I think many of you would be interested in this discussion of the NY 2016 show. Their 60 page bulletin is available at the website www.ny2016.org David Crotty ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: World

Folks It happens that Jim Graue cannot find a member who is willing to be president of the AAMS. He is term limited to two terms, and the current one ends on the next January 1. The society really nee

All, For some reason John Johnson reports that his messages are not getting through to the Aerophilately group. Below please find his question. Please respond to the group as well as to John at his ad

Happy Snow Day Ken Lawrence read through some 27,000 (yes thousand) pages of military microfilm images to pull out some amazing information about the operations of ATC and its contractors (including P

Hi, I want to know, am'I the only AAMS member in Hongkong? thank you!

Here is a cover from Germany to US dated 15 Nov 1941 from Duesseldorf to Los Angeles. The recipient dated it as 10 Feb 1942. We weren't exactly at war with Germany at the time of mailing. It was censo

Hi Dave. This is an intriguing cover and great question. Given that the cover was in transit on December 11th 1941 when the U.S.A. declared war on Germany, I’m wondering whether it might have been sen

Hi group, I purchased the recent pages of the Society's Air Mail Album, so I could bring my US airmails up to date. I notice it concludes with the three Globals, Scott 4740, 4814, 4893. I am curious a

The AAMS convention is going to be had at NAPEX and these plans were made several years ago. However, leadership at NAPEX and the AAMS apparently have not communicated well and as of now the NAPEX web

Those of you who are interested in the carriage of mail during WWII are most likely to be aware of some controversy amongst authors. It happens that Ken Lawrence found a trove of about 20,000 pages of

Pardon my error is writing the West Africa Study Circle's name and address: West Africa Study Circle home West Africa Study Circle home Site of the West Africa Study Circle, founded in 1950 View on ww

Folks Sometime last year we found about 20 sheets like the one attached. These show the cargo, mail and passenger loadings for two engine aircraft operated by PAA-Africa during July and August 1942 ju

Trying to find the listing for the Vin Fiz used stamp that was in an auction sometime over the past year. It was a faulty and damaged example but I need to determine which auction house had this liste

A UK group is working on a plan to build a 2000 seat flying boat, while the Chinese are in production with a 50 seat flying boat of their own. See the following: http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/10/uk-ha

Dear Susan, There used to be, but I don't know if it is still active. Contact Don Le La Berteaux donclab@... Regards, Ken Sanford

I am interested in those that will be attending the NY2016 World Stamp Show. I am also interested in what the AAMS will be doing at the NY2016 show. Is there anyone on here that collects first flight

Dave Thank you for all your input and information! Ken sent me a copy of the schedule: The schedule shows an AAMS membership meeting Sat. May 28 from 12 pm to 1 pm. I also see that you will be discuss

Hello All! I am interested in what everyone collects. If you could jot a note about your focus that would be great! I currently am in the process of focusing my collection. So far I have some USA Firs

In continuation to 1925 Natiional First Flight my friend asked the question about the concept of First Flights: Is it the first mail flown from a location: Or is it the first mail flown from one locat

Does the AAMS still need a New President? Can we use this forum to facilitate a discussion on this? Susan