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Also see the subordinate "Bibliography of the Cuban Postal Rocket Experiment" accessible from the main page of the full bibliography after the main bibliography entries.
American Air Mail Catalog. American Air Mail Catalog Subtitled: “Reference Listing of the Airposts of the World” An official publication of the American Airmail Society. Five editions have been published since 1935. The Cuban sections in each of the editions are detailed in the entries following. Excellent reference on first flights, routes, postal history of air mail services, and background information for first flight covers dispatched to and from Cuba. Following is an overview of the five editions provided by Perham C. Nahl, the only editor who has worked on all five editions. The first edition "Section One" was issued in 1935. It was a 130-page summary of U.S. Contract Air Mail (CAM) Routes through 1934 (no references to Cuba). The second edition, issued in 1940, was the first to go beyond CAM covers and includes a special section on Cuban flights (this too was called "First Edition"). It was 912 pages including bound supplements in 1941 and 1943. The third edition consisted of three volumes: 1947, 1950, and 1959 with a total of 1575 pages. The 1959 book updated listings in the 1947 and 1950 volumes. The fourth edition consisted of volumes I (1966), II (1969), III (1970), and IV (1971) with a total of 2291 pages. The fifth (current) edition includes volumes I (1974), II (1977), III (1978), IV (1981), V (1985), plus a 1983 Pricing Supplement updating prices in Vols. I, II, and III; for a total of 2800+ pp.
American Air Mail Catalog American Air Mail Catalog, Second Edition, 1940. Albion, Pa.: Published by The Airpost Journal, for the American Air Mail Society. Contains a special section on Cuban flights: "Section 13: CUBA. Domestic Air Mail and Special Flights" Edited by George S. Chapman (also listed under ), pp.517-520, ill. Other sections of the catalog contain the following entries: 1 Jul 1929: Merida to Habana experimental flight, pp.527,538; 19 Jan 1931: México-Cuba, R.A.C.10 first flight, p.531,538, ill.; 4 Dec 1931: Habana-Mérida-Payo Obispo FAM 5 inaugural flight, pp.531-532,538, ill.; 24 Jan 1932: First Autogiro Flight to Cuba, p.568; 14 May 1935: First International Sky Train Overseas Flight, p.583, ill.
American Air Mail Catalog 1941 Supplement to the 1940 Edition of the AAMC. Albion, Pa.: Published by The Airpost Journal, for the American Air Mail Society. Contains a special section on Cuban flights: "Section 12: CUBA" Edited by George S. Chapman (also listed under ), pp.97-98, ill. Consists of two subsections: "A--Corrections or additions to the material included in the 1940 Edition" "B--New Material--Flights which occurred since the date of the final listing in the 1940 Edition"
American Air Mail Catalog American Air Mail Catalog, Volume Two of Two Volumes. 1950 Edition. (Volume One, non-duplicating in scope was published in 1947 and does not contain Cuban flights). Albion, Pa.: The American Air Mail Society. Contains a special section on Cuban flights: "Section 18: CUBA. Official Government Flights and Special Flights"; pp.1023-1034 (12), ill. Edited by Rafael R. García (Chairman), Luis Angulo Pintado, George D. Kingdom, Rafael Oriol, and Dr. Tomás A. Terry. (Also listed under ).
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Section 12 of the catalog, "Foreign Contract Air Mail Routes (F.A.M's.)", also contains listings of Cuban flights: Foreign Air Mail Route No.4 (F.A.M.4),pp.634-635 (2), ill.; Foreign Air Mail Route No.5 (F.A.M.5), pp.636-651, 1064, and 1088 (18), ill.; Foreign Air Mail Route Nos.6 and 10, pp.658-673 (16), ill.; Foreign Air Mail Route No.31 (F.A.M.31), pp.772-773 (2), ill.; Foreign Air Mail Route No.32 (F.A.M.32), p.774, ill.; Foreign Air Mail Route No.34 (F.A.M.34), p.776-778 (3), ill.; N.Y.R.B.A. Flights, pp.780-785 (6), ill.; W.I.A.E. Flights, pp.786-788 (3), ill.; Section 13, "Trans-Oceanic Record Flights", Cuban flights on pp.793, 799, 810, 825, 829, 1064, and 1088; ill.
American Air Mail Catalog American Air Mail Catalog, Volume Three of Four Volumes. Fourth Edition, 1970. Cinnaminson, N.J.: The American Air Mail Society. The following sections contain listings of Cuban flights: Foreign Air Mail Route No.4 (F.A.M.4),pp.240-241 (2), ill.; Foreign Air Mail Route No.5 (F.A.M.5), pp.242-259 (18), ill.; Foreign Air Mail Route Nos.6 and 10, pp.280-293 (14), ill.; Foreign Air Mail Route No.32 (F.A.M.32), pp.462-463, ill.; Foreign Air Mail Route No.34 (F.A.M.34), p.467-469 (3), ill.; W.I.A.E. Flights, pp.499-501 (3), ill.; Lindberghiana, pp.509-531, 536 (24), ill. U.S. Souvenir Historical Flights, pp.59, 69 (2), ill.
American Air Mail Catalog American Air Mail Catalog, Volume Four of Four Volumes. Fourth Edition, 1971. Cinnaminson, N.J.: The American Air Mail Society. The "Early Foreign Flights" section contains a sub-section on Cuban flights, pp.101-112 (12), ill., which is a reprint of Section 18 on Cuba in , pp.1023-1034 (12). Additional references to Cuban flights appear on pp.201, 212, 233, 286 (4).
American Air Mail Catalog American Air Mail Catalog, Volume Three. Fifth Edition, 1978. Cinnaminson, N.J.: The American Air Mail Society. The "Lindberghiana" section of this volume contains listings of Lindbergh flights with stops in Cuba; pp.1412- 1413, 1424, 1428-1433, 1438-1440, 1459-1460 (13 total); ill.
American Air Mail Catalog American Air Mail Catalog, Volume Four. Fifth Edition, 1981. Cinnaminson, N.J.: The American Air Mail Society. This volume contains listings of Cuban flights in the following sections and pages: "Trans-Oceanic Record Flights", pp.1565,1582-1583,1587 (4); ill.; "Foreign Contract Air Mail Routes": Foreign Air Mail Route No.4 (F.A.M.4),pp.1753-1754 (2), ill.; Foreign Air Mail Route No.5 (F.A.M.5),pp.1755-1771 (17), ill.; Foreign Air Mail Route Nos.6 and 10, pp.1791-1807 (17), ill.; Foreign Air Mail Route No.31 (F.A.M.31), pp.2000-2003 (4), ill.; Foreign Air Mail Route No.32 (F.A.M.32), p.2006-2009 (4), ill.; Foreign Air Mail Route No.34 (F.A.M.32), p.2018-2021 (4), ill.; W.I.A.E. Flights, pp.2069-2071 (3), ill.; N.Y.R.B.A. Flights, pp.2072-2078 (7), ill.
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They are all updates of corresponding sections in with cover prices updated.
American Air Mail Catalog American Air Mail Catalog, Volumes I, II and III. Fifth Edition, 1983 Pricing Supplement. Cinnaminson, N.J.: The American Air Mail Society. Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Perham C. Nahl Updates of prices for Cuban flight covers listed in p.13; updates of prices for Lindbergh flight covers listed in pp.93-96.
American Air Mail Catalog American Air Mail Catalog, Volume Five. Fifth Edition, 1985. Cinnaminson, N.J.: The American Air Mail Society, 1985. The catalog contains a special section on Cuban flights: "CUBA. Pioneer Flights. Domestic Flights. International Flights."; pp.2325-2342 (18), ill. Edited by Mark R. Tyx. This is an update of the section on Cuba in , pp.1023-1034 (12), or in , pp.101-112 (12); with numerous corrections and additions, especially of flights from 1948 to 1961, missing in the earlier versions. A route map has also been added to illustrate major internal routes. The "For The Record" section notes a number of post-1961 aerophilatelic covers. The following sections of the catalog also contain listings of Cuban flights: "DO-X Flights, 1929-1933"; pp.2348-2349, 2355; ill.; "Glider Flights", pp.2371-2372, ill.; "Autogiro/Helicopter Flights", p.2385; "The Jet Age", pp.2430-2431, ill.; "U.S. Souvenir Historical Flights"; pp.2603,2605,2606,2621; ill. Included under this heading is a copy of selected sections of the catalog with annotations from Mr. Tyx providing further information on some of the catalog listings (see ).
American Air Mail Catalog "CUBA - Pioneer Flights - Domestic Flights - International Flights -- Volume Five, Pages 2326-2342" 1990 AAMC Pricing Supplement, 1990, pp.187-189 (3). Author of this pricing supplement was Mark Tyx (also listed as ). Pricing supplement to the section on Cuban flights on pages 2326-2342 of .
American Air Mail Catalog American Air Mail Catalog, Volume One. Sixth Edition. 1998. Albion, Pa.: The American Air Mail Society, 1998, pp.494-495, ill. Pages within the México First Flight Covers listing entry No.20, the 1929, July 1–Mérida to Miami flight by pilot Basil L. Rowe with sub-entry No.20a of the leg from Mérida to Havana, Cuba.
# Sánchez Aballí, Ingeniero (Secretary of Communications of Cuba) "En Octubre Comenzará el Nuevo Servicio Aéreo Antilla-Baracoa" ("The New Air Service Between Antilla and Baracoa Will Start in October") Unknown newspaper source, unknown date (only reference date is in the title), first and last page of the newspaper, in Spanish. [Could be from the newspaper Adelante of Santiago de Cuba] The article reports of an interview with the Secretary of Communications, Ingeniero Sánchez Aballí, and pilot Oscar Santamaría in which it was indicated that the air service between the towns of Antilla and Baracoa in the Eastern part of Cuba had been adjudicated to the Corporación Aeronáutica (Aeronautics Corporation) and would start in October 1930. In reality, from the surviving FFCs of the inaugural flight, inauguration of the service was apparently delayed until 5 January 1931 (see Edifil Catalog FFC N17, Antilla-Baracoa).
Adelante (regular Cuban newspaper) "Grandes Fiestas en la Habana Para Inaugurar el Nuevo Servicio Aéreo-Postal por la Costa Norte"
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("Great Parties in Havana to Inaugurate the New Airmail Service for the North Coast") Adelante, 29 Nov 1935, unknown page number, in Spanish. News of celebrations in Havana for the inauguration of a new airmail service for cities in the North Coast of the island starting on December 2, 1935 (see Edifil FFCs of that date: N160 to N173). The new airmail service, designated as Route No.3, will tie Havana with the towns of Varadero, Motombo, Sagua la Grande, Caibarién, Yaguajay, Morón, Ciego de Avila and Camagüey with daily flights except Sunday. Motombo will only be provided with express mail service, not regular airmail correspondence.
Actividades Filatélicas Photos of Cuban FDCs and FFCs AF, "CUPEX" Special Issue, Nov 1955, p.84, ill., Span. & Eng.
The Aero Field—Air mail magazine founded in 1926. Edited by N.C. Baldwin. Items from this journal without author attribution are filed in this bibliography under the citation key AFLD.
The Aero Field “The Chronicle: Cuba” AFLD, Vol.4 (New Series), No.1, Mar 1940, p.5, ill. Illustration of two cachets from the rocket experimental firings of 1 Oct and 15 Oct 1939 plus a cachet issued in connection with a Flying Carnival of 12-14 Jan 1940.
The Aero Field "The Chronicle: Central America and Curacao" AFLD, Vol.7 (New Series), No.10, Dec 1943, pp.206-207. Two sections under this regularly featured chronicle of new developments in aerophilately contain items of relevance to Cuban aerophilately. The first one is under "Central America" indicating that Transportes Aéreos Centro Americanos (TACA) has been authorized by the American Civil Aeronautics Board to carry air mail, passengers, and air express from San José (Costa Rica) to Miami, Florida, via Managua (Nicaragua), Tegucigalpa (Honduras), San Salvador, and Cuba. The second one is under "Curaçao" and contains statistics of the covers carried on the first K.L.M. service to Miami, via Aruba, Jamaica and Cuba. It reports that 500 covers from Cuba were flown on this first K.L.M. flight and indicates that although the flight took place on 17 August 1943, the Cuban covers had not been authorized by the Cuban Post Office and were refused by the Miami authorities upon arrival and were returned to Camagüey until they received authorization from the Cuban Post Office, at which point they were flown back to Miami on August 24 and backstamped on that day.
The Aero Field "Colonial Aero Digest–9: Jamaica" AFLD, Jun 1953, Cuba on pp. 95-96, ill. Reference of first flight carrying the first air mail to leave Jamaica on a flight to Santiago de Cuba that took place on the morning of December 10, 1930.
The Air Mail Entire Truth Official newsletter of the International Study Group of Aerogrammes, affiliated with the International Federation of Aero-Philatelic Societies (F.I.S.A.). It appears three times per year and is free to the members of the study group as well as to subscribers to the LAVA (a New York philatelic business) new issue service. The only newsletter in the field, it reports new finds as well as all events in the aerogramme world.
The Air Mail Entire Truth "Cuba: 1957-1974 Aerogrammes" AMET, No.46, April 1976, p.4 (unnumbered).
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Report of the receipt of a listing of varieties in these issues provided by Mr. Rafael Oriol from Caracas, Venezuela. Two major varieties are noted on the 1957 issue: stamp misplaced to the top, to the right, or to the bottom, and all blue printing missing on another variety. The 1974 issue shows quite a number of watermark positions, among them 6 and 7 lines of watermark.
Air Mail Magazine "Airways of the World. Cuba." AMM, Jan 1940, pp.214-219 (6), ill. Page 214 of this entry is an overview of the airways that have served Cuba. Pages 215 to 219, titled "Cuba—A Priced Checklist of First Airmails Compiled with Grateful Acknowledgements to Roy C. Votaw, California" is a priced checklist of 182 FFCs that are offered for sale as a whole for $600 or individually as priced in the list. The list is referred as "Green List No.379" and it is not clear who the seller is.
Air Mail Magazine "Air Transport Labels" AMM, Jan 1940, pp.348-351 (4), ill.
This brief listing of air transport labels is also labeled as “Green List No. 424 at the top of pages 349 and 351. These labels were applied by airlines to bags transported by them, and although strictly non-philatelic, they are as indicated in the brief introduction on p.348, “an interesting adjunt to Aerophilately”. A Cuban label is illustrated as item 35 on p.349, and a list and description of three Cuban labels is included on p.351.
Angulo Pintado, Luis "Ocurrió en Cuba" ("It Happened in Cuba") AF, Yr.VIII, No.25, July-Dec 1943, pp.13-14 (2), Span. Correcting an error in most important airmail catalogs regarding the February 24, 1914, flight of Jaime González.
Angulo Pintado, Luis "Ocurrió en Cuba" ("It Happened in Cuba") APJ, Vol.14, No.12, Issue 161, Sep 1943, p.434-435, ill., Span. Reprint of .
