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MAY 15, 1924 AIR POST STAMPS By DOUGLAS B. ARMSTRONG. New Swiss Air Stamps CONSEQUENT upon the extension of the air post service between Berne and various parts of the Continent, three additional denominations are to be incorporated in the current series of Swiss air post stamps, viz. : 65 and 75 centimes and 1 -'franc. All will bear a symbolical picture of the Spirit of the Air uniting mankind, printed in two colours, after the design of Mr. R. E. Vibert of Geneva. World Flight Aero-Cards WHILE the mailing of souvenir cards and conveyance of letters found no part in the programme of the British flight round the world, these details were not overlooked, it seems, by their American colleagues. Col. H. W. Moffat has shown me a souvenir postcard mailed at Seattle (Wash.) to mark the completion of the first lap of the United States attempt. Across the top of the card is the printed inscription— AROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. A circular cachet on the left contains the words " Santa Monica, Cal.—Clover Field, 1924—First Leg—Seattle, Wash.," and on the right is found the regulation postmark of Santa Monica, Cal., dated March 17, 1924. The cards were addressed to the Postmaster of Seattle, Wash., by whom they were forwarded to their destination—a 2 c. stamp for return postage being affixed in the lower left- hand corner and cancelled with the Seattle postmark. The ultimate address figures on the reverse side of the card, beneath what appears to be an advertisement for Pouglas World Air Cruisers and the Liberty motor. United States Air Stamps Threatened THE deletion of an item of $1,500,000 from the Post Office Appropriation Schedule, covering the Mail 'Plane service from New York to San Francisco, will involve some considerable delay in the establishment of the proposed regular service from coast to coast. Meanwhile there is no present use for the set of air post stamps introduced last year in connection with the experimental flight, and it is unlikely therefore that further supplies will be printed for the time being. New Hungarian Air Stamps THE latest air post stamps of Hungary are now to hand in a striking symbolical design showing a winged Spirit of the Air floating over Budapest, with the Blue Danube winding beneath. Surface printed in oblong format by the Hungarian State Printing Works, they come in four denominations, viz., 100, 500, 1,000 and 2,000 korona, uniformly inscribed " MAGYARORZAG." Vienna-Zurich Cachet I HAVE been shown an interesting flown card carried on the inaugural flight of the Vienna-Zurich Service on April 24, franked with ordinary Austrian postage stamps, and bearing in addition to the word " FLUGPOST " in large capitals across the foot of the card, an oblong cachet struck in violet ink, enclosing the following inscription :— Mitgeflogen auf der Rundflugen uber Wien. Technische Werkstatten Ges. m.b.h. Wien I. Preyung 3. Tel. 14311, 19095, 19245, Mit Fokker F.III. SOCIETY OF MODEL AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERS ON May 18, three important competitions will be held on the Paddington and District Aero Club Ground at Sudbury, as follows :— No. 1.—The " Weston Challenge Cup," open to all. This is a Duration Competition for Fusilage Gliders. No. 2.—The " Model Engineer, No. 1, Challenge Cup," open to all. This is a Rise off ground Competition for Fusilage Models (Rubber Driven). No. 3.—The K. and M.A. A. Challenge Cup, open to all. This is a competition for the longest flight and general stability of rubber-driven Fusilage Models. For further particulars, apply to the Competition Secretary, Mr. C. Bayard Turner, 27, Ouseley Road, Balham,' S.W.12. On May 25, there will be a meeting on Parliament Hill for the general improvement of Records, etc., at 11 a.m. A. E. JONES, Hon. Sec. • m m m m IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, 1923-1924. AEROPLANES, airships, balloons and parts thereof (not shown separately before 1910). For 1910 and 1911 figures see " FLIGHT " for January 25, 1912 ; for 1912 and 1913, see "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; for 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 ; for 1922 see " FLIGHT " for January 18, 1923 ; and for 1923, see " FLIGHT " for January 17, 1924. The card, which is impressed on the reverse side with the " Zurich flug-post " mark, apparently made the round trip between the two cities before being delivered to its addressee. Baghdad-Cairo OFFICIAL correspondence conveyed over this route is now franked with a new type of circular cachet consisting of a double-lined circle enclosing the words " AIR MAIL " in large capitals across the diameter and with the inscription " General Headquarters—British Forces in Iraq " reading round the circumference, the whole being struck in violet. Ordinary letters despatched in the opposite direction (Cairo-Baghdad) by air have the designation " Air Mail " printed on them, with an Arabic equivalent beneath. Via Air Post from Wembley AN enterprising " Aerosemist " seized upon the oppor tunity offered by the opening of the British Empire Exhibi tion on April 23 to despatch several letters franked by the new British commemorative stamps by air post to friends abroad. I have seen one, received in Paris on the following day, which has a rubber stamped inscription reading— 23.4.24 B.E. EXHIBITION by Air Mail Croydon-Paris. Jan. Feb. iVar. Apr.. Imports. 1923. 1924. £ £ .. 466 2,213 . 641 920 .. 589 11,381 .8,508 373 Exports. 1923. 1 60,079 120,236 71,945 167,757 1924. £ 52,239 26,349 34,113 56,998 Re-Exports. 1923. £ 280 3,040 689 462 1924. £ 2,219 335 509 6,014 10,204 14,887 420,017 169,699 4,471 9,077 & M Jg % PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Aeronautical Research Committee. Reports and Memoranda No. 882. (Ae. 113.) An Investigation of Downwash in the Slipstream (Part I). By L. F. G. Simmons and E. Ower. February, 1924. London ; H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, W.C.2. Price Is. net. Canadian Patent Office Record. April 15, 1924. Vol. LII, No. 16. Patent and Copyright Office, Ottawa, Canada. Price 10 cents. Rendiconti Tecnici delta Direzione Superiore del Genio e delle Costruzioni Aeronautic-he. April 15, 1924. Vol. XII, No. 2. Commissariato dell'Aeronautica Intendenza Generale. R. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome. Notiziario di Aeronautica, No. 4. April, 1924. Commis sariato dell' Aeronautica. R. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome. m K » « AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations : cyl. = cylinder; IX. = internal combustion j m. «= motur The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc. APPLIED FOR IN 1922 Published May 15, 1924 34,381. W. G. ROBERTSON. Revolving cyl. I.C. engines. (214,295.) APPLIED FOR IN 1923 Published May 15, 1924 498. G. E. TENNISON. Combination helicopter aeroplane. (214,305.) 1,710. W. TAIT, jun., and H. B. MCLEOD, jun. Apparatus for steering aircraft, etc. (214,332.) 1,985. A. J. FORTESCUE. Flying-machines. (200,057.) FLIGHT The Aircraft Engineer and Airships 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. 2. Telegraphic address : Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828. SUBSCRIPTION RATES " FLIGHT " mil be forwarded, post free, at the following rates UNITED KINGDOM s. d. 3 Months, Post Free .. 7 7 6 „ „ ..15 2 12 „ „ ..30 4 ABROAD* s. 3 Months, Post Free.. 8 6 „ „ ..16 12 „ ,. ..33 — d 3 6 0 These rates are subject to any alteration found necessary under abnormal conditions and to increases in postage rates. * Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency.. 282
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