INDEX to the CANADIAN AEROPHILATELIST - Newsletter of the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society - VOLUME XXI , NUMBER 1 [ March 2005 - Newsletter # 62 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Editor's Report 2005 Canadian Aerophilatelist Editor's Award recipient Barry Countryman 3 * Aerophilatelic Society Feeds The Hungry Flight Fanatic Canadian Stamps News article by Melanie Cummings / details of Dick Malott's involvement in aerophilately, brief comments about the CAS, listing of Canadian Air Mail Catalogue contents 10 - 11 * In Memoriam : Kasimir Bileski, 1908 - 2005 Chris Hargreaves / reprint of [CAS member] stamp dealer's 1946 advertisement 12 * New Aircraft on Stamps Study Unit Pierre Vachon, David Williams article / a new ATA Aviation Study Unit investigating the topic of 'aircraft on stamps' 13 * Follow-Up : Red Lake area air mail, 1927 1 cvr / Derek Rance / probable flight details of a cover bearing a WCA stamp and also a PA&E backstamp 14 * Follow Up : Roessler mysteries 2 cvrs / Derek Rance / a Blanc Sablon postmarked cover that appears not to have been flown 2831, 2833 15 * Follow Up : John McHale and the Von Gronau Trans-Atlantic flight of 1930 10 cvrs / Barry Countryman, Dave Hanes, Murray Heifetz, Neil Hunter, Gord Mallett, Dick Malott, Ed Mathews, Mike Painter, Derek Rance, Keith Spencer / investigation of covers and articles linked to Von Gronau's August Halifax to New York flight, support for the contention that McHale's August 26th covers were in fact flown by Von Gronau 3043, 3043b 16 - 25 * Information Wanted : Who Fabricated This Cover? 1 cvr / Gord Mallett / questions about a PF-7 Stinson pioneer cover alleged to be a fake PF-7 27 * Information Wanted : Who Transported These Covers? 2 cvrs / Ed Matthews / questions about a 1926 April 13 cover to Red Lake and an April 17 cover from Red Lake - both bearing a PA&E semi-official airmail stamp 28 - 29 * Information Wanted : Trans-Atlantic First Flight Covers, 1939 2 cvrs / Chris Hargreaves / details required relating to how covers aboard the flight and addressed to North America were handled 3921 30 VOLUME XXI , NUMBER 2 [ June 2005 - Newsletter # 63 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * In Memoriam : Jim Brown, 1925 - 2005 Chris Hargreaves / CAS member, expert on British Columbia air mail, author of Hubbard: The Forgotten Boeing Aviator PF-29 6 * In Memoriam : Don Wilson, 1924 - 2005 Chris Hargreaves / CAS member, specialist in the area of Newfoundland aviation 7 * Memoirs : When General Balbo Came To Shoal Harbour Newfoundland Quarterly / a five-year old girl's recollections of seeing the Italian armada touch down for refueling on July 26th 1933 8 - 9 * Celebrating Our Colleagues Chris Hargreaves / request for members to write testimonials about philatelic friends who are over 70, testimonial to one of CAS's oldest members Don Amos on his birthday 10 - 11 * AAMC 6th Edition, Volume 3, now available John Johnson, George Sioras, William Turner, Ron Miyanishi / discussion of the objectives of the new catalogue dealing with FAMs, Canal Zone Airmails and Alaska Flight Covers 12 - 13 * Book Review : Bridging the Continents in Europe - Important Airmail Routes 1939 - 1945 Hans E. Aitink, Edbert Hovenkamp / a description of 18 of the most important air mail routes during WW II 14 * Experimental Air Mail Flights in the Prairie Provinces, 10 - 29 December, 1928 1 cvr / Gord Mallett / charts giving details of each of the 152 legs scheduled to be flown - including the plane, pilot, mechanic, airmail weight carried and flight status 2853m 16 - 22 * Follow Up : Von Gronau Transatlantic Flight of 1930 Mike Shand / photograph of Von Gronau and his crew including their signatures 23 * Follow Up : Who was Governor Letcher? 