INDEX to the CANADIAN AEROPHILATELIST - Newsletter of the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society - VOLUME XI , NUMBER 1 [ March 1995 - Newsletter # 22 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Notes for New Readers Chris Hargreaves / description of the scope of aerophilately, services of CAS 2 * A Book About Roessler Airmails? Cheryl Ganz / an idea for a study group which would produce a book on Roessler Airmails 8 * New Research on the London to London Flight of 1927 1 cvr / Walter Plomish / an analysis of research documents from the National Archives that point to inconsistencies in the currently accepted ‘facts’ PF-30 10 - 18 * The Conundrum of WCA’s Gold Pines to Favourable Lake First Flight 3909 3 cvrs / Derek Rance / Why did WCA organise and proclaim a first flight two months after they had been carrying air mail to Favourable Lake? CL40-2801 19 - 21 * Follow Up : Canadian Airmail First Day Covers 2 cvrs / Trelle Morrow / “it is highly unlikely a full set of cacheted airmail FDCs exists” 3207 22 * Follow Up : Airmail to Sierra Leone, 1941? 1 cvr / Walter Plomish / rate & route observations about this 1941 cover with a YMCA corner card 23 * Follow Up : Fokker Aircraft in Canada Patrick Campbell / a note about Super Universals in Canada and also the restoration of CF-AAM 24 * Follow Up : The Stamps of Patricia Airways and Exploration Ltd Derek Rance / details of PA&E stamp varieties, 25-cent and 50-cent perforated stamps, 25-cent rouletted stamp CL 14 25 * Members Forum Chris Hargreaves / comments regarding the types of content desired for inclusion in the Newsletter CL 14 30 VOLUME XI , NUMBER 2 [ June 1995 - Newsletter # 23 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Notes for New Readers Chris Hargreaves / description of the scope of aerophilately, services of CAS 2 * Auction Prices in Astrophilately 1 cvr / a cover carried on Soyuz 4 sold for $123 000 at a 1993 auction at Sotheby’s 3 * Further Study of the London to London Flight of 1927 Walter Plomish, Charles Firby / research on the ‘origin’ of the cover, possible removal of the cover just prior to takeoff, ... PF-30 11 - 13 * Message-carrier Rockets in the Spanish Civil War (1936 - 39) Bureau FIP of Astrophilately - Jose Grandela / “rockets existed in the Spanish Civil War ... extensively used by both fighting armies ...” 14 - 16 * AEROPEX and the FISA “Free Class of Exhibits” Mike Shand, Jonathan Johnson, Nelson Bentley, Alex Newall / observations of members attending the Aero Exhibition about the “Free Class” 17 - 21 * Canadian Airmail Perfins 1 cvr / Trelle Morrow / notes regarding private perfins on covers franked with C1 through C9 22 - 23 * Follow Up : First England-Australia Airmail, 1929? 1 cvr / James Hill / the route was to Karachi, by the old RAF routes, then by sea to Australia 23 * Follow Up : Fokker Aircraft in Canada Jacques Bot / brief listing of flights, stamps and semi-officials involving Fokker aircraft 2853 CL 40 24 * Information Needed for “Airmails of Canada & Nfld” Dick McIntosh, Murray Heifetz / a request for members’ data regarding ‘problem’ flights 24 - 26 * The Opening of the Kingston Airport - 1929 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves / a comparison of the original cost of this ‘Dedication Cover’ to its value on the market today 2933 28 VOLUME XI , NUMBER 3 [ September 1995 - Newsletter # 24 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Notes for New Readers Chris Hargreaves / description of the scope of aerophilately, aims of the CAS, aerophilatelic information sources 2 * Jack Knight Air Log quarterly, published by the AAMS, will include information on Newsletter covers 3 * “Longworth-Dames” Reprinted Chris Hargreaves / “has been expanded to include early Canadian mail carrying flights” 7 * Commemorative Stamp Requested for Leaside Airfield 1 cvr / Leaside Advertiser, commemorative plaque, Frank Ellis / brief recount of the famous June 1918 flight made by Captain Brian Peck FF-6 8 * Book Review : A Picture Postcard History of U.S. Aviation by Jack Lengenfelder, Chris Hargreaves / “entertaining book ... covers civil, military, and general aviation ... emphasis on civil” 9 * Capt J. Erroll Boyd : Pioneer Transatlantic Air Mail Pilot CAHS Journal - Ross Smyth / a reprint of a CAHS article on