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FLIGHT, APRIL 8, 1932 AIR POST STAMPS By DOUGLAS ARMSTRONG IT is singularly appropriate that the nations should pay tribute through the medium of stamps specially designed for aerial postage to the men of genius and daring who in bygone days blazed the trail to the skies. Already the collector of air post stamps can point to specimens in his album which perpetuate the memories of such pioneers in the field of aviation as Father Bartholomew Gusmao, whose aerostat was demonstrated before the King of Portugal in the latter part of the eighteenth century ; Santos Dumont andAugusto Severo, the Brazilian inventors of airships and aeroplanes, and William Kress, who designed one of the first aerial motors. - Leonardo da Vinci Now Italy has come along with a striking set of six air mail stamps commemorating the dream of Leonardo da Vinci, artist, author, scientist and mechanician, who first conceived the idea of human flight and actually experi mented with a kite-like flying machine propelled by man power which figures in the design of certain of the latest Italian stamps. The remainder portray the " Faust of the Renaissance " with the dedication " Pigliera il suo primo volo empiendo l'universo di stupore (Leonardo)," after the design of C. Mezzana. The denominations and colours of these particular stamps are 50 centesimi sepia, 1 Lira violet, 3 Lire brick-red, 5 L. green, 7 L. 70 cmi. x 2 L. blue and 10 X 2 L. 50 sepia. The surtax upon the two highest values goes to the funds of the National Society Dante Alighieri for the propagation of Italian culture. Obsolescent Air Stamps Two sets of air mail stamps at present in daily use in their respective countries are about to become obsolete and may consequently be expected to appreciate in value in the not too distant future. It is officially announced that when the existing stock of South African air stamps is exhausted no further printings will be made, and this edict will apply equally to the mandated territory of South-West Africa. Presumably the air post service will then be carried on by the Union Government without the aid of distinctive stamps, as in the Ufiited Kingdom. Discontinuance of the Junkers air mail service in Persia will dispense, temporarily at any rate, with the need for air post stamps, so that the new series in course of pre paration may not be required after all. " Graf Zeppelin " Mails It is a foregone conclusion that the series of ten special flights to be undertaken by the giant dirigible during the present year will result in further additions to the air stamp collection. Letters were carried on the recent flight to Brazil and back in either direction, the fee levied by the German postal authorities being RM. 1.25 to Brazil and RM. 1.50 to other South American countries, over and above the normal postage. The Zeppelin stamps them selves being obsolete, it may be assumed that souvenir cachets alone were applied to such correspondence. Canada's Provisional Air Stamp To meet the increased rate for aerial postage arising out of the depreciation of the Canadian dollar, two million copies of the old original 5 cents air mail stamp of 1928 were re-issued boldly surcharged with a figure " 6 " and with the first value barred out. It is rumoured that pend ing preparation of a definitive 6 cents air stamp a similar surcharge will be apposed upon the Canadian air mail stamp of December, 1930. Air Stamps for Iraq The Iraq Government having lately assumed control of its own postal affairs, as an independent state, an order for a series of special air mail stamps has been placed with a London firm of stamp engravers. The main feature of the design will be an Imperial Airways plane passing over the River Tigris. Andorra's Air Post Andorra, the hermit republic of the Pyrenees, is about to be connected with Barcelona by means of a legular air line, touching at Seo de Urgel on the Spanish border. The project has been approved by the Spanish Air Ministry and a decree of February 19 published in the Gazette de Madrid provides for the transportation of both passengers and mails. Special stamps are to be employed in the form of the contemporary postage series with the addition of an aeroplane device, overprinted. Latest Issues The latest additions to the world's air post stamps include a set of four provisionals from Guatemala over printed " Servicio Aereo Interior 1932," and surcharged with new values upon obsolete postage types ; a set of four picturesque vignettes commemorating the VI Annual Trade Fair at Tripoli, depicting hydroplanes passing over Beduin encampments and the white roofs of Tripoli itself ; and a poorly printed series from Nicaragua recording the earthquake of twelve months ago. Answer to Correspondent N.V. (India).—There is, unfortunately, very little demand to-day for air post covers which do not carry special stamps either in addition to or in lieu of cachets and postmarks. Those referred to might possibly realise a pound or so each, but the market is a very limited one. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED A History of Fire and Flame. By Oliver C. de C. Ellis. Published for the Poetry Lovers' Fellowship by Simpkin, Marshall, Ltd., London, E.C. Price 15s. net. 1927 Schneider Trophy Contest : Collected Reports on British High-Speed Aircraft. WTith an Introduction by W. L. Cowley, A.R.C.Sc. Aeronautical Research Com mittee Reports and Memoranda, No. 1,300. London: H.M. Stationery Office, W.C.2. Price 20s. net. Bulletin Technique du Bureau Veritas. Special Number on Aeronautics. February, 1932. Bureau Veritas, 31, rue Henri-Rochefort, Paris. Price 5 fr. Aeronautical Research Committee Reports and Memo randa: No. 1,414, Drag and Interference of a Nacelle when Installed on the Upper Surface of a Wing. By W. G. A. Perring and C. Callen. September, 1930. Price Is. 3d. net. No. 1,427, Primary Stresses in the Hull of a Rigid Airship. By L. Chitty and R. V. Southwell. May, 1931 Price 2s. net. No. 1,430, Simple Tilting Manometer for Rapid Reading. By J. Small. October, 1931. Price 6d net. No. 1,436, Torsional Loading on Stripped Aeroplane Wings. By H. R. Cox. August, 1931. Price 9d. net. London: H.M. Stationery Office, W.C.2. AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS (A bbrtviaiioHs : Cyl. ™ cylinder ; i.e. — internal combustion j m. •- mo ton The numben in brackets are those under which the Specification will be printed and abridged, etc) APPLIED FOR IN 1930 Published April 7, 1932 26,804. J. TACKMAN. Rotary i.e. engines. (268,794.) 32,820. R. D. ROBERTS. Docking or undocking of airships in winds. (368,747.) APPLIED FOR IN 1931 Published April 7, 1932 2,213. CESKOSLOVENSKA ZBROJOVKA AKCIOVA SPOLECNOST V BRNE and K. STAIXER. Setting-mechanism for machine guns firing through the path of propeller blades. (368,915.) 3.946. E. G. BUDD MANUFACTURING CO. Girders for use in aircraft. (368,937.) 11,413. H. C. A. POTEZ. I.e. engines supercharged by exhaust-driven turbo-compressors. (369,033.) 13,085. E. G. BUDD MANUFACTURING CO. Trusses for use in aircraft. (363,051.) 13,659. FAIRCHILD AERIAL CAMERA CORPORATION. Cameras. (369,057.) 22,019. NAAMLOOZE VENNOOTSCHAP NEDERLANDSCHE INSTRUMEHTEN CIE. Sighting-devices for aircraft. (369,130.) FLIGHT, The Aircraft Engineer and Airships. 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KLNGSWAY, W.C.2. Telephone (2 lines): Holborn, 3211. Holborn, 1884. Telegraphic address: Truditur, Westcent, London. 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