INDEX to the CANADIAN AEROPHILATELIST - Newsletter of the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society - VOLUME XIX , NUMBER 1 [ March 2003 - Newsletter # 54 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * CAS Western Chapter mission statement of the new chapter, listing of executive positions and names 3 * Editor’s Report 2003 Aerophilatelist Editor’s Award recipient Nino Chiovelli 6 * Book review : Airmail Directional Handstamps by Ian McQueen [author], Mike Shand / “major study of many different airmail markings including transoceanic directions” 7 * Answer to Christmas Quiz Mike Shand / “airmail development depended far more on available machine and facilities than ...” 8 * A New CAS - Snowbirds Connection 1 cvr / CAS member Gord Mallett’s son Charles becomes Snowbird #9 9 * The Toronto Aerospace Museum Ron Myanishi / history of the museum and concern about possible eviction 10 * Follow Up : 1919 Admiral Kerr and the V1500 Harry Hargreaves, Mike Shand / a fourth account of the Dec 1918 flight to Karachi 11 * Follow Up : Patricia Airways 1 cvr / Barry Countryman, Mike Painter John Johnson / uncertainty as the when the company was officially formed and when it ceased operations 12 - 15 * Toronto to Buffalo Air Mail- The Sikorsky S-38 Jonathan Johnson / facts about the amphibian’s undercarriage, accommodation and hull 16 * Montreal - Windsor on 15 Sept 1930, But Why? 3 cvrs / Barry Countryman / created to commemorate Boyd’s Atlantic crossing? 17 * 1931 - a Roessler Cover! 2 cvrs / Austin Lincoln / evidence the cachet design is one of Roessler’s 3105,3105f 17 * 1933 - Air Mail to Vancouver 2 cvrs / Jonathan Johnson / enough time to make the flight 18 * The Handling of First Flight Covers Chris Hargreaves / a mail bag tag raises new questions about handling of FFCs 19 * 1942 - 45: What Was Pan Am’s Northern Trans-Atlantic Route? Chuck LaBlonde, Jack Ince, Jonathan Johnson / two primary-source documents help to answer previously raised questions 20 - 21 * Book review : Gateway to the North by Tony Cashman Gord Mallett / “for many years Blatchford Field was Canada’s undisputed gateway to the north” 22 * Information Wanted : National Air Service 2 cvrs / John Irvine / “Daily Service Toronto to Windsor with Buhl Airsedans” mystery statement 2945 23 - 26 * Miss Halifax - Mary Vetisse 1 cvr / information wanted on the link between postmaster McHale and Vetisse 3105 27 * Pan Am Etiquette 1 cvr / Jack Ince / information wanted on an etiquette which reads “By Pan American Air Mail Service” 3105 27 VOLUME XIX , NUMBER 2 [ June 2003 - Newsletter # 55 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Captain Brian Peck Jim Davidson, Chris Hargreaves / was Captain Peck with the RFC or the RAF when he made his June 24th 1918 fight? 5 * X Prize Don Wilson / a $100 million cash prize to jump-start the space tourism industry 5 * Newfoundland Airmails 6 cvrs / Chris Hargreaves / the 25 Feb 2003 Harmers sale of the “Labrador Collection”, Hawker and Grieve, Alcock and Brown, Major Raynham FF-1, FF-3,FF-4 6 - 9 * Obese Passengers ¼ Harry Hargreaves / ¼ could have caused plane to crash!, reaction 10 * Advice on Exhibiting Murray Heifetz / common mistakes made by international level exhibitors 11 * Canadian Airways Sticker Stamps Gord Mallett / Sigerson letter providing details surrounding the design of the surcharged Canadian Airways CL52 12 - 13 * Follow Up : Roessler and Red Lake 5 cvrs / David Brown, Jim Brown, Murray Heifetz, Ed Matthews, Derek Rance, John Bloor, Chris Hargreaves / WCA Roessler covers that either should or shouldn’t be in the catalogues, Red Lake postmaster’s role CL40-2700,2801 14 - 22 * A. C. Roessler - Villain or Hero? 1 cvr / a Roessler cover carried on the 1927 PINEDO flight 23 * Follow Up : the DC-4E on a Czechoslovakian stamp Murray Heifetz / Richard Beith, Bedrich Helm, Jonathan Johnson, editor / further suggestions as to why the DC-4E appears on the Czech stamp 24 - 25 * 1928 - Boston Radio Aero Show 1 cvr / question raised about the activities of the show and a cover flown to New York 26 * An Intriguing Arctic Cover 1 cvr / question about why an ‘Arctic Village Alaska’ air mail cover was produced 27 * Members’Forum : Pilot-Signed Covers Mike Shand / a challenge to FISA’s stated position that a pilot signature adds nothing to the aerophilatelic value of a cover 28 * Canadian Warplane Heritage Covers 3 cvrs / Eric