The Canadian Aerophilatelic Society Library

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Books, catalogues and periodicals in the library can be searched for information on particular topics, and photocopies supplied to members at cost. For more information contact: Chris Hargreaves, 4060 Bath Road, Kingston, Ontario K7M 4Y4 Email: hargreavescp@sympatico.ca

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Title.	Author and notes.
The Pioneer and Semi-Official Air Mails of Canada 1918-1934	C.A. Longworth-Dames. The Warwick & Warwick Auctions catalogues for 6th February 2002 and 3rd April 2002, which included "The Pioneer and Semi-Official Air Mail" collection of C.A. Longworth-Dames.
Air Mail in Alberta 1918 to 2006	Denny May
Air Mails of Canada 1925-1939	George B. Arfken and Walter R. Plomish. The Charles G. Firby Auctions catalogue for 30th January 1998, which included the "Commercial Airmail Flight Covers" collection of Walter Plomish.
Official Air Mail Rates to Foreign and Overseas Destinations as Established by the Canadian Post Office: 1925 - December 1942	David Whiteley, plus the Robert A. Lee Auctions catalogue for 18th October 2002, which included the "Air Mail Rates to Foreign Destinations" collection of David Whiteley.
Schedules and Rates - Air Mail Services	published by the Canadian Post Office, March 1939.
Newfoundland Air Mail Postage 1937 - 1949	Jack Ince. Reproduces original announcements and rate tables from the Newfoundland Post Office circulars.
Newfoundland Specialized Stamp Catalogue, 6th edition 2006.	John M. Walsh and John G.Butt.
Airmail Catalogue: Canada and Newfoundland	by Smith, Crouch, and Jarrett, 1930.
The Specialized Catalogue of Canadian Airmails	Ian C. Morgan, 1931.
A Study of the Air Mail Labels and Air Mail Markings Found on Canadian Mail	David Hanes.
St. Lawrence Seaway - Ship to Shore Air Mail Covers, 1927-1934.	Jack Ince. A copy of his collection: each cover is written up with details of the route, rate, and developments in the service.
Finding Guide to the Richard K. Malott Collection of Documents on The Development of Canadian Air Mail Services	produced by the National Archives of Canada.
Canadian Air Mail articles	collected by Nelson Bentley.
Newfoundland Air Mail articles	collected by Don Wilson.
Harmers of London Auction Catalogues	for various sales, including: Newfoundland Airmails - the collection of Cyril H.C. Harmer, 26th February 2002 The "Labrador" Collection of Newfoundland Airmails, 25th February 2003
Charles G. Firby Auction Catalogues	for various sales, including: Semi-Official Airmails of Canada - the collection of Robert H. Jamieson, 15th October 1998. Canadian Airposts - Pioneer and Semi-Official stamps and covers - part of the collection of Murray Heifetz, 20th February 1999.
The Airpost Journal (published by the American Air Mail Society)	January 1947 to January 1950; and July 1964 to present.
Jack Knight Air Log	#1 (November 1943) to present.
The Canadian Civil Aircraft Register	John R. Ellis. Part 1: G-CAAA to G-CAXP (1920 to 1928), and Part 2: CF-AAA to CF-ACG (1929 to 1945), published by the Canadian Aviation Historical Society.
The Challenge of the Atlantic - A photo-illustrated history of early aviation in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland.	Bill Parsons.
Wings Across the Water - Victoria’s Flying Heritage 1871-1971	by Elwood White and Peter L. Smith.
Sixty Years - The RCAF and Canadian Forces Air Command, 1924-1984.
Bent Props and Blow Pots - A Pioneer Remembers Northern Bush Flying	Rex Terpening.
Air Mail, an Illustrated History 1793 - 1981.	Donald Holmes.
Flying the Mail.	from the Time-life Epic of Flight Series.
OAT and AV2 Markings.	Murray Heifetz. (AAMS publication - Second and Third Editions.)
Jusqu’a Airmail Markings.	Ian McQueen: "A Study" (published 1993), and Supplement (1995).
Recovered Mail	Henri Nierinck. First edition, 1918-1978; and second edition 1937-1988.
Airmail Operations During World War II.	Thomas H. Boyle Jr. A worldwide study.