Angulo Pintado, Luis "What Affiliation with the A.A.M.S. Means to Cuban Aero-Philatelists" APJ, Vol.19, No.8, WNo.217, May 1948, p.270. One page article in Spanish in spite of the title being in English. The article talks about the benefits of the recent affiliation of the Philatelic Club of the Republic of Cuba with the AAMS, one of the most important philatelic societies of the U.S.A., and extolls the benefits of strong international philatelic ties between all countries of the American continent to promote the interchange of philatelic knowledge. The article points to the immediately palpable benefit of the affiliation with the AAMS that will be the holding of the Society's 25th Anniversary Convention in the city of Havana from May 21 to 23, 1948.
Anthony, Kenneth "Lone Cuban balloonist honored" Toronto Daily Star, 4 Jan 1964, p.n, ill. Story of Cuban balloonist pioneer Matías Pérez who in June 1865 made a successful balloon solo flight in Havana, but who on his second attempt was dragged off to the open sea and was never seen again. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his ill-fated flight, Cuba issued a set of two stamps in his honor, one of which shows his picture (Scott 971-972).
The Airpost Journal "F.A.M. Routes to Central and South America" APJ, Vol.1, No.1, Nov 1929, p.5, ill.
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Article focuses on a map of North, Central, and South America showing FAM routes in which Cuba was a stepping stone to Central America and on to South America and on routes along the Caribbean islands and on to Venezuela and the Guianas.
The Airpost Journal "With The Air Mail Pilots: Pilot Basil L. Rowe" APJ, Vol.1, No.2, Dec 1929, p.10, ill. Biographical notes about Pilot Basil L. Rowe, pioneer pilot of the 1920s who organized the "Rowe Flyers" who barnstormed through the West Indies and the U.S. on pioneer flights and was later pilot for the West Indian Aerial Express and Pan-American Airways, carrying first mails on many of his flights, including several through Cuba. Many of the covers he carried bear his autograph.
The Airpost Journal “Camagüey and Santiago de Cuba on F.A.M. 6” APJ, Vol.1, No.3, Issue 3, Jan 1930, p.9. Author is George T. Street (also listed as ).
The Airpost Journal "The Airpost Chronicle: Cuba" APJ, Vol.2, No.5, Issue 17, May 1931, p.7, ill. Listing of Cuba's International Airmail Set (Scott C4-C11) and several March 2, 1931, first flight covers from Havana to Cristóbal (C.Z.)and Port of Spain (Trinidad), Havana to Paramaribo (Surinam), Havana Montevideo (Uruguay) and Havana-Santos (Brazil) with all intermediary points of stop. No pricing is provided.
The Airpost Journal "Cuban Air Mail First Flights" and "Cuba-Colombia Air Mail" APJ, Vol.2, No.8, Issue 20, Dec 1931, p.16. The first piece reports that with the extension of FAM 5 and 6, the Postal Dept. of Cuba announced that all air mail dispatched from Havana on the first flight to Mérida in México and Puerto Barrios in Guatemala will bear official cachets. Also that air mail dispatched in the first flight from the city of Camagüey to the port of Nuevitas in Cuba and to San Pedro de Macorís in the Dominican Republic will bear an official cachet. The second piece announces that effective November 5th air mail from Havana can be delivered to any city in Colombia that is served by the Scadta Lines per arrangement with PAA.
The Airpost Journal “The Cuban Number of the Airpost Journal--November 1935” APJ, Vol.7, No.2, WNo.67, Nov 1935, 36pp. Special issue of APJ dedicated to Cuban aerophilately. For detailed annotations of individual articles contained in the issue see , , , , , , , , .
The Airpost Journal "Inter-American Escadrille at Havana, Cuba" APJ, Vol.12, No.7, WNo.132, Apr 1941, p.246, ill. Photo of the Escadrille plane at Havana on March 6 and photo of one of the ten souvenir covers carried on the first leg of the mission, the trip from Miami to Havana. The photo captions contain additional information about the mission, pilots, and cover.
The Airpost Journal "KLM—First Flight Covers Arrive" APJ, Vol.14, No.12, WNo.161, Sep 1943, pp.422-423, ill.
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The Airpost Journal "Reduction in Air-Mail Rate to Cuba and to the U.S.S.R." APJ, Vol 16, No 11,WNo.184, Aug 1945, p.324.
Announcement of the reduction of the airmail rate from the continental U.S., Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands to Cuba and to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo to 8 cents per half ounce effective June 29, 1945. A similar reduction will also apply to mail form U.S. possessions in the Pacific to Cuba and to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo which will be the combined rate for trans-Pacific conveyance to the continental U.S. plus the airmail rate to Cuba or the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo, effective on the same date.
The Airpost Journal A.A.M.S. Convention. Havana, Cuba – May 21-22-23 APJ, Vol.19, No.7, WNo.216, Apr 1948, ill. This is the pre-convention issue. The items pertaining to the convention appear on the front cover and on pages 219, 221, 222, 226, 233, and 249.
The Airpost Journal "Official Program–1948–Silver Anniversary Convention. American Air Mail Society." APJ, Vol.19, No.7, WNo.216, Apr 1948, p.221. Program of activities for the three days of the convention, Friday, May21, to Sunday, May 23.
The Airpost Journal "How to Secure A.A.M.S. Havana Special Cancels" APJ, Vol.19, No.7, WNo.216, Apr 1948, p.226.
The Airpost Journal "Invitation to the Silver Anniversary Convention of the American Air Mail Society" APJ, Vol.19, No.7, WNo.216, Apr 1948, p.249. One page ad inviting readers of the APJ to attend the Silver Anniversary Convention of the American Air Mail Society from Richard Milián Cantero, then President of the Philatelic Club of the Republic of Cuba, to be held in Havana during May 21-23, 1948.
The Airpost Journal Convention Issue. American Air Mail Society. Havana Cuba APJ, Vol.19, No.8, WNo.217, May 1948, pp.253-317 (64), ill.
This entry refers to the complete issue of The Airpost Journal that was dedicated almost in its entirety to the 21- 23 May 1948 Havana convention of the A.A.M.S which was celebrating its 25th Anniversary. Articles within this issue that cite their author are also listed under the name of the author; articles that don’t indicate the author are listed following.
The Airpost Journal "A.A.M.S. Honored by Cuban Postal Department" APJ, Vol.19, No.8, WNo.217, May 1948, pp.255-256, ill.
The Airpost Journal "Distinguished Philatelists on Host Chapter Governing Board" APJ, Vol.19, No.8, WNo.217, May 1948, pp.262-266 (5), ill.
The Airpost Journal Post Convention Issue. American Air Mail Society. Havana Cuba
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APJ, Vol.19, No.9, WNo.218, June 1948, Cuba on front cover and pp. 323-331,333,336,337,340,341,354 (16), ill. [The cover of this issue incorrectly labels it as issue No.8, but information at the bottom of p.323 correctly lists it as No.9.] This entry is for the post convention issue of The Airpost Journal that was dedicated in great part to reporting on the events held at the 21-23 May 1948 Havana convention of the A.A.M.S which was celebrating its 25th Anniversary. Articles within this issue that cite their author are listed under the name of the author.
The Airpost Journal "Here and There with the Editor" APJ, Vol.19, No.9, WNo.218, June 1948, pp.336,354 (2), ill.
The Airpost Journal “Guest Editorial… Good Neighbors!” APJ, Vol.19, No.10, WNo.219, July 1948, p.371. Reprint of Editorial from Chambers Stamp Journal extolling the success of the 25th Anniversary Convention of the American Air Mail Society held in Havana, Cuba, 21-23 May 1948.
The Airpost Journal "Random Notes.. from the Editor's Desk" APJ, Vol 19, No 11, WNo.220, Aug 1948, pp..408,416. Report from Rafael Oriol of Havana about covers carried on the first flight of Compañía Cubana de Aviación on the first flight Havana-Madrid, Spain of April 26, 1948, with a description of the first flight cover cachet prepared to commemorate for the event.
The Airpost Journal "Pick Headquarters Hotel For A.A.M.S. Habana Convention" APJ, Vol.26, No.11, WNo.304, Aug 1955, pp.334-335, ill.
Announcement and details of the American Air Mail Society (A.A.M.S.) Convention to be held in La Habana from November 13 to 15, 1955, during the CUPEX 1955 International Philatelic Exhibition to be held from November 12 to 19. The piece provides a list of hotel options with their location and rates, details about exhibition applications, and a list of 78 A.A.M.S. members and their spouses that are planning to attend.
The Airpost Journal "Oriol Designated for A.A.M.S. Presidency, Nominating Committee Selects Slate" APJ, Vol.26, No.11, WNo.304, Aug 1955, pp.339,348, ill. Notice of the designation of Rafael Oriol, a prominent Cuban industrialist, by the AAMS nominating committee as candidate for the presidency of the AAMS, noting that the choice of Mr. Oriol is especially appropriate since he currently was the Director of the Cuban International Philatelic Exhibition CUPEX which would be held in Havana from November 12-19, 1955, and during which the AAMS would hold its annual Convention.
The Airpost Journal [Pre-AAMS Havana Convention issue of APJ] APJ, Vol.26, No.12, WNo.305, Sep 1955, front cover and pp.354-359, 364-365, 367 (10), ill.
This issue of the journal has several features around the forthcoming A.A.M.S. Convention to be held in La Habana from November 13 to 15, 1955, during the CUPEX 1955 International Philatelic Exhibition to be held from November 12 to 19. The front cover shows a picture of the Hotel Nacional that has been designated as the headquarters for both the A.A.M.S. Convention and the CUPEX Exhibition. Page 354 shows a tentative program for the A.A.M.S. Convention. This is followed by a notice of the change of headquarters for both the A.A.M.S. Convention and the CUPEX Exhibition to the Hotel Naciona on pp.355-356l. Pages 356-357, 359, describe the
Bibliography of Cuban Aerophilately by Ernesto Cuesta special commemorative covers that will be prepared for the Convention and Exhibition and provide an order blank for them. Page 358 provides tentative information on forthcoming new issues that eventually turn out to be Scott 559 and C149, the Virgin of Charity issue, Scott C136-C146, the 1956 birds issue and Pages 364-365 feature a welcoming message from the Convention and Exhibition Chairman, Mr. Rafael Oriol. Page 367 describes a Cuban Philatelic Exhibition sponsord by the U.S. National Philatelic Museum of Philadelphia to be held there from September 14 to October 10, 1955, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the issue of the first Cuban stamp. This show of Cuban stamps will be a prelude to the CUPEX Exhibition and a considerable amount of material from it will be transported to Cuba and shown during CUPEX. Finally, pp.372-377 feature an AAMS mail auction offering some Cuban airmail covers.
The Airpost Journal Havana Convention Issue APJ, Vol.27, No.1, WNo.306, Oct 1955, front cover plus pp.4-13, 18-20, 22-23, 30-32, 34-35, 50 (22), ill.
This whole issue of the journal was dedicated to the Havana convention of the American Air Mail Society held from November 13 to 15, 1955, during the CUPEX 1955 Philatelic Exhibition held from November 12 to 19. The pages listed under this entry contain material relevant to Cuban philately and are also listed individually in this bibliography under the name of the respective authors.
The Airpost Journal Post Havana Convention Issue APJ, Vol.27, No.3, WNo.307, Dec 1955, front cover plus pp.76-81, 84-85, 96-100 (14), ill.
A good portion of this issue of the journal is dedicated to reporting on the experiences at the Havana convention of the American Air Mail Society held from November 13 to 15, 1955. The pages listed under this entry contain material relevant to Cuban philately and are also listed individually in this bibliography under the name of the respective authors.
The Airpost Journal "Closed Albums. Capt. Basil Rowe" APJ, Vol.45, No.4, WNo.524, Jan 1974, p.120. Obituary and brief biographical notes on Captain Basil Rowe, pioneer aviation pilot involved in many first flights touching in Cuba.
The Airpost Journal "Another Pan Am Plane Christening Reported" APJ, Vol.58, No.5, WNo.681, Feb 1987, p.151. Report of the first Pan Am plane Christening in Havana in 1927.
Aeromarine Plane & Motor Co. The Log of an Aeromarine. A Modern Adventure in Pathfinding Keyport, NJ: Aeromarine Plane & Motor Co., 2000, xx pp., profusely illustrated. For additional information on the company refer to the following Internet Website: http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/aerstaff.htm
Bello Hernández, Ernesto "The First International Air Train Flight" APJ, Vol.7, No.2, WNo.67, November 1935, p.22.
The Berkshire Exchange, Inc. "Cuban F.A.M. Covers, March1-2, 1931"
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APJ, Vol.2, No.7, Issue 19, Nov 1931, inside front cover page. Listing of Cuban F.A.M. Covers, March1-2, 1931, with sale prices for each. Don't know whether the number in parenthesis after each cover is the number flown or the number on sale (probably the former).
The Airpost Journal "Airs of the Month: Cuba" APJ, Vol.2, No.6, Issue 18, Oct 1931, pp.6-7. Announcement that the national air mail set described in the air mail chronicles in February finally made its appearance in August. Description of the design, denominations, and quantities issued of each denomination.
Blank, Alton J. "Our Air Mail Stamp Chronicle: Cuba." AMC, Vol.4, No.7, WNo. 43, May 1932, p.238. Report of the receipt of two covers supposed to be FDCs of Scott C12 (Edifil 263) but with different postmark dates of April 4 and 5, thus presenting the dilemma of which is the real FDC. The Edifil 2002 specialized catalog of Cuba indicates that the date of issue of Scott C12 was April 5.
Blank, Alton J. "Airs of the Month... Cuba. Scott C16 double overprint" APJ, Vol.VII, No.1, WNo.66, Oct 1935, p.8, ill. Report of the discovery of the existence of a double overprint on the perforated variety of the 1935 air train stamp (Scott C16). A block of 4 of the stamp is shown.
Blank, Alton J. "Airs of the Month... Cuba. Follow-up on Scott C16 double overprint" APJ, Vol.VII, No.4, WNo.69, Jan 1936, p.12.
Report that the double overprint variety of the air train stamp (Scott C16) reported to exist in was declared fraudulent by the Cuban government. The double overprint variety is now a recognized error, Sanabria No.16a, but numerous counterfeits do exist.
Blank, Alton J. "Dominican Flyers Blaze Hemisphere Trail" APJ, Vol.IX, No.1, Issue 90, Oct 1937, p.9. Report of the upcoming flight of 4 planes that were supposed to depart on Columbus Day from Ciudad Trujillo in the Dominican Republic on a flight throughout the Caribbean and Latin America touching down in 49 points during their planned journey of 19,907 miles to promote the discoverer of the Americas and the construction of the Colón lighthouse (Faro de Colón) in the Dominican Republic. The flight was delayed and did not take place until one month later on November 12 and unfortunately ended tragically in its final stages with the loss of three of the four planes in the squadron in the trajectory from Cali, Colombia to Panamá on December 29. Also see and .
