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By Douglas B. Armstrong '' Flown '' Covers A READER enquires the special significance of the term" flown cover," as frequently employed in this column, and also by our advertisers. "Presumably," he writes, "allenvelopes, etc., franked with air stamps have been flown." Unfortunately this is not always the case. It is part of theeducation of the aero philatelist to learn to distinguish between genuinely flown specimens of certain air stamps and thosewhich have been transmitted by ordinary post. For instance, the greater proportion of letters bearing the Alcock-BrownStamp of Newfoundland were forwarded by mail steamer, only 200 letters being actually carried on the famous Trans-Atlantic flight, although 10,000 copies of the overprinted stamp were issued and sold by the post office at St. John's. " Flown "Alcock covers are impressed with the London receiving post- mark of June 17, 1919. When the special air mail stamps of the United Statespost office were temporarily suspended in July, 1919, the public was allowed to use up the remaining stocks for ordinaryletter postage. Postmarked copies of the fhst Italian aero stamps arecomparatively plentiful, but as only 100 copies each of the journals La Stampa and II Populo were sent by that routethose attached to the original wrappers and postmarked " Posta Aeren da Torino a Roma-Maggio 1917 " are reallyscarce. Again, the triangular air post stamps of Lithuania, whichwere intended to commemorate the inauguration of the Lithuanian air post service on June 25, 1921, but were notready in time, had the word " Isteigmas " (inauguration) erased and " Zenklas " (stamp) piinted over it, in which formthey were valid either for ordinary or aerial postage. Wanted : A British Air Stamp IN a recent letter to The Times on the subject of Britishair mails a plea for the provision of distinctive postmarks and stamps for air-borne correspondence is voiced by Brigadier-General R. Ridgeway, President of the Aero-Philatelic Club. He writes : " For propaganda work there would appear to beno difficulty for the G.P.O. to institute a special obliteration on all letters, such as was used in Belgium for some time, withthe words ' Use air mails,' and to have notices of a similar nature at all post offices, giving correct rates and times ofposting to various countries, the institution of new services being notified officially, as soon as possible, in the Press. Topopularise the service and to ensure easier facilities an issue of air stamps of the necessary denominations, in ordinary andbooklet form, is necessary. Such issues have already been made, and no doubt not without reason, in the United States,Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and other countries. The Air Ministry, with the aid of civil aviation companies, has alreadyproduced wonderful results, and it remains for the General Post Office to see that those results are not vitiated by alaissez-faire policy which does not allow the public to take advantage of these achievements and to give their enthu-siastic support to them." Rarest Air Stamp FROM a romantic viewpoint the greatest interest attachesto the Newfoundland stamps that franked letters carried by Hawker and Alcock on their historic transatlantic flights.The rarest of all aero stamps is the 24 cents of the United States series, a single sheet of which was misprinted showingthe aeroplane flying upside down. This " stunt " picture is now worth about ^150 to its fortunate owner. Readers are invited to forward to the Editor of FLIGHT letters, etc., bearing aerial stamps or postmarks for mention in this column, as well as out-of-the-way varieties, etc. We shall also be pleased to hear from correspondents interested in air-stamp collecting, and to answer any queries. SEPTEMBER 20, 1923 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, 1922-1923 AEROPLANES, airships, balloons and parts thereof (not shownseparately before 1910). For 1910 and 1911 figures see "FLIGHT "for January, 25, 1912; for 1912 and 1913, see1 FLIGHT " for January 17, 1914 ; for 1914, see " FLIGHT "for January 15,1915 ; for 1915, see " FLIGHT " for January 13. 1916; for 1916, see "FLIGHT" for January 11, 1917; foi^ 1917, see " FLIGHT " for January 24, 1918 ; for 1918, see "FLIGHT" for January 16, 1919; for 1919, see "FLIGHT"for January 22, 1920 ; for 1920, see " FLIGHT " for January 13. 1921 ; for 1921, see " FLIGHT " for January 19, 1922 ; and for 1922 see " FLIGHT " for January 18, 1923. Imports Exports Re-Exports •- • • 1922. 1923 1922. 1923. 1922 1923. i i £ ill Jan. .. 1,152 466 76,552 60,079 23 280Feb. .. 567 641 69,129 120,236 1,100 3,040 Mar. .. 1,471 589 166,607 71,945 100 689April .. 3,846 8,508 139,995 167,757 5,880 462 May .. 2,416 845 167,999 55,427 4,254 728June .. 816 1,433 129,137 141,381 14,530 1,410 July .. 1,039 192 24,405 62,025 — 1,334Aug. . . 198 2,054 88,910 57,704 685 344 . 11,505 14,728 862,734 736,554 26,572 8,287 m m m * PUBLICATIONS RECEIVEDAeronautical Research Committee. Report for the Year 1922-23. London : H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway,W.C. 2. Price 2s. net. Aeronautical Research Committee. Reports and Memoranda.No. 832 (Af.12).—Report on the Influence of Calcium and of Calcium plus Silicon on Aluminium. By J. D. Grogan, B.A.May, 1922. London: H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, W.C. Price §\d., post free.Department of Overseas Trade. Report on the Economic and Financial Situation of Egypt, April, 1923. By ^E. HomanMulock. London : H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, W.C. Price Is. Id., post free m m m m AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations : cyl. = cylinder ; I.C. = internal combustion ; m. = motoi The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc. _, . - APPLIED FOR IN 1932s» Published September 20, 1923 15,525. J. D. NORTH. Spars for aircraft. (202,761.)17,137. T. BARKEIT. Airships. (202,790.) If you require anything pertaining to aviation, study "FLIGHT'S" Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory, which appears in our advertisement pages each week (see page xviii). NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS All Advertisement Copy and Blocks must be delivered at the Offices of "FLIGHT," 36, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, W.C. 2, not later than 12 o 'clock on Saturday in each week for the following week's issue. FLIGHT The Aircraft Engineer and Airships 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. 2 Telegraphic address : Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828. 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