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AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE, Sixth Edition -- Volume 1
Consists of 517 pages listing U.S. Pioneer Flights, U.S.Governmental Flights, U.S. Air Express Covers, Interrupted Flights, Airport Dedication Covers, and Mexico First Flight Covers. Completely revised and updated pricing.
Hardbound. -- $35.00
Special price to AAMS members (limited to one per member) -- $28.00
AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE, Sixth Edition -- Volume 2
Published June 2003.
Consists of 588 pages listing FFUS (First Flights of U.S. Airlines since deregulation in 1978), Glider Mail, and First Jet Flights. Completely revised and updated pricing.
Hardbound. -- $35.00
Special price to AAMS members (limited to one per member) -- $28.00
AMERICAN AIR MAIL CATALOGUE, Sixth Edition -- Volume 3
Published March 2005.
Consists of 486 pages listing FAM (Foreign Contract Air Mail Routes), Canal Zone, and Alaska Flights. Completely revised and updated pricing.
Hardbound. -- $35.00
Special price to AAMS members (limited to one per member) -- $28.00
THE AIRMAILS OF CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND
552-page priced catalogue of Canadian Pioneer flight covers,SCADTA, Semi-Officials, Government flight covers, as well as specialized Sections of airship, crash, balloon, helicopter, anniversary, aerogrammes and air letter sheets, Canadian Forces and Warplane Heritage covers. Included also are historical Sections on Canadian Air Mail Field cancels, airmail rates, endorsements and "Jusqu'a" markings, astrophilately, and priced listings of Newfoundland airmail stamps and flight covers.
Hardbound -- $35.00
Special price to AAMS members (limited to one per member) -- $28.00
O.A.T. AND A.V.2 MARKINGS Third Edition
by Murray Heifetz.
Published March 2007
The main purpose of OAT and AV2 markings was to show transit instructions when applied at the exchange office and alert postal officials that transit by air to destination was required by the office of origin. This book greatly expands from the first and second editions coverage of OAT and AV2 markings from 1938-1974. Numerous covers are illustrated. 168 pages.
Softbound. $15.00
PERUVIAN CIVIL AVIATION
by Herbert H. Moll.
This 87 page monograph, eighth volume in the softcover series, covers the early experimental flights made by Peruvians such as Jorge Chavez, the first person to fly over the Andes, and Juan Bielouvic whom the author knew personally. The early flights of the 1920's and 1930's are chronicled, and the development of the Faucett and PANAGRA airlines are discussed, with many illustrations of first flight covers. Inroads in Peruvian aviation service made by European carriers such as Air France and Lufthansa are covered in Chapter 4, and the book finishes with a discussion of postal rates. Mr. Moll is a well known international philatelist and judge, and published the first specialized catalog of Peru in 1957.
Softbound $15.00
BALLOON POST OF THE SIEGE OF PARIS, 1870-71
by Louis Chaintrier
translated from French by George W. Angers, Prof. Everett Thompson, and Joseph L. Eisendrath,
A 163-page volume containing the series of articles which ran for many years in The Airpost Journal. Also included in this volume are many hitherto unpublished photographs, an account of the Pigeon Post of the same era by George Angers, and an updated French Balloon Post Section (excluding prices) from the Fifth Edition of the American Air Mail Catalogue. Hardbound -- $12.50
Special price to AAMS members (limited to one per member) -- $10.00
ROCKET MAIL FLIGHTS OF THE WORLD TO 1986
A 191-page compilation of over 60 individual articles by the venerable Dr. Max Kronstein. This profusely illustrated book has a primarily chronological format. All of Dr. Kronstein's widely-scattered Airpost Journal articles on the postal rocket and related events are included in this volume. The period before World War II is broken down into groups of articles on rocket developments in Europe, the U.S., and other countries. Various experiments during World War II are in a single chapter, while the postwar period concentrates on further progress in the U.S., in Europe, and in Germany. A detailed table of contents facilitates the location of articles on particular countries, individuals, experiments, or years.
Hardbound -- $20.00
Special price to AAMS members (limited to one per member) -- $16.00
AERIAL MAIL SERVICE
A Chronology of the Early U.S. Government Air Mail, March - December 1918
by A.D. Jones.
This is a 128-page large-sized monograph on the history of the first year of U.S. airmail service, replete with numerous photos of airmail covers, planes, and pilots, as well as charts, graphs, maps, and timetables. Many findings have never been published before. This is a history of "flying by the seat of your pants."
Softbound. $15.00
GLIDER MAIL: AN AEROPHILATELIC HANDBOOK
by Simine Short.
This 262-page descriptive catalogue is arranged in four sections to aid in the further study of glider mail. The most extensive section, a detailed compilation of glider mail flights in 220 pages, lists all reported glider mail events from 1922 through 1986, including historical flight accounts and the philatelic treatment of mail. The listings cover 34 countries, with 25 outline maps showing the approximate locations of most events listed. More than 400 envelopes and cards, plus about 300 postmarks and vignettes, are reproduced throughout the more than 1,000 specific listings. The handbook's final pages are a chronological cross-index and checklist.
Hardbound -- $20.00
Special price to AAMS members (limited to one per member) -- $16.00
MAX I didn't get to know him very well
By A. D. Jones.
