American Air Mail Society

Dedicated to the documentation, preservation, advancement and promotion of aerophilately worldwide through education, study, research and services.

The American Air Mail Society (AAMS) is the second oldest aerophilatelic society in the world., presently with more than 900 members world-wide. It is a non-profit organization.

Membership includes a subscription to the Airpost Journal. The AAMS has one convention per year plus a table and a general meeting at the summer APS StampShow each year.

Associated societies are the Metropolitan Air Post Society MAPS (www.metroairpost.com) and the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society (www.aerophilately.ca).
Board of A.A.M.S.
President David S. Ball
Vice-President Dan Gribbin
Secretary William C. Fort III
Treasurer Stephen Reinhard
FISA-Delegate Patrick Walters
Contact David Ball
Website AAMS
Official Publication

Airpost Journal
The American Air Mail Society publishes a monthly magazine, the Airpost Journal.

An archive of "cover and context" of earlier Airpost Journals is here:

Volume 93 - 2022
Volume 92 - 2021
Volume 91 - 2020
Volume 90 - 2019
Volume 89 - 2018
Volume 88 - 2017
Volume 94 - 2023

Airpost Journal # 1111

  • A Pictorial Tour of Aerophilately 2022
  • Netherlands Dispatch on Inaugural Pan Am Trans-Atlantic Flight / Jim Hester
  • The BEP Stamp History Reports / Joe Kirker
  • Dornier DoX Zurich to Alterrhein in 1932 /Bill Woytowich and Tom Reyman
  • More on the Crash of M.R.A. Cavalier / John Pare
January 2023 # 1111

Airpost Journal # 1112

  • Sir Alan Cobham's First Flights in the United States / Schalk de Klerk
  • Patchogue to Fire Island in 1929 / Tom Reyman
  • The Way Home from Fisherman's Lake / John Wilson and John Allen
  • Parcel Post Joins Airmail / Joe Kirker
  • What Happened to the Covers ? / Cheryl Ganz
February 2023 # 1112

Airpost Journal # 1113

  • Eastbound Airmail from the U.S. to Africa and Beyond in 1942 / John Wilson
  • 1936 British RAF Goodwill Flight / Tom Reyman
  • Postally Used Precancels : The 1918 Airmail Issues / Joe Kirker
  • Woman Soar in National Air Races / Carrolyn Green
March 2023 # 1113

Airpost Journal # 1114

April 2023 # 1114

Airpost Journal # 1115

May 2023 # 1115

Airpost Journal # 1116

June 2023 # 1116

Airpost Journal # 1117

July 2023 # 1117

Airpost Journal # 1118

August 2023 # 1118

Airpost Journal # 1119

September 2023 # 1119

Airpost Journal # 1120

October 2023 # 1120

Airpost Journal # 1121

November 2023 # 1121

Airpost Journal # 1122

December 2023 # 1122