Grove / the issues of 2002, listing of covers available at CWH museum 29 - 31 VOLUME XIX , NUMBER 3 [ September 2003 - Newsletter # 56 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * 50th Anniversary of the R.C.A.F. Comets 1 cvr / Jim Davidson, Dick Malott, Ron Miyanishi, Francois Bourbonnais, Chris Hargreaves / commemorative covers flown on Bombardier CC144 Challenger 5 * National Air Transport Limited Barry Countryman / an early Toronto to Windsor passenger service, Buhl Airsedans 6 - 8 * Canadian Historical Aviation Events ¼ 14 cvrs / Murray Heifetz / ... And Their Pictorial Cachets -1909 to 1934, events explained in part by the cachet message 9 - 15 * Another Patricia Airways & Exploration Ltd. mystery 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves / question about a CL14 cover with a violet overprint 17 * Follow Up : Boston Radio Aero Show 1 cvr / John Johnson / a CAM 1 flight, sponsored by Colonial Airlines 18 * Follow Up : BCM/AIRFIELD cachet Alan Tunnicliffe, Mike Shand / guarantee by Francis J. Field Ltd. that a cover is genuine 19 * New Book : WW II Mail from Switzerland to Great Britain,Canada & United States: A Postal History Handbook by Charles LaBlonde [author], Alan Warren / “Discussions in each chapter address the topics of surface mail, airmail, and censorship.” 20 * The Canadian International Air Show glider stamp 1999 Simine Short / details regarding use of the Salto acrobatic sailplane in the stamp design 21 * Regina Board of Trade handout titled “First Flight Compliments of Regina Board of Trade ¼”, no doubt related to the inauguration of regular prairie airmail service 3100 22 * 1935 crash cover? question as to why “Damaged due to crash at Halifax” appears on a Halifax - Sydney cover 3521 23 * Unusual Postal Stationery 1 cvr / information needed, envelope displays CPO Air Mail logo & O.H.M.S. & free frank 23 * Reprints of FRANCIS J. FIELD booklets full listing of reprinted booklets including the number of illustrated pages and retail price 24 - 25 * Supplement 12 to AMCN Nino Chiovelli et al / changes and additions to Section 8 - Canadian Balloon Covers [list 3] 27 - 31 VOLUME XIX , NUMBER 4 [ December 2003 - Newsletter # 57 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * New Canadian Space Stamps Chris Hargreaves / pane of eight stamps, each depicting one of the eight Canadian astronauts who have flown in space 4 - 5 * Bernie Reilander : Canada Post’s Cancellation Designer Canadian Stamp News, Roman Zakaluzny / profile of the designer’s 30 years of work history, two recent Reilander cancellations 6 - 7 * 150th Anniversary of Flight 1 cvr / Richard Beith, Herbert Lealman / re-enactment flight by a replica of the George Cayley glider, commemorative covers 8 - 9 * Richard Pearce: First Person to Fly? Mike Shand / two miniature sheets designed by Keith Griffiths, Auckland Philatelic Society 10 * Richard Pearce - Centenary of Flight 1 cvr / Alan Tunnicliffe / produced by Air Mail Society of New Zealand, Timaru celebrations 11 * Alberta’s Flying Saucer Canada’s Flying Heritage, Gord Mallett / a listing of achievements of the Underwood brothers at Krugerville near Botha 12 - 13 * 8th August 1908 - Fame For The Wright Brothers Donald Holmes / items related to Wilbur Wright’s public flight at Le Mans France 14 - 15 * 1919 : a Very Early Air Mail Cover to Canada 1 cvr / Jonathan Johnson / an early partially flown cover to Canada, flown from Nassau to Miami and then carried by rail to La Have Nova Scotia 16 * Quebec, 1927 - 2002 1 cvr / Pierre Vachon / 75th anniversary of airmail on the North Shore, La Malbaie to Seven Islands, Fairchild FC2-W: G-CAIP 17 * 1929 - 1979 : Re-enacting the May-Horner Flight to Fort Vermilion 1 cvr / Denny May / Denny May and Bob Horner fly a Fleet “Finch” re-enacting their fathers’ antitoxin flight in an Avro “Avian”, funds raised for L.A.M.P. 18 * Cairine Reay Wilson 1 cvr / Bob Terry / Canada’s first female senator’s signature appears on inaugural NWT flight cover, Wilson’s career details 2967j 19 * The Junkers G.38 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves et al / construction and flight details of the Junkers prototype and the six ‘spinoff’ Japanese Ki-20 bombers 20 - 21 * 1932 - A. L. Anderson 1 cvr / Mike Painter / cover signed by air engineer Anderson in lieu of pilot Paul Calder who was killed one month after the flight CL51-3300 22 * 1933 - Receipt for First