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FLIGHT, MARCH 4, 1932 AIR POST STAMPS By DOUGLAS ARMSTRONG First South African Air Post The event of the past month so far as air post collecting is concerned has been the arrival in London of the first official air mail brought from the Cape under the Imperial Airways schedule, nine days late on account of an accident to the mail aeroplane near Broken Hill in N. Rhodesia. Contrary to inspired reports, no special stamps were pro vided by the Union Government for the occasion, nor would they seem to have been necessary, there being already in existence a Is. South African air stamp to prepay the air mail fee. Souvenir envelopes were employed, however, in infinite variety. First and foremost as regards numbers was the Springbok decorated envelope supplied by Imperial Airwaj's for use on the first flights in either direction. A somewhat similar design, printed in the same colours, viz., orange and blue, was published by a certain Johannesburg stamp dealer, representing an aeroplane in flight together with the heads of a lion, giraffe and springbok enclosed in circular frames. These emanated principally from places in the Transvaal. Envelopes of large size decorated with a vignette of an aeroplane flying between Durban and London, printed in blue, were created by the Publicity Association of that city in collaboration with the Philatelic Society of Natal, and carried the inscription " First Air Post—Durban to London (via Capetown), January, 1932." Letters from Southern Rhodesia were also enclosed in long, bluish-grey souvenir envelopes bearing a portrait of the late Cecil Rhodes and appropriate inscriptions in blue imprint. In addition these were struck with a special cachet in violet ink reading " First Official Air Mail." Colombian Air Stamps now Official After many years the semi-official air post stamps pre viously issued in the Republic of Colombia for purposes of the air mail service maintained by the Sociedad Colombo Alemana des Transportes Aereos have achieved an official status. Since the beginning of the year they have appeared with the words " Correo Aereo " added in the form of an overprint and constitute a regular Govern ment issue. As such they must now find their way into the standard catalogue lists, and in view of the controversy that has previously raged round them, it will be interest ing to see whether the cataloguers will open their pages to the previous series. All stamps lacking this imprint become invalid for air post purposes on and after April 30, 1932. New Egyptian Air Stamps The subject of the design of the new series of air post stamps now in course of preparation by the printing department of the Survey of Egypt in Cairo depicts an air liner, reputed to be the Hannibal, passing over the Pyramids. It will appear upon each of the nine denomi nations comprised in the set, viz., 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 50, 100 and 200 milliemes, the public release of which is momentarily anticipated. Air Post Collectors' Guide Collectors of air post material, as distinct from those who collect merely air mail stamps, have been handicapped in the past to some extent by the lack of a reliable cata logue and guide to the hobby in the English language and priced in sterling currency. This want has now been admirably filled by the publication of the first edition of a Priced Catalogue of Airmail Stamps and Air Posts of the World by the well-known firm of D. Field (price 10s.). It makes a fairly bulky volume of some 388 pages, excellently illustrated, wherein are listed and described in chrono logical order not only all adhesive stamps, both official and semi-official, that have ever been issued in connec tion with the air post service in any part of the world, but also the cachet, postmarks and other markings applied to letters flown upon experimental, inaugural or other out standing mail flights from the Siege of Paris down to the present day. The method of arrangement will appeal strongly to those collectors who desire to make their collec tions illustrate the rise and progress of aerial navigation in the service of the post, of which the book is, in fact, a veritable epitome. For air stamp collectors pure and simple a new edition of the Stanley Gibbons Air Stamp Catalogue has just made its appearance, in handy pocket form, price 2s. 6d. Air post stamps issued under Government auspices alone are included, no account being taken of semi-official vignettes or flown covers. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Ich fliege mit und ohne Motor. By Giinter Groenhoff. Frankfurter Societats-Druckerei G.m.b.H., Frankfurt a. Main. Price RM. 1.20. Economic Conditions in the Netherlands East Indies, September, 1931. Report by H. A. N. Bluett. Depart ment of Overseas Trade: No. 501. London: H.M. Stationery Office, W.C.2. Price 3s. 6d. net. Post free, 3s. 9d. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smith - sonian Institution for the Year 1930. Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Price $2.00. Catalogue British Industries Fair, Birmingham, February 22 to March 4, 1932. The British Industries Fair, 95, New- Street, Birmingham. m m m m NEW COMPANIES REGISTERED VASEYS, LTD.—Capital £2,000, in £1 shares. Engineers, manufacturers of and dealers in airships, aeroplanes, waterplanes, motor cars, etc. Directors: R. O. Vasev (permanent), " Dunkeld," Scarborough; H. Middlebrook. 22a, Duchy Road, Harrogate; and N. Middlebrook, 7, Leighton House, Scarborough. Solicitors: Wm. and E. H. Middlebrook, Pearl Chambers. Leeds. SEAGULL SCIENTIFIC SPORTS COMPANY, LTD.—Capital £3,000, in £1 shares. Manufacturers and importers of and dealers in model aeroplanes, toys, games, etc. Permanent directors : A. P. N. Peyton, 18, Park Road, Southend-on-Sca; F. J. Morgan, 1,127, London Road, Leigh-on-Sea: H. Smith, 51, Birchwood Drive, Leigh-on-Sea. Solicitors : E. Edwards and Son, 105, Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea. MODERN AIRWAYS, LTD , 27, Beaufort Gardens, S.W. Capital £1,000, in £1 shares. Obiects : to establish and carry on any business relating to aircraft and aviation, organisers of aerial pageants and displays, instructors of flying and aeronautical engineering, etc. Directors : M. A. A. R. Pryce and S. Caplowe, both of 27, Beaufort Gardens, S.W. ; J. I. Pickering, 14, Trebovir Road, S.W. " INSULEX, " LTD., 10A, Trinity Road, S.W. 17.—Capital £100, in Is. shares. Acquiring the trade mark " Insulex," and to carry on the business of manufacturers of and dealers in sparking plugs, magnetos, etc., for ignition purposes, and materials relating to electrical insulation, motor cars, aeroplanes, etc. Directors : J. E. Jowitt, Ascot Lodge, Walton-on-Thames merchant; G. H. Hadder, 3, Merton Mansions, S.W.17, engineer. AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS A bkr&fUUioni : Cyl. ™ cylinder; i.e. — internal combustion; m. — motor* Th« number* in bracket! are those under which the Specification will be printed and abridged, etc.) APPLIED FOR IN 1930 Published March 3, 1932 23,343. R. CHILLINGWORTH. Rotating-wing systems, propellers, or lifting screws for aircraft. (366,540.) 33.049. DORNIER-METALLBAUTEN GES. and C. DORMER. Framework for flotating bodies. (366,564.) 33.050. DORNIER-METALLBAUTEN GES. and C. DORMER. Flotation bodies. (366,565.) APPLIED FOR IN 1931 Published March 3, 1932 4,561. F. T. MEE. Model aeroplanes. (366,733.) 6,425. ECLIPSE AVIATION CORPN. Engine-starting mechanism. (366,752.) 7,953. VICKERS (AVIATION), LTD. (N. BREARLEV). Means for moving aeroplanes by manual power. (366,769.) 9,115. SIR W. ,G. ARMSTRONG, WHITWORTH AIRCRAFT, LTD., and J. LLOYD. Aircraft control surface members. (366,784.) 9,369. H. JUNKERS. Packing of pistons of i.e. engines. (366,785.) 10,283. HANXOVERSCHE MASCHTNENBAU-AKT.-GES. VORM. G. EGESTORFF, and L. SCHARGORODSKY. Pre-combustion chambers for Diesel engines. (366,795.) APPLIED FOR IN 1932 Published March 3, 1932 2,648. R. CHILLINGWORTH. Rotating-wing systems, propellers, or lifting- screws for aircraft. (366,603.) FLIGHT, The Aircraft Engineer and Airships. 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSVVAY, W.C.2. Telephone (2 lines): Holborn, 3211. Holborn, 1884. Telegraphic address: Truditur, Westcent, London. 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