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FEBRUARY lo,l926 CHICAGO TO Dli:T:ROIT

Cachets used on the first United States Contract Air Mail Service 15 years ago. -from The American Air Mail Catalogue

FOR FEBRUARY • 1941

WELCOME! Club Filatelico de Ia Rep. de Cuba

CHAPTER NO. 19

The Philadelphia Air Mail Society RE-ORGANIZED CHAPTER NO. 6

SANABRIA'S AIR POST CATALOGUE

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We are the World's most extensive dealers in Air Mail Stamps. We are quick to buy important lots of Air Stamps whenever offered. We are open to purchase the Air Stamps that we list. Our stocks are large but we buy against future as well as for present demands. We can supply more than 90 per cent of the stamps that we list at

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NEW CAM CACHET POLICY •

by L. B. GATCHELL

• O F INTEREST to collectors of

United States Air Mail flown covers of the domestic services, familiarly known as "C.A.M.'s" is the recent welcome decision of the Post Office Department concerning the policy to be followed in the fu­ture as to the provision of official cachets and postal markings. These decisions have been made after con­siderable exchange of correspondence between officers of the American Air Mail Society and the Division of Air Mail Service·, followed by a personal visit by Walter J. Conrath and L. B. Gatchell, Past Presidents of the Soc­iety, to the Washington office of Hon. Roy M. Martin, the Superintendent of Air Mail. The discussions from the start have been on the most cord­ial basis, in thal the AAMS was fully cognizant of the problems of the De­partment, while on its part the Divis­ion of Air Mail Service was most anxious to give collectors every pos­sible co-operation consistent with the proper operation of the Air Mail Ser­vice as the fastest, most efficient car­rier of the written word of the world today.

As the air mail services of the country have continually expanded during the past fifteen years, month by month and year by year, it has be­come increasingly difficult in many cases for the Department to properly commemorate the inauguration of new routes or of new cities on exist­ing routes, due to lack of sufficient time to give proper advance notice, or inability to physically make pro­vision for collectors' mail. When a new city or group of cities receives

air mail service on an inaugural flight the Department tries to give at least thirty days advance notice throught the press and through the medium of some 16,000 printed post card notices which are mailed to those who have requested they be so notified. A drawing for an approp­riate cachet must be conceived and executed, must receive approval of local officials and be fabricated into the necessary dies. Full and detailed instructions must be sent to the Post­master involved and in most cases an Assistant Superintendent or other official of the Department is sent to supervise the preparation and dis­patch of the mail. In the past, be­cause of the time element, it was frequently mandatory for the Depart­ment to establish service without the usual treatment of Philatelic mail. More than a year ago the Department was forced by circumstances to dis­continue cachets and Philatelic treat­ment at points which had previously had Air service of some l<ind even though the current inaugural might be an entirely different and unrelated service to that previously furnished the city in question. These covers, while unmarked officially, were nevertheless necessary to the collec­tor engaged in the Philatelic record­ing of the history of the domestic Air Mail Service-which is that in which every CAM collector is en­gaged! However the covers lost much of their attractiveness and appeal be­cause of the lack of the official mark­ing.

The new arrangements as an­nounced by t h e Department in communication to the writer are as follows:

"The present policy will be con­tinued of furnishing an official com-

TJ-IE AIRPOST JOURNAL OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF TH1!: AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCu:TY

FEBRUARY, 1941 - Vol. XII, No. 5 Issue 130 - 20c PER COPY

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memorative cachet, illustrative of distinctive local features, for all points experiencing a bona fide first flight (e.g. first service of any kind on any route - LBG), whenever there is sufficient time for the usual philatelic notices to collectors, and when such action is otherwise feasible.

"In order to meet the requirements 'of those collectors desiring to main­tain an historical cover record of the development and expansion of the Domestic Air Mail Service, there will also be furnished a standard cachet bearing, in addition to the air mail insignia, appropriate lettering to in­dicate first flight on the particular route on which service is being in­augurated. These non-illustrative cachets will be for use at all points on the route not being furnished with commemorative cachets by reason of already having had first flights. (e.g. at some previous time by some other route or routes - LBG).

"There will be no backstamping of covers in the domestic air mail ser­vice, except for mail addressed for general delivery at destination.

"There will be no official cachets for Airport dedications, except in cases of national importance and in­terest, such as the new Washington National Airport."

Now a word as to notices for new flights. The Department is as con­cerned about this problem as are many of the collectors involved. It is the stated considered policy of the Department to give printed advance notice wherever possible or practic­able, but collectors should realize that in these times of stress many services are tied in with National policy or National defense (as the Bangor-Moncton route) and speed is essential. The airline carriers receive their route certificates from the Civil Aeronautics Board-not the Post Office Department-and in many cases their certificates permit-and the carriers so elect-commencement of services almost immediately. Under these circumstances it is not always possible for the Department to give the usual postcard notice. The remedy is simple--'-and may we most emphatically state it is NOT to deluge the Department with letters berating them-nothing can sooner dissipate the consideration which collectors now receive from the Department­but the investment of a dollar bill in a' subscription to the DAILY POST-

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

AL BULLETIN. A careful perusal of this publication each day will, in all normal circumstances, give sufficient notice of coining events. If you take this part of the hobby seriously this investment is a MUST. Subscription should be sent to GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, Washington,­NOT the Post Office Department.

Air mail collectors are· fortunate in that they have--'-and have had-men in official Washington who are cognizant of and sympathetic to their problems and certainly this most re­cent action is indicative of their good will. Also illustrated is the type of service which a great national or­ganization such as THIE AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY can render its members and collectors in general.

• ORlAN GREEN ADDRESSES JOHN WISE AMS MEETING

Orian E. Green, well known American Air Mail Society member and aero-philatelist, addressed the John Wise Air Mail Society, Chapter 16, at its January meeting in Lan­caster, Pa. Mr. Green was in Phil­adelphia attending a meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Science and graciously accepted the chapter's invitation. He was intro­duced by Prof. Rollin Charles, chap­ter president, well kown educator and member of the Association.

Mr. Green, a resident of Detroit, is connected with the Ford Motor Co. He spoke on the American Air Mail Society, citing its advantages, mutual helpfulness and other timely related subjects. In Philadelphia Mr. Green obtained from various airways of­fices collection of labels, stickers, maps and schedules which he distri­buted among the members. :Prizes awarded at the meeting included a glider-airport cover donated by Mr. Green, who was given a rising vote of thanks by the 21 present. A letter from President John B. Jackson, Motor City Air Mail Society, AAMS Chapter No. 11, was received and read.

The following committees were ap­pointed by President Charles: Pub­licity, Albert Witmer, Thomas Curry and James Knipe; entertainment, William McFarlan, Edgar Charles and 0. L. Williams.

Interest in th= chapter and its activities continues very keen and

' enthusiastic plans were made for the February meeting. ·

Prominent Philatelic Club of Cuba Sponsors AAMS Chapter •

by GLEN W. NAVES Chapter Chairman

• A\DD to the American Air Mail

Society 's chapter representation outside the United States an import­ant and enthusiastic group-the Club Filatelico de la Republica de Cuba, re-cently chartered in Havana and Number 19 in our chapters family.

Now, beyond the borders of our nation we have three live-wire units, Chapter No. 13 in Manila, Chapter No. 14 in Toronto, Canada, and our newcomer, the Havana aggregation.

Following a recent visit to Havana by L. B. GatchEll, secretary to the AAMS advisory board and a past president of our Society, and Walter J . Conrath, editor and publisher of The Airpost Journal and also a past AAMS president, leading Havana

airpost collectors went into action ana a chapter resulted. Much credit is due to the excE·llent work done by Mr. Gatchell and Mr. Conrath prior to, during and subsequent to their Havana visit, and to Rafael R. Garcia, well known Havana dealer, collector and authority on the postal issues of this Island, long close to the hearts of the American people. Mr. Garcia's co-workers and fellow members in Havana also rendered splendid ser­vice and cooperation, and to all of them the chanter chairman expresses his deep appreciation.

Officers Officers of the Havana chapter are

Luis Angulo Pintado, president; Rafael Oriol, Srta. Delfina Carrica­buru and Dr. Thomas A. Terry, vice­presidents; Antonio Patiro, secretary and Rafael R. Garcia, treasurer.

Newcomers into the American Air Mail Society in Havana, include Mr.

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FEBRUARY. 1941

e RAFAEL R. GARCIA. prominent Havana stamp dealer and Treasurer of the Club Filatelico de la Republica de Cuba. who is one of the organizers and officers of the new Havana AA-

MS Chapter.

Garcia, Edelberto de Carrera and Al­berto Perez. They join the ranks of AAMS members already there, con­sisting of Rafael Oriol, president of the Havana Rotary Club which en­tertained the 1940 Rotary Interna­tional convention; Dr. Terry and Richard Milian.

And thus, the American Air Mail Society adds further to its prestige and widespread ramifications as a progressive·, hobby-advancing inter­national aero-philatelic organization.

All officers and members of the Club Filatelico de la Republica de Cuba are prominent residents of Havana and well known collectors. As citizens of a nation which has made vast contributions to the world 's postal issues, aero and other­wise, and to philatelic literature, they have made another important contribution to the hobby in forming this, the 19th chapter of the American Air Mail Society.

Well Known Writer Mr. Garcia, in addition to being a

well known collector and dealer, is an outstanding authority on the stamps of Cuba and the postal history

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of this fascinating island. Author of several authoritative philatelic and aero-philatelic works, he has contri­buted much to the listing and des­cribing of Cuban stamps and covers.

More recently his comprehensive work, "El Correa Aereo en Cuba," came from the press. Published under the auspices of the Club Filatelico de la Republica de Cuba, the volume has received widespread praise. It lists, in specialized sections, covers from inland flights, international flights from Cuba, and special flights of historical interest.

Included is a map of the airways in Cuba and Latin America. Collect­ors of F AM covers will find the book an interesting and worthwhile addition to their libraries.

Well known to many officers and members of the American Air Mail Society, Mr. Garcia has long had a keen inter est in the Society, the

e LUIS ANGULO PINTA:L>O. prom­inent Havana philatelist and civic leader and president of the Club Filatelico de la Republica de Cuba. and the newly chartered chapter of the American Air Mail Society in Havana. Mr. Pintado is prominent in Havana affairs of Rotary Internation­al. Philatelist being his club classifi­cation, and has a general collection of more than 25,000 different stamps.

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hobby it represents, and our affairs and progress. Consummation of his plans to further advance aero-phil­atelic interest and enthusiasm comes as a valuable contribution to the AA­MS, the chapters movement, and the welfare of our hobby in general. We express to him and his co-workers our deepest appreciation, knowing full well that all officers, directors and members concur in our gratitude.

