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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ken and all, There are two functions to a yahoo group 1. Mail Exchange. In this a member has joined by sending an email to aerophilately-subscribe@... from his email. I let him/her in and any email th

Folks, I sincerely apologize for allowing a very private conversation get into this group. That is one of the real dangers of using this type of media. It is so easy to misuse it. If the address "aero

The New York Collectors' Club will host the following speakers. If you live nearby make sure you see these. Mar. 18 Pan American's Magnificent Pacific Clippers Stephen Tucker Henderson, NV Jan. 21 Air

Hello all, The latest AAMS auction is up on the AAMS - American Air Mail Society website. This will run until the Aerophilately 2014 show at APS in Bellefonte. As webmaster I should have gotten this t

My brother in law recently visited the Smithsonian Air Space Museum and returned with a photo of what looks like a Sikorsky S43 baby clipper being restored at the Dulles location. I had been under the

Folks, Mike Street, the editor of BNAPS Topics asked these two questions about mail after WWII to Japan and to China. If you have any information for him feel free to contact him directly. Dave Crotty

I am in the process of building some files to put the Pan American Airways timetables on the Aerophilatelic site to go along with the trip summary collection. I have obtained permission from the sourc

Folks, This program about the Gross Gallery should be great. Check the U-Tube promo at the bottom of this email. While the Gross Gallery is not all airmail, most of the images they show are airmail. D

Folks, you should know that the AP will have a special air mail issue. Perhaps you have a topic to provide. David Crotty ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Ken Sanford To: David Crotty ; Robert Wilcs