the 1930 flight, extra philatelic information supplied by the author AM-6, FF-35 10 - 17 * Patricia Airways and Exploration Ltd - “Deformed O” Overprints 3 cvrs / Murray Heifetz / the deformity appears in the second O of Lookout, these were flown by Patricia Airways and WCA CL43-2802 18-19 * A COVAL Cover : From the Philippines to the Netherlands 1 cvr / Jacques Bot / a letter seized by the British authorities in 1941 - returned in 1951 in 10 Yearsto the sender by the Dutch Government 20 - 21 * Aerophilatelic Literature George Lauwers, Jacques Bot / COSMOS - an Astrophilatelic magazine, a listing of world-wide first flight covers carried by Fokker aircraft - Trans World Philair Club 21 - 22 * British Columbia Airways Commercial Mail 1 cvr / Walter Plomish / comments about the Vancouver-Victoria twice daily service CL 44 23 * Follow Up : First England-Australia Airmail, 1929? 1 cvr / further information about the routes and airlines used in delivering this cover 24 * Follow Up : Columbia to Toronto in Two Days - 1939? 1 cvr / Johnathan Johnson / Columbia - Miami service was still operating as part of FAM-5 25 * Dual Franked Air Mail to Canada? 2 cvrs / 1926 New Zealand - Ann Arbor cover shows dual franking, 1930 New Zealand-Canada - England cover does not, 1 July 1930 UPU agreement 26 VOLUME XI , NUMBER 4 [ December 1995 - Newsletter # 25 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Notes for New Readers Chris Hargreaves / description of the scope of aerophilately, aims of the CAS, aerophilatelic information sources 2 * Remembering Ritch Toop Dick Malott / “on that date we lost our dear colleague, Major Ritch Toop, an icon to the Canadian military postal history community ... ” 4 * Sanabria - the World Airmail Catalogue, North America Murray Heifetz / first Sanabria revision of Canada in 30 years, useful aid for generalists 6 * Canada Air Mail Collectors Club - Jack Knight Air Log as part of the AFA - AAMS merger the Canadian Air Mail Collectors Club became a study group of the AAMS, Chris Hargreaves assumed the role as editor of the existing Canada Air Mail Notes 7 * Canada Air Mail Collectors Club - Jack Knight Air Log as part of the AFA - AAMS merger the Canadian Air Mail Collectors Club became a study group of the AAMS, Chris Hargreaves assumed the role as editor of the existing Canada Air Mail Notes 7 * Balloon Mail from the Canadian Government Ship “Arctic” , August 1922 2 cvrs / Major Robert Logan / obituary of Robert Logan - photographer, surveyor, author, writer, linguist and pilot, Logan released a message in a balloon - eventually picked up in Greenland 7-9 * United States Pioneer Mail 1 cvr / Stephen Reinhard / 1912, aviator Roy Francis, will be listed as #66 in the new catalogue 10 * December 1921 Halifax to Botwood 1 cvr / David Granger / proposed flight by Major F. S. Cotton FF-9 11 * The First Quebec North Shore Mail Flight : December 25, 1927 1 cvr / Derek Rance, Chris Hargreaves / a number of questions regarding the flight are examined - including dates and pilots 2721 12-16 * Cherry Red Airline Ltd 1 cvr / Doug Smith / the 25 Dec 1929 flight CL46-2905 17 * December 1928 2 cvrs / Bob Jamieson / British Columbia Airways on covers AFTER the plane was lost 2853 18 - 19 * Flying Ghosts of Christmas Past: New Zealand 1931/32 2 cvrs / Mike Shand / both covers were mailed and delivered on Christmas Eve 20 * December 1936 1 cvr / Jack Ince / Imperial Airways African Service, only known example with PAM in address 21 * December 1940 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves / cover carried by KLM? 22 * December 1958 2 cvrs / Dick Malott / BOAC, Cdn crash covers 23 * Airmail from London to South America, 1938 1 cvr / Frans van Beveren, James Graue, Pat Sloan / details of an Air France 1938 cover 24 - 25 * Canadian Inter-city Airmail 1932 to 1938? 3 cvrs / Chris Hargreaves / what air services were available between 1932 and 1938? 