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Vol. 34. Number 4. Whole Number 392
Contents for January, 1963
The Airmail Flights of Haiti 81
Aeronautical Medals - An Airmail
Variety... 84
Official Section 85
Airs of the Month 86
Balloon Post of the Siege of Paris,
1870-71 ············ . 89
Airpost Dedications ............ 91
The "Kondor Syndicate" in Ecuador
(concluded) . ............... . ......................... 94
Katherine Stinson - First Aviatrix
to Fly U. S. Mail ........ . . .... 100
South African Airmails (continued) 101
A. P. J. Ads Inside Back Cover
EDITOR
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ASSISTANT EDITORS
Robert W. Murch
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R. Lee Black, N. Pelletier, Florence L. Kleinert,
Dr. Max Kronstein, Richard L. Singley, William
R. Ware, James Wotherspoon, John Watson,
William T. Wynn, Frank Blumenthal, Samuel
S. Goldsticker, Jr., J. S. Langabeer.
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 The Airmail Flights of Haiti
By Richard L. Singley
The pioneer air mails of Haiti were
flown by planes of the U. S. Marine
Corps. Anyone not familiar with the
facts will naturally wonder why Marine
planes were used; so perhaps it would
be well to look back over the history of
the island known as Haiti.
It was first discovered by Columbus
on Dec. 6, 1942 and was called Quisquey
by the native Indians, i.e. wooded or
mountainous country. The Spaniards
named the island Espanola or Santo
Domingo. To-day the island is divided
into two republics, the Dominican Re-
public occupying the eastern portion and
the Haitian the western portion. Both are
largely Negro in population, Haiti being
well over 4,000,000.
Haiti's independence has been a sorry
spectacle, for the confusion that took
place throughout the years has given
it a stormy history.
Up until 1697 the island was a Spanish
possession . .In that year, by the treaty of
Ryswich, France obtained possession of
the western half of the island. One
hun d red years later, during the French
Revolution, France secured the rest of
the island. In 1801 Negro leader, Tous-
saint L'Ouverture gained control of the
whole island after a terrible civil war,
in which the white population of the
island practically was destroyed.
In 1802 Napoleon sent Le Cleave with
an army of ten thousand men to put
down the rebellion, making the island
the headquarters in a scheme to build
a great western Colonial Empire.
Toussaint L'Ouverture was subdued,
seized, and sent to France. Immediately,
thereafter the Negroes once more arose
in rebellion. Aided by yellow fever, they
drove the French from the island. Napol-
eon now abandoned his dream of a
western empire and the island declared
itself free.
At the close of the Napoleonic Wars,
the eastern part of the island was restor-
ed to Spain, but in 1821, inspired by the
wars for independence going on in South
America, the Dominicans rebelled against
THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JANUARY, 1963
• Spanish authority and proclaimed their
independence. At this juncture the pres-
ident of Haiti, as the western part of the
island was now called, captured Santo
Domingo and from 1832 to 1844, the
Haitians dominated the whole island.
The Dominicans won their independence
from Haiti in 1844 in a revolutionary
struggle led by Juan Pablo Durate. ·
In 1849, President Souloque proclaim-
ed himself Emperor and ruled for nine
years under the title of Fouster I. He
was finally driven into exile by Fabre
Geffrard, an intelligent mulatto, whose
reforms made him unpopular, forcincr
him to flee from the country in 1867. "'
Of the next four presidents, one was
shot and three were driven into exile.
The next president, Solomon, held office
for 10 years. Then followed a period
of almost constant civil strife until the
end of the century. With the opening
of the twentiJeth century, con((.i:tions
became even worse.
The last eight presidents prior to the
outbreak of the first world war held
office less than a year on the average.
Haitian finances were in a sad plight
and payment on all governmental obli"
gations was suspended. It was this sit-
nation that led the United States to in-
tervene. In July 1915 the government
was overthrown by a revolution which
resulted in the murder of the president.
Within a few days an American cruiser
arrived at Port-au-Prince. Marines were
landed and gradually occupied the whole
island. In the meantime, custom houses
were taken over, natives disarmed and
all weapons seized.
A treaty which provided for American
assistance to Haiti in the development of
her resources and in the reorganization
of her finances was now drawn up. Sev-
eral American experts nominated by the
president of the United States were to
direct Haitian finances, police and the
sanitation.
In an attempt to put the treaty into
operation a great deal of confusion re-
suited. The officials of the native govern-
81
 ment, the American treaty officials and
the military constantly were in conflict,
with the result that comparatively little
was accomplished. Since 1922 the £ric-
ion between the natives and the U. S.
officials has decreased, due to the ap-
pointment of the United States president
of a high commissioner to supervise and
co-ordinate the Americans and the nat-
ives.
Order soon was established in the
interior of the island and the marines
were withdrawn from the interior points.
The public debt of the republic has been
materially decreased since 1915 and a
surplus of receipts over expenditures has
enabled the government to spend con-
siderable sums on public works.
The marines provided special ·air mail
services, which we will describe in this
article. Unfortunately their cachets used
on the various pioneer Haitian airmail
flights were very crude and almost in-
distinct. The first cachets were varia-
tions of plane silhouette with "Avion"
below or above it. For convenience sake
we shall refer to the cachets as types "a",
"b", "c", .. d", and "e", The cachets will
be dealt with in their respective order
Soon after the Marines landed in Haiti,
planes were introduced as a means of
communication. As the pilots had to do
a certain amount of flying, a regular
air service was established between Port-
au-Prince and Cape Haitian, the two
principal ports in which Marine detach-
ments were operating. All mail exchang-
ed between Marine postoffices was flown
at no extra cost and bears no special
marking or indication to that effect. The
service called for three trips a week over
the 180 miles of land route, 55 minutes
by plane. The flights were made on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
They departed Port-au-Prince about
8 a.m. and retuDed before noon the
same day.
On May 2, 1925 the first commercial
mail was flown over this route. This
82 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JANUARY, 1963
service cost the Hait$an government
nothing more than to improve the field
at Cape Haitian. The first dispatch con-
sisted of about 50 letters postmarked
May 1, 1925 and flown early morning
of May 2 to Cape Haitian. A special
marking applied in carmine to the
stamps only, consisf!s of "AVION" within
an oval. (not illustrated) This impres-
sion, made of rubber was very indistinct
and rarely does the whole cachet appear.
The mail was backstamped at Cape Hait-
ian May 2, 1925. Covers from this flight
are generally found in poor condition.
May 2, 1925 was Saturday and the
return flight was made the same morn-
ing. A very small mail was postmarked
Cape Haitien May 2, and backstamped
at Port-au-Prince the same date. The
Port-au-Prince cachet was also applied
to this mail. These covers are exceeding-
ly rare.
The second flight of this route was
made on May 5, 1925. It was for this
flight that type "a" cachet was first put
into use. This cachet was also made of
rubber and very crudely applied. The
mail was postmarked May 4, and dis-
patched the morning of May 5.
~
AVIftN
b
During September of the same year,
type "b" cachet was first put into use.
This cachet was made of copper and is
generally found applied in red or black
with the latter being the more common.
The flight of Dec. 4, 1925 from Port-au-
Prince is generally credited with being
the first official use of this cachet, but
covers bearing it made their appearance
before that date. Along with the Dec. 4
cover, the cover from Port-au-Prince of
April 20, 1926 to Cape Haitien is a
popular item. These covers all have type
"b" applied to the stamp and cover.
The return flight from Cape Haitien
was made the same day with covers
postmarked the 19th, backstamped at
Port-au-Prince the 20th. The year date
of Cape Haitien is generally found to
be inverted. Type "b" cachet was used
 again on the cover.
It was off Cape Haitien that Columbus'
flagship, the Santa Maria, had been
caught in a current and swept onto a
sandbank, Christmas Eve, December 24,
1492. The crew took refuge on the Nina,
a sister ship. Columbus built a fort on
a hill to the east of the present city
of Cape Haitien, and named it La Nav-
idad, as he entered the bay on Christ-
mas Day. Here he left thirty-nine men
because the Nina could not accommo-
date them. On Jan. 4, 1492. He contin-
ued to the northern coast of the island, to
the east, and from Samana Bay, on Jan-
uary 16, 1492 set sail for Spain.