Flight Covers 1 cvr / Ron Miyanishi / card contains “District Superintendent of Postal Service Winnipeg, Man” and “AIRMAIL” handstamps 23 * 1934 : Northern Airways Air Mail Service 1 cvr / Jim Brown, Shannon Poelman / suggestion as to why only two flights are listed in the airmail catalogue 3427 24 * From Atlantic to Canadian Arctic 1 cvr / David Granger / the cover annotation suggests the Little America to Herschel Island journey was by air north from Vancouver 25 * 1938 - New Find For Flight 3835 1 cvr / Brian Wolfenden / newspaper clipping attached to cover, arrived at Lethbridge too late for flight north 3835f 26 * Crash at Sheddon, Ontario on 30th October 1941 2 cvrs / Ken Sanford / seldom seen crash and ambulance covers, American Airlines 411030 27 * Mysterious Mail Delivery Nino Chiovelli / account of a post card found in a sand bag dropped from a WW II Unit 731 bomb-carrying balloon in Alaska 28 - 29 * 1965 - The Canadair CL-44J 1 cvr / Patrick Campbell / inaugural cover from Reykjavik bears a stamp showing a CL-44J, Iceland’s 50th anniversary of aviation 30 * 2003 : RCAF Comet - RAF Nimrod covers 1 cvr / Dick Malott / details of RCAF Comet anniversay covers, 150 flown 31 VOLUME XX , NUMBER 1 [ March 2004 - Newsletter # 58 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Exhibition News: AEROPEX Australia 2003 Mike Shand / Australian Air Mail Society non-competitive Adelaide show, also N. Z. & space mail & Imperial Crash covers & Malayan quality material 8 * Exhibition News: How to Celebrate a Jubilee Jacques Bot / Dutch Aerophilatelic Society’s Exhibition on 100 years of powered flight, 100 1-frame exhibits, 100 exhibitors, 100 subjects 9 * 75th Anniversary of the May-Horner Mercy Flight 1 cvr / programme for the departure ceremony, Denny May’s watercolour “Coming Home” 10 * Saluting Dr. Harold Hamman: Unsung hero in averting diphtheria outbreak Dr. Robert Lampard / details of the mercy flight, several medical issues involved in the outbreak 11 - 13 * 75th Anniversary Re-enactment Denny May / details of the 2004 flight, listing of those on board the Pilatus PC-12, the stops made enroute to Ft. Vermilion, partners in the project 13 - 14 * Heroes, Cancels and Trivia 1 cvr / Nino Chiovelli / illustrations and comments on the six Canada Post cancellations designed by Nino Chiovelli 15 - 17 * National Air Transport - One Year Later 2 cvrs / Chris Hargreaves, Barry Countryman, Richard Sanders Allen, Neil Hunter, Terry Judge, Jonathan Johnson, Bob Terry / much additional information, NAT-related covers 2945b,2945k 18 - 25 * Follow Up: no Halifax - Sydney crash in 1935 Barry Countryman / Halifax Herald article confirms no crash or mishap in #3521 flights 2933,3521 26 - 28 * Who was Governor Letcher? 1 cvr / question about cover inscription “Gov. Letcher, bringing in clothes stolen from Union Ladies” 2909b 28 * Canada 1946 Seven Cent Air Mail Postage Stamp Bill Pekonen / his monograph guidebook on re-entries and varieties, most studied stamp since the 1898 Imperial Penny Map stamp 30 VOLUME XX , NUMBER 2 [ June 2004 - Newsletter # 59 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * More Information on the Unsuccessful London to London Flight, 1927 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves / Harmer’s auction, cover’s status as the most expensive item in Canadian aerophilately PF-30 6 * The Arthur Carty Papers Gordon McDonald / Carty News and Publicity Service promote the London to London flight, Carty letter to Capt. Tully and Lieut. Medcalf, file documents PF-30 7 – 17 * Early Days of the North Shore Airmail Service, 1927 - 1928 1 cvr / Pierre Vachon / flight details in Le Soleil and other newspapers, Romeo Vachon, 75th anniversary cover 2721,2805 18 – 19 * Leigh Brintnell – Pioneer Aviator Gord Mallett / community of Brintnell, career highlights, his flights in G-CASK & G-CAJT, G-CAJT history charted 2853 20 – 22 * The AMCN CL40-2702 Snake Falls - Red Lake Flight Did Not Occur 2 cvrs / Derek Rance / brief Snake Falls history, correspondence & other evidence supporting claim the flight did not occur CL40-2702 23 – 25 * Post Offices During the Semi-Official Airmail Era, 1924 – 1934 1 cvr / Ed Mathews / listing of destinations found on semi-official covers, post office open & close dates, postmaster names and dates of tenure 26 – 30 VOLUME XX , NUMBER 3 [ September 2004 - Newsletter # 60 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Follow