INDEX to the CANADIAN AEROPHILATELIST - Newsletter of the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society - VOLUME XXIII , NUMBER 1 [ March 2007 - Newsletter # 70 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * In Memoriam - Bob Terry CAS member, contributor to several newsletter research projects 7 * Members' Forum 3 continued: AMCN Section 7 - Interrupted and Crash Covers of Canada and Newfoundland Chris Hargreaves / Should the definitions from Glossary of Aerophilatelic Covers [Airpost Journal] or the AAMC 6th edition be used? PF-6,2707,3219 8 - 9 * Editor’s Award 2007 Canadian Aerophilatelist Editor’s award recipient - Jim Graue 9 * Pelee Island Airmail 1 cvr / Gord MacDonald / details of flights from Leamington, Scudder and Pelee Island, the Waco planes flown my Floyd Banghart and Andrew Templeton, London Free Press reports, December 13 -14, 1928 2859 10-11 * Canadian Airways : Information from 1935 Brian Wolfenden, Ian Kimmerly, Pat Sloan / Bulletin [August 1935 Vol 6 No 5] - Location of Aircraft and Operating Staff August 1 1935, Base - Aircraft - Type - Pilot - Engineer 12 - 13 * The Von Granau Transatlantic Flight of 1930: Re-visiting an Aerophilatelic Mystery 10 cvrs/ Andy Mrozowski, Chris Hargreaves/ features of Roessler, John Mchale and other covers, details supporting editor's conclusion that McHale covers were flown to New York 3043,3043a-c 14 - 24 * Review - Praise and a Cauiton: Newfoundland Specialized Stamp Catalogue 6th Edition 2006 by John Walsh and John Butt/ a comparison of the numbering systems of this catalogue and AMCN, Bob Dyer summary in BNA Topics 25 * Follow Up: Moscow to Miscou Island NB Flight- 1939 1 cvr / Ken Sanford / the cover is listed in Nierinck's Courrier Recupere-Recoverd Mail 1937-1988 [#390428] 26 * Follow Up: Lebanon-Italy-USA., November 1940 Ken Sanford/ the airline perfoming the flight was Linee Aeree Italiane [LAI] 26 * Martin Comeau Pierre Vachon, Barry Countryman, First 500 Canadian Civil Pilots, The Toronto Star/ conclusion reached that Comeau was not from anywhere in Canada 26 * Supplement 14 to AMCN 2 cvrs / Dick McIntosh & Basil Burrell, Chris Hargreaves, John Irvine, John Johnson, Herbert Lealman, Don Lussky, Denny May / further additions and revisions to Section 5 - Government and Other Air Mail Covers of Canada 28-31 VOLUME XXIII , NUMBER 2 [ June 2007 - Newsletter # 71 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * In Memoriam : Bill Harrington Dick Malott/ CAS member, an avid collector of Snowbird autographed flown covers 2 * In Memoriam : Pat Sloan Dick Malott/ first president of the CAS, "a personal longtime RCAF and aerophilatelic friend of dozens of aerophilatelists world-wide" 3 * News-News-News The Philatelic World's First Podcasts! Gary Watson/ information about iPods from one of our Australian CAS members who is director of Melbourne's Prestige Philately 8 * New Book: A study of the Air Mail Labels & Markings Found on Canadian Mail David Hanes/ includes earliest date of usuage and a brief description of the items, over 250 full-colour label illustrations 9 * New Book: O.A.T and A.V.2 Markings- Third Edition Murray Heifetz/ 167 pages of comprehensive coverage of these markings related exclusively to airmail items, 1938 - 1974 9 * Aviation Pioneer Bob McCowan and Maritime & Newfoundland Airways 3 cvrs/ Earle Ripley/ the article shows the company to have been a "genuine if struggling commercial enterprise, and not just a source of questionable flight covers" 3151 10-17 * Follow Up: The 1911 Chicago International Aviation Meet 3 cvrs/ Patrick Campbell, David Holmes, Murray Heifetz, John Rawlins/ features of three RPPC's which show aircraft at the famous meet, Ovington, Coffey, Moisant, Bleriot 18-20 * Update: The Canadian Aviation Hertiage Centre Patrick Campbell / update on activities of the CAHC, Patrick's new book History of Canadian Vickers & Canadair 1923 - 1984 21 * Information Wanted : Max Berendes Covers 3 cvrs / Chris Hargreaves, Alan Lieberman, John Johnson / Did Berendes re-use an old cover from 1925 to create and exotic 1928 "Kingston to Kingston" cover?, two