Internationally Known Ci:ty Havana, one of the world's better

known tourist and resort cities, would make an ideal AAMS conven­tion city and many of us hope that in the near future our members shall be privileged to assemble there in annual session and to share and en­joy more fully the unexcelled hospit­ality and good fellowship of Cuban philatelists, together with the won­derful scenic beauty and historical grandeur of the Island in which the United States has long had a keen and friendly interest. Like unto Can­ada, our neighbor to the North, and to the Philippines, our ties with Cuba are warm and strong, welded by many years of close friendship and cooperation.

To our co-workers there, the man­power of our potential Havana chap­ter, we extend Warm est Greetings and Felicitations, and Best Wishes for Success-all of which comes from the heart of the American Air Mail Society.

Further Havana chapter develop­ments will be reported in subsequent issues of The Airpost Journal, and, we are sure, will be awaited by our readers with keen interest.

• SOUTH AMERCIAN AIR MAIL NOTES

In Colombia all air mail transport companies, i n c l u d i n g the old SCADTA, were combined under the name of a national air service A VIANCA. In Brazil the Condor Air­lines inaugurated, on January 13, 1941, a new 765-mile Junkers F 13 air service (Condor route No. 7) between Therzina, capital of the interior State of Piauhy, and the northern Atlantic seacoast to Fortaleza, capital of the State of Ceara. Also, a new Brazilian national airline will be operated as "Navegacao Aeres Brasileira."

-Dr. Krons:tein.

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

OF T~E •

ALTON J. BLANK, Edi:tor 1850 Burnett Avenue East Cleveland, Ohio

• Lots of new airs are here to adorn

the album pages after a brief lull due to war conditions. There are also a number of interesting items promis­ed for the near future. The United States may have a new airmail set this year if present plans materialize. • BOLIVIA • Four heroes of the war with Paraguay are to be honored with an aviation set consisting of the following denominations: 10, 20, 50, and 100 pesos.

The Columbus Lighthouse in the Dominican Republic is to be the sub­ject of another series. e BRAZIL e A picture of the 1200 reis airmail stamp issued for the Cen­sus this year shows a globe with the area occupied by Brazil basking in the light of a star. • CHINA e The 50c brown has ap­peared on the new watermarked paper and bearing the secret mark of the new printers. e COLOMBIAN REPUBLIC e The "Avianca" air service is to have a 13 value set. An early mounment will be shown on the 5,30, and 80 centavos stamps. A representation of the El Dorado Legend will be on the 10 and 40c. The Forts at Cartagena will be the view on the 15 and 50c. Colonial Bogota will appear on the 20 and 60c. The 1 and 3 Pesos will show a scene at the Proclamation of Independence. The National Library will comprise the subject of the 2 and 5P.

A 15 on 30 and 15 on 40 on the 1932 series has been added to the· previous four provisionals issued in 1939.

F. W. Kessler e COSTA RICA e The Pan Ameri­can Child Congress issue of last year, postponed because of late delivery, has been released with a special overprint December 2, 1940. The overprint reads " Dia Panameri­cano de la Salud" "2 Diciembre 1940" in two lines. The old inscription has been obliterated with a heavy bar.

Quantities and colors are: 10c red 200,000, 15c. purple 100,000, 25c. blue

FEBRUARY. 1941

50,000, 35c. brown 50,000, 60c, green 30,000, 75c. olive 20,000, 1.35 orange 5,000, 5C. brown 2,000, 10C. purple 1,500.

For Pan American Aviation Day the Cocos Island 50c. yellow has been surcharged either "15" or "30" and Aereo Aviacion Panamericana Die. 17, 1940." The lower value is in black and the other is in blue. Fifty thous­and each is the quantity.

F. H. Hawley e CUBA e After several postpone­ments the Heredia Centenary set is here. The 5c. green shows a group of palm trees, a portrait of Heredia, and the inscription "Las Palmas Deliciosas" from one of his poems. The 10c. blue also shows the same portrait and a view of Niagara Falls. "Niagara Pondorosa" is the title, a phrase from another Heredia poem. A winged device and the words "Cor­reo Aereo" designated the stamps for air service. One is for local usage and the other for international service. e FRANCE e A 50 francs stamp showing the World War 1, Ace, Guy­nemer, has been reported as having been issued by the Vichy Govern­ment. It is also averred that the stamp as well as the 50f. Ader have both been surcharged making them 20 francs in value. While we are in no position to pass judgement on items of this nature we prefer to advise col­lectors to steer clear until official in­formation is at hand. • LATVIA e A Soviet-Latvian over­printed airmail is rumored but fur­ther information is lacking and any details would be appreciated. e MALTA e A new rate may mean a 7d. value soon. • MEXICO e The Camacho set shows a man at the wheel of a ship and is dated December 1, 1940. Colors are 20c. black and orange, 40c. brown and green, and 1 Pesos purple and magenta. e NICARAGUA e The mo~t belated (to date) observance of the Centenary o£ the Postage Stamp will come from Nicaragua. A set of three all in one design will show Nicaragua's #I stamp of 1862 and a portrait of Sir Rowland Hill. Sepia, blue and red re­spectively are the colors of the 2, 3, and 5 Cordobas values.

F. H. Hawley e PANAMA e The new Panamanian Constitution has been observed with a set of five values. "Constitucion

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1941 Aereo" and the new value COIIf­prises the overprint. Scott No. E3 10.!l. yellow special delivery is used to make 20,000 of the 7c. on 10c. Fifteen thousand 15c. on 24c. brown Scott No. 241 coat of arms were issued. With­out the word "Aereo" 15,000 20c. C8 red map and monoplane, 10,000 50c. C13 carmine map and biplane and 7,500 1 Balboa C14 black same de­sign were released.

F. W. Kessler e ROUMANIA e Last May, 1940 we chronicled a semi-postal set for the National Aviation Fund. They have finally reached us and all show a por­trait of ex-King Carol in military uniform. Stamps bearing a surtax of 50 bani are 1 L. olive, 2.50 L. green, 3 L. rose, and 3.50 L. brown. Those bearing 1 Leu surtax are 4 L. red brown, 6L. blue, 9 L. ultramarine, and 14 L. green. F. W. Kessler e SALVADOR e The National Uni­vers,ity of El Salvador is to be com­memorated February 16, 1941 with a set of six values. The central design will show the principal building of the University and in the border will appear portraits of various important personages associated w i t h the school. Ten thousand each of 20c. green 40c. blue, and 60c. purple, will comprise part of the set. Six thous­and each of the 80c. red, 1 Colon black, and 2 C. yellow will also be released.

In addition there will be prepared and sold six thousand sheets each comprising one complete set. Since the stamps are larger in size 60x30 mm. these sheets must be over aver­age size. R. Alexander D. e SLOVAKIA e Three additional values showing a bi-motor plane in flight under an eagle have been add­ed to the current series. They are 5k. dull purple, 10k. brown, and 20k. orange. All are inscribed "Sloven­sko." e UNITED STATES e Besides the promised airmail set there will also be a 6c. envelope issued by the com­pany holding the contract. Like the airmail set details are lacking as to whether there will be a change in design.

• URUGUAY • A 1 peso blue in the Ox-cart design has been added to the set.

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WELCOME

~HE AMERICAN AIR MAIL SO­D. CIETY continues to go forward!

Last month we welcomed the Mil­waukee Air Mail Society as AAMS Chapter No. 17 and the Dayton­Wright Air Mail Society as Chapter No. 18. Already both have taken their place significantly in the aero-phil­atelic scheme and, as coordinated and progressive groups, are accomplish­ing much toward the further prog­ress of the Society and the hobby.

This month, and again with keen pleasure, we extend CONGRATULA­TIONS and a HEARTY WELCOME to the Club Filatelico de la Republica de Cuba, chartered in Havana as Chapter No. 19, and to the Philadel­phia Air Mail Society, which has been reorganized by one of the most

Official 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. 24 Brook Road, 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. SThGLEY, Post Office, Lancaster, Penn'a

DEPARTMENT EDITORS ALTON J. BLANK Airs of the Month

HAROLD A. JONES Crash Cover News GLEN W. NAVES Chapters Section W. R. PATTON

Canada MAURICE S. PETTY

Dedications and Unofficials CHARLES G. RIESS

Contract Air Mail Routes

energetic, cooperative and enthusias• tic aggregations of collectors ever to participate in our Society and its pro­gram. Such keen interest, both in the AAMS and in the rapidly expanding field of airposts, makes us very happy and grateful indeed.

To Havana and Philadelphia mem­bers of the American Air Mail Socie­ty-AGAIN, a WARM WELCOME. We are glad and honored to have you within our chapters family. Your ac­complishments have been many and your interest and enthusiasm most inspiring.

May the future bring to each of your officers and members in bounti­ful measure the joys and benefits of collecting and the good fellowship and mutual helpfulness that come from meeting and mingling together.

FEBRUARY, 1941

Holiday Trip Between the holidays, in the com­

pany of L . B. "Bart" Gatchell, New York, President of the A. A. M. S. Advisory Board and co-editor of the American Air Mail Catalogue, we hopped trains and planes to visit the southeast, including Nassau, Baha­mas, and the beautiful isle of Cuba.

Flying with one of PAA's S-42 Clipper ships over FAM Route 7 bet­ween Miami and Nassau we ran through and around a few tropic a 1 storms, but the mail (and we) got through without too much incident, though a little late. At Nassau we found plenty copies of the new pro­visional 3d on 2V2d blue available, though they were not yet being of­fered by U. S. dealers. A new air­post war-time rate is also in force, though no provisional has yet been contemplated. The airpost rate stamp of Bahamas, it will be recalled, is the bi-color showing native flamin­goes in flight.

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In Cuba we arrived in time for the first day sale (December 30) of the two new airpost stamps commemor­ating the centenary of Jose Maria Huedia, famed Cuban poet. The lOc value (exterior rate) engraved in steel blue, shows a portrait of the poet and a view of Niagara Falls, inspiration for one of Heredia's poems, "Al Niagara." The 5c value (interior air rate) engraved in green, also shows the poet and an artistic group of Cuban palm trees. Air mail first day covers were prepared and machine cancelled with a special steel die, similar to those used on U. S. first day covers. The wording bet­ween horizontal bars reads "Sea Filatelico-Primer Dia," which, we believe translates, "Be a Philatelist­First Day." Collectors interested in background rna terial for their stamps may secure, through the Ministerio de Communicaciones, Direccion de Correos, Habana, a four page leaflet describing the two new stamps, to-

Club Filatelico .- AAMS Oiiicials at Havana.

e Officials of the Club Filatelico de la Republica de Cuba and the American Air Mail Society a± Casino Depor±ivo, near Havana, site of the 1939 official rocket firing. Shown are Editor Walter J. Conrath, Dr. Tomas Terry, Rafael R. Garcia, and L. B. Gatchell.

-Photo courtesy Dr. Terry and Dr. Ernes±o Bello

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gether with a biography of the poet Heredia, and the complete English text of ·his poem "Al Niagara."

