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FLIGHT, JUNE 7, 1934 AIR POST STAMPS First Air Mail from the Orkney Islands By DOUGLAS ARMSTRONG (Editor of " Stamp Collecting ") " Apex " Impressions THE impression one brought away from the great International Air Post Exhibition held in London last month was that, whereas the American competitors carried of! some of the principal awards by sheer weight of monetary value, the British ex- hibitors scored chiefly on the historical and human interest side and by superior arrangement and annotation. The Grand Trophy went deservedly to the truly mag- nificent array of air post stamps of the world in mint blocks of four and upwards, including even that eclectic rarity, the 24 cent U.S.A. with " inverted centre," a £5,000 item alone. It has been stated that this one collection was insured for £178,000, so that it is impossible even to hazard a guess at the total value of the American entries. Another ex- hibitor from across the Pond, Mrs. Prentice Cromwell, of New York, who was awarded a gold medal only, showed a mint block of four of the " De Pinedo " stamp of Newfoundland, worth itself little less than £2,000. Remarkable as much for its artistic display as for its comprehensiveness, the collection of mint air post stamps shown by Dr. Philip G. Cole, of New York, secured the Grand Gold Medal in the Champion- ship Class. From the standpoint of originality and aerial record, the collection of flown covers illustrating the rise and development of the air post service throughout the world from 1911 to date, with which Miss W. Penn Gaskell won the Ladies' Trophy, was unquestionably the outstand- ing feature of the entire exhibition, with Mr. P. H. Oakey's entry a very close second. America was again to the fore in the Junior Class, in which the trophy presented by the Junior Philatelic Society, London, fell to a budding aero- philatelist of sixteen, Master P. H. B. Freylinghuysen, of Morristown, N.Y.', for an extraordinarily complete and valued display of unused official air mail stamps of all nations, in single copies, wherein most of the great rarities such as the " Hawker," " De Pinedo," " Ross Smith," 24-c. LT.S.A. error, etc., were represented. As a manifes- tation of the wordwide interest taken in the comparatively modern pursuit of air post collecting, the " Apex " must be written down a signal success. British Inland Air Mails The inauguration of an official air mail service between Inverness and Kirk wall, in the Orkneys, marks another stage in the development of British inland air mails, and there seems to be little doubt that before long a number of other services will be in operation in the United King- dom. Wide-awake air post collectors will follow these activities with close attention, and already they have given a strong fillip to the study and collecting of air mail souvenirs of our own country. The story of the early experiments in the carriage of mails by air in Great Britain and the British Empire generally is the subject of two newly-published brochures, one dealing with the " Corona- tion Aerial Post, 1911," by Francis J. Field, Ltd., and the other on " Pioneer Air Posts of the Empire," by A. T. Waters (published by Stamp Collecting, Ltd.). In connection with the inaugural flight over the Inver- ness-Kirk wall line, on May 29, a souvenir " sticker " was provided by the concessionaires. Highland Airways, Ltd., in a special design which was attached to " first flight " covers on payment of a supplementary fee of 2s. This took the place of a distinctive air mail vignette for which sanction could not be obtained from the P.M.G., but the actual postage was denoted by an ordinary ljd. postage stamp, and letters bore no special cachets or other mark- ings indicating that they were despatched " by air." Japanese Air Mail Souvenir In connection with a postal exhibition held at Tokio on the sixty-third anniversary of the reorganisation of the Tuesday, 29th May, - '- - 1934 - - - NEW ITEMS : A cover received by " FLIGHT," from Kirkwall, Orkney, per the new Official Inland Air Mail. Inset, two designs for the new Costa Rica issues, depicting the San Jose aerodrome (on all values from 5 to 75 centimos), and " Aeriel " bearing the Caduceus of Mercury (on the 1 to 10 Colones values). Japanese postal system, an attractive souvenir was pro- vided in the form of a complete set of current air mail stamps of Japan, printed together in a miniature sheet with large margins carrying appropriate inscriptions in native syllables. The issue was a limited one and, despite the fact that no more than three sets could be purchased by any one applicant, the entire supply was sold out on the first day, April 20, 1934. Costa Rica's New Air Stamps We illustrate the designs of the new Government air post stamps from Costa Rica, that showing a view of the aviation field at San Jose, the capital, appearing on all values from 5 to 75 centimos (both ordinary and official) and the other representing (apparently) Aerial bearing the Caduceus of Mercury only upon the higher denominations, ranging from 1 to 10 Colones. •:• •:• •:• • PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Aeronautical Research Committee Reports and Memoranda No. 1570. Com-parative Engine Tests with Petrol and Butane. By P. H. Stokes and F. G. Code Holland. July, 1933. Price 4s. ad. net. No. 1578. Model SpinningTests of an Interceptor Fighter. By A. V. Stephens and R. H. Francis. Octo- ber, 1933. Price Is. Qd. net. No. 1579. Continuous Rotation Balance forMeasurement of Yawing ami Rolling Moments in a Spin. By P. H. Allwork. November. 1Q33. Price 9d. net. Londpti: H.M. Stationery Office, W.C.2. * * * • NEW COMPANIES REGISTERED PETROL FEEDS, LTD.. Aston Lane, Aston, Birmingham. Capital,£2,500 in £ 1 shares (2,000 " A " and 500 " B "). To adopt an agreement, with Francis J. S. Jones for the acquisition of certain Letters Patent and applica-tions for Letters Patent relating to inventions connected with the liquid fuel supply arrangements of internal combustion engines and to manufacture andexploit the same, &c. The subscribers (each with one share) are H. R. Bettinson, 11 and 12, Bennett's Hill, Birmingham, solicitor. Geo. M. Butts.11 and 12 Bennett's Hill, Birmingham, solicitor. The first directors are to be appointed by the subscribers. Solicitors : Forsyth, Bettinson and Co., 11 and12, Bennett's Hill, Birmingham. •:• •> - * • PATENT AERONAUTICAL 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 1932 Published June 7, 1934 :- . .-. •":.: 25,936. FAIREY AVIATION CO., LTD., and A. G. FORSYTH. Cooling systemsfor internal-combustion engines. (410,199.) 28,290. BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION. Clutch-control mechanism.(410,158.) 31,538. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., LTD., H. W. H. WARREN and R.NEWBOUND. Screw-propellers and methods of manufacturing them. (410,100.)31,921. BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION. Method and means for operating and controlling internal-combustion engines. (410,139.)35,447. A. H. STEVENS (Sperry Gyroscope Co. Inc.). Apparatus for obtain- ing the sound-lag correction for a sound locator for locating air-craft. (410,239.) APPLIED FOR IN 1933 Published June 7, 19341,972. J. W. WOOD, JUN. Air port constructions. (410,265.) 21,963. S. SWITLIK. Parachute pack and chair. (410,361.)25,294. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO. LTD. Elastic fluid turbiae drives, particularly for aircraft. (410,387.)29,090. J. MARTIN. Aeroplane wings and/or tail sections. (410,405.) 574
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