1 cvr / Barry Countryman, Mike Shand, Pierre Vachon, Linda Davis Reno / the story behind the drawing on the cover has no relation to the 1929 flight 2909b 24 - 25 * Follow Up : A. C. Roessler and the Wilkins Expedition 2 cvrs / Jonathan Johnson / a genuine and a fake Wilkins cover, details of Roessler's conviction for fraudulent use of the mails 26 * Information Wanted : 7 cvrs / regarding a First Saskatchewan Aviation Company cover, five [pilot?] signed covers and a Tour du Cadran cover 27 - 30 VOLUME XXI , NUMBER 3 [ September 2005 - Newsletter # 64 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Vickers Vimy Trans-Atlantic Re-enactment 1 cvr / Ron Myanishi, Martin Goebel / information on the re-enactment flight, the replica and the 500 covers carried 5 * Unveiling of the Curtiss Special Replica Gord Mallett / synopsis of Katherine Stinson's Calgary to Edmonton pioneer air mail flight, details of the July 9th 2006 re-enactment flight and unveiling of the Curtiss Special replica PF-7 7 * Book Review : Wings Across the Water - Victoria's Flying Heritage 1871-1971 by Elwood White & Peter L. Smith Chris Hargreaves / a history of aviation in the Victoria area, "600 mesmerizing aviation photographs, most never before published", a typical page is shown 8 - 9 * Book Review : 1946 -1954, British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines by Laurence Kimpton 1 cvr / Ken Sanford / covers are shown from early flights, "an essential reference to collectors of trans-Pacific airmails" 10 * Book Review : Southern African Air Mails by Dave Morton "a compilation of all the 'Air Mail' articles published by the South African Philatelist from 1931 - 1973" 11 * The 1911 Chicago International Aviation Meet 5 postcards / Patrick Campbell / a description of the meet, excerpts of the messages written on these postcards which were donated to the Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre 12 - 15 * Update on The Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre Patrick Campbell / update on the centre's activities, facilities and planned restorations 16 * 75th Anniversary of the R100 Flight over Toronto 1 cvr / Barry Countryman / the anniversary postcard shows R100 moored at St. Hubert 17 * Follow Up : National Air Transport Ltd. Barry Countryman / further information regarding the airline including details about its founder and directing force Earl Hand 18 - 19 * Members' Forum : Input Wanted Gord Mallett / a suggestion that members' on First Flight Cover Prices input on eBay cover prices be solicited 20 * Follow Up : Red Lake Covers 3 cvrs/ Dave Brown / further discussion of a cover with a WCA stamp but carried by PA&E, 21 - 23 * Follow Up : Governor Letcher and Richard Thomas 1 cvr / Linda Davis Reno / details about Dick Thomas and his compatriots who took command of the St. Nicholas 2909b 24 - 25 * Follow Up : First Flights Yukon - Alaska 1 cvr / John Johnson, Mike Painter / pilot of the Lockheed L10 Electra was Capt. S. E. Holmes, U. S. post office bulletin for the flight 3813 26 -27 * Information Wanted : 4 cvrs / regarding a $1 Labrador stamp, the location of Cole Ont., covers carried aboard the first commercial flight [by Grant McConachie] across the Rockies, an unlisted Rae - Fort Resolution cover 3523a, 3045 28 - 30 VOLUME XXI , NUMBER 4 [ December 2005 - Newsletter # 65 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * In Memoriam : Ken Bolton CAS member from Lancashire England, had a large Canadian flight cover collection 3 * In Memoriam : Remembering Cecil 1 cvr / Gord Mallett / anecdotes about Cecil's Stoner's remarkable life, his service to Canada and the contributions he made to aerophilately 3 - 4 * Washington 2006 Nino Chiovelli, Ken Sandford / contacts at the Washington Convention Centre 5 * A Winter Time Quiz : Guess the First Flight Cover Prices? 