Havana Collectors In Havana we were happy to again

meet such prominent aero-philatelist members of the Club Filatelico de la Republica de Cuba as Rafael R. Gar­cia, well-known Havana stamp deal­er, Dr. Tomas A. Terry, outstanding collector of philatelic literature, rock­et posts, and balloon posts, Dr. Ernes­to Bello, Luis Angulo, Richard Milian and others. These airpost collectors are now actively engaged in the for­mation of a Cuba Chapte-r of the American Air Mail Society, charter for which is expected to be granted within the next several weeks. It w as pointed out that practically all of the leading Cuban collectors num­ber airposts as one of their chief in­terests.

During our stay we visited, together w ith our fellow members and collect­ors, the site of the experimental Cuban rocket firing of October 15, 1939, in the beautiful Cuban country club region. The rocket was fired from the range of the Gun Club, under the auspices of the Department of Communications and the Philatelic Club of Cuba. Collectors will recall that the world 's first (and currently only) official rocket airpost stamp was· issued by Cuba to mark this ex­periment and frank the mail invol­v ed.

We are also indebted to our fine airpost friends of the island for a most enjoyable tour about Havana, the magnificent clubs and the de­lightful countryside. Although Cuban stamps are attractive in our albums, it really requires a personal visit to our nearby neighbor to enjoy fully of the many beauties of this jewel that is Cuba.

Returning v·ia one of the always­popular boat trips of the Peninsular and Occidental Steamship line, friend " Bart" Gatchell determined to use up a few of his recently-acquired Cuban stamps to secure some U.S. Packet Boat cancellations. Surprise came when we arrived home, to find the piece-s mailed had been carried back on the next return t r ip of the boat and were regularly cancelled at Havana! Someone might call these Corrigan cove-rs, but we have no Packet Boat cancels. -W.J.C.

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

AERO­PHILATELISTS R EPORT.ORIAL EXCELLENCY is

his forte, a pleasant personality is high among his assets, and aero­philately, plus a strong yen for the issues of Egypt, are among his main interests.

And so this month we present more fully to the Airpost Journal readers our good friend and Fourth Estate colleague, Ernest A. Kehr, stamp editor of The New York Herald­Tribune, one of the world's greatest newspapers, member of our Ameri­can Air Mail Society and other phil­atelic groups. Many of our members had the pleasure of meeting Ernest last year at the AAMS convention in Toronto.

Native of Switzerland Born September 10, 1911 at Davos,

Switzerland, Ernest is a full-fledged American citizen and was educated in the United States at St. Francis College and New York University. Habitue of "Stony Tepee," Richmond Hill, N. Y ., he began collecting in 1917 and since 1928 has been an out­standing specialist i n Egyptian stamps, postal stationery and postal history. He is also a member of the Collectors Club o.f New York, the Royal Philatelic Society of London, and the Philippine Air Mail Society of Manila. Ernest is American agent for the Club Philatique d 'Egypte of Cairo and as a member of the board

OF NOTE of directors and secretary of the As­sociation for Stamp Exhibitions, Inc., has had contact with and supervised arrangement of some of the largest and most interesting and valuable collections of stamps and covers in the United States. Collectors well re­member his splendid work in con­nection with the philatelic exhibition at the recent New York Worlds Fair.

Ernest, before joining The Herald­Tribune, was editor of the New York World-Telegram stamp page. He has conducted more than 300 stamp pro­grams for CBS, NBC, Mutual and CBC and on numerous New York area stations since 1930.

Widely Traveled Widely traveled, he has toured

Europe for six months, covered about 70,000 miles on the North American continent, including all the provinces of Canada, all except two of the 48 states, and five provinces of Mexico. He was a member of the TIPEX publicity and also was chairman of lecture and radio activities during and for this great international phil­atelic exhibition. He also directed the National Stamp Exhibition of 1937 a t Radio City and mounted nearly a ll

• No. 17 in a Series

by GLEN W. NAVES P. 0 . Box 446

Spartanburg, S. C.

ERNEST A. KEHR

the stamp displays at the foreign and commercial pavilions during the Worlds Fair.

Ernest received his first stamp from a Chinese laundryman. A Ger­man stamp, and others came next­from a hardware dealer. This was at the age of 7. Like many other AAMS members, he started young and stuck eternally at it! Queen Marie of Roumania was among those sending stamps for his collection. In 1929 he gave his first philatelic broadcast, an NBC program origina t­ing in New York. He was among co­editors of the 1940 American Air Mail Catalogue, and has contributed ex­cellent philatelic writings to numer­ous magazines, in add ition to his n ewspaper work.

His accomplishments ars many, his interests in philately are keen and progressive, and his stamp section one of the best on the continent. Verily, a young man with a bright future-and yet a veteran!-and one whom we are proud to honor and number among our friends .

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C.A.M. NOTES •

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

• CAM EDITOR RIESS ILL

W E ARE SORRY to report that CAlVI section Editor Charles G.

Riess has been confined to the Faxton Hospital, Utica, N. Y., where he has been receiving treatment for a severe case of pneumonia since January 14. Mr. Riess sent word through his Mother to Mr. Gatchell and the edito~ ... ~dvising that he would prob­ably,:.:;:·n·e' unable to handle his usua1 cppy for the next few issues, but re­questing that the CAM column be continued by one''of his associates. It is expected that he will be in the hos­pistal through the first week in Feb­ruary, and we're sure CP:arii.e will appreciate having a card from his many CAM and airpost friends.

The following announcement con­cerning future listing policy has just been adopted by the· CAM section editors of the American Air Mail Catalogue, and is of vital interest to CAM collectors. It has been forward­ed by section Chairman L. B. Gat­chell for inclusion in this column.

-W.J.C.

New Listing Policy for Fu:ture Direct­ional Flights, Airport Changes, etc.

February 15th, 1941 records the completion of 15 years of CON­TRACT AIR MAIL SERVICE. These 15 years marked the period of major

New cachet for Quincy, Ill.

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development of domestic air mail service under private· contractors, and while progress will of course continue, the so-called expansion period can be considered closed. To­day frequent variations in flying routes, in use of airports and ground facilitiEs, and in step-up of schedules to meet ever changing conditions are made with little or no advance notice. They are regarded as routine operat­ing chan,e-es by both the CIVIL AERONAUTICS AUTHORITY ~nd the POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

Accordingly, after careful consid­eration, the Catalogue Committee an­nounces that on and after February 15th, 1941, changes involving so­called DIRECT flights and shifts in use of airport or terminal facilities occuring after that date, will not b~ recognized in the listings.

Any new routes, extension of exist­ing routes, or essentially and com­pletely different service on existing routes, will of course continue· to be recognized.

• AIRS OF THE MONTH

<Continued from page 169)

e VENEZUELA e The long "Habli­litado 1940" set mentioned in the De­cember 1940 issue has been rescinded and in its stead the first three values of a new series have appeared. They are 12112 deep purple, 70c. red, and 4. B. black, all showing a plane over Simon Bolivar's Statue in Car'lcas. The stamps are the product of the American Bank Note Company.

C. A. Phillips Aeronautical Addenda

e HONG KONG e The $1 orange and bright ultramarine showing a Chinese Clipper and a seaplane (part of the 1841-1941 CEntenary set) should be here bv now. Get ready to add it to your Piane st~mps collect­ion. The design is by Mr. E. A. Von Kobza. • INDIA • Due to an increase in rates the familiar 12 annans mail­plane in flight has been released in a 14 annas denomination and a reddish purple color. It is probably merely a matter of time and the new sta.mp will be overprinted for the various Indian States as its prede-cessor was. Did you acquire the 12 annas with the words NABHA, JHIND, CHAMBA, KUWAIT, and PATIA­LA?

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PHILADELPHIA AIR MAIL SOCIETY •

by AAMS Chapter Chairman •

A\ERO-PHILATELIC ENTHUSI­ASM is at high peak in Philadel­

phia with the reorganization and re­chartering of American Air Mail Society Chapter No. 6, the Philadel­phia Air Mail Society.

Located in a city outstanding in the early postal history of the nation, a point on the first official govern­ment air mail service, focal point of the far-famed experimental autogiro air mail service, and one of the phil­atelic trade centers in North America, this chapter was organized and first chartered in November 1931, there­fore is one of the pioneer units in the Society. While air mail collecting and philately in its other branches have continued active in Philadelphia, the chapter for a period has been in­active. However, its good will and other assest have been conserved and now, with the reorganization and election of officers, present and pros­pective AAMS members there have launched the New Year significantly and enthusiastically, and again, through their cooperation and keen interest, our international aero­philatelic organization and the hobby it represents have added substantial­ly to their assets.

Officers For 1941 Officers of the chapter for 1941

were elected at the January meet­ing, held at the home of Mrs. Virginb Brautletcht, 3610 Percy Street, and are as follows:

President, William Higgenbotham, 4429 North Fourth Street.

Vice-President, Mrs. Brautletcht. Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Florence

Lamport, 5364 Sydenham Street. In addition to the officers, mem­

bers are August Huesges, Robert L, Jones, Andrew Kissa, Mrs. Margaret Wamsley, Irvin Wolf, Dr. Eugene Klein, Thomas Armstrong, Herbert A. Feist and Sterling Nelson.

Thus, with 12 members, the Phil­adelphia Air Mail Society is well

equipped to launch into a progressive program and to enjoy to the fullest extent the hobby to which they are devoted. Much talent for programs and much material for outstanding displays is embraced in the roster of members and tlleir collections.

Charter Night Charter Night will be celebrated in

Philadelphia at the residence of Mrs. Margaret Wamsley, 1443 Stevens Street, the evening of February 13. This important event will be reported fully in the March issue of The Air­post Journal. The meeting will begin at 8:30 o'clock and a varied and in­teresting program is being planned with delivery of the nEw charter among the highlights.

Officers and members number some of the leading philatelic figures in Philadelphia.

Dr. Klein, among their number, is internationally known as a dealer, specialist and authority on rare stamps and covers.

Another AAMS Asset Ranked high among the assets of

the American Air Mail Society, by virtue of her continuous interest and enthusiasm and efforts in behalf of the reorganization of the Philadelphia chapter and the propagation of aero­philately and Society objectives in general, Miss Lamport, secretary­treasurer is wen known in the hobby. She is Member l\To. 896 in the AAMS and a member of The Ledger Stamp Club of Philadelphia and other organizations.

He large collection of signed air mail covers and pilots' photographs have been exhibited in New York and elsewhere, winning seven I awards. As a "good will ambassador" for philately, she has often addressed clubs and other· groups on stamps and covers. In addition; she has an out­standing collection of motion picture stars' photographs and another of dolls. Music, especially the opera, is another of her interests.

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F. A.M. NOTES •

by RICHARD L. SINGLEY

Lancaster, Pa.

• DDAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS has Jr made two applications to the Civil Aeronautics Board for certi­ficates to cover operations out of New Orleans, La., to the Latin American countries, and are ready to inaugu­rate service .immediately followmg Washington's approval. The one route is from New Orleans to Merida, Mex­ico over the Caribbean Sea, and then overland to Guatemala, connecting with F AM-8 down the west coast of Central America. If this service is inaugurated, the entire set-up will have to be recognized for coverage, as Merida never dispatched to Guate­mala, the former being on FAM-5 and the latter on FAM-8.