Bridging the Continents in Wartime.	Hans E. Aitnik and Egbert Hovenkamp.
Wartime Air Mail - an introduction	by John Daynes. British and Swiss documents.
Intercepted in Bermuda, The Censorship of Transatlantic Mail during the Second World War.	Peter A. Flynn.
The Suspension of United States Mail to Switzerland - 1942 to 1944/1945.	Charles Lablonde.
American Air Mail Catalogue	Sixth edition Volumes 1, 2 and 3, and various volumes in the 4th and 5th editions.
Historical Souvenir Airmail Cover Catalog.	A.C. Roessler. Second Edition, 1932.
Sanabria Airmail Catalogue - North America, 1995.
Aircraft on Stamps Checklist	Barry Lewis.
The Pioneer Airplane Mails of the United States	Thomas J. O'Sullivan. (AAMS publication.)
Aerial Mail Service - A Chronology of the Early U.S. Governmental Air Mail, March - December 1918.	A D Jones. (AAMS publication.)
The Mass Flights of Italo Balbo - The Flights of 1928, 1929, 1930 & 1933 - A History & Catalog of their Postal Artifacts	Robert E. Lana. (AAMS publication.)
Scottish Air Mails, 1919-1979	Richard Beith.
Balloon Post of the Siege of Paris, 1870-71.	Louis Chaintrier. (AAMS publication.)
African Air Mail research notes.	documents donated by Jack Ince, and a photocopy of his collection.
Schweizerisches Luftpost Handbuch	1984. - The Swiss air mail catalogue: in German.
New Zealand Airmails	Charles Leski Auctions catalogue, April 19th 2004, for the sale of Mike Shand’s collection
Combi Mail	Van Dieten Stamp Auctions catalogue, May 27th 2004, for the sale of Frans van Beveren’s collection.
*New acquisition A Tradition of Excellence- Canada's Airshow Team Heritage	by Dan Dempsey. Contains 768 pages and over 1,800 photos. The book takes a look at the politics behind the creation and disbanding of various teams, and provides a wide-ranging history of military aviation in Canada from a different perspective.
*New acquisition The Horseshoe Route	published by Chavril Press. A short guide to the carriage of mail in World War II by air around the Indian Ocean from New Zealand and Australia to South Africa, and then to England by sea.
*New acquisition Undercover Addresses of World War II	published by Chavril Press. Details of over 340 secret addresses in 39 countries and territories used by Czechoslovaks serving in the Royal Air Force.
*New acquisition British South American Airways: 1946-1949	by Richard Beith. Designed as a source book for aerophilatelists, it includes notes on previous British attempts to introduce a South Atlantic airmail serivce, timetables, fleet lists, and many covers.
*New acquisition Phillips- Air Mail Magazine	published in England between June 1929 and October 1944. Nine copies available.
*New acquisition The Aero Field	A complete run from March 1970 to June 1983. This was published by Francis J. Field, who was for a long time the premier aerophilatelic dealer in Great Britain.
*New acquisition Air Transport Label Catalog	published by Don Thomas in the 1970's: Vol 1 section 1 Europe-Germany; Vol 1 section 2 Europe-France and section 3 Belgium, Netherlands and Dutch Indies; Vol 4 Latin America.
*New acquisition The Airpost Journal	we now of a large number of back issues from when it was first published by the AAMS in October 1931 up to 1946, and an almost complete run from 1947 to present.
*New acquisition The Stardard Airpost Catalogue- 1933 edition	published by The Berkshire Exchange.
*New acquisition Catalogue Des Aerogrammes Du Monde Entier	by Frank Muller. A comprehensive listing of First Flight Covers from around the world.
*New acquisition Airmails 1870-1970	by James MacKay. A chronological approach to the development of airmail.
*New acquisition Rocket Mail FLights of the World to 1986	by Dr. Max Kronstein. This book contains a lot of information about experiments in unmanned, high speed aerial mail delivery in the 1930's, and very little about the space-exploration trpe rockets.
*New acquisition British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines 1946-1954	by Laurence Kimpton. A beautiful book that describes the various airline services from Vancouver to Australia and New Zealand with lots of illustrations and covers.