Upon his return one year later, he
found the fort completely destroyed,
the Indian village burned, and the whole
neighborhood silent and desolate. The
exact location of the town of La Nav-
idad has always been in doubt, but
there are excellent reasons to believe it
to be the present city of Caracol.
(To be continued)
• We like the colorful gummed country
The Citation Album
-By Harris
When the head of the thriving stamp
firm spends more than one thousand
hours of his own time to create an
exciting new stamp album, that's real
news.
We have seen the new "citation"
international stamp album just issued
by H. E. Harris and Co., well known
Boston stamp organization and we are
very much impressed by what we saw.
This large (size 12lh" high, 9lh"
wide, 5" thick) hard cover loose leaf
album is designed to hold more stamps
and has more illustrations than any other
album in the world. Spaces are assigned
for more than 60,000 stamps, and of
these 42,500 are illustrated. We espec-
ially like the fact that if the same set is
reissued in another combination of per-
forations (like the early twentieth cen-
tury United States issues) the illustra-
tions are repeated for the reissued set.
We like the room for expansion, so that
if ever filled, the album will still main-
tain its dimensions and not bulge. The
loose leaf feature provides for later
printed or blank pages.
THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JANUARY, 1963
Built-in features include ( 1) Illus-
trated World-wide Stamp Finder, which
identifies immediately the country to
which any stamp belongs, ( 2) Stamp
Collector's Dictionary, which defines ab-
breviations, words and phrases in com-
mon use among collectors, ( 3) "How
To Collect Stamps," a trustworthy guide
for all collectors, ( 4) United States
Stamp Identifier, quickly shows the dif-
ference between rare stamps and com-
mon "look alike" varieties, ( 5) Full
Color 'Vorld Map to help locate coun-
tries and major cities of interest to col-
leetors, ( 6) Explanation of differences
in stamp colors, overprints, surcharges,
imprints, perforations, etc., which create
separate major varieties, ( 7) Historical
and geographical descriptions of many
nations, to better understand their postal
issues, people, culture, and customs.
We are told illustrated annual supple-
ments will be available to keep the al-
bum up-to-date.
titles, flags, coats of arms, and especial-
ly the set of "Stamps" portraying all
United States presidents to date.
The vinyl cover is most attractive and
will be wear-resistant.
Henry Harris has told us that his
primary purpose in preparing this album
was not financial ga.in, but rather the
hope that it will greatly stimulate the
growth of the stamp hobby. We think
that once the beginners and even the
advanced collector see this work, it will
quickly be used.
It's very worth while having - a
great aid to simplifying collecting.
Priced at $14.95, it's now available
post paid from H. E. Harris and Co., 108
Massachusetts Ave., Boston 17, Mass.
Presumably it will soon be sold through
your favorite dealer.
•
About Our Cover -
Here is a jet's eye view of the new
terminal complex of the Honolulu In-
ternational Airport, recently put into
service across the field from the old
terminal building. Photo courtesy of
United States Air Lines.
83
 Aerona utica I Medals _ B_y_Er_ik_H_ild_es-_H_e_im_

AN AIRMAIL VARIETY •
For a long time this writer has con-
fined activities to U. S. and foreign
Pioneer Airposts mainly. However, they
are relatively few and far b etween. Thus,
though research in this field brought
some new discoveries to light over the
year , this remains scarce material with
months going by without any additions
to the airmail collection. Gradually ·w e
b egan to branch out into different form s
of AERONAUTICA until now we go in
for everything reflecting aeronautical
d evelopments, such as historical books,
engravings, posters, medals, aircraft cat-
alogues, plates, fan s, clocks and other
works of art.The only criterion is that
they m ust depict or reflect aeronautical
even ts or the active participants in these
fields and b ear the patina of age which
merits their preservation and being
saved from oblivion.
It is difficult to explain why aero
medals, for example, seem as hard to
come by as crash covers. Some p eople h anded out without any charge, ·o the
will think of military decorations award- recipients could reflect, and no doubt
ed for valor in war when the word did, that one does not lr~ok a gift horse
"medal" is mentioned and this is often in the mouth. What matters is that this
what is offered when we are inquiring aero medal tells the p ertinent data for
ahout aero medals. However, the other all times. The front bears the inscription
day we came across, and acquired an along the border: " AIR MAIL 000 St.
intriguing variety because it has a distinct Joseph, Mo. ," in the center : "May 12,
airmail flavor. For this reason we record 1926." The reverse side shows the mail
it in these columns. biplan e used on that occasion.
As C. A. M. collectors will know from It is a fairly safe bet that not many
their St. Joseph covers on the inaugur- present that d ay who rece ived this
. ation of route No. 3 on May 12, 1926 medal both ered to keep it. How many
on that day the pilots of National Air have been pre er ved is anybody's guess
Transport, Inc. made intem1ediate land- and would b e idle speculation. It should
ings at this stop to deliver and pick up be intere tina to learn, though , whether
airmail on both northbound and south- somebody can come up with similar
·b ound flights. Intense civic pride was airmail medals from other places. W e
eli ·played in St. Joseph over b eing in- for one, would welcome such news.
cluded in the new modern speed-up of Airmail collectors in oth er fields might
th e mail. This is reflected and preserved also come up with aero medals of a sim-
in an aluminum m edal of 30 mm. diam- ilar nature. Th ere was a d etailed and
eter which was evidently distributed well documen ted article about Lind-
freely to spectators at the flying field t o b ergh airmail in a recent issue of AIR-
preserve the memory of this event of POST JOURNAL. This famous pilot
local historical importance. Never mind did much con ·tructive work after his
that this aero m edal is not an item of transatlantic flight to stimulate the
great artistic beauty. It was no doubt growth of commercial aviation . It is not
84 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL. JANUARY, 1963
too far fetched to speculate upon the
possibility of a number of Lindbergh
airport or airmail souvenir medals turn-
ing up among Lindberghiana material.
We have, for instance, a medal show-
ing "Lucky Lindy" on the reverse side
while the text on the front side tells
clearly for what purpose the medal was
issued. The inscription reads, "Your con-
tribution will help build (this wording
appearing above a rising sun) ELGIN'S
AIHPOST" (and below is depicted a
biplane). We know that Lindbergh's
flying visits to many places all over the
country, after the airmindedness his
epochal flight to Paris had created, was
for the purpose of stimulating support
for more airport facilities. Being linked
with his name, these endeavors were
often successful; so again collectors of
dedication covers share a common in-
terest in such possible souvenir aero
medals and may come up with mor~
varieties. Such news will again be most
welcome.

OFFICIAL SECTION
AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY
MONTHLY REPORT From the Secretary
Ruth T. Smith, 102 Arbor Road, Riverton, New .Jersey
.JANUARY 1, 1963
NEW MEMBERS
J4957 Hamilton, John M., 212 Northview St., Aurora, HI.
4958 Hein, Richard F., 36 El Paso Place., Salinas, Calif.
4959 Jeffus, John H., Box 36, Cascade, Colo.
4960 Lazarus, Sydney A., 68 Forest Ave., Glen Ridge, N. J.
4961 Gmahle, William T., 2000 E. New Orleans Ave., Tampa 10, Fla.
NEW APPLICATIONS
4962 Young, Ruth M., (Mrs.), Box 436, Lyons, Nebr. Age: 56, Grocery, By: R. W. Murch
AM AU AS JF PC HC GF DC AFD
4963 Russell, Fred I., 103 Grandview St., Springfield 8, Mass. Age: 75 Retired
X By: A. H. Mathieson
4964 Bronchain, Arthur, 7 rue P. J. Lecomte, Dampremy, Belgium Age: 56
By: J. J. Matejka
4965 Sams, Paul E., 1616 Lakeshore Dr., New Orleans, La. Age: 38 Executive
By: N .Rieger
4966 Dobson, George L. (Dr.), 308-9 J. Campbell Bldg., Honolulu 13, Hawail Age: 59
Dentist By: R. T. Smith
4967 Lindros, William A., R. D. 1, Railroad Ave., Mount Holly, N. J. Age: 60 Wood-
worker AM U20 UC HC EL FF CAM FAM OF DC 1D APS By: R. T. Smith
4968 Sanford, Kendall C., 20 Montclair Dr., Ellicott City, Md. Age 26 Airline Clerk
JF HF PC HC PA FF CAM FAM OF DC 1D X By: R. T. Smith
DECEASED
LM15 Lee, Raluh L., Brookfield, Wise.