The other proposed route is from New Orleans to Havana and from Havana to Cristobal non-stop. The New Orleans leg of this route is en­tirely new to Havana. Havana has dispatched to Cristob~l by vario~s services, but never d1rect. For th1s reason this entire coverage would have to be recognized.

• PAN-AMERICAN AVIATION DAY

Pan-American Aviation Day was celebrated in many parts of the con­tinent on December 17, the anniver­sary of the first flight of the Wright Brothers. Special stamps or cachets have been noted from different coun­tries. The Aero Club of Brazil did not participate this year because it feared that the day did not enough honor the Brazilian aviation pioneer, Santos Dumont. Santos Dumont was the first great pioneer of Pan-Ameri­can aviation, and cooperated on best terms with the Aero Club of the USA. January 3, 1941, was the 25th anniversary of the first great demon­stration for Pan American Aviation and of Santos Dumont's historic pro­gram speech at Washington, D. C.

-Dr. Kronstein

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

PresiJent' s Message

• To Members of !:he American Air Mail Society:

Congratulations to Captain Cl).arles J. Wood, President of the Dayton­Wright Air Mail Society, new Chap­ter 18, and to M. 0. Warns, President of the Milwaukee Air Mail Society, new Chapter 17 and our Regional Director for that area, for their splendid and constructive work in organizing these two fine Chapters, which are decided assets to our Soc­iety. Words fail me in regard to New Chapter Chairman Glen W. Naves, who flat on his back with the "Flu," managed to turn out a four page single space report to your officers.

Speaking of Chapters, Orian E. Green of Chapter 11-The Motor City Air Mail Society-showed his Canadian Semi-Official Stamps and addressed the John Wise Air Mail Society, Chapter 16, on December 30th last at Lancaster, Pa. Reports reaching your President are that Mr. Green gave a most inspiring talk, which was enthusiastically received. As he travels extensively, you will be wise to try and book him for your Chapter.

Your President paid an official visit to the Springfield Air Mail Soc­iety, Chapter 10, on January 15th . It would do your heart good to see this outstanding Chapter in action. President Norman Watt presided and kept the program moving like clock­work. It was a great privilege to greet our Treasurer "Uncle" George An­gers, our Sec'y Emil Vlasak; Joe Taylor, who made sandwiches a la Waldorf Astoria, "Skippy" Schermer­horn, who ran the Auction with an Alto vioce and an outstanding group of fine men and women. Thanlrs for a wonderful evening--Springfield.

To all C.A.M. collectors, read the January Airpost Journal and get your Charter application blank in to Bill Hafner for Unit No. 1 and be a Charter member. Act now and write Bill.

-Wm. R. C. Alley

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MILWAUKEE'S CHARTER NIGHT •

by GLEN W. NAVES Chapter Chairman

• T HE M1LWAUKEE AIR MAIL

SOCIETY, Chapter 17 of The American Air Mail Society, begins 1941 with 13 charter members and, despite its youthfulness, a splendid record of achievement.

Milwaukee chapter will meet the second Thursday evening in each month at headquarters of Alonzo Cudworth Post, The American Leg­ion. All members of the American Air Mail Society in Milwaukee and vicinity are invited to attend.

Charter Night was celebrated the night after Christmas in the Pom­peian Room of the Hotel Astor in Milwaukee and although this import­ant event occurred after the Decem­ber 20th deadline for the January issue of The Airpost Journal. it in­volves so much of interest that we now report in detail. On Charter Night, the following w~re placed on the Charter Membership roster: Al­vin H. Anderson, Dr. Joseph Buch­oltz, Emil Christensen, Edward Cor­pron, Claude W. Degler, Herbert L. Eggert, Anthony J. Karr, Ve;rner G. Johnson, Ralph L. Lee, Leshe Mar­kovitch, Herman Pledl, Edward S. Terry and M. Owen Warns.

Officers and Committees Officers are- Mr. Warns, president;

Mr. Eggert, vice-president and Mr. Degler, secretary.

Committees for the chapter's first year are: Membership, A. J. Karr, Alvin H. Anderson, and Edward Corpron; publicity, H. L. Eggert and Mr. Anderson; program, Ralph L. Lee and Leslie Markovitch; auction, Mr. Degler and Mr. Warns; exhibits, Her­man Pledl; new issues, Mr. Karr; CAM covers, Mr. Anderson; dedica­tions, Mr. Markovitch; and auditors, E. S. Terry and Dr. Joseph Bucholtz.

Thus, the chapter's several im" portant projects and interests have been placed in capable hands.

Federation Invitation Paul H. Segnitz, gifted speaker

and southern regional vice president of the Wisconsin Federation of Stamp

Clubs, attended as the Federation's representative and installed the of­ficers. He also extended to the chap­ter an invitation to join the Feder­ation "for the purpose of arousing intere-st in airmails, both by mem­bership and through exhibitions of airmails at the Federation's annual convention." The Federation is the largest organization of its type and has as active members 31 stamp clubs and societies.

A biographical sketch of President Warns appeared in the January issue of The Airoost Journal.

Herbert L. Eggert, vice-president, is also a well known Milwaukee citizen and collector. He was born in this nationally known industrial city and was ~raduated from the· Univer­sity of Wisconsin. Now 34 years of age, he operates a thriving stationery and book store in Milwaukee. Much interested in all airpost stamps and covers, Mr. E,ggert is a member of the Bureau Issues Association, the American Philatelic Society and the Milwaukee Philatelic Society, in ad­dition to his charter membership in the new chapter of his AAMS mem­bership. An E·XPert horseman, he is on the drill team of a well known riding academy. He has attended all national conventions of the AAMS since becoming a member and flew from Milwaukee to the St. Peters­burg, Fla., convention in 1938.

Insurance Executive Secretary Degler for many years

has been an executive of the North­western Mutual Life Insurance Com­pany of Milwaukee. Forty-eight years of age, he was born in Superior. Wis­consin, and is an active member of the American Air Mail Society, the American Philatelic Society. the ~o­ciety of Philat~lic Amerirans, Pion­eer Philatelic Phalanx. WauwR-tosa Philatelic Society and the Milwaukee Philatelic Society. He was secretary of the Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs from 1937 to 1940 and has been secretary and treasurer of the Milwaukee Philatelic Society since 1935. He specializes in E.gypt and Belgium and in all historical flights.

Congratulatory Messages Charter Night also was featured by

the arrival of many congratulatory

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letters and telegrams, welcoming the new chapter and extending best wishes for success. Among those sending messages were William R. Alley, president, Walter J. Conrath, past president and publisher, The Airpost Journal, Treasurer George W. Angers, also a former president, L. B. Gatchell, secretary to the ad­visory board and a past president, Paul F. Robertson, past president, Secretary Emil J. Vlasak, and Glen W. Naves, a vice-president and chap­ter chairman, all of the American Air Mail Society; also from the Spring­field Air Mail Society, AAMS Chap­ter 10; and Mayor Carl F. Zeidler and Postmaster John A. Fleissner of Milwaukee.

Officials' Letters The letters from Mayor Zeidler

and Postmaster Fleissner follows: Uni:ted States Post Office

Office of the Postmaster Milw-aukee. Wisconsin

December 26, 1940 Mr. C. W. Degler, Secretary Milwaukee Air Mail Society 2114 North 49th Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin My dear Mr. Degler:

I understand that tonight a num­ber of Milwaukee's outstanding phil­ately enthusiasts are meeting for the purpose of organizing Milwaukee Chapter No. 17 of the National Air Mail Society.

Needless to say, the Postal Service and its workers are deeply gratified to note this development. Air Mail is still the most recent postal innovation -less than 23 years old officially-­yet mentioned Ln the filEs of the Post Office Department over 118 years ago!

The progress made by Air Mail is without parallel in history. Its early years were marked by desperate struggles for recognition. We here in Milwaukee can recall the anxious days of 1927 and 1928, when the city's place on the Air Mail map was at stake and the entire Air Mail pat­ronage of an area containing three quarters of a million people totaled seven pounds per day. Today, Mil­waukee mails nearly 400 pounds daily-and the nation nearly a mil­lion pounds!

'• .: • It is now clearly apparent that Air Mail is the fastest means of material communication, and the

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time is not far distant when it will be the major feature of our Postal system.

May I not, therefore, congratulate your Charter Members in their far­sighted decision to adopt this new miracle as a proper field for their philatelic pursuits? I cannot conceive of a more interesting and worthwhile hobby, nor one more closely connect­ed with Progress and History.

Please convey to Milwaukee Chap­ter No. 17 my best wishes for rapid growth and prosperity; and to its members, my sincere hopes for a Happy New Year.

Cordially yours, John A. Fleissner Postmaster (Milwaukee)

• CITY OF MILWAUKEE

Office of the Mayor

Air Mail Society December 23, 1940

% Ed. Schuster & Company, Inc. N. 12th & W. Vliet Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Attention: Mr. M. 0. Warns, Pres. Gentlemen:

I am taking this opportunity to congratulate you upon the fact that you are· receiving officially your Charter to act as a chapter of the American Air Mail Society.

I am delighted with the fact that you are now affiliated with the American Air Mail Society which has long engaged in the study of the pioneer and historical mail flights along with prEsent day new contract airmail routes that are now being established by the Post Office De­partment.

To my way of thinking this is the age of air travel. and tran~uortation and delivery of mail by air.· Conse­quently, I am more than delighted with the fact that you have set up a Milwaukee Chapter that this com­munity will be in the forefront of developments of air routes.

I sincerely ho!"'e that it will be pos­sible for the Milwaukee Chapter to invite the National Convention of the American Air Mail Society to meet in Milwaukee.

Sincerelv vours, Carl F. Zeidler, MAYOR

• A delicious buffet supper was serv-ed and "washed down" with. the beverage .... "that made Miiwau­kee famous."

SANABRIA'S AIRPOST CATALOGUE

1941 Edition. Complete listing, pric-ing, and illustrations of the Air Post stamps of the World. 852 pages. Published by Nicolas Sana­bria, Inc., 17 East 42nd Street, New York. Collectors' Edition $1.50; De­Luxe Edition $5.00. The new 1941 edition of Mr. Sana­

bria's Air Post Catalogue, now in its sixth year, adds more than 130 pages over the 1940 edition, together with sections covering airpost proofs and air stamp specimens. Aero postal stationery has also been assembled in an individual section, rather than listing under the various countries, as in the past.

The large new catalogue presents an attractive show window for air mail stamp collecting, for more than a decade the most popular specializ­ed group of philately, but during the past year thought by some ardent ad­herents not to be enjoying a normal and healthy growth.

"Unabridged" Listing It should first be pointed out to the

collector that the Sanabria Air Post Catalogue represents the price list of the firm of Nicolas Sanabria, Inc., dealers in these items. A statement in the book indicates that 90% of the stamps listed can be supplied by that firm.

