The American Air Mail Society

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Organized 1923 Incorporated 1944

PRESIDENT Joseph L. Eisendrath

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per year Include subscription to The AIRPOST JOURNAL. Appli­cants must furnish two refer­ences, philatelic preferred. At least one must reside in Appli­cant's home town. Applicants under 21 years must be guaran­teed by Parent or Guardian. Membership may be terminated by the Society in accordance with its By-Laws. Correspondence concerning sub­scriptions. back numbers and bound volumes, address changes and other matters and all re­mittances should be sent to the Treasurer. All general com­munications and advertising should be sent to the Editor.

Official Publication of the

AMERICAN Am MAIL SOCIETY

V.ol. 35, No. 6 Issue 406

Contents ................ for March, 1964 The Douglas DC-9 Jetliner .................... 154 Jet Jottings ................................................ 156 Additional Jet Covers Reported from

1Solar Eclipse Flight . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . ... . 156 50 Years of Scheduled Airlines ............ 158 The First Commercial Airline (Part D 159 Recent Aerogrammes . . ............... 162 Airs of the Month .... . ................ 166 Seen and Read by the Editor 167 Book Review - The Airpost of

Colombia . .. ............. ... ....... 168 Uncatalogued SCADTA Bisect Found

on Cover ................ . ....................... 169 C.A.M. Cover Notes ...... . .............. 170 A.A.M.S. Chapter News . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. . .. . . 173 "Uncle Sam" Sez ................................ 174 Official Section, AAMS .... ....................... 176

EDITOR Robert E. Haring

Z4% Hardenburgh Avenue, Demarest, New .Jersey ASSISTANT EDITORS

Joseph L. Eisendrath Dr. Max Kronstein Ernest A. Kehr L. B. Gatchell

DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS R. Lee Black, N. Pelletier, Florence L. Kleinert. Robert W. Murch, Richard L. Singley, William R. Ware, James Wotherspoon, John Watson, William T. Wynn, Jr., Frank Blumenthal, Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr., J. S. Langabeer, M. P. Codd. Published monthly at Albion., Erie Co., Pa., U.S.A. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office

at Albion, Pa., February 10, 1932, under the Act of March 3, 1879.

The AIRPOST JOURNAL is not conducted for profit. The Editor and all others serve without compensation. Receipts from advertising, sub­scriptions and contributions are applied to the betterment of the magazine and the promotion of aero-philately. The Editor and Officers of The American Air Mail Society assume no responsibility for the accuracy of statements made by contributors. Every effort is made to insure correctness of

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The Douglas DC-9 Jetliner 1--------117.4' ---------1

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Designed to operate from airport run- runway. It will land in less than that ·ways less than a mile in length and on distance at its maximum landing weight route segments from 100 to 1100 miles, of 73,350 pounds. the Douglas twin-jet DC-9 (shown on This combination of carrying capacity this month's cover) offers the speed and short landing-and-take-off require­and comfort of jet transportation to the ments makes the DC-9 an excellent re­great majority of communities now ser- placement for outmoded propeller and ved only by propeller aircraft. prop-jet aircraft now serving short-haul

As the flagship of regional airline oper- routes throughout the world. ations, the DC-9 extends jet advantages Two aft-mounted Pratt & Whitney to the traveler who flies less than 500 Aircraft JT8D-5 turbofan engines give miles on any one trip. And in short-haul the DC-9 a maximum speed of 560 miles operations by trunk airlines to comple- an hour. A distinctive feature of the ment the long-range DC-8 and other compact jet is the high-level horizontal tmnscontinental jets, the DC-9 fulfills the stabilizer, mounted at the top of the rud­jet-age promise of swift and efficient. der assembly to accommodate the engines transit from departure to destination. on either side of the aft fuselage. The

Although the maximum takeoff weight rear power arrangement permits an un­o£ the DC-9 is only 77,000 pounds, less usually clean wing design which con­than one fourth that of its DC-8 pred- tinues an aerodynamic development pro­ecessor, the Douglas "compact jet" car- gram begun with the DC-8. The wing is ries up to 83 passengers at no sacrifice moderately swept, angling back from the in comfort or convenience. fuselage at 24 degrees from perpendicu-

In normal operation, the DC-9 will lar. take off on a 500-mile flight with 70 Passenger accommodations of the DC-9 passengers and baggage from a 5000-foot are the equivalent of those which travel-

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ers have come to appreciate in the DC-8 jetliner. Although the DC-9 cabin is smaller, it is contoured to give passengers greater space where needed, such as headroom above the aisle and at the seated shoulder level. Interior arrange­ments range from 56 all first class seats to 83 in the all-coach configuration. Ac­commodations may be mixed in varying proportions from a suggested arrange­ment of 20 first class and 45 coach seats. Lavatories and galley are provided for.

The DC-9 is pressurized throughout the passenger and baggage compartments to provide a cabin altitude of 6000 feet at an aircraft altitude of 30,000 feet. Air conditioning is designed specifically to provide the fast temperature response needed in short-haul operations.

Control systems operating methods and major features of the DC-9 have been simplified for maximum efficiency of maintenance and ability to maintain reg­ular schedules of service. An example of simplification is the DC-9 fuel supply system. Where .eight wing fuel tanks and 13 boosters pumps are required in the DC-8 fuel system, there are only two tanks and two pumps in the DC-9. Both pumps can be powered from one engine and either pump can supply fuel to both engines. Fuel dumping controls and mechanisms are unnecessary because the DC-9' s maximum landing weight is 95 per cent of its maximum takeoff weight.

The DC-9 entrance door is a self­contained loading ramp which requires no power to operate. Hinged at the bot­tom and counterbalanced by springs, it unfolds to the runway to provide integral steps to the cabin floor, seven feet from ground level. The doorway is also com­patible with the standard jetway pas­senger loading service provided at most of the larger airports.

Another loading feature of special val­ue at airports with limited facilities is the location of the DC-9 baggage com­partment. Providing 600 cubic feet of volume the compartment is only 42 inches from the ground for the conven­ience of hand loading.

DC-9 engine operation also reflects the general aim of increased efficiency. Each of the turbofans has a maximum thrust ;rating of 14,000 pounds, but are de-rated for normal operation in the

Douglas compact jet at only 12,000 pounds. This not only assures an ample margin of reserve power in case of need, but also assures longer engine operating life and lower maintenance requirements.

Delta Air Lines has already ordered 15 of the aircraft and Bonanza Air Lines, 3. More orders are anticipated for this $3.1 million aircraft which is expected to be highly competitive with the British BAC-lll. Plans are for the first DC-9 to be in service by the spring of 1966. Col­lectors will watch with interest the deve­lopment of new fet mail service to many smaller cities using this aircraft.

Douglas DC-9 Specifications

Maximum Weights Ramp - 77,500 lbs., Takeoff -77,000 lbs. Landing - 73,350 lbs.

Engines Two P&W A JT8D-5 rated at 12,-000 lbs. of thrust each.

Level Flight Speed 560 miles per hour

Range 1,100 miles

Capacity Passengers - 56-83; Cargo - 600 cu. ft.

Payload 18,150 lbs.

Fuel Capacity 2,745 gals.

LOJI'Iding Gear

Crew

Fully retractable tricycle with ~teerable nose wheel; Tread of main wheels 17.6; Wheel base (fore & aft) 42.5'

Two plus cabin attendants

• THANK YOU ... Once again we wish to thank a group

of our members who were nice people and made cash donations to the Society in recent months. Your Officers express their gratitude to D. H. Jaquith, Chester Reid, Nola Hite, Hans Sandholrn, V. D. Marsh, Harry Held, Herbert Anning, Max Kronstein, Bernard Cohn and Lawrence Taylor.

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let Iottings By Michael P. Codd- 35 Lander AveQ Staten Island, N.Y. 10314

• Jet cover collectors were thrown into celled at 10 a.m., December 28, at Hono-a state of confusion when Pan Ameyican lulu were dispatched to Tahiti and were World Airways inaugurated jet service backstamped December 31. We have no at Papeete, Tahiti, on December 28th. information yet as to whether there was

Pan American had recently been given permission to inaugurate a jet route from the West Coast to Tahiti nonstop. Col­lectors had been waiting for the inaugural date of this new route when a newspaper report dated January 5 announced that Pan American had flown jets on Decem­ber 28th with one plane service Los An­geles - Honolulu - Tahiti. At first some of us erroneously concluded that the new nonstop route from Los Angeles had been inaugurated.

