American Air Mail Society

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

    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
    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
  • 2021 / Volume 92

    Airpost Journal # 1087

    • No Ticket to Ride / Mark Isaacs
    • New Insights into Paper Balloon Mail from Besieged Przemysl / Jerzy W. Kupiec-Weglinski
    • Update on 1935 Midway Island Survey Flight Covers / Larry Weirather
    • Angola and Sudan : Civil War-Related Airmail Covers / Larry Nelson
    • Saving the Contract / Robert W. Spencer, Esq.
    • Burma to India, 1941 / Tom Reyman
    January 2021 # 1087

    Airpost Journal # 1088

    • The Thrill of a New Collecting Adventure / G.J. Michels Jr.
    • There's More to the Story / John Mudroch
    • First Flight London to Cape Town / Tom Reyman
    • Thrice-Flown Cover from Cuba to Haiti / Mark Tyx
    • Test Flight Breaks Distance Record / Robert W. Spencer, Esq.
    • The China Clipper / Juan L. Riera
    • Deutsche Dienstpost Ostland Airmail Covers / Larry Nelson
    • Broncho Charlie Rides Again / Steve Swain
    February 2021 # 1088

    Airpost Journal # 1089

    • An Overview of Aeromarine West Indies Airways First Flight Covers / Mark Tyx
    • Riga to Lucerne in 1928 / Tom Reyman
    • An Early Air Meet Card / Gary Hendren
    March 2021 # 1089

    Airpost Journal # 1090

    • Boeing's Model S-307 'Stratoliner' / Steve Turecheck
    • A Civilian Exchange Cover / Geoffrey Brewster
    • A 'Listable' British Guiana First Flight Cover ? / Richard Saundry
    • A Pair of Interesting Aerograms / Juan Riera
    • Another Midway Island Survey Flight Cover Repotrted / John Horvath
    • Picture Postcards Document First Flight / Barry Hepsley
    April 2021 # 1090

    Airpost Journal # 1091

    • 1933 Registered Airmail Cover Sent to FDR from Bombay, India / Paul M. Holland
    • Unlisted FAM 22 Pan-Am-Africa/Air Transport Command Cover / Jim Hester
    • Tamiami Airport Dedication Cover / Juan Riera
    • World War II Australian Internee Mail / Larry Nelson
    • U.S. Army Carries the Mail / Tom /Reyman
    May 2021 # 1091

    Airpost Journal # 1092

    • Pan American Airways Special Mission Mail / John Wilson
    • CAM 25 Extension to Daytona Beach / Juan L. Riera
    • Unlisted Transoceanic AEA Survey Flight / Jim Hester
    • Unusual Official Mail from the World's First Regular International Airmail Service / Jerzy W. Kupiex-Weglinski
    June 2021 # 1092

    Airpost Journal # 1093

    • Eddie Rickenbackezer Autographed Airmail Covers / Steve Swain & Juan L. Riera
    • Flight 8012 from Bathurst / John Wilson
    • 1930 Brazilian Airmail to Bolivia / Tom Reyman
    • Mother is Dead / Larry Nelson
    • Helicopter-Flown Cover from the Canadian High Arctic / Yves icardo
    July 2021 # 1093

    Airpost Journal # 1094

    • FAM-22 and FAM-18 First Flight Covers / John Wilson
    • AAMS Zoom Auction Yields a Prize / John Murdoch
    • 1935 Midway Island Survey Flight Covers Revised / Larry Weirather
    • Trans-Atlantic Airmail from French Internment Camps / Larry Nelson
    • Deruluft Souvenir Postcard / Barry Hepsley
    • FAM-17 Covers of Interest / Dan Gribbin
    August 2021 # 1094

    Airpost Journal # 1095

    • Revelations & Revised Count : 1935 Midway Island Survey Flight Covers / Larry Weirather
    • Peru to Nova Scotia in 1948 / Tom Reyman
    • National Air Mail Week 1938 : A Hometown Celebration / John Bower
    September 2021 # 1095

    Airpost Journal # 1096

    • RAC #10 Inaugural, Mexico city - Havana, Cuba / Stephen Reinhard
    • Cover gfrom an Inaugural CFRNA Flight: A Centennial Discovery / dr. Jerzy W. Kupiec-Wegminski
    • More Trans-Atlantic Airmail from French Internment Camps / Larry Nelson
    • Graf Zeppelin switzerland to canada in 1929 / Tom Reyman and Bill Woystowich
    • Wiley Post Pays Unintentional Visit to Lafayette, Indiana / John Bower
    October 2021 # 1096

    Airpost Journal # 1097
    November 2021 # 1097

    Airpost Journal # 1098

    December 2021 # 1098