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Scott Catalogue 2012 (Romania-short) $2.50 Shame they don't do this with Stanley Gibbons.  |
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My primary collecting interest is worldwide airmails up to about 1950, so I'm always looking for the really older books. I find that many times there is a lot more detailed information in the older books. Seems like the details get diluted as newer publictions are released. Maybe they are just worried about the books growing too large if they keep including all of the details. But here is a choice item for me that I just obtained. A first edition 1931 Stanley Gibbons World Airmail Catalog  |
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dlawson281
If I remember correctly, the chronology of German airmail goes something like this...
Germany first tested airmail in early 1912 with a flight from Darmstadt to Munich, in the German region of Bavaria. The pilot flew the 100-horsepower (75-kilowatt) Otto biplane Gelber Hund, meaning Yellow Dog.
In Germany, up to 37 airlines competed for airmail, until in 1926, the German government consolidated all airmail under a single national airline, Deutsche Luft Hansa.
On December 5, 1929, Germany launched an airmail route to compete with Aeropostale, flying mail from Germany, through Seville, Spain, to the port of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. German ships would pick up the seaplanes by crane, refuel them, then launch them again by catapult. On the other side of the Atlantic, other German fuel ships would sit at anchor. When the German airmail seaplanes landed near the ships, they would refuel and be launched again by catapult to fly into South America, where German immigrants had started continental airmail service.
In 1934, the German airmail carrier shortened its name to Lufthansa.
So I guess you would be looking for covers from 1934 onward? I have a couple of other old books I can check & let you know.
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Terry. |
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dlawson281....
Okay, here's what I found for a Lufthansa 1st Flight catalog:
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AEROPHIL
613 Championship Drive
Oxford, CT – USA 06478-3128
Telephone & fax 203 888 9237
http://aerophilately.net/booklst.html
798. DATABASE OF FIRST FLIGHT COVERS OF LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES SINCE 1950. Covers all first flight covers, 5,726 listings. Estimated values in Euros. Provided as a computer file in Excel format, which I will send by email. $75.00
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Maybe this will be of use for you?
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Terry |
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I have recently managed to obtain a nice copy of Leon Balian's "Stamps of Egypt", hard cover in dust wrapper, and complete with the replica fold out 1831 map of Egypt. Waaay better than Gibbons' Egypt section of their Middle East catalogue. Over the moon.
Terry
PS. I don't use imageshack and can't see how I might go about posting images here. Any help or a point towards the relevant bit of this site showing me how to go about it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
TC
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I picked these booklets up at a couple of recent stamp club meetings. Vintage catalogues as well, but the Harris book (1950) has a stamp finder which has listings not included in my little 1972 stamp finder, so a nice supplement.    The tiny Philatopic Magazine from the Empire Stamp Co. talks of the impending visit by the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh (she's now call 'The Queen') and it's philatelic possibilities. It has a poem on the back cover: CONDITION!
The face is skinned
And the perfs are clipt,
With a half-inch cut
Where the scissors slipt.
A big gum stain
And a crease from wear -
Close all around,
But the inside's there.
A black cork-daub
Sorter veils the scene,
An' you can't see much
Of what was green.
Where hinges pulled
There's a place that's thin -
But it's a damn good stamp
For the fix it's in.
If you send it back -
With language rank,
We'll put you down:
A "Condition Crank."Ain't that quaint? |
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Aside from the normal Scott catalogs, these are the books I reach for most often. Edifil specialized and a general one for colonies as well.   One of the most important philatelic works for early Spanish stamps - The 3 volume Tort guide  A Billig's book for Spanish postmarks  Galvez catalog for Spanish proofs and essays  2 of the coolest auction "catalogs" I've ever seen. More along the lines of LARGE, hardbound, coffee table books with dust jackets. Awesome color pictures!   And although these 2 books are not Spanish related, I love them anyways.   |
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I bet there will be a lot of new books added to our libraries today. Here's one I got from Santa. I'm very excited and can't wait to read it...  KirkS |
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Yes, Santa came here too, bringing me books and stamps. This was the best...  In excellent condition, with a nice illustration on the spine...  It should make for nice reading. |
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