FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1925
1925 - 0232.PDF
APRIL 16, 1925 AIR POST STAMPS By DOUGLAS B. ARMSTRONG uSouth African Air Posts APROPOS of the iormal inauguration of a South African air post service, it may be recalled that nearly fourteen years have elapsed since a series of experimental flights was carried out between Kenilworth and Muizenburg in Cape Province, with the sanction of the Minister of Posts and Telegraphs. The souvenir postcards issued on the occasion of the first South African aerial post are much sought after by air post collectors today, and have recently changed hands for several pounds apiece. Only 2,597 cards were " flown " between December'31, 1911, and January 3, 1912. Seven years later a series of " Aerial Post " flights were held in aid of Red Cross charities in various parts of South Africa under the auspices of the Royal Flying Corps, when distinctive air postcards were sold bearing the badge of the R.F.C., with a Geneva Cross as a background, and the legend " Make Your Sixpence Fly." These, too, are elusive items for the aero-philatelist of today. The rarest of all South African air post covers are, however, those carried on the disastrous Handley Page flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg in February, 1920, when the mail 'plane crashed at Beaufort West, and the few score letters had to complete their journey by the more prosaic train route. Z.R.3 Again Official figures supplied by the Acting Postmaster of New York City give the total number of letters, etc., received per the airship Z.R.3 on October 15, 1924, as 16,484. All were run through a post-marking machine at the New York Post Office, but it is admitted that a few may possibly have escaped impression. Zurich-Teheran Flight Covers A NUMBER of air covers are now on the market bearing the inscription " Premier vol postal Zurich-Teheran," franked with Swiss air post stamps and showing the postmarks of both Zurich and Teheran. A total of 280 letters thus franked is said to have been carried by the pilot Mittelholzer on his interrupted flight, but their official status has yet to be determined. According to a Swiss journal, the general public was given no opportunity of transmitting correspon- dence by the flight in question. Albanian Air Post BY means of an air-post service operated by the Adria- Aero Lloyd, with headquarters at Tirana, the Albanian capital, it is hoped to effect a saving of a full week in the delivery of mails in the unrestful state. In all, four lines are projected, and special machines have been sent out, capable of rrossing the Albanian mountains. Needless to say, a set of air-post stamps has also been provided, surface printed at the State Printing Works, Berlin, in an effective design depicting a passenger 'plane flying over an Albanian town, with a mountain range in the background. These stamps are to be sold on a gold franc basis, in denominations 5 qint yellow- green, 10 q. carmine, 25 q. blue, 50 q. dark green, 1 fr. violet and black. 2 fr. olive and violet, 3 fr. orange and dark green. The initial printing amounts to 50,000 sets complete, but the lower values have been printed to the extent of 150,000 copies. Swiss Air-Post Club HELVETIA, the scene of so many pioneer air stamps, and the home of some distinguished air-post collectors, is at last to have its own Aero Philatelie Club. A provisional organising committee has been formed by Messrs. Ad. von Arx of Chiasso, whose well-known air-post collection has gained high awards, and M. Rochat, Postfach 11855, Berne II, who is acting as Hon. Secretary pro tern. This is the fifth society of air-post collectors to be formed during the past three years. « m » * R.A.F. Middle East Dinner THE R.A.F. Middle F.ast Dinner will be held on Thursday,May 28, at the Trocadero Restaurant. Palmer Tyres in a New Home THEIR lease of the Shaftesbury Avenue premises havingexpired, the Palmer Tyre, Ltd., have now moved to 100-106, Cannon Street, London, E.C.4., where all communicationsshould, from April 9 on, be sent, their new telephone No. is City 1477 (two lines) and the telegraphic address " Tyricord,Cannon, London." NOTICES TO AIRMEN The Workmen's Compensation (Aircraft) Order, 1924 IT is notified :— 1. The Workmen's Compensation (Aircraft) Order, 1924, dated December 19, 1924 (S.R.O. 1924, No. 1499), extending the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Acts to employment on aircraft when outside Great Britain, will come into force on April 1, 1925. A notice to this effect was pub- lished in the London and Edinburgh Gazettes of 6th instant, in pursuance of paragraph 4 of the Order in question. 2. Copies of the Order are obtainable from the sales offices of His Majesty's Stationery Office or through any bookseller, price Id. net. (No. 17 of 1925.) Croydon Aerial Lighthouse : Altered Characteristic IT is notified that :— 1. The lower reflected light of the aerial pilotage light nt Croydon aerodrome has been disconnected. 2. The details of this light published on page 34 of the Air Pilot, columns 2, 3 and 5, are, therefore, cancelled, and the following substituted :— Col. 2.—1 white ; group, flashing, 13 sees. (TCE 13-6w 500). Col. 3.—V. 25 : C.P. 500,000. Col. 5.—Situated approximately 255 ft. (78 metres) above sea level ; 15 ft. above ground level. The light is only operated when due notice that an aircraft may arrive between sunset and sunrise has been given to the C.A.T.O., Croydon. A white group flashing light is exhibited every thirteen seconds, as follows :— Flash 1 second ; eclipse 1 second. Flash 1 ,, ,,1 Flash 1 ,,1 Flash 1 ,,1 Flash 1 ,, .,1 Flash 1 ,, ,,2 seconds. 3. The attention of all pilots is drawn to the fact that owing to the non-operation of the lower unit, the white cone will no longer be visible at night. (Confirmation of IV.T signal of April 4, 1925.) (Xo. 22 of 1925.) ' m m m m PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Vichers News, March, 1925. Yickers, Ltd., Yickers House, Broadway, Westminster, S.W.I. Price 'Id., post free 3d. The Air Pilot Monthly Supplement. No. 5 March, 1925. Air Ministry, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. Report on the Health of the Royal Air Force for the Year 1923. Air Publication 1103. February, 1925. H.M. Stationery Office. Kingsway, London. W.C.2. Price 3s. 6d. net. National Physical Laboratory Report for the Year 1924. H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, London. W.C.2. Price 8?. 6,7. net. w. m '•& M AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations : Cyl. = cylinder; i.e. «* internal combustion j m. •» motor The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications willbe printed and abridged, etc. APPLIED FOR IN 1923Published April lfi, 1925 31,498. LrFTSCHiFFBAt' ZEPPELIN GES. Rigid airships. (230,899.) APPLIED FOR IN 1924Published April ltt, 1925 3,354. Soc. DITE BLERIOT AERONAL'TIQUE. Girders for nernplnnr wings. (211,465.)5,661. A. G. FORSYTII. Induction passagps for radial cyl. i.r. engine. (23(1,984.) 7,915. LORD INVERNAIRN (\V. BEAKniinRE) and A.E.I.. CHORI.TON. I.e.engines. (2;) 1,0(10.) 5,001. Soc. RATEAU. Electrically-driven fans. (229,708.) 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 " will be forwarded, post free, at the following rates t— UNITED KINGDOM 5. d. 3 Months, Post Free.. 7 7 6 15 2 12 „ „ ..30 4 ABROAD* 5. d. 3 Months, Post Free.. 8 3 6 „ „ ..16 6 12 , 33 0 Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency. 232
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