other similarly mysterious Berendes covers CAM 16 22 - 23 * Unrecorded Flight 3101 Covers 1 cvr / Brian Wolfenden / recently found covers linked to the 3101 catalogue flights, Lethbridge to and from Moose Jaw & Winnipeg & Saskatoon & Regina 3011,3101,3101d 24 * Going Through the Ice - 1934 Bent Props and Blow Pots by Rex Perpening / an account of CF-AAO going through the ice and a description of what happened to the aircraft and mail afterwards 25-28 * Members' Forum 3 (iii): AMCN Section 7- Interrupted and Crash Covers of Canada and Newfoundland Jim Graue, Mike Shand / a suggestion that "diverted flight" be added to the three definitions in the 2002 Airpost Journal article, Should "delayed" refer to the aircraft or just to the mail?, Should Alcock & Brown's flight be in AMCN Section 7? 29 - 30 * 70th Anniversary of the First Transatlantic Commercial 1 cvr / St. John's Philatelic Society's official commemorative cover for the re-enactment of the July 6th 1937 flight, Botwood Flying Boat Festival, Consolidated Canso aircraft 30 VOLUME XXIII , NUMBER 3 [ September 2007 - Newsletter # 72 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Aerophilately 2007 Chris Hargreaves / schedule of meetings and and talks and displays at this one-time Airmail World Series of Philately exhibition, held at American Philatelic Center in Bellefonte PA 4 * New Book : At the End of the Final Line by Patrick Campbell a brief history of aircraft manufacture at Canadian Vickers and its successor Canadair 6 * Exponet htttp://www.exponet.info, an Internet address used as a public display of high quality exhibits of all philatelic areas and time periods, permanent, international, non-competitive 6 * More Sources of Information on Airmail Routes and Rates from Canada David Whiteley / two monographs, airmail service from Canada to overseas destinations 1939 to 1946, foreign airmail services used by the Canadian Post Office 1925 - 1942 7 * New Book : UK Taxe Marks for International Mail 1875-2000 Usage and Listing by Ken Snelson / postal union regulations for underpaid mail, known UK taxe marks, tables of postal rates and taxe indications 8 * Update : 70th Anniversary of the First Transatlantic Commercial Flight 1 cvr / details on the covers prepared for the planned re-enactment flight from Botwood to Foynes, commemorative festivals 8 * New Canadian Definitive Stamps [plus an invitation to readers to enter a Seasonal Special contest] 1 cvr / "What is the airmail cover that has flown or travelled the furthest distance for the least amount of postage?" 2805a 9 * New Canadian Flight Covers Nino Chiovelli / Snowbird covers for Edmonton 2007 Grand Prix flypast, covers from the "Total" Arctic Expedition flown on a Russian-built airship 10 * New Book : A Tradition of Excellence - 2nd Edition by Dan Dempsey / 32 new pages that includes the 2003 to 2007 Snowbirds and information on other demonstrations teams, 768 pages, 1800 photos 10 * Members' Forum 3(iv): AMCN Section 7 - Interrupted and Crash Covers of Canada and Newfoundland Ken Sanford / AAMS definitions discussed in the context of the Alcock and Brown flight and also CF-AAO going through the ice 10 - 11 * Commemorative Covers for the 80th Anniversary of the Edmonton and Northern Alberta Aero Club and Blatchford Field 2 cvrs / Denny May / first airmail between Edmonton's Blatchford Field and Cooking Lake, story of the formation of the club and the airport in 1927, commemorative postage stamp, Air Mail in Alberta 1918 to 2007 by Denny May 12 - 13 * 70th Anniversary of Air Canada Happy Birthday! enRoute [Air Canada April 2007 in flight magazine] / highlights of the company and its predecessor Trans-Canada Air Lines, a copy of the TCA November 1939 schedule 14 - 17 * Chosen Instrument Makes Good - In Canada Steve Neulander, Air Transport [Trans-Canada Air Lines December 1947] / an article written for the 10th anniversary of the airlines, details of the airline's first decade of growth 18 - 21 * Follow Up : Signatures Identified 1 cvr / Barry Countryman, Andy Mrozowski, Mike Painter / Joe Crosson ferried a Fokker Universal to Winnipeg