However, Pan American had merely taken over operations of South Pacific Airlines and had only introduced jets over the old SP AL route between Hono­lulu and Tahiti, of course with no ad­vance notice to collectors. The Post­master at Los Angeles reports that NO philatelic mail was dispatched to Tahiti. However the Postmaster at Honolulu in­fo.rmed us that sixty-six jet covers can-

any philatelic mail dispatched from Tahiti to Honolulu.

The first nonstop jet flight between the United States and Bogota, Colombia, by a United States flag carrier was in­augurated by Braniff Airways on January 18. Braniff recently converted to an all jet service between the U. S. and South America, and will now be in a position to meet foreign competition under more favorable conditions in the Bogota - Mi­ami- New York markets.

Jet covers posted at the Miami AMF we.re cancelled January 18, 4:30 p.m., and were backstamped at Bogota, J anu­ary 19, 8 p.m. · There was no Post Office cachet. As yet we have not seen any covers flown from Bogota - Miami. We would appreciate hearing from any read­er of the J oumal about these latter cov­ers and from anyone who might have any information on Pan American's Tahiti -Honolulu flight.

Additional Jet Covers Reported From Solar Eclipse Flight • As a sequel to the article, "Chasing the at Los Angeles and carried on the jet

Moon by Jet," which appeared in our flight. October, 1963, issue, Horace Westbrooks We also have a note sent to Mr. West­has forwarded to us three most interesting brooks by. Jules B. Billard: Manager of covers flown on the eclipse-chasing the expedition for the National Geogra­flight of July 20, 1963. Each of tile cov- phic Society, written on one of the print­ers is autographed by some members of ed inserts which were mailed with the the scientific party on board the historic "official" printed Delta Air Lines covers. flight. The first is signed by Scott Car- Referring to the latter covers, the note penter, the Project Mercury astronaut states that "These letters were not act­who was along as an observer; the ually carried on the eclipse observation second by W. B. Klemperer, Scientific flight, but on the ferry run from Long Director of Project APEQS, and Douglas Beach, Calif., to Edmonton, Alberta ... Aircraft's Chief Test Pilot A. G. Heimer- Your own envelopes were actually car­clinger; and the third cover, posted at ried by me on the eclipse run and were Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was signed mailed ... on our return to the United by Sheldon M. Smith, Physicist, and Ray States. Sincerely, Jules B. Billard." Thus Torrey, Instrument Maker. Horace also it would seem that the printed covers, has some additional unautographed cov- while carried on the eclipse-chasing ers, much like the first two, postmarked (Continued on Page 169)

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January 1, 1964 - Up to this date 5,070 individuals have joined the American Air Mail Society. This is not an impressive numbe.r when you consider that the society is just 41 years old. However, it must be· understood that the society is a rather specialized organization, in which comparatively few individuals are seriously in­terested.

The Society has shown a gain in membership in most years this writer has checked; howev'er, in the most recent period, 1960-1963, it actually lost members, mainly because of non-payment of dues, resignations, and deaths. As of June 20, 1963, the Society had 1019 members, a decrease of 79 members since publication of the 1960 roster. Here is a tabulation of the total membership listed in rosters published in the years indicated:

1928 199 1929 854 1937 598

1939 715 1942 857 1944 856

1946 1948 1951

1047 1301 1121

1955 1960

1091 1098

(Membership listings were published in December, 1932; March, 1934; and April, 1935. The writer has been searching for these rosters, and if anyone has copies of them, he would greatly appreciate their contacting him.)

Glancing at the tabulation, we see that during the period of 1928-1929, the membership increased four-fold! This was probably caused by the activity of new Contract Air Mail routes being inaugurated, together with dedication of many new airports over the country, adding much interest to aerophilatelic collecting of that period.

Then, too, the Foreign Air Mail routes were just coming into their own, and coupled with tl1e general public interest in Charles Lindbergh's flight to Paris in May, 1927, evidently brought a great many new collectors into the field of aerophilately.

Why has interest declined in aerophilatelic items in general during the past sev­eral years? The writer doesn't know the answer to this intriguing question, but he does know that cover collecting in general has increased tremendously during the past ten years.

Aware of the gradually decreasing AAMS membership, President Eisendrath ap­pointed tl1e writer as Chairman of a Membership Recruiting Committee. This Com­mittee is in the process of organizing, and if any member unknown to the writer has any suggestions as to how the Committee can increase interest in aerophilately, and more especially in membership in our Society, the writer would greatly appreciate any comments or suggestions.

It has been suggested to the Chairman that new services be tried in order to in­terest new members, but the suggestors failed to offer any specific ideas! One ex­cellent idea was suggested: tllat a donation of five covers be given to each applicant­after he is accepted into membership. The Chairman is presently using this idea in classified ads in the general philatelic publications, but he is in need of covers from you members who may have some duplicates in CAM, FAM, Airport Dedications, and Aerogrammes. At the moment, the Chairman is donating duplicates of his own, but is particularly in need of some Aerogrammes. Do you have any duplicates to donate?

Any thei1· suggestions or comments from YOU? Write to: Horace D. Westbrooks, Ohaimmn, AAMS Membership Recruiting Committee, P. 0. Box 252, Griffin, Geo.rgia 30225.

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50 Years of Scheduled Airlines •

In our February issue we reported on the events at Kitty Hawk held to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the first airplane flight. Another anniversary of aviation significance has just passed which we feel is worthy of note, especially since it has been given considerable coverage in the non-philatelic press. We refer to the re-enactment o£ the first scheduled commercial airline flight which took place in

Inaugurating the World's First Commercial Airline a:t S:t. Petersburg. Left to Righi: Percy E. Fansler, Founder of the Line; Mayor A . . C. Phiel, First

Passenger; Tony Jannus, Pilot.

St. Petersburg, Florida, on January 10-12, 1964. This is a part of the year-long celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the first scheduled airline flignt by the St. Petersbmg-Tampa Airboat Line, January 1, 1914.

A recent feature article in the New York Times brought this re-enactment to our attention. The Tampa and St. Petersburg Chambers of Commerce, supported by the Air Transport Association, planned the celebration which was to include a com­memorative flight by a reconstructed copy of the Benoist two-winged airboat (hydroplane ) which flew the short hop across Tampa Bay back in 1914. The new plane cost about $7,500; the one used in 1914, $4,150. Constructed under the direc­tion of C. Burrell Tibbs, a former ( 1914) Benoist Company employee, the copy differs slightly in materials and construction from the original.

Souvenir covers were handled at St. Petersburg, postmarked January 11, 2 p. m., for the re-enactment which was scheduled, and an interesting historical pamphlet was enclosed in them. However, we have noted reports to the effect that the new airboat never got off the water, so it seems unlikely that the covers were actually flown. They bear no cachet or marking of any kind. Readers who have the details on the actual happenings during the celebration are urged to report them to us so that we may in turn present them here.

Prompted by the A!lniversary events we looked for additional information a bout the original line and in our search came across a most interesting article by

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one of the company's organizers, Mr. P. E. Fansler, in the pages of our own Air­post Journal for May, 1938. Actually the article was reprinted there from the Aero Digest, September, 1929, issue. We felt that it would certainly be of interest to our members to read this article in this 50th Anniversary year so we are again reprinting it in full here so you can learn at first hand how the first scheduled airline got started. The article is full of interesting anecdotes and personal comments, so read on and we hope you'll enjoy it ...