Blank, Alton J. "Airs of the Month... Cuba" APJ, Vol.XIX, No.9, WNo.218, Jun 1948, pp.330-331, 333 (3), ill.
Blank, Alton J. "Burbles..." APJ, Vol.XIX, No.10, WNo.219, July 1948, p.367.
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Short blurb on the souvenir sheet overprinted to commemorate the Silver Anniversary Convention of the American Air Mail Society held in Havana 21-23 May 1948. The article provides several reasons why this souvenir sheet will become highly sought after by collectors.
Bulletin of the Metropolitan Air Post Society (BMAPS) "Good progress has been made on gathering data for the aerophilatelic NYARBA story…" BMAPS, Vol.23, No.4, Oct-Dec 2008, pp.5-13 (9), ill, Eng; BMAPS, Vol.24, No.1, Jan-Mar 2009, pp.1-4, 14-15 (7), ill, Eng; BMAPS, Vol.24, No.2, Apr-Jun 2009, pp.1-16 (16), ill, Eng; BMAPS, Vol.24, No.3, Jul-Sep 2009, pp.1-8 (8), ill., Eng. Also listed as due to Mark R. Tyx's contributions to putting the story together. Notes about the NYARBA company formed in the early 1930s to provide passenger and mail service between New York and Buenos Aires, Argentina, with stops in Havana, Cienfuegos, and Santiago de Cuba. The notes were compiled in great measure through the efforts of Mr. Mark R. Tyx, specialist in Cuban aerophilately, who among other overall information also provides analysis of two NYARBA covers in his collection.
Bowman, George W. "Some Puzzlers About West Indian Aerial Express Covers of 1928" APJ, Vol.48, Dec 1976, p.80-84 (5), ill.
Bowman, George W. "More on the West Indian Aerial Express" Part I. APJ, Vol.48, Sep 1977, p.360-364 (5); Part II. APJ, Vol.49, Dec 1977, p. 96-99 (4), ill.; Part III. APJ, Vol.49, Feb 1978, p.163-167,180 (6), ill.
Brett, George W. "U.S. Postal Agency Barranquilla, Colombia" Twenty First American Philatelic Congress Book, 1955, pp.65-90 (26), ill. The article is an excellent description of the U.S. air service to Barranquilla, but much useful information can be derived from its reading by the Cuban aerophilately student. Page 65 mentions U.S. air service to Havana, Cuba. In addition, numerous details of the operation of the U.S. air service to Barranquilla were similar to those of the service to Havana, since the client, the U.S., and the company providing the air service to Barranquilla, Pan American Airways, were the same as involved in the air service to Havana and the planes used were the same (the article contains photos and descriptions of the planes). Moreover, the sources of information cited in the article are also good sources for information on the service to Cuba.
Bruccoli, Mathew J. "Latin American Pioneers in Aviation" APJ, Vol.32, No.7, Apr 1961, pp.185-186. Mention of Domingo Rosillo's 24 May 1913 flight from Key West to Havana in 2.5 hours among many other references to other non-Cuban Latin American Pioneers in Aviation.
Bruce, W. B. "Air Post Stamps of Cuba" MK, Vol.52, No.30, WNo.2481, 25 Jul 1938, p.355. Comments on retail values of Cuban airmail stamps.
# Busto Galup, Raudel "La sobrecarga de 1938 por el XXV aniversario del vuelo del aviador Domingo Rosillo" ("The 1938 Surcharge on the 25th Anniversary of the Flight of Aviator Domingo Rosillo")
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BDFFC, Yr.3, No.2, 4 pp., ill., Span. [Need Yr. and Month of publication] Article about the surcharged stamp Scott C30 issued to commemorate the1913 first flight from Key West to Havana by aviator Domingo Rosillo.
Cabrera, Octavio "An Interesting Use of an Error Aerogram" "Un uso interesante de un aerograma con error" JCP, Vol.8, No.1, Issue 27, Jan-Mar 2017, pp.20-22 (3), ill., Eng. & Span. Report of finding a Cuban 1974 rocket aerogram used to Bulgaria that is missing the rocket indicia. The article indicates that in spite of the missing indicia indicating the postage paid by the aerogram, the post office clerk where it was posted in Santiago de Cuba, credited the sender with the 11 cents paid for the aerogram and only charged the additional postage required for its conveyance to Bulgaria.
Campo, Ricardo del "La Ultima Vez Que Vi A Tomasito" ("The Last Time I Saw Tomasito") BNJ, No.11, Aug 1984, pp.12-13, Span. Short anecdote of the last time the author saw Dr. Tomás Terry in Miami on September of 1982. Provides biographical insight into Dr. Terry, the noted Cuban aerophilatelist and philatelic author.
Cantens, Agustín J. "Cuba, Meeting Place for Lions and Rotary International Clubs" CP, Vol.1, No.1, Dec 1971, p.8.
Report about the Havana conventions of the Lions and Rotary International Clubs in 1940 and of the Cuban postage stamps issued for each Club at the time (Scott 362 and 363). Also mention of the 50th Anniversary of the Rotary International and the Cuban regular postage and air mail stamps also issued to commemorate the anniversary (Scott 536 and C109).
Cartafalsa, Joseph “Cuba drop mail from the Graf Zeppelin’s Pan American flight” Co-author: William A. Park (see ) APJ, Vol.40, No.6, WNo.466, Mar 1969, pp.194-195, ill.
Compañía Cubana de Aviación Also known as "Compañía Nacional Cubana de Aviación " or "Compañía Nacional Cubana de Aviación Curtiss". Sometimes simply referenced as "Cubana de Aviación" or "Cubana". See for historical information on the company.
Compañía Cubana de Aviación "Nuevo Itinerario Pondrá en Vigor la Comp. Nacional de Aviación" ("New Itinerary Will be Put Into Effect by the Comp. Nacional de Aviación") Newspaper announcement from the Cuban Newspaper Adelante of Santiago de Cuba announcing that a new itinerary of daily national flights (excepting Sundays) will be put into effect on Monday, July 29, 1935. The itinerary indicates which flights will be serviced by "Lockheed Electra" planes and which will be serviced by "Ford Trimotor" planes. See Edifil catalog FFC Nos. N140 to N159.
# Compañía Cubana de Aviación "Frutas de Oriente Enviadas al Presidente F. Roosevelt" ("Fruits from Eastern Cuba Sent to President F. Roosevelt") [Need better copy] Newspaper item from the Cuban Newspaper Adelante of Santiago de Cuba announcing that the mayors of Baracoa and Guantánamo will be sending President F. Roosevelt baskets of fruits from their jurisdictions. The
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Compañía Cubana de Aviación "El Día Veinte y Nueve Será Inaugurado el Campo de Aviación de Preston" ("The Preston Airport will be Inaugurated on the 29th") Newspaper item from the Cuban Newspaper Adelante of Santiago de Cuba announcing the inauguration of an airport in Preston, Oriente Province, to be used by the Compañía Nacional de Aviación in the new service inaugurated on July 29, 1935, with stops in that town. The airport was prepared by the United Fruit Company.
Compañía Cubana de Aviación "Brillante la Inauguración del Servicio Aéreo en el C. Preston" ("Brilliant Inauguration of the Aimail Service at the Preston Airport") Newspaper item from the Cuban Newspaper Adelante of Santiago de Cuba reporting the successful inauguration of the new airport in Preston, Oriente Province, by the Compañía Nacional de Aviación with the arrival of its Lockheed Electra and Ford Trimotor planes used in the new airmail service with stops in Preston inaugurated on July 29, 1935.
Compañía Cubana de Aviación "Gran Cantidad de Correspondencia de EE.UU. Trajo el Avión Maceo, que Ayer Inauguró Nuevo Servicio [Aéreo] Nacional" ("Great Amount of Correspondence Brought from the U.S. by the Airplane Maceo that Yesterday Inaugurated a New National [Airmail] Service") Newspaper item from the Cuban Newspaper Adelante of Santiago de Cuba reporting the successful inauguration of the new airmail service inaugurated by Compañía Nacional Cubana de Aviación on July 29, 1935, bringing great amount of correspondence from the United States. Reference is made in the article to the FFCs carried by the flight. See Edifil catalog FFC Nos. N140 to N159.
Compañía Cubana de Aviación Itinerarios y Tarifas (Flight Schedules and Rates) La Habana, Cuba: Compañía Nacional Cubana de Aviación. One page brochure (folded in four) of flight schedules and rates in force as of 12 Oct 1936, in Spanish.
Compañía Cubana de Aviación Nuevos Itinerarios de Cubana (New Cubana [de Aviación] Schedules) Need publication information. Seems to be a one page brochure with new flight schedules between Cuban cities. The brochure indicates that the new itineraries provide same day service connecting 21 Cuban cities with Miami, Washington, New York, Boston, Chicago, and other U.S.A. cities. No rates are provided in the front view copy of the brochure that is cited.
Club Filatélico de la República de Cuba Official Program: XXV Anniversary Convention—American Airmail Society, Habana, Cuba, May 21-22-23, 1948 Habana, Cuba: Club Filatélico de la República de Cuba, 21-23 May 1948, 12 pp., Eng. & Span. Program of the Convention held on the occasion of the XXV Anniversary of the AAMS in Havana, Cuba. The program includes a brief history of the first 25 years of the AAMS by Ernest Kehr, followed by the program of scheduled activities, and a brief description of the places of interest in the city to be visited by the participants.
Club Filatélico de la República de Cuba Programa de la XXXII Convención de la American Air Mail Society, La Habana – Cuba, Noviembre 13-15, 1955
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(Program of the XXXII Convention of the American Air Mail Society, Havana – Cuba, November 13-15, 1955) Habana, Cuba: Club Filatélico de la República de Cuba (CFRC), 13-15 Nov 1955, 16 pp. (15.5 x 23.2 cm.) plus two loose 8.5 x 11 in. "Marginal Notes to the Program"; the program in Eng. & Span., the "Notes" in English. Program of the Convention held on the occasion of the XXXII Anniversary of the AAMS in Havana, Cuba. The program includes a welcoming note from the President of the Cuban Philatelic Club of the Republic of Cuba, Dr. B. Cruz Planas; an address by the President of the AAMS, John P.V. Heinmuller; photos of the officers of the AAMS and of the members of the committees for the convention; the show program; and a list of churches of the city of La Habana. The "Marginal Notes" are a list of additional activities lined up for members of the AAMS and their spouses.
Chapman, George S. (editor) "Section 13. CUBA. Domestic Air Mail and Special Flights." AAMC, First Edition, 1940, Section on Cuban flights, pp.517-520, ill. For annotation see .
Chapman, George S. (editor) "Section 12. CUBA." Domestic Air Mail and Special Flights." AAMC, 1941 Supplement to the 1940 Edition, Section on Cuban domestic air mail and special flights, pp.97-98, ill. For annotation see .
Charlat, L. W. "Pruebas de Sellos Aéreos, Ensayos y Muestras" ("Airmail Stamp Proofs, Essays, and Samples") APJ, Vol.14, No.12, WNo.161, Sep 1943, pp.394-396,398,400 (5), ill., in Spanish. Cuba on p.400. Mention and illustration of one of the samples (Muestra) of the 1935 Columbus Society issue of a set of Cuban stamps in honor of Christopher Columbus that were never officially issued.
Cherubini, C. Catalogo italiano della Posta Aerea, Volume Primo: 1846-1930 Italian Air Mail Catalogue, Volume I: 1846-1930 Co-author: S. Taragni (also listed as ). Firenze, Italy: G. Orlandini, Editor; 1974, Cuba on p.189; Italian and English. Listing of the transatlantic air-cruise flight by the "Santa Maria" from February 8 to June 25, 1927, with legs from Port au Prince to Havana on March 28 and from Havana to New Orleans on March 29.
# Chile Filatélico "Vuelos inaugurales recientes" ("Recent Inaugural Flights") ChiF, p.276-277, ill., Span. [Need month of publication] See first section on page 277 subtitled: "Entre Santiago y La Habana" ("Between Santiago and La Habana"). The article provides details of the first flight from La Habana to Santiago de Chile by the Cuban company "Compañía Cubana de Aviación" and describes and illustrates the commemorative first flight covers carried on the flight. The second part of the first subsection of the article provides details of the first flight from Santiago de Chile to La Habana by the Chilean company "LAN-Chile" and also describes and illustrates the first flight covers carried on that flight.
Cole, Ezra D. "The Trend of the News: Cuba" S, Vol.11, No.9, WNo.142, 1 Jun 1935, p.315.
Report of the perforated and imperforated stamps overprinted to commemorate the First International Air Train Flight from Havana to Miami and back (Scott C16-C17). The item notes that the stamps were sold out in less than one hour.
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# The Clearing House “Postal History Auction—Part II Cuban Airmails… First Day Covers and Various” New York: The Clearing House, 17 May 1983 Auction, cover plus 5 unnumbered pages, ill. Public auction of Cuban FFCs, airmail covers, FDCs and various other covers—64 lots total.
Crouch, Gordon H. "Canadian Air Mail Notes: Air Mail Planned From Montreal to Buenos Aires" AMC, Vol.1, No.3, WNo.3, Jan 1929, pp.29-30, 32 (3). Report that Route No.2 of the new air mail service will touch at Havana, Camagüey, and Santiago.
Cuesta, Ernesto "Forgeries of the Covers Commemorating the First Flight from Santiago de Cuba to the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Falsificaciones de los sobres del primer vuelo de Santiago de Cuba a la República Domicana y Puerto Rico." CPa, Vol.IX, No.24, Apr 1997, p.60-63, Eng. & Span. Description of the salient characteristics of the forgeries of the cited FFCs of 23 and 24 February 1928.
Cuesta, Ernesto “Robert B. Spooner (1920-2006). The Passing of a Great Cuban Aerophilatelist. ” “Robert B. Spooner (1920-2006). Fallece un Gran Aerofilatelista de Cuba.” CPa, Vol.19, No.53, First Third 2008, pp.12-13, ill., Eng & Span. Obituary reporting the death of Robert B. Spooner, longtime member of the Cuban Philatelic Society of America who assembled and exhibited one of the greatest collections of Cuban first flight covers (FFCs) ever assembled. See entries under Spooner in for a listing of his contributions to the study of Cuban aero- philately. You can view his exhibits in the “Pages from Cuban Collections” section of the FILACUBA Website.
