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FLIGHT, JULY 8, 1932 AIR POST STAMPS By DOUGLAS ARMSTRONG Still Rising ! DESPITE financial depression the values of the rarer varieties of air post stamps continue to rise in the market in the face of an ever-increasing demand. The latest auction realisations in New York have set up new- records for the much sought-after rarities of Newfoundland transatlantic air mails. A superb, unused copy of the " De Pinedo " flight stamp reached the phenomenal figure of just on £400. This represents an increase of more than 88$ per cent, upon the previous highest price and may be taken as an indication that the comparative scarcity of the particular item is at last coming to be realised. The merits of the " De Pinedo " stamp, as an investment, have been consistently advocated by the writer from the time when it could be readily picked up for a mere £50. A mint specimen of the historic " Hawker " air mail stamp, described as " very fine," went for the equivalent of £280, which is also a slight advance upon the former record, whilst a mint " Columbia " variety (catalogued at £100) was actually knocked down for £83. Do-X Stamp Scandal Newfoundland's latest air mail stamp, issued in connec tion with the visit of the Do-X flying-boat, as described in these notes last month, is providing aerophilatelists with a pretty problem. On the basis of " numbers issued " it should be worth at the most about £3 unused and, perhaps, £4-£5 " flown." Certain local speculators appear to have created a corner, however, and are demand ing anything from $10 to $15 apiece for their holdings, which cost them originally $1.50. On the representation that no more than 3,000 copies were printed many stamp dealers have bought by cable on this basis, only to find that the actual issue comprised 5,000 more ; a supple mentary printing having been made to cope with the rush for the stamp by get-rich-quick Wallingfords of St. John's. This has tended to create an entirely artificial standard of value, which cannot be well maintained when these " smart Alicks " come to unload. Collectors will be well advised to bide their time before adding this stamp to their collections. It is understood that the matter is to be the subject of a departmental inquiry. British Exhibits for Danzig When Mr. R. E. R. Dal wick, the British Commissioner for the " Luposta " (International Air Post Exhibition) leaves for the free and beautiful city of Danzig this month he will take with him a choice lot of exhibits that have been entered for competition by British collectors. Viscountess Downe is sending her collection of British air mail cards and covers, whilst a specialised study of the souvenir cards and envelopes of the first U.K. aerial post and a series of African air mails will be exhibited by Mr. T. E. Field. Air stamp errors are the subject of an interesting and valuable display by Mr. W. MacHarg and rare air post covers that of Mr. P. J. Oakey. Mr. T. Ackroyd has entered a remarkable collection of Abyssinian air stamps. Miss Collins contributes a representative dis play of covers carried over the England-India air route and Miss Littleworth a type collection of aircraft depicted on stamps. An intensive study of the " Goya " air mail stamps of Spain is to be shown by Mr. E. King and literature relating to air post collecting by the Vallancey Press, Ltd., and D. Field, both of London. With such a galaxy of entries it is a foregone conclusion that Great Britain will secure at least a fair share of the awards at the " Luposta." Forthcoming Issues New air post stamps are shortly to make their appear ance in the Baltic states of Latvia and Lithuania respec tively, the former in an " Eagle " motif and the latter in the usual triangular format ; a provisional air stamp of 1\ piastres denomination is heralded by the Sudan Govern ment for release on July 22. The Director of Pests and Telegraphs in the Argentine has authorised the prepara tion of a special set of " Zeppelin " mail stamps in denomi nations 5, 18 and 90 centavos to a total value of $100,000. Canada will issue a special 6 cents air mail stamp with appropriate inscription on the occasion of the impending Imperial Economic Conference at Ottawa. Air Stamp Novelties A novel type of stamp combining aerial postage with a fee for express delivery on arrival of letters at their destination has just been introduced by the Italian Post Office. The two