in the spring of 1928, details confirming aviator Lisandro Garay as one of Honduras' forgotten heroes, a New York Times article with details of the March 1921 Arthur Hamilton parachute jump over Illinois 22 - 27 * Information Wanted : 4 cvrs / regarding an explanation for 821 821 and 821A purple handstamps; regarding whether "Olympic" on covers refers to the the Olympic games or Olympic mountains 3213 28 - 29 VOLUME XXIII , NUMBER 4 [ December 2007 - Newsletter # 73 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * President's Report Dick Malott / an announcement by Dick that he is stepping down as CAS president effective 11 May 2008, details regarding his decision to dispose of his extensive collection of memorabilia 2 * Letters to the Editor Chris Hargreaves / announcement of a new section in the newsletter for members' correspondence that in whole or in part is to be published in the newsletter 3 * Announcing the Tony Conyers Project Chris Hargreaves / a project to distribute to interested young collectors at no charge three first flight covers and a checklist of cacheted 1928 - 1939 covers, three initiatives making The Air Mails of Canada and Newfoundland available as a donation or at a discount price 5 * Royal 2007 Royale gold medals received by Murray Heifetz, Neil Hunter and Steve Johnson, silver medals by David Whitely and Dave Hanes 6 * Royal 2008 Royale details of the 80th annual convention of the RPSC to be held in Quebec City May 16-18 2008 7 * Aerophilately 2007 a one-time All Airmail World Series of Philately exhibition held at the new APS headquarters, vermeil awards received by William Harris and Neil Hunter, silver medal by Fred Dietz 8 * Accolades for Murray Heifetz a bronze F.I.S.A. medal awarded to Murray for his book O.A.T. and A.V.2 Markings, in its 3rd edition 8 * Librarian's Report recent library acquisitions including a large number of back issues of The Airpost Journal 8 - 9 * International Federation of Aero-philatelic Societies a summary of highlights from the official report on the Congress and Assembly held in October 2007 10- 11 * The Wreck and Crash Mail Society Ken Sanford / details about the society's mandate, society web site and quarterly journal La Catastrophe 11 * What Cover Travelled Furthest for the Least Postage? 2 cvrs / Gord & Doris Mallett / a 1862 FREE cover mailed from Kingston C.W. [Canada West] to Quebec, cover mailed back to Kingston in 2008 12 * South Africa- Paraguay - Canada 1 cvr / Duff Malkin / an undenominated 1998 aerogramme mailed from South Africa to Paraguay, eventually returned to sender in North Vancouver 13 * Around the World for 85 Cents 1 cvr / Jack Ince / registered 1944 airmail cover from Cache Creek to China, undeliverable, arrived back in Canada in January 1940 14 * Northwest Territories to the South Seas! 1 cvr / Chas Flynn / Rae to Camsell River first flight cover is plastered with several six-cent Tonga Tin Can mail stamps 3349 15 * 1933, 3 cents 1 cvr / Alan Klein, Reuben Aretz / a memorial cover prepared one month after the U.S.S. Akron crashed April 1933 16 * U.S.A. to China for 1 cent 1 cvr / John Johnson / 1 cent Printed Stationary 1925 envelope pays the correct rate, flown from Seattle to Vancouver and then by steamer to Japan 17 * Cheap Airmails to One and All 3 cvrs / Mike Shand / souvenir cards from the 1936 Empire Exhibition in Johannesburg, Empire Airmail Scheme of 1937-39 carried "All-up" mail 18 * Wayzata cover! 1 cvr / Donald Holmes / an Ontario to Massachusetts air mail cover bearing the Wayzata $1 stamp for postage 19 * Salvaged from Air Crash 1 cvr / Neil Hunter / a 1945 C.A.A.F. cover flown from Italy enroute to London, crashed at Biggin Hill 20 * Air Mail via North Atlantic 2 cvrs / Chris Hargreaves / a 1943 England to Ontario cover not containing a stamp and endorsed "Air Mail via North Atlantic", a Washington D.C. War Dept cover that may have crossed the Atlantic free of charge 21 * Nigeria to California with NO POSTAGE! 