Cuesta, Ernesto Catalog of Cuban Postal Stationery Catálogo de Enteros Postales Cubanos Principal-author: Robert Littrell (also listed as )
This catalog started as continuously updated pages in the FILACUBA Website: Pages from Cuban Collections and was developed jointly by Robert Littrell and Ernesto Cuesta with Mr. Littrell as principal author and Mr. Cuesta providing substantial content, consultation, and editorial support. This entry is to a copy of the catalog made on 25 August 2008 and stored as Adobe PDF consisting of 161 pages. Descriptions are provided in both English and Spanish. The catalog itself is divided in two sections: one for postal cards and another one for envelopes and wrappers. Each of these is in turn subdivided by historical period into Spanish Administration items, U.S. Administration items, and Republic items. The catalog does not cover the Castro era. The catalog lists each item by Edifil and Higgins & Gage catalog numbers and provides a detailed description of each item, including color and type of paper stock, color of indicia, size, etc. and also includes listings for significant varieties and constant printing flaws. All items are illustrated with full size color images and closeup images of the printing varieties and flaws. The Envelopes Section includes a “Cross index of U.S. manufactured postal envelopes used in Cuba (1899- 1903)” that provides equivalencies of catalog numbers for the envelopes listed in the Edifil, Scott, United Postal Stationery Society, and Higgins and Gage catalogs. The Postal Cards section also provides a one page cross index of Edifil, Higgins & Gage, and Ascher catalog numbers for Cuban postal cards of the Spanish colonial period from the first postal card issue of 1878 to the last one of 1898. The catalog has now been moved to the website of the International Cuban Philatelic Society (ICPS) where it is currently being maintained by Mr. Littrell as three separate catalogs in the Members' Pages section of the ICPS Website: 1) Postcards; 2) Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers; and 3) Aerograms (see entries , , and in this bibliography).
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Cuesta, Ernesto "The recent Harmer-Schau Auction of the Alvaro García Collections" "La reciente subasta de las colecciones de Alvaro García por Harmer-Schau" JCP, Vol.6, No.3, Issue No.21, Jul-Sep 2015, p.21-22, ill., Eng. & Span. The Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Inc. based in Petaluma, California, held a three day auction during StampShow 2015 that took place from August 20-22 at the Convention Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that included the outstanding collection of the late Alvaro García, formerly of La Place, Louisiana. Mr. García was an exiled Cuban biochemist that specialized in the sugar industry and formed high caliber collections of multiple areas of Cuban philately of the colonial, U.S. Administration, and Republic before Castro. Included in the collection were outstanding holdings of pre-philatelic covers, colonial stamps and covers, colonial stamped paper, U.S. Military Stations markings, U.S. Administration stamps and covers, Republic stamps and covers, postal stationery of the three periods mentioned, first flight covers, and various other specialized collections such as "correo insurrecto" (Cuban independence insurrection mail), colonial Spanish military mail from Cuba, mail to and from colonial British and French post offices in Cuba, telegraph stamps, tuberculosis labels, postal tax stamps, etc. An enourmous accumulation of material. See for a detailed listing of the contents of the sale and for prices realized (including a 15% commission).
* Daley, Robert An American Saga--Juan Trippe and His Pan Am Empire New York, U.S.A.: Random House, Inc.; 1980; 531 pp.; ill. Story of Juan Trippe, who took over Pan American Airways, Inc. in its infancy and developed it into a vast world- wide airline. Pan Am's inaugural flight (later its first regularly scheduled flight) was made on 28 Oct 1928 from Key West to Havana. The book is full of useful information for the Cuban aerophilatelist.
Dargue, Major Herbert A. "Pan-American Good Will Flight" SCM, Vol.4, No.10, WNo.46, Jan 1928, p.21. Pre-announcement of the forthcoming article in several installments. SCM, Vol.4, No.11, WNo.47, Feb 1928, front cover with photo of planes in flight, start of article on pp.37-38. SCM, Vol.4, No.12, WNo.48, Mar 1928, pp.23-25 (continuation of article), p37 (advertisement selling flight covers at $75 each in 1928). SCM, Vol.5, No.1, WNo.49, Apr 1928, pp.46-49 (continuation of article). SCM, Vol.5, No.2, WNo.50, May 1928, pp.31-33 (continuation of article). SCM, Vol.5, No.3, WNo.51, Jun 1928, pp.29-33 (continuation of article). SCM, Vol.5, No.4, WNo.52, Jul 1928, pp.34-35 (conclusion). Description by the flight commander of the "Pan-American Good Will Flight" of five amphibian airplanes that left San Antonio, Texas, 21 Dec 1926, and was the first flight to encircle the countries of Latin America in the interest of good will. The flight's itinerary is provided. The flight made stops at Santiago de Cuba on 18 Apr 1927 and Havana on 19 Apr 1927 and ended in Washington, D.C. on 2 May 1927, after covering 22,065 miles. Only three of the five planes that started the flight finished it; two were lost when they collided over Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the loss of the planes and the two man crew of one of them (the crew of the other plane parachuted to safety).
Davies, Ronald Edward George (R. E. G.) The World's Airlines Oxford University Press, Dec 1964, hardcover, 624 pp. Pages 165, 333, 444, and Table 16 contain information about the Compañia Nacional Cubana de Aviación.
Davies, Ronald Edward George (R. E. G.) Airlines of the United States Since 1914
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Washington, D.C.: Smithonian Institution Press, 17 Dec 1982, ill. ISBN-10: 0874743567. ISBN-13: 978- 0874743562. The book contains multiple references to Cuba.
Davies, Ronald Edward George (R. E. G.) Airlines of Latin America Since 1919 Washington, D.C.: Smithonian Institution Press, 1984, ill. Chapter 7, The Caribbean Islands, pp.144-180, contains information pertinent to Cuban airmail history.
Davies, Ronald Edward George (R. E. G.) "The First F.A.M. Routes, 1920-28" APJ, Vol.55, No.6, Mar 1984, cover photo and pp.220-225 (7), ill.
Díaz, Esteban T. "Aviation & Philately" APJ, Nov 1935, p.29, ill., Eng. Brief comments on airmail being given special attention in Cuba, on applications of aviation to postal uses, and on the recent flight of "The First International Air Train" run between Miami and Havana on 14 May 1933.
Dios, Miguel Angel de Cuba: First Flight Covers North Bergen, New Jersey: Published and distributed by the author, 8 Sep 1987, 18 pp. This is really two lists: one listing the FFCs alphabetically by origin and destination (9 pp. numbered 1-9), and a second listing of FFCs by date of flight (9 pp. numbered 1-9). Both lists also include the AAMC and García catalog numbers, the number of covers flown when known, and an estimated value for the item at the time of publication. The list also indicates whether the FFC has a cachet. Another column indicates whether the flight was a national flight (“N”), or an international flight to Cuba (“T”) or from Cuba (“F”). See for an update.
Dios, Miguel Angel de Cuba: First Flight Covers North Bergen, New Jersey: Published and distributed by the author, 5 May 1995, cover plus 21 pp. Update of .
DMAR (Diario de la Marina) "Noticias del Puerto: Servicio Aéreo Postal y de Pasajeros" ("Port News: Airmail and Passenger Service") DMAR, 2 Nov 1920, p.5, Span. News of the inauguration on the afternoon of November 1 of the airmail service between Key West and Havana using two hydroplanes, the Santa María and the Pinta. The news item provides details of the trip, of the hydroplanes, the number of mail bags each carried, and plans for expansion of the service.
DMAR (Diario de la Marina) "Noticias del Puerto" ("Port News") DMAR, 3 Nov 1920, p.5, Span. Follow-up to reporting the return trip of the "Santa María" and "Pinta" hydroplanes from Havana to Key West and the return of the "Santa María" in the late afternoon with an additional 8 bags of mail.
DMAR (Diario de la Marina) “Nos visitará el 'Defender' nuevamente" DMAR, 22 Feb 1931, p.19, ill., Span.
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Report of the upcoming visit of the Goodyear blimp "Defender" to Habana on 24 February 1931 to join in the festivities commemorating the "Grito de Baire" by flying over the city of Habana. The "Grito de Baire" of 24 February 1895 was the call for Cuban independence that started the 1895-1898 Cuban War of Independence and led to the Spanish-American War. Appended to the photo and brief caption from the Diario de la Marina are a couple of auctions showing an envelope that was issued at the time to commemorate the visit of the "Defender".
DMAR (Diario de la Marina) “Se establecerá una base aérea en Guantánamo” DMAR, 22 Sep 1934, Section 1-A, p.2, Span. Report of the establishment of a temporary Cuban airmail post office designated as “Aeropuerto Hicacal” within the Guantánamo U.S. Naval Base on the occasion of the arrival of several U.S. Navy fleet units to the base for military operations. The temporary post office is to remain in operation until the departure of the fleet on Oct. 15.
DMAR (Diario de la Marina) "Prestará un gran servicio el moderno procedimiento de Radiosonda que fué instalado en el Observatorio Nacional" ("The Modern Radiosonde Program at the National Observatory will provide a Great Service") DMAR, 9 Sep 1944, p.16, Span.
DMAR (Diario de la Marina) "Partirá Mañana a las 9 a.m. el Estrella de Cuba, Estará en Madrid el Jueves a las 12" ("The Estrella de Cuba Will Depart Tomorrow at 9 a.m., It Will Arrive in Madrid Thursday at 12") DMAR, Sunday, 25 Apr 1948, p.1, Span. Also see ; ; ; ;
# DMAR (Diario de la Marina) "Sale hacia las Azores el E. de Cuba" ("The E. de Cuba travels to the Azores") DMAR, Monday, 26 Apr 1948, p.?, Span. Also see ; ; ; ;
DMAR (Diario de la Marina) "Sin Novedad el Avión que va Hacia España" ("Without Problems the Airplane Flying to Spain") "Señala la partida del avión Estrella de Cuba el principio de una hermosa etapa para nuestra aviación nacional" ("The Departure of the airplane Estrella de Cuba Signals de Start of a Beautiful Stage for Our National Aviation") DMAR, Tuesday, 27 Apr 1948, pp.1,16, and p.1 of "Suplemento Diario en Rotograbado", ill., in Span. Also see ; ; ; ; . The first article appears on p.1, the second one on p.16. Additionally, p.1 of a supplement of photos ("Suplemento Diario en Rotograbado") carries a photo of a group of dignataries in front of the plane at the Rancho Boyeros Airport shortly before its departure and another photo of the flight crew.
DMAR (Diario de la Marina) "Vuela hacia las Azores el E. de Cuba" ("The E. de Cuba Flies to the Azores") DMAR, Wednesday, 28 Apr 1948, p.1, Span. Also see ;; ; ;
DMAR (Diario de la Marina) "Hoy a las 10 a.m. llegará el avión Estrella de Cuba al aeropuerto de Barajas" ("Today at 10 a.m. the airplane Estrella de Cuba will arrive at the Barajas airport")
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DMAR, Thursday, 29 Apr 1948, p.1, Span. Also see ; ; ; ; .
DMAR (Diario de la Marina) "Muy agasajados en Barajas los periodistas cubanos al llegar el Estrella de Cuba" ("Cuban Newsmen are Showered with Attention Upon the Arrival of the Estrella de Cuba") DMAR, Friday, 30 Apr 1948, p.1, Span. Also see ; ; ; ; .
DMAR (Diario de la Marina) "Quieren volar hasta Miami 5 líneas cubanas" ("Five Cuban airlines want to fly to Miami") DMAR, 14 Jun 1949, 2nd Section, p.17, Span.
Report that five Cuban airlines have submitted requests to the U.S. Aeronautical Civil Board for either renewals or new permits to fly from Cuba to Florida. The airlines are listed together with their proposed routes.
DMAR (Diario de la Marina) "Autorizada para volar entre New York y Cuba la Cubana de Aviación" ("Cubana de Aviación is authorized to travel between New York and Cuba") DMAR, 15 Aug 1951, p.23, Span. Announcement that Cubana de Aviación, the Cuban airline, has been authorized to travel between New York and Cuba for a period of three years transporting passengers, valuables, and correspondence.
DMAR (Diario de la Marina) "Se inaugura hoy a las 10 de la mañana la ruta aérea a México" ("The air route to México will be inaugurated today at 10 in the morning") DMAR, 17 Sep 1953, p.16, Span. Notice of the inauguration of the air route from Havana to México via a direct three hour flight using Constellation airplanes.
Dworak The Dworak Specialized Catalog of U.S. Air Mail Covers Edited by Charles J. Jandrue and Henry C. DeWitt Holton, Kansas: The Gossip Printery, First Edition, 1930, 288 pp., ill. U.S. Air Mail Service to Central and South America, West Indies, Canada, and México (F.A.M. Routes 1-9) discussed on pp.114-133; Cuba serviced via F.A.M. 4 and 6.
Dworak “Supplement to The Dworak Specialized Catalog of U.S. Air Mail Covers" Air Mail Collector, Vol.II, No.12, WNo.24, Oct 1930, pp.9-14. Listed on these pages are several 1928-29 flights that either originated, ended, or made stops in Cuba.
Dworak The Dworak Specialized Catalog of U.S. and Canadian Air Mail Covers Edited by Charles J. Jandrue and Henry C. DeWitt Holton, Kansas: The Gossip Printery, First Edition, 1931, 420+ pages, ill. The catalog contains several references to flights to and from Cuba in Section IV: Foreign Air Mail Covers; Section XVI: Lindbergh "Good Will Tour Covers; and Section XX: Zeppelin Covers. This catalog was combined in 1933 with the The Standard Airpost Catalog edited by Donald E. Dickason (see .
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eBay Internet Auctions Website "Good Will Flight Canal Zone and Panama Triple Crash Cover" eBay Website listings with a closing date of 25 Aug 2012 at 10:56:25 PST, 6 pp., ill. Two separate eBay listings of separate and distinct subject covers with the same closing date and time; both offered with a starting price of $875. Neither sold.
Echenagusía García, Carlos "Cuba. Enteros Postales del Período Revolucionario, 1959-1977" ("Cuba. Postal Stationery of the Revolutionary Period, 1959-1977") FCb, Yr.13, No.1, Jan-Apr 1978, pp.21-36 (17), ill., Span. Comprehensive catalog of postal cards, stamped envelopes, and aerogrammes for the period indicated.
Echenagusía García, Carlos (Editor) “Suplementos del Catálogo Especializado de Sellos de Cuba 1997” (“Supplements of the Specialized Catalog of Cuban Stamps 1997”) Editor: Carlos Echenagusía García (This entry is also listed as ).
RF, supplements printed serially over a period of years as inserts in the journal to keep the referenced specialized catalog () up-to-date. These supplements maintain the format of the original catalog, listing, describing, and illustrating new stamp issues and assigning them a catalog number and price in Euros. There are also some supplements to the aerograms and postal stationery sections of the catalog. “1er Suplemento” (“1st Supplement”), RF, No.336, Feb 1998, pp.133-140 (8); “2º Suplemento” (“2nd Supplement”), RF, No.348, Mar 1999, pp.159-162 (4); No.349, Apr 1999; 217-220 (4); “3er Suplemento” (“3rd Supplement”), RF, No.358, Feb 2000, pp.133-136 (4); No.359,Mar 2000, pp201-203 (3); “4º Suplemento” (“4th Supplement”), RF, No.368, Jan 2001, pp.17-20 (4); No.369, Feb 2001, pp.83-85 (3); “5º Suplemento” (“5th Supplement”), RF, No.380, Feb 2002, pp.125-128 (4); No.381, Mar 2002, pp.197-199 (3); “6º Suplemento” (“6th Supplement”), RF, No.390, Jan 2003, pp.21-22, 55-56 (4); No.391, Feb 2003, pp.97-98, 131-132 (4); No.392, Mar 2003, pp.173-174 (2); “7º Suplemento” (“7th Supplement”), RF, No.401, Jan 2004, pp.23-26 (2), No.402, Feb 2004, 71-72, 89-92 (4). "8º Suplemento" ("8th Supplement"), RF, 414, Mar 2005, pp.173-174, 207-208 (4); and RF, No.415, Apr 2005, pp.249-250, 283-285 (5).