10 cvrs / Chris Hargreaves / invitation for readers "to send in their opinion as to the price which each cover should be priced, if it was offered for sale by a dealer, at a stamp show in Canada" 2933a 8 - 9 * Early Pilots - Keith Tailyour Mike Painter / highlights in the aviation career of Mike Painter's uncle Keith Tailyour, his plane G-CABP, his link to Edmonton Aircraft Company and contact with Wop May 10 * Flight by Arthur Sullivan Toronto - St. John's Nfld 1 cvr / David Granger / details of the November 11, 1930 flight to St. John's 11 * General Balbo in Shediac, 1933 Bruce Kalbfleisch / an Official Souvenir Program produced for the armada's arrival in Shediac, the welcoming ceremony 12 - 13 * J. P. Roméo Vachon : Pierre Vachon / details in the career of pioneer aviator Roméo Vachon, website address given which covers his complete life story 14 * McKenzie Island 1 cvr / Barry Countryman / an April 6th 1935 article mentioning little-known McKenzie Island 15 * Moscow to Miscou Island, New Brunswick - 1939 David Williams, Patrick Campbell / details of the flight, the pilot and the plane depicted on a 2004 Russia stamp 16 * Two - Ocean Airmail, 1939 2 cvrs / John Johnson, George Sioras, Bob Wilcsek / franking evidence that the Hawaii to England airmail rate differed from the England to Hawaii airmail rate 17 * British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (1939 - 1945) 2 cvrs / Mike Shand / a Canada to New Zealand letter and a New Zealand to Canada letter - both of which involved individuals in the BCATP 18 * 6 December 1941 : Attempted Mail to USA 1 cvr / Richard Beith / a cover posted in the Slovac State destined for New York via Lisbon and the Pan Am Clipper was returned to sender - a consequence of the attack on Pearl Harbor 19 * Trans-Atlantic Southern Route Pan-Am FAM 22, December 1943, China - Canada 1 cvr / Jack Ince / registered cover from Chengtu to Toronto, contains a remarkably specific directional label 20 * Oops! 1 cvr / Gord Mallett / the Ottawa - Washington first official flight cachet showing a plane that appears to be on collision course with Capitol building 4605 21 * April 18 1950 Flown Avro Jet Postcard? 1 cvr / Brian Wolfenden / a postcard franked with a US 2-cent stamp, cancelled April 18th and stating that it was part of the first jet mail between Toronto and New York 5005 22 * Swissair 1954 Souvenir Folder : Switzerland - Bermuda via Canada 1 cvr / Herbert Lealman / folder recording a special flight, postal markings also include UN, Mexico, Cuba and several USA destinations 23 * More Unlisted First Flight Covers 2 cvrs / Don Lusky / 1958 Air France Inaugural Flight Montreal to Chicago, 1968 Mohawk 111 Fan Jet flight Rochester to Montreal 24 * Airship Covers From Alberta 1 cvr / Nino Chiovelli / a brief description of the type A-150 Bell Lightship that visited twenty communities in Alberta and BC in 2005, thirty covers flown in Edmonton and Grande Prairie 25 * Wop May on Mars! Denny May / a rock on the lower slopes of 'Endurance Crater' on Mars is named after famous Canadian bush pilot W. R. 'Wop' May 26 - 27 * Canada Post Cancels Ron Miyanishi / eight 2004 and 2005 aviation related cancels produced by Canada Post 28 * Book Review : The Postal History of World War II Mail Between New Zealand and Switzerland by Robin Startup and Charles LaBlonde, Ken Sanford / "many covers between the two countries are shown - especially prisoner of war mail, which was sent through the ICRC" 29 VOLUME XXII , NUMBER 1 March 2006 - Newsletter # 66 TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Editor’s Report 2006 Canadian Aerophilatelist Editor’s Award recipient - Richard Sanders Allen 6 * Washington 2006 Ken Sanford / a list of the workshops with details of the title, speaker, date and time 7 * A Follow Up to Members' Forum (1) - First Flight Cover Prices 10 cvrs / Chris Carmichael, Dave Hanes, Ed Matthews, Neil Hunter, Jack Ince, John Irvine, Gord Mallett, Dick McIntosh, Jim Miller, Ron