---------------------------PART I

The First: Commercial Airline The Story of Sf. Petersburg's Historic Air Service and Tony Jannus

By P. E. Fansler

• LATE IN THE AFTERNOON of were pulled off without us. The first December 31, 1913, a Missouri-Pacific race in the afternoon was a free-for­freight car was shunted to a spur run- all. We followed twelve boats over the ning down the commercial dock in St. line, but, when we came to the first Petersburg, Florida. Half a dozen of us turn, a mile and a half down river, there clustered around it and struggled with was only one boat ahead of us. As soon our composure while the freight agent as we had rounded the last of the three fussed over the necessary papers. Liter- buoys, we opened her up and slid into ally, that car was a great cocoon, en- the lead as though the other boat had shrouding a ·giant moth that was to been anchored. The rest of the story write a new page in the history of trans- hurts. We began to lap the slower boats portation. and had only two more of the ten laps

In 1912 I had become interested in to go when a stud holding the gear case speed boat racing through handling the let go, and we were out of it for good engine of a crack .racer owned by a and all. wealthy Florida turpentine and timber To fhe Air operator. An interested spectator at the This experience whetted my appetite Palm Beach regatta was J. Stuart Black- for speed, and I began to look about for ton, at that time in his prime as a leader something that would provide the op­in the movie world. One evening during timum. Having heard that Tony Jannus the regatta, he voiced his intention to made his famous trip down the Missis­"b.ring down some real fast ones and sippi River in a flying boat built by Tom take a hand in the sport." I facetiously Benoist in St. Louis. I started cones­suggested that if he did, I'd build one pondence with Tom. After receiving two that ';;vould lick anything he could pro- or three letters that dealt with the de­duce. tails and capabilities of the boat, the idea

The Jacksonville Power Boat Club popped into my head that instead of planned an elaborate three-day regatta monkeying with the thing to give "jazz" for the winter of 1912-13, and, true to trips, I would start a real commercial his promise, Mr. Blackton wrote to its line running-or, rather, flying- from officials, early in the fall, that he would Somewhere to Somewhere Else, and enter three of the fastest .racers in the prove or disprove the possibilities of North. commercial aviation.

I laid down a single-step hydroplane. Looking back through the sixteen years My newly acquired bride and I built that have elapsed, I am amazed that this hull in twenty-one working days and what I visualized and put into operation nights-mostly the latter. Due to lack of was essentially the same as, for instance, funds, the boat was completed only on the airline between New York and Bos­the day before the opening of the regatta, ton as it is today operated, about the only and all of the races of the next morning difference being the length of flight and

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the passenger capacity. I wrote to Tom about the scheme, and he immediately became enthusiastic. He agreed to build and furnish two boats if I would work out the operating details, select a route and handle the business end. My experi­ence all over Florida led me to conclude that a line could be operated between St. Petersburg and Tampa under favor­able conditions. The distance was about twenty-three miles; some fifteen or six­teen of which were along the shore of Tampa Bay, the remainder across Old Tampa Bay. There were only seven or eight miles of actual open water route.

The Organization In St. Petersburg I had a very interest­

ing reaction from the leading business men I interviewed. They thought I had a mighty clever idea but they didn't be­lieve there was any such thing as a fly­ing boat. I talked a group of a dozen into putting up a guarantee of $100.00 each, and the Board of Trade "came in" for a like amount. Considering the mil­lions being invested in airlines today these subscriptions seem like cigarette money, but in that day almost any piece of Florida real estate, regardless of size, could be purchased for $100.00 cash, plus mortgages running into eternity.

Before me is the frayed sheet bearing the signatures of those men who backed the first commercial airline in the world: Noel A. Mitchell, Chas. A. Hall, 0. T. Railsback, C. D. Hammond, Arthur John­son, C. M. Roser, Lew B. Brown, George Gandy, Perry Snell, G. B. Haines, Soren Lund, G. T. Bailey and L. A. Whitney, acting for the Board of Trade. They agreed to pay us $50.00 a day during January, and $25.00 a day thereafter, for every day on which the agreed sched­ule of four trips was maintained, minus the receipts from passenger carrying on these trips, provided the aggregate sub­sidy did not exceed, in any month, one­third of the amount subscribed.

These men were good sportsmen. None of them had seen such a thing as a fly­ing boat, but they were willing to gamble on the strength of a possible publicity stunt that would direct the eyes of the public towards the Sunshine City.

I agreed that we would open the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line at ten o'clock on the morning of January 1,

1914, and told the newspaper men all about it. Naturally quite a little excite­ment was stirred up-this was early in December-and no little ridicule result­ed. Many thought it was a hoax.

Although Tom shipped the first boat in ample time to reach St. Petersburg about Christmas, something happened to the car enroute. We deluged the freight officials with telegrams. Tony Jannus came down to act as chief pilot-a handsome devil, one of the most skill­ful fliers of that distant age and always full of ginger. I don't remember the name of the mechanic Tom brought with him, but we called him "Smitty" and his devotion to the power plants was no­table.

As the days went by and the car fail­ed to materialize, even the backers of the enterprise began to josh us about the "phantom" boat. The 28th became the 29th and the 30th passed into the 31st, and-our frantic joy can be imagined when the local freight agent announced that .the car had arrived and would be switched down to the dock within the hour. We walked beside that car from the freight yards to the waterfront, to make sure that it didn't go wandering \Off again, At last it was set. The seal was broken. Smitty and Tom crawled into the car and hastily inspected the contents to see that no damage had been done in shipment. Shipping air boats by rail was new in those days.

Then skids were fastened into place, and slowly and tenderly we lowered the hull to a strip of sand beside the track. Then the wing sections came out. Whit­ney, a man of great personal charm and one who had not lost faith for an in­stant, took off his coat and acted as helper. The boat had been flown before shipment, so when it had •been re-as­sembled and just before the sun plung­ed into the Gulf of Mexico, Tony gave her the final inspection and told Smitty to "crank 'er up."

Willing hands laid hold of the wings and guided No. 43, as she was known, into the water. A short taxi to warm up and Tony took off. Ten minutes later he landed on the opposite side of the lagoon where a rough hangar had been erected and announced that we were ready for the start on schedule next

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morning. A traveling showman, one known as

Johnny Jones, was in town with a car­nival. He gallantly agreed to add a real 'tone to the opening of the line by ap­pearing with his band. The morning paper carried a big spread. The hoax was a reality. The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line, first commercial line in the world, would start its first trip on time.

(To Be Continued)

• FORMER PILOT NOW

PRESIDENT OF EASTERN AIR LINES

Floyd D. Hall, who is credited with knowing the airline business from "the cockpit to the board room," has assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Eastern Air Lines, succeeding Malcolm A. Macintyre who has resigned.

Mr. Hall joined Trans World Airlines in 1940 as a. copilot, following service in the Army Air Corps. Following var­ious promotions he left TWA as Senior Vice President, Director and System General Manager, to assume his new duties with Eastern.

Having a former pilot as President presents nothing new to Eastern as it is well known that Captain E. V. Ricken­backer, World War I ace, was formerly Board Chairman of Eastern as well as President for many years.

Although we do not find Mr. Hall listed among the inaugural mail pilots in the American Air Mail Catalogue, he has a brother, Howard E. Hall, who has that honor, having been one of the inaugural pilots on CAM #34 on October 25, 1930. See Catalogue, numbers 34Ell, E12 and E13.

Congratulations to Mr. Hall in his new assignment.

- William R. Ware

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STOP PRESS ! ! AAMS to Sponsor First Day of

Issue Luncheon for Two New Airmails at United Nations

On May 1, 1964, the United Na­tions Postal Administration will release new 15c and 2Sc airmail stamps as part of a new definitive airmail series, replacing the 1951 issues. The American Air Mail Society is sponsoring a First Day of Issue Luncheon in the Del­egates' Dining Room at United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

A special souvenir folder is now being prepared for issuance by the Society. Full details will appear in the April issue of the Journal. In the meantime, please circle the date, Friday, May l, and plan to attend! For full details write to Mr. George D. Kindgom, P. 0. Box

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BE~"'ENT AEROGRAMMES By Waller R. Guthrie

• U.N. T. E. A. (United Nations Temporary Executive

Authority) : Overprinted on the 15c green and 35c violet of Netherlands New Guinea. Two separate overprints have appeared - LARGE and SMALL. AUSTRALIA

Christmas 1963. Blue imprinted stamp, blue inscriptions on blue paper. Red border. November 27, 1963. ARGENTINA

Three long-awaited aerogrammes made their appearance on July 15th: 11 pesos green, 13 pesos pink, and 18 pesos blue. A fourth sheet, 5.60 pesos, has since been issued for use to Bolivia, Par­aguay, and Peru and within the Argen­tine. DUBAI

A set of three aerogrammes was re­leased on June 15, 1963. They are 20 N. P. red; 30 N. P. green; and 40 N. P. violet. PAKISTAN

60 paisa, light green paper, with dark green overlay. Imprinted stamp of the ''hour glass" design. GREAT BRITAIN

