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Literature, Crash & Wreck Covers, First Flight Covers
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to the Aerophil Aerophilately Home Page. My name is Ken Sanford. I am an
aerophilatelist and a part-time dealer in Aerophilatelic and Commercial
Aviation Books & Literature, and air crash covers. I have the world's
largest stock of Aerophilatelic books - both new and used, and a large stock of
air crash covers. Listed below are a few recent additions to my Book List, Crash Covers List & Helicopter Covers List
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NEW The Aero Field. Aerophilatelic magazine
published by Francis J. Field, Sutton Coldfield, England. 212
issues. Click on Book List above for details & price.
SPECIAL CLEARANCE
625A. AUSTRALIAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE, 1990, 5th Edition. Edited by Nelson
Eustis, published by Hobby Investments Pty Ltd. 307 pp. We have a few new
copies left. Special clearance price. $30.00 plus $3.75 surface
postage. Airmail is extra
World War II Mail from Switzerland to Great Britain, Canada & the United
States - A Postal History Handbook, by Charles J. LaBlonde. Published
by the American Helvetia Philatelic Society. Totally revised and updated from
published articles. Extensive archival material. Over 230
illustrations. 5 new appendices on interesting and related topics.
Expanded bibliography. Separate postal rate overview & summary.
75% airmail, but from an integrated postal history perspective (rates,
routes & markings). Spiral bound to lay flat. $37.60 postpaid
in the
Train Wreck Cover - On 11 September 1932, a
Southern Pacific Railroad train derailed in the High Sierra Mountains of
California. Five railway mail clerks were carried 150 feet down a steep
embankement in one of the mail cars that rolled down the canyon. Small
size window envelope (2cent stamped envelope + a one cent stamp) from New York,
probably to Oakland, Calif. Rubber stamp cachet "Received in bad
condition at/Oakland, Calif." plus manuscript "From Train Wreck
9/12/32" (it actually occurred on the 11th) and then a rubber stamp
"CLYDE E. SMITH/CARRIER #63 M./OAKLAND, CALIF.". Backstamped
Oakland Sep. 13. Scarce. $50.00. Scan or fax copy available on
request
Items from fire, which destroyed the
Burlington, Iowa Depot. It is a check which was being mailed to a
hospital services association, which was badly burned. There are two
mimemograph explanations from the Burlington Post Office, which explain why the
check is badly burned. The original envelope in which the check was being sent,
is gone. Unusual items. $75.00. Scan or fax copy available on
request
AIR CRASH MAIL OF IMPERIAL AIRWAYS &
PREDECESSOR AIRLINES, by Kendall C.
Sanford. A new publication by the Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund.
See Book List
Volume One, Sixth Edition - AMERICAN AIR MAIL
CATALOGUE. This 500 page catalogue contains revised and repriced listings of
the following sections:
U.S. Pioneer Covers - 1910-1916
U.S. Governmental Flight Covers
U.S. Air Express Covers
Crash Covers
Airport Dedication Covers
Mexico First Flight Covers - 1917-1939
US$38.50 plus actual surface postage, depending on rate to
destination country (usually about $4.50)
SPECIAL CLEARANCE - 263. LES BALLONS MONTES - BOULES DE MOULINS,
PIGEONGRAMMES, PAPILLONSDE METZ, Gerard Lheriter. Valeur Philatelique, Nice,
France, 1989, 253 pp.Very good & concise history of the Paris Balloon
Posts. Gives background on personalities of the Siege, separate chapters on the
more spectacular flights like the "Ville d'Orleans" & "Le
Normandie". Describes all the various markings & cachets, including
their value. Gives departure dates & mail postmark dates for each balloon.
Lists all the aeronauts & passengers, lists those balloons from which plis
confies are known, lists rarity of covers from each balloon, and gives weight
of mail carried on each, and value of covers in French francs, including value
according to country of destination. All illustrations in color. Complete
listingof all lettre journals published & values. HC, NEW. SPECIAL SALE
PRICE $38.50
AIRMAILS OF NEW ZEALAND, VOLUME 3 - INTERNATIONAL AIRMAILS
1940-1970, by Robin M. Startup, June 1997. Details the international airmail
services from wartime flying boat era up to the jet age, and is a sequel to
Vol. 2. See Item 638 in Book
List.
