INDEX to the CANADIAN AEROPHILATELIST - Newsletter of the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society - VOLUME XIII , NUMBER 1 [ March 1997 - Newsletter # 30 ] 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 : Lewis Leigh, First TCA Pilot The Flyer - Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame / taken from Buzz Ogilvie’s eulogy notes 7 * In Memoriam : Harry Bryant [1910 - 1996] his civilian and military careers 8 * In Memoriam : Weldy Phipps [1922 - 1996] The Daily Telegraph / his military and Arctic bush pilot careers 8 * Philatelic Exhibiting - CAPEX 96 The Philatelic Exhibitor - Robert Odenweller / an analysis of the judging at CAPEX 10 * The First Official Canadian Airmail Designation - 1928 1 cvr / Murray Heifetz / details of the three distinct types of markings used on the airmail to Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto 2823 13 - 15 * The “Bremen” Rescue - 1928 2 cvrs / The Three Musketeers of the Air , Derek Rance / chronology of events - by the three Bremen pilots, notes on related covers 2825 16 - 18 * Historical Inaccuracies on Some Space Stamps Orbit - Yuri Kvasnikov / inaccuracies and discrepancies in space stamp design 19-21 * Book Review : Hubbard the Forgotten Boeing Aviator by Jim Brown / “professional looking ... includes numerous reproductions of photographs, newspaper clippings, and airmail covers” 22 - 24 * Follow Up - WW II POW Mail “Taxe Percue” 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves / cover details, the handstamp itself means POSTAGE PAID 25 * Information Obtained - “Lancastrian Air Mail” 1 cvr / Fred Blau / cover carried by BOAC Lancastrian aircraft from Jerusalem to London 27 * B.C. Oil Co. Labels T. A. Morrow / multicoloured ‘pilot’ labels 28 VOLUME XIII , NUMBER 2 [ June 1997 - Newsletter # 31 ] 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 First Flight Covers 2 cvrs / Mike Shand / Canadian Airlines covers, Vancouver-Taipei-Kuala Lumpur 9501 8 * A History of Aerophilately - Part 1 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves / three key components of aerophilately in the 30s 3409 10 * Memoir of an Aerophilatelic Boyhood Richard S. Allen / “we sent for first flights, airport dedication cacheted covers ...” 11 - 12 * Book Review : The Curtiss HS Flying Boats 1 cvr / K.M. Molson and A.J. Shortt / “a treasure-trove of information on the design, development, production, and ... “ CL 3 13 -14 * Follow Up : Information on Aeropostale Flights Richard Beith, Gregoire Teyssier / books available which contain detailed accounts 15 * Follow Up : Historical Inaccuracies The Canadian Philatelist -Trelle Morrow / the “wrong background” in Canadian stamp C5 15 * Follow Up : Earliest Western Canada Airways Cover? 1 cvr / Derek Rance / detailed evidence to support the contention that this cover is a contrived fraud 16 - 17 * Information Wanted : A “Parachute Cover” from Montreal 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves / a “souvenir cover”, carried on a George Bennett parachute jump, many questions remain to be answered 19 VOLUME XIII , NUMBER 3 [ September 1997 - Newsletter # 32 ] 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 * Cyber and Print Media Reports Canadian Stamp News - Charles Verge / several recent events reported including the mammoth debt incurred by PACIFIC 97 6 * Canadian Warplane Heritage Flown Covers Major W. Randall - Lancaster Support Club / brief note on the covers which have to been produced and the planes featured CW-9000, CW-9605 7 * 1928 - 1939 Post Office Announcements of Canadian First Flights BNAPS Air Mail Study Group - Basil Burrell / copies of announcements which gave rates, routes, cachets and