3609 James Francis, Woodland, Calif.
RESIGNATIONS
3402 Andersen, John J., 175 Casa Way, San Francisco, Calif.
4524 Feemster, Mildred, 5010 Sun Circle, Sarasota, Florida
4686 Worden, Waite W., Quantico, Va.
4884 Ducker, Hugh L., 128 Cadiz Ave., San Clemente, California
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
4942 Blum, Joseph G., Jr., 218 Hurley Ave., Kingston, N. Y.
4047 Ellison, W. R., 2398 Oakland, Aurora 8, Colo.
4632 Nelson, Robert H., 610 Sterling Dr., Eugene, Oregon
4783 Neuwirth, Otto, P. 0. Box 2241, Ocean View, Miami Beach 40, Florida
4939 Pierce, Gerald L. (Maj.), Hospital Pharmacy, Womack Army Hospital, Fort
Bragg, North Carolina
3864 Osborne, Roland H., (Dr.), 13336 Chalon Rd., Los Angeles 49, California
4234 Schmidt, Arthur M., 1380 North Ave., Apt. 605, Elizabeth 3, N. J.
4882 Schwartz, Max, 345 - 8th Ave., New York, N. Y.
4233 Wagg, J. W. Bruce, 2755 Cannon Rd., NW., Calgary, Alta., Canada
4952 Bechberger, Karl, 341 Henry St., Urbana, Ohio
Schenone, Giuseppe, Corso San Gottardo 11, Milano (727), Italy

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Described and Illustrated through courtesy of Nicolas Sanabria Co.. Inc.
521 Fifth Avenue. New York 17. N. Y.

AFGHANISTAN: pletes the recent flower set (total issue

Perf. & Imperf. Souvenir Sheets for only 5,000) ( 1)
Agriculture Day (2). BRAZIL:
ALBANIA: U.N. Anti-Malaria; engraved single
Gagarin set has been overprinted 'air- (1)
mail'. (3). BULGARIA:
ARGENTINA: New def. set ( 5)
15th Anniv. U.N. marked (1). CAMEROONS:
Inauguration of Stamp Exhibition ( 1). This definitive set portrays wildlife
BOLIVIA: and scenes from country ( 4)
Beautiful set of picturing the Kantuta.
flower. Defs. ( 4) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC:
World Refugee Year Set, revalued and Set for Sports ( 4)
overprinted in black ( 5). CHAD:
Small imperforate souvenir sheet com- Set for Sports ( 4)
86 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JANUARY, 1963
CHILE:
Yet another value in the 150th Anniv.
of the National Government Series ( 1)
Additional values in the new National
Airline series ( 2 )
Another value has been issued for the
World Football Championship set ( 1)
COLOMBIA:
Set honoring Colombian Engineers ( 4)
70th Anniv. Organization of American
States marked by single ( 1)
Paintings of the Nativity and Sam
Isidoro are shown on Extra Rapido set
(2)
Single for womens' political rights ( 1)
25 years of Scouting marked by set
(4)
CONGO:
Pointe Noire Fair, June 8-11, is mark-
ed by singe ( 1 )
Set for Sports ( 4)
COSTA RICA:
Overprinted pair commemorate the
Second Central American Philatelic Con-
vention. ( 2)
Provisional set of surcharges on values
of the Industries set and one showing
the National Library ( 4)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA:
"Praga 62" Internat. Phil. Exhib. in
Prague is commemorated by beautifully
engraved set ( 4)
FRANCE:
Tourist aviation and gliding. ( 2)
GABON:
Progress of aviation ( 4)
Souvenir sheet contains above set
with marginal inscription marking Phi-
latelic Exhibition at Libreville ( 1)
Set for Sports ( 4)
GUINEA REPUBLIC:
Anti-Malaria issue ( 3)
Small imperforate sheet completes the
set ( 1)
GUINEA:
Musical instruments are depicted on a
short set ( 3)
HAITI:
Set of three triangles for U.N. Anti
Malaria (3)
Refugee set - second issue - similar
to last issue but inscribed "1962" ( 2)
Ovpt. on Turtuga Island set to honor
Col. John Glenn ( 2)
Scarce Imperf. Souvenir Sheet com-
pletes the Anti-Malaria set ( 1 )
Scarce Imperf. Souvenir Sheet com-
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pletes the 2nd W.R. year set ( 1)
HUNGARY:
New de£. sets, perf. & imperf. pairs
(9)
Se-tenant perf. and imperf. pairs honor
the flights of astronauts Nyikolajev and
Popovics ( 2)
World Football Championship in Chile
is commemorated ( 1)
ISRAEL:
Israeli Airforce is honored ( 2)
New high value depicts views of Elat
( with tab) ( 1 )
IVORY COAST:
Second anniversary of admission to
United Nations ( 1)
De£. set showing views ( 2)
JAPAN:
Re-designed low value ( 1 )
JUGOSLAVIA:
Small imperf. sheet for 7th European
Athletics Championships ( 1 )
LAOS:
A beautifully engraved set depicts
scenes from Laotian Folklore ( 4)
LEBANON:
Work Day (4)
Olympic set overprinted for the Eur-
opean Shooting Champs. on June 2nd
(3)
MALAGASY REPUBLIC:
Additional definitive depicts views of
Nossi-Be ( 1)
Souvenir sheets completes the set for
Philatelic Exhibition at Tananarive ( 1)
MAURITANIA:
The Europa stamp has been reprinted.
The 'E' of 'Europa' has two lines around
it now instead of one and 'Miferma' is
now boxed in ( 1 ) ..___
The Anti-Malaria stamps have also
been reprinted with an altered design
(2)
MEXICO:
Centenary of the Battle of the 5th
May 1862 (1)
25th Anniv. Polytechnic Institute is
marked by a single ( 1)
Pres. Kennedy's recent visit ( 1)
MONACO:
Europa, 1962 ( 1)
Scientific Centre ( 1)
MOROCCO:
Two values of a new definitive sel;
the first airmails since 1957 ( 2)
NEW CALEDONIA:
De£. showing skin diving ( 1)
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 NICARAGUA: Evacuation Day 1962 ( 2 )
Stamp centenary is marked by imper- TOGO:
forate souvenir sheet ( 1 ) Col. Glenn commemorative ( 1 )
Ovpt. on Junior Chamber of Com- Col. Glenn commemorative-overprint
merce set fo r Anti-Malaria ( J.imi ted in red ( 1 )
issue) ( 5 ) UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC (Egypt):
NORWAY: World Meteorological Day ( 1 )
50th Anni versary of Avia tion in Nor- VENEZUELA:
way ( 1) New Post Office series ( 7 )
PANAMA: 4th Anniversary of Bishop Rafael Arias
Two values of the Rome Olympics set Blanco's Pas toral Letter ( 1 )
have been overprinted and surcharged to Set d isplaying differen t orchids ( 10 )
honor the 9th Central American and Car- !50th Ann iv. Independence honored
ibean Games, held in Kingston. ( 5 ) (3)
U. N. Anti-Malaria set ( 2) Ovpt. and surch for Airmail on Post
PARAGUAY: Office stamp to mark 200th Anniv. of
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 Balloon Post Of The Siege Of Paris, 1870-71
By Louis A. Chainfrier
Translated by Dr. Evereff E. Thompson and George W. Angers
CHAPTER 36- VILLE D' ORLEANS (PART SJ
"The next day was a repetition of the
festival of the day befo!e, with exaggera-
tion. In the evening we were taken into
theaters where the musicians received us
with the "Marseillaise" while the throng
stood listening; then came the grand
reception of the civil and military offi-
cials. The nota!bles of the city gave a
splendid fete in our honor; General Ney-
wemann, the great NQ!'wegian poet,
Jonas Lie, and many other eminent per-
sons overwhelmed us with sure testi-
mony of most friendly sympathy. We did
not know how to answer it.
