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AIR POST STAMPS By DOUGLAS B. ARMSTRONG By Air Post to the Pole AN American correspondent sends me one of the souvenir postcards to be carried on Amundsen's impending Trans- Polar Flight Expedition, to which previous reference has been made in this column. It is a small-sized card bearing upon the one side the printed address of the expedition's headquarters at Christiania, with a space for a 2 cents postage stamp. On the reverse is the impression of a private stamp in green, together with the inscription, " North Polar Mail," and provision for the address as well as the name of the sender. The design of the special stamp consists of a map of the Arctic Circle with an aeroplane flying over, in traverse oblong format. At the top is the inscription, " Trans-Polar Flight Expedition, Christiania, Norway," and at the foot, " In com memoration of Amundsen's Trans-Polar Flight, 1924." Printed by the American Bank Note Company, of New York, these cards are being sold for $1 each by certain of the big American stores in aid of the funds of the expedition, and a notice issued by the Second Assistant Postmaster-General states that :— " In accordance with arrangement made with the Nor wegian postal administration private postcards issued in commemoration of the proposed flight of'Capt. Roald Amund sen's airplane over the North Pole will be accepted in this service when postage paid 2 cents by a United States stamp affixed, even though Norwegian postage stamps to pay the postage from Christiania to the United States by the North Pole route may, in some instances, also be affixed. . . " Care must be taken in distributing the cards to see that they are despatched to Norway via New York prior to the time when they may be again received in this country over the North Pole route, probably through the post office at Seattle." The souvenir cards accumulated at Christiania prior to the departure of the expedition will be handed in on the return journey to the Norwegian postal agency at Spitzbergen, and thence forwarded to their destination, postage being paid in current stamps of Norway in addition to those of any other nation which they may bear. A distinctive cancellation will likewise be employed. Montevideo-Buenos Ayres Air Post. THIS service now functions daily, leaving Buenos Ayres at 11.45 a.m. and arriving at Montevideo between 1 and 1.15p.m. The return flight departs from the Uruguayan capital at 1.45 p.m., reaching the starting point on the Argentine littoral at 3 to 3.15 in the afternoon. Letters must be franked with the special " Correo Aereo " stamps described in our last number, in accordance with the following tariff :— Not exceeding 20 grammes, 6 centesimos. Not exceeding 50 grammes, 10 centesimos. Not exceeding 100 grammes, 20 centesimos. We learn that 50,000 copies of the 6 centesimos blue, 30,000 of the 10 centesimos red, and 20,000 of the 20 centesimos green have been printed by the Imprenta Nacionale at Montevideo. Unique " R.34 " Letter (?). WHAT is probably the only private letter carried by the dirigible " R.34 " on its outward voyage from England to America has lately changed hands for a considerable sum. The writer of this letter had planned to stow away on the airship, but his plans being frustrated, entrusted it to one of the»crew, by whom it was dropped overboard when passing over Nova Scotia. It was picked up in a field some months afterwards and taken to the local post office, where it was endorsed by the postmaster with particulars of the circum stances under which it was found, and duly delivered to the addressee, a lady living in a South London suburb. The envelope is much damaged by exposure, but bears the super scription, "Per H.M. Airship * R.34.'" and the amount of postage collected on delivery, viz., 3d. It is undoubtedly a most interesting relic of the famous flight, as practically all other letters carried on the outward trip were of an official character. Aerogrammes. AN air post service has been instituted between Con stantinople and Angora, but no particulars are yet to hand as te the special stamps or cachets used, if any. In addition to the commemorative series recently fore shadowed, two definitive air post stamps in denominations 15 and 30 centavos are being printed in London to the order of the Bolivian Government. The curious designs of the latest Lithuanian air post stamps are the work of the native artist Buratschus, and they are printed in sheets of 50 at the Public Printing Office, in Kowno. Out of the total issue, comprising .400,000 sets, one-eighth of the stamps are to be surcharged and sold for double their face values in aid of the Red Cross in Lithuania. MARCH 6, 1924 SOCIETY OF MODEL AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERS " MODEL ENGINEER EXHIBITION " awards have been received by the following members : S. C, Hersora, silver medal ; C. A. Rippon, bronze medal; B. K. Johnson, diploma ; F. de P. Green, diploma. Anyone interested in aeronautical research should com municate with Mr. W. E. Evans, hon. secretary, Research Committee, 20, Thurlby Road, Wembley. Thursday, March 13, Dr. A. P. Thurston will give a lecture on " The Evolution of Aeronautical Science " (illustrated by lantern slides) at headquarters, British Empire Room, Y.M.C.A., Tottenham Court Road. London, W.C.I, at 7.30 p.m. Members are requested to bring a friend. A. E. JONES, Hon. Sec. m * m m PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Ford Electrical Equipment : The Ford Starter, Ignition and Lighting Systems. By R. T. Nicholson, M.A. Second Edition. London : Temple Press, Ltd. Price 2s. 6d. net. By post 2s." 9d. Note Techniche di Aeronautica : February, 1924. Commis- sariato dell' Aeronautica Intendenza Generale. R. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome. Notiziario di Aeronautica, No. 2, February, 1924. Com- missariato dell' Aeronautica Intendenza Generale. R. Acca demia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome. Balliere's Popular Atlas of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body. London : Balliere, Tindall and Cox, 8, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W.C. Price 6s. net. Le Danger Aerien Allemand. L'Echo de Paris, 16, Rue du Croissant, Paris. Price 40c. m m m m AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations : cyl. = cylinder ; I.C. *= internal combustion i m. •- motor The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc. APPLIED FOR IN 1923 Published March 6, 1924. 30,117. J. H. W. GILL and GILL PROPELLER CO., LTD. Screw propellers. (210,841.) 31,497. Soc. ANON, DES ATELIERS D'AVIATION L. BREGUET. Aeroplane wings. (191,364.) 32,501. BARON VAN R. A. LYNDEN. Clinometers, etc. (210,913.) 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