other flight information, available from the Study Group 8 * The Flight of the “Royal Windsor” 5 cvrs / Murray Heifetz / details of Wood and Schiller’s aborted attempt to fly from Windsor Ontario to Windsor England 2705 10 - 13 * A History of Aerophilately - Part 2 3 cvrs / Jack Ince / childhood memories of Zeppelins, the R 101, biplanes, and his first air mail cover - posted to Penang 14 - 16 * An Update on Dual Franked Air Mail to Canada 5 cvrs / Murray Heifetz, Derek Rance, Jack Ince / examples of dual-franking both 2933 before and after the 1930 U.P.U. Agreement 2827 17 - 21 * First Flight : Sept Iles - Wabush Katsao, 1933 2 cvrs / Derek Rance / AAMC errors in reporting this July flight, Nfld cover details 3333 22 * The Sinking of U-341, A Tragic Sequel 1 cvr / Norman Drummond, Patrick Campbell / a cover marking the 50th Anniversary of an air accident involving a Liberator ‘sub-killer’ 23 * Follow Up : 1931 “Parachute Cover” from Montreal 2 cvrs / Terry Judge, Jim Kraemer, Ted Hill / first-hand details concerning a George Bennett ‘parachute jumper’ cover and also the Montreal 3rd Canadian Air Pageant cover 3129 24 - 28 * Follow Up - Vancouver to Victoria to England 1 cvr / Jim Kraemer, Basil Burrell / the meaning of the large “2” on cover 3137 29 * Follow Up - Earliest WCA Cover? 1 cvr / Derek Rance, Mike Painter / BNAPS Study Group comments regarding this cover 29 * Three Book Reports :Aeropostal History; The Transatlantic Route 1942-1945; Pan American’s Pacific Pioneers Ken Sanford / Introducing Combi-Mail 30 VOLUME XIII , NUMBER 4 [ December 1997 - Newsletter # 33] 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 * President’s Report : “The Air Mails of Canada and Newfoundland” Dick Malott / comments on the production of and contributors to the new catalogue, a listing of the Table of Contents 3 - 5 * Canadian First Flight Covers 1995 - 1997 Trans World Philair Club - Jacky Stolz / a listing of covers produced and prices in DM 8 - 9 * Book Review : The Airmails of New Zealand by Robin Startup, Mike Shand / rates and routes of International Airmails from 1940 to 1970 10 * Book Review : Japan (and Singapore) Airlines Airmail Catalogues Trans World Philair Club - Jacky Stolz / these two books list and illustrate the known first flight covers of the two companies 10 * Western Canada Airways 1 cvr / David Granger / Dec 1927 flight CL40-2706 11 * 1928 British Columbia Airways - Deceptive Cover 1 cvr / Jim Brown / cover mailed August 25 at 1 p.m. - after the plane had crashed CL 44 12 * October 1928 - A Faked British Columbia Airways Cover 1 cvr / Mike Painter / an October 23 cover marked “Not Paid for Airmail” and bearing a “CARTER’S 1 1/2 OZ.” cancellation CL 44 13 * December 1930 1 cvr / Kurt Tischler / Canadian crash cover 14 * 1932 - “Wayzata” Air Mail Stamp Trelle Morrow / note on the stamp’s history and the interesting perforation technique AMB-4a 15 * Imperial Airways/Belgian Congo Air Mail Link 1 cvr / Jack Ince / mail carried in Oct 1932, first mail from Belgium to connect at Broken Hill 16 * Jean Batten Joins the Air Mail Society of NZ 1 cvr / Mike Shand / a cover commemorating Batten as an Honorary Member of the society 17 * 1946 - A Transatlantic Cover 1 cvr / Nelson Bentley / Prestwick-Vancouver Diamond Jubilee Flight, flown in a Lancaster 4611 18 * 1974 - A Liberian Air Mail Cover 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves / shows a stamp issued by Liberia showing a German locomotive 19 * The 40th Anniversary of Sputnik Yuri Kvasnikov / a review of Russian space philately, several stamps illustrated 20 - 23 * Follow Up : the 3rd Canadian Air Pageant Ted Hill / note and snapshot of the autogyro flown at Montreal by