Echenagusía García, Carlos (Editor) Catálogo Unificado Especializado de Sellos de Cuba, Edición 2002, Tomo I: 1855-1958 (Specialized Catalog of Cuban Stamps, 2002 Edition, Volume I: 1855-1996) Editor: Carlos Echenagusía García (This entry also listed as ). Madrid, Spain: EDIFIL, S.A.; 2002 Edition, Volume I covering the years 1855 to 1958 only; 16 pages with roman numerals, including title, publication, and introduction pages, several pages of advertisements, three pages of guidance in the use of the catalog and five pages with an overview of Cuban postal history; followed by 256 regularly numbered pages of catalog listings. Topical and genera indexes are included at the back of the catalog. Profusely illustrated in color; priced in Euros; text in Spanish. EDIFIL also hired Carlos Echenagusía García, Cuban philatelic expert and designer of numerous stamp issues of the Castro Government, as a consultant for the production of this catalog.
The catalog builds upon , expanding the coverage of all sections but eliminating coverage of the Castro era issues for separate publication as a Volume II of the Specialized Catalog of Cuban Stamps covering the period 1959 to 2005 (see ). All sections carry additional information on errors and varieties. In the Spanish Administration period plating information is provided for some of the platable early issues, the 1860 Y 1/4 surcharges and the 1883 surcharges, and prices for blocks and stamps on cover have been added. The U.S. Administration period has also been expanded with additional detail and illustration of military station
Bibliography of Cuban Aerophilately by Ernesto Cuesta cancels. In the Republican period, pricing for blocks and covers of the early issues is also provided along with pricing for sheet center blocks and FDCs of the later issues. The back sections of the catalog comprising postage due stamps, semi-postal stamps, postal tax stamps, telegraph stamps, postal stationery, and stamps for officially sealing opened mail have been expanded considerably and a new section on Cuban first flights has been added. References to Cuban forgeries of the stamps listed are included throughout.
Echenagusía García, Carlos “Primeros vuelos del correo aéreo en Cuba” (“First Airmail Flights in Cuba”) RF, Yr.XXXVI, No.389, Dec 2002, pp.247-248, ill., Span.
Echenagusía García, Carlos Catálogo Unificado Especializado de Sellos de Cuba, Edición 2005, Tomo II: 1959-2005 (Specialized Catalog of Cuban Stamps, 2005 Edition, Volume II: 1959-2005) Editor: Carlos Echenagusía García (This entry also listed as ). Madrid, Spain: EDIFIL, S.A.; 2005 Edition, Volume II covering the years 1959 to 2005 only; 16 pages with roman numerals, including title, publication, and introduction pages, several pages of advertisements, two pages of guidance in the use of the catalog and two pages with an overview of "curiosities" in Cuban stamps found in the catalog; followed by 336 regularly numbered pages of catalog listings. Topical and genera indexes are included at the back of the catalog. Profusely illustrated in color; priced in Euros; text in Spanish. Once more, EDIFIL hired Carlos Echenagusía García, Cuban philatelic expert and designer of numerous stamp issues of the Castro Government, as a consultant for the production of this catalog. Supplements were published periodically as inserts in issues of RF subsequent to publication of the catalog (see ). The catalog builds upon the Castro period issues in and , expanding the coverage of issues from 1959 to 2005 to include listings of many errors and varieties, and pricing for FDCs. Sections on semi-postal stamps, stamps for officially sealing opened mail, stamps for mail with "declared value", and postal machine labels (FRAMA labels), and an extensive postal stationery section are included at the end of the regular and air mail stamp listings that includes aerograms of the Socialist era.
Echenagusía García, Carlos "Suplementos del Catálogo Especializado de Sellos de Cuba, tomo II" ("Supplements to the Specialized Catalog of Cuban Stamps, Volume II") Editor: Carlos Echenagusía García (This entry also listed as ). RF, supplements printed serially over a period of years to keep the referenced specialized catalog () up-to-date. These supplements maintain the format of the original catalog, listing, describing, and illustrating new stamp issues and assigning them a catalog number and price in Euros. There are also some supplements to the aerograms and postal stationery sections of the catalog. Stamp and aerogram supplements: “1er Suplemento” (“1st Supplement”), RF, No.423, Jan 2006, pp.21-22,55-56 (4); RF, No.424, Feb 2006, pp.97-98 (2); [Stamp Nos. 4913 to 4916 are missing at the end of the 1st Supplement]; “2º Suplemento” (“2nd Supplement”), RF, No.433, Dec 2006, pp.781-782,815-816 (4); No.434, Jan 2007; 21-22 (2); No.435, Feb 2007; 97-98,131 (3); “3er Suplemento” (“3rd Supplement”), RF, No.444, Dec 2007, pp.817-818,851-852 (4); RF, No.445, Jan 2008, pp.21-22,55-56 (4); RF, No.446, Feb 2008, p.97; RF, No.448, Apr 2008, p.287; “4º Suplemento” (“4th Supplement”), RF, No.456, Jan 2009, pp.19-20 (2); RF, No.457, Feb 2009, pp.95-96, 133-134 (4); RF, No.458, Mar 2009, pp.171-172 (2); “5º Suplemento” (“5th Supplement”), RF, No.468, Feb 2010, pp.95-96, 133-134 (4); RF, No.469, Mar 2010, pp.207-208 (2); RF, No.470, Apr 2010, pp.283-284 (2); RF, No.471, May 2010, pp.325-326, 359 (3); “6º Suplemento” (“6th Supplement”), RF, No.477, Dec 2010, pp.781-782, 815-816 (4); RF, No.478, Jan 2011, pp.63-64 (2); RF, No.479, Feb 2011, pp.97-98, 123-124 (4);
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“7º Suplemento” (“7th Supplement”), RF, No.490, Feb 2012, pp.131-132 (2); No.491, Mar 2012, p.207; RF, No.492, Apr 2012, pp.283-284 (2); RF, No.493, May 2012, pp.359-360 (2); “8º Suplemento” (“8th Supplement”), RF, No.501, Feb 2013, pp.169-170, 203-206 (6); “9º Suplemento” (“9th Supplement”), RF,No.510, Dec 2013, pp.853-854, 887-888 (4); RF, No.511, Jan 2014, pp.21-22 (2). Postal stationery supplements: Missing 1st, 2nd, and part of 3rd Supplements. "3er Suplemento" ("3rd Supplement"), RF, No.463, Sep 2009, pp.553-554 (2); “4º Suplemento” (“4th Supplement”), RF, No.484, Jul-Aug 2011, pp.461-462,495-496 (4); No.485, Sep 2011, pp.537-538,563-564 (4); No.486, Oct 2011, pp.605-606,631-633 (5); “5º Suplemento” (“5th Supplement”), RF, No.499, Dec 2012, pp.781-538,815-818 (6); “6º Suplemento” (“6th Supplement”), RF, No.507, Sep 2013, pp.625-626,659-660 (4); No.509, Nov 2013, pp.701-703,735 (3).
Echenagusía García, Carlos “Un buzón español en La Habana” (“A Spanish Mailbox in Havana”) RF, Yr.XXXIX, No.417, Jun 2005, p.676, ill., Span. Story of a mailbox showing the face of a lion donated by Spain to Cuba and which is located in the Commerce Building in old Havana within postal zone No.1. The mailbox appears on an aerogramme issued by Cuba on February 17, 2005, on the occasion of a meeting of jurists of the Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal held during March 15 to 27 of 2005 in Havana.
Echenagusía García, Carlos “Un aerograma emitido para conmemorar la visita del Che a Africa. ¡son dos!” (“An Aerogram Issued to Commemorate Che’s visit to Africa—there are two!”) RF, Yr. XL, No.425, Mar 2006, p.174, ill., Span.
Echenagusía García, Carlos "Cartas cubanas del correo catapultado" ("Cuban Covers of the Catapulted Mails") RF, Yr. XLV, No.479, Feb 2011, cover & pp.132-134 (4), ill., Span.
Brief history of catapulted mails and their operation--a method of partially expediting mail delivery from ocean crossings by delivering mail via airplanes catapulted from the ship to shore long before the ships docked. The method was also occasionally used for delivery to side ports on the ship's route other than the destination port. The practice was abandoned when aeronautics progressed to the point where airplanes could cover transoceanic routes more rapidly. The only known Cuban catapulted covers were prepared by philatelist E. F. Marcet of Matanzas, Cuba, who self-addressed several covers to General Delivery in German cities so that upon failure of delivery they would be returned to his return address in Cuba. All of these covers were sent registered and were double franked with Cuban and U.S. stamps, the Cuban stamps paid the postage and registry fee to the United States and the U.S. stamps paid the postage and catapult service fee for transport on German ships to Germany. Upon crossing the Atlantic the covers were then catapulted to their destination cities in Germany and eventually returned to the sender in Cuba by regular means when unclaimed at the destination General Delivery post offices. The article discusses the postal rates applicable to each phase of the trip. Six Cuban catapulted covers are shown.
Echenagusía García, Carlos (Editor) Catálogo Unificado Especializado de Sellos de Cuba, Edición 2012, Tomo I: 1855-1958 (Specialized Catalog of Cuban Stamps, 2012 Edition, Volume I: 1855-1958) Editor: Carlos Echenagusía García (This entry is also listed as ). Madrid, Spain: EDIFIL, S.A.; Third Edition 2012 ((First Edition was ; Second Edition was ). Only available with soft covers.
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As in previous editions, Volume I only covers the years 1855 to 1958. The catalog open with 16 pages with roman numerals, including title, publication, and introduction pages, several pages of advertisements, three pages of guidance in the use of the catalog and five pages with an overview of Cuban postal history; followed by 272 regularly numbered pages of catalog listings. Topical and genera indexes are included at the back of the catalog. Profusely illustrated in color; priced in Euros; text in Spanish. Unfortunately, this is not much more than a reprint of with minor modifications and the unfortunate deletion of the section of Republic telegraph stamps. Overall, a considerable disappointment after a wait of ten years for an updated edition. For a one page announcement and overview of the improvements in the publication of this new edition see (in Spanish). The catalog is divided into the following sections: Introducción a la historia postal de Cuba—Introduction to the postal history of Cuba, pp.xii-xvi Epoca Colonial—Colonial Cuba, 1855 to 1898, pp.1-17, 25-80 Correo Oficial—Official Mail Stamps, 1858-1860, pp.18-19, 23 Correo Expedicionario—Military Campaign Mails, pp.20-22, 24 Correo Insurrecto—Insurrection Mails, 1874 and 1896, pp.81-84 Intervención Americana—American Intervention, 1898 to 1902, pp.85-107 República de Cuba—Republic of Cuba, 1902-1958, pp.109-187 Tasa-Postage Due, pp.188-190 Sellos Semipostales—Semi-postal stamps, pp.190-194 Franquicia—Free Franks, p.195 Sellos de Telégrafos—Telegraph Stamps, pp.196-206 Enteros Postales—Postal Stationery, pp.206-233 Cierre Oficial—Officially Sealed Stamps, pp.234-235 Primeros Vuelos—First Flights, pp.236-269 Indice—Index, p.270.
Eyman, David H. “Index to the Airpost Journal, Vol. 1-50 (November 1929-September 1979)” Compiled in collaboration with Frank H. Blumenthal (see ). PLR, Vol.30, No.4, 4th Quarter 1981, Cuba on pp.199-200. All articles listed in this index have been included in this bibliography.
Farnsworth, Eben A. "Here and There" AMC, Vol.1, No.12, WNo.1, Nov 1928, pp.14-16 (3). Overview of the progress of commercial aviation worldwide with a section on p.16 on flights touching Cuba.
# Farnsworth, Eben A. "Cuban Aerogram" PS, Vol.26, No.6, Nov-Dec 1984.
Filatelia Cubana (FFC) "Canje Filatélico Internacional. Tarifas Postales Aéreas" ("International Philatelic Exchange. Airmail Postal Rates") FCb, Yr.2, No.2, April-June 1966, pp.39-49 (11), Span. Comprehensive list of airmail rates for the benefit of stamp collectors' exchange.
Filatelia Cubana (FFC) "Presencia de la Amistad Cubano-Chilena en la Filatelia" ("Presence of Cuban-Chilean Friendship in Philately") FCb, Yr.8, Nos.1-2, Jan-Jun 1972, pp.30-32 (3), ill., Span.
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Report of 1971 first flights from Cuba to Chile and vice versa with illustrations of four covers.
Feldman Galleries David Feldman's 17th Rarities of the World Auction Geneva, Switzerland: Feldman Galleries, "17th Rarities of the World Auction" held 13 December 2013, featuring the Cuba collection of Patrick Mangan, including his purchase of Lot #4 of the Ignacio Prats collection, "Republic of Cuba", sold by Greg Manning Auctions at Public Auction 186 on 24 Jun 2006 (see ). This collection was offered as a single lot (lot #20021) with an estimated value of between 300,000 and 400,000 Euros and did not sell during the auction. The Feldman Galleries Website featured 56 Adobe PDF files illustrating various aspects of the collection. These files have been grouped into categories as follows: Stamps--US-Admin-&-Republic--Part-1 Stamps--US-Admin-&-Republic--Part-2 Stamps--US-Admin-&-Republic--Part-3 Stamps--US-Admin-&-Republic--Part-4 Republic-Specimens-Proofs-Errors-Varieties--Part-1 Republic-Specimens-Proofs-Errors-Varieties--Part-2 Stamp-Booklets Inverts Revenue-Stamps Telegraph-Stamps Stamps-for-Oficially-Sealing-Mail Selected-Outstanding-Items Castro-Specimens-Proofs-Errors-Varieties--Part-1 Castro-Specimens-Proofs-Errors-Varieties--Part-2 Castro-Specimens-Proofs-Errors-Varieties--Part-3 Castro-Specimens-Proofs-Errors-Varieties--Part-4 Covers-US-Admin-&-Republic--Part-1 Covers-US-Admin-&-Republic--Part-2 Postal-Stationery Rairoad-Post-Office-Covers First-Flight-Covers 1939-Postal-Rocket-Experiment Zeppelin-Mail Back-of-the-Book
Federación Filatélica Cubana (FFC) Catálogo VIII Campeonato Nacional de Filatelia, 18-23 Noviembre del 2009. Catalog of the 8th National Philatelic Championship, 18-23 November 2009. Cuba: Federación Filatélica de Cuba (Cuban Philatelic Federation), 18-23 Nov 2009, 16 pp., ill., Span. The program contains a welcoming message by the president of the FFC, followed by a listing of the organizing committee and the jurors, the exhibition program, an article on Cuban philately, a listing of the participating exhibits, and a listing of the participating Cuban provinces. The article is “El Acuse de Recibo en Cuba” (“The Acknowledgement of Receipts in Cuba”) by José Ramón Mallón Bauzá (see ). The competition includes traditional philately, postal history, postal stetionery, aerophilately, thematics, maximofilia, open class, youth class, one frame exhibits, and philatelic literature.
