Parkway, New York City. Age 43. Chemist. AS PC HC PA PB Z PIX. By F. W. Kessler.

Irwin, Jr., Charles F., 414 N. 2nd St., Emmaus, Pa. Age 33. Manager. AM AU U20 1D. By Dr .. Gerald S. Backenstoe.

Eissen, Alfred, 2 Walnut St., Boston, Mass. Age 40. Electrician. AM FF GF FAM Z CF 1D. By F. W. Kessler. ·

Pechoutre, Jacques Pierre. 6 Rue Henri Duchene, .Paris, 15, France. Age 46. Official Officer. AS SC PC HC PA PB EL FF GF CAM FAM CC Z CF. EX. By Walter J. Conrath.

Coops, Fred W., 54 So. Raymond Ave., Pasadena, Calif. Age 44. Stamp Dealer. AM. By Walter J. Conrath.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS Bayer, S., 38, Boulevard de la Republique, St. Cloud (S. & 0.) France. Blankenburg, Carl F., 817 S. Park St., Kalamazoo, Mich. Carrier, William J., 550 Ninth Ave., New York, N. Y. Chlumecky, M. 33, Harrington Crescent, London, W. 9. England. d'Utassy, George, 1316 Ritchie Court, Chicago, Illinois. Dietz, Jr., August, R. F. D. #3, Richmond, Va. Griffin, H. H., 603 7th St., N. St. Petersburg, Fla. Hill, Stanton, H., 288 No. Holliston Ave., Pasadena, Calif. Lincoln, L. B., 535 Wellington Ave., Chicago, Ill. Lyon, Robert J., 49-10 94 St., Elmhurst, L. I. N. Y. Schlandt, Arthur F., 496 Arlington Ave., Elmhurst, Illinois. Steinfeld, Sidney K., 1033 Canal Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La.

ERROR IN LISTING OF NAME 503 Lewis B. Sebring, Jr.

DECEASED Bogert, W. A., P. 0. Box 919, St. Petersburg, Fla. Heath, Louis J., 1940 Biltmore St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Klinge, Richard A., Pasco, Wash. Lowe, John N., Marquette, Mich. Miller, Thomas J., Woodman, Colo.

· DROPPED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES OR OTHER REASONS Morgan, Willard D., 1 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y. Rasch, L., 59 Brookside Ave., Rockville Center, N. Y. Slayter, Rudolph Stone, 90 Chester Road, Belmont. Mass.

RESIGNATIONS Costanzo, Francis A., III, 406 E. Mahoning St., Punxsutawney, Pa. Costanzo, Mrs. Frank A., 406 E. Mahoning St., Punxsutawney, Pa. Deglman, John N., Box 444, Tomahawk, Wise. Evans, Chas. K., 451 Arlington St., Tamaqua, Pa. Simon, Harry, 41 Broad Ave., Palisades Park, N. J. Tisdale, G. E., 3144 Irving Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn.

We are very happy to report so many new applications and hope that the mem­bership campaign is finally beginning to gain momentum. We offer our sincere thanks to Messers. Conrath, Gatchell, Kessler and Singley for their continued "campaign work", but then these men are always doing more than their share when A. A. M. S. activity needs action. To Messers. Gorham, Berdanier, Petty, Porter and Dr. Backenstoe we offer our deep appreciation. All of these men have been credited with the new proposals and are in line for the many fine prizes. What about the rest of YOUSE GUYS AND GALS? There must be some collector known to you who is being neglected and just awaiting your invitation to join. Break down and give him a chance to sign up.

Fraternally yours, EMIL J. VLASAK, Secretary

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WANT ADS RATE:

One cent per word per insertion. Re­mittance should accompany order and copy.

TRANSOCEANIC MAIL FROM FLOWN or attempted flights bought and exchang­ed. What have you? Write William H. Krinsky, 2620 Glenwood Rd., Brooklyn, N. Y. 105-12t

FOREIGN COVERS ON APPROV AiL­Airmails, First Flights, FAM's, Special Flights, Commercial Covers, Commems., etc. References. Stamp Bar, A2015 S. A Tenth Ave., Portland, Oregon. 106-lt*

SUPERB 4x5 AERO PHOTOS, 20c EACH, 6 for $1.00 (Trans-Atlantics), Ill-fated "Cavalier" in flight, on water, Imperial's "Caledonia'', ''Jordmeer'', "Nordwind'', Mollison "Flash", Amelia Earhart and "Flying Lab.", "Clipper" S-42, HowaJ,"d Hughes and crew with world plane, Cor­rigan and "crate", Wiley Post and "Win· nie Mae", "Brandenburg" in flight, Aground, "Lt. De Vaisseau Paris", De Pinedo and "Leonardo De Vinci, DO-X, Roger Williams and plane, "Century of Progress", "American Nurse", Codos and Rossi, "Joseph Le Brix", "Columbia", "Lief Ericson", Merrill and Lambie with "Daily Express", Merrill and Richmond with "Lady Peace", James Fitzmaurice, Mattern and Griffen with plane, "Liberty," Amy and Jimmie Mollison, Darius and Girenas' plane, (Miscellaneous) "Hinden­burg" in flight, "Hindenburg" wreckage, "Los Angeles", "Akron", Blimp "G-1," "Resolute", Kingsford-Smith's "Lady Southern Cross", "China Clipper", Ells­worth's Antarctic plane and pilots, Byrd Antarctic "Condor", Lincoln Beachey and plane, "Flying Fortress", Alex de Sever­sky and Jacqueline Cochran, Frank Hawks, Hughes' "F1ying Lab.", De Sever­sky and plane, Jimmie Doolittle, Jimmie Wedell, Lee Gehlbach, Roscoe Turner. Bart A. Brady, 158 Amherst Street, East Orange, N. J. 106-lt

FIRST DAY COVERS ON PARADE. THE cachet is EMBOSSED, a miniature snap­shot will be placed in the cachet. Collect worthwhile material. N. Y. World's Fair,, Washington's Inauguration, 25th Anniver­sary Panama Canal, 15c each. Covers on Parade, A, 5509 Ave. N., Brooklyn, N. Y.

