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SLIGHT, JUNE 5, 1931 r; AIR POST STAMPS By DOUGLAS ARMSTRONG ALL over the world Air Post Collecting is enjoying anextraordinary vogue. At the international stamp bourse held in London last month, foreign visitors reported thatair post stamps were the chief feature of the stamp market in their respective countries. Everyone wasanxious to buy the rarer varieties, but, although there w«re plenty of thf cheaper lines; on offer, the great raritieswere conspicuous by their absence. A leading American dealer sta.ted that he had recently sold for £500 each twocopies of the rarest air stamp, the 24 cents United States with " inverted aeroplane," and was open to purchasea third if it were available ; which is an indication of the present strength of the market. First Australian Air MailWhile no special stamp was provided in connection with the first Australia-England air mail, received in Londonon May 14, a good proportion of the 60,000 letters carried bore the new 6d. Kingsford-Smith air stamp in part pay-ment of the postage, which varied from Is. lOd. to 2s. 2d., according to weight. A tasteful souvenir envelope wasprovided by Imperial Airways, and a souvenir cachet was also applied in violet to the majority of flown covers.This is an elaborate affair, containing the inscription, " Commonwealth of Australia.—Australia-England—Firstofficial air mail flight from Melbourne, Australia, to London, England," together with the date, " April,1981," on a winged shield, the whole enclosed in a plain rectangular frame. A first price on these covers in thecollectors' market is round about 5s., and, in view of the large mail carried.it is doubtful if they will go much higherfor some time to come. Small mails were also picked up en route from New Zealand, Straits, and India, but in thelatter instance only was a distinctive postmark applied. In the circumstances, the " stages " should turn out tobe better than the through flight covers. New Sudan Issue An order for a set of permanent air post stamps hasbeen placed by the Sudan Government with the London firm of De La Rue & Co., and will consist of 5, 10, 15milliemes, 2, 3, 3J, 4J, and 5 piastres. One of the de- signs will show, it is understood, a herd of elephant stam-peding from the shadow of an aeroplane, whilst another may represent the Gordon Statue at Khartoum. It isexpected that the new stamps will be ready for release in June coincident with the opening of the through air mailservice from London to Cape Town. Latest IssuesThree new values have been added to the current air stamp series of the Dutch East Indies (Java), in a fan-tastic design by the native artist, Mas Peringadi, incor- porating a landscape view and three dragons, surfaceprinted at Haarlem in the following colours, viz., 30 cents, deep purple ; 4$ gulden, blue ; and 7£ gld., green.Germany has just issued a 1-mark " Zeppelin " mail stamp, printed in carmine, in the general type of 1928,showing the airship over the world, preparatory to a special flight which is to be made to Iceland in June.Several new values are now included in the pictorial air mail stamps of Syria and Lebanon, showing aeroplanes inflight over local scenes. A supplementary tax upon in- land correspondence in Roumania in favour of the develop-ment of the national air service is denoted by a hand- some set of three particular stamps, bearing a picturesquevignette of an aeroplane soaring over the Carpathians, and comprising 50-bani greenish-blue for postcards, 1-Leibrown for letters, and 2-Lei blue for registered matter. With the avowed object of raising funds for the construc-tion of two Soviet airships, the Russian Government has put on sale five stamps of striking design, of which the10-kopecs violet depicts a dirigible flying from East to West over the Soviet Union ; the 15-kop. blue, the air-ship passing over an industrial kaleidoscope ; and the 20-kop. red, over Lenin's tomb. Aerial exploration of theNorth Polar regions is exemplified in the vignette of 50- kop. brown, whilst the 1-rouble stamp represents an air-ship under construction. From Mexico comes a special 25-centavo stamp by way of propaganda for the aeronau-tical exhibition