"We had no other guide in the citv
than Mr. Hepp and did not leave him as
long as we had the pleasure of talking
about our native land with a French,nan
from Strasbourg whose excellent feeling
had made a conquest of ours from the
first moment.
"It was at his home that we took all
our meals and it was at these most inti-
mate meetings that we were able to
judge how much more sensitive to the
misfortunes of the fatherland are those
persons who live far from it in the
midst of quiet and peace. In a word,
Madame Hepp summed up in herself:
grace, goodness, Norwegian friendliness.
It was she who adopted my good pigeons
and let them loose in a room where they
bathed, flew around, and joyously cooed
- and the coverings of the furniture in
the room, I can assure you, were well
arranged.
"We were also equally pleased with
the kindly reception shown us by Mr.
Delsart, chancellor, and Mr. Molard,
consular attache.
"I would not know how to conclude
this report without describing to you
the great reception, which I mentioned
above, and a banquet of 1500 persons
that had been organized in a few hours.
At first glance we saw in the middle of
a large ta,ble a large mounted piece rep-
resenting Mount Lid and the balloon
surmounted with French and Norwegian
flags.
THE AIRPOST JOURNAL. JANUARY, 1963
• "The assembly was dominated by a
rostrum - a regular practice in Norway.
Jon as Lie, the beloved poet, mounted it
and pronounced a d i s c o u r s e on the
events tha,t were taking place in France.
He said that he kept a strong hope in
seeing .them soon terminated and recall-
ing what were the ,bases of the friend-
ship of France and Norway, declared
that their bonds of fraternity would be
more and more strengthened.
"Rolier answered him by saying how
much these unanimous and spontaneous
displays of good feeling piled up for
us, of which our adventures and presence
were only the pretext, and how proud
we were to be able to convey to our
fellow citizens the glorious evidence of
the prestige of our native land.
"The cries of 'Vive la belle France',
the applause, the sustained and prolong-,
ed hurrahs answered him and at once.
Rolier and I were seized, each one by
four persons, who lifted us up and bore
us around the resounding and tu-
multuous hall where all those present
contended with each other for the plea-
sure of shaking our hands.
"When we retired, we reckoned with-
out the crowd that wished by all means
to continue their manifestations and we
had the greatest difficulty in regaining
the hotel in order to rest from our great
fatigue.
"Hepp asked us for the balloon in
order to display it at the University,
procuring an entrance fee for the bene-
fit of the French woundPd. Rolier has-·
tened to subscribe to this good idea and,
we are assured of the result of this ex-
hibition.
"This consul, a good patriot as well
as an energetic representative of his
country, had already collected in Nor-
way some important amounts for this
sacred purpose; he turned over to us
"value in cash" to the amount of 23,800
French francs which RoHer remitted to
the government of national defense.
"Departure w a s announced for the
89
 next day, December 1, at 2 o'clock but
since the owner df the boat on which
Mr. Hepp had made our reservations was
a Prussian, it was judged unwise rto en-
trnst the sacks of dispatches to his ves-
sel and it was decided that we leave
on the "North Star" whose captain was
an Englishman about to set sail at noon.
Finally we had to leave. We were ac-
companied by Mr. Hepp, the personnel
of the consulate general and the French
residing in Christiania.
"On board the ship we found the
owner Mr. Bresslaw, who had come
expressly to receive us, and the English
captain, Mr. Pearson; emotions were
strong when it came time to say fare-
well to the ladies and children. Hepp
and Omsted pressed us last of all in
their arms, as if as fathers they were
seeing their sons depart. At the last
moment a document from the Bourgeois
of Christiania was delivered to us,
covered with many signatures.
"The "North Star" trembled, and
glided slowly on the half-frozen water,
w:hile on the shore resounded for the
last time the hymn of the 'Marseillaise'.
"The generous Norwegians who had
assembled expressed by hurrahs a last
j:hought of affection, a last prayer, and
it was a thrilling sight, all there signs
of farewell, all there heartfelt cries,
there hats and handkerchiefs. waving in
the air as long as the ship was in sight.
''Delayed by the ice which seems to
retard us for a long time, we arrived
the next morning at 5 a.m. at Christi-
ana and where Rienhard, French con-
sular agent, and a deputation of im-
portant persons, among whom was Mor-
ggen Stjerne, ·uncle of Hepp. They were
111U<:h disappointed in not being able to
hold us in .the city for a few days.
"We felt that· we should not delay.
Two days later at 10 p.m. the "North
Star" arrived at London, where on the
following day we were received at the
embassy with eagerness, and where we
made several families happy by promis-
lng to carry news to their relatives shut
up in Paris, a matter that had been
brought about through the solicitude of
Mr. Steenackers. Nothing more remains
for me, my commandant, than to give
90 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JANUARY, 1963
you in a few words the conclusion of
my travels. During the few days that
the crossing to London lasted, I was
horribly sick and it was almost impossible
for me to take a moment of rest, but
my good friends, the pigeons, were en-
during marvelously the wanderings of
the journey; they were free in my cabin
where they had grain and water. These
creatures are astonished at nothing.!
"I remained at London for thirty
hours and embarked at Southhampton
for Jersey and St. Malo where I arrived
December 8, 1870 at 1 a.m. Twenty-
four hours later I was at Tours by way
of Rennes. You observe, my commandant,
that I accomplished my mission faith-
fully. I have taken, it is true, fifteen
days to get from Paris to Tours, :but I
journeyed by way of Norway and Eng-
land which was not exactly the direct
route. My despatches reached their des-
tination and that is what I consider
my only title to fame, thanks to my
good friends in Norway.
"May God bestow on this unpretend-
ing and hospitable people, devoted in
heart, the wealth of his benedictions! I
have saved and brought back my poor
pigeons.
"Accept, my commandant, the re-
spectful sentiments of your very devo-
ted servant.
Leonard Bezier"
For an addition to these lines, let it
be the 'final words that Emile Cartailhac
wrote in his book "The Voyage by Bal-
loon of Capt. Paul Rolier from Paris to
Norway," published in 1871, the 112th
day of the siege of Paris:-
"In summary, they left Paris on the
night of November 24-25; fourteen hours
and 40 minutes later they landed in
Norway and fifteen days passed fr<>m
that moment up to their arrival in Tours,
for it had been impossible for them to
traverse the distance more rapidly. In
the first part of their journey they were
confronted with perils capable of arous-
ing the most courageous. Prussian bul-
lets succeeded in reaching them just at
the departure from Paris, the sea could
be their grave. A little Iess good fortune
and presence of mind and they would
have perished in the descent of the bal-
 loon. Wolves in short order might have
made way with rthe two unfor·tunate men,
without weapons and any way of de-
fense. Finally, if they had not fallen
into the most populous part of Norway,
or even if they had not found the pUe of
hay and the sledge tracks; ·they would
have died of cold and hunger.
They would not have incurred greater
danger of death on the field of battle.
They have gloriously fought for France.
They are completely satisfied with the
idea of duty fulfilled and the memories
so precious of their journey across Nor-
way. They have returned to France to
keep up their fight for it, but Rolier
assures us that from now on •he has two
fatherlands and that it would prove to be
an inexpressible good fortune some day,
as the ocoasion offered, to place himself
entirely at the service of those beloved
Norwegians.
We French gladly assume our share
of gratitude. This glorious sympathy of
a people for whom France had never
done anything, proves to us that the fra-
ternity of peoples should not be a use-
less phrase, a foolish and senseless utopia.
In former days, humanity apparently had
three deadly evils: tyranny, slavery, war;
Slavery and tyranny no longer exist -
but to no purpose, war redoubles its fur-
ies. Will not its disappearance some day
be the final consecration of progress?
•
Airport Dedications
By WILLIAM T. WYNN
13537 Rockdale. Deh'oit 23. Mich.
There has been a number of very short
notice events and as usual your editor
has missed a lot of them.
Orrville, Ohio with 164 covers Sept.