#25. Same as previous issue. Silk screen process. Now 250 lines to the inch, formerly 180. GREAT BRITAIN

Special commemorative issue with color photos of London Bridge and the Houses of Parliament inside the aero­grammes. Sold in London only at a premium of 4d. each. GREAT BRITAIN

Commemorative issue as noted above, overprinted in large black letters "CAN­CELLED." It is reported that only 300 copies were so overprinted. CHINA

Similar to previous issue, but slightly different color paper. Inscription under "Republic of China" on reverse reads: "6.25.63." CZECHOSLOVAKIA

First issue, overprinted in one line in red for the International Stamp Exhibi­tion at Prague. My correspondent tells me that only 1500 copies we.re overprinted.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA Exactly the same as the first issue, ex­

cept that the lines of instructions on the back are of EQUAL length. CZECHOSLOVAKIA

The above-mentioned second issue has also appeared with the "Prague" over­print, but only a very few exist. FINLAND

0.40. Same as previous issue, but in the new hard currency. MEXICO

80 cts. magenta on buff, showing modern architecture of Mexico. PAPUA & NEW GUINEA

lOd. green on light blue paper, with red and green parallelograms for border. Issued to commemorate the World Health Organization, Fourteenth Meet­ing of Western Pacific Regional Com­mittee, Port Moresby, 5-10 September, 1963. ETHIOPIA

10c green on light blue paper, with red, green and yellow parallelograms for border, picturing Emperor Haile Selassie. MACAO . Two 26 avos aerogramJ?eS have made their appearance, the first, picturing "Farol da Guia", in black and yellow, and the second, picturing "Igreja do Seminario da Codade," in black and orange. TIMOR

Set of three appeared recently, a 1.50 blue and black, picturing "Centro de Saude de Dili"; 3.00 orange and black, picturing "Monumento a Nossa Senhora Machado' - Dill"; and 4.50 yellow and black, picturing "Colegio Liceu 'Dr. Vieira Machado' - Dili." PORTUGUESE INDIA

A set of four for this colony was issued ;recently - 2.80 yellow and black, pictur­ing "Trabalhando em Olaria"; 3.20 green and black, picturing "Trabalhando em Marfim"; 3.80 yellow and black, pictur­ing "T;rabalhando em Madeira"; and 3.40 orange and black, showing "Trabal­hando em Terracota." ST. THOMAS

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• JIMMIE JAMES,

PIONEER PILOT DIES.

It is with regret that we record the passing of Charlie N. (Jimmie ) James, pioneer mail pilot, who passed away at his horne in Glendale, California, on Jan­nary ll .

It was on April17, 1926, while in the employ of Western Air Express, that James inaugurated mail serive on CAM Route #4 from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. Flying a Douglas M-2 at an average speed of 84 rn. p. h. it took eight hours to make the h'ip. Later, on May 23 of the same year, he piloted the first 'scheduled passenger flight along the same route and on December 1, 1936, made the inaugural mail flights from Long Beach, Calif., when that city was given aiir mail service.

James was born in Springfield, Iowa, and was one of the original pilots for Western Air Lines, successor to Western Air Express, the company which held the conh'act for operating original CAM #4. In the early days of the air mail servi·ce, James is credited with having had many close calls although he never had to resort to his parachute and never crashed a plane. Maurice Graham, the otl1er inaugural p ilot of this route on April 17, 1926, lost his life while flying the route on January 10, 1930, near Cedar City, Utah.

The writer corresponded with Mr. James during the early days of Conh'act Air Mail service and always found him a friend of the collector, willing and ready to accornodate the collector with any reasonable request.

- William R. Ware

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BOLIVIA lOth Anniversary of the National Revolution ( 3)

CHILE Centenary of Santiago Fire Bdgade (I)

COLOMBIA Alliance for Progress, honoring Presi­dent Kennedy (I)

DOMINICAN REP. 15th Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights ( 2)

HUNGARY Post-_ iinisters' Conference, Budapest, perf. and imperf. (singles ) 12; Souvenir sheets (perf. and imperf.) for Space flight of Bykovsky & T eresh kova ( 2)

MALI 15th Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights ( 1)

MAURITANIA 15th Anniversa.ry of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights ( 1)

PANAMA Meeting of the Presidents of Central America, United States & Panama ( 3); Winter Olympics, set and sheets (perf. & imperf. ) - A limited issue ( 6)

PARAGUAY Flower souvenir sheet - total issue only 2,600 ( 1)

SYRIA Evacuation Day, 1963 ( 2)

VENEZUELA Centenary of International Red Cross (2)

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A new philatelic magazine made its debut in January. We refer, of course, to Philately, published by our member Herb Rosen. The first issue features "Rocket-Man Mail" obtained by another member, Harry Gordon, among more than a dozen interesting features. Pro­fusely illustrated, the magazine has been established to present informative articles, rather than the fast-breaking news which is handled quite adequately by the weekly stamp publications. The accent in the first issue seems to be on "topical" or thematic subjects and this should make the magazine popular among the topicalists. With Mr. Rosen's interest in airmail and space philately, we can expect both of these fields to share the spotlight in Philately in later months. Further information about this new magazine can be obtained from the pub­lishers, H-R Productions, Inc., 17 East 45th St., New York, N. Y. 10017.

The Australian Stamp Monthly, pub­lished in Melbourne, carries an excellent New Issue Chronicle, which includes airmails. The November, 1963, issue in­cludes a report of the Hovercraft fli2;ht held during the MIPEX show at Mel­bourne.

The January, 1964, issue of Covers is the first to include The Air Mail Entire Truth, published by our well-known m e m b e r and aerogramme dealer­specialist, LAVA. This newsletter ap­pears three times annually and in addition to appearing in Covers, can be obtained direct from the publisher, LAVA, by sending a supply of 4c stamped and addressed envelopes to him at Box 1, Fort Geo.rge Station, New York, N. Y. 10040.

Articles by member Ed Richardson on two phases of his specialty, Canadian philately, appeared in the January and February issues of Covers. Past President Bob Murch also authored an article for the February issue, subject - 19th Century Steamboat Mails. This just goes to show how diverse are the philatelic interests of our members! Incidentally our small comment about the 60th An-

• niversary of the Wright Brothers flight in the December, 1963, APJ was reprint­ed almost intact in Covers. Seems some­one liked it!

Moving on to the reliable "house organs," Nicolas Sanabria Co. continues to keep us up-to-date with its complete, priced chronicle of new airmail stamps, published in Sanabria's World Airmail News. The July-August, 1963, issue contains a short feature on Amelia Ear­hart and warnings about some Mghanis­tan forgeries; a new issue just received in­cludes an article on SCADTA cancella­tions on stamps of Colombia by AAMS member Eugenio Gebauer (publisher of The Air Post of Colombia reviewed by Joe Eisendrath in this issue of the APJ). For details on how to obtain the Sana­bria publication, write the firm at 521 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10017.

From England The Aero Field, pub­lished by Francis J. Field, Ltd., reports a change in its publishing policy, effec­tive with the January issue. Four times annually a 32-page magazine will be published, with illustrations and full features to be included, in the same format as in 1963 and past years. In each of the remaining months a lithopress magazine with full news coverage will be published. The first of the new litho­press series is at hand and is full of in­formative .reports of new flights and aerophilatelic events, worldwide. We can only say that very little in the way of news coverage has been omitted under the new system and suggest that our readers contact the Field firm at Sutton Goldfield, Warwickshire, England, to learn about it.

An inte.resting article about "The New Imperforates" appears in the January issue of the SPA Journal, written by our own Past President Dick Singley. We had never heard of "aerogramme cut squares" ( our own name for them) before and seriously doubt that we'd cut any apart if we had them, but the article is worth reading and thinking about!

A continuation of AAMS Recruiting Chairman Horace Westbrooks' "A Check

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List of Known Missile/Satellite Space Covers" appeared in the January-Feb­ruary issue of Topical Time, published by the American Topical Association. Sample copies of this magazine are ob­tainable from the Association at 3300 North 50th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53216, for 50c each in coin or stamps.

Members interested in the British Air Mail Society should contact the BAMS Publicity Officer, Alec Davis, 6/24 Brackley Road, Beckenham, Kent, Eng­land, for information about the Society and its publication.