Chronicles the life of Max Miller, the first of the early U.S. airmail pilots. Mr. Miller's brief two year service with the Air Mail Service, having joined after May 15, 1918, until his untimely death on September 1, 1920, is the story of the development of the transcontinental air mail service. 132 pages.
Softbound. $15.00
NEWFOUNDLAND AIR MAIL, 1919 - 1939
This updated volume, first published in 1953, revises a work by the noted British philatelist, Cyril H.C. Harmer. It contains 181 pages dealing with the pioneering attempts to fly across the Atlantic from Newfoundland, starting with the 1919 attempt by Hawker and Grieve, and continuing up to the start of World War II. Both the successful flights and failures are chronicled in detail; there are ample illustrations of documents, correspondence relating to the postal aspects of the flight, and the flown mail.
Hardbound -- $18.00
Special price to AAMS members (limited to one per member) -- $14.50
THE PIONEER AIRPLANE MAILS OF THE UNITED STATES
This 346-page book is the most comprehensive study of U.S. Pioneer airmail flights and mail. It covers 99 different mail-carrying flights during the period between 1910 and 1916, four of which have not yet been included in the American Air Mail Catalogue. In its five chapters, the author, noted Pioneer student Thomas J. O'Sullivan, provides details of the pioneer flights, their pilots and experiences, and the mail they carried. The book is replete with 273 illustrations of old news accounts, aircraft and covers.
Hardbound -- $25.00
Special price to AAMS members (limited to one per member) -- $20.00
INDEXES TO THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, VOLUMES 1-60, 1929-1989
and AERO PHILATELIST ANNALS, VOLUMES 1-25, 1953-1971 and 1975-1982
This volume of nearly 200 pages is the first comprehensive indexing to hundreds of topics of aerophilately, aviation, airlines and aeronautica. Nearly 900 subject headings covering over 150 pages are taken from the issues of The Airpost Journal, published monthly by the AAMS since 1929. Over 225 subject headings constitute an additional 22 pages from the Aero Philatelist Annals, a predominantly U.S. airmail journal published between 1953 and 1982.
Hardbound -- $12.00
Special price to AAMS members (limited to one per member) -- $10.00
VIA AIRMAIL
edited by Simine Short.
Included are sixteen articles -- U.S. domestic airmail rates from 1918 to 1977, U.S. Zeppelin rates, German North Atlantic catapult covers and rates, Chicago airport dedication covers, Canadian airmails from 1918-1934, the Lindbergh "Circle," the Jean Mermoz transatlantic flights of 1930, the Concorde SST, and much more. Dozens of photos of airmail covers and many tables of airmail rates round out the book. This first AAMS book with varied article content provides a far-reaching introduction to aerophilately and astrophilately, with articles about topics from a 1870 Siege of Paris balloon flight to the world's first cosmograph.
Hardbound -- $20.00
Special price to AAMS members (limited to one per member) -- $16.00
THE MASS FLIGHTS OF ITALO BALBO
The Flights of 1928, 1929, 1930, and 1933: A History and Catalog of Their Postal Artifacts
by Dr. Robert E. Lana.
Written by an Italian philatelic specialist, this 144-page monograph records the history of Balbo's flights to various points between 1928 and 1933. Included are many photos of the aviators and aircraft, as well as listings and values for many of the stamps and covers flown by Balbo's aircraft. Includes a Bibliography and Index.
Softbound $15.00
THE PIONEER PERIOD OF HUNGARIAN AIR MAIL
by Victor G. Berecz, Jr.
This 200+ page monograph is the definitive nglish-language history of the airmail stamps and covers of Hungary from the late 1800s through World War II. Heavily illustrated, the work includes an emphasis on Hungarian pioneer airmails during and just after World War I. Backed by years of wide-ranging scholarship and original discoveries, this is the epitome of a single-country airmail handbook.
Softbound $15.00
CORREIO AEREO
A HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF AIR MAIL SERVICE IN BRAZIL
by William Victor Kriebel.
This generously illustrated monograph traces the airlines and early airmail services into and out of Brazil. Featured are chapters on airlines like Varig, Condor, NYRBA, Aeropostale, LATI, and Pan Am. Included are many reproductions of airmail stamps and covers, as well as historical tables, maps, labels, and other Brazilian airmail material. 205 pages.
Softbound $15.00
POSTAGE & HANDLING. For U.S. orders the postage fee for a single publication is $5.00. For a U.S. order for more than one (1) publication, the postage fee for the first book is $5.00 and the postage fee for each additional publication is $4.00. For overseas orders, first contact the AAMS Publications Sales Manager at gschmidt7@new.rr.com or at the address listed below to obtain postage charges for your order (please specify your country and the books you wish to order)
NOTE: Please make remittances payable to the AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY; payment must be in U.S. funds and payable through a bank with a physical location within the U.S. Please note that we accept credit card payments through PAYPAL, with a small additional charge to cover PAYPAL fees, for orders outside the U.S.Include AAMS membership number with order for member discounts.
Order From: Greg Schmidt, 1978 Fox Burrow Ct, Neenah, WI 54956-1184 USA
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