9-2 and 100 covers Sept. 9-3 .... We be-
lieve that Oakland, Calif. held dedica-
tion on Sept. 15 and 16; so far have not
seen a 16th, but think they exist ....•
Helena, Mont. dedicated on Sept. 9-16,
with very few covers. . . . H~mboldt,
Iowa dedicated on Sept. 9-16, 254 cov-
ers mailed .... A few covers were mailed
from nearby Dakota City, Ia, postmarked
the 17th due to office being closed. . . .
Tallahassee, Ala. looked good for the
12th, but again very few covers; our
"hold"covers were postmarked 25th
THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JANUARY, 1963
which was too late .... Grundy Center,
Ia. is reported to have had a dedica-
tion on Sept. 16. . . . Ft. Rucker, Ala.
was to have been dedicated on Sept. 20,
but all known covers are postmarked the
19th and are too early.... Covers from
Marion, Iowa reported Sept. 30; no
details as yet. . . . Red Lodge, Mont.
dedicated on Oct. 6, with just 39 covers
reporte. Cloverdale, Calif. dedicated Oct.
7; covers are marked with very nice bi-
colored sticker cachet.
Let's have your news on future dedt-
cations; we need it.
The following is a list of 1962 Air-
port Dedications as we now have them,
This is subject to change as additional
data are available.
2-18 Ocala, Fla. - Jim Taylor Field
2-22 Opa Lacka, Fla. - Dade County
3-24 Forth Worth, Texas - Glenview
Hospital
4-5 Los Angeles, Calif. - Rexall Heli-
port
5-6 Wharton Texas, - Municipal.
5-15 San Bernardino, Calif. - County
5-26 Flin Flon, Man. - Can. Mun.
5-30 Wantagh, N.Y. - Model Plane
port
6-10 Raymondville, Texas, - Pt. Mans-
field
6-3 Dublin, Va. - New River
6-3 Radford, Va. -Same
6-3 Pulaski, Va. - Same
6-3 Christiansburgh, Va. - Same
6-3 Pearisburg, Va. - Same
6-24 Adams, Wise. - Legion
6-24 Friendship, Wise. - Same
7-1 Elgin, Ill. - Municipal
7-1 Clermont, Ill. - Municipal
7-4 Scoby, Mont.
7-4 Danielson, Coun. - State
7-4 Coatesville, Pa. - Chester Co.
7-8 Burlington, Wise. - Mun.
7-14 Meriden, Conn. - Markham
7-18 Portland, Ore. - Swan Island
7-27 Pittsburgh, Pa.
7-28 Sheboygan, Wis.
7-29 Sheboygan, Wis.
8-5 Rush City, Minn.
8-19 Canby, Minn.
8-25 Franklin, Pa.
8-30 San Antonio, Tex. - North Star
Heliport
9-2 Orrville, Ohio
9-3 Orrville, Ohio
91
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The "Kondor Syndicate" in Ecuador
And Its Sister Airline "Sociedad Ecuatoriana De Transportes Aereos"
!SEDTAl 1937-1941 !CONCLUDED)
By Dr• Roberto Levi-Castillo
•
The flights between Guayaquil and Quito and return were scheduled for twice
a week. Among the specifications SEDTA had the obligation to establish new routes.
As soon as the rainy season of 1938-39 ended it was decided to pathfind new routes.
On May 30th the Junkers Ju-52 trimotor "Pichincha," made an experimental flight
on the route Quito-Esmeraldas-Manta-Guayaquil-Quito. This flight had been pre-
pared for May 23rd, but due to the fact that the rainy season had damaged both
intermediate airfields in Esmeraldas and Manta, it was necessary to let them dry in
order to allow the slow trimotors to land without an accident. The covers from this
flight were sent without a cachet but have written in typewriter "AVION PICHIN-
CHA"-VUELO EXPERIMENTAL QUITO-MANTA ESMERALDAS. The covers
are postmarked in Quito on the 30th of May, 1939, in Manta on the same day.
Those sent to Esmeraldas have the postmark of the 30th and the backstamp of Quito
on the same day of return. These covers are very rare. Being domestic no one gave
much importance to this experimental flight. The original plan was to do it from
Quito to Esmeraldas and then on to Manta and from there to Guayaquil and again
to Quito, but after due study the route Quito-Manta-Esmeraldas and back to Quito
was chosen because of metereological conditions at the last minute. SEDTA inaug-
urated new routes on July 29th, with the "Pichincha," piloted by the German pilot
Horst von Baumbach, technical director of SEDTA, who was in charge of all new
routes to ·be started immediately in accordance with the terms of the contract. He
was an officer of the German Luftwaffe and was on loan to "Sindicato Kondor" to
prepare the routes of Ecuador for an attack on the Panama Canal. The name von
Baumbach was made famous later on by this gentleman becoming the foremost
bomber ace of the Nazi Luftwaffe in World War II. He left Quito on July 29th, 1939
at 10 a.m. arriving in Esmeraldas at 10:35 a.m. leaving at 11:00 a.m. arrived in
Manta at 12:55 p.m. After lunch, he left at 1:45 p.m. arriving at "Simon Bolivar
Airport" in Guayaquil at 3:15 p.m. The new route was known as "LI!NEA LITOR-
AL" or "COASTAL ROUTE." Covers were postmarked with a rectangular cachet
with the Condor of SEDTA in the middle and on top "PRIMER CORrREO AEREO"
and under "LINEA LITORAL" the cachet was green in Quito and violet for the
return trip to Quito, placed in Guayaquil. The "Pichincha" left Guayaquil at 3:20
for Salinas, a beach resort near Guayaquil, arriving at 4:00 p.m. For this inaugural
flight a cachet was applied in violet with the rectangular frame and inside in the
middle the condor of SEDTA and above the inscription "BRIMER CORREO
AERO" and under "GUAYAQUIL-SALINAS~GUAYAQUIL." The covers were
postmarked in Guayaquil on the 29th of July and were posted in Salinas and
duly postmarked on July 30th. The receipt postmark of Guayaquil is July 31st.
The new route Guayaquil-Cuenca was inaugurated on July 31st, as the "Pichin-
cha" left Salinas airfield at 8:00 a.m. arriving in Guayaquil at 8:40 a.m., leaving at
10:00 a.m., arriving in Cuenca at 11:00 a.m. Here the airplane remained until the
time was clear for the return trip. He left Cuenca airport at 3:00 p.m., arriving in
Guayaquil airport at 4:00 a.m. where he remained for the night. Covers were
sent from Salinas to Cuenca and from Guayaquil to Cuenca and back with a violet
94 THE AIRPOST .JOURNAL, .JANUARY, 1963
 cachet, with rectangular frame and inside the condor of SEDT A and the inscrip-
tion on top "PRIMER CORREO AEREO" and under the condor "LINEA AZUAY"
(FIRST AIR MAIL-AZUAY ROUTE). These covers are extremely rare because not
many were sent as philatelists had not become familiar with German exactitude and
thus lost correct contacts. The return trip was made on August 1st, leaving Guaya-
quil at 7:30 a.m., arriving in Manta at 8:25 a.m. then off for Esmeraldas, where
it arrived at 10 a.m. He took off after a short spell arriving at "Mariscal Sucre"
airport in Quito on the same day, at 11.45 a.m. The cachet for the return route
was in violet and had the same "FIRST AIR MAIL COASTAL ROUTE" cachet.
The whole set of covers had the receipt postmarks of Manta, Esmeraldas and Quito
of August 1st.
The inauguration of the routes started with new post offices. Each office had a
round cachet with the condor of SEDTA and on top the word "Agencia" and under
name of the city where it was postmarked, it had no dates; but the receipt post-
mark placed over the ordinary mail rates, that were used to send along the letters
sent via SEDTA, from the private mails of the company, into the boxes of the post
offices of the cities. Upon receipt from SEDTA, the regular post office postmarked
the stamps paying the postal rates and placed the covers in the regular mails for
delivery. The general picture of SEDT A mails was Pilot of SEDT A to SEDT A Post
Office and then on to the Regular Post Office for delivery to the public. It was
done in reverse, tool
The advent of Panagra, a new competitor in the domestic lines, made it hot for
SEDTA, so· it lowered the cost of passenger fares, giving a 25% discount. A new
express delivery was added as a special service, requiring an additional 65 centavos
for the special delivery of the letters at home of the addressee.