A brief mention of our Society's ac­tivities was reported in the National Ae.rospace Education Council's Skylights for January, 1964, through the efforts of Horace Westbrooks. For further details about NAEC contact Horace.

To get your name placed on the mail­ing list for The Washington Bulletin, published by the Washington Stamp Exchange, Maplewood, New Tersey, write them and mention the AP]. The Bulletin is filled with special offers of stamps and covers, with airmail items often included.

Once again the U. S. Government has published material of interest to aero­astrophiles. A 79-page booklet has been released with photographs of all 36 of the astronauts chosen by the United States to date. Order Catalog No. 88-1: S.doc.42, price 35c. A 444-page bound volume, which sells for only $2.75, en­titled Mercury Proiect Summary, has been released by NASA and contains full reports of all of the Project Mercury space flights. Order Catalog No. NAS 1.21:45. Both of these publications are available from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 20402.

H. E. Harris and Co. of Boston has released a 224-page Supplement No. 1 for the both the firm's Citation and Standard Albums (the same supplement can be used for either album) which will be a tremendous help in keeping collec­tors' albums up to date. The issue of this Supplement, so soon after the close of 1963, keeps the firm's promise to issue prompt supplemental pages for its al­bums. The new pages provide spaces for issues of seven new countries and for convenience, to avoid remounting stamps

a year from now, new pages which would bear only a very few stamps this year have been omitted from the 1963 Supple­ment. The Supplement is available from tl1e Harris firm at 108 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston 17, Massachusetts, or f;rom your dealer, at only $2.50.

- R. E. H.

• BOOK REVIEW-The Air Post of Colombia, by Eugenio

Gebauer, Caracas, Venezuela, 1963, pp. 126, soft cover, $5. Available from the author at Apartado 953, Caracas. (Text mostly in English). There have been many articles and

much study on the airposts of Colombia, but to this reviewer's knowledge, this is the first comprehensive and inclusive compilation. There will always be much conjecture and argument as to the earl­iest and proper uses of the typographed labels of the Curtis Aviation Company and the cancellations of the Campania Colombiana de Navegacion Area. This work goes a long way to straighten out many misconceptions, counterfeit mark­ings, and the like.

The catalogue (for items are priced) tells of the airpost stamps of the country from 1919 to 1939, and lists special is­sues of Lansa and A vianca airlines from 1950 to 1952. It covers the Scadta stamps of Ecuador, as well as Colombia. This reviewer found especially interesting the section illustrating and describing the consular overprints on the early 1921 and subsequent Scadta stamps.

Pricing is shown for both unused and used stamps as well as used on cover. Quantities issued are included. Quota­tions are in United States dollars, and, in this reviewer's opinion, seem to be fairly made.

The catalogue is profuse with well­printed illustrations on enameled stock. Historical, explanatory reading matter accompanies the appropriate descriptions of stamps, covers and postal markings. Maps, planes, and emblems are pictured as aids to easier understanding.

This work is well-planned and care­fully put together. It could well become the authoritative and definitive catalogue of the interesting Colombian airmail field. - Joseph L. Eisendraili

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Unuatalogned SUADTA Bisect Found on Cove~s By Joseph L. Eisendrath

• Having .received a review copy of Eugenio Gebauer's new catalogue, "The Ah Post

of Colombia", this writer started to look up items in his collection to see how common or how scarce these might be. Incidentally, it is really worthwhile to read through this interesting work and if you are collecting Colombian airmails, either on or off cover , you should own this book. It is available for $5, postpaid, from Mr. Gebauer at Apa.rtado 953, Caracas, Venezuela.

In spite of a meticulous and thorough cataloguing job, one w1listed variety has shmvn up - and we're glad to say it is on a coY:er in the writer's collection!

Recently acquired, this cover includes a bisected SCADTA 40-centavo mauve stamp of the 1929 issue, used to make the proper additional 20-centavo air .rate. The usage was for an internal flight with markings as on the illustration here. The ordinary Colombian governmental postage stamp was properly used with this. (Until recent years all Colombian airmail letters had to have the regular postage plus the special airn1ail stamps.) Gebauer lists the normal 40-centavo stamp as #85. He recognizes the SO-centavo dull blue, bisected, used for the 15c rate, with his number 84a. Presumably this new discovery will be #85a. What's it worth? At the moment it is the only one known. Supply and demand will eventually establish its value.

ADDITIONAL JET COV.ERS -

( Continued from Page 156) plane, were only aboard on the prelimin­ary leg. Mr. 'Westbrooks possibly has a .

unique series of covers, actually flown on the jet which "chased the moon." If anyone else has covers from this scienti­fic experiment, we're sure Mr. West­brooks would be glad to hear from you.

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, MARCH, 1964 169

NEWS-A recent ruling by the Post Office

Department which became effective on February 1, resulted in the discontin­unance of the use of hour designa-tions in postmarks on all mail. On and after that date, the postmark simply de­signates AM or PM. This will work to the disadvantage of the first flight col­lector since on some occasions the time shown in the postmark on first flight covers determines the service given to that cover. Many times when two or more flights are involved from the in­augural city, the hour of postmark has been most helpful in determining the direction of dispatch.

Recent decisions by the CAB have not resulted in any route changes or additions that might result in first flight covers. An investigation is pending at this time concerning Trans-Texas' Route #82 se.r­vice at Jonesboro, Ark.; Morgan City, La.; and Galveston and Brownwood, Texas. The application of the "Use It or Lose It" policy in this case may result in the elimination of one or more of these cities from the route. - The Board has also instituted the Puerto Rico -Virgin Islands Service Case which in­volves service of a local nature between those two areas. The final decision may result in additional service. - The Board is also setting up an investigation of service to certain cities served by Lake Central involving the "Use It or Lose It" formula. Cities involved are Kokomo, Ind.; Mansfield, Ohio; Marion, Ind.; Elkins, W.Va.; and Lima, Ohio.- The.re

• P. 0. Box 375, Malden, Mo.

ed in Northeast being permitted to con-tinue this service until April, pend­ing final disposition of the matter in court.

CAM BULLETIN ! ! First Air Service To Hot Springs,

West Virginia

On February 5 the Civil Aeronautics Board authorized Piedmont Aviation, Inc., to provide scheduled air service to Hot Springs, Virginia.

Piedmont's amended certificate be­comes effective April 4, 1964. Hot Springs is to be added as an intermediate point between Staunton and Lynchburg on segment 6 of Piedmont's Route 87 ( Baltimore to Atlanta) for an indefinite period.

The CAB said Piedmont's certification of Hot Springs will be. subject to the Board's "use it or lose it" policy.

Establishment of air service to Hot Springs' Ingalls Field, the CAB majority said, "would relieve the area's isolation, contribute to its industrial growth and development, and through the attraction of new industries check the out-migration of population." Benefits of the service appear to be proportionate to the costs of the subsidy.

Inauguration of service can be ex­pected soon after the April 4 effective date, with flights in two directions antici­pated. Watch the Advance Bulletin service cards for more details.

has also been action involving Northeast CHRONICLE -Airlines' New York-Florida service. It AM ROUTE #77 - ADDITION OF will be recalled that the decision in this TACOMA, WASH.: On October 27, case ordered Northeast to discontinue this 1963, Tacoma was added to Route #77 service, effective November 15, 1963. which is flown by West Coast Airlines, However, subsequent court action result- Inc.

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The schedule for this service provided for service in three directions from Tac­oma: north to Seattle, south to Portland and east to Spokane. However, Flight #701, the first scheduled southbound flight, was cancelled on October 27, re­sulting in dispatches in only two direc­tions on the inaugural date.

The first eastbound flight from Tacoma was made by Capt. V. G. Castle and 1st. Officer L. P. Baily, operating Flight #370 which handled 2270 pieces of philatelic mail bearing an 11:30 AM, October 27, 1963, postmark. This mail was subsequently backstamped at Spok­ane International Airport at 2:30 PM, same date. The inaugural northbound flight #316, in charge of Capt. Elbert R. Snider and 1st. Officer Ray Simmons, handled 11 pieces of mail. This small dispatch was also postmarked at 11:30 AM, October 27, and was backstamped at Seattle AMF at 1 PM. It is understood that most collectors who placed covers with the Postmaster at Tacoma for service on the. inaugural date requested service in each direction possible. How­ever, due to an apparent misunderstand­ing in the Tacoma Post Office caused by the cancellation of the first scheduled northbound Flight #302, the_ bulk of the collector mail was "dumped' via Flight #370 which accounts for the extremely small dispatch to the first actual north­bound flight. Official cachet of the usual map style was applied in blue to covers dispatched via both inaugural flights.