Miyanishi, Charles Oakley Brian Wolfenstein, Murray Heifetz, Nino Chiovelli, Steve Johnson / the average suggested price for each of the 10 covers listed in the "Guess the First Flight Cover Prices? Quiz", suggestions as to the factors influencing prices of covers including semi-official covers 2933a 10 - 13 * The "Boxed" Air Mail Hand Stamp Re-visited Murray Heifetz / an updated version of the initial version of the study including new details on the various types, the summary chart includes the box and letter size, colours, frame, earliest date and cities posted 14 - 20 * Supplement 13 to AMCN Dick McIntosh / additions to Section 5 including a "First Air Mail Halifax to St. John's January 1922" flight 21 - 22 * Members' Forum (2) - What is a Pioneer Cover? Chris Hargreaves / suggestions requested on how the overlap between the 'government' and 'pioneer' cover sections in a future AMCN can be reduced or eliminated, specific flights discussed as a catalyst in initiating dialogue on the topic of choosing a specific date that would act as a 'bridge' between the two sections 2601,2701,2703, 2705,2707,PF-32 22 - 23 * Memoir of an Aerophilatelic Boyhood 1 cvr / Richard Sanders Allen / memories of an early childhood fascination with "ANYTHING that had to do with Air Mail" 3409c 24 - 25 * Follow Up : First Saskatchewan Aviation Co. - 1913 1 cvr / Barry Countryman / a history of this short-lived Saskatoon aviation company including its personnel, hangar, and its plans for planes and students 26 - 27 * Follow Up : Red Lake / Who Transported These Covers?(iii) 1 cvr / David Brown / a 1926 CL9-franked cover indicates there were flights to Red Lake from Rolling Portage on April 16 and 17 of that year 28 * The Cole Post Office 1 cvr / Derek Rance / the location of Cole Gold Mines Ltd., John Younglove Cole Jr. and Sr., details about the mining operation and the short-lived Cole post office 3523a 29 - 30 VOLUME XXII , NUMBER 2 June 2006 - Newsletter # 67 TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * News About Publications - Jack Ince / Newfoundland Air Mail Postage 1937 - 1949. - Thomas H. Boyle Jr. / Air Mail Operations During World War II. - Hans E. Aitink & Egbert Hovenkamp / Bridging the Continents in Wartime. - Dave Morton, South African Philatelist / Southern African Air Mails. 7 * Aircraft on Stamps Checklist 1st Edition 2006 Barry Lewis / a checklist of worldwide stamps containing aircraft, organized alphabetically and by country of issue, year of issue and catalogue number 8 * 75th Anniversary of the R100 Flight Over Toronto 1 cvr / Peter Butler, Canadian Stamp News / the mystery behind a Leaside Station R special cancellation, a [Barry Countryman] commemorative postcard 9 - 11 * Stolen Cover 1 cvr / report of theft of a rare Tokyo - Paris polar air-cover that was reported by Israel Post Office as stolen in the mail 11 * New issue: 35th Anniversary of the Snowbirds 1 cvr / details from Canada Post's Details - information on the stamps, FDCs, Souvenir Sheets, postcards 12 * Members' Forum - What is a Pioneer Cover? Chris Hargreaves, Steve Johnson, Dick McIntosh / opinions as to the structure of the proposed revised volume of Air Mail of Canada and Newfoundland 13 * In Memoriam : Keith Fitton a very active philatelist in Britain, his special interest was the airmails of the Seychelles 14 * A Crashing 1948 Mystery 1 cvr / Keith Fitton / a cover offered in auction and incorrectly described as a BOAC crash cover, suggestions as to the possible source of the cover's water damage 14-17 * Buying and Selling Aerophilatelic Articles on Ebay Ken Sanford, The Airpost Journal / a primer on buying and selling on eBay, an overview of how eBay works, PayPal details 18-24 * Follow-Up : Maximotor Makers 1 cvr / Doug Lingard , Frank Ellis, Canada's Flying Heritage / details about the craft built by Ellis and Tom Blakely