CORSAIRVILLE, THE LAST DOMAIN OF THE FLYING
BOAT, Graham Coster. The story of the crash of the Imperial Airways
“Corsair” in the Belgian Congo in 1939. The complete story of the extreme
effort to repair and fly the Short flying boat out, which took 9 months.
See Item 680 in Book List.
KATALOG DER DEUTSCHEN LUFTPOST, Teil 13: Erstflüge
1991-1999 - ohne Deutsche Lufthansa (Catalog of German Airmail, Volume 13:
First Flights of airlines to/from Germany, except Lufthansa German Airlines),
by Erich Haberer, 2000. See Item 647 in Book List.
KATALOG DER AEROGRAMME VON ASIEN 2000
(Aerogramme Catalog of Asia), Compilation of the previous catalogs of
Aerogrammes of Asia, which were in separate volumes. This now covers the
aerogrammes of all Asian countries from Abu Dhabi to Vietnam. Brief
description & value of each aerogramme. See Item 682 in Book List.
TURBULENCE ON THE GROUND - PANAM AND BEYOND, Ed
Parrey. Pub. by author, 2000. Nostalgic trip out of the past.
The good and the bad at Pan American World Airways. The reader will be
able to see what happens primarily on the ground at various airports. It is at
times funny, sad and romantic. The action and adventures at those places
are hectic, therefore part of the title "Turbulence on the Ground".
Entertaining, interesting, humorous, intriguing. See Item 683 in Book
List.
PAN AMERICAN'S PACIFIC PIONEERS, THE REST OF
THE STORY, by Jon E. Krupnick. Pub. by Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.,
Missoula, MT - USA, 2000, 700 pp. 9 x 12 inch format. A pictorial history of
Pan Am's Pacific First Flights - 1935-1946. Most complete collection of
rare survey flight & first flight covers are shown in color as well as
aircraft photos, poster/baggage label/timetable art, etc. A fantastic book. An
update of No. 633, which was published in 1997. See Item 684 in Book List.
WINGED COURIER, by Harry Klein. Pub. by Howard
B. Timmins, Cape Town, South Africa, 1955, 130 pp. A history of aviation in
Southern Africa. Excellent coverage of the early airmail services, including
Union Airways, Imperial Airways, BOAC and South African Airways. Very good
black & white photos. See Item 732 in Book List.
Links to other
Aerophilatelic Web Sites
Arago
- Images of all U.S. Airmail Stamps
Aerophilately
& Postal History
Benjamin
Lipsner Airmail Collection – National Postal Museum
SE Air Mail Society -
Chapter of the American Air Mail Society in the Southeastern U.S.A
Dick's
Rocket Dungeon - Rocket Aerophilately
Boeing 747SP Flight Covers
The
Canadian Aerophilatelic Society
The
Harold G. Dick Zeppelin Postcard Collection
Mike Piggin Auctions - Worldwide Postal
History with good selections of Air Mail, Maritime, Military, POW &
Internees, Disaster Mail, etc.
The
Pan Am Flying Boat Service via Wake Island - Stamps & Covers - Dirk H.R.
Spennemann
FIP
Aerophilately Commission - The international philatelic federations are
united in FIP (Fédération Internationale de Philatélie). FIP sponsors
international philatelic exhibitions and has created regulations for the
judging of airmail exhibits at such exhibitions.
French Aerophilatelic Circle - The
Cercle Aérophilatélique Français, or French Aerophilately Association, was founded
on 19 January 1957 to promote aerophilately and activities relating directly or
indirectly to French aerophilately
The Romanian
Air Mail Service - Bibliography of articles on Romanian air mail services
Ephemeral Treasures -
Aviation history and personal aviation experiences figure heavily on Bob
Ingraham's Ephemeral Treasures
web site. Most pages include illustrated images of contemporaneous stamps,
covers, and postcards.
