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FLIGHT, JUNE 10, 1932 AIR POST STAMPS By DOUGLAS ARMSTRONG Latest Transatlantic Stamp THE Transatlantic flight of the German flying-boat, Do-X, has added yet another variety to the popular and elusive special stamps of Newfoundland associated with the crossing of the Herring Pond by air. For the purpose of a limited air mail made up by the Post Office at St. John's, on May 19 and 20, 3,000 copies of the con temporary $1 air post stamp of the Dominion received a souvenir overprint in five lines of red-tj'-pe reading: — Trans-Atlantic West to East Per Dornier Do-X May, 1932. One Dollar and Fifty Cents together with a printer's rule cancelling the orginal value inscription. The stamp itself bears a map of the routes followed by historic Transatlantic nights which began or touched at Newfoundland. The Do-X air mail was delivered in London on May 26, six days after leaving St. John's, but at the time of writing it is not known exactly how many letters were carried. On the basis of " numbers printed," however, the special stamp must be valued very much lower than any of the previous Transatlantic issues, with the excep tion of the $1 variety prepared for the " Alcock," Handley Page " and " Raynham " air mails in 1919, of which there were as many as 10,000 overprinted. Former Do-X Issue The Do-X appears to be following in the footsteps of the Graf Zeppelin in the matter of particular stamp issues for her world flights. It may be recalled that as recently as August, 1931, air post stamps of the colony of Surinam (Dutch Guiana) were expressly earmarked for use on a mail despatched by the Dornier flying-boat to Trinidad and the U.S.A. by the addition of the words " Vlucht Do-X 1931 " in the form of an overprint. Attempts were made to discredit the issue, of which only some 4,200 series were actually sold and the balance destroyed. Since the production of official decrees authorising the emission and vouching for its status, philatelic opinion has veered round, and there is every indication of an early rise in the market value of this, the first of the Do-X's. More " Zepp " Stamps Air post collectors are inclined to look askance at the rapidly growing number of Zeppelin stamps. Brazil is responsible for the newest varieties which were issued for the first time on May 2 in connection with the return flight of the dirigible from Pernambuco to Friedrichshafen. They consist of the ordinary current postage stamps of Rs. 5$000 blue-violet bearing the head of Ruy Barbosa, surcharged " Zeppelin-Rs. 3S5000 and the Rs. 10&000 claret in the " Instruccao " type, similarly surcharged Rs. 7$000, and it is understood that they are to be employed for letters and post-cards respectively on future Zeppelin mails originating in that country. An Air Stamp Anachronism ! To associate the name of Gen. Garibaldi, the Liberator of Italy, with such a modern institution as the flying post savours somewhat of anachronism, yet a striking set of commemorative postage stamps just released by the Italian Post Office in honour of the fiftieth anniversary of his death includes five denominations reserved exclusively for air mail use. Their respective vignettes depict Garibaldi's home at Caprera (50 c. rose and 1 lire red-brown), the farmhouse where Anita Garibaldi died (80 c. grey-green), a contemporary portrait of Anita by a Montevidean artist (80 c. grey-green) and one of the Liberator himself upon the air stamp of 5 by 1 lire deep green. Supplemen tary denominations of 25 centesimi grey-green and 75 c. ochre have likewise been incorporated in the regular Italian air stamp series, the former in the type representing a trophy of wings and the latter showing the Spirit of Flight. Bulgarian Atrocity It transpires that a new set of three air post stamps issued in Bulgaria between May 9 and 20 was in the nature of a speculative issue arising out of a special air mail flight arranged to take place on May 17 in connection with the air stamp exhibition then being held at Strass- burg (Alsace). The design common to all values shows an aeroplane