For a better understanding of the now current dual air post stamp catalogue situation it is also neces­l>ary to point out to collectors that the stated policy of the Sanabria catalogue is to list "all the air stamps of the entire world-without restrict­ion." It is an unabridged listing, and in most cases. the Sanabria prices follow the listing.

This listinrt. of course, differs with the Scott listinrt. which recognizes, as far ::>s is poss~ble, only stamps pri­!Y'arilv issued for postal purposes. 'T'h., ,:tated Sanabria policy is "We believe that the issuing of stamps is an exercise of the sovereign power of the ~>'overnment concerned." From this noint it is up to the collector to decide whether or not he wishes to invest money and add to his collect­ion items which have had very limit-

• ed postal service, have been issued for a special event not publicly spon­sored, or to raise funds for some or­ganization, individual, or purpose.

Fortunate however for the average collector the issues which for the majority come under the category of " doubtful" or " speculative " are usually followed by humorously-call­ed "telephone number" prices or values, and could not anyhow be purchased without cracking into most of our "life's savings." Which fact in itself now brings us down to the realization that air mail stamp col­lecting has been growing up rapidly and quite evidently has now practi­cally reached the point where a per­son of average means can no longer hope to get a collection of this type much more than 95% complete. Like in ·general philately, the ability to complete an airpost collection is evi­dently left to the pleasures of those few more wealthy people who be­come interested· in the hobby.

Being an old air post collector, however, we can't for a moment feel downhearted about these situations. Mr. Sanabria, The Scott Publishers, or no one asks or tells any of us what or how to collect. There's still plenty of pleasures, thrills and amusement in airposts. The fun is where you find it-depending on your tastes. The statements are all clear as to the policy and the listings. If you're a melancholy millionaire or a sorrowful stenographer, don't blame the publishers, or the hobby. You've got the answer yourself.

Collectors' License For us-well, . we sort of dabble

about. We like pictures, color, art, some crisp new stamps, and we even alarm our friends sometimes by pre­fering funny cancelled stamps. For instance, pick up your Sanabria and turn to Liechtenstein. Vaduz, the capital, is a little bit smaller in popu­lation than Albion. Penn'a, and thev probably need and have use for air mail stamps about as much as our own home town. There's just about enough space for a plane to take off,

FEBRUARY, 1941

in their 65 square miles, without getting a wing over one of the in­ternational borders. But, by way of confession-we go for their pretty stamps. There are only 23 of them, no overprints inverted, and no very high values. They're done up in a dozen or more colors in photo­gravure, and the artists show top­notch views of planes, zeppelins, eagles, swallows, flying mews, vul­tures, buzzards and a few more ornithological wonders. You can buy the airposts complete for $11.40, or under, unused. The used ones are priced at $12.30, but are likely to cost more, if you can find all of them. Turning to the back of the catalogue, we find specimens were released ·of the two Liechtenstein 1931 Zeppelins, and are priced at $10.00 each. Well-. we sometimes break over and spend this much or more on a party, or a Volunteer Firemens' turkey raffle. If we feel thay way, we buy the two overprinted stamps-which, of course we might have done just as nice job on in our own printshop, at a fraction of the cost. But, we have the country "'complete." Until, of course·, Liech­tenstein gets some new ideas. If the ideas are too fantastic we inter or scuttle the country, and resume our collecting activities on ·som ~. other country. Terrible? Some "philate­lists" might think so, but we like it, and after all. that's satisfaction. We've had a lot of fun seeing the pictures and listings in the catalogue and getting the stamps, and associat­ed data-even direct from Liechten­stein. So goes it with lots of other countries-most of which we would­n't sell today for more than we paid :t:_or them.

All of which might go to prove that a catalogue is what you see in it and what you want to make of it. We don't know of anyone who has used all the words in the dictionary. With the information now at hand you form your airpost stamp collect­ion as you please (and can afford) and not precisely according to any one or other book. You have all the facts which it is possible to legiti­mately publish at this time-you also have the explanations of policy and attitude. So, you are the Judge.

The large 1941 Edition of Sana­bria's Air Post (Stamp) Catalogue is worthy of the attention of all collect­ors of these issues. -W.J.C.

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WM. M. STUART NEW HEAD OF WASHINGTON AIR MAIL SOCIETY

William M. Stuart, stamp editor of The Washington Post, a former vice­president of the American Air Mail Society, and one of the nation's best known philatelic writers, has been elected president of the Washington Air Mail Society, AAMS Chapter No. 7.

Mr. Stuart, who in 1939 celebrated the completion of 50 years of phil­atelic writing, was elected at the January meeting of the WAMS, held at the Thompson Community Center. He succeeds James 0. Peavey, who was e-lected vice-president. Other 1941 officers are Miss Alice B. Cilley, secretary-treasurer; C. H. Vaughan, sales manager and auctioneer; and Maurice S. Petty, cachet director. Mr. Peavey, Mr. Petty and Mrs. E. M. Wilson were elected delegates to the Associated Stamp Clubs of the Ches­apeake Area.

Of special interest was the distri­bution at the meeting of domestic and foreign air mail system maps, pro­vided through the courtesy of Roy M. Martin, superintendent of air mail service, post office department, and a member of the American Air Mail Society.

The next mee+ino: will he held Monday evening, February 17, when a special program will be ?iven.

The Washine:ton Air M~il Society was chartered in June, 1933 as an AAMS chapter.

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• ll:!_RATIFYING to this corner to \\11 learn from AAMS Member Wil­liam M. Stuart's excellent and newsy Washington Post stamps section that J. 0. Peavey, long active in the Wash­ington Air Mail Society, has been named first vice-president of the As­sociated Stamp Clubs of the Chesa­peake Area.

Retired after two terms at the helm of the American Air Mail Society, Paul F. Robertson of Decatur, Ill., re­fuses to be placed on any "inactive" list. Congratulatory messages to new chapters on Charter Nights usually include an inspiring good will note from Paul, and his keen interest in AAMS and chapter affairs is fre­quently observed by the chairman and others. The more airposters like him, the better!

He Gives Real Service Again we hear from Sales Man­

ager Charlie Porter and the A-1 job he is doing. From the Milwaukee chapter's Charter Night report we gleaned this choice information:

"The members Con Charter Night) were especially pleased with the fine circuits our good friend, Charlie Por­ter, was so PROMPT in sending to us. Many of those present were able to make additions to their collections from the fine selection of material."

Both chapters and members should get in the swim and benefit from the broad range of choice material in these circuits Charlie is sending out.

From Toronto we learn, with keen gratification, that Chapter 14, never to be forgotten as the 1940 AAMS convention host, and for other-rea­sons, remains active. despite heavy wartirie demands. We thank Prexy J. M. Stephen for a most interesting and cheerful letter. Please write again, Jim!

Again, we wish to express our deep appreciation to Airposter Walter J_ Conrath for another superb typo­graphical achievement via the Janu­ary issue of The Airpost Journal. We challenge any philatelic publication on the globe to exceed our magazine in attractive plus type dress, well planned and newsy illustrations and all the other excellent features pro­duced by Walter in his modern Al­bion plant. We also warn the modest Mister Conrath not to blue-pencil this paragraph when this copy shows up in his mail box!

Aero-Philatelic Enthusiasm Our thanks to Mrs. Robert H_

Wamsley, one of our progressive group of Philadelphia airposters, for a very encouraging letter anent de­velopments there. There's plenty of aero-philatelic enthusiasm in the City of Brotherly Love and we anticipate an AAMS stronghold there in the near future.

The Spartanburg CS. C.) Stamp and Cover Club, Chapter 15, launched 1941 with an enthusiastic early Janu­ary session, during which President Fred Nanney assumed his duties_ Stamp and cover displays and reports on new issues were features. A co­operative club plan for handling members' first flight, first-day and other covers was completE•d. Miss Odessa Hightower, chapter historianT was placed in charge. The next ses­sion was captioned "Swap Night,'T with plans to make this a regular event several times each year.

A delightful treat this month came in the form of a very interesting and inspiring letter from Norman WattT president of the Springfield chapter -ya know, the aero-philatelic alma mater of George Angers, Emil VlasakT et al. ,

Gotham's Big Party "All is set" for the big lOth an­

niversary party of the Gotham Stamp and Cover Club, Saturday eveningT February 22. Hotel Governor Clinton, Manhattan. WBtch the March Airpost Journ<>l for full details. A numbe-r of AAMS officials and members of The Airpost Journal staff plan to attend.

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At Springfield L. B. Gatchell, secretary of the ad­

visory board and past AAMS presi­dent, recently visited Treasurer and Mrs. Angers in Springfield. Our good friends, George and Emil, recently were honored by the Springfield Apartment 0 w n e r s Association, George being elected president. Emil was elected secretary and clerk.

And, speaking of one, En • .ii J. Vlasak, the chapters chairman frank­ly is getting just a wee bit suspicious and may shortly yell for the· ethics committee! As reported elsewhere in The Journal this month, the said scribe won a cake donated at the January Springfield AAMS chapter meeting by Mrs. Norman Watt, charming wife of its prexy. And who, may we ask, was co-program planner for the evening? You guessed it! MR. VLASAK! Naw, we don't say it was fixed or that pressure was exerted! We just comolete the record and leave the decision in the hands of our members-few of whom, we are sure, would arrange a program and then "arrange" to "take the cake!"

Exhibits Collection to Motor City Members

Member Jungurith, as genial host an exhibitor, entertained the Motor City Air Mail Society, Chapter No. 11, at its January meeting. He dis­played group after group of covers and stamps from his vast collection of classics and other pieces .. Officers and members were unanimous in the O?inion that the program was one of the most interesting in some time. The February meeting will be held with Harry Waha, 5273 Ivanhoe ave­nue, Detroit, well known AAMS member and collector. A dinner party is being olanned as a March or April event. The chapter will hold its an­nual election of officers in June. President John B. Jackson presided.

Cleveland Adds AAMS Members During the past month three new

AAMS members have been proposed by President Mark C. Emsley of the Cleveland Air Mail Society, Chapter No. 3. The new members are Joseph H. Arnold, Fred W. Schumann and Luther B. Hill, all active members of the Cleveland Club and active air­posters of some years' standing. President Emsley is making an ar­dent plea to secure 100% AAMS membership for Chapter No. 3. Special philatelic educational meet­ings have been featured during the

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past two months. Prexy Visits Springfield

William R. Alley of New York City, president of the American Air Mail Society, was a guest of the Spring­field Air Mail Society at its January meeting.

Immediately following roll call at the session, held in the directors' room, Chamber of Commerce build­ing, George W. Angers, treasurer of the AAMS and past president, at the request of Chapter President Norman Watt, escorted Mr. Alley to the plat­form. Joseph Taylor and Emil Vlasak were hosts. President Watt turned the meeting over to Chairman Anc-ers who introduced President Alley. The national president spoke on airposts collecting, cited several pleasant aero- philatelic experiences, and stressed the value of good fellowshio and friendship in the hobby. "Con­gregational" singing of "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow" followed Mr. Al­ley's talk. Chairman George was master of ceremonies for the usual air mail bingo.