New Zealand International Air
Mail Flights and Airmail covers
Postal Label Study Group
- Publisher of the Worldwide Airmail Label Catalog
Airmails of Siam - A
Handbook, by Nils Ramm-Ericson
Hindenburg Crash Mail – The
Scout Covers - An article about Scout franked Hindenburg crash mail from the
Netherlands
The Flying Dutchman (De Vliegende
Hollander) Airmail Society - The society for all aspects of Dutch aerophilately
Balloon Mail website -
Balloons in Philately - History of ballooning. Polish and Czech balloon
mail since 1945. World hot air & gas ballooning championships and
Gordon Bennett Cup: Results & philatelic issues
Imperial Airways - The Golden Age
of British Civil Aviation. A tribute to the airline, the aircraft and Croydon
Airport
A to Z -
Aerophilately and Airmails web directory that is part of a comprehensive site,
providing resources for collectors - Also has a link to all aerophilatelic
items for sale on eBay at any given time
Pan American's Pacific Pioneers - A
great website covering all aspects of Pan Am in the Pacific - aircraft photos,
covers, posters, baggage labels, and other Pan Am memorabilia
New Zealand Airmails
- Information on early New Zealand airmails and first flight covers
Astrophilatelie - Gesellschaft der
Waltall-Philatelisten - World Space Philatelists
Stampdomain -
Miscellaneous aerophilatelic information, links to aerophilatelic web pages
Sidney Fenemore - Postal History,
Postcards, Crash & Wreck Covers
Mayo Postal History Air Mail Covers
Metropolitan Airpost Society - New York
John
Dziadecki's Zeppelin Web Site
Jens Schenkenberger's Luftschiff Homepage
Contract Air Mail (CAM)
Routes - A list of which airlines operated specific Contract Air Mail
(CAM) routes
Scout Air & Space Mail
- This special collection highlights the wonder of flight and Scout topical
philately. Catagories include air flight, balloons, rigid airships, rockets,
and even feathered flight. This tribute to aerophilately is sponsored by
Scouts on Stamps Society International http://www.sossi.org. SOSSI
specializes in the collecting, study, and enjoyment of stamps and other postal
items celebrating the Boy Scout and Girl Scout (Guide) movements.
Symbols on
Airmail Stamps - Website showing various sysmbols on airmail stamps.
Hosted by Justin Milliun, email: jmilliun@ieee.org
M. Osborne Covers - First flight and
airmail covers
Airmail Society of
New Zealand
Baxley Stamps - Selling &
Buying Ryukyu Islands FFC and other Asian First Flight Covers. See our Ryukyu
Islands FFC price list
Henry Gitner Philatelists, Inc. – Email: hgitner@hgitner.com
- Zeppelin & Airship covers and stamps & a huge stock of flight covers,
first flights, catapults, rocket mail, etc.
Vernon Pickering - Philatelic
Literature, including some aerophilatelic titles
Osborne-Kaufmann - Your
American-European Stamp Connection
Bob
Friedman - Email: covercnr@eaze.net - CAMs, FAMs,
Jets, Airport Dedications
American Air Mail Society World's largest
and second oldest aerophilatelic society. Publishers of the monthly
Airpost Journal, and numerous catalogs & books for the
aerophilatelist. The next AAMS meeting will be held at the ARIPEX Exhibition
in Mesa, Arizona (near Phoenix) from 22 to 24 February 2007. See:
http://www.aripexonline.com/
British Air Mail Society
Catapult Mail - Rate Study in
Progress
Jim Forte - Worldwide
Postal History & Airmail History
Irish Airmail Society
Bill Murphy/Irish
Aerophilately
James Bendon Ltd. - Small
selection of aerophilatelic books, which are now handled by Chris Komondy of
Chester, CT - USA
Johnson Philatelics, South Africa - Interesting
selection of crash covers, philatelic auctions & British Africa
aerophilately - Nice African covers
Shades Stamp Shop, Christchurch,
New Zealand - Miscellaneous Flight Covers
Robert E. Lippert Stamps & Baron Mail
Sales - Some 1st flight & air mail covers
The
Aerogramme Society - Email: tomadami@hotmail.com
Aerogramme Society - Another
society for the aerogramme collector
Charles G. Firby Auctions - Lots of
aerophilatelic material
Paul Roales's Rocket Mail
Web Page
Joe Frasketi's Space Covers - Space and
other Topical Covers
Internationaler Aero-Philatelisten Club
"Otto Lilienthal"
Smithsonian National Postal Museum - Airmail
in America
FISA - International Federation of Aerophilatelic
Societies