passing over the famous monastery of Rilo, in the Balkans, in emerald for the 18 levas, carmine for the 24 L. and ultramarine for the 28 L. The edition is said to have been restricted to 50,000 sets. Air Stamps at Auction At a recent London stamp auction a specimen of the first British aerial post-card, carried by Grahame White between Blackpool and Southport on August 10, 1910, on behalf of the Empire News special air post, realised £17. £56 was paid for a very fine " flown " cover franked with the " Miss Columbia " air mail stamp of Newfoundland and showing the Harbour Grace postmark. Good prices were also obtained for two notable air stamp " errors," the inverted surcharge of the 3 Mk. on 60 c. air stamp of Memel, 1921, fetching £16 and the " Broken Propellor " variety of the Philippines 2 c, Madrid-Manila series, £18. A complete mint sheet of 25 of the Newfoundland $1 Transatlantic air mail stamp of 1919, containing all varieties, sold for £42. M ss S» M PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Powdered and Granulated Aluminium. The British Aluminium Co. Ltd. Adelaide House, London, E.C.4. The Motor Cyclist's Reference Year Book, 1932-1933. Edited by F. J. Camm. London : George Newnes, Ltd. Price Is. The Motor Repair Manual. Temple Press, Ltd., Rosebery Avenue, London, E.C.I. Price 2s. 6d. net. Kestrel Aero-Engines. Air Publication 1416. Vol. I. London: H.M. Stationery Office, W.C.2. Price 5s. net. Aeronautical Research Committee Reports and Memoranda: No. 1449. Anchors for Use on Flying Boats. By L. P. Coombes, B.Sc. May, 1931. H.M. Stationery Office,"London, W.C.2. Price Is. 3d. net. Freedom of Passage for International Air Services. By L, H. Slotemakef. A. W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij, Leiden, Holland. Price Fl. 2 50. The Hoyt Book on the Lined Bearing. The Hoyt Metal Co. of Gt. Britain, Ltd., Deodar Road, Putney, London, S.W.15. Com per Swift. Catalogue The Comper Aircraft Co., Ltd., Hooton, Cheshire. NEW COMPANIES REGISTERED AIRWORK ENGINE SERVICE, LTD., Heston Air Port, Hounslow.— Capital £1,000 in £1 shares. Manufacturers and repairers of and dealers in motor and aero engines and all other mechanical parts of aeroplanes, lorries, etc. Permanent directors : H. Andrews, 94, Woodstock Road, Moseley. Birmingham; F. A. I. Muntz, 6, Leopold Road, Ealing, W.5 (director of Airwork, Ltd.). MAIDSTONE AIRPORT, LTD., 126, Long Acre, W.C.2.—Capital £1,000 in Is. shares. Objects : To establish, maintain, work and carry on lines of communication by means of aeroplanes, seaplanes, and other aerial con veyances ; to act as instructors of aviation, aerial navigation, and aerial and ground signalling ; to carry on the business of wireless and radio engineers, manufacturers of and dealers in aircraft, etc. First directors: Count Johnston-Noad, Royal Aero Club, Piccadilly, W., lawyer (director of Land, Air & Water Services, Ltd.) ; J. Amery, 11 A, Eaton Square, S.W., film director. SILVER BULLET SPEEDCRAFT, LTD., 14, Queen Victoria Street, E.C.4.—Capital £1,200 in £1 shares. Carriers of passengers, merchandise and goods, carriers of passengers for pleasure trips and cruises in aircraft or water speedcraft, etc. W. Gilbert signs documents as director. Solicitors : Gilbert, Clarke & Gilbert, 14, Queen Victoria Street, E.C. 88 m s? m 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 1931 Published June 9, 1932 3,941. ECLIPSE AVIATION CORPORATION. Engine-starting mechanism. (372,773.) 4.433. H. JUNKERS. Apparatus for determining the heights of aircraft. (372,819.) 4.434. H. JUNKERS. Electrical method of and apparatus for measuring the approach of an aircraft towards the ground. (372,820.) 7,859. ECLIPSE AVIATION CORPORATION. Engine-starting mechanism. (372,889.) 11,088. CARBURATORI MEMINI SOC. ANON. ITALIANA. Carburettor for use with aircraft engines. (372,913.) FLIGHT, The Aircraft Engineer and Airships. 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C2 Telephone (2 lines): Holborn, 3211. Holborn, 1884. Telegraphic address: Truditur, Westcent, London. 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