World War II got started in September, 1939; yet SEDTA did not feel the
brunt of the situation, because it was dependent on the Kondor System based in
Brazil, where the German government had large interests in chemicals and other
factories owned by German firms. Thus with the sale of German patent products,
made in Brazil, they paid the subsidy of the German government to maintain the
propaganda airlines in all South America.
In 1940 SEDTA expanded its services to Loja to connect wibh the "Kondor System"
in Peru to start an international connection. The Loja province congressman Max
\illitt, of German origin, induced SEDTA to extend its lines up to Loja. The German
cOncern sent to La Toma, ( 35 kilometers from Loja) the two pilots and technicians
to establish the airport. These were Drexel and Goricke, the maintenance expert of
SEDT A. With the help of Indian volunteer workers and military engineers and
troops they prepared and got ready an airport in the record time of 10 days! On
June 11th, 1940 the first flight was effected via Guayaquil-Cuenca-Loja. The
Junkers Ju-52 trimotor "Guayas" piloted by head pilot von Baumbach left Quito
at 8:45 a .. m. arriving via Esmeraldas and Manta in Guayaquil at 10:00 a.m. It
left for La Toma, airport located 35 kilometers from the city of Loja, arriving at
12:30 p.m. after passing through Cuenca. In La Toma, the German personnel
were received by Congressman Witt and a party of citizens. They were taken to
Loja where they celebrated the first arrival of an airplane! Next day, June 12th, he
left La Toma at 7:45 a.m. arriving at Guayaquil at 9:00 a.m. After filling the tanks
and taking on passengers for Manta, Esmeraldas and Quito, he left at 9:45 a.m., arr-
iving in Manta at 10:35 a.m. After leaving passengers he took off for Esmeraldas
and Quito, arriving in Quito at 2:15 p.m. The covers sent for this first flight were
lost and to date no one has found any of them.
THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JANUARY, 1963 95
 SEDTA made very risky flights in the late afternoon arnvmg from Quito very
late in th e evening in Guayaq uil. Th e first night flying in Ecuador left Guayaqw l
at 5:00 p.m. arriving in Quito airport at 7:00 p.m. , with landing lights. It ·was
ver!· risky stunting as it is very difficult to enter Quito after 4:00 p.m., because
of the great banks of low clouds that prevent th e pilot from seeing ahead enveloping
all mountain pas ·es. It wa suicidal to try such trips, but the pilots of SEDTA made it
again and again, probably geting experience in night flying to bomb England or
the cities of Europe.
SEDT A brought in from Brazil a J u-52 with pontoons to start a new airline from
the San Pablo Lake in Imbabura province to the Amazon villages located along the
large jungle rivers, tributaries of the Amazon river, within the territory of Ecuador.
The main object of these trips was to locate intermediate points through which
German bombers could fly and get into Ecuador and from the Ecuadorian airfields
bomb the Panama Canal, hould th e United States enter th e war. Thus from Morocco
and Dakar in the hands of Vichy French, the German pHots could fly into Brazil
and then follow the Amazon and upon entering the Andes through th e Eastern
passes and going into Quito, or landing on pontoons at San Pablo Lake, could refuel
and continue on to Panama. Opening of the new route was delayed because of the
scarcity of replacements of personnel, spare parts and fuel, and ·b ecause airplanes
could not be overhauled easily, and mainly because of the protest of the British
Embassy in Quito, which would not allow the Junkers Ju-52 to leave Ecuadorian
territory to be overhauled in Brazil. Th e main shortage of spares was due to the
continuing and effective blockade by the British. However, in March and May 1941
three German freighters ran the English blockade and arrived in Brazil with a

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number of engines and boxes of spare parts for th e Junker · JU-52 airplanes of th e
Kondor Syndicate. At lea t bventy tons of spar s were in Brazil, but it was imposs-
ible to send such transport material because of the many difficulties involved in
transit. The German SEDTA in Ecuador by January 1941, had routes covering
820 miles of E<:uadorian territory, all flown by German Junkers JU-52 trimo.tor air-
planes and German pilots.
In view of the possi:ble danger to the safety of the Panama Canal, the U.S.A.
late in 1940 began a program of drastic action against the German operations, which
probably would prepare an attack in case of a d eclared war. The potential danger
of the SEDTA operation was more than apparent in May 1940 when the German
line, belonging to the "Kondor System" proposed a route that would touch the
Galapagos Islands. The islands are of great strategic importance, as they command
the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. Military Intelligence of the U.S . Anny and
Navy sought to preven t such an operation, which could not possibly be justified
for commercial reasons.
The elimination of SEDTA was not an easy proposition because of political
implications. SEDTA was operated by the Luftwaffe personnel and the United
States was not at war with Germany. Ecuador moreover . was particularly
dependent on air transportation by SEDTA, because of its limited ground transport
facilities. The p eople and the government of Ecuador could not tolerate interrup-
tion of the German operations unless adequate local service ·were to be provided
by some oth er company. Furthermore at the time Ecuador lacked technical and
financial resources to establish its own services. So it was a prerequisite to the
elimination 6£ SEDTA therefore to provide an equivalent or superior service by
compan ies genuinely controlled by American concerns. In August 1940 the Civil
Aeronautics Board granted PANAGRA a permission to operate routes roughly
paralleling SEDTA's. By D ecember PANAGRA had completed airport improve-
ments, had brought in specialized personnel and had trained local personnel to man
metereological and radio stations to accomodate the most modern of American
aviation equipment. PANAGRA started the domestic services as a local concern
operating Douglas DC-2 airplanes that flew at 170 miles per hour, against the 140
m.p.h. of th e less comfortable Junkers Ju-52 trimotors. Competition was very keen
between the companies but though PANAGRA carried two or three times a much
traffic as SEDTA, the latter continued to operate at a deficit.

THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JANUARY, 1963 97

 Against the commercial offensive of PANAGRA SEDTA continued to operate
as the mounting deficit was met by the "Kondor Syndicate" and the funds were
transferred from Brazil through "Banco Lucindo Almeida" in Quito. The difficulties
started when American and British oil companies refused to sell fuel. SEDTA had
to reduce its schedules drastically in order to survive and finally was forced to
operate on ordinary automobile gasoline heavily doped with tetraethyl lead. This
fuel not being suitable for aviation engines greatly increased the company's
maintenance problems. A scarcity of spark plugs was also a great problem, because
of tl1e fuel's destructive action against them .
In the face of such mounting problems SEDTA was forced to discontinue
operations and to maintain very limited and sketchy service in the face of so many
obstacles. It could not keep up with the terms of the concession contract In order to
force it to comply the Ministry of Defense of Ecuador in September 1941 requis-
itioned the company's two Junkers Ju-52 airplanes and seized all ilie property. The
German operation collapsed and ended the influence of the German Lufthansa and
"Kondor Syndicate." The Panama Canal was safe from air attack by possible Nazi
bombers based in Ecuador.
Covers with tl1e 65 centavos SEDTA stamp are now very rare and scarce. Because
ilie service was domestic many collectors of Ecuador air mails never cared much
about an airline that was operating for iliree years in Ecuadorian territory and
most of the covers were destroyed! The most ·interesting material .from SEDTA are
iliose covers that have errors of the overprint, legally used and duly postmarked.
There are covers in which whole letters and numbers have been missing within
the overprint in the stamp, as overprinting left some real freaks, that were
legitimately used by banks and commercial enterprises, iliat paid the special fee
and pasted their stamps, without bothering to see if it was a freak or if it was a
normal overprint! There are a few sheets of the overprinted stamps of 65 centavos,
Scott C-64 iliat have freaks such as transpositions of ilie overprint to the left and
right and up and down.