26 - 27 VOLUME XII , NUMBER 1 [ March 1996 - Newsletter # 26 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Notes for New Readers Chris Hargreaves / description of the scope of aerophilately, aims of the CAS, aerophilatelic information sources 2 * Spanish / Swedish Tourist Mail !!! Posthorn - Scandinavian Collector’s Club / 'stamps’ to validate mail sent on charter planes 6 * “Bermuda by Air” Bermuda aerophilatelia is listed and priced 6 * Book Review : The Gold Mines of Red Lake by Don Parrott, CAHS Journal - William Wheeler / “during the summer of 1936 Red Lake was demonstrably the busiest airport in the world” 7 * CAPEX 96 - a Guide for Aerophilatelists Philip McCarty, Dick Malott / venue details, a listing of aerophilatelic exhibits and events 9 - 11 * Aerophilatelic Exhibiting - the FIP Regulations by Alex Newall, Trelle Morrow / “An Air Mail Collector’s Thoughts on the Evaluation of an Aerophilatelic Exhibit” 12 - 15 * Patricia Airways and Explorations Ltd - “Malformed O” Variety Bob Jamieson, Donald Cox / the Type B overprint with malformed third “O” appears on all three issues of PA&E, plates and stamps illustrated 16 - 20 * Follow up : the Use of “Air Mail Deletions” to Determine a Route 1 cvr / Mike Shand, Frans Van Beveren / the violet deletion bars were applied in the US to indicate the end of air mail transmission 21 * Follow up : Calgary to Mexico City Air Mail, 1931? 1 cvr / Johnathan Johnson, Kendall Sanford /Prairie airmail - Pembina airmail - CAM 9 - CAM 3 - CAM 22 - FAM 8? 3011,3105 21 * Follow up : Canadian Inter-city Airmail in the 30s Victoria Times, Jim Brown / 1936 clipping, “letters posted here one afternoon will reach New York the following evening” 23 * Follow up : BOA or BOAC? Kendall Sanford, Chris Hargreaves / Was BOAC at one point also referred to as BOA? 24 * Follow up : Dec 1954 BOAC Crash Cover Kendall Sanford / there is more than one example of the Prestwick crash cover 24 VOLUME XII , NUMBER 2 [ June 1996 - Newsletter # 27 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Notes for New Readers Chris Hargreaves / description of the scope of aerophilately, aims of the CAS, aerophilatelic information sources 2 * Book Review : Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. Ltd. by William Topping / “all major flights are discussed ... over 60 pages of detail” 9 * Book Review : On Air Mail During World War II Richard Beith / “the wartime postal history collector’s answer to a thousand questions” 9 * Canadian Aero-Telephone Cards! available from Air Canada, vintage series (1937 - 1961), modern series (1962 - 1995) 11 * Comox Air Force Museum CFB Comox is home of three squadrons 11 * Attempted Non-stop Flight Across Canada - 1932 2 cvrs / Vancouver Sun, Neil Hunter / delays in Sudbury, Regina, Grand Forks 3229 12 - 13 * South African Airways Crash Off Mauritius - 1987 1 cvr / La Catastrophe, Kendall Sanford / theories regarding the cause of the crash 14 - 15 * Recent Developments at Mirabel Airport 1 cvr / Ottawa Citizen, Chris Hargreaves / “... it will transfer all transatlantic flights from Mirabel to Dorval by April 1997” 7537 16 * Western Canada Airways Ltd : Pre-label Cover 1 cvr / Bob Jamieson / 28 January 1928, “Despatched by Airmail, No Airstamp available” 17 * Follow Up : PA&E Ltd, “Malformed O” Variety Mike Painter / more details concerning the damaged O in Lookout on plates 13, 14, 15 18 - 19 * Follow Up : Air Mail Via Winnipeg - Pembina, 1931 2 cvrs / Mike Painter / similar to the March 1996 Newsletter cover, “could they have been carried by the various pilots as favour covers?” 3105 20 - 21 * Follow Up : Commemorative Stamp for Leaside Airfield? 1 cvr / Barry Countryman / commemorative postcard of Canada’s first airmail flight H-6700, PF-6 22 * Follow Up : Aerophilatelic Exhibiting - FIP Regulations by Alex Newall / extra information which was missing in the March 1996 Newsletter 23 - 24 * Follow Up : BOA or BOAC? Jack Ince, Alex Newall, Kendall Sanford, Mike Shand / ‘BOAC’ used in Britain and Europe - ‘BOA’ sometimes used in North America 25 * Astrophilately - B.F.V. COSMOS George Lauwers / details about the Belgian Astrophilatelic Club COSMOS 28 * 430 Squadron 50th Anniversary Covers 1 cvr / Ron Miyanishi / commemorating the squadron’s formation in Surrey, England 29 VOLUME XII , NUMBER 3 [ September 1996 - Newsletter # 28 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Notes for New Readers Chris Hargreaves / description of the scope of aerophilately, aims of the CAS, aerophilatelic information sources 2 * New Canadian Postal Museum - Air Mail Exhibit CPM Curator - Bianca Gendreau / “the exhibit is particularly concerned with the heroic age of Canadian postal aviation” 