AM ROUTE #82- EXPANSION: The decision in the Southwestern Area Local Service Case resulted in the extension of AM Route #82 from Midland/Odessa to Albuquerque, N. Mex., via Lubbock, Texas, and Clovis and Santa Fe, N.Mex., with an alternate service via Carlsbad, Hobbs, and Roswell, N. Mex. A new ex­tension between Austin and Albuquerque via Abilene, Lubbock, Clovis, and Santa Fe was also authorized, together with direct service from Roswell to El Paso. In addition, Abilene and Big Spring Texas, were added to the route as new points between Fort Worth and Mid­land/Odessa, and Amarillo, Texas, was authorized service via an extension from Lubbock. However, not all of the ex­panded service was begun on the same

date, and therefore, certain of the dis­patches are not considered as "first

. flights" to be chronicled here. Inaugural flights to Abilene and Big

Spring were made on October 27, 1963, as was the initial westbound flight to Albuquerque which, due to the schedule involved, provided first westbound ser­vice to Lubbock, Clovis, and Santa Fe. This flight operated via Abilene and Big Spring to Lubbock, rather than directly from Midland/Odessa. The inaugural eastbound flight from Albuquerque over the same routing was made on October 28. Thus, schedules serving Big Spring provided service in three directions: north to Lubbock (and then on to Al­buquerque) , west to Midland/ Odessa, and east to Abilene.

Typical Official Cachet Used for AM·82 Expansion

Carlsbad, Hobbs and Roswell did not receive service until November 5, 1963, with Roswell also being served in three directions: northwest to Albuquerque, southwest to El Paso, and east via Carls­bad to Midland/Odessa.

Service to Amarillo was inaugurated on November 12, 1963.

ADDITION OF ABILENE AND BIG SPRING. The inaugural westbound flight from Abilene and Big Spring was #199 in charge of Capt. J. C. Davis, Jr., and 1st. Officer R. G. Duke. Abilene dis­patched 318 philatelic covers to this flight with a 7:30 AM postmark, October 27, while Big Spring dispatched 778 pieces of mail with an 8:30AM postmark. Most philatelic mail from this dispatch was

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backstamped at Midland at 11 AM, the same day. The inaugural eastbound dis­patch from Abilene was made to Flight #422 in charge of Capt. Gordon J. Darn­ell, Jr. and 1st. Officer R. J. Hardin. This dispatch consisted of 445 pieces post­marked at 11 AM, October 27, with a backstamp of 1: 30 PM applied at Dallas AMF. Big Spring dispatched eastbound via later Flight #198, again in charge of Capt. Davis and 1st. Offi­cer Duke, which carried 206 covers with a 4:30 PM postmark. Most of this mail was also backstamped at Dallas AMF but with an 8:30 PM time marking.

EXTENSION TO ALBUQUERQUE. The extension to Albuquerque was made via Flight #191, October 27, in charge of Capt. H. W. Feuchter and 1st. Of­ficer W. W. Jones. This flight handled 186 collectors' covers from Big Spring postmarked 6:30 PM, 798 from Lubbock postmarked 6: 30 PM, 800 mailed from Clovis with an 8 PM postmark and 808 items from Santa Fe with a 9 PM mark­ing. Mail from this flight was backstamp­ed at Albuquerque AMF at 11 PM, Oct­ober 27. The return flight from Albuquer­que was made on the following day, October 28, via Flight #190, with Capt. E. L. Street and 1st. Officer J. R. Kunz in charge. This flight handled 608 pieces of mail from Albuquerque with 5 AM postmark and 781 from Albuquerque AMF postmarked 6 AM. Also picked up were 119 pieces of mail at Santa Fe bearing a 6 AM postmark and 225 at Clovis with a 7 AM marking. Most of these covers were backstamped at Dallas AMF at 11 PM, October 28. The late arrival at Dallas was due to a delay to the flight on account of mechanical trouble.

ADDITION OF HOBBS, CARLSBAD AND ROSWELL, N. MEX. The inaug­ural westbound flight from these three cities was made by Capt. G. W. Spencer and 1st. Officer H. B. Hood, in charge of Flight #195, on November 5, 1963. 1052 covers from Hobbs, 1083 from Carlsbad and 1296 from Roswell, with respective postmarks of 7 AM, 7:30AM and 8 AM we.re handled on the flight and subse­quently backstamped at Albuquerque AMF at 10:30 AM, November 5. The eastbound dispatch from these cities was also made by Spencer and Hood, operat-

ing Flight #194 which handled 207 philatelic pieces from Roswell, 335 from Carlsbad and 176 covers from Hobbs. Time of postmarks was 4 PM, 8 AM and 7 AM, respectively. Philatelic mail from this flight was backstamped at Midland at 9 PM. The third direction from Ros­well involved a dispatch southbound to El Paso via Flight #120 in charge of Capt. J. C. Davis and 1st. Officer T. D. Miller. 158 pieces of mail with a 3 PM postmark, November 5, and 8 PM back­stamp at El Paso were carried.

EXTENSION, LUBBOCK TO AM­ARILLO. This service was performed by Capt. E. P. Andreas and 1st. Officer C. R. Doepke, operating Flight #409 from Lubbock to Amarillo on November 12, 1963, and carrying 130 covers from Lub­bodic postmarked 11:30 AM, back­stamped at Amarillo at 4:30PM. Return­ing from Amarillo on Flight #408, this same crew handled 1501 pieces from Amarillo with a 2 PM postmark. Phila­telic mail from this flight was backstamp­ed at Houston AMF at 7 PM, November 12.

Official map-type cachets were ap­plied in purple at Abilene and Big Spring, magenta at Lubbock, blue at Clovis, purple at Santa Fe, black at Al­buquerque PO, magenta at Albuquerque AMF, green at Hobbs, magenta at Carls­bad, black at Roswell and magenta at Amarillo.

• UPWARD PRICE TRENDS

Recent auction results show that a set of singles of the United States Graf Zep­pelin issue of 1950 sold at prices ranging from $200.00 at an H. R. Harmer sale up to $250.00 at a Wilshire Stamp Co. sale. Other airmail prices realized at recent H. R. Harmer sales include a New­foundland DePinedo 60c overprint of 1937 (authenticated by the Philatelic Foundation) for $1,075.00; Italy's 5.26 plus 19.75 lira Balbo without overprint ( #C48a) going for $1,950.00; a set of Iceland's 1933 "Hopflug" Airmails for $220.00; and unused copies of Italy's Balbo Flight official airmail stamps for $424.00. So many airmail stamps are be­ing sold above catalogue prices at recent sales that Scott is considering revising certain prices. - S. S. Goldsticker, Jr.

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A.A. M.S. Chapter News By Mrs. Florence Kleinert, Chapter Chairman

213 Virginia Avenue, Fullerton, Pa. 18052

• Highlights of Chapter reports this meetings were to be held at the First

month are auctions, meetings, elections National Bank, Allentown, Pennsylvania, of officers, stamp shows, and dinners. at 8 p.m. Motor City Air Mail Society, #11 Melville Boyer, President of the Allen-

John B. Jackson, Secretary-Treasurer, town Historical Society, was scheduled 764 Spencer Avenue, Ferndale, Michigan, to speak on his U. S. stamp collection invites AAMS members to visit this on February 18. Guest Night and an Chapter at its regular meetings held on auction will be features of the March the second Monday of each month at 17 meeting. members' homes. Write him for informa- Suburban Collectors Club, #30 tion. At the January 13th meeting, At the January 8 meeting, 1964 officers plans were made for the 20th Annual were elected as follows: A. G. Schwarz, Ladies' Day Dinner to be held in June. Jr., P.resident; John L. Simmons, Vice Jack Knight Air Mail Society, #23 President; Mrs. Grace 0. Dodge, Secre-

