INDEX to the CANADIAN AEROPHILATELIST

- Newsletter of the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society -



VOLUME V , NUMBER 1 [ June 1989 - Newsletter # 9 ]

TITLES / CONTENTS

# COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS

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* CAS Membership

Ritch Toop / total membership is 131

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* Concorde Flight Covers

Canadian Stamp News - Dick Malott / four different covers prepared by CAS for British Airways Concorde flight from Ottawa to the Arctic Circle and return, attachment (1 page)

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* Plans for a Canadian Air Mail Catalogue

Murray Heifetz, Neil Hunter, Richard McIntosh / plans for a computer-based catalogue, presented at the CAS annual meeting, [the ideas outlined are instrumental in the eventual publication of The Air Mails of Canada and Newfoundland] attachment (9 pages)

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* Aerophilatelic Winners: ORAPEX 89 and ROYAL 89

winners include Ritch Toop, Mike Shand, Pat Sloan, Charles Verge, Nelson Bentley, Dick Malott, G.M. Cooper, Michael Hing

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VOLUME VI , NUMBER 1 [ March 1990 - Newsletter # 10 ]

TITLES / CONTENTS

# COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS

AMCN #

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* CAS Membership

Ritch Toop / total membership is 126

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* Canadian Aerophilatelic Flight Covers

Dick Malott / regular flight covers are all but impossible to obtain due to lack of interest by Canada Post, Air Canada and Canadian Airlines

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* CAS Special Plaques

the plaques are for presentation to two groups; those who have contributed to aerophilately in Canada & internationally, and to novices in exhibiting aerophilately

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* Canadian Search for Lost Russian Aviators

2 cvrs / Murray Heifetz / a vignette of aviation history about the Sir Hubert Wilkins search for the missing trans-polar Russian flyers, attachment (2 pages)

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* WW I German Flight Attachment in Palestine

7 cvrs / Fred Blau / detailed history of the flight detachment, translated from the German magazine Der Israel Philatelist, attachment (4 pages)

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* Directions in Space Cover Collecting

Compex Magazine, Dr. R. Ramkissoon / hints for setting up a space cover collection, attachment (3 pages)

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VOLUME VI , NUMBER 2 [ November 1990 - Newsletter # 11 ]

TITLES / CONTENTS

# COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS

AMCN #

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* CAS Membership

Ritch Toop / total membership is 130

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* Snowbirds and MIG-29 Flown Covers

Dick Malott / as a CAS fund-raiser, aerogrammes were flown by the Snowbirds and by the pilot commander of a MIG-29

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* Fiftieth Anniversary Flights for the Battle of Britain

Dick Malott / the Ottawa fly-past involved one Hurricane fighter, one Lancaster bomber and nine F-18’s, autographed envelopes are available, attachment (3 pages)

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* Book Review: A Handbook of the Airmail Slogans of Canada by D.G. Rosenblatt

BNAPS Topics - Vic Willson / “photographs and listings of places and dates of use”, attachment (1 page)

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* Book Review: The Airmails of Egypt by John Sears

Pat Sloan / “a chronological review of aviation and airmail events ... a detailed study of airmail stamps & design”, attachment (1 page)

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* Book Review: Historie Aerophilatelique: Latecoere Aeropostale, Air France: 1914 - 1940 by Gerard Collott and Alain Cornu

Pat Sloan / “an outstanding compendium of data, information, anecdotes, and historical facts about one of the world’s great pioneer airlines, attachment (1 page)

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* Book Review: Airline and Airmail Encyclopedia, Volume 1 published by The Flying Dutchman Aerophilatelic Society

Ken Sanford / “to assist English speakers there is a translation of words and phrases gives much more information on the airmail service than just rates ... a tremendous work”, attachment (2 pages)

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* Book Review: Historie Aerophilatelique (same book as above)

Ken Sanford / “an aerophilatelist’s delight ... history of Latecoere Airline ... listing of significant flights and crashes”, attachment (1 page)

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* Book Review: A History of Airlines in Canada by John Blatherwick

Ottawa Citizen - Peter Ward / “a complete listing of all the airlines ever formed here, with notes and pictures of the aircraft”

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* An Aerophilatelist’s Guide to FIP

Editorial Excerpt from FISA Bulletin 82 / an airmail collector’s thoughts on the evaluation of an aerophilatelic exhibit, including Treatment, Importance, Knowledge, Research, Condition, Rarity and Presentation, attachment (8 pages)

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