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MARCHJ18, 1926 AIR POST STAMPS . By DOUGLAS B. ARMSTRONG More Uruguayan Air Stamps ALTHOUGH the regular air post service was suspended in Uruguay as far back as March, 1924, the authorities continue to promote special air mail carrying flights upon occasions of national fetes and anniversaries. Lately, particular aero stamps have been introduced for use on these extraordinary air posts. The vignette issued for the Montevideo-Florida flights on August 25 last is a diminutive oblong label showing a heron in flight, together with the letter " R,".denoting " Recom- mando," and the value 14c, which was the registration fee. It is printed in black and blue, perforated 12|-, and exists in two types bearing the names " Montevideo " or " Florida," respectively. The total printing is said to have comprised 8,000 stamps. Of these 3,000 were affixed to letters flown from Montevideo to Florida, and about 2,000 to those carried on the return journey. The air post cachet employed upon this occasion was oval in form, struck in red and inscribed " CORREO AEREO 1825 25 De Augosto 1925— MONTEVIDEO (or FLORIDA) ". An effective picture of an Indian warrior watching the flight of an aeroplane across the Pampas is the subject of the design of another special air post stamp of 45 c. green, also oblong in format and lettered " CORREO AEREO," which was created for an exceptional air post flight that took place between Montevideo and Rincon upon the cen- tenary of the Battle of Rincon, September 24, 1925. The fee for air-post letters was fixed at 50 c, made up by the addition of a commemorative 5 c. postage stamp bearing a portrait of General Rivera. The air post stamp was not on sale to the public, but was affixed to flown covers only by the postal officials themselves. Central American Mail Flights IN a country where railwaj's are few, roads bad, and land communications generally inadequate, the aeroplane offers a practical solution of the transport problem. Central American Governments are waking up to the advantages of the air post service, and many new routes are on the point of being opened up. An air mail between the Canal Zone and Costa Rica was put in operation on December 29, 1925, reaching San Jose on the same day, where a special cancellation was applied to flown letters, inscribed " San Jose—Servicio Aero Transito." The inauguration of an air mail service between Colombia and Central America on August 10, 1925, was signalised by the use of a special cachet lettered :— PRIMER CORREO AEREO COLOMBIA AMERICA CENTRAL A SURVEY flight over a possible air mail line linking the principal cities of Central America was carried out by three U.S. Army 'planes as far back as February 4-16, 1924, starting from the Canal Zone and terminating at Guatamala City, where a special mail was made up at the G.P.O. for the return flight. Owing to the late arrival of the train bringing further aerial mail matter a total of only 28 letters was transmitted. These received a special cancellation reading, " Correo International, February 16, 1924, Guatamala, A.C.," and Oil receipt at Balboa Heights, C.Z., were back-stamped with the receiving mark dated " February 29, 2.30 p.m." It would seem from these particulars that the experiment was in every way an official one, and the covers a worthy addition to the air post records of pioneer flights. Italian Aero Stamps THE development of the Italian air post service is fore- shadowed by the introduction of special stamps for franking air-borne correspondence. As yet these are but four values, viz., 60 centesimi green, 1 lira blue, 1-50 lire yellow, and 5 lire green, and the issue is of a more or less temporary nature, the design being an adaptation of the pneumatic despatch stamps of 1913, with the words, " Posta Aerea " substituted for the former inscription. Ultimately some- thing of a more appropriate character may be expected. Aero Philately at the New York Stamp Exhibition IT is a striking tribute to the increasing popularity of air post collecting that the Committee of the forthcoming Inter- national Stamp Exhibition, to be held in New York in October, has decided to relegate such collections to a class of their own, whilst prominent American air post authority is to be co-opted on the jury. This is the first time that aero- philately has been raised from the rank of a sub-section in the miscellaneous class, and it may be taken as a happy augury. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, 1925-1926 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; for 1923, see " FLIGHT " for January 17, 1924 ; "for 1924, see " FLIGHT " for January 22, 1925; for 1925, see "FLIGHT" for January 21 1926. Imports. Exports. Re-Exports. 1925. 1926. 1925. 1926. 1925. 1926 £ £ £ £ £ £ Jan. ..3,546 494 83,728 130,049 291 — Feb. .. 985 2,089 85,639 40,416 20 6,341 4,531 2,583 169,367 170,465 311 6,341 NEW COMPANY REGISTERED HODGSON'S PATENTS, LTD.. Girlton Chambers, Albion Street, Leeds.—Capital £1,00(1, in £1 shares. Objects :—To carry on the business of aero- nautical and motor accessory engineers, manufacturers of patent valves,cocks and taps applicable to motor cars and aeroplanes and every description of machinery and mechanism requiring the control of liquid fuel or gases,etc. Permanent directors, J. L. Harle, H. V. McDowall. Solicitors, J. L. Harle, Greek Street, St. Chambers, Leeds. m m m m PUBLICATIONS RECEIVEDSkyways. By Alan J. Cobham. Nisbet and Co., Ltd., 22, Berners Street, London, W. Price 15s. net. Aeronautical Research Committee Reports and Memoranda : No. 976 (Ae. 190).—Some Experiments on a Model of a B.A.T. " Bantam " Aeroplane with Special Reference to Spinning Accidents. November, 1925. Price Is. 3d. net. No. 988 (JI/.31).—The Air Bubble Viscometer. By G. Barr. April, 1925. Price 9d. net. H.M. Stationery Office, Kings- way, London, W.C. 2. The Air Pilot Monthly Supplement. No. 17. March, 1926. The Air Ministry, Kingsway, London, W.C. 2. Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, h'ebruavy 23, 1926. United States Patent Office, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations : Cyl. = cylinder; i.e. •= internal combustion : m. — motor. The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specihcations will be printed and abridged, etc. APPLIED FOR IN 1924Published March 18, 192B 30,710. C. LORENZEN and LORENZEN-TI RBINEN-AKT.-GES. Propulsion ofaircraft. (247,699.) APPLIED FOR IN 1925 Published March 18, 19262,930. R. CHILLINGWORTII. Aircraft capable of vertical and horizontal flight. (245,053.) 3,112. E. D. MOORE. Engine turning-gear. (247,730.)8,379. R. J. L. MOINEAU. Flying machines. (231,856.) 13,631. J. A. PRESTWICII. Lubricating systems. (247,805.)16,143. CIE. D'APPLICATIONS MKCAKIQUES. Mounting of rotating bodies. (236,541.)1(5,239. W. JOHA-«NF_S5EN and A. P. JF.NSF.N-. Parachutes. (247,819.) FLIGHT The Aircraft Engineer and Airships 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. 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