Godfrey Dean 23 * Information Wanted - WW II Red Cross Mail 1 cvr / a sales-description of the cover and article explaining the service 26 - 27 * Information Wanted - British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines 3 cvrs / Chris Hargreaves / an airlines founded in 1946, further information requested 28 - 29 VOLUME XIV , NUMBER 1 [ March 1998 - Newsletter # 34 ] 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 * Accolades For “AMCN” Chris Hargreaves / AMCN helps identify a mystery 1929 ‘Aero Show’ cover 2927 12 * 1914 Canadian “Air Mail” Cover 1 cvr / Murray Heifetz / the only reported pioneer cover flown from Bemus Point N.Y. - and with Canadian franking 13 * World War II Aerial Propaganda Leaflets Michel Brisebois / a history of the use of WW II propaganda leaflets, five illustrations 14-19 * A History of Aerophilately - Part 3 4 cvrs / 1982 Airpost Journal - Dr. Perham C. Nahl / interesting details about the practices of the dealers in the 20s & 30s who prepared covers - including Roessler 20 - 22 * “Unreported” First Flight Cover 1 cvr / Richard Whalley / Montreal-Detroit 7 July 1980 by Republic Airlines 8003 23 * Follow Up : British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines 3 cvrs / Mike Shand / discussion of this joint venture by the governments of New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom 4615 24 - 25 * Follow Up : Great Lakes Air Cruise, 1930 1 cvr / John Johnson, Dan Barber / comments regarding the Great Lakes Air Cruise, 7 - 17 August 1930 3039 26 * Follow Up : Foxing tips for dealing with foxing of covers 26 * Follow Up : Kitchener & Waterloo Aero-Meet, 1930 1 cvr / Jim Kraemer / postmaster signature identified, comments regarding backstamping 27 * Follow Up : World War II Red Cross Mail 1 cvr / Richard Beith, Emil Zigerlig, Ted Wright / after a Pan Am flight to Lisbon, this 1943 cover travelled to Paris by rail 27 * Follow Up : The Russian Flying Wing 1 cvr / Yuri Kvasnikov, Patrick Campbell / aircraft on cover is identified as the BiCh-2 28 VOLUME XIV , NUMBER 2 [ June 1998 - Newsletter # 35 ] 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 - Robert Jamieson Loved Stamps Toronto Star / a brief biography, mention of his philatelic activities and collections 4 * A History of Aerophilately - Part 4 2 cvrs / The Golden Age of Air Mail - Don Amos / reminiscences by the “elder statesman of Canadian air mail collectors” 3247, 3525 8 - 11 * C6 - The Canadian Air Mail Stamp of 1938 The Canadian Philatelist - Jim Kraemer / brief note on the Fairchild Sekani 11 * The “Boxed” Air Mail Hand Stamp 4 cvrs / Murray Heifetz / an analysis of the Post Office boxed handstamp first introduced in 1928, many illustrations 2801, 3177 12 - 21 * The Numbering of USA Foreign Air Mail Contracts 2 cvrs / Jim Brown, Airpost Journal - R.E.G. Davies / notes concerning the allocation of FAM route numbers PF-24, 2847 22 * Book Review : Flying Empires, Short “C” Class Flying Boats Chris Hargreaves / details about their development, production, operations ... 23 * Follow Up : Civil Air Services in Europe, 1943 Richard Beith / a copy of a map from a Lufthansa 31 Jan 1944 timetable 24 - 25 * Follow Up : Prime Ministers and Philatelists? 1 cvr / Jim Kraemer / Q & A : Was Lester B. Pearson a philatelist? 