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AIR POST STAMPS By DOUGLAS B. ARMSTRONG Air Post Collecting WHEN the Aero Philatelic Club resumed its meetings on October 16, Mr. R. E. R. Dalwick exhibited what is probably a unique collection of Swiss air post stamps and vignettes, including the rare Olten semi-official series of May, 1913, in entire sheets. The spread of air-post collecting was betokened by an announcement made at this meeting to the effect that an Air Post Society had been formed in India, under the Presi- dency of Mr. H. A. Outhwaite. It is noteworthy that apart from the regular Air Post clubs, displays of air post stamps and covers figure prominently in the programmes of most leading philatelic societies nowadays. Even the conservative Royal Philatelic Society, London, devoted one of its evenings to consideration of Mr. C. W. Roberts' important collection of Imperial air-mail covers. On November 17 the beautifully arranged and extra- illustrated air post collection of Mr. T. A. Chaplin delighted and intrigued the members of the Herts Philatelic Society. Air post collecting was also well to the fore at the Third Canadian Stamp Exhibition held in Montreal recently. Here the very comprehensive collection of air post covers formed by the Rev. Thatcher Kimball of Hyde Park (Mass.), gained a well-deserved Gold Medal, whilst "the Silver Medal in the same class fell to Prof. R. de L. French, of McGill University. The third air mail award, a Bronze Medal was carried off by Mr. T. H. Hinton, of London, with his highly-specialised collection of Pigeon Post Stamps of Great Barrier Island, the precursors of a.ero stamps. THE cult of the winged missive takes on a new and deeper significance when air post letters provide permanent records of epoch-making flights. Comparatively recent additions to the air post collection include postal souvenirs of two of the most sensational aerial events of 1925, viz., the Italian World Flight and that of the Japanese aviators from Tokio to Paris. Cobham Flight Souvenirs A SOUTH African correspondent reports that intense interest was aroused in the Union by the arrival of the FLIGHT souvenir cards, which accompanied Mr. Alan Cobham on his great flight from London to the Cape. Several South African newspapers illustrated the card with its striking vignette of Hope receiving a carrier pigeon, and there was an eager rush by local collectors to obtain specimens. Unfortunately most of them were disappointed, as the majority of the cards were addressed to personal friends and correspondents. Alxmt ninety cards in all were posted by Mr. Cobham on his arrival at Capetown, and some half a dozen from Lyons, Milan, Brindisi, Cairo, Khartoum and Jinga en route. On the return flight one or two personal letters only were carried, in addition to that from the Earl of Athlone (Governor-General of South Africa) to H.M. the King, and these were posted by Mr. Cobham in London on March IS. Although they cannot be considered as in any way " official," the London-Capetown cards and covers must of necessity rank high amongst the postal souvenirs of aerial progress. Air Mails. Further Resumption of Service THE Postmaster-General announces that the letter air mail route, London-Berlin and Konigsberg-Moscow, has been reopened. The connection between Berlin and Konigsberg will be more reliable this season. The Konigsberg- Helsingfors service is still suspended. The chief countries served directly or indirectly by the air route, and the probable times of normal transit thereto, are as follows : North-east Germany (Konigsberg, 24 hours), Danzig (24 hours), Memel (1-i days), Lithuania (Kovno, li days), Lettonia (Riga, H days), Esthonia (Tallinn, 2 days)," Russia and beyond (Smolensk and Moscow, 1J days). For particulars as to the time of closing the mail at the General Post Office, London, and the rates of special fee payable, reference should be made to the Air Mail Leaflet (December, 1925, edition), a copy of which can be obtained