American Air Mail Society

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 90 - 2019

Airpost Journal # 1063

  • Postmaster's Exchange Cachets for First National Air Mail Week / Larry Weirather
  • U.S. Manned Rocket Plane Flights, Part 4 / Beatrice Bachmann
  • Brazil : The Roosevelt Memorial Issue of 1949 / William Kriebel
  • Double Atlantic with a Twist : Palestine to UK 1943/44 / John Wilson
January 2019 # 1063

Airpost Journal # 1064

  • World War II Italian POW Airmail, Part 1 / Larry Nelson
  • Brazil to Switzerland 1943 / John Wilson
  • An Uncommon Commun First Flight Cover / Jim Hester
  • 'Markings' in Aerophilately / Jim Graue
  • 1947 Fitrst Flight New York- Ankara, turkey / John Horvath
February 2019 # 1064

Airpost Journal # 1065

  • French South-Atlantic Flight 5 A : A Pesky, Pesky Cover / Dan Gribbin
  • Worls War II Italian POW Airmail, part 2 / Larry Nelson
  • The Elusive F-6-32 Change-of-Stop Flight Covers / Mark Y. Tyx
March 2019 # 1065

Airpost Journal # 1066

  • Airmail Rates from Brazil to North America and Europe, 1934-1945 / John Wilson
  • 1933 Graf Zeppelin Rome flight Airmail from Greec / Andrea Motta
  • Attitude of the British General P.O. to First Flight Covers in the 1930s / Chris Hargreaves
  • 1938 NAMW 'Flimsies' / Steve Swain
  • An Airmail Movie / Geoffrey Brewater
  • Airmail Labels on Malay Federated States Airmail Cover / Darus Greathouse
  • The World's Largest Spy Ship / Bill Woytowich
  • Return Flight of pan Am's 1949 Extension to RyuKyu Islands / Gary B. Weiss
  • Brazil : The Roosevelt Memorial Issue of 1949 / William Kriebel
  • Double Atlantic with a Twist : Palestine to UK 1943/44 / John Wilson
April 2019 # 1066

Airpost Journal # 1067

  • The Last Commercial Zeppelin Flight / Jim Graue
  • Airmail Covers that Should Not Exist / Rainer Lütgens
  • The Site of the Crash / Jim Edwards
  • 1939 Airmail Cover Sent to FDR from Accra, Gold Coast / Paul M. Holland
  • More about POW Airmail / Larry Nelson
  • Following the Trail and the Benedfit of Shared Information / John Wilson
  • Bermuda-to-Bermuda FAM 17 Flight Cover / John L. Puzine
  • Pre-War Trans-Atlantic Cover U.S. to Germany via Clipper / Steve B. Davis
  • The Elusive F-6-32 Change-of-Stop Flight Covers / Mark Y. Tyx
May 2019 # 1067

Airpost Journal # 1068

  • The First American Postage Stamp Showing a Glider / Simine Short
  • Tale of a Test Letter / John Wilson
  • Some Varieties in the Overprints of the Official Stamps of Brazil / William Kriebel
June 2019 # 1068

Airpost Journal # 1069

  • It Pays to be Careful / John Wilson
  • Fast Fliers of '53 / Steve Turechek, Major, USAF (Ret.)
  • One FAM Cover; Three Aviation Connections / Matt Heller
  • How Much Mail Did Lindbergh Carry ? / David S. Ball
  • Airmail DNA ? / Don Lussky
  • A Trio of Orphan Covers in the F6-36 First Flight Cover Family ? / Mark Tyx
July 2019 # 1069

Airpost Journal # 1070

  • Eagle Airways (Bermuda) Ltd. The Bermuda Operation / Bill Levin.
  • 1932 Washington Bicentennial Airmail Event Cover Sent to FDR / Paul M. Holland
  • The Quickest Way.
  • A Graf Zeppelin Postcard without a Zeppelin Stamp / Daniele Fonsato
  • Philippine Floights : An Unlisted Leg Discovered / Geoffrey Brewster
  • Analyzing a Forged Cuba C2 / Mark Tyx
  • Mexican Color Proof Used on Cover to U.S. / Stephen Reinhard
August 2019 # 1070

Airpost Journal # 1071

  • Aegean Islands Covers via Graf Zeppelin to South America in 1932 / Stephen White
  • Unusual CAM 3 Covers / Bob Baltzell
  • Southern Mexico to Chicago / Tom Reyman
September 2019 # 1071

Airpost Journal # 1072

  • Airmail Rates from Brazil : An Update / John Wilson
  • First Ryukyu First Flight Covers that Made the Boat / Gary B. Weiss
  • A Zeppelin Cover with Pizzazz / Matthew Heller
  • Canadian Airmail that Transited through the united Sates / Duff Malkin
  • Survey Results : Usage of 1923 Series of Aitrmail Stamps / Bob Baltzell
  • 1941 Seal Tied on Censored Cover to Switzerland / Thomas Richards
October 2019 # 1072

Airpost Journal # 1073

  • Mixed Fanking on Columbian Airmail / Thomas P.Myers
  • 'I Feel a War Coming On' / John Wilson
  • John Gilbert 'Tex' Rankin / Tom Richards and Regis Hoffman
  • "Condor" Etiquettes on 1930 Graf Zeppelin Flight Covers / Semyon Melamed
  • Mexican First Flight Mail Missent to New York / Stephen Reinhard
November 2019 # 1073

Airpost Journal # 1074

  • Mermoz Again ! / William Kriebel
  • Hollygram Greetings / Steve Turechek
  • Mixed Fanking on Columbian Airmail, Part 2 / Thomas P. Myers
  • Routes, Rates and Censorship / John Wilson
  • Wartime AM37 Inauguration : Who Was the Pilot ? / James Hester
  • Brazil : The Roosevelt Memorial Issue of 1949 / William Kriebel
  • Double Atlantic with a Twist : Palestine to UK 1943/44 / John Wilson
December 2019 # 1074