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AIRMAIL, FIRST DAY, HISTORICAL AND Naval Covers. On approval all 10c re­gardless of their values. Send for your selection today. State kinds wanted. Cov­ers on Parade. Dept. A. P., 5509 Avenue N., Brooklyn, N. Y. 106-3t

AIRPLANE PHOTOGRAPHS. HUNDREDS of commercial, military, etc. Prints, 2'h x4~ inches,- 4c each. Enlargements 5x7 inches 15c each, 8xl0 25c each. Send 3c stamp for photo of Cavalier and list. Thorell's Airphotos, 3 Myrtle Court, Bridgeport, Conn. 106-1t

AAMS EXCHANGE ADS (Each member is entitled to two 25-word ads per year).

MINIATURE AIRWAYS STICKERS AND covers, CAM 9E5, St. Paul, southbound Oct. 1, 1926, crash covers wanted; your requirements? Hildesheim, 49 Chester Ave., Stewart Manor, N. Y. Ex-106-lt

WANTED: WILL BUY, SELL OR TRADE pictures of air mail pilots. Also 8x10 inch pictures of "Clipper Ships." Preferably autographed. Send on approval. R. L. Singley, P. 0. Dept., Lancaster, Pa.

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WANTED: OFFICIAL FIRST FLIGHT Clipper Covers; Zeppelin Covers; in ex­change for U. S. First Flights, First Days, Glider; Specially Autogl'aphed ·overs. HORN, 32 Sterling Pl., Bklyn, !II. >.

WANT TO EXCHANGE AIR MAIL AND regular postage stamps, mint or used. Catalogue basis. Wm. Griffiths, 30 Brook­mount Rd., Toronto, Canada. Ex.-106-1t

HAVE C. A. M.'s TO EXCHANGE, 1926 to 1934. Some cat. $5.00. No rare covers. Want same after 1934, cover for cover. M. S. Britto, Jr., Hickok Ave., Bethel, Conn.

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LET'S EXCHANGE AIRPORT DEDICA­tion covers. Have many scarce numbers to trade for those I need. Send want and duplicate lists. Harry L. Waha, 5273 Ivan­hoe Ave., Detroit, Mich. AAMS #1478.

WILL TRADE CAM'S, AIR SHOWS, races, tours and miscellaneous cacheted covers for airport dedications and first day covers. John K. Howe, 380 Richton Ave., Highland Park, Mich.

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WORLD WIDE An all-embracing collection of 72 First Air Mails ............ $25 Ditto. 136, including Rarities $500 Ditto. A magnificent collec-tion, details on request.. .. .. .. $25,000

BRITISH INLANDS 78 First Air Mails, showing the growth of the Inland Flights ............................. .... .. .. . Ditto. 128, including Rarities Ditto . 260, almost complete ..

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS 74 First Air Mails flown by this great Air Service .......... .. Ditto. 130, including Rarities Ditto. 172, all Rarities .... ......

BRITISH EMPIRE 70 First Air Mails, mostly with interesting Cachets .. .. .. Ditto. 138, including Rarities Ditto. 142, all Rarities ........

$50 $500

$2,500

$25 $500

$2,500

$25 $500

$2,500

AIRWAYS OF THE WORLD. 72 First Air Mails from all parts of the world, flown by Air Companies, large and small, serving Argentine to Zanzibar ................. .. .... .......... . Ditto. 108, including Rarities Ditto. 136, all Rarities ..........

$25 $500

$2,500

VARIOUS AIR TRANSPORT 56, Flown by Balloon, Diri­gible, Catapult, Rocket, Fly-ing Boat, e tc. ...... .. ...... .. .. .. ...... $25 Ditto. 142, including Rarities $250 Ditto. 136, all Rarities .. ........ $1,250

SPECIALISED COLLECTIONS Argentine, Australia, Aus-tria, etc., 50 odd First Air Mails from .. ............ .... ...... .. .. Ditto. 100 odd, including

$25

Rarities ...... .. ...... ...... .. .............. $250 Ditto. 100 odd, all Rarities .. .. $2,500

CANADA BUMPER COLLECTIONS 74 First Air Mails, mostly with Pictorial Cachets of G . P . 0 . .................. ........ ........ $12lh Ditto. 162, £7. Ditto, 142...... .. $25 Ditto. 84, £3. Ditto, 250.. ...... $50

U. S. A. BUMPER COLLECTIONS 80 First Air Mails, mostly w i t h attractive Official Cachets ... ... .. ................... ....... .. Ditto. 108, £4. Ditto . 122 .. .. Ditto. 160, £7. Ditto, 400 .. ..

$17 lh $25 $85

All above collections finely described and mounted in our famous Victor Rex Albums.

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