promoted by the Aero Club of Mexico, printed in claret, with a panorama of the aviation field.The total issue of this publicity stamp is limited to half- a-million copies. S.C.A.D.T.A. Stamps' New Status By virtue of the agreement lately concluded be-A'eenthe Columbian Government and the Sociedad Coiomb Alemana des Transportes Aereos, whereby the air mailservice operated by that concern is placed under direct government auspices, will give an official status to th- airpost stamps of that country, which up to now have been only semi-official in character. As a result it may beexpected that they will figure in future in the standard stamp catalogues, in company with the other official issues;in which case an all-round rise in value will doubtless ensue. Meanwhile, it is reported that a new set is inactive preparation. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED The Aviation Year Book, 1931. By Charles E. LeeLondon; Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. Price 10s. 6d. net. Stromungslehre an Hand von Stromungsbildern. By DrIng. Bruno Eck, 13, Eburonenstrasse, Cologne, Germany Price 5.90 M. The War in the Air. Vol. III. By H. A. Jones. London:Oxford University Press. Price 17s. 6d. net. ; with volume of maps, 23s. 6d. net. National Physical Laboratory Report for the Year 1930.Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. Price12s. 6d. net. NEW COMPANIES REGISTERED AERO-ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., 46, Victoria Street,S.W.I.—Capital £100, in £1 shares. Objects: Electrical, mechanical and constructional engineers, manufacturers and suppliers of all kinds of electricalapparatus, instruments and machines for use in connection with aviation, etc. Provisional directors: E. A. B. Snoaden, 7, Woodlands Road, BarnesCommon, S.W.13, radio engineer. R. Hollerhead, 58, Foxearth Road, Selsdon, South Croydon, radiotelegraph traffic manager, i BRITISH ROAD AND AIR CLUB, LTD.-Capital £100, in £1 shares.Objects : to maintain and conduct a club for the purpose of social intercourse and recreation, and in particular to provide comfortable country club holt***,grounds and club quarters throughout the British Isles for persons engaged in road and air travel, etc. Permanent governing director and chairman,R. N. Tebb, 88, Knightsbridge, S.W.I. AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS (Abbreviations : Cyl. = cylinder ; i.e. = internal combustion ; m. = motors.The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specification will be printed and abridged, etc.) APPLIED FOR IN 1929 Published June 4, 193134,199. C. A. W. WOOD. Aircraft. (348,125.) APPLIED FOR IN 1930. Published June 4, 19318.857. R. X. BULLOCK. Method of and means for reducing the air re- sistance of aircraft, etc. (348,293.)10.153. SIR I-'. H. ROYCE. Regulation means for i.e. engines for aircraft. (348,316.)10.G39. M. I.-I3. BARBAROU. Variable-pitch propellers. (348,322.) 11.339. J.SCHUBERT. Two-stroke radial-eyl. i.e. engines. (348,332.) 11.81)1. H. BOI.AS and R. J. G. CROUCH. Alighting-gear for aircraft. (348,33.-).)18.213. K. S.HAFER. Revolving-eyl. i.e. engines. (348,429.) 22.487. KNORR-BREMJE AKT.-GES. Control gear for aircraft. (348,472.)27,495. R. HANCL. Balancing-devices for aerial machines. (348,49n.) 28.528. R. DRUMMOND. Picking up and deposition of articles by aircraftor other moving bodies. (348,492.) 36, FLIGHT, The Aircraft Engineer and Airships. GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. Telephone (2 lines) : Holbora, 3211. Holborn, 1884. Telegraphic address : Truditur, Westcent, London. SUBSCRIPTION RATES POST FREE UNITED KINGDOMs. d. 3 Months 8 36 16 6 12 „ 33 0 UNITED STATES 3 Months $2-206 „ $4-40 12 „ $8-75 OTHER COUNTRIES.* s. d. 3 Months » I6 » V- I 12 „ 3c 0* Foreign subscriptions must be remitted in British currency.Cheques and Post Office Orders should be mad* payMe k> tht Proprietors of " FLIGHT," 36, Great Queen Street, Kingswsy. W.C.2, and crossed "Westminster Bank." t . „ Should any difficulty be experienced in procuring "rUGB* from local newsvendors intending readers can obtain #•«* w direct from the Publishing Office, by forwarding rmttt<mc< » above. 514
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