on application at an ' post office. Royal Air Force Flying Accidents THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that as a result of an accident near Lakeit, Iraq, to a D.H.9A, of No. 84 Squadron, Shaibah, on April 15, Flying Officer James Eric Tomes, the pilot of the aircraft, and No. 348244 L.A.C. Frank Edward Leatherdale, were killed. As a result of an accident at Amman, Transjordan, to a D.H.9A of No. 14 Squadron, on April 17, Squadron Leader Harley Alec Tweedie, O.B.E., A.F.C., and Flight-Lieut. Stanley Harry Wallage, M.C., were killed. MAY 6, 1926 PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED The Air Pilot Monthly Supplement. No. 18. April, 1926.The Air Ministry, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. Le Moteur Farman 500 CV dans le Raid Paris-Teheran-Paris,1925-1926. Avions H. and M. Farman, 151-169, Rue de Silly, Boulogne-Billancourt (Seine), France. The Science of Flight and Its Practical Application. Vol. I.Airships and Kite Balloons. By Capt. P. H. Sumner. Crosby Lockwood and Son, 7, Stationers' Hall Court, London, E.C.Price 16s. net. From Cape to Cairo by Ca . Crossley Motors, Ltd.,Gorton, Manchester. Aeronautical Research Committee, Reports and Memoranda No. 984 (Ac. 196).—The Representation of Aircraft Perform- ance Tests, Using Non-dimensional Variables, with Special Reference to the Prediction of the Effects of Change of Loading on Performance. By R. S. Capon. November, 1925. Price Ad. net. No. 986 (Ac. 198).—On the System of Vortices Generated by a Circular Cylinder in Steady Motion through a Fluid. By C. N. H. Lock". November, 1925. Price Ad. net. No. 993 (Ac. 204).—Note on the Minimum Speed from which the Direction of a Gliding Aeroplane can be changed to a Horizontal Path for Landing. By F. W. Meredith. June, 1925. Price Ad. net. H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, London, W.C. Revue Juridique Internationale de la Locomotion Acrienne. January-March, 1926. Per Orbem, 4, Rue Tronchet. Paris. International Aerial Timetable. No. 1. May, 1926. Lep Transport and Depository, Ltd., Sunlight Wharf, 37, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C.4. Price 6d. Aeronautical Research Committee. Reports and Memoranda :No. 991. (Ae. 202.) Full Scale Determination of the Lift and Drag of an Avro Type D()4 K at Large Angles of Incidenceand Comparison with Model Results. By R. G. Harris and C. Howarth. April, 1925. H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway,London, W.C.2. Price 9d. net. Notes on the Care and Maijitoiance of the Cirrus Engine. A. D. C. Aircraft, Ltd., 89, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. The Accessory. Vol. 12. No. 126. April, 1926. Brown Brothers, Ltd., Great Eastern Street, London, E.C.2. Transactions. 69/7; Session. 1925-26. Vol. LXIN. Part VI. April, 1926. The Institution of Engineers and Ship- builders in Scotland, Elmbank Crescent, Glasgow. AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations : Cyl. •= cylinder1, i.e. «= internal combustion : m. — motor.The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specibcations will be printed and abridged, etc. APPLIED FOR IN 1925 Published May 6, 192H 467. ,]. TWAKDIS. Dirigible balloons. (250,310.)512. J. IJ. IMMLRS. Aeroplanes. (250.313.) 535. M. BRVTZKI'S. Flyinc machine. (25(1.315.) 7W.i. AIRSHIP GUARANTEE CO., LTD., K. N. WALLIS, and C. D. RIRNEV.Lighter-than-air aircraft. (250,330.) 1,901. AIKSHIF GUARANTEE CO., LTD., and 15. N. WALLIS. Liahter-than-air aircraft. (250,348.) 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 :— UNITED KINGDOM ABROAD* s. d. s. d. 3 Months, Post Free.. 7 7 3 Months, Post Free .. 8 3 6 „ „ ..15 2 6 „ „ ..16 6 12 „ „ ..30 4 ; 12 ., „ ..33 0 ' Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency. Cheques and Post Office Orders should be made payable to the Proprietors of " FLIGHT," 36, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, W.C.2, and crossed Westminster Bank. 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