6 * “A Century of War Dates, 1859-1959” by Theo Van Dam / comprehensive coverage, 250 countries, 44 maps, 22-page index 8 * Early Air Mail Service in the Red Lake District, 1925/1926 2 cvrs / Derek Rance / a very thorough account of the aviation companies offering air mail support to the area, details of the stamps produced by these companies CL 6, CL 7, CL 8, CL 9, CL6-2601 9 - 23 * Lockheed Electra CF-TCC Flies Again 1 cvr / Air Canada Horizons , Don Lussky / covers to commemorate 50 years of airmail 8607 24 - 25 * Follow Up : Transatlantic Covers from Last Newsletter 2 cvrs / Richard Beith, Dick McIntosh / details about the transatlantic airmail flights of the 1930s 3903 26 * Information Wanted - St Johns to Halifax Flight, 1921 1 cvr / Dick McIntosh / are there other covers possible for this event - postmarked on November 16, 19, or 20 FF-9 27 * Information Wanted - Air Mail from Empire Exhibition, Johannesburg 1 cvr / postcard to Vancouver, are there other examples of a reduced international air mail rate being offered for special events 28 * Information Wanted - Bremen Rescue Flight, 1928 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves / this Roessler cover bears an inscription different from that in Air Mails of Canada and Newfoundland 2817 29 VOLUME XII , NUMBER 4 [ December 1996 - Newsletter # 29 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Notes for New Readers Chris Hargreaves / description of the scope of aerophilately, aims of the CAS, aerophilatelic information sources 2 * In Memoriam : Allan Steinhart Tony Shaman / exhibitor, author of philatelic books including one on WW I censored mail 4 * Extra Information on PA&E Ltd Barry Countryman / discovery of information in the Ontario Provincial Archives, Finding Aid F11339 - Frank Davison (President) Papers 8 * Book Review : The Australian Air Mail Catalogue by Nelson Eustis, Mike Shand / “indispensable to anyone interested in the aerophilately of Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific islands” 9 - 10 * Revival of Bissett Manitoba 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves / announcement of financing for the re-opening of one of the gold mines at Bissett (previously called Rice Lake) 3431 10 * Earliest Known Canadian Postcard with Dirigible Theme 1 cvr / Murray Heifetz / 5 Sept 1906, sixty million postcards were mailed in Canada in 1913 11 * First United Kingdom Aerial Post, 1911 1 cvr / Steve Reinhard / “occurred in September 1911 in honour of the coronation of George V” 12 * Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the First Flight in Canada by a Woman 1 cvr / Mike Painter / a photo autographed by Alys McKee Bryant at the time of the first flight, photo reverse has flight details 3829 13 * Winter Flights - Moncton, PEI and Grindstone Island 1 cvr / David Granger / this cover is one of those known cancelled at Middle Sackville 2807 14 * 1928 : Another “Semi-Bremen” Cover? 1 cvr / Dick McIntosh / addressed to Col. James Fitzmaurice, newspaper clipping 2817 15 * ORB Cancels on Flight Covers 2 cvrs / Jim Miller / “on flight covers they are particularly prized since most have something unusual about them” 2853,2909 16 * 1932 - New Zealand Mike Shand / a drawing by stamp designer James Berry - also designer of coins and medals 17 * A Favourite Cover 1 cvr / Ivan MacKenzie / signed by Louise Jenkins - Prince Edward Island’s First Aviatrix 3305 18 * 1935 - Norway House 1 cvr / Derek Rance / note on reverse hints at the isolated & lonely lifestyle of these pioneers 3507 19 * Christmas 1936 1 cvr / Richard Beith / postcard by Condor Airline in Argentina, reduced air rate to Europe 20 * 1941 - Airmail to Kingston, Ontario 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves / POW cover from Germany to Camp ‘F’ at Fort Henry in Kingston 21 * The American African Ferry 1 cvr / Jack Ince / a 1941 cover carried twice across the Atlantic - the result of wartime conditions 22 * Collateral Airmail Material 4 cvrs / Trelle Morrow / airline labels illustrated 23 * Canadian Air Mail in the 1990s ? Arthur Bishop / notes from a speech made at CAPEX 96 - ‘the status of today’s air mail service’ 24 - 25 * BOA or BOAC - The Ghost of Christmas Past 1 cvr / Murray Heifetz / a cover commemorating the first day of operations of the new company 26