On very few of SEDTA covers are the stamps affixed to the front of the cover;
All have the address in front and the stamps affixed in ilie back, duly postmarked
at the SE.DTA post Office with tile local postmark wiili the insignia of SEDTA,
while the regular mail stamps were postmarked at ilie receipt of the local post
98 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JANUARY, 1963
office for delivery. Almose all the covers that have the typical SEDTA (Scott C-64),
do not have SEDTA post office postmarks, but rather the postmark of the receiving
post office. This is interesting because covers with the SEDTA agency's postmarks
are not plentiful. The ordinary SEDTA cover has the usual ordinary postal rate,
plus the SEDTA surcharge in C-64 stamps and the private post office of SEDTA
in accord with the terms of the contract had only to kill the SEDTA stamps ( C-64),
while the others were cancelled at the regular post office; if the clerk at a SEDTA
private post office postmarked by mistake the ordinary mail stamps, the company
was fined 500 Sucres! The company's regulations were to stick the ordinary
stamps in the back of the cover, while the clerks would stick the C-64 stamps
themselves, next to the regular mail stamps that were to pay for the delivery by
the regular mail, while the C-64 stamps served only to pay for transportation and
handling at the private office of SEDTA. Keep this in mind when you find
SEDTA covers with stamps postmarked and attached in the back of the cover; all
are almost 100% genuine.
Collecting SEDTA covers is very interesting due to the scarcity of material
and because of the fact that many people overlooked the holding of complete
covers for study. Most of them just tore the cover and washed off the stamps!
Today covers with SEDTA stamps and postmarks are very, very hard to find. This
writer kept· all covers that came in SEDTA airplanes to our own office. Otherwise
we would have been unable to study the mailing pecularities of the most interesting
of airlines ever to fly in Ecuador.
The greatest challenge to a collector of airmail covers is to get one cover with
each of the postmarks of the SEDTA in Ecuador with the condor and the inscription
below. There were covers from Quito, Esmeraldas, Manta, Cuenca, Salinas, Loja
and Guayaquil. They are very rare and elusive and were hard to get at the time when
SEDTA operated in Ecuador. Even the ordinary postmarked covers of the SEDTA
are unobtainable today, because no one ever cared to hold such covers for posterity.
We believe that it would be most interesting to collect the covers of the Kondor
Syndicate to all South America!
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there is an exceptional selection of good special material you will be notified
mint and used singles. We can supply when such material is received. If not,
lower priced books for beginners and a small note stating what you are in-
those with limited funds. We can also terested in will do the trick. We have
supply the more expensive material for been able to supply material to spec-
advanced collectors. Prices in most cases ialists and it is impossible to tell what
are extremely reasonable and many of our stock will contain from day to day.
the air mail sets which are listed by If you have duplicates to sell or want
Harry Weiss in his "Stamp Market Tips" to dispose of your collection we feel
in Stamps magazine are found in our that our service can help you. To buy
books. Just to mention a few, we note or sell or for more information on the
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As to covers, all types are available Herman Kleinert, 213 Virginia Avenue,
at times. Naturally stock is heaviest in Fullerton, Pennsylvania.
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 Katherine Stinson -
First Aviatrix to Fly U.S. Mail
Katherine Stinson added to her many
laurels by sailing over the picturesque
foothills of Helena's mountain scenery
with a pouch of mail, the first to be car-
ried in an aeroplane in the state of Mon-
tana. It was the first time in the annals
of aviation rt:hat an aero-post service was
inaugurated, in which the United States
mail was flown by an aviatrix.
Miss Stinson, America's school girl
aviatrix was the unanimous selection of
the management of the Montana State
Fair Association and A. J. Breitenstein,
its secretary. When interviewed by a
reporter of the Daily Independent, her
curt reply was ''I'm looking forward
with pleasant anticipation to a very suc-
cessful meet, although I have never
flown so high an altitude before." Her
emphatic "No" was her answer to the
query-"Will you take up passengers?"
Negotiations were started immediately
by Miss Stinson for the inauguration of
an aeroplane mail service, whereby she
would carry a pouch of United States
mail daily in her biplane from the sub-
station on the fair grounds to the Fed-
eral building in Helena. George W.
Lanstrum, Helena's postmaster, tele-
graphed the department in Washington
for permission to institute the service
during the week of the fair. Postmaster
General Burleson readily gave his con-
sent and an aerial postoffice was install-
ed at the State fair grounds.
The substation was in charge of C. B.
Anderson, who collected and cancelled
the mail which was deposited for transit
over the aerial route. Miss Stinson was
obliged to take the oath of the office, "to
support the constitution and defend the
mails." This designated her a bona fide
employe of the government and permit-
ted her to transport the United States
mail by aeroplane.
Succeeding the initial flight which of-
ficially opened the aviation meet, the
plucky little aviatrix drove her biplane
into position and arose with a pouch of
mail containing principally postcards,
100 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JANUARY, 1963
which bore a likeness of the aviatrix and
her aeroplane. Mail was transported
daily over the route with the exception
of Sept. 22 and 25.
The aviation postmark designed for
the service was of the regulation circular
variety. The inscription within the upper
edge of the circle read "Aero Post,"
within the lower edge, "Helena, Mont."
The date in one line occupied the cen-
ter. The obliterator proper consisted .of
10 short wavy lines. The route was of-
ficially numbered 663,002, by the de-
partment. Approximately 1,333 post-
cards and letters were carried through
the air during the service.
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 South African Airmails
A Chronological Listing, Indicating
The History and Development of the Airmails of South Africa
and Soufh West Africa (continued)
By Capt. M. F. Stern, A.R.I.B.A .. F.R.G.S. (Coypright reserved) .
•
February l, 1934: Union Airways taken over by S. A. Airways (South
African Railways •and Harbours):
The subsidy terminated August, 1932 and by the end of 1933, it had been
found that Union Airways could no longer carry on financially. The assets and
services of Union Airways were taken over by the Government.
February 11, 1934: Madras - Calcutta: Madras Air Taxi Service:
Mail on the first flight was addressed to Cape Town. The mail was b/ s
Cape Town 3 Mar. 34 5 p.m.
February-April, 1934: Visit of H.R.H. Prince George in Africa:
Airmail received a special cancel in the form of a cachet to be ued on mails
carried from the Royal Train. Of interest are the covers posted at Durban on March
7 which connected with the first R.A.N.A. Salisbury~Blantyre flight. Covers are
autographed (a) Durban to Joburg, S. A. Airways, pilot Lt. G. W. Bellin. 7.3.34:
(b) Joburg to Salisbury, Imperial Airways Commander E. H. Attwood 8.3.34: (c)
Salisbury-Blantyre, first R.A.N.A. service, pilot M. H. Phillip, 9.3.34. These covers
received a one line cachet "First Official tAir Mail".
March 8, 1934: Blantyre (Nyasaland) to Salisbury Service: Nyasaland 'Feeder':
Inaugurated by Rhodesian and Nyasaland Airways (R.tA.N.A.), composed of
Imperial Airways, the old Rhodesian Aviation Company and Rhodesian Railways.
The plane left Chileka Airport (Blantyre) on March 8. !Mails to South Africa arrived
Windhoek 11.3.34, Cape Town 10.3.34. The return flight was made on March 9,
and mails were conveyed from South Aifrica (see visit of H.R.H. Prince George).
April 10, 1934: Second Acceleration Cape-London Service: Reduced from 10
to 9 days:
Mail was delivered in London on April 19. This was as a result of a special
arrangements made with Italy to speed up the Paris-Brindisi train as well as the
flight of 1,300 miles from Brindisi to Cairo in one day. The first accelerated flight
from Croydon was on April 11.
May I, 1934: Airways Air Radio Telegrams:
These were accepted for transmission from persons on board and to such per-
sons on Imperial Airways aircraft while in flight from Alexandria to Cape Town,
the tariff being lid. per word.
May 26, 1934: Basutoland: Quiiing to Maseru:
Dr. D. Valet chartered a small plane in answer to an urgent call from Maseru
and carried, in addition to an official letter, one other letter. The pilot was a Swiss,
D. W. How, who shortly afterwards lost his life in a flying accident. There were no
licensed aerodromes and permission was only granted to alight in cases of urgency.