Ganz, Cheryl "ZRS4 Akron" Co-author: William O. Boss (see ) AP, Apr 1983, pp.309-319, ill.
Historical account of this dirigible, including detailed listings of its flights until its demise and illustrations of the dirigible and many of the commemorative covers carried on its flights. Includes reference to a Cuban visit to Guantánamo Bay in January 8, 1933, lists arrival and departure covers, and illustrates a departure cover in Fig.18. The article also makes reference of a fly-over the town of Guantánamo on January 10, and lists a commemorative cover that was prepared to commemorate the event.
Ganz, Cheryl "Cuba first to issue U.S. airship stamp" AP, 20 Feb 1984, p.69, ill. Article noting that Cuba was the first nation to issue a stamp commemorating the visit to Cuba of the U.S. airship "U.S.S. Macon" in 1934 (Scott C19 perforated 12 1/2 and imperforate). The stamps and a couple of commemorative covers are illustrated.
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Ganz, Cheryl "Unofficially Flown: the Van Auken Shenandoah and Los Angeles Mail" The Zeppelin Collector, Jan-Mar 2007, pp.7-10 (4), ill. References to several pieces of mail flown on the Los Angeles airship on trips from Central America to Lakehurst, NJ, with stops at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. None of the covers bear Cuban cancellations, but they contained letters making references to stops of the Los Angeles airship at Guantánamo Bay, which are reproduced in the article.
Ganz, Cheryl "U.S. Airships Over Cuba" "Dirigibles de la Marina de Guerra de Estados Unidos que volaron sobre Cuba" JCP, Vol.7, No.3, Issue 25, Jul-Sep 2016, cover page plus pp.3-14 (13), ill., Eng. & Span. Overview of covers carried by U.S. airships that flew over Cuba, many of them making stops at the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo, Cuba, but some flying over Havana and Matanzas. The covers illustrated are form the airships Akron, Macon, Los Angeles, K-1, ZP3K-124, and XM-1.
Ganz, Cheryl "Cuba issued the First Stamp in the World Showing a U.S. Airship" "Cuba emitió el primer sello del mundo mostrando un dirigible de los Estados Unidos" JCP, Vol.8, No.1, Issue 27, Jan-Mar 2017, pp.1, 3-7 (6), ill., Eng. & Span. Report of the Cuban stamp issued as part of the "Zona Franca del Puerto de Matanzas" issue of 11 May 1936 showing the U.S. dirigible Macon flying over the port city of Matanzas (Scott C19/Edifil287). The article indicates that this was the first stamp in the world showing a U.S. airship and provides illustrations of the stamp and of several commemorative covers of the stamp issue and of the dirigible Macon flights over Cuba.
García, Rafael R. “Covers. Air Mail Stamps” APJ, Vol.1, No.5, WNo.5, Mar 1929, pp.23. One page ad offering FFCs and Air Mail stamps from Cuba and other Latin American countries.
García, Rafael R. “Air Mail Stamps and Covers” AMC, Vol.III, No.2, WNo.26, Dec 1930, p.25. One page ad offering FFCs and Air Mail stamps from Cuba and other Latin American countries.
García, Rafael R. "Catálogo de los Sobres-Aéreos de Cuba" ("Catalog of Cuban First Flight Covers") RAFC, Vol.I, No.1, Jun 1932, pp.15-16 (2); RAFC, Vol.I, No.2, Aug 1932, pp.17-20 (4); RAFC, Vol.I, No.3, Oct 1932, pp.26-28 (3), Span. This last issue indicates that publication of the catalog will be continued, but since no other issues of RAFC are available to us, it is not known whether publication continued as indicated. This is basically the material used by the author in the catalog he published in 1937 (see ), but contains some valid information left out in the 1937 publication.
García, Rafael R. "The Cuban Lindbergh Covers" APJ, Vol.5, No.8, WNo.49, May 1934, pp.28-29, ill., in English, translated from Spanish by Roy C. Votaw, but no indication provided of whether the original Spanish version was ever published.
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“The first international Sky Train flight” APJ, Vol.6, No.9, Issue 62, Jun 1935, pp.3-5, ill.
García, Rafael R. "Cuban Air Labels & Air Etiquettes" APJ, Vol.7, No.2, Issue 67, Nov 1935, pp.8-9.
García, Rafael R. El Correo Aéreo en Cuba. Primeros Vuelos--Nacionales, Internacionales, Históricos, Conmemorativos. (The Cuban Airmail Service. First Flights-National, International, Historic, Commemorative.) Habana, Cuba: Club Filatélico de la República de Cuba (Philatelic Club of the Republic of Cuba), 1937, 40 pp., Span. See for a critique of this work. A comprehensive priced catalog of Cuban first flight covers. It includes national and international flights plus a small section labeled historic and commemorative flights. Supplements to the catalog were published in AF (see , , ) and in BFC (see ). adds flights missed in the original catalog and updates the catalog for the period 1937 to 1940. updates the catalog for the period 1940 to 1943. comprises and and updates the catalog from 1941, where ended, to 1951. All of these supplements follow the catalog numbering scheme of the original catalog. is a list of 12 first flights from 1936 to 1953 that are not assigned catalog numbers.
García-Frutos, Silvia “El Primer Aerograma en Cuba” “The First Aerogram in Cuba” BM, No.24, Sep-Dec 1986, two unnumbered pages corresponding to pp22-23 counting from the page numbering in the preceding issue, ill., Eng. & Span. This article incorrectly states that the first Cuban aerogram was issued on January 18, 1949, when in fact the first Cuban aerogram was issued on that same day but in 1957 (see , p.339). It also states that two values of 5 and 8 cents were issued when the denomination of the 1957 aerogram was 10c. Also, the article shows on p.23 a 5c. U.S. aerogram instead of showing the purported first Cuban aerogram.
García, Rafael R. "Suplemento al Catálogo de Sobres Aéreos El Correo Aéreo en Cuba" ("Supplement to the Catalog of First Flight Covers The Cuban Airmail Service") AF, Yr.V, No.22, Nov 1940, p.16, Span. First supplement to ; see for second supplement and for an additional update.
García, Rafael R. "Suplemento al Catálogo de Sobres Aéreos" ("Supplement to the Catalog of First Flight Covers") AF, Yr.VIII, No.23, April 1943, p.27, Span. Second supplement to ; see for first supplement and for an additional update.
García, Rafael R. (chairman of a group of editors) "CUBA. Official Government Flights and Special Flights" AAMC, Volume Two of Two Volumes, 1950 Edition, Section 18 on Cuban flights, pp.1023-1034 (12), ill. Contributing editors were: Luis Angulo Pintado, George D. Kingdom, Rafael Oriol, and Dr. Tomás A. Terry. For annotation see .
García, Rafael R. "Suplemento General al Catálogo de Sobres y Primeros Vuelos de la República de Cuba" ("General Supplement to the Catalog of Covers and First Flights of the Republic of Cuba") BFC, Yr.2, No.2, 30 April 1952, p.5 (unnumbered), Span.
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BFC, Yr.2, No.3, 30 June 1952, p.4 (unnumbered), Span. This part is labeled II. Supplement to . It comprises and and additionally updates the catalog from 1941, where ended, to 1951.
García, Rafael R. "Suplemento al Catálogo de Sobres y Primeros Vuelos de la República de Cuba II y Leyendas de los Matasellos Cubanos" ("Second Supplement to the Catalog of Covers and First Flights of the Republic of Cuba and Text of the Cuban Cancellations") BFC, Yr.2, No.3, 30 June 1952, p.4 (unnumbered), Span.
Continuation of . It contains part three of the supplement listing flights from foreign countries to Cuba, and historic and commemorative flights. As in the case of entry , the listings are poorly typed and do not inspire confidence in thoroughness, but nonetheless, may contain information of use to the specialist.
García, Rafael R. "Tercer Suplemento al Catálogo de Sobres Aéreos" ("Third Supplement to the Catalog of First Flight Covers") AF, Yr.XXVI, No.60, May 1953, pp.6-7, Span. Third supplement to . This supplement is a list of 12 first flights from 1936 to 1953 that are not assigned catalog numbers as is done in previous supplements.
García, Rafael R. Letter to Armand E. Carroll dated Oct. 6th, 1958 Copy in my personal library, two typewritten pages, in English. Letter to a client offering for sale a list of Cuban rocket mail material with items individually priced. Highlights are covers of the three trial flights of Oct.1, 3, and 8 at $1.50, $2.00, and $2.50 (on p.1) or $2.00 (on p.2).
García-Frutos, Silvia "Book Review: Specialized Catalogue of Cuban Stamps 1855-1959 (2nd Edition)" "Reseña Biliográfica: Catálogo especializado de sellos de Cuba 1855-1959 (2da Edición)" Co-authors: Yamil H. Kouri, Jr. (also listed as ; Mark R. Tyx (also listed as ; and Arturo Martín de Nicolás (also listed as ). CPa, Vol.14, No.42, Last Third 2002, pp.130-133 (4), ill., Eng & Span.
The review is split in four sections after a brief introduction by Dr. Kouri. The first section on p.130, also by Dr. Kouri, reviews the section of the catalogue covering the Spanish colonial and U.S. Administration periods; the second section on p.131, by Silvia García-Frutos, covers the Republic until 1959; the third section on p.132, by aerophilatelist Mark R. Tyx, covers the first flight section of the catalogue; and the fourth sectionon p.133, by Arturo Martín de Nicolás, covers the postal stationery section of the catalogue.
Gatchell, L. B. “Contract Air Mail Routes” AMC, Vol.1, No.1, WNo.1, Nov 1928, pp.9-10 (2); AMC, Vol.1, No.2, WNo.2, Dec 1928, pp.6-8 (3) AMC, Vol.1, No.3, WNo.3, Jan 1929, pp.6-7 (2); AMC, Vol.1, No.4, WNo.4, Feb 1929, pp.14-16 (3); AMC, Vol.1, No.5, WNo.5, Mar 1929, pp.5-7 (3); AMC, Vol.1, No.6, WNo.6, Apr 1929, pp.6-9 (4); AMC, Vol.1, No.7, WNo.7, May 1929, pp.19-20, 22-24 (5); AMC, Vol.1, No.8, WNo.8, Jun 1929, pp.6-7 (2);
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AMC, Vol.1, No.9, WNo.9, Jul 1929, pp.24-26, 28, 31 (5). This set of serial articles contains many references to CAM routes through Cuba.
Gatchell, L. B. "FAMS: F.A.M. 5 and 6 New Points" APJ, Vol.2, No.10, Issue 22, Feb 1932, pp.11,31-32 (3). Cuba on pp.31-32 Description of cachet colors used on FAM 6 FFCs from Nuevitas (misspelled in the article as Neuevitas) on northbound and southbound covers and also from Camagüey. Also description of color of cachet on FAM 5 FFCs from Havana to Mérida and Puerto Barrios.
Gatchell, L. B. "FAMS" APJ, Vol.3, No.5, WNo.29, Sep 1932, p.16. Additional data on covers into and out of Cozumel on the April addition to Route FAM 5 that includes a cover to Havana dated April 14, registered, with no backstamp. Also notice dated August 5 of revised schedule to FAM 5 announcing it will now stop at Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Gatchell, L. B. "Here and There with the Editor" APJ, Vol.19, No.9, Issue 218, Jun 1948, pp.336. Comments on the Cuban Convention of the American Air Mail Society, held in Havana 21-23 May 1948.
Gatchell, L. B. "Were You Too Late? Did You Fail To Secure The Special Cuban A.A.M.S. Sheet? Here's How To Get One At Face" APJ, Vol.19, No.9, Issue 218, Jun 1948, p.337. Advertising offering the special souvenir sheet issued by the Cuban Post Office in honor of the 25th AAMS Convention held in Havana 21-23 May 1948.
Glass, Jr., Carter "Lindbergh and Our FAM Routes" APJ, Vol.V, No.6, Issue 47, Mar 1934, pp.3-4, ill.
Gomis Seguí, José María “El Histórico Vuelo Sevilla-Cuba-México” (“The Historic Flight Sevilla-Cuba-México”) VF, No.88, May 1972, pp.73-77 (5), ill., Span. Also listed as .
Goodman, Roland A. (Editor) Guatemala. A handbook of the postal history and philately of Guatemala by the International Society of Guatemala Collectors Bournemouth, England: Robson Lowe Ltd., 1974. Reference to Havana-Puerto Barrios FFC of 4 Dec 1931 on p.425 within section on "Pioneer Flights and First Flights".
Grigore Jr., Julius “Privately Overprinted Stamps Franked the Triple Crash Covers of the U.S. Army’s 1926-1927 First Pan American Good Will Flight” APJ, Vol.73, No.2, February 2002, pp.51-59 (9), ill. Photo on page 55 shows cancellation applied on Cuban stamp affixed to one of these covers on its transit through Cuba.
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Grigore Jr., Julius The Aerophilately of the U.S. Army's First Pan American Good Will Flight (December 21, 1926 to May 2, 1927) Panama: 1995. Monograph published by the author. Reference is to title page with table of contents, a "Preface and Acknowledgements" section of three pages (numbered v, vi, and vii), a two page section titled "Cuba Accords the Flier's Covers Official Aerophilatelic Recognition" (pages 62-63), and a one page flight itinerary (p.111). Illustrated. The section on Cuba makes reference to an official cachet applied to commemorative flight covers carried on the Flight before departing from La Habana on April 23, 1927, towards Washington, D.C., on the last leg of the Flight. The article mentions that this was the only official cachet recognition given by any Government along the Flight's route. The Havana cachet may also be the first foreign air mail cachet applied to covers flown aboard an American military aircraft. Note, however, that Dr. Tomás Terry in , p.247, indicates that José Luis Guerra Aguiar informed him that there is no known record of an official approval of that particular cachet by the Cuban postal authorities. Nonetheless, Dr. Terry surmises that official approval for the cachet may have been obtained verbally as was customary at the time. The article also includes a photo of the Flight Flyers being honored by the Mayor of Santiago de Cuba at a ceremony, probably in a large meeting room of the Santiago City Hall.
Guerra Aguiar, José Luis "Sección de Novedades" ( "Novelties Section") BMI, Yr.1, No.10, Oct 1957, pp.13-18 (6), ill., Span. Reproduction of Post Office announcements of three new stamp issues: 1. Biblioteca Nacional (National Library), Post Office Order No.23 (Scott Nos.C167-C168) 2. Día de las Naciones Unidas (United Nations Day), Post Office Order No.24 (Scott Nos.C169-C171) 3. 30º Aniversario Primer Vuelo Key West—Habana (30th Anniversary First Flight Key West—Havana), Post Office Order No.25 (Scott No.C172).