1 cvr / Walter Herdzik / a stampless aerogramme bearing a slogan cancel reading "Ensure That Correct Postage is Paid" 22 - 23 * Air Mail Night April 10th 1930 1 cvr / John Irvine / a cover, programme and menu from the annual dinner of the Border Cities Stamp Collectors Club 24 - 25 * A Censored FFC from Aklavik, 1929 1 cvr / Kevin O'Reilly / an air mail-rated cacheted cover signed by pilots May and Becker, contains Australian civil censor tape and marking applied in Brisbane 2967y 26 * An Unusual World War 2 Cover 1 cvr / Richard Beith / a 1944 cover from Quebec addressed to a London 'undercover' address for Czechoslovaks serving in the Royal Air Force 27 * Follow Up : 1932 Olympic Air Cruise Covers 1 cvr / Barry Countryman / an article in The Vancouver Sun titled Ten Planes Fly into Local Airport Together confirms that the Cruise was definitely related to the 1932 Olympic Games 28 * Book Review : Wilbur's Story by Donald B. Holmes lavishly illustrated, "how France provided Wilbur Wright with the audience of aviators and general public he needed to launch FLYER and world aviation there in 1908" 29 * Special Offer 2 cvrs / Denny May / covers available from the Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots [L.A.M.P.] and Edmonton Flying Club 1979 commemorative flight marking the 50th anniversary of the famous 1929 Fort Vermilion mercy flight 30 * Book Review : UK Taxe Marks for International Mail 1875 - 2000 Usage and Listing by Ken Snelson / a study of the taxe marks of the UK applied to underpaid international mail to meet UPU requirements 30 VOLUME XXIV, NUMBER 1 [ March 2008 - Newsletter # 74 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Editor’s Award 2008 Canadian Aerophilatelist Editor’s Award recipient - Rex Terpening 3 * Tony Conyers Project Chris Hargreaves / 49 checklists and 147 first flight covers sent to a school, a stamp club and an individual 7 * Librarian's Report Chris Hargreaves / recent acquisitions include A Tradition of Excellence - Canada's Airshow Team Heritage, The Horseshoe Route, Undercover Addresses of World War II and British South American Airways 1946 - 1949 8 * In Memoriam - Mike Painter Chris Hargreaves / CAS member nephew of pilot Keith Tailyour, Mike's articles often focused on people, one article included details of an incident of "Roessler using an ink bottle to cancel some uncancelled stamps" 8 * 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 - the cover with the Roessler ink bottle cancellation mentioned above [page 8] CL 44 9 * The Aerophilatelic Gathering of 2008! Chris Hargreaves / details concerning Royal 2008 Royale in Quebec City, 64 frames, 10 CAS exhibitors, planned Early Air Mail Pilots & Services presentation 10 * Italian Airmail Catalogue Ken Sanford / Aerophilia Italiana / second edition, "describes and shows all known first and special flights within Italy and from Italy to other countries up until 1941" 10 * Follow Up : AMCN 3809 Edmonton/Aklavik Round Trip Covers 5 cvrs / Neil Hunter, Denny May, Dick McIntosh, Kevin O'Reilly, Mike Painter, Rex Terpening / pictures of the plane and crew, details of the search for Levanevsky and his Bolkhovitinov DB-A four-engined monoplane, features of the covers owned by CAS members including differences in the cancellations and signatures, comments from Rex Terpening who was '"somewhat involved" in the search activities, editor's comments as to who might have been aboard the non-stop flight and whether or not the round-trip was actually by air mail 3809 11 - 15 * The "Burton" de Pinedo Cover 1 cvr / Mike Deal / details of the 1927 de Pinedo four continent circle tour, details of a cover carried by de Pinedo as a personal favour and mailed in Rome FF-28 16 - 18 * Follow Up : a mystery Labrador "stamp" Bob Dyer in the BNAPS Air Mail Study Group Newsletter, Walter Hees / three theories regarding the stamp, a conclusion that the $1 stamp [label] and its 5¢ and 25¢ counterparts were created in 1907 or 1908 in an attempt to dupe stamp collectors 19 - 21 * Follow Up : Tour Du Cadran, 1947 4 cvrs / Michael Brisebois, Nino Chiovelli, Donald Holmes, Charles Oakley / cancellations on a card commemorating a special French 1947 endurance event - the Galop d'Essai du Tour du Carran [Tour