Joe Taylor had charge of supper and "his" sandwiches and cup cakes were voted as "most delicious." AA­MS Secretary Vlasak won the piece de resistance of the evening, a "swell" cake donated by Mrs. Watt. Harry Burckard and Charles Butter­field will have charge of the next meeting.

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sponse to the considerable in­terest shown by our members regard­ing the prices listed in the recently published Standard Catalogue of Air Post Stamps of Scott Publications, Inc. The Sales Department has re­ceived numerous letters concerning the prices of stamps listed-some of them politely requesting information but a larger percentage quoting a price on an isolated stamp or set condemning the catalogue, the AAMS committee, and the publisher for what the correspondent believes to be a grievous error against the par­ticular set in which he is interested. There is some humor in the fact that about as many protest that the price is too low as there are those who think them too high.

This specialized air post catalogue following immediately the publica­tion of the general catalogue had of necessity to carry an almost similar pricing. While it was known that here and there thruout the catalogue there were stamps priced out of line with either supply and demand or of mar­ket conditions, it was felt that, where proven, the corredion should be made in the monthly listings. These changes will appear from time to

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The committee of the AAMS was a listing committee and in the short time available before publication did not go deeply into the price set opposite each stamp. This was left to the publisher. It is the author's belief that the price placed on any stamp is one wherein the publisher feels that it allows a fair profit mar­gin to a legitimate dealer. Before a dealer receives a new set he must pay a commission to his correspond­ent and registered postage to his of­fice; he must add his overhead of rent, stock insurance, interest, em­ployees' wages and many other items. If the stamp is then sold at double the face value paid in its country of origin the dealer is not making any exorbitant profit. It is on this basis that the maiority of prices are figur­ed. Many other factors do enter into pricing as well, such as the general demand, the known quantities held by wholesalers or speculators but not immediately available at retail, cur­rency fluctuations, etc. but these ap­ply mostly to specific countries or sets.

No "50- 50 Prices" The principal objection to the

prices seems to be the old axiom that the true value of a stamp at retail was "one-half Scott." The publishers never fostered or ever gave credence to such an idea and it is the purpose of this article to show its fallacy. You, who have chosen the airmail as your specialty, are fortunate in se­lecting a class whose popularity has raised it well above the ordinary stamp level. Many advertisements may be seen of dealers selling at "half Scott" but there is almost al­ways a foot-note excepting air mails or if the ad does not carry such a note, a want list of air stamps is re­turned unfilled.

The present Standard Catalogue pricing must be looked at as being close to normal selling levels and if the buyer is able to secure a reason­able discount from the listed prices. he is fortunate. Below are listed sell-

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ing prices of sets taken from four different sources "A" represents the price listed by the Standard Cata-

~ -~ogue while "B," "C," and "D" rep­resent the same set as offered for sale by three dealers' price lists of pub­lication not earlier~ than the Stand­ard. The Standard price is arrived at by adding the individual stamps of the set. Two of the others list the stamps by set only. The fourth gives prices of individual stamps and a set price which rarely totals as much as the individual stamps in it. The col­lector using this list is often in the peculiar position wher€'by he would lower the total value of his set by adding the most expensive stamp to it. For instance, we have a set of ten stamps listed if purchased individual­ly as worth $16.00 but the price by

-set is $7.00

Catalogue and Retail The comparative prices below are

for mint sets. The question of the pricing of individual used stamps will be taken up in next month's Journal. Country A B C D Afghanistan C1-3 ........ 7.00 7.50 N.L. 7.25 Australia 111/12 C2 .. .80 .75 .50 .75 Bolivia Cl/7 .................. 6.20 5.25 4.80 5.75 China C1/5 .................... 7.10 5.00 6.00 6.50 Czechoslovakia C1/3 .. 12.00 10.00 9.50 11.50 Dominican Rep. 24/31 6.55 6.00 5.00 6.50 France C8/14 .............. 6.30 8.50 N. L. 6.00 Guatemala Sou. Sh. .... .75 .65 .60 .70 Indo-China C1/17 ........ 8.76 10.75 11.98 10.00 Liechtenstein 1/6 ...... 2.52 2.50 2.35 2.50 Mexico University .... 88.70 80.00 75.00 80.00 Paraguay 127/30 ........ 5.25 4.25 N.L. 4.50 Persia c17/21 ................ 9.10 9.00 9.oo 10.00 Salvador c71!72 .......... .88 .70 .68 .70 Venezuela c66/78 ...... 45.80 50.00 45.00 50.00

While well aware that other sets might show much greater differences those selected were taken at random to cover wide geographic range with some early and some very recent sets. Remember that under B, C, and D, two of the prices were taken from lists paid for and circulated by the sponsors on which they solicit busi-

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ness and at which prices they are making sales.

The only logical conclusion that we can draw, therefore, is that the Standard prices are a fair index of market values and that neither the buyer nor seller can hope to receive or give the heavy discounts that were anticipated in the past.

• EDITOR PETTY GETS FIRST DEDICATION COVER

Maurice S. Petty, of the Washing­ton Air Mail Society and its cachet director, has added an important item to his collection. It is the first dedication cover of any field re­corded. It bears the cancellation of September 13, 1918, 7:30 p. m., .from the aviation field at Newark, N. J. It was the opening of the air mail service from Washington to Phila­delphia. There is a backstamp of "Philadelphia, September 14, 1918, 4 p. m. Transit." A three-line no­tation in red reads: "Send a letter by airplane, especially to one 'over there.' It will be a real treat." In the American Air Mail Catalogue for 1940 this cover is the first of the dedication covers listed.

-Wm. M. Stuart

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To introduce ourselves in a fitting manner, we offer you, during the month of February, Sanabria's or Scott's Air Post Catalog at 20% off list, POST FREE anywhere in the

United States.

-;:::-If your Good Neighbor spirit is what it should be in these trying times, you'd be interested in getting complete sets, or short sets, of our Latin neign­bors' airmail stamps on flown covers

with First Day Cancellations. All you have to do Is sena us your name and address, tell us whether short or complete sets, enclose a $5 check for deposit, and give us a rea­sonable time to fit your cog into the machine. The covers won't cost you much more than the mint stamps do; and,since they are on anproval, if you think the price is too high just return

them to us.

-;F-Meanwhile, watch this space for our

monthly good-neighbor offerings.

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AIRPORT DEDICATION COVERS •

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.

• COMING: New airport 4 mi. se.

Dover, Del., just begun ......... M. F. McCamley writes that Don Fry, Sec. Aviation Comm., C. of C., Spokane, Wash. is holding covers for dedica­tion of Sunset airport this spring. ........ Also says covers to Chas. ft.

Bay, Sec., Madras Airport Assn., Madras, Oregon for spring ......... W. T. Wynn reports no plans for Fraser Mich. at present ......... H. N. Sweet reports a dedication of airport at San Bernardino, Calif., (covers to be mailed from three points, San Ber­nardino, Colton, and Redlands), and covers in sets of three to be sent (open and empty) to C. of C., San BErnardino, Calif. Soon. .. .... .. Bruce E. Woodbury, 132.5 Seventh Street, Muskegon, Mich., who is Pres. of Stamp Club, will hold covers (plus

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1c each) for dedication expected this summer. ........ Savannah, Ga., will dedicate Army Air Base February 5th, writes our old friend, 0. D. Yopp. CoveTs to him as Cachet Director, at 514 West 39th Street, plus one cent each ......... Geo. F. Crocker writes that Fort Meyers, Fla. dedication ex­pected in Florida, and other good prospects at Winter Haven, Fla., Palatka, Fla., and Eufalia, Ala ........ . Erwin H. Combs, Box 3693, Miami, Fla., is holding covers (plus 1c each) for expected dedication at Home-stead, Fla ......... Date for the Wash-ington m. C.l National Airport dedi­cation not yet set. Covers may be sent to the writer or you may wait for the official P. 0. Dept. announce­ment. I am holding several hun­dred.

PAST: Miami, Fla. dedication set for Dec. 17th, was cancelled on the 16th, after some 2,000 covers had had dedication cachet applied. This blue cachet was overstamped in red "Dedication Cancelled" and the green cachet of the All American Air Man­euvers was applied alongside and they were mailed on first day of Maneuvers, January 10, 1941. Same cachet in red was used on covers the last day, Jan, 12th ......... Regarding La Junta, Colo., covers of Nov. 15, 1940, indications are that all covers that had both official P. 0. Dept. cachet and unofficial C. of C. cachet thereon, were carried on first east­bound flight. All that had the. C. of C. cachet only (and no P. 0. De-pt. cachet at am, were flown out on the first westbound flight ......... Miss D. Schaller writes that the three covers of Alameda, Calif., Nov. 1st., men­tioned here last month, were not mailed, so no covers exist. . ....... Dec. 14th covers from Newport News, Va., were mailed for the launching of the Aircraft Carrier Hornet. No cachet. ....... 2,000 or 3,000 mailed at Compt~m, Callf. Nov. 23, 1940 ........ Accordmg to the Sec. C. of C., there was no dedication of the Naval auxiliary air base at Key West, Fla ......... J. V. Murray reports word from C. of C. that DeLand, Fla., dedicated Muni­cipal Airport there on October 18th, 1940. Not verified, and no covers known ......... Albany, N. Y. covers

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of Dec. 15th, were for resumption of air mail service (also Dec. 1st), and no dedication or re-dedication of the airport, advises Charles Riess, as also does the Supt. of Mails. No cachet but private inscription on covers seen ......... Cover received pmkd. Dec. 17th, San Bernardino, Calif., with six line red and printed cachEt "Official opening - ground breaking - San Bernardino County Airport - Morrow Aircraft Plant - A.H.S. Sponsorship," and on the back was written by H. N. Sweet "165 of these." In his paper, Mr. Sweet later reports that there was NO airport dedication .......... . Stockton, Calif. dedicated Stockton Field, January 11th, and black cachet applied by C. of C. . ....... From John Coulthard we are pleased to receive a Newman, Calif., cover of Sept. 28th 1929, with red cachet, all of this day seen previously having been purple. ........ From a lead dug up by member

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Wm. F. Housman (from whom we are glad to have news after a long silence), an item suspensed in our files many years has been cleared up. On Sunday, May 28, 1928, Fort Steu­ben Field (long since abandoned) was formally dedicated. It was located at U. S. Dam No. 11, south of Brilliant, about eight miles south of Steuben­ville, Ohio. Dedicatory address by the

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Mayor was followed by an air circus by Gates Flying Circus. About 7,000 attended, of whom about 1,500 took rides in planes piloted by C]Jyde Pangborn, Roy Ahearn, and Mayor W. C. Brooks. The only three covers known to us are postmarked at Steu­benville on May 6, 1928, and have two line private cachet. Do you know of any others? ........ Covers of Janu-ary 1, 1941, received with first day cancellation of Naval Air Station (branch post office) Alameda, Calif. Nice cachet by C. of C., handled by Miss D. Schaller.