in Calgary in 1914 and the Maximotor engine powering it 25-26 * Follow-Up : Red Lake / Who Transported These Covers? Ed Matthews, Dave Brown / argument that Elliot-Fairchild carried the covers 26 * Follow-Up : The Boxed Air Mail Handstamp 1 cvr / Richard Beith / early use of a boxed air mail handstamp [Murray Heifetz type 1a] on a Letter Bill, linked to Montreal-Rimouski acceleration of transatlantic mails 26-27 * Information Wanted : 4 cvrs / regarding Rev. Mason [a Protestant minister who collected pioneer and semi- minister] who collected pioneer and semi- official covers; covers prepared by Roessler in 1937 and purported to be mail to be carried on a transatlantic balloon flight; a sticker on a 1988 Pan Am Lockerbie crash cover 3247 28-30 VOLUME XXII , NUMBER 3 September 2006 - Newsletter # 68 TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * The Katherine Stinson Replica and Re-enactment - 2 cvrs / John Chalmers, Tony Cashman Bob Lane / a report on the July 9 2006 unveiling of the Curtiss Special replica & Calgary - Edmonton re-enactment flight, based on excerpts from articles written by Chalmers [Canadian Stamp News] and Cashman [CAHS Journal] PF-7 4-8 * Good News - Stolen Cover Recovered 1 cvr / "someone here opened the envelope carrying the cover .. and threw the cover into a corner …" 9 * More on the 75th Anniversary of the R100 Flight, 1930 1 cvr / Peter Butler, Barry Countryman, Janet Walters / further details about the R100 flights in Canada and the R100 pictorial cancellers available for use at two Toronto post offices 10 - 11 * First Flight or Earliest Flight? 1 cvr / Richard Saundry, Air Mail News / the 'Madame Joseph' type 322 forged postmark, endorsements which might mean 'By the Next Available Airmail' 12 - 13 * Avro Arrow Replica October 8 2006 unveiling of a museum-quality full-scale model of the Avro Arrow aircraft, constructed by Toronto Aerospace Museum 13 * Information on French Postal Rates Derek Richardson, Air Mail News / an updated edition of Tables of French Postal Rates 1849 - 2005, clearer tabulations 14 * Commemorating the Jupiter Balloon Flight Larry LaFoe / events planned to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the John Wise Lafayette Indiana flight of his Balloon Jupiter 14 * Update on the World Record Parachute Jump Nino Chiovelli / the attempt of a world record freefall parachute jump from 130,000 feet above North Battleford changed to June 2007 14 * AMCN 3809 - Edmonton/Aklavik Round Trip 1 cvr / Mike Painter, Rex Terpening, Fred Meilecke / recollections from two individuals with first-hand knowledge of the Levanevsky search, questions remaining about what plane(s) carried the covers and the delay before the return flight to Edmonton 3809 15 - 17 * R.C.A.F. - St. Lawrence Airmail Flights Jack Ince, Hugh Halliday - Legion Magazine / early airmail flights in Canada which were military 'affairs' - from Captain Brian Peck's 1918 pioneer flight up to flights in 1933 PF-6,PF-10,2843,3237 18 - 21 * Members' Forum 2 Continued: What is a Pioneer Cover? 1 cvr / suggestions from society members as to how a pioneer cover should be defined, question as to how a future revised AMCN should be structured 2707 21 - 22 * Members' Forum 3: AMCN Section 7 How should the section Interrupted and Crash Covers of Canada and Nfld be defined and structured in a future revised AMCN? 2707,180623 22 * Follow Up : Trans-Atlantic FFCs, 1939 1 cvr / John Johnson, Chris Hargreaves / the British Post Office had in fact made arrangement to return covers from Great Britain and Eire to points addressed in Canada and the United States 3921 23 * More on Cole to McKenzie Island 2 cvr / Barry Countryman, Brian Wolfenden, Dave Brown, Derek Rance, Mike Shand / details about the mail, post offices, post masters and mines in the Red lake area 3523,3523c 24 - 25 * Follow Up : A Chinese First