of the Dial] 22 - 23 * Follow Up : Censorship in World War II (i) 1 cvr / David Whiteley / the three types of censorship in Canada, when censorship began, amount of mail censored, other details 24 -25 * History of the Postal and Telegraph Censorship Department 1938 - 1946 Chris Miller / information held at the Public Record Office in Kew London including the organization of censorship, postal censorship, travellers censorship, testing department, telecommunications censorship and Canadian relations with British and United States censorship 25 - 28 * Follow Up : Airmail from Detroit, 1926 1 cvr / Alan Klein / a cover showing that there was airmail service from Detroit to New York in November 1926 28 * Follow Up : Lebanon - U.S.A. November 1940 1 cvr / Barbara Priddy, Jack Ince, Murray Heifetz / articles from L'Aviette by Henri Truc suggest that the cover in question never passed through Allied hands and Egypt and that the Horseshoe Route were not involved 29 - 30 * Information Wanted 1 cvr / Harry Gordon, John Johnson / regarding a cover flown on an R.A.F. Comet 2 and photos of Sikorsky S-43B types that flew as flying boats 30 VOLUME XXIV, NUMBER 2 [ June 2008 - Newsletter # 75 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * In Memoriam : Eric Grove CAS member since 1988, volunteer of the Canadian Warplane Heritage museum, contributor to the list of souvenir covers in The Air Mails of Canada & Newfoundland 5 * Letters to the Editor Chris Hargreaves / announcement that Rex Terpening is the recipient of The Canadian Aerophilatelist 2008 Editor’s Award in appreciation of his contributions to the newsletter and in admiration for his book Bent Props and Blow Pots, publicity in Surrey newspapers resulting from the award, Rex's contact with aviation friends resulting from the publicity 6 * Report on ROYALE 2008 May 16-18 in Quebec City Chris Hargreaves / "biggest attendance at a CAS meeting since CAPEX in 1996", special aerophilatelic cover and cancellation commemorating the flight by Charles Lindbergh to Quebec City in 1928 with serum for Floyd Bennett, 14 aerophilatelic exhibits, 11 exhibitors, quite 'severe' judging 7 - 8 * Canadian Aerophilatelic Society Meeting 1:00 pm Sunday in the Callières Room, presentations were made by: - Chris Hargreaves: Introduction to Canadian Airmail - Marie-Danielle Vachon:Early Air mail Services in Quebec - Dave Brown:Airmail Services to the Gold Mines in the Red Lake Area of Ontario - Gord Mallett: Early Airmail Along the Mackenzie Valley to the Arctic Ocean - Ken Sanford: Triumphs and Tribulations of Pan American World Airways 9 * Book Review : Australian Air Mail Catalogue, 8th Edition Nelson Eustis & Tom Frommer editors, reviewed by Ken Sanford / enlarged and improved book, "lists all airmails from Australia and New Guinea" 10 * Rarities of the World Web Archive Siegel Auction Galleries / includes color images and descriptions for every Rarities sale since 1964 10 * US Military Aircraft on Stamps Ray Cartier / suggestion that several countries "put out an omnibus with each showing different US military planes" 11 * New Space Stamp Catalogue Published Weltraum Philatelie e. V., forwarded by the editor of ORBIT Jeff Dugdale, presents all space stamps ever issued in Europe and Russia, uses the numbering system of the German Michel catalogue 12 * Flight International Archive Available Free on the Internet Ken Sanford / "Flight International has just released its entire archive going back to 1909 free on the web" 13 * Old Airline Timetables Website created by Björn Larsson and David Zekia / old and new, includes Canadian Pacific Airlines and Trans- Canada Air Lines, www.timetableimages.com 13 * Airbus A380 First Flight Covers 1 cvr / Michael Dodds / covers prepared for the first commercial flight of the double-decker A380 on its October 2007 Singapore Airlines flight from Singapore to Sydney 13 * Book Review : NATIONAL TREASURE The History of Trans Canada Airlines by Peter Pigott, Harbour Publishing publisher's announcement / "all the major milestones that feature in the history TCA ... packed with photos" 14 * Lindbergh