MISCELLANEOUS: Our AAMS member and co-editor, W. T. Wynn, Jr., of Detroit, is now writing a week­ly air mail column in the Western Stamp Collector. We welcome him to the columnists ranks and hope you will favor him with news ......... I ex-pect to be at the Gouveneur Clinton Hotel banquet in New York, Febru­ary 22nd, when the Gotham Stamp and Cover Club celebrates its tenth anniversary. Hope to meet many new and old friends, and hope every dedi­cation collector in the New York area will support this AAMS Branch Chapter ......... Sincere thanks to in-numerable collector friends for holi­day greetings. To list their names would take too much space. For news received this month, we are particu­larly indebted to Louis Blay, G. F. Crocker, Harry Gordon, H. T. Hollen­beck, Mrs. H. H. Hudson, Wm. F. Housman, G. F. Lancaster, Theo.

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• AM EXPORT SURVEY FLIGHT TO THE CANAL ZONE

Another survey flight has been made by the American Export Air­liner "Trans-Atlantic" in a second 4-day round trip between New York, New Orleans, across the Gulf of Mexico to Belize, Brit. Honduras and to Cristobal, Canal Zone <Dec. 16/19, 1940). Also, the PAA is planning a new airlink from New Orleans to Central America.

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THE SALES DIVISION

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• Back in print again. We

are sorry that we have been unable to keep the Sales Division before- you by pre­senting our column during the past three months, but the November auction has taken our time and our space. Nevertheless circuits have been moving regularly and at prEsent there are four stamp and two packet circuits in circulation. The Christmas lull slowed them some as the members were away or busy during the holidays but now they are in full swing again.

We crave the indulgence of those nE·W applicants for circuits who have written us but who have not as yet received a circuit: Please rest assured that your re­quest has not been neglect­ed but that if thEre is not a circuit out that will event­ually reach you, there soon will be. In a few cases we have not had the type of material desired but just as soon as we have anything to make it worth your while to examine and forward, it will be sent you.

We are in real need of fresh rna terial-particular ly mint and used s+amos. Both the new Scott and Sanabria catalogues are now available and the nceipt of these al­ways spurs the buyers. New sales books, listed and pric­ed against the new cata­logues, are always the ones most carefully checked by the buyers. The nExt five months are the best selling months we have, and if you have any airmail material of the better class to sell we urge you to cash it in the

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American Air Mail Society Organized 1923 as the Aero-Philatelic Society of America

PRESIDENT WILLIAM R, ALLEY, 261 Broadway,

New York City.

ADVISORY BOARD (Former Presidents)

L. B. GATCHELL, Recording Secretary 24 Brook Road, Bronxville, N. Y.

GEORGE W. ANGERS WALTER J. CONRATH HERBERT H. GRIFFIN

FRANCIS B. LEECH PAUL F. ROBERTSON

HARRY A. TRUBY

VICE - PRESIDENTS GLEN W. NAVES, P. 0. Box 446,

Spartanburg, South Carolina. RICHARD L. SINGLEY, Post Office

Dept., Lancaster, Penn'a. MRS. ETHEL B. STEWART, Hotel

Warwick, 65 West 54th Street, New York City.

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DIRECTORS PAUL F. BERDANIER, Jr., 44 Brad­

ford Road, Scarsdale, N. Y. MISS ALICE B. CILLEY, 119 Ninth

St., N. E., Washington, D. C. LT. CMDR. JESSE G. JOHNSON,

Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va. HAROLD A. JONES, 607 Shelby St.,

Detroit, Mich. PERHAM C. NAHL, School of Com­

merce. Oklahoma A. & M. College, Stillwater, Okla.

CLAUDE P. NEET, Sta. A., P. 0. Box 1, St. Petersburg, Florida.

GEORGE H. PORTER, 1557 Chester­land Ave., Lakewood, Ohio.

SECRETARY EMIL VLASAK

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TREASURER GEORGE W. ANGERS

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2422 Karr, Anthony J., 2641 North 25 Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2423 Ream, Ernest H., 914 West Monroe Street, Kokomo, Indiana. 2424 Wellman, Earl H., 3532 Oak Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois. 2425 White, Marcus W., 15 Sherburne Avenue, Worcester, Mass. 2426 Wallman, H. G., 115 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, New York. 2427 Unthank, Wilburn F., Mail Box 13, Dayton Ohio. 2428 Blank, Elmer C., 242 Irving Avenue, Dayton, Ohio. 2429 Lundbye, Axel, 264 South Broadmoor Blvd., Springfield. Ohio. 2430 Rueth, Carl P., 1350 Arbor Street, Dayton, Ohio. 2431 Matthews, Thomas A., 709 East High Street, Springfield, Ohio. 2432 Rothemund, Paul W. K., 604 Phillips Street, Yellow Springs, Ohio. 2433 Greer, Clarence N., P. 0. Dept., Dayton, Ohio. 2434 Coe, Richard B., Y. M. C. A., Springfield, Ohio. 2435 Unthank, E. R., Box 32, Station B., Dayton Ohio, 2436 Riera, Technical Sergeant Henry, 13 N. Jackson St., Belleville, Ill. 2437 Nietzel, Albert J., 511 Main Street, Muscatine, Iowa. 2438 Miller, Harold F., 508 West 133 Street, New York, N. Y. 2439 McSurely, Alexander, 50 South Willow Grove Ave., D:;yton, Ohio.

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FAM, Z. By Richard L. Singley.

FEBRUARY. 1941 191

Goldsticker, Jr., Samuel S., 92 Grafton Ave., Newark, N. J. Age 20. College Student. EL, CAM, FAM, CF, lD, PIX. By Ken Tallmadge.

Bupp, Barbara A., 173 West Main St., Box 882, Babylon, L. I., N. Y. Age 54. Antique Business. AM, AU, US, HC, FF, GF, CAM, FAM, RP, Z, CF, ID, CMC. By Walter J. Conrath.

:Meyers, Maude V., 66 Griffith St., Corning, N. Y. Age 45. AM, AU, Z, EX. By Emil J. Vlasak.

Snipes, Wilfrid J., Chester. N. J. Age 29. Bank. AU, U20, FAM, lD, EX. By Emil J. Vlasak.

:Bucholtz, Dr. Joseph, 2200 N. 3rd St .. Milwaukee, Wis. Age 37. Dentist. B. M. 0. Warns. Tilson, Frank L., 1155 East 35th St., Brooklyn N. Y. Age 40. Code Clerk. By Simon

B. Nicholsky. Arnold, Joseph H., 1022 Lakeview Road. Cleveland, Ohio. Age legal. US, USC, HC. By

Mark C. Emsley. Schumann, Fred W., Box 2165, Station H., Cleveland, Ohio. Age 52. Railway conductor.

AU, AS, SC, FF, FAM. Z. CF. By Mark C. Emsley. Hill, Luther B., 2200 Richland Ave., Lakewood, Ohio. Age 45. Superintendent. UC, HC.

PA, EL, lD, CMC. By Mark C. Emsley. RESIGNATIONS

Llull, Francisco Ferrer, 2722 Juan M. Perez, Montevido, Uruguay. CHANGE OF ADDRESS

Serphos, Norman, 451 Beechmont Drive, New Rochelle, N. Y. We are happy indeed to welcome the eighteen new me'!lbers listed ab~ve <>nd wish

i;hem long lives as members of the American Air Mail Society. Thanks to Dick Singley, M. 0. Warns, and Capt. Woods we are getting awav to a swell start. Come on, the rest <Of youse guys and gals. Let's doub~e our membershio.

Respectfully subm1tt,d

READY SOON-

1941 SUPPLEMENT

AMERICAN AIR MAIL

CATALOGUE Regular Edition. Bound in heavy

~~;:;a~~~~: ................................... 75c :Matching Edition. Bound in boards and fabricoid to match the 1940 Cat-alogue. Postpaid for .................. $2.00

Combination. The 1940 Catalogue and the 1941 Supplement. Postage extra (3 lbs.) ................................ $3.50

THE AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE

Albion, Pennsylvania

EMIL J. VLASAK. Secretary.

APJ ADS-

WANTED-UNUSED U. S. AIR MAIL and Twentieth Century blocks in ex­change for wide variety of First Flights, Dedication, Pioneer, and First Day Covers. Blaine Johnson, Room 511, 122 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill. ex-130-lt

OFFER OVER 2,000 V AR. USED AND A few good mint sets. Want used only and ftnwn foreign covers. Basis Scott or Sanabria. Geo. Corbet, 6329 N. Francisco Ave .. Chicago, Ill. ex-130-2t

YOUR DUPLICATE LUXEMBURG stamps solicited on approval. Will give first flights in exchange or will buy. Rich­ard Parke, North Conway, N. H.

ex-130-2t

EXCHANGE NICARAGUA MINT AIR mail for mint airs of world and U. S. Commemoratives. Send what you have with want list. Richard Contreras C., Granada, (Nicaragua.) Central America.

FIRST DAY COVERS-I WANT A SET of Authors on Andersons Historical envelopes. Will trade Pan-American and set of Poets or Educators. James R. Max­well, St. Joe, Indiana. ex-130-lt

WANTED-AIR MAILS AND BUREAU Prints. Have CAM's, FAM's, Zeup. etc. to trade. Leon Gordon, 1510 - 3rd Street, Sheboygan, Wis. ex-130-lt

TRADE PHILATELIC B 0 0 K S AND Catalogues. Send list. Heinz Hoffmann, 234 Chahners Ave., Detroit, Michigan.

HAVE FINE 1926 CAMs AND EARLY FAMs to trade. What have you to offer? H. Citret, 826 So. 15th St. Newark, N. J.

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Postage Stamp of 1936 surcharged in black or blue.

AEREO

.Aviacion Panamericana

l>ic. 17 r 9 4 o

1940 15 CENTIMOS 15

Unwmkd. Per/.14 Issued December 17, 1940, to commemorate Pan­

American Aviation Day, proclaimed by President Roosevelt.

C55- A95 15c on SOc yellow (Bk) (25,000) 7

C56- " 30c on SOc yellow (Bl) (25,000) 14

~ , I .. CUBA '.... ->It . ,. !

Jose Maria H eredia & Palms

AP12

CUBA

~ ,f. ' .

wt !'I,~Jo ):~ ~,,~i ""Jr.,.~~:t:lt\tJOt Jose Maria H eredia

& Niagara Falls AP13

1940 Unwmkd. Perf. 10 The stamps were placed on sale December 27

1940, and were valid for postal duty from Decem~ ber 30, 1940.

Issued in commemoration of the lOOth anniver­sary . of the death of Jose Maria H eredia, poet and patnot.

