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Aviation History
1938
1938 - 0108.PDF
46 Commercial Avioifon FLIGHT. JANUARY 13, 1938. AIR-MAIL NEWS Covers from New Far East Services : Souvenirs of Surcharge Abolition : Airline Operators Listed on a Stamp By ALEC DAVIS Above are (left) a Syrian stamp depict- ing a Potez 62 of Air France and a- new Peruvian issue show- ing " Peru united with the world by airlines.'' On the right are a cover carried on the inaug- ural Canton to Hong Kong flight via Eur- asia and one flown by K.N.I.L.M.on the first Soerabaya- Macassar mail run M (•Eft lUCHTfSST I ?*R *VIQ« ! FLOWN covers of topical interest and potential value havebeen provided recently by the inauguration of new air-mail services, several of them within the British Empire.Imperial Airways' extension from Lagos to Accra, for example, is commemorated by a cachet applied in violet ink to the envelopes carried. It is worded, " First Flight/Regular Air Mail Service/Gold Coast-Nigeria." In India Tatas provided a special envelope, light blue in colour with design overprinted in a darker shade of blue, for the opening of their Delhi-Bombay service on Nov. 8. On its front are printed a replica of an air-mail label, the words " First Air Mail between Delhi and Bombay," and a silhouette of a monoplane. The operator's name appears—modestly—on the back. This particular cover also bears a first-flight cachet in red, the postmark of Delhi Civil Aerodrome, and an additional marking on the back, which reads " 8 Nov. 37/3.30 p.m. Delivery / Post by Air and Save Time/Bombay G.P.O." It is stated that 3,500 letters were carried on the first flight. TranS'Asiatic From farther east comes an envelope printed with the words Par Avion and (presumably) its Chinese equivalent, and bear- ing a stamp that shows a Junkers monoplane over the Great Wall of China. It was flown on the first Canton to Hong Kong mail trip via Eurasia, inaugurating on July 2 a new bi-weekly service to connect with the Hong Kong-London line. Mr. Francis J. Field has a cover flown by K.N.I.L.M. on the first flight from Soerabaya to Macassar. To it was applied a cachet that shows not only the machine but also a map of the route, with details of date. More significant, though far less conspicuous, are the covers carried from England to various countries on the first day of the no-extra-charge air-mail services to them. In many cases they are unrecognisable except by date and time of postmark, but at certain destinations air-mail reception marks were applied to some, at least, of the covers—for example, Rome on October 5 used a mark with the wording " Posta Aerea— Roma Ferrovia." Among new issues of air stamps one of the most interesting designs is used by Syria. It shows an Air France Potez 62 Hying over Syrian scenes, and the detail is so carefully drawn that the registration letters, F-ANPG, can be read on the side of the fuselage. Other stamps in the same set show a three- engined low-wing monoplane at present unidentified. Peru repeats her tribute of a few months ago in issuing another stamp to commemorate Jorge Chavez, first Peruvian to learn to fly and first airman of any nationality to fly across the Alps (he died as a result of a bad landing). His portrait appears on the 15c. stamp in a new set, submitted by Whitfield King and Co., which was issued to celebrate the holding, last September, of an Inter-American Technical Aviation Confer- ence. Lima's modern airport is shown on the 25c. stamp, which is probably unique in that it lists, on miniature scrolls, the air mail operators in the country : Aerovias Peruanas S.A., Faucett S.A., Linea Aerea Nacional, Condor Peruana S.A., and Panagra. The last name need hardly have been included, as it is visible on the roof of one of the hangars in the picture. The highest value of the Peru stamps shows " Peru united with the world by airlines " ; a monopk*ne is seen flying against a map on which are indicated the main American, Pacific, South Atlantic and (prophetically) North Atlantic routes. Other recent air stamp issues—in which Latin America, as usual, predominates—may be summarised as follows: Bolivia.—New issue produced by surcharging. The 5c. stamp is an old 35c, illustrating a Junkers F.13 monoplane, used in that country by Lloyd Aero Boliviano. Venezuela.—Various overprints and surcharges, followed by a set of seventeen in new designs. Nicaragua.—Nineteen badly printed commemoratives in three sets. . " Ecuador.—Set in eagle design. Manchukuo.—One stamp. Rumania.—New issue in old design showing a Pan-American Clipper. - - r Pacific Meteorology - • AT the meteorological conference of British, Australian, New •**• Zealand and American experts which was held in Wel- lington last month definite arrangements were suggested for the establishment of a meteorological service in the South- West Pacific, to work in conjunction with the established stations in the North and South Pacific. These suggestions have been laid before the Governments concerned. One of the proposals concerns the erection of five balloon stations, for upper-air observation, in New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa and the Society Islands. Normal observation stations would also be established in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides. Going Ahead AT the beginning of March Wrightways, of Croydon, willhave a second D.H 86B in service for freight and special charter work of the more important kind. One or two detail changes have recently been made in the composition of this company, and Mr. L. M. Haybittel is now general manager, assisted, of course, by Mr. J. W. Duggan, the chief pilot. In spite of the bad luck which they have recently experi- enced and the inevitable effect of the Paris strikes, they appear to be particularly cheerful about things in general. At the moment a Jersey Airways' 86, with Mr. Jordan as pilot, is helping on the Paris freight service while the first 86B is being repaired. Some little time ago this machine was virtually blown across the airport by a 60-m.p.h. wind after landing, and the undercarriage was damaged after it had slid sideways across the ice-bound turf on to the tarmac—where the tyres gripped again and something obviously had to go. All things considered, the damage sustained was relatively slight.
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