Psywarrior.com
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008: Airmails, Germany & Colonies, Links, MilitaryPsywarrior is an historical website dedicated to the Millitary use of Psychological Operations. Collectors of rocket mail should find this article on German Rocket Leaflet Campaign of interest.
British Air Mail Society
Monday, July 7th, 2008: Airmails, Clubs & Societies, Great Britain, LinksThe British Air Mail Society (BAMS) formerly the British Aerophilatelic Federation (BAeF) was founded in 1985 and incorporates the Aero Philatelic Club, London (1923) and the British Air Mail Society (1958).
Metropolitan Air Post Society
Saturday, July 5th, 2008: Airmails, Clubs & Societies, Links, United StatesThe Metropolitan Air Post Society, or MAPS, is a non-profit association of aerophilatelists. It started as the Metropolitan Airmail Cover Club, MACC, in 1941.
Irish Airmail Society
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008: Airmails, Clubs & Societies, Ireland, LinksThe Irish Airmail Society was founded in 1989, following interest in Irish airmails shown by several philatelists, some resident in Ireland and others in Great Britain, Switzerland, Canada and USA. The Society had over 30 members within its first year. ...
American Air Mail Society
Sunday, June 29th, 2008: Airmails, Clubs & Societies, Links, United StatesThe AAMS was founded in 1923, and is the second oldest aerophilatelic society in the world with over 1,500 members worldwide. The AAMS publishes the monthly magazine The Airpost Journal & the Jack Knight Air Log, as well as the ...
Airposts and their Stamps (1921)
Thursday, June 19th, 2008: Airlines, Airmails, Flight, Postal HistoryWilliam Cochrane. This article is probably one of the first airmail articles, certainly of any length, to be published in a philatelic journal. It was first published in Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly (January, 1921) from a paper read by Major RS Archer, ...
Pan Am Airlines: As Luck Would Have It
Monday, June 9th, 2008: "NSW Philatelist", Airlines, Airmails, Cuba, Philatelic Publications, Postal History, United StatesEd Wolf. J.E. Whitbeck was a worried man. He felt his job was on the line before he had a chance to prove himself. Here it was October 19 1927 and disaster was about to strike.
AIF First Day Covers by Air 1940
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008: Airmails, Australia & Dependencies, First Day CoversRonald M. Lee. Amongst the more common Australian first day covers are those issued in 15 July 1940 to honour the Australian forces. Four stamps were issued on that date, the denominations being the one penny, two pence, three pence and ...
An Air Mail Pioneer: The Story of Qantas Empire Airways
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008: Airmails, Australia & Dependencies, Postal HistoryHarold G. D. Gisburn. The possibilities of the aeroplane as a swift means of communication throughout the remote parts of Australia were envisaged during the first world war, and in 1919 shortly after the termination of hostilities, the Commonwealth Government commissioner ...
“All-Up” Mails
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008: Africa, Airmails, Australia & Dependencies, Great Britain, ZanzibarN. C. Baldwin. Periodically, reference is made in ”The Aero Field” to “All–Up” mails and the term appears to have puzzled some new collectors for the publishers have had several requests for an explanation. As the few that have written are ...
British European Airways (BEA)
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008: Airmails, GlossaryAfter 1951 it issued its own airmail stamps to cover fees on letters carried. The letters had to be handed in and collected at airports and town terminals. They were not carried by the Post Office.
“V” Mail Service
Friday, April 4th, 2008: Airmails, Glossary, Great Britain, Military, United StatesSpecial airmail service, operating in 1942 for United States’ servicemen. Similar to the British Airgraph Service.
Aerogramme
Monday, February 4th, 2008: Airmails, GlossaryA special lightweight single sheet of paper printed and gummed and designed when sealed to form an air letter. The official ones carry a printed stamp and they sometimes attract a lower airmail rate.
Australian Airmail Exhibition - October 1937
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008: "Philately from Australia", Airmails, Articles, Australia & Dependencies, Exhibitions, Philatelic PublicationsRonald M. Lee. In September 1931 The Airmail Society of Australia was formed to “foster and stimulate the hobby of aerophilately”. By 1934 it had members in England, Nyasaland, Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa, Iraq, U.S.A. and all states of the ...
Airgraph
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007: Airmails, Glossary, Middle East, Military, United States, World War IIUsed by British forces in the Middle East during World War II. A special form was used for the message and the recipient’s address. This, when completed, was autographed and the negative flown to the appropriate post office. Here a ...