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JANUARY 3, 1929 AIR POST STAMPS By DOUGLAS ARMSTRONG Editor of " The Stamp Collector ") EVIDENCE of aerial activity in many lands is forthcoming in the constant stream of new air mail stamps that flows in from every side. The year just drawn to its close has brought more additions to the air post collection than any similar period since the first Government issue was made in Italy eleven years ago. Even now we are only at the beginning of the development of the air mail service as a practical proposition, and the future of air post collecting as a hobby is therefore even brighter than its past. As popular interest in aviation grows, more and more people are awakening to the extraordinary romantic and historical interest that lies in the collecting of air post souvenirs which tell the story of the conquest of the air. In America, especially, air post collecting has achieved a remarkable vogue. The flourishing American Air Mail Society already boasts a memberhip of nearly 400 and is drawing new recruits at the rate of 100 a month. A second organisation has recently been formed, known as the National Air Mail Society of Chicago, with a primary appeal to those who specialise in the fascinating field of United States air mail covers. The Aero Philatelic Club of Great Britain has entered upon its sixth successive season, whilst similar associations of air post collectors are doing useful service in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, India and Japan. All this bodes well for the prospects of what is rapidly becoming the most fashionable collecting pursuit of the day. Roumanian Aero Stamps Roumania is one of the latest European countries to pro- vide special stamps for aerial postage. Up to now the service has been conducted by means of ordinary postage stamps, but a set of three values has lately been issued, comprising 1 lei brown, 2 lei blue and 5 lei carmine. Although several countries, Great Britain amongst them, lag behind in the matter of an air post issue, a recommendation that distinctive stamps should be employed for this purpose was adopted by the first Air Post Convention at The Hague last year, with a further proviso that such stamps might with advantage be uniformly printed in blue. Canada's Air Post Service Canada is coming well to the fore with her newly organised Government air mail service. A series of special flights were carried out in connection with the Canadian National Exhibi- tion at Toronto on August 29, between that city and Quebec, by way of Kingston, Ottawa and Montreal. The purpose of these flights was not only to commemorate the golden jubilee of the Exhibition, but also to advertise the first National Aircraft Show which was held at the same time. A special cachet showing the figure of an airman with appropriate inscriptions was applied to all mail carried, and sufficiently prepaid at the rate of 5 cents for the first ounce and 10 cents for each subsequent ounce. On September 15 the inaugural flight was due to take place of an international air mail service between Montreal and Albany (New York State), connecting with the United States air mail system,and a distinctive cachet was again to be provided for the occasion. Meanwhile a regular Canadian air mail stamp of 5 cents denomination, printed in brown and of striking design, made its appearance for use on this and other routes. Peruvian Air Stamps Nothing so gladdens the heart of the average collector as the knowledge that some piece in his collection has quite unexpectedly appreciated in value. Some time ago we announced that the provisionally overprinted air post stamp of Peru had become suddenly obsolete and that copies were changing hands for 155. apiece, as compared with about Is. 9d. previously. Now it appears that its successor, 50 centavos green with aerial map of the country and portrait inset in green, has gone the same way, having been withdrawn from circulation on July 31 last. As the total printing amounted to only 600,000 copies, the balance of which has been destroyed, it looks as though this stamp, too, is due for a rise in price. We understand that since August 1 last ordinary Peruvian postage stamps have been valid for pre- payment of air post fees in that country, the Marconi Com- pany, which owns a monopoly of the postal service in Peru, paying the air mail contractors by weight for the corres- pondence transmitted. SIDE WINDS WE have been asked by Messrs. Burch's, the R. A.F. Ta ilors of 401 Strand, W.C., to convey to officers of all ranks in the Royal Air Force their most sincere thanks for the generous support and kind recommendations that have been accorded them during the past year, and they tender their Heartiest Good Wishes for a Bright and Prosperous New Year with the very best of Good Luck in their (the R.A.F.'s) strenuous efforts and wonderful achievements. Will our readers please note that " Aerofilms, Ltd." of Aerial House, the Hyde, Hendon, N.W.9, have changed their Telephone Number, which is now—Colindale 6581 (two lines) m mPUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Civil Aeronautics : Legislative History of the Air Commerce Act of 1926. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Price 30 cents, post free. Aluminium Sheet Metal Work. The British Aluminium Co., Ltd., Adelaide House, King William Street, London, E.C.4. Royal Air Force Diary, 1929. Gale and Polden, Ltd., Wellington Works, Aldershot. Price: cloth, Is. 6d. and 2s. net ; leather, 3s. and 7s. 6d. net. Les Coefficients Caracterisitiques dcs Turbo-Machines et des Machines Volantes. Travaux du Cercle d'Etudes Aero- techniques. I. Le Centre de Documentation Aeronautique- Internationale de l'Aero Club de France, 35, Rue Francois ler, Paris. Illustrated Calender, 1929. Williamson Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Litchfield Gardens, Willesden Green, London, N.W.10. An Explanation of the Facilities Provided by H.M. Govern- ment for Insuring and Financing Credits (or Exports. Export Credits Guarantee Department, 9. Clements Lane, Lombard Street, London, E.C.4. Aeronautical Research Committee Reports and Memoranda : No. 1154 (Ae. 319). Wind Tunnel Experiments on a Model Autogyro at Small Angles of Incidence. By C. N. H. Lock and H. C. H. Townend. March, 1928. H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. Price 2s. 6d. net. Cabinet Construction [The Woodworker Series). Evans Brothers, Ltd., Montague House, Russell Square, London, W.C.I. Price3s.6rf.net. Woodwork Tools and How to Use Them (The Woodworker Series). By W7illiam Fairham. Evans Brothers, Ltd. Montague House, Russell Square, London, W.C.I. Price 35. 6d. net. Catalogues Aircraft Engine Testing. Heenan and Froude, Ltd., Engi- neers, Worcester. Mode! Aircraft. List No. 17. William E. Applyby (N/c) and Co., 217-219, Jesmond Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Price Is. 6d. 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 J928 Published January 3, 19298.497. STANDARD STEEL PROPELLER CO. Aeronautical propellers. (302,097.) 17,734. ROHRBACH METALL-FLUGZEUGBAC GES. Apparatus (or dischargingloads from aircraft. (292,513.) 18,147. H. JUNKERS. Riveted joints. (294,102.) 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