Michael Rogers, Inc. - Philatelic
auctions with lots of aerophilatelic material
Vietnam & Indochina Postal History
& Air Mail Covers
The Airgraph website - Links to various
books and resources on airgraphs
NEW Aircraft
Photo Stamps - 174 aircraft images
NEW Aerophilately in Singapore
NEW Airmail Collector Auctions
NEW Aerophilately Postal History Resources
NEW The Pan Am Flying Boat Service via Wake Island - Stamps &
Covers
NEW
Aerophilately
Auctions - Johannes E. Palmer
NEW Indian
Night Air Mail Service - January 1949
NEW Netherlands
Airmail Covers For Sale
NEW Charles
Lindbergh - U.S. Air Mail Service Pioneer
NEW The
Development of Airmail in Bahrain
Links to Various
Aviation Web Sites
The Golden Age of
Air Travel -- Boeing Clippers
Thirty Thousand Feet - A large aviation
directory with thousands of links to aviation web pages, aviation news, FAQs,
and other sources of commercial, military, and general aviation information
The 'AirNet' Website - Over 20,000
aviation & flight simulation links
Airline Postcard Swap Page - On this site
you will find a swap list of mainly airline issued postcards, including a
picture of every swap card available
Airmail Pioneers -This website is
dedicated to the men and women of the U.S. Air Mail Service, a little-remembered
organization that laid the foundation for commercial aviation worldwide.
www.flyingclippers.com -
FlyingClippers.com aims to recreate the days of Pan American Airways and their
Fabulous Flying Ships and aviation’s Golden Age 1934-1946. Here you will learn
about the 28 planes that changed the way we travel and think about the world.
Includes information on the China Clipper and Boeing B-314 and a shop for
related items.
De Havilland
Comet web site - Lots of information about the world's first commercial
jetliner, including a discussion forum
Ross-Barrett Historical
Aeronautics Collection - 5,000 books & photos relating to man's history
of flight. Denver Public Library
Navy Lakehurst Historical Society - A society
for people interested in the history of the airship base at Lakehurst, New
Jersey
Pan American Heritage Web Site - A great site
for ex Pan Am employees and anyone interested in the world's greatest
airline. Add your name to the guestbook, post messages, and look up Pan
Am historical information
Pan Am Archives at
the University of Miami - Photos of classic Pan Am Aircraft. To download, put cursor on
photo, right click the mouse, and save to hard drive in normal manner. You must
have an image viewer program like Paint Shop Pro to view them
Pan Am Historical Foundation - Pencil
sketches of Pan Am aircraft by Robert Taylor & Watercolors of Pan Am
aircraft by John McCoy from the "Famous Flight" series, which you can
download.
Pan Amigo News - for former Pan
Am Employees
Papers of G.U.
"Scotty" Allan - National Library of Australia MS4911 Papers of G.U.
"Scotty" Allan - Famous Australian pilot
Aviation History Online Museum - Aircraft
photos available for download
Igor Sikorsky Web Site
Amelia Earhart Web Site
Charles Lindbergh Website
China National Aviation Corporation
(CNAC) Website
Links to General
Philatelic Web Sites
NEW PhilaGuide - The Golden Guide for
Philatelists - Links to various websites, such as auctions, philatelic
experts, postal authorities, stamp agencies, stamp dealers, exhibitions &
shows, libraries, philatelic words & terms, postage rates and more
NEW just4stamps.com
- Links to various philatelic websites, such as auctions,
philatelic bureaus, specialist societies, forums, thematic links
and more
Collector's Target - A
library of hot links to all sorts of philatelic websites Worldwide
Collector's Target -
Information on new stamp releases in various countries Worldwide
Worldwide Postal Rates -
Canada & Great Britain rates available now, and more to come
CollectStamps.About.com - Net Links
to dealers and a customer oriented Stamp Buyers Guide. Some dealer links
have postings of material available
AskPhil - Ask various questions about
numerous philatelic subjects. This website was introduced with philatelic
information in five major categories, as follows:
- "How To" Articles
- Planning Your Philatelic Estate
- Salm Foundation Reports
- The "AskPhil" Reference Library
- Public Philatelic Auctions - Lots of information about auctions,
including worldwide philatelic auction houses