3921 26 VOLUME XIV , NUMBER 3 [ September 1998 - Newsletter # 36 ] 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 * A Fokker Super Universal Flies Again 1 cvr / Patrick Campbell / a cover carried on CF-AAM’s first flight since restoration 9820 3 * Review : “OAT and AV2 Markings” - Murray Heifetz 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves / “a detailed account of U.P.U. procedures and regulations for international mail”, the classification of OAT and AV2 handstamps 6 * Fritz Simon and the Catapult-Mail in Nova Scotia, October 1931 Gunter Rennebeck, Ernst Schmidt, Ken Sanford / various accounts of the incident which killed Simon, eight pictures 7 - 11 * A Canadian Balloon Cover - 1930 1 cvr / Robert Terry / account of a 1 Sept 1930 Balloon Race to Smithville Ontario 12 -13 * A Russian “Heavier than Air” Flying Machine - Before the Wright Brothers? History of Aircraft Design in the USSR - V.B. Shavrov, Patrick Campbell / the trial ’flight’ of the craft designed and constructed by A. F. Mozhaisky, USSR stamp #4276 (Scott) 14 - 15 * Airmail from Australia and New Zealand 1 cvr / Nelson Eustis, Alan Tunnicliffe / the rating systems in Australia & New Zealand 16 - 17 * Follow Up : Accelerated Telegraph / Fax Mail 1 cvr / Jack Ince / 17 DE 36 Nigerian mixed telegraph and mail service cover 18 * Follow Up : The First Quebec North Shore Mail Flight, 1927 Chris Hargreaves / discrepancies in the Frank Ellis and Georgette Vachon accounts, several questions about other early North Shore flights 18 - 19 * Follow Up : Bob of the Northland 2 cvrs / Don Amos / the ‘Beaver’ and ‘Maple Leaf’ cover designs, article on a method for obtaining pilot signatures 3247, 3409 20 * Follow Up : “Boxed” Air Mail Hand Stamps 1 cvr / William C. Noble / comments on the use of these stamps on Canadian covers 3349 21 * Follow Up : Canadian Airways Limited Photo Mike Painter / the whereabouts of G-CART in 1922 and 1933, picture location suggested 22 VOLUME XIV , NUMBER 4 [ December 1998 - Newsletter # 37 ] 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 * Little-known Facts 1 cvr / Patrick Campbell / short note on aviators Blanche Scott & Harriet Quimby 6 * The Inspiration for the “Burning Zeppelin” John Bloor / photocopy of the reverse die proof of a United Empire Loyalist label, and probably the model for stamp CLP1 7 * Royal Air Force Air Mail Service, 1918 1 cvr / Murray Heifetz / questions about a British Field Post Office cover with a hand script “Aeroplane Flight”, Canadian address 8 * A Double-Franked Cover, 1927 1 cvr / John Woollam / questions about a 1927 train-carried cover to San Francisco 9 * The “Bremen” Rescue - 1928 2 cvrs / Carl Freund / a cover prepared by Topping, backstamped at La Malbaie 2817 10 * Inauguration of the Montreal - Albany Air Mail Service, 1928 Dick McIntosh / details about air mail services throughout Canada in 1928, details about the October 1 inaugural service, program of events and map 2847 11 - 17 * The Fascination of Air Mail, 1929 Michel Brisebois / picture of Brisebois’ father and a Fokker Super, brief note 18 * Edmonton Air Show, 1930 1 cvr / Don Amos / this cover bears the cachets of two different air meets 3039, 3049 19 * Pitcairn Autogyro, 1932 Fortune Magazine, Nelson Bentley / picture advertisement for the plane, visit to former autogyro pilot 20 - 21 * Newfoundland Airmails 1 cvr / David Granger / transatlantic flight by Dornier Do-X , 21 May 1932 FF- 49 22 * Cover of the Millennium ...? 1 cvr / Mike Shand / first official New Zealand-Australia air mail, Ulm-signed 23 * First Flight - Edmonton to Whitehorse, 1937 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves / a Canadian first flight cover with no Canadian postage 3713 24 * Barotseland Airmail , 1939 1 cvr / Jack Ince / 9 Jan 39 Lusaka postmark 25 * An Attempted Round the World Cover, 1939 1 cvr / Jonathan Johnson / cover travelled ‘wrong way’ via Imperial Airways inaugural 3925 26 * Onward Air Transmission, 1941 1 cvr / E. Zigerlig / censored Quebec to Switzerland letter, OAT strike in red 27 * Supplement 1 to AMCN Dick McIntosh / Cross Reference Index 29 - 31