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OCTOBER 23, 1924 AIR POST STAMPS By DOUGLAS B. ARMSTRONG Mukden-Newchang Air Post IN April and May of this year an experimental air post was instituted by the Chinese postal authorities between the important commercial centres of Mukden and Newchang in Manchuria, operating twice weekly. Air post letters were franked exclusively with the 15 cents Chinese air post stamp of 1921 and bore the ordinary dated postmarks of the terminal towns. More Swiss " Etiquettes " ONE of the latest S wiss semi-official air post etiquettes made its debut at La Caquerelle (Rangiers) on August 31, 1924, when an air post to Lausanne was organised in connection with the unveiling of a national memorial to the mobilisation of the Swiss Army during the Great War. A temporary post office was established on the fete ground, where letters and postcards franked with a souvenir stamp were accepted for transmission to Lausanne by official air post. The adhesive stamp of the face value 40 centimes shows a reproduction of the monument of a Swiss soldier guarding the Alpine passes, printed in blue, grey and brown. The face value of the postcard is 20 centimes. Semi-official stamps and cards were also provided on the occasion of a temporary air post from Solothurn to Grenchen on September 1, 1924, printed in blue, yellow and black, and of the denomination 30 centimes. This latter experiment appears to have been entirely unauthorised, the postal authorities having refused to grant the necessary facilities. The octagonal obliterations applied in red or violet and inscribed " Flugplatz 31. Aug. 24 Grenchen " and " Flugplatz 31. Aug. 24 Solothurn," were likewise of a purely private nature, the letters and postcards to the number of about 10,000 being forwarded to Zurich by ordinary post, and thence only by the Swiss Government air service to their destinations. Canadian Air Mail Delivery A CANADIAN journal makes mention of an issue of special " stamps " for aerial mail delivery having been introduced for an aeroplane post that has been in operation since May last from rail-head to the Rouya Goldfields in Northern Quebec. The company operating the service is authorised to charge a fee of Is. in addition to ordinary postage for letters carried by air over its system. The stamps are engraved with the name of the issuing concern, the Laurentide Air Service, Ltd., and printed in green, the face value being 25 cents and the inscription reading " Special Air Delivery." On October 1, 1924, an official air post flight was made from Estevan (Saskatchewan) to Winnipeg (Manitoba), when a special cancellation was applied to correspondence thus forwarded. Air Post Collectors Meet THE Aero Philatelic Club opened its winter session at 89, Farringdon Street, E.C. 4, on September 26, when the important air post collection formed by Mr. T. A. Chaplin was displayed. Most of the principal rarities were included, and a specially notable feature of the collection was the artistic embellishment of the pages with appropriate and symbolical drawings illustrating the flights represented. The club meets monthly from September to May, and its member ship is steadily growing. Aerogrammes THE latest series of Syrian air post stamps is overprinted in both French and Arabic. The same applies to the separate issue for the state of Lebanon, whereon the name appears, however, in abbreviated form thus ; " Gd. Liban." A large number of souvenir postcards received by the Norwegian post office for transmission by the abandoned North Polar Air Expedition is being held at the G.P.O., Christiania, in anticipation that Amundsen will be able to make the attempt next year. America has introduced an effective advertising postmark with the device of an aeroplane, lettered "AIR MAIL SAVES TIME." An issue of air post stamps is foreshadowed in connection with the projected air post line from Lisbon to Madrid, which is to be inaugurated early in the new year. A single sheet of the 5 centimos Spanish air post stamp has been discovered with the overprint " Correo Aereo " inverted. It belongs to one of the* first printings, and was sold over the post office counter at Madrid in the ordinary course during the early days of 1921. 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 Januarv 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. Imports. Exports. Re-Exports. 1923. 1924. 1923. 1924. 1923. 1924. £ £ £ £ £ £ Jan. .. 466 2,213 60,079 52,239 280 2,219 Feb. .. 641 920 120,236 26,349 3,040 335 Mar... 589 11,381 71,945 34,113 689 509 Apr...8,508 373 167,757 56,998 462 6,014 May.. 845 3,426 55,427 125,138 728 4,162 June 1,433 1,219 141,381 87,629 1,410 2,115 July.. 192 1,510 62,025 179,292 1,334 2,708 Aug. 2,054 687 57,704 247.982 344 950 Sept. 578 4,383 39,069 67,749 106 641 15,306 26,112 775,623 877,48 8,393 19,653 PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Aeronautical Research Committee, Reports and Memoranda, ; No. 902 (E. 10).—Air-Hydrogen Explosions in Closed Vessels. By R. W. Fenning. April, 1924. Price 2s. net. No. 913. (Ac. 139).—The Distortion of a Stiff Jointed Plane Polygonal Frame under Loads Applied in Its Plane. By Prof. A. J. Sutton Pippard and P. Field Foster. July, 1924. Price Is. 3d. net. No. 914 Ac. 140).—Note on the Applica tion of the Vortex Theory of Aerofoils to the Prediction of Downwash. By L. F. G. Simmons and E. Ower. April, 1924. Price 6d. net. London: H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, W.C.2. The Motor Manual. 25th Edition. London : Temple Press. Ltd., 7-15, Rosebery Avenue, E.C. Price 2s. 6d. net. * m m * AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations: Cyl. •= cylinder; i.e. = internal combustion; m. = motor The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc. APPLIED FOR IN 1923 Published October 23, 1924 14,044. D. J. MOONEY. Metal framework of aircraft. (222,172.) 23,804. P. UHLENDAHL. Landing and housing arrangements for airships. (222,310.) 27,239. V. N. LOGAN. Windmills combined with aircraft, etc., for propelling same. (222,337.) APPLIED FOR IN 1924 Published October 23, 1924 11,048. P. N. C. JAMES. Double control of combined tvpe car for aeroplanes. (215,748.) 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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