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AIR POST STAMPS By DOUGLAS ARMSTRONG (Editor of " The Stamp Collector ") Air Post in Ecuador THE day is not far distant when the whole of the South American continent will be covered with a network of air lines connecting all the principal cities and States. Experi- mental air post flights were made between Buenaventura (Colombia) and Guayaquil (Ecuador) and return on June 12-16 last, when about 380 letters, etc., were carried and struck with a special cachet in red, reading " PRIMER CORREO AEREO INTERN ACIONAL DEL ECUADOR Junio 16 de 1928." As an outcome of these flights a contract has been concluded with the Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aereos for a regular air post service between Ecuador and Colombia, for which purpose special pro- visional stamps have been issued pending the arrival of an official issue to be used in conjunction with the private air mail stamps of the operating company. The S.C.A.D.T.A. has for seven years past successfully maintained the air post service in Colombia itself and is now engaged in extending its operations to neighbouring countries. Air Stamps "in Bolivia Rumours concerning an impending issue of official air post stamps from this country are now confirmed by the announce- ment that in accordance with a recent Government decree a set of three values has been printed at the Imprentas Unidas, La Paz, comprising 10, 20 and 35 centavos, which represent the various surtaxes upon air-borne correspondence in Bolivia. Catapult Air Covers The institution of a " ship to shore " aerial letter delivery from the trans-Atlantic liner Ile-de-France by means of a catapulted hydroplane has provided air post collectors with a.a original and interesting addition to their collections. Some sixteen hundred missives were despatched on the out- ward voyage from Le Havre, on August 8, at a special fee of 10 fr. Nearly double that number was consigned from New York to Le Havre, and so great was the run on 5, 10 and 20-fr. stamps at the steamship post office that the postal agent applied to the French Consul-General in New York for authority to surcharge a supply of the smaller denomina- tions to denote the supplementary fee. This was granted, with the result that 3,000 copies of the 90 c. (Berthelot) and 1,000 of the 1.50 fr. (Pasteur) were overprinted " 10 Fr." to meet the emergency. This mail was delivered at La Bourget by Lt. Demougeot on August 23, about 18 hours before the liner docked. Besides the regular packet-boat cancellation " New York au Havre " the majority of the covers were impressed with a souvenir cachet in six lines, reading :— AOUT-SEPTEMBRE 1928 PREMIER LIASON POSTALE AERIENNE ! TRANSATLANTIQUE PAR HYDROAVION LANCE PAR CATAPULTE DE " L'ILE DE FRANCE " PILOTE LIEUTENANT DE VAISSEAU L. DEMOUGEOT Persian Air Provisional • The stock of overprinted Persian air post stamps of 1927 being exhausted and the new definitive series not yet ready for issue, a limited number of high value fiscal stamps was similarly overprinted with the addition of a large numeral of value to enable the service to be maintained. They comprise 3 kr. orange-brown, 5 kr. dark brown, 10 kr. violet, 20 kr. green and brown and 30 kr. green. The set is already quoted at £4, and promises to be as difficult to come by as the three highest denominations of the previous series. Picturesque Moorish Air Stamps One of the most picturesque series of air mail stamps that has ever been issued made its appearance recently in Morocco. Although primarily intended for a charity-cum- postage issue and sold for double face value in aid of a local relief fund, the presence of a winged device at the top of the frame design, coupled with the inscription " Postes Avion," converts them into a regular air post issue, for which purpose they are alone available. The set consists of ten values, the subjects of the various vignettes being indicated in paren- theses : 5 c. blue (Arab fantasia), 25 c. red (native plough- ing with camel and ass), 20 c. carmine (caravan passing Roman ruins at Saffi), 75 c. brown (view of Marrakesh), 80 c. dark olive (sheep grazing at Azrou), 1 fr. orange (view of Fez), 1.50 fr. greenish blue (aerial panorama of Tangier), 2 fr. brown (aerial view of Casablanca), 3 fr. violet storks on the old wall at Rabat), 5 fr. sepia (fete in honour •of the new Sultan of Morocco). The issue was limited to 300,000 sets. FEBRUARY 14, 1929 Reed Claims Recognised WE understand that as a result of a court decision in America, the Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Co., of Mil- waukee, and the Standard Steel Propeller Co., of West Homestead, Penn.—both manufacturing metal airscrews— have agreed to recognise the Reed Patents, and henceforth pay royalties to the Curtiss-Reed Co. in respect of airscrews produced by these two firms ; the name " Reed " will also be stamped on each airscrew. Fokker Aircraft THE Avia Aircraft Manufacturing Co., of Praha, are to construct two types of Fokker aircraft—namely, the Fokker F.VII type fitted with one Bristol " Jupiter " engine, and the Fokker F.VII 3m type fitted with three Wright " Whirl- wind " engines. Both types of engines are also constructed under licence in Czechoslovakia. Walter, Ltd., of Praha, build the " Jupiters," and the " Whirlwinds " are built by a factory belonging to the Skoda group. Eleven countries are now constructing Fokker aircraft under licence, which is stated to be a record number of licences granted by an aircraft manufacturing company. Aircraft by Hire Purchase MERRIAM'S AVIATION BUREAU, of 64, Victoria Street, S.W.I, is opening its 1929 campaign with the announcement that hire purchase for second-hand aircraft is now offered for the first time. A pilot and a ground engineer have also been engaged by Capt. Warren Merriam. Change of Address. REID AND SIGRIST, LTD., have now changed their address.In the future they are at Canbury Park Road, Kingston-on- Thames, Surrey. The old address was Athenaeum WorksThe Vale, Hampstead, N.W.3. m m m m PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Meteorological Office. Report of the 7th Meeting of the Commission for Synoptic Weather Information of the Inter- national Meteorological O/ganization, London, May, 1928. H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. Price 6s. Gd. net. The North-East Coast Exhibition, May-October, 1929. Pros- pectus. Exhibition Offices, Pearl Buildings, Northumberland Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. R.A.F. Flying Training Manual. Part III. Seaplane Flying. Air Publication 1098. H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. Price Is. 6d. net. m m m m NEW COMPANY REGISTERED V. L. B., LTD.—Capital fl,0W), in £1 shan-s. Olijects : to carry on thebusiness of manufacturers, importers, exporters and rrpairers of and dealers in aeroplanes, hydroplanes, airships, balloons and aircraft of all kinds, etc.First directors: Sir Robert C. Witt, C.B.E. (chairman), Van-Lear Black, R. MacColl. Solicitors: Stepbenson, Harwood and Tatharn, 16, Old BroadStreet, E.C.2. * m m m AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS (Abbreviations : Cyl. = cylinder ; i.e. = internal combustion ; m. — motor.The numbers in brackets are those under which the Speci&cations will be printed and abridged, etc.)APPLIED FOR IN 1927 Published February 14, 192927,661. E. KELLEK. Supporting-surfaces'of flying machines. (304,262.) 32,809. >'. MAYER AND BRISTOL AEROPLANE CO., LTD. Wind-indicators..(304,429.) APPLIED FOR IN 1928Published February 14, 1929 18,667. J. B. GABRIELSON. Air-cooling systems for i.e. engines. (304,561.) FLIGHT, The Aircraft Engineer and Airships 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. Telephone : Holborn 3211. Telegraphic address : Truditur, Westcent, London. " FLIGHT " SUBSCRIPTION 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. Should any difficulty be experienced in procuring " FLIGHT " from local newsvendors, intending readers can obtain each issue direct from the Publishing Office, by forwarding remittance as above. 128
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