Ted Light, President, called the An- tary; and John Jezek, Jr., Treasurer. nual Meeting for January 19 at 3 p. m. Meetings are held on the second and at the Hollywood Community House, fourth Wednesdays of each month at Brookfield, Illinois. Reports of the Of- the Hinsdale Community House, Hins­ficers, Depart!l)ent Managers, and a fi- dale, Illinois. nancial report were given. First Flight Federation, Unit #1

"U. S. Air Mail and Captain Ben (CAM's) Lipsne.r Night" was held on Friday, Michael Codd, President, 85 Lander January 24 at 8 p.m. at the Hotel .La Avenue, Staten Island 14, New York, Salle, Chicago. Sheldon Friedman show- announced that their first 1964 Auction ed U. S. 1918-26 issues and plans for was held February 28, in conjunction COMPEX 1964 were made. Three a- with the Jack Knight sale. Featured wards and a plaque for the best Rocket were First Flights, CAM's and FAM's. Mail exhibit will be given by the Chapter These auctions are held three times a at the show which will be held May year. Please send your name to the FFF 29-31 at the Hotel LaSalle in Chicago. P.resident if you'd like to receive the

The first 1964 Jack Knight Auction auction lists. was scheduled to take place on Feb- Rocket Mail Society, Unit #4 ruary 28 at the Hotel La Salle. The President Matejka has called a bi­Chapte.r will hold a special meeting at annual meeting of this unit to be held INTERPEX in New York on March 8. at INTERPEX in New York on March Charles F. Durant Air Mail Society, 8. New officers will be installed at the

#28 business meeting, which will be followed This Chapter's membership and meet- by a lecture on "The History of Rocket

ing list was received from William J. Mail." The Society will celebrate its Blaum, Secretary, Box 1536, Albany 1, lOth Anniversary with a special Rocket New York. Mail exhibit at the show.

At the February 22 meeting, William Many air mail collectors are interested Seifert showed his Canadian covers. in topical collections as well and would Robert A. Schultz will feature Monaco care to attend TOPEX '64, Convention at the March 28 meeting. Contact the and Exhibition of the American Topical Secretary for the Chapter's meeting Association, being held at the Walt place. Whitman Hotel, Atlantic City, New Allentown Philatelic Society, #29 Jersey, on June 19-21.

According to Harold Flores, President, Hope to see you at the next American on February 4 and March S, business Air Mail Society Convention.

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"Uncle Sam" Sez • • • Samuel s. Goldsticker, Jr. 70-D Fremont Street

• Bloomfield, N. J. 07003

Posbnaster-General John A. Gronouski announced on February 6th that he had formed a new Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, to assist him in the selection and design of new United States stamps. This Committee will consist of seven members of the Committee which func­tioned under former Postmaster-General J. Edward Day, and will include AAMS member David Lidman of New York City. Mr. Lidman, Makeup Editor and philatelic columnist for the New York Times is active in the American Philate­lic Society, the American Philatelic Congress, and o t h e r organizations. Congratulations on your new appoint­ment, Dave.

Other philatelic members of the new committee are Roger Kent of San Fran­cisco and William N. Posner of Roches­ter, New York. Remaining members are Donald R. McLeod, chief of the office of engraving and plate manufacture of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing; John Walker of Washington, D. C.; Norman Todhunter of New York City; and John Maass of Philadelphia.

AAMS member Ted Light of Chicago spoke at the February 6th meeting of the Chicago Philatelic Society. Ted's sub­ject was "The Highlights of Afghanistan Philately". As most collectors know, Ted is curtailing his airmail cover collecting to specialize in Afghanistan and is now a leading authority on the stamps of that country.

Our President, Joseph Eisendrath, was the principal speaker at the 30th Anni­versary Dinner of the North Shore Phil­atelic Society in Evanston, Illinois. I don't know what subject Pres. Eisendrath spoke on, but it was probably an airmail topic.

Oddly enough, on the same night that Pres. Eisendrath spoke, our immediate Past-President, Dr. James J. Matejka, Jr., spoke on "First Flight Covers" at the meeting of the Chicagoland Chapter of the Vatican Philatelic Society.

Did you know that over half of the original Founder Members of the Card-

inal Spellman Philatelic Museum are members of the American Air Mail So­ciety. This is a record to be quite proud of.

One of the few "On Cover" specimens of the Canadian 5c St. Lawrence Seaway INVERT realized $950.00 at a recent auction. This cover was the property of AAMS Director George L. Lee, prior to his disposing of his Canadian material.

Our API Jet Jottings columnist, Mike Codd, continues to amaze us with his prolific writings on current U. S. first flights. His latest efforts include columns in Linn's Weekly Stamp News and a special article on CAM Covers in West­ern Stamp Collector.

The John F. Kennedy Airport at La Paz, Bolivia, was dedicated on February 3rd, and named in memory of the as­sassinated U. S. President. This air­port is one of the highest in the world, being 2~ miles above sea level.

San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines inaugurated service into Marin County, California, on February 1st, through the Sausalito Heliport. It is not known at this time if mail is also being carried, but if it is, the initial mail flights are listable in the AAMS Catalogue, CAM Section.

Capt. Edward Rickenbacker has re­signed as Chairman of the Board and General Manager of Eastern Air Lines. He had been General Manager and either President or Chairman of the Board since North American Aviation Co. sold their interest in EAL in 1938.

Pakistan International Airlines will sus­pend all transatlantic service until mid-1965 and will concentrate on expanding into China and Russia instead.

Pan American World Airways has just purchased two Boeing Vertol V-107 heli­copters, and is leasing them to New York Airways for use between the Pan Ameri­can Building in midtown New York City, the World's Fair, and Kennedy Interna­tional Airport.

A new heliport is under construction at Kennedy International Airport, adja-

174 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, MARCH, 1964

cent to the Pan American Ai,rways Ter­minal. This will supplement the one now in use at American Airlines' Termin­al and will be the first time that two heli­ports have been in use at one major air­port.

Again a reminder, we still need ma­terial for our 1964 Convention Auction. Please send what you can, so we can have a successful sale.

• Special Exhibit at The Smithsonian

An exhibit of rare stamps and post­al items of historical interest was on dis­play in a temporary exhibit hall of the Smithsonian Institution's new Museum of History and Technology when that building was opened to th,e public on January 23. Some of the philatelic items were shown for the first time since being acquired for !:he National Postage Stamp Collection. The temporary exhibit will be continued until the Hall of Philately and Postal History is completed at a late,r date.

The exhibit includes the famous U. S. 24-cent airmail stamp of 1918 and the Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway com­memorative stamp of 1959 with inverted centers. Other exhibited stamps with in­ve.rted vignettes are the U. S. bi-colored issues of 1869 and 1901. An envelope addressed by Henry Clay, bearing the scarce "Uncle Sam" rive.r packet mark­ing of about 1846, and an imperforate U. S. 2-cent sheet with the 5-cent er­rors occurring on the issue of 1916-17 were also shown.

In another case are rare and unusual items from the Smithsonian's postal his­tory collection such as the original manu­script record of Dead Letter Mail of the United States for the years 1777-88; a pocket-size postage stamp carrying case of 1890, created and marketed by Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland; and a postcard .recovered from the wreckage of the German airship "Hind­enburg," which burned at Lakehurst, N. J. in 1937.

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OFFICIAL S~CTION AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY

MONTHLY REPORT From the Secretary Ruih T. Smith, 102 Arbor Road, Riverton, New Jersey 08077

NEW MEMBERS 5071 Erkson, Myron C., P.O. Box 143, Unionville, Conn. 06085 5072 Scott, Alvin L., 703 Hill St., Fairfax, Va. 5073 Weller, Saul, 80 Walnut Rd., Glen Cove, L.I., N. Y. 5074 Erhard, Emil J., U. S. Soldiers' Home, Washington, D. C. 20315 5075 Keirn, Peter M., 2304 Vistazo East, Tiburon, Calif. 5076 Stovall, Paul J., 1128 W. London, El Reno, Okla. 73036 5077 St. Clair, Albert T., 3139 Sudbury Rd., Charlotte, N. C. 5078 Douaihi B., Hildebrando, Apartado 83, Valencia, Venezuela 5079 Abraham, S., 61-25 - 97th St., Forest Hills 74, N. Y.

