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FLIGHT. SEPTEMBER 13, 1934. AIR POST STAMPS By DOUGLAS ARMSTRONG (Editor of "Stamp Collecting," etc.) Inland Air Mail Souvenirs As a result of the inauguration of the British Inland Air Mail service on August 20 and 2i, air post collectors will be able to add to their collections anything from one to 11G first flight covers, according to their personal inclination. Needless to say, it will be only the specialist in British air mail souvenirs who will require the complete series covering ever)' stage of every route in either direction. The price at present asked for these is between £6 and £8, so that the enterprising amateur who had the foresight to send himself a letter to and from each centre served by the inland air mail at an initial cost of some- thing less than 30s. may have good reason for self-congratulation! The moderate enthusiast will probably be satisfied with about twenty covers car- ried over the principal routes only, which are to be had for about 15s. the set, whilst many will find a single example sufficient for their purpose. Chacun a son gout Although as many as 20,000 letters were contained in the inaugural mails transported over the mainlines, the number •despatched by some of the subsidiary and connecting services were in some cases as few as 30. Thus it will be seen that the value of first flight missives in the collector's mart must vary to a remarkable extent. Even the commonest must be definitely scarcer than cards bearing the first day postmark of the London-Windsor experimental service of September, 1911, of which there were at least 60,000 flown. Souvenir envelopes of distinctive design, incorporating the latest type of Post Office air mail label, were used for prob- ablv the greater proportion of letters sent on the inaugural flights, and a great number had, in addition, the improved ijd. postage stamps, newly released on the same day. These envelopes were provided by Railway Air Services, Ltd., at a charge of id. apiece, and so great was the demand that two entire printings were completely sold out a week before the service was put in operation. On account of adverse weather conditions very few of the mails were carried over the scheduled route by air on August 20, both the North- and South-bound air mails being abandoned, the former at Manchester and the latter at Birmingham, whence they were sent forward by rail to their ultimate destinations. This should not, however, detract in any way from their status as " first flight covers," albeit sticklers may prefer those carried on August 21, on the grounds that they flew all the way. The Plymouth-Liverpool service was actually the only one carried out according to schedule on the inaugural day. Official statistics are not available at the time of writing, and until they are it is not possible to cover accurately the relative rarity of covers carried on the different flights. Portsmouth-Isle of Wight Vignettes A second series of vignettes has been issued by the Ports- mouth, Southsea and Isle of Wight Aviation, Ltd., in booklets of 20, which are sold tor 5s. each. The picture shows one of the company's 'planes over the Needles, and there are two printings, one in blue and the other in sepia. In deference to the Postmaster-General's ruling, they bear no indication of value, nor yet of the purpose for which they are intended. First Turkish Air Stamps The long promised issue of Turkish air mail stamps material- ised finally on August 15 in the form of five denominations of the regular Ottoman postage stamps overprinted with an aeroplane device in conjunction with the year " 1934," and m certain instances surcharged with different values, viz., 7^ kurus, I2j-I5k., 20-25IS., 25k. and 40k. This is the only important addition to the world's air post stamps to be recorded this month. These stamps are being used provisionally over the internal air line Istanbul-Eski-Chihir-Ankera. A separate series of definitive design is to be provided for the international service linking Turkey-Rhodes and Greece with Italy. A Phtihps Railway A?r Services Snow Hi!! Station BIRMINGHAN FOR INTERNAL APPLICATION : One of the special envelopes issued by • Railway Air Services, and flown from London—Birmingham on Aug. 20.-^ New Guinea-Australia Air Mail The first official mail-carrying flight between New Guinea and Australia was carried out by the pilot, C. T. Ulm, in his machine "Faith in Australia," on July 30 last, the mail from Lae being received at Sydney on August 1. In addition to a 3d. New Guinea air mail stamp, which paid the aerial, first flight covers were improved with an octagonal cachet having a winged shield bearing the inscription " July, 1934 " in the centre, with the words " New Guinea-Australia " above and " First Official Air Mail " below, the whole struck in violet ink. It is not yet known how many letters were actu- ally flown on this occasion. <l> <S> <•> <S> NEW COMPANIES FISHER AVIATION CO., LTD. Capital, £5,000 in £1 shares (1,000 manage-ment and 4,000 preferred ordinary). Objects : To acquire and lay out lands as aerodromes, air-ports, athletic or sports grounds, etc., and to adopt an agreementwith Francis C. Fisher and Havelock Clive-Smith. The subscribers (each with one share) are : Francis C. Forbes, 66, Croham Road, South Croydon, Surrey,solicitor. Richd. Robinson, 50, Gordon Road, Chadwell Heath, Essex, cierk. Solicitors : Birkbeck and Co., 49, Moorgate, E.C. TOLLERTON AERO CLUB, LTD., The Aerodrome, Tollerton, Notts. Capitalf\ ,000 in f\ shares. Objects : To carry on the business of carriers of persons for pleasure flights, and carriers of passengers, goods and mails in aeroplanes and aircraftof every description, etc. The permanent directors are : Joseph J. Hall, " West- field," Ashington, Northumberland, mining engineer. Lewis W. Hall, " The Elms,"Gunthorpe, Nottingham, aviation pilot. Thomas W. Shipside, Carrington Street, Nottingham, motor car agent. Secretary: T. W. Shipside. Solicitor: W. N.Craigs, Fost Office Chambers, Ashiiigton, Northumberland. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Volume 92.Langley. By C. G. Abbot. August 22nd, 1934. Institution, Washington. The First War in the Air. By R. H. Kieman. Price 5/- net. London • PeterDavies Ltd. An Introduction to Aeronautical Engineering. Volume III. Properties andStrength of Materials. By J. D. Haddon. Price 8/6 net. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. No. 8. Samuel PierpontPublishers : Smithsonian 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 1932 • " Published September liith, 1934. 82038. BENTUX AVIATION CORP. Carburettors (addition to 402,763).(415,068.) APPLIED FOR IN 1933 Published September ISth, 1934. — 4692. INDIA RUBBER, GITTTA PEBCHA, & TELEGRAPH WORKS CO., l/rr>.',and F. J. TARHIS. Brakes for aircraft wheels. (415,097.) 5108. J. POPELAK. Parachute harness. (415,123.) 5569. BRISTOL AEROPLANE CO., LTD., A. H. R. FEDDEN, and F. M. OWNER.Supercharged i.e. engines. (415,139.) 5588. MARCONI'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO., LTD., and E. GREEN. Direc-tional aerial systems. (415,141.) 10460. SPEHRY GYROSCOPE CO., INC. Searchlight control systems forlocating aircraft. (415,201.) 28363. C. DE HAYA. Pcwition and movement indicator for flying machines.(415,277.)
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