Haberer, Rainer (auctioneer) 15. Luftpost-Auktion. Samstag, 25. April 1987 Filderstadt, West Germany: Rainer Haberer Airmail Auctions, catalog of the 15th auction, 25 Apr 1987, p.25, text in German.
Lot 460, listed under USA in p.25, was a cover carried by the U.S. Army Pan-American Good Will Flight which departed from Oakland, California, 21 Dec 1926, and visited México, every nation of Central and South America, the Caribbean (including Cuba), and ended in Washington, D.C., 2 May 1927. The catalog does not illustrate the cover, but included in this entry are privately obtained photocopies of the front and back of the cover, and of an accompanying affidavit by the plane's crew certifying its authenticity.
< HARG1403> Hargreaves, Chris "Canadian Air Mail Notes: Air Mail to South America" APJ, Vol.85, No.3, WNo.1005, Mar 2014, pp.117-124 (8), ill.
Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Inc. "Sale 106, APS Stampshow Auction, August 20-22, 2015" Petaluma, California: Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Inc., 20-22 Aug 2015, Auction Catalog for Sale 106, including the Alvaro García Cuba collections in lots 260-302, 2345-2353, 2534-2535, and 2845-2860 (a total of 70 lots, some of which were sets of albums with entire specialized collections). See for prices realized (including 15% commission) and for a report of the sale. Mr. García was an exiled Cuban who formed high caliber collections of multiple areas of Cuban philately of the colonial, U.S. Administration, and Republic before Castro. Included in the collection were outstanding holdings of pre-philatelic covers, colonial stamps and covers, colonial stamped paper, U.S. Military Stations markings,
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U.S. Administration stamps and covers, Republic stamps and covers, postal stationery of the three periods mentioned, first flight covers, and various other specialized collections such as "correo insurrecto" (Cuban independence insurrection mail), colonial Spanish military mail from Cuba, mail to and from colonial British and French post offices in Cuba, telegraph stamps, tuberculosis labels, postal tax stamps, etc. All of these were included in the Harmer-Schau sale, although we have reason to believe that key items from the collections had been removed and sold separately. The following are links to detailed contents of lots related to aerophilately: Lot 2856: First Flight Covers Lot 2857: Rocket Mail Collection
Harms, Gunter Katalog der Do X Post Stuttgart: Europälscher Aero-Philatelisten-Club e. V., 1981, ill., Cuba on pp.15, 34, 35, 52.
Harris, Leo J. Primeros Vuelos y Vuelos Especiales del Ecuador (First Flights and Special Flights of Ecuador) Guayaquil, Ecuador: Club Filatélico "Guayaquil", 1977. Flights to/from Cuba on pp.19, 20, 27-29 (5), ill., Span.
The cited pages provide details and illustrate the special cachets for the following flights from Ecuador to Cuba or vice versa: No.27–Guayaquil to Habana; No.74—Guayaquil to Habana, No.83—Guayaquil to Cienfuegos, No.88—Habana to Guayaquil, and No.111—Manta to Habana.
Hernández Machado, Juan Revista “Filatelia Cubana”-- Índice 1965-2006 Habana, Cuba: Obtained from the author as a Microsoft Word file , August 2007, 30 pp., Span. Detailed index of the journal Filatelia Cubana for the period 1965-2006 covering the full lifetime span of the journal. Entry No.20 in the index is Aerophilately.
H.G.I. Stamp Co. Price List of Early First and Special Flights to Cuba One page price list with several items listed plus another page offering an August 1931 FFC by German Flying Boat DO-X from Rio to Havana accompanied by images of its front and back.
Hill, Ronald "First Flight Cover?--Sobre de Primer Vuelo?" JCP, Vol.1, No.1, Issue No.1, Jul-Sep 2010, p.21, ill., Eng. & Span.
Hill, Ronald "First Flight Cover? - ¿Sobre de Primer Vuelo?" JCP, Vol.1, No.2, Issue No.2, Oct-Dec 2010, p.20-21, ill., Eng. & Span.
# Hoffman, George W. "The West Indian Aerial Express" APJ, Vol.46, No.11, WNo.543, Aug 1975, pp.352-355 (4); APJ, Vol.46, No.12, WNo.544, Sep 1975, pp.392-394 (3), ill. [Need better copy of both] Vivid account of the pioneering flights in the Caribbean. Contains much useful postal history data.
Huber, Harry E. "The Cuban Air Mail" MK, Vol.42, No.2, WNo.1931, 9 Jan 1928, pp.22-23.
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Huber, Harry E. "West Indian Aerial Express" MK, Vol.42, No.4, WNo.1933, 23 Jan 1928, pp.49-50.
Huber, Harry E. "Cuba--Lindbergh, 1928" MK, Vol.42, No.10, WNo.1939, 5 Mar 1928, p.161.
Huber, Harry E. "The 5 c. Cuban Air--1927" WPG, Vol.12, No.50, WNo.331, 10 Mar 1928, p.1543. Very good account of Cuba's first airmail flight in 1927.
Huber, Harry E. "Santo Domingo-Haiti-Cuba Air Service, 1928" The Stamp Collector, Vol.1, No.3, Jul 1928, pp.1- 4.
Huber, Harry E. "The Dominican Air, 1928" MK, Vol.42, No.28, WNo.1957, 9 Jul 1928, pp.421, 425 (2). MK, Vol.42, No.29, WNo.1958, 16 Jul 1928, pp.431-432 (2). Article with numerous reference to mail to and from Cuba, and beyond (Miami, Haiti, and Puerto Rico). Some of the mail was flown by Lindbergh. Special stamp issues and cancellations used in the correspondence discussed.
Huber, Harry E. "Cuban Inland Air Mail, 1928" MK, Vol.42, No.36, WNo.1965, 3 September 1928, pp.516, 521. Concise, but full of valuable data on inland airmail service.
Huber, Harry E. “Haitian Air Mails” AMC, Vol.1, No.1, WNo.1, Nov 1928, pp.34-38, 40 (6); AMC, Vol.1, No.2, WNo.2, Dec 1928, pp.15-17 (3); AMC, Vol.1, No.3, WNo.3, Jan 1929, pp.17-22 (6); AMC, Vol.1, No.5, WNo.5, Mar 1929, pp.11-16 (6); AMC, Vol.1, No.6, WNo.6, Apr 1929, pp.17-20, 22 (5); AMC, Vol.1, No.7, WNo.7, May 1929, pp.40-41, 43-48 (8); AMC, Vol.1, No.8, WNo.8, Jun 1929, pp.20, 22-23 (3). This serial article is included in this bibliography because many of the first flights and routes discussed passed through Cuban airports. Most of the Caribbean islands were used as stepping stones in the development of U.S. commercial aviation with Latin America.
Huber, Harry E. "FAM No.6, Miami-San Juan, 1929" MK, Vol.43, No.14, WNo.1996 , 8 Apr 1929, p.244. Account of the award of FAM Route No.6 to Pan-American Airways by the U.S. Post Office Department for the carriage of mail by air from Key West, Florida, to San Juan, Puerto Rico with a detailed description of the route's stops in Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Details of the inaugural flight, including hours of departure and arrival at each stop and the amounts of mail carried from point to point, are provided.
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Huber, Harry E. "Haitian Airs, 1929" MK, Vol.43, No.33, WNo.2015, 19 Aug 1929, p.505. The article contains several references to stops in Cuba by Pan-American Airways on F.A.M. Route 6.
Huber, Harry E. "FAM No. 6, Miami-San Juan, 1929" AMC, Vol.1, No.10, WNo.10, Aug 1929, pp.3-5 (3); AMC, Vol.1, No.12, WNo.12, Oct 1929, pp.43,46-48,50 (5); AMC, Vol.2, No.2, WNo.14, Dec 1929, pp.26-29,31 (5); AMC, Vol.2, No.3, WNo.15, Jan 1930, pp.11-13 (3); AMC, Vol.2, No.4, WNo.16, Feb 1930, pp.14-16 (3) The serial article is full of references to Cuba.
Huber, Harry E. "F.A.M. No. 5, Miami-Cristobal, 1929" AMC, Vol.2, No.5, WNo.17, Mar 1930, pp.3-6 (4). AMC, Vol.2, No.6, WNo.18, Apr 1930, pp.29-36 (8).
Huber, Harry E. "F.A.M. No. 5. Central America, 1929" AMC, Vol.2, No.7, WNo.19, May 1930, pp. 14-19 (6); AMC, Vol.2, No.8, WNo.20, June 1930, pp. 52-53 (2); AMC, Vol.2, No.9, WNo.21, July 1930, pp. 24-29 (6); The serial article contains details on FAM 5 mail that passed through Cuba.
Huber, Harry E. "F.A.M. No. 4, Key West-Habana, 1927" AMC, Vol.2, No.9, WNo.21, Jul 1930, pp.3-4,19-23 (7).
Huber, Harry E. "FAM 7, Miami-Nassau, 1929" AMC, Vol.2, No.10, WNo.22, Aug 1930, p.39.
Huber, Harry E. "Key West-Habana, 1920" AMC, Vol.2, No.10, WNo.22, Aug 1930, p.53.
Huber, Harry E. "F.A.M. 6, San Juan-Paramaribo, 1929" AMC, Vol.2, No.11, WNo.23, Sep 1930, pp.3-6 (4); AMC, Vol.2, No.12, WNo.24, Oct 1930, pp.29-33 (5); AMC, Vol.3, No.1, WNo.25, Nov 1930, pp.12-14, 16 (4); AMC, Vol.3, No.4, WNo.28, Feb 1931, pp.7-9 (3); AMC, Vol.3, No.5, WNo.29, Mar 1931, pp.5-7 (3). Article contains several references to Cuban air mails.
Huber, Harry E. "Supplement to The Dworak Specialized Catalog of U.S. Air Mail Covers. Section 4." AMC, Vol.2, No.12, WNo.24, Oct 1930, pp.9-14 (5). This listing is the same as .
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Updates to the listings of Section 4 of by section editor Harry E. Huber with several references to air mail covers originating or passing through Cuba..
Huber, Harry E. "F.A.M. 5, Rate Reductions, 1930" AMC, Vol.3, No.2, WNo.26, Dec 1930, pp.29-33,35 (6); to be continued.
Huber, Harry E. "F.A.M. 5, Venezuela, 1930" AMC, Vol.3, No.3, WNo.27, Jan 1931, pp.3-7 (5); AMC, Vol.3, No.4, WNo.28, Feb 1931, pp.46-53 (8). Article contains several references to Cuban air mails.
Huber, Harry E. "Cuban Inland Air Mail, 1928." AMC, Vol.3, No.5, WNo.29, Mar 1931, pp.44-46 (3).
Huber, Harry E. "The Cuban 10c on 25c Air, 1930" MK, Vol.45, No.14, WNo.2100, 6 Apr 1931, p.245. Reprinted in .
Huber, Harry E. "F.A.M. 4 - Key West (or Miami), Fla. to Habana, Cuba" AMC, Vol.3, No.6, WNo.30, Apr 1931, pp.8-10.
Huber, Harry E. "Updates to Section 4, F.A.M. 4-7, of The Dworak Specialized Catalog of U.S. and Canadian Air Mail Covers" AMC, Vol.3, No.7, WNo.31, May 1931, pp.13-18 (6); AMC, Vol.3, No. 8, WNo.32, Jun 1931, pp.11-12,46,49 (4). Updates to The Dworak Specialized Catalog of U.S. and Canadian Air Mail Covers (see ), several of which pertain to parts of route F.A.M. 6 through Cuba.
Huber, Harry E. "F.A.M. 6, Camagüey, 1930" AMC, Vol.3, No.9, WNo.33, Jul 1931, pp.33, 35-36, 38-39, 41-43 (8).
Huber, Harry E. "Haiti-Jamaica, 1930" AMC, Vol.3, No.9, WNo.33, Jul 1931, pp.43-46 (4). Account of the twice weekly service from Miami, Florida, via Cienfuegos, Cuba, and Kingston, Jamaica, and continuing to Cristóbal, Canal Zone, over F.A.M. 5.
Huber, Harry E. " F.A.M. 6, Rate Reductions, 1930" AMC, Vol.3, No.10, WNo.34, Aug 1931, pp.3-6 (4).
Huber, Harry E. "F.A.M. 5 - Cuban International Air Service Inaugurated Mar. 2, 1931." AMC, Vol.3, No.10, WNo.34, Aug 1931, pp.9-10.
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"Cuban 10c. on 25c. Air, 1930" AMC, Vol.4, No.1, WNo.37, Nov 1931, pp.28-30 (3). Reprint of .
Huber, Harry E. "F.A.M. 6, Dominican Airs, 1928-31" AMC, Vol.4, No.3, WNo.39, Jan 1932, pp.75-79 (5) AMC, Vol.4, No.5, WNo.41, Mar 1932, pp.172-178 (7) AMC, Vol.4, No.6, WNo.42, Apr 1932, pp.199-201 (3) AMC, Vol.4, No.10, WNo.46, Aug 1932, p.334. Although focused on the Dominican Republic, F.A.M. 6 passed through Cuba to and from the Dominican Republic, so the article contains references to Cuba.
Huber, Harry E. "Cuban International Airs, 1931" AMC, Vol.4, No.6, WNo.42, Apr 1932, pp.203-206 (4).
Huber, Harry E. "Cuban 5c.Inland Air, 1932." Air Mail Notes and News, May 1932, p.167.
# Huber, Harry E. "F.A.M. 5, Kingston, 1930" AMC, Vol.4, No.10, WNo.46, Aug 1932, pp.329-331 (3); AMC, Vol.4, No.11, WNo.47, Sep 1932, pp.377-380, 382-383 (6); To be Continued… [Need to know whether there was a continuation.]
Huber, Harry E. "Cuban Inland Airs, 1931" WPG, Vol.18, No.11, WNo.604, 3 June 1933, pp.342-343 (2) Fine article on the 1930-1931 airmail stamps.
Italia '98 Italia '98: Catalogo delle Partecipazioni–Catalog of Exhibits Milan, Italy: Italia '98 World Philatelic Exhibition, Milan Fair, 23 Oct-1 Nov, 1998, 271 pp., Italian & English; Cuba on p.186: Exhibit "L'Eta' D'Oro Delle'Aviazione"–"The Golden Age of Aviation".
Brief overview paragraph describing the exhibit, but significantly illustrated with the cover prepared by Jaime González Crocier for his flight of 24 February 1914, first Cuban air mail flight. This is the rarest cover of Cuban aerophilately–only a handful were flown.
Jaques, Robert "Miami to Havana -- by Glider" APJ, May 1980, pp.278-279, ill.
Account of the first (and only one ever) international sky train flight which took place 18 May 1935 from Miami to Havana and was piloted by O'Meara and Dupont.
Jarrett, Fred "John Robert Gregg on the 12c. Cuban Airmail" AP, Vol.71, No.6, WNo.686, March 1958, p.433.