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5080 Crawford, William E., (2nd Lt.), 6601 Woods Pkwy, Apt. 2A, Baltimore 22, Md. 5081 Kocheisen, Joseph, 67:1;2 Washington St., Bloomfield, N. J. J5082 Sickles, Stephen T., 3527 N.E. 130th St., Seattle, Wash. 98125 5083 Smith, Walter J., 884 Fontaine Ave., Norfolk, Va. 23502

N·EW APPLICATIONS Nervi, Conrad M. 7 City View Way, San Francisco, Calif. 94131 Age: 43. Investigator.

AM AU U20 UC PC HC FF GF CAM FAM CC OF DC Z CF 1D X By: R. T. Smith

Godeau, Jacques, 179 Rue du Moulin, La Louviere, Belgium. Age: 32. Teacher. AM JF RP FD - all of U.S. only By: R. T. Smith

Henigson, David, 115 Route 306, Suffern, N. Y. 10901. Age: 30. U.S. Post Office. JF HF HC PB FF GF CAM FAM RP CC OF D Z CF By: W. Wynn

Johnson, Daniel P., (Dr.), 34 Longfellow Rd., Melrose, Mass. 02176. Age: 59. Physician. AM 1D U.S. Airmail Plate Blocks X By: H. D. Westbrooks

Riedy, Charles E., 10680 Ranch Rd., Culver City, Calif. Age 48. Manager. JF CAM FAM OF D Z CF 1D X By: H. D. Westbrooks

Kelton, Gene, 65-27 -77th Place, Middle Village, N. Y. 11379. Age: 21. Student. JF FF FAM By: R. T. Smith

Qualters, Harold L., 136 Church St., Mansfield, Mass. 02048. Age: 58. Principal. By: H. D. Westbrooks

Harris, Leonard D., 7833 Corteland Dr., Knoxville, Tenn. 37919. Age: 38. Geologist. AM X By: R. T. Smith

Lovelock, Harold J., 606 - 72nd St., Brooklyn 9, N. Y. Age: 25. Accountant. By: H. D. Westbrooks

Sorrentino, Alessandro (Dr.), 1923 County Line Rd., Villanova, Pa. Age: 34. Economist. AM AU AS PC HC FF GF RP CC OF Z CF 1D X All Airpost Material of Italian Area

Villegas, Manuel R., Apartado 120, Gomez Palacio, DGO, Mexico. chant. AM

By: J. J. Matejka Age: 48. Feed Mer­

By: R. T. Smith Age: 31. U.S. Navy. Murray, Darrell E., 1711 Loon Dr., Point Mugu, Calif. 93041.

GF CAM FAM OF DC Z

DECEASED 2121 Johnson, V. G., Kenosha, Wise.

NEW LIFE MEMBER LM #126 Keeton, John c., Jr., Riviera Beach, Fla.

NEW ADDRESSES 4837 Ernstein, Ralph, 2904A McCallum Way, Palm Springs, Calif. 4950 Ibsen, Henry G., 163 W. 170th St., Apt. 3, Bronx, N. Y. 10252 4825 Quackenbush, James R., Rt. 2, Box 546, Deland, Fla. 32720 4558 Cooley, John L., Jr., 4612 S. 288th St., Auburn, Wash.

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Anyone having the old forms should eithe;r destroy them or, if using them, should change the pa;rts pertaining to dues to indicate the new rate of $5.00

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FIVE CENTS PER WORD per insertion. Minimum charge $1.50. Remittance must accompany order and copy. The Airpost Journal, 242 Hardenburgh Avenue, De­marest, New Jersey 07627.

PUBLICATIONS

DID YOU GET your copies of new re­prints of Volume I & II of Airmail Cata­logues? They are going fast . . . Order yours from: George D. Kingdom, Box 37, Conneaut, Ohio. Price $6.25 each ($6.50 overseas). Volume III still available at $6.25.

FOR SALE

SPACE and ROCKET Compositions. Fine variety. 250 different $10, 200 different $7.50. A. R. Kruse, Wilhelm - Leuschner­Strasse 11, (61) Darmstadt, West Germany. Write by airmail.

PIONEER AVIATOR AUTOGRAPHS - 4 for $1.00. List of covers, famous pilot au­tographs, photos, aviation souvenirs, with each $1.00 order. Glenn Kerfoot, 210 12th Street, Lexington, Ky.

ABOUT 150 LUFTHANSA First Flights 1955-1963, some Zeppelins, BOAC, Japan. Australia, Canada, SAS, Antarctic. Private Collection. Joseph Adler, Member AAMS 49 West 225th Street, Bronx, N. Y. 10463.

TAUBER'S SPECIAL - Packet of all dif­ferent mint U.S. commems and airmails. Face $5.00, price $5.00. S. Tauber, 70B E. Tremont Ave., Bronx, N. Y. 10457;

UNITED NATIONS: New Airmail Postal Stationery Issued 4/26/63 - 6c card & Be envelope. Limited number of Brochures prepared - each contains First Day of 6c card & Be envelope, $1.00. Order promptly from Secretary: Ruth T. Smith, 102 Arbor Road, Riverton, N. J. OB077

WANTED and EXCHANGE

WANTED Zeppelins and Rockets. Will ex­change or trade. Have Italy f. fl. 1917, Rome - Torino C10; K.L.M., all flights. Nikkels, Box 1055, The Hague, Holland.*406

WANTED: Plate blocks. Buy or exchange. Also PB, FDC, CAM's, F AM's, etc. sold at my regular auctions. Send for lists. Geo. Austed, 220 Orizaba, San Francisco, Calif.

*40B

WANTED: Foreign U. S. First Day, First Flights. Exchanged for items for your col­lection or cash. Write first. Walter C. Brooke, Boyertown, Pa. 19512

WILL GIVE YOU Indonesian, Congo, West Irian, UNTEA covers, envelopes and aero­grammes in exchange for joke novelties, magic tricks, toys, etc. K. D. Lim, 35 Gon­dangd. Lama (Elk), Djakarta, Indonesia. • 408

AAMS EXCHANGE DEP.ItRTMENT BUY SELL - WANT LISTS

WANTED - Uruguay C-3 on first flight covers to Buenos Aires, Dec. 17, 1921. Uru­guayan Zeppelin covers from 1935 and 1936. Herman Kerst, 310 Woodbridge Rd., Des Plaines, Ill.

EXCHANGE Official Airpost Labels. I am interested in buying Swiss First Flight Covers, 1913-1920. Oscar Stahel, Sihlstrasse 3, Zurich, Switzerland. *411

WANT AAMS Souvenir Historical Nos. 531, 623, 629, 685 or 700. Will trade FAM's, CAM's or what do you need? Will also buy. Harry Held, 150 S. Middleneck Rd., Great Neck, N. Y.

WANT to buy Pioneer Flights, 1912 Feld­berg. Herbert Ueberall, Edenhallstr. 4 Stuttgart - Sonnenberg, West Germany.

WILL TRADE select used airmails (your choice) for used United Nations (N.Y.) in quantity or give your selling prices. Don James, Box 153, Lemoyne, Pa.

WANTED - China Cl-C-5, 9NC3; Ger­many C40-C42; Philippines C78-C81; Slam C1-C8; Timor C1-C9, C10-C14. Stamps must be mint. Y. L. Chung, 20 E. 24th St., Wilmington 2, Delaware, U.S.A. *407

WILL SELL or exchange for any Vatican material - mint or used airs of world, mostly excellent material. Samuel Fein­berg, 70 East Alvord St., Springfield 8, Mass. *407

EXCHANGE desired with advanced col­lectors. Scott basis. Want Saar C4 ana Venezuela short I varieties. List offers or send. Roland E. Hopkins, 111 W. Freema­son St., Norfolk 10, Va.

WANT ON COVER'- Belgium San.#6-7-8; Poland San. #15; Russia #53-54-55, also #66-67-6B. Will trade or buy. Harry Held, 150 So. Middleneck Rd., Great Neck, N. Y.

• AUCTION MATERIAL N.EEDED NOW

In order for our next AAMS Conven­tion Auction to be a success, we must have good airmail material now. Surely you must have something worthwhile that could be sold at auction. Material can either be donated to the AAMS, or sold on a 25% commission basis. Rush your material at once to

Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr. AAMS Auction Manager

70-D Fremont Street Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003

Please do it today and the Society will thank you for your support, which will help our Publications Fund and the many other worthwhile AAMS activities.

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