denominations form part of the Garibaldi anniversary series and bear the inscription " Posta Aerea Espresso." The design consists of three vertical panels, of which the centre one shows an aeroplane in flight, that on the left a full-length figure of Gen. Garibaldi himself, and the third, on the right, an equestrian statue. Their values and colours are 2L25 x 1L rose and grey-violet and 4L50 x 1L50 green and brown. m m m m The " Invisible Fox " THE voice of Sqd. Ldr. Maurice Wright is heard on the Editorial telephone. It says: " I was very glad that our new colour scheme on the ' Fox ' is so successful." ? ? ? " Yes, it evidently rendered not only the machine but the passengers invisible." More ? ? ? Then the explanation. The Fairey " Fox " was at the S.B.A.C. Display at Hendon on June 27, although FLIGHT stated that it was absent. Not only was it present, but during the afternoon it was busy taking up passengers, of whom large numbers were carried. They represented some 8 to 10 nationalities. We apologise. By now we should know a Fox " when we see it. However, we had had rather a hectic time, what with R.A.F. Display numbers and what not, and doubtless our faculties were not quite up to the mark. " Caterpillar " Ties MEMBERS of the " Caterpillar Club "—which, we would remind our readers, is confined to airmen who have saved their lives by means of Irvin Air Chutes—are already supplied, on qualification, with " Caterpillar " tiepins. Now they will be able to obtain special ties wherein to place the latter, for we are informed that T. M. Lewin, of 39, Panton Street, Haymarket, S.W.I, have produced a tie for this purpose. It is navy blue with golden Caterpillar markings. m M m M PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Aeronautical Research Committee Reports and Memoranda : No. 1440 Stresses in a Wire Wheel with Non-Radial Spokes under Rim Loads. Parts I and II. By Prof. A. J. Sutton Pippard, Miss M. J. White and W. E. Francis. May, 1931. Price Is. 3d. net. No. 1455. Sideslip and Performance of Multi-Engines Aircraft. Bv E. T. Jones. Jan., 1932. Price fid. net. London : H.M. Stationery Office, W.C.2. Modem Methods of Case-Hardening. The Cassel Cyanide Co., Ltd., (A Subsidiary Company of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), Oldbury, near Birmingham. Dominion of Canada. Report on Civil Aviation and Civil Government Air Operations for the Year 1931. F. A. Acland, Ottawa, Canada. Price 25 cents. Aeronautical Research Committee Reports and Memoranda : No. 1444. Torsion and Flexure of Cylinders and Tubes. By W. J. Duncan, February, 1932. Price 3s. 6d. net. No. 1445. Interference Between Bodies and Air screws. By C. N. H. Lock and H. Bateman. June, 1931. Price Is. 9d. net. No. 1458. Measurement of Take-Off and Landing Runs. By D. Rolinson. November, 1931. Price id. net. London: H.M. Stationery Office, W.C. 2. Catalogue Protecting and Safety Goggles. G. Rarti, Corso Firenze, 63, Turin, Italy. 3? X n5 ™ NEW COMPANIES REGISTERED BRITISH FLYING BOATS LIMITED (Registered in Edinburgh). Capital £10,000 in £1 shares. General carriers of passengers, live stock, mails and goods, whether by air, land or sea, keepers of aerodromes, flying boat bases, seaplane stations, etc. Directors are not named. AIRWORK LIMITED, Aeroplane manufacturers, Hounslow, Middlesex. Increase of Capital. The nominal capital has been increased by the addition of £30,000 beyond the registered capital of £90,000. The additional capital is divided into 60,000 " A " shares of 10/- each. WILTSHIRE SCHOOL OF FLYING AND COUNTRY CLUB, LTD. Capital, £4,000 in £1 shares. Acquiring the business of a flying school and club proprietor carried on by J. E. D. Webb at High Post Aerodrome, Middle Woodford, Salisbury, as the " Wiltshire School of Flying and Country Club." Directors : J. E. D. Webb, High Post Aerodrome, Middle Woodford, Salis bury, flying instructor; E. G. Hordern, High Post Aerodrome, Middle Woodford, Salisbury, flying instructor. Solicitors : Hedges & Son, Walling- ford, Berks. IK * K m AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS A bbreviations : 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 July 7, 1932 18,887. H. SCHULMAN. Rotary i.e. engines. (374,650.) 21,256. MASCHINENFABRIK AUGSBURG-NURNBERG A.-G. Remote starting and reversing devices for i.e. engines. (374,675.) 23,180. W., H., and H. VOITH. Rotary i.e. engines. (274,693.)
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