in Quebec City - 1928 1 cvr / cover notes and extract from Fred Hotson's book The Bremen, background to the souvenir cover produced by ROYALE 2008, details about Floyd Bennett, Charles Lindbergh & the Plains of Abraham 15 - 17 * Inaugural Flight of the "Stan McMillan" 1 cvr / Gord Mallett / signatures of eight different pilot families on an airlines postcard linked to Maxwell W. (Max) Ward, the inaugural flight of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 "Stan McMillan" 18 - 19 * Follow Up : Max Berendes Covers 2 cvrs / Ed Barrow, Chris Carmichael, Paul Huber, Barry Countryman, John Johnson, Alan Lieberman, David Whiteley, David Wilson / Berendes covers included a 1926 - 1928 CAM series, Max Berendes's biography by Barry Countryman 20 - 21 * Follow Up : Covers to RAF Czechoslovakia Squadrons 2 cvrs / Richard Beith, Charles Lablonde, John Tyacke, Neil Hunter / possibilities explaining a 10 cent franking on an Armed Forces air letter to India, notes on World War II F/Sgt. Karel Rybnicek 22 - 23 * More on the mystery Labrador "stamps" of 1908 Bob Dyer, Alan Tunnicliffe / Gibbons Stamp Weekly articles by Frank Phillips containing details about "postage stamps" produced by the Labrador Company 24 * Censorship in World War II Part 2 Chris Miller, David Whiteley / a detailed time line [based on the Canadian Post Office records] concerning what happened in Canada in World War II regarding censorship 25 - 29 * Information Wanted : Pacific Transport Co. - 1928 1 cvr / Brian Wolfenden / regarding the means of transport of a Victoria to Vancouver cover and whether or not it travelled within the regular Canadian mail service 30 * Information Wanted : Trans-Atlantic Airmail Labels 1 cvr / regarding a cover containing a blue and also a white "via NORTH ATLANTIC AIR SERVICE" label 30 VOLUME XXIV , NUMBER 3 [ September 2008 - Newsletter # 76 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS PAGE # Accolades for Richard Beith Chris Hargreaves / frequent newsletter contributor, the Tom Rielly memorial display and talk is presented by Richard Beith during the Annual Congress of Scottish Philatelic Societies in Perth 5 Jim Miller longtime CAS member and newsletter advertiser retires and is in the process of selling his stamp business, www.canadacovers.ca 6 Book Reviews: Postal History of World War II Mail Between Canada and Switzerland by Charles LaBlonde review by Richard Beith / "routes of the eastbound mail ...operation of the censorship system ... how the Red Cross handled internee and POW enquiries ... the civilian postal message scheme ... routes of the westbound mail" 7 International Airmails Volume 1 Transatlantic and Pacific by Edward Proud review by Chris Hargreaves / "covers all international flights up to the end of the war in August 1945 which carried normal civilian mail", includes detailed schedules and rates 8 Centenary of First Crossing of the Channel by an Aeroplane a national commemoration of the July 25 1909 flight by Louis Blériot to take place in France during the period July 22-26 2009, events include an aerophilatelic exhibition and "crossing the Channel with the same aeroplane" 10 * More Books, Resources etc. a dozen contributors / 2008 Canadian Stamp Dealers' Association Directory, EXPONET exhibits at website www.exponet.info, results of a survey on the most popular topical stamp collecting interest in 2008, aviation company and postal history websites, Mexico-Elmhurst Philatelic Society International (MEPSI) activities, 80th anniversary of east-west trans-Atlantic flight of the Bremen 10 - 11 In Memoriam - Richard Sanders Allen Chris Hargreaves, John Johnson / frequent newsletter contributor, 2006 Canadian Aerophilatelist Editor's Award, Allen's book Revolution in the Sky, The Lockheeds of Aviation's Golden Age opens with a letter written to him by Charles A. Lindbergh 12 - 13 Lest We Forget by Nino Chiovelli and Sandy Freeman details of Art Smith's leadership in the project to erect a memorial in Calgary in honour of Alberta aircrew who gave their lives in World War II, CAS western chapter's involvement in the project, Art Smith