Engraved C27-AP12 5c emerald (250,000) 10 C28-APl3 10c greenish slate

(250,000) 20

FRANCE

Georges Guynemer . Al08

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THE AIRPOST JOURNAL

SALES DEPT. (Continued from Page 189)

circuit. Write the manager for sales books for stamps. or packet covers for covers.

To buHd your collection in the best and cheapest man­ner write the manager now for a circuit of mint or used airmail stamps or CAM, or FAM and Foreign covers .

• THANKS FROM OUR FRANCIS J. FIELD

31st December, 194(} The Editor, "A irpost Journal." Dear Mr. Conrath,

My varied journalistic ex­perience impels me to write at once to thank you for the outspoken and honest criti­cism of the· anonymous opin­ion regarding my advertise­ment in your magazine.

Perhaps a further note will substantiate your state­ment. Although events since last August obviously lend colour to the suggestion that the advertisement was "Brit­ish War Propaganda," it was actually written just. after that crime against civilization, the bombing of. Rotterdam which was with­out air defences and in. which many thousands of. civilians were killed. Thus,. the opening paragraph was. an indictment on behalf .of the sane dements in the world.

By a coincidence, your De­cember number arrived just after the German bombers" attempt to fire the City of London, while I am writing this within a few miles of devastated Coventry. A deep­anger passes over the . coun-· try after such futile and. spiteful outrages as these,. but "we can take it" and we endeavour not to allow pe-rsonal reactions to in­fluence and colour our busi­ness efforts.

With every good wish for 1941 ,

I am, Yours very truly,

Francis J. Field.

FEBRUARY, 1941

SCOUT FOUNDER DIES-­ONCE HONORED BY SPECIAL ROCKET FIRING CACHET

In Nairobi, Kenya Colony, General Baden-Powell, 83, died on J anuary 8, 1941. As founder of the Boy Scout movement in all parts of the w or ld he had very great merit in the education of the younger generation, from which came all the great air pioneers of our time. The old general was also inter­ested in the new develop­ments of the air mail during his visit to the All-Indian Jamboree Camp at Delhi in February 1937 the greatest demonstrations of post rock· ets and of leaflet-distribut­ing propaganda rockets of Mr. Stephen H. Smith had been arran.e-ed, and one of the mail dispatches received a cachet with the name of the rocket: " By R. No. 139 Lord BadE>n-Powell," on the cove-rs of the J~inbl)ree.

-Dr. Kronstein

• NEW BRAZIL MAGAZINE

A new Brazilian philatelic magazine, the Eco Filatelico do America do Sui (Caixa Postal 956, Ruo Teofilo Otoni 21. Rio de Janeiro) will be issued in 3 languages, be­ginning January, 1941, for the "establishmen t of a union between the philate­lists in South America and U.S.A." (Annually, $1.50).

• SUPPLEMENT

DELAYED Publication of the new

1941 Supplement to the American Air Mail Ca ta­logue has been slightly delay­ed to allow time for section editors to complete their copy and drawings. Several sections are now complete, however, and the balance should be ready for the printers within the next two weeks. Publication will be made as soon as possible.

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Issued in honor of Georges Guynemer, World War aviation ace.

Engraved 394-A108 SOfr ultramarine

1940

MEXICO

Man at Helm AP49

Wmk.156 Perf.12x13 Issued D ecember 1, 1940, in commemoration of

the inauguration of President Manuel Avila Camacho. Printed by photogravure

C114-AP49 20c gray black & red orange 8

C115- " 40c chestnut brown & dark slate green 16

C116- " 1p bright violet

1940

blue & rose 40

VENEZUELA

Statue of Sim6n Bolivar in Caracas

AP16

Unwmkd. Per/.12

Engraved and printed by the American Bank Note Co.

C143-AP16 12lhc dull purple (20,000) 8

C144- " 70c rose pink (1 00,000) 45

C145- " 4b black (100,000) 2.56

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RATES: ONE CENT PER WORD per insertion.

Minimum charge 25 cents. Four insertions of same want ad for the price of three. (Fourth insertion free). Remittance must .accompany order and copy. The AIRPOST JOURNAL, APJ Ads, Albion, Penn'a.

HAVE ABOUT $100.00 CATALOGUE (Standard Airpost) Mint Central Ameri­can Airs to exchange for pre-1930 precan­cels; regular U. S.; revenues; old covers; .etc. Vernon Baker, Elyria, Ohio. 128-4t

COMPLETE LINE OF SCOTT CATA­logues and albums, Naribo loose-leaf al­bums and pages, stamp packets, collectors supplies. Subscription agent for Stamps. White Elephant magazines. Free Jist. John H. Webb, Dept. A., 603 Boylston Stree1 .. Boston, Mass. 129-4t*

INTERESTING-SWISS MILITARY AIR Charity stamps of 1939 I 1940 (S:J.uadrons, Air Defense, P1geon Posts etc.) mint or on cover with field postmarks. From 12c each, postage extra, also complete collect­ions. Ask for free price Jist to Rene Al­chinard. 35 Athenee, Geneve, Switzer­land, (AAMS 1905). 128-3t*

DO YOU WANT EXCEPTIONAL COVER Rarities? Collectors Opportunities. U.S.A., P.I., Canada First Day's, First Flight's, 1925 to date. Clippers; Gliders; Rockets; Zeppelins; Little America; Wiley Post Stratosphere. Specially franked. R"rely Autographed. Exclusive Cover Specialties seldom offered. Losts Free. Horn, 32 Ster­ling Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. 130-4t

LEARN ABOUT MEXICO THROUGH its stamps! Will send FREE Price list. Individual Stamps, $1.00 packet of 30 Air mail stamps or Mint Collection of 126 ·Mexican Air Mails, $45.00 Write P. 0. Box 114. Dept. C., Scarsdale, N. Y. 130-lt

USED AIRMAILS OF SOUTH AND Central America-bought or sold-Vene­zuela our specialty, want lists solicited. Ocean Stamp Mart, Box B., Ocean Grove New Jersey. 130-lt*

C.A.M.'S, S H 0 W S, ANNIVERSARIES F.A.M.'s, First Day, Dedications, etc. A mixture of 50 different covers in exchange for any 50 of yours. Charles deLagneau., '74 N.W. 27th St. Miami, Fla. ex-130-lt

MIAMI, FLORIDA, DEDICATION OF Seaplane Float, April 17th, 1940. Less than 60 mailed. Will exchange for any dedica­tion of equal value. Catalogued at $8.00. Charles deLagneau, 74 N.W. 27th Street, Miami, Fla. ex-130-lt

CUBA-10 FIRST AIR MAIL COVERS $1.00. 14 Air mail stamps 45c, 7 air & baggage labels 25c, all different. Rafael Garcia Co. Apartado 129. Habana, Cuba.

130-lt

WANTED-AIR MAIL FIRST DAY COV­ers. 1918-6 and 16c. Lindy Booklet Pane and 5c of 1931. Dr. Erwin H. Fast, Spring Valley, Wisconsin, Box 401. 130-4t*

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

WANTED TO TRADE-MINT ELECTRIC Eye varities, Famous Americans. Block 4. Dash, Slug, Guide, Plain Plate, Slug Plate. What have you? What do you need?. C. E. Tyson, 49 W. State, Sharon, Pa.

exl28-3t

WANTED- HINDE\NBURG ZEP F ELIN covers and Souvenirs, only outstanding items considered. Offer stamps. F. D. Covers in exchange. All correspondence answered. Stanley Madill, 4682 Balfour Rd. Detroit, Michigan. ex-129-2t

WANTED-FAM FIRST FLIGHTS. WILL exchange United States, Foreign stamps. First Day covers, or buy outright. What have you? Send your prices or want list. E. H. Wellman, Brookfield, Illinois

ex-130-lt

300 CAM, 100 DEDICATIONS TO TRADE for FAM, Historical, Pioneer. Lindbergh­iana, Alaska flights. F. L. Gay, 714 C Ave., National City, Calif. ex-130-lt

SUPERB SCARCE REGISTERED COVER, first acceptance England-U.S. via Southern Route. Postmarked London, May 26th, 1939, backstamped New York, June 3rd. Victoria, B. C., June 4th, 1939. See APJ June, 1939. Estimated value $30.00. Trade for 1935 - 1937 sets China Clippers. R. Cupitt, Victoria, B. C., Canada.

ex-130-2t

PICK-UP FLIGHTS. ALL STOPS. 49B-49E. L. Wohn, P. 0. Box 83. Grantwood, N. J. ex-130-lt

EXCHANGE FIRST-DAY COVERS. CAT­alogued $2.63, for complete set used blocks, 5c and lOc Famous Americans. Campbell, 1000 Broadway, Vancouver, Washington. ex-130-lt

WANTED-AIR MAIL STAMPS FOR covers, CAM's, FAM's, Govt's, etc. L. D. Ackerman, 145 Center Street, Westhaven, Conn. ex-130-1t

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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ READ THE ~ ~ AIR MAIL MAGAZINE ~ ~ EVERY FIRST AIR MAIL has a story to tell - sometimes a story ~ ~ so vital and thrilling that it breathes the very spirit of the air age. ~ ~ THE AIR MAIL MAGAZINE helps the Collector to find the story. ~

~ 3D. MONTHLY. POST FREE 4D. (8c.) ~ ~ 3'6 YEARLY. POST FREE (80c.) ~ ~ Canadian and U.S. A. Collectors sending a Dollar Note <and the Old ~ ~ Country needs Dollars) will receive a year's Air Mail Magazine and ~ ~ a Superb First Air Mail as a FREE GIFT to show our appreciation ~ ~ of support. ~ ~ SPECIMEN COPIES POST FREE ON REQUEST I ~ .~ 11!,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,'-'.'-'-'"'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''"¥.

SCOTT for AIRMAIL FROM PIONEER TO YESTERDAY'S FLIGHTS, Scott has the Airmails-stamps and covers. Prices are right and special at­

tention is given to building individual collections.

Let us know what you collect, or what you would like to collect,

and our Airmail Department will give you special attention,

and help all it can.

Many collectors, not sure they are on the right track, need the help and advice of the professional. Our Airmail Department

makes no charge for this service.

* * * A FEW SPECIALS FIRST ISSUES -- MINT

Set. No . Cat. No Country Net 2330 Cl / 7 Albania .75 4241 C1 / 3 Australia .50 6534 C1 / 3 Austria 1.75 6536 C1 / 4 Belgium .55 6537 C1 / 7 Bolivia 4.50 6542 Cl/ 16 Brazil 6.25 2469 C1 / 4 Bulgaria .90 2387 C1 / 4 Canal Zone 1.00 5962 Cl / 9 Cape Verde 2.35 4278 C1 / 5 Chile 1.60 6588 C1 / 5 China 4.75

NEW PRICE LIST OF AIRMAIL SETS

Scott's 1941 price list of sets of airmail stamps is now ready.

Every careful buyer should have th is list of Scott quality

stamps at ordinary prices. Send for your free copy today.

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I West 47th Street New York, N.Y.