July 26, 1934: West Coast Air Mail: Cape-London: Victor Smith:
This was the first official mail carried by Victor Smith, who was flying from
Cape Town to London on a business trip. The S.W.A. Postal Administration en-
trusted official mail on the flight. Rate was 10d. per half oz. Only 12 letters were
despatched, which received cancellation July 27. When 100 miles from Port
Etionne (boundary of Mauritania and Rio-de-Oro) a forced landing was made and
THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JANUARY, 1963 101
finally 50 miles from Port Etienne, the plane finally gave out. Mail was carried to
Port Etienne on foot and then flown to Dakar by Aeropostale and thence by boat
to England, where it was handed in on August 20, 1934. It is believed that 8 covers
exist autographed by the pilot.
July 29.1August 2, 1934: Madagascar 'Feeder' Service:
Early in 1934 the two famous Frenchman, L efevre and Assolant, flew from
Paris to Madagascar to establish a service between Madagascar and Broken Hill,
linking up with the Imperial Airways Service. This vvas inaugurated by Service de
la Navigation Aerienne de Madagascar. The route was Tananarive-Majunga-Moz-
am'bique-Quelinane-Tete-Broken Hill. The service was inaugurated on July 29 and
the first return flight reached Antanarive on August 4. A small connecting mail was
sent from South Africa and also to South Africa. The third flight from Antanarive
is of interest as it left August 18 and mail was carried in a record time from Rand
to Cape Town in 6 1.4 hours by Capt. Elliot Wilson in the "Atlanta."
August 20: Glasgow-London-Cape Town:
There is one cover from this flight by the first Railway Air Services Ltd.,
autographed -by pilot Jolm D. Loch. This arrived Cape Town ,b fs 31. Aug. 34. 4 p.m.
September 4, 1934: First mail ex Mauritius:
Carried to Cape Town b / s Cape Town 21. Sep. 34 5 p.m. By ship to Mada-
gascar and thence by air.
October 29,/November 16, 1934: Delivery of 3 Junkers JUS2 to Cape Town:
These were delivered and flown from Des ·au (Germany). They were num-
bered ZS-AF A, ZS-AFB and ZS-AFC.

November 17, 1934:

Reduction in Postal Air Rate to 6d. per half oz. South Africa to England, first
acceptance being on November 27, (b/ s London 6 Dec. 34).
November 30, 1934: Flight Windhoek i'o Swakopmund (S.W.A.):
This was made in a Junkers Junior plane by the crew which delivered the
Ju-52s to South African Airways.
December 4, 1934: First Lahore-Karachi-·O ape:
This mail was b / s Cape Town 14 Dec. 34 6 p.m. The service Karachi-Lahore
was carried out by Indian National Airways. This was also a Sukkur internal service.
Mails received a sp ecial cancellation. The first mail from Cape Town to Lahore
via Karachi was on Novemlber 26.
102 THE A IRPOST JOURNAL. JANUARY, 1963
November 16, 1934: S.A.A.: Grahamstown's First Air Mail:
The landing of the JU-52 plane "Jan van Riebeeck" ZS-AFA on November
16, at Cape Town was a milestone as this now displaced the single-engined aircraft
on the main services by multi-engined machines. The aircraft flew from Durban,
where it was decided to make a stop at Grahamstown. A direct mail made up from
Grahamstown to Cape Town consisted only of 14 letters. These covers were auto-
graphed by the crew of the plane - that is, six of them. This stop was later made
optinmd . These historic covers are among the rare items.

De~.. '"' ' · ·- -·

.,., a4: Imperial Airways: & Qantas: Extension to Brisbane
(Australia) via Singapore, Dutch E·a st Indies. Darwin..
This was a weekly regular service and was approximately a Christmas mail. The
service left London on D ecember 8th, the mails from South Africa being picked up
at Cairo. Approximately 2,000 letters came from Southern Africa, b / s Brisbane 7:45
p.m. 21 Dec. 1934. Qantas Empire Airways was formed in Australia by a concordat
between Imperial Airways and the Queensland and Northern Territories Aerial
Services Ltd. and was responsible for the section from Singapore. This also was
the first British Travelling Post Office of the Air, as the last bag of mail was
made up on the R.M.A. Hengist on the way from Croydon to Paris by a Post
office official. Some mail was dispatched to Wellington, New Zealand, b/s Sydney
Air Mail Section G.P.O. 10 p.m. 12 Dec. 1934 and Wellington Delivery 27. Dec.
1934 11.15 a.m. The return mail from Brisbane left on December 10, 1934 and
b/s Claire Par Avion 22 Dec. 34 and Cape Town 28 D ec. 34 6 p.m. Special covers
were issued by Imperial Airways.
December 20, 1934: Flight by Ken Waller and Franchomme from Belgium
to the Congo (Raid Rubin):
Of interest is one card owned by the author flown from Cape Town September 2,
to France by Imperial Airways, thence 20. IX 34 by Air France to Brussels 13, 12, 34
and thence by Raid Rubin to Leopoldville and finally back to Cape Town, a total
of 15,000 miles.
THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, JANUARY, 1963 103
January l, 1935:
The rate internally for letters by air in South Africa was reduced from Sd. to llhd.
and for postcards from 2d. told. (see Govt. Notices 1798- 21, Dec. 1934 and 1849-
28, Dec. 1934).
January 5, 1935: Duplication of Rand-London Service:
This bi-weekly service was now extended to Cape Town; the return flight from
the Rand to London and back was now effected in 20 days.
February/March 1935: Imperial Press Conference: South Africa:
Covers were flown from the Conference, Cape Town 9.2.35, and Port Elizabeth
18. III, 35 bearing a special cancellation Imperial Press Conference - Imperiale
Perskonferensie - South Africa - date - Suid Afrika.
March 1, 1935: First Mail by S. A. Airways: Kimberley to S. W. A.:
S.A. Airways took over S.W. African Airways on February 1. There was a delay
largely due to non-payment of subsidy. The first mails on this agreement were
flown on March 1 from South Africa, b/s Windhoek Lugpos 2.3.35 9. From
\'Vindhoek mails were carried by snrface, b/s Swakopmund and Walvis Bay 4. Mar.
35 and also Karibib.
March 11. 1935: First mails S. A. A.: Windhoek-Mariental-Keetmanshoop-
Upington-Kimberley:
Mails were b/s Kimberley 14, Mar. 10:15 a.m.
March 18, 1935: Record one day flight by Imperial Airways: Moshi - Germ-
ist'on:
Capt. Sheppard flew 2,075 miles to make up lost time during the period ::Jf
"Flying round a Rebellion." This beat the previous record African flight of 1,840
miles set up a week previously.
May 1935: The "All Air" Service: Imperial Airways:
Owing to political considerations the Paris-Brindisi sector of the Empire Airmail
Service was not flown, the journey being made by train in both directions. On
April 28, a supplementary service from London to Brindisi via Marseilles and Rome
was opened for passengers and freight only. On May 16 "late mails" to South
Afriea were carried. This was a Thursday, on Wednesday, 15~h May posted too
late, (after 10:45 a.m.) were carried under the new arrangement. The first South
African mail to do the "all air" journey was that dispatched by the service which
left Cape Town on May 7th.
May 7th/11th, 1935: Souvenir Postcards: South Africa:
In conjunction with the first P.O. Exhibition held in Cape Town, souvenir postc
cards were issued free to all visitors to the Exhi'bition. These were for airmail
propaganda and all received a special cancellation before being sent by airmail.
The latest dated card was that of May 17th.
May 16th. 1935: Cairo to Cape Town: R.A,F. Flight:
Four R.A.F. Troop carriers and 8 S.A.A.F. Wapitis arrived in Cape Town on May
16, 4 covers were flown on return.
May 15, 1935: New Zealand to South Africa:
Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith carried a special Jubilee airmail
of 28,279 covers. When halfway between Sydney and New Zealand halfway across
the Tasman Sea, the machine had to turn back. All but 1,000 letters were jettisoned.
Some of these were later salvaged. He was not permitted to make another attempt
and the New Zealand mails were conveyed by surface and flown from Brisbane and
Sydney. This mail arrived Cape Town b/s 7 June 35. 5pm.
(to be continued)
104 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, .TANUARY, 1963

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