obituary / one cover 14 - 15 Airbus A380 Stamps and Covers by Nino Chiovelli details of the development, construction and configuration of the A380, opportunities to specialize in covers linked to A380 special events, www.europafdc.eu website / two A380 covers that have a Canadian connection 16 - 17 Australia Post's July 2008 Stamp Bulletin Ron Miyanishi / an advertisement offering covers to be flown on the first Australian commercial A380 international flight / one cover 17 Censorship in World War II - Part 3 by David Whiteley further information on the development of civil censorship in Canada during the period 1939-45, includes a time line for January 1942-45, mails available for exemption 1944-45, disbanding of censorship 18 - 20 Stamp Corner column from the Toronto Daily Star Barry Countryman / a July 24 1941 article claims that collecting wartime censored covers is a new specialty and is potentially profitable 21 More Information on AMCN 3809 and Sir Hubert Wilkins Search for the Soviet Flyers Mike Painter, Basil Burrell, Kevin O'Reilly, Richard Beith, Chris Hargreaves, The National Geographic Magazine / a chart showing the search expedition flights by Consolidated PBY Flying Boat and later by Lockheed Electra 10E, a map showing key search locations, Robert J. Morrison's claim that the alleged Levenevsky flight never took place, two of Russia's planes (of the four alleged flights) landed on the American west coast, arguments for and against Morrison's claim / two stamps from the SG 780-783 set, AMCN 3809 cover 22 - 27 More Information on the "Labrador labels" of 1908 John Bloor, W. R. Patton, Fred Jarrett / different versions of the story regarding where and why the stamps were seized, claims as to their value and the number that were destroyed / three stamps listed as essays L1, L2 and L3 in Fred Jarrett's 1929 Stamps of British North America 28 - 29 More Book Reviews: South African Airmails by Nicholas Arrow review by Ken Sanford / chapters contain chronological listings of flights, pioneer and special flights, internal and external scheduled flights, "Horseshoe Route" mail to and from America, crash mail, aerograms, first flights of various airlines that have served South Africa ... 30 Handbook of Aeropostal History of Chile 1916 - 2006 by Dr. Eduardo Madsen review by Ken Sanford / in Spanish and English - mail dispatched on first, inaugural, special and occasional flights - special and instructional hand stamps on letters and post cards - domestic and international flight schedules - rates and surtaxes 30 Collecting British Postal Stationery by Alan Huggins and Colin Baker review by John Holman in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, May 2008 / "listings are arranged in broad categories such as Envelopes, Letter Sheets, Letter Cards, and Aerogrammes ..." - well illustrated - items priced mint and used 30 VOLUME XXIV , NUMBER 4 [ December 2008 - Newsletter # 77 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS PAGE # The Drop Line Nino Chiovelli, Klondike Balloon Safaris Ltd. / details of the crash of a Zeppelin NT airship in Botswana and the Russian-built “Total Pole Airship”, both in 2007 - background and specifications of Friedrichshafen-built Zeppelin NT series airships (from Wikipedia) 4 – 5 Christmas Challenges Chris Hargreaves / details on covers submitted during the “What Cover Travelled Furthest for the Least Postage” competition, Christmas 1944 “Postage Free” air letters, Air Canada Toronto-Havana April 30 1976 / AMCN 7627 cover 6 Charles, Charlie & Chuck Donald Holmes / a listing of persons named “Charles” linked to aviation (categories: pioneers of powered flight, mail pilots, constructors and aviation historians) including 2003-2005 Canadian Snowbird pilot #9 Chuck Mallett / one cover, one Australia stamp, one France stamp 7 – 9 When Gord’s Dad Met Denny’s Dad – In 1929 Gord Mallett / photos and particulars of the March 9 1929 commercial flight of CF-AAL from Edmonton to Hackett and return, facts from the plane’s logbook held in Calgary’s Glenbow Archives, “logbooks are invaluable in determining the details