Up: John McHale / Miss Halifax 5 cvrs / Barry Countryman, Murray Heifetz, Gord Mallett, Kevin O’Reilly, Derek Rance, Keith Spencer, Bob Terry / McHale covers that contain celebrity signatures & signature descriptions - Mackenzie King, Agnes Macphail, Katherine Stinson, Mary Vetisse, J. B. Malhern 3105,2933,2967i,3011c,3061 6 – 7 * The Von Gronau Trans- Atlantic Flight, 1930 10 cvrs / Chris Hargreaves, Murray Heifetz / research into the question of the authenticity of flight 3043b, a probable McHale article provides clues as to the purpose-handling-routing of several McHale and other covers, link to Roessler, link to Halifax Provincial Exhibition 3043,3043b 8 – 19 * Update on Roessler and Red Lake 6 cvrs / Neil Hunter, Dave Brown, Murray Heifetz, Ed Matthews, Chris Hargreaves / Red Lake Roessler-created covers, Murray Heifetz’ article A.C. Roessler and His Influence on B.N.A. Philately CL40-2700b 20 – 25 * First Crossing of the Central Pacific Ocean, 1944 1 cvr / Herbert Lealman, Mike Shand, Lawrence Kimpton / question as to the quantity of covers flown, flight details in Kimpton’s article P.G. Taylor’s Central Pacific Flight: August - November 1944 28 – 29 VOLUME XX , NUMBER 4 [ December 2004 - Newsletter # 61 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * In Memoriam: Capt. Miles Selby, Snowbird Number 8 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves / Canadian Press and CBC website details of the December 10 accident involving ‘Bird 8, Miles Selby and surviving ‘Bird 9, Chuck Mallett 3 * Wow! Selected Canadian Postal Rates Robert Smith / a page from the 17-page booklet listing rates commonly seen on covers from 1859 to 2004, a separate table lists airmail rates by destination 7 * In Praise of Postcards 3 cvrs / Mike Shand / aviation-theme postcards showing the lighter side of the hobby and also a touch of romance 8 * Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Flying Corps Recruiting 1 cvr / David Hanes / recruiting postcard dropped from a Curtiss aeroplane at Camp Borden 13 September 1916 9 * Amundsen’s Aircraft 1922 – 1925 1 cvr / Richard S. Allen / details of attempts to reach the north pole in the schooner Maud, special covers were prepared but no doubt not flown, brief abortive flights of the Curtiss Oriole Kristine and the Junkers JL-6 Elisabeth 10 – 13 * Snake Falls David Brown / details of the use of Snake Falls as a marine railway portage in the water route from Hudson to Red Lake CL40-2702 14 – 15 * Yukon Airways Exploration Ltd. 1 cvr / David Granger / the second mail flight of the Ryan Brougham Queen of the Yukon, trip completed by dog-sled CL42-2703b 16 * Book Review : Bent Props and Blow Pots by Rex Terpening reproduction of CAHS book review by Bob Cameron / “the best read on early Canadian bush flying ¼ the difference is that author Rex Terpening was there.” 17 * An Ontario Mystery! 3 cvrs / Murray Heifetz / questions about a CNE cover which bears an August 1928 cancellation and a July 1929 cachet 2839n,2945e 18 – 19 * The Guaranteed BCM/AIRFIELD handstamp 1 cvr / Mike Shand, Alan Tunnicliffe, Don Ashworth, Alex Newall, Chris Hargreaves / evidence that BCM/AIRFIELD was a private monomark purchased by Francis J. Field from British Monomarks Limited 20 - 21 * Aviation and Airmail Etiquette Barry Countryman, Bill Dwyer / Airmail is Socially Correct U.S. Post Office poster 22 * 1937 - Canada to Lundy Island 1 cvr / Jim Graue, Ian Luggar / correctly franked airmail cover: Harrington Harbour to Rimouski - surface to England - onward to Lundy Island by ‘private carrier’, bears a Puffin Stamp, history of island postal services 3619d 23 –24 * 1938 - Calpurnia Crash Cover 1 cvr / Ken Sanford / details of the crash of Imperial Airways’ Calpurnia in Iraq and the salvage of eighteen mailbags, markings applied by post office to recovered mail 24 - 25 * Calgary Stampede Covers 3 cvrs / Dale Speirs / details of the stampede post office outlined in Speirs’ article The Decline and Fall of the Calgary Stampede Handstamp 26 - 27 * Aerophilately or Astrophilately Dr. Sanz Fernandez de Cordoba, Nino Chiovelli / FAI article explaining how the ‘Karman Line’ [100-km altitude] came into existence as the boundary separating Aeronautics and Astronautics 28 –29 * 2004 – Canadian Lufthansa FFCs 2 cvrs / Norbert Krommer / covers from the inaugural three times weekly nonstop service between Vancouver and Munich 30