Flight Cover 1 cvr / Barry Countryman, Jimmy Hsu, Odella Lee, Bill Liu, Doris Hsu, Gord Mallett / translation of the inscription on the front and back of this Beijing to Qiqihar first flight cover 26 - 27 * Information Wanted : 1 cvr / regarding a WW II uncensored airmail cover from Montreal to England; the number of covers carried aboard the 1920 Halifax - Vancouver flight PF-23 28 - 30 VOLUME XXII , NUMBER 4 [ December 2006 - Newsletter # 69 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Book Review : Air Mail in Alberta 1918 to 2006, by Denny May Chris Hargreaves / "… with brief descriptions of the flights that provide a comprehensive history of airmail in Alberta", CD or full colour wireless bound printing 4 * Sale of the James Stapleton Collection Chris Hargreaves / Mike Shand's New Zealand airmails collection (which itself sold in 2004) used as a reference during the Stapleton sale 6 * Record Price for a C15! [Siegel Auction, April 2006] a $2.60 Graf Zeppelin postage stamp broke all records by selling for US$57,000, it earned the ultimate grade of 100 jumbo 7 * Book Review : The Suspension of United States Mail to Switzerland - 1942 to 1944/45 by Charles LaBlonde, Ken Sanford / "the author has shown numerous covers and appropriate supporting documentation" 8 * An Accolade for Canada Post! Canada Post website / Canada Post is selected by Mediacorp as one of the country's Top 100 Employers for 2007 9 * New Book : Intercepted in Bermuda, The Censorship of Transatlantic Mail during the Second World War by Peter A. Flynn / "a detailed listing of the markings and their usage, examiners, earliest and latest usage by examiner number" 12 * Season's Greetings 1918 / 2005 Gord Mallett / pictures of the farmstead where Katherine Stinson was forced down in July 1918 enroute to Edmonton from Calgary 13 * 1930 - Wolfgang Von Gronau 1 cvr / Andy Mrozowski / a cover produced by the I.A.S. [International Air Mail Society] commemorating Von Granau's visit to Chicago 14 * A Unique Cover From 1932 1 cvr / Denny May / a cover displaying the typed heading First Sticker Flight Canadian Airways, signed by Paul Calder one month prior to his death aboard G-CATL CL51-3200 15 * Interior - - Wabush-Katsao 2 cvr / Kevin O'Reilly / 1933 covers bearing a Wabush-Katsao cancellation, carried by CA floatplanes CF-AAT and CF-ACO, pilot-signed W. 'Babe' Woollett 16 * All - Up 2 cvr / Mike Shand / "Canada seems to have missed out when the British Empire started 'all-up' service 70 years ago for 1½ d" 17 * From Russia with Love David Williams, The Telegraph Journal / "How Soviet test pilot Vladimir Kokkinaki, Miscou NB island, some Christmas stamps and a Christmas present came together" 18-19 * World War 2 Christmas Greetings Chris Hargreaves / a 1942 Airgram message from Kingston (home of No. 31 Service Flying Training School) to Cardiff S. Wales, an original Christmas Greetings New Zealand Airgraph form 20-22 * Trans-Atlantic - Middle Route Pan-Am FAM 18 - Nov/Dec 1940, Lebanon - U.S.A 1 cvr / Jack Ince / a registered air cover to New York containing the whole 1937 air stamp set, possibly over-stamped to be safe 23 * A Very Unusual Japanese/ Canadian Cover 1 cvr / John Johnson / a total of at least twenty postmarks are visible on a 1953 cover addressed to a Canadian Army Post Office in Hiro Japan 24 - 25 * Season's Greetings Fellow Members of the CAS 1 cvr / Dave Brown / a helicopter cover similar to H-7200 in AMCN, stated coordinates represent the airport near Resolute and the position of the escort ship The Labrador H-7200 26 * Season's Greetings from Dick Malott Dick Malott, book & paper conservator Kyla Ubbink / twelve suggested steps to mitigating damage in books and paper 27 - 28 * Information Wanted : regarding a request for a clear copy of the Canadian WW II Spitfire fund label; any information on early pilot Martin Comeau 29