related to early flights” 10 -11 The Remarkable Story of Captain Lisandro Garay Denice Guimond, Tulio Soto / two photos of Lisandro Garay, Silombra and Sanabria catalogue details about the high face value Honduras stamps issued in his honour /four stamps 12 – 13 North Shore/Straits of Belle Isle Airmail Kevin O’Reilly / two pages from his Labrador exhibit, two incoming air mail bag tags and a facing slip from the Ottawa to Bradore Bay and on to Red Bay flights, July 13 1932 first flight cover bearing Newfoundland stamps, cover bearing Newfoundland stamps cancelled by Canadian Mail Officer’s circular date stamp / AMCN 3231 cover 14 – 15 1933 Vancouver Air Pageant Ron Miyanishi / three photos from the pageant taken by Ron’s father (Pitcairn Autogiro CF-ARO, RCAF Ford Trimotor G-CYWZ and a Fairchild) / AMCN 3321 cover 16 – 17 The Hindenburg Murray Heifetz, Ken Sanford / evidence that Hindenburg mail was posted from smaller cities in Canada including Niagara Falls, Portage la Prairie and Botha Alberta - fake Hindenburg crash cover listed on eBay on September 13 and later withdrawn / one (fake) cover 18 More Comments on AMCN 3809 and Wilkins’ Search Basil Burrell, Richard Beith, Rex Terpening / a convincing article written by Viktor Yeletsky supporting the position that the Levanevsky flight did take place, a history of the Royal Canadian Signals Corps at www.nwtandy.resigs.ca. includes article (Item #10) on the issue / AMCN 3809 cover 19 1938 – The Mercury and Maia John Mullen / a commemorative cover he produced for the 70th anniversary of the July 21 1938 flight of the Maia which (after its mid-air lift-off from the S.20 Mercury) landed in New York 22 hours and 29 minutes later 20 “Boxed Air Mail” Handstamps Murray Heifetz / a cover illustrating type VII (in violet) in his revised classification, posted from Antigonish to Manila in 1939 & containing the correct 75c clipper rate 21 1939 Pan Am’s First Northern Trans-Atlantic Flight Alan Klein / a “Baltimore at Sea” cover from his exhibit on Crosby covers and cachets / AMCN 3921 cover 22 Trans-Atlantic – Middle Route Pan-Am FAM 18 – 1942 U.S.A. – Unoccupied France Jack Ince / a “Trouve a la Boite” (found in the box) cover postmarked Cambridge, Massachusetts June 8 1942 and with a 30c stamp paying the transatlantic air mail rate, an explanation of its several other markings and adhesives 23 North Atlantic – Southern Route – FAM 18 Neil Hunter / a January 29 1943 Oskarshamn, Sweden to Milton, Mass, USA cover - details of its travel by train and Air - contains censor stamp and tape 24 1943 FAM 22 Airmail from Montreal to Madrid in Free French Niger Richard Beith / a cover with correct 85c rate - routed via Miami, Lagos and Kano - two censor seals and two censor markings 25 1945 – First Post-War Trans-Atlantic Service Herbert Lealman / a first Swedish trans-Atlantic flight cover from Stockholm to New York via Reykjavik and Goose Bay, Toronto cancellation, special cachet 26 An Extraordinary Cover by George Stewart Rhodesian Study Circle Journal / three interesting features of a cover addressed to Government House in Seychelles Islands, posted from Umtali Southern Rhodesia in May 1948 with 9d airmail rate to Seychelles 27 60 Years Ago: Remembering Canadian Pacific Mike Shand / Air Transport Board awards trans-Pacific route to C.P.A., fist flight was Vancouver to Sydney via Hawaii and Fiji using a Canadian-built DC-4M aircraft / AMCN 4903b cover 28 1964 Opening of Victoria International Airport Don Lussky / an unlisted FORCES Air Letter Dick Malott cover addressed to him at Air Weapons Unit RCAF, CAPO 5047, Canadian Armed Forces Europe, August 14 1964 29 Sierra Leone Christmas 1994 Duff Malkin / a tourist promotion aerogramme containing many flaws, much of the design copied from previously issued 1980s aerogrammes, questions remain as to who took the photograph and who designed the form and the ‘stamp’ 30 Information Wanted Ed Matthews, Chris Hargreaves / How did a letter postmarked in Amsterdam and backstamped in New Jersey reach the USA? What was the aircraft registration and aircraft type flown for AMCN 3717? 31