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BY DOUGLAS B. ARMSTRONG An Interesting Aero Letter. A CURIOUS instance of the use of a British postage stamp in a foreign air-post service is afforded by a " flown " cover in the possession of Mr. Alan Turton, sent by a correspondent in Singapore to one in Java. It is franked by a current stamp of the Straits Settlements, but bears on the back of the envelope the special cachet of the Batavia-Bandoeng air service of July-August last, having apparently arrived at Batavia just in time to catch the mail 'plane for Bandoeng on its return flight. Dantzig IT has been freely stated that the last issue of Danziger air post stamps, introduced on October 8 and withdrawn on November 1, 1923, was never employed for aerial postage. Wc understand, however, that this is contrary to facts, and that at least one flown cover franked with the stamps in question is in the hands of a prominent German aero-collector. A single sheet of each value is said to have been printed in error upon the old paper watermarked with vertical hexagons, instead of the latest pattern of horizontal octagons. Sweden AT the time of the aerial meeting at Gotenburg last summer we endeavoured to obtain information as to the mail flights, if anv, but were assured that none was undertaken. This intelligence appears to have been erroneous, for we have lately been shown a portion of a letter bearing several denominations of contemporary Swedish postage stamps (without overprint) cancelled with a concentric postmark inscribed " Goteborg- Luft," and date 26.7.23 in the centre. Indo-China. THE proposed inauguration of air mail lines between Saigon and Canton and Saigon and Puom in French Indo-China recalls the fact that one of the rarest air post covers is that used on the experimental flight from Saigon to Laos and vice-versa on April 20 and 27, 1921. Only a very few letters were carried on each trip, franked with current postage stamps of Indo-China, and impressed with a rubber stamp reading " PAR AVION " in large capitals. Polish Pigeon Post A CORRESPONDENT asks for information concerning a pigeon post that is believed to have been in operation between Warsaw and Kattowicz some time last year. Although pigeon posts are admittedly of interest to aero-philatelists, they are to some extent outside the scope of an aeronautical journal, and we confess that until we received this enquiry we had never heard of this particular example. However, we have instituted enquiries on the spot, and hope to be in a position to publish some details of the service in an early article. North Polar Air Covers SOUVENIR postcards are to be issued and a special post mark provided in connection with the proposed Amundsen aerial trip to the North Pole, according to a New York Times message, which states that the first aerial mail service via the North Pole will be inaugurated as part of the polar expedition, The Norwegian Government is said to have agreed to accept mails at the Spitzburgen post office specially cancelled " at the North Pole," for delivery to all parts of the world. Souvenir postcards will be sold to help defray the expenses of the flight both in Norway and the U.S.A., and may be franked with the postage stamps of either nation. They will however, bear the proviso " Delivery subject to accidents beyond our control." Apparently, the aero postcards will be issued and employed under somewhat similar conditions to the London-Windsor cards of 1911, but it seems probable that the amount of mail to be carried will have to be restricted. JANUARY 31, 1924 Smith and Sons Relax THE Smith Athletic Club fancy-dress dance, held at the Salon de Danse, Willesden, one evening last week, was a wild success. Not less than 300 of S. Smith and Sons' workers . within a few hours of " downing tools " joined in the whirling throng of merrymakers in the guise of fairies, sheikhs, pierrots, and scores of other gaily-coloured costumes, " accessories " naturally being duly honoured. Prizes were presented by Mrs. Gordon Smith, wife of the genial managing director, who joined whole-heartedly in the fun of the evening. The fancy dresses were so good and so numerous that Mr. Gordon Smith very kindly duplicated the whole of the prizes. The ladies' prizes were carried off by Miss G. Corsto- phorie (Wireless), Mrs. Coletan (Wasp), and Miss Morgan (a Broken Reid), while the gentlemen's prizes went to Mr. Missen (Felix the Cat), Mr. Shaw (a tramp), and Mr. Brown (an Oriental. A good sprinkling of the Motor Press was'present, and were the particular concern of popular Mr. A. W. Hulbert, who takes care of the advertising for Smith's Motor Acces sories. Altogether the evening was a great success, and another dance is to be held in a few weeks' time!* m m m m PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Agreement made with the British, Foreign and Colonial Corporation, Ltd., for the formation of a Heavier-than-Air Transport Company to be called the Imperial Air Transport Company, Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office, London. Price Qd. net. Note Tecniche di Aeronautica. December, 1923. Com- missariato dell' Aeronautica Intendenza Generale, Rome. Department of Overseas Trade. Report on the Economic and Commercial Situation of Australia, to June, 1923. By S. WT. B. McGregor. London : • H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, W.C. Price 2s. Qd. net. A Study of Radio Signal Fading. By J. H. Dellinger, L. E. Whittemore, and S. Kruse. Scientific Papers of the Bureau of Standards, No. 476. September 25, 1923. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Price 10 cents. The R.O.F.A.A. Journal. Vol. I, No. 1. December, 1923. The Royal Ordnance Factories Apprentices' Association, Main Gate, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. Price 6d. Militarwissenschaftliche und Technische Miitcilungen. Vol. LIV. November-December, 1923. Stubenring 1, Vienna I. M M M M AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations : cyl. = cylinder ; I.C. = internal combustion ; m. = motor The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc. APPLIED FOR IN 1922 Published, January 31, 1924. 23,959. H. A. WHITESIDE. Aircraft. (209,137.) 33,829. C. DORNIER and DORNIER-METALBAUTEN GES. Metal coverings for supporting planes. (190,176.) APPLIED FOR IN 1923 Published January 31, 1924 2,930. Soc. DES MOTEURS SALMSON (SYSTEM CANTON-UNNE). Device for keying a sleeve on a tubular shaft. (194,272). 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