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On Scott C166, issued to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the birth of John Robert Gregg, inventor of the Gregg shorthand system. Biographical.
Johnson, Jesse G. “Special Jet Flight Mail was Feature of A.A.M.S. Convention” APJ, Vol.27, No.3, WNo.307, Dec 1955, pp.84-85, ill.
Johnson, Jr., John "More on U.S. Route 1 (AAMS Route F4-1)" AMN, Vol.31, No.3, Sep 2013, pp.2-4 (3), ill. Follow-up article on .
Kehr, Ernest A. "Havana AAMS Convention To Be Held May 21-23" APJ, Vol.19, No.4, Issue 213, Jan 1948, p.111.
Kehr, Ernest A. "Plans Progressing for AAMS Havana Convention" APJ, Vol.19, No.5, Issue 214, Feb 1948, pp.149-150, 170, ill.
Kehr, Ernest A. "Cuban Convention Plans Announced By Host Chapter" APJ, Vol.19, No.6, Issue 215, Mar 1948, pp.183, 186-187 (3).
Kehr, Ernest A. "Special Cancellation Authorized for A.A.M.S. Havana Convention" APJ, Vol.19, No.7, Issue 216, April 1948, pp.219, 221, 222 (3), ill.
Kehr, Ernest A. "Last Call for Havana Holiday…" APJ, Vol.19, No.7, Issue 216, April 1948, p.233
Kehr, Ernest A. "Closed Albums—Capt. Basil Rowe" APJ, Vol.45, No.4, WNo.524, Jan 1974, p.120. Obituary reporting the death on 28 October 1973 of Capt. Basil Rowe, aviation pioneer during the 1920s and 1930s for Pan American Airways with which he continued to be associated the rest of his lifetime. Also see for more biographical notes on Capt. Rowe.
Kelleher Auctions, Daniel F. Collections, Stocks & Accumulations of the World. Sale No. 633. Boston, MA: Catalog of Sale 633 held 14 Dec 2012; Cuba lots 1757-1760, and within lots 1845-2066 in the "Lindberghiana" and "Misc. Airmail Postal History". The sale comprised the Robert B. Spooner aerophilately collections, with emphasis on Cuba, Amelia Earhart, South Atlantic Airmails, and catapult, Do-X, and Zeppelin flights. The Spooner holdings of Cuban aerophilately were among the best ever assembled.
Kerfoot, Glenn "Capt. Rowe Gets Angers Award" APJ, Vol.43, No.12, Issue 508, Sep 1972, pp.394, 399 (2), ill.
# Kessler, F. W.
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" Cuba–American Air Mail Society overprinted souvenir sheet (Scott C39)" Publication information not available. Report that the Cuban government will not print an additional 5000 American Air Mail Society overprinted souvenir sheets (Scott C39), leaving the number issued at 15,000. Also report of seven future issues of Cuba.
# Kessler, F. W. Kessler’s Catalogue of Aerograms, Volume I New York: Aerogram Catalogue Publishing Co., Inc., 1961, ill. Volume I of this catalog includes a single reference to Cuba’s 10c. aerogram issued 18 January 1957. The catalog includes aerograms from all over the world up to 1960 and up to that date Cuba had only issued that aerogram.
Kingdom, George D. “President’s Corner…” APJ, Vol.27, No.4, Issue No.309, Jan 1955, ill. Address to the APJ membership in the name of Rafael Oriol, recently elected president of the American Air Mail Society who was absent on a business trip, complimenting him for his leadership in organizing and hosting the October 1955 Society convention in La Habana and conveying to the membership Mr. Oriol’s future vision and plans for the Society.
Kourí, Jr. , Yamil H. "Book Review: Specialized Catalogue of Cuban Stamps 1855-1959 (2nd Edition). By EDIFIL." "Reseña Biliográfica: Catálogo especializado de sellos de Cuba 1855-1959 (2da Edición). Por EDIFIL." Co-authors: Silvia García-Frutos (also listed as ; Mark R. Tyx (also listed as ; and Arturo Martín de Nicolás (also listed as ). CPa, Vol.14, No.42, Last Third 2002, pp.130-133 (4), ill., Eng & Span.
The review is split in four sections after a brief introduction by Dr. Kourí. The first section on p.130, also by Dr. Kourí, reviews the section of the catalogue covering the Spanish colonial and U.S. Administration periods; the second section on p.131, by Silvia García-Frutos, covers the Republic until 1959; the third section on p.132, by aerophilatelist Mark R. Tyx, covers the first flight section of the catalogue; and the fourth sectionon p.133, by Arturo Martín de Nicolás, covers the postal stationery section of the catalogue.
Kriebel, William V. "Fritz W. Hammer: Idefatigable Airline Pioneer" APJ, Vol.85, No.5, WNo.1007, May 2014, pp.182-191 (10), ill. Part 1 of 2.
Kronstein, Max "Airmails—More About Pan-American Pioneer Flights" S, Vol.33, No.6, WNo.426, 9 Nov 1940, pp.204, 211 (2). Notes on Pan-American pioneer flights in South America with a brief section dedicated to Cuba.
Kronstein, Max "Airmails—International Pioneer Air Couriers in Latin America" S, Vol.33, No.10, WNo.430, 7 Dec 1940, pp.348, 355 (2).
Kronstein, Max "The Airmail in Cuba" S, Vol.33, No.13, WNo.433, 28 Dec 1940, pp.456, 460, 463 (3). A critique of Rafael García's El Correo Aéreo en Cuba (see ); Dr. Kronstein suggests a number of other events for possible inclusion in future supplements.
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Kronstein, Max “Two pioneers in the Western Hemisphere: Canada--1912 and Cuba--1915” APJ, Vol.37, No.5, WNo.429, Feb 1966, pp.142-145 (4), ill. The Cuba section is on pp.144-145.
This is pat of a more extensive piece of work titled “Foreign Pioneer Airpost Flights, 1909-1914”, Section “C. Special Postal Cancellations of the Pioneer Period”, of which the cited piece is Subsection XXIII. The Cuba section provides a brief account of pioneer flights by two Cuban aviators, Domingo Rosillo and aviator Jaime González Crocier (the spelling “Gonzales” in the article is incorrect). Shown in this article is one of the rare special imprinted envelopes prepared for Cuban aviator Jaime González Crocier’s unsuccessful flight of 20 February 1914, of which only four examples are known to exist.
Kunz, John G. "CUBAN Air Mail Route 2" APJ, Vol.5, No.6, WNo.47, Mar 1934, p.11, ill. Extensive information on Cuban Air Mail Route 2, with some details on Route 1 also provided. Photo of Terminal Building at Havana, Cuba, where PAA mail planes arrive and depart.
Kunz, John G. "CUBAN Air Mail Route 2" APJ, Vol.5, No.6, WNo.47, Mar 1934, p.11, ill. Extensive information on Cuban Air Mail Route 2, with some details on Route 1 also provided. Photo of Terminal Building at Havana, Cuba, where PAA mail planes arrive and depart.
Leeds, David J. “FAM 6-2: Havana-Miami, FAM 5-1: Miami-CZ-Mexico” CZP, Vol.33, No.1, WNo.122, First Quarter 1997, p.7, ill. Illustration and explanation of the routing of the subject cover, a Miami-Canal Zone international FFC.
# LeShane, Albert A., Jr. "Aeromarine Airways, Inc." American Aviation Historical Society Journal, Vol.25, No.3, Fall 1980, pp.162-179 (18), ill.
LeShane, Albert A., Jr. "Basil Rowe and West Indian Aerial Express" American Aviation Historical Society Journal, Vol.26, No.3, Fall 1981, pp.231-242 (12), ill.
Levi-Castillo, Dr. Roberto "The U.S. Army Air Corps Pan American Goodwill Flight" APJ, Vol.39, No.3, Issue 451, Dec 1967, pp.73-74,76-79 (6). APJ, Vol.39, No.4, Issue 452, Jan 1968, pp.103-104, 106, 123-124 (5). APJ, Vol.39, No.5, Issue 453, Feb 1968, pp.146-149, 161 (5). The author best describes the content of this serial article: "I never new them [the aviators] and have no special interest in them, other than to bring to American lovers of aviation and aerophilatelic-minded men of goodwill the story, the true history of this glorious feat, taken from many sources and brought together after many hours of patient research looking in old journals and newspapers and searching in public and private libraries for the news of this First Pan American Goodwill Flight." This article lists the names of the five amphibian airplanes and their crews, identifying the two planes that went down as the result of an accident over Buenos Aires, Argentina, with two of the airmen on one of the planes perishing while the two on the other plane parachuted to safety. The article provides a detailed account of the entire trip.
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"Firm Offers Air Stationery Information" LINN, Vol.38, No.13, WNo.2421, 31 March 1975, p.47. Report of new issue of 1974, 11c rose red rocket aerogram, watermarked "D E CR" reversed as well as inverted, with horizontal colorless overlay on front, but not inside.
Littrell, Robert Catalog of Cuban Postal Stationery Catálogo de Enteros Postales Cubanos Co-author: Ernesto Cuesta (also listed as ) This catalog started as continuously updated pages in the FILACUBA Website: Pages from Cuban Collections and was developed jointly by Robert Littrell and Ernesto Cuesta with Mr. Littrell as principal author and Mr. Cuesta providing substantial content, consultation, and editorial support. This entry is to a copy of the catalog made on 25 August 2008 and stored as Adobe PDF consisting of 161 pages. Descriptions are provided in both English and Spanish. The catalog itself is divided in two sections: one for postal cards and another one for envelopes and wrappers. Each of these is in turn subdivided by historical period into Spanish Administration items, U.S. Administration items, and Republic items. The catalog does not cover the Castro era. The catalog lists each item by Edifil and Higgins & Gage catalog numbers and provides a detailed description of each item, including color and type of paper stock, color of indicia, size, etc. and also includes listings for significant varieties and constant printing flaws. All items are illustrated with full size color images and closeup images of the printing varieties and flaws. The Envelopes Section includes a “Cross index of U.S. manufactured postal envelopes used in Cuba (1899- 1903)” that provides equivalencies of catalog numbers for the envelopes listed in the Edifil, Scott, United Postal Stationery Society, and Higgins and Gage catalogs. The Postal Cards section also provides a one page cross index of Edifil, Higgins & Gage, and Ascher catalog numbers for Cuban postal cards of the Spanish colonial period from the first postal card issue of 1878 to the last one of 1898. The catalog has now been moved to the website of the International Cuban Philatelic Society (ICPS) where it is currently being maintained by Mr. Littrell as three separate catalogs in the Members' Pages section of the ICPS Website: 1) Postcards; 2) Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers; and 3) Aerograms (see entries , , and in this bibliography).
Littrell, Robert Cuban Aerograms, 1957 to date Aerogramas de Cuba, 1957 hasta la fecha Continuously updated pages in the website of the International Cuban Philatelic Society (ICPS) within the "Members' Pages" section. A direct link to the Website pages is: http://www.cubafil.org/MemberPages/RobertLittrell/Aerograms/1957Rocket.html. This catalog shows unused and used copies of most Cuban aerograms to date, including major varieties and errors. All items are illustrated with full size color images and closeup images of the printing varieties and flaws. Descriptions are currently provided only in English. No catalog numbers are referenced.
Lyon, Roberto J. “Saludo a Cuba” (“Greeting to Cuba”) APJ, Vol.27, No.1, WNo.305, Oct 1955, pp.22-23, ill., Span.
Mair, Günter Catalogue of Airmail Labels Los Angeles, CA: The Postal Label Study Group of Los Angeles, 1991, ill. Cuba on pp.560-561, and p.26 of Supplement No.4. The listings of labels are organized under the following three categories: A) Postal Issues, B) Airline Issues, and C) Other Issues. Descriptions and illustrations of the labels are provided together with dates of issue. Of interest to the aerophilatelist as these labels appear on many covers of the period covered.
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Mann, Percy McGraw "Aerial Mail Information" MK, Vol.35, No.8, WNo.1572, 19 Feb 1921, pp.113-115 (3). Notice of mail being carried from Havana to Key West on 4 Nov 1920, three days after the first flight from Key West, Florida, to Havana. These covers bear a faint “Sucursal No.1, Habana, Nov 3, 1920” rectangular datestamp and a “Key West, Nov 4, 1:30 PM” receipt cds, both on the front. The actual flight took place on November 4. Refer to for more details on these covers and a photo of one.
Metropolitan Air Post Society (MAPS) "Pan Am 30t h Anniversary Mailing: 30th Anniversary Commemorative Cover" MAPS, Vol.30, No.3, Jul-Se p 2015, pp.1, 2, 13, 1 4 (4), ill.
The article illustrates a 30th Anniversary Commemorative Cover mailed from Havan a, Cuba, on 28 October 1957, to the Aviation Editor of the Providence Evening Bulletin in Rhode Island, and also shows a Pan Am propaganda brochure that was mailed inside the envelope.
Metropolitan Air Post Society (MAPS) "Pan American Airways, Inc. History of its Promotion up to October 4, 1927." MAPS, Vol.30, No.3, Jul-Se p 2015, pp.3,9 (7), ill. H istory of the formation of the Pan American Airways company from the Mason family archives. George Grant Mason Jr. was Assistant to the Pan Am General Manager Juan T. Trippe once the company was launched.
Marcet, Enrique Félix "Sección Correo Aéreo. Airmail Section" CorF, Yr.I, No.3, 15 Oct 1931, pp.10-11. Notes on the Curtiss Cuban National Airline contractor for transportation of airmail postal matter.
Marcet, Enrique Félix "Sección Correo Aéreo. El viaje del American Clipper inaugurando una nueva ruta aéro-postal, establecida por la Pan American Airway Airway Co." "Air Mail Section. The Flight of the ‘American Clipper’ Opens a New Air Mail Route Established by Pan American Airways, Inc." CorF, Yr.I, No.4, 15 Dec 1931, pp.2-7 (6), Span. & Eng. (English translation by Roy C. Votaw). Report of Lindbergh's visit to Cienfuegos, Cuba, on the inaugural flight of the American Clipper from Miami, Florida, to Cristóbal, Canal Zone, in November 1931.
Martín de Nicolás, Arturo "Book Review: Specialized Catalogue of Cuban Stamps 1855-1959 (2nd Edition) by Edifil." "Reseña Biliográfica: Catálogo especializado de sellos de Cuba 1855-1959 (2da Edición) por Edifil." Co-authors: Yamil H. Kouri, Jr. (also listed as ; Silvia García-Frutos (also listed as ; and Mark R. Tyx (also listed as . CPa, Vol.14, No.42, Last Third 2002, pp.130-133 (4), ill., Eng & Span. The review is split in four sections after a brief introduction by Dr. Kouri. The first section on p.130, also by Dr. Kouri, reviews the section of the catalogue covering the Spanish colonial and U.S. Administration periods; the second section on p.131, by Silvia García-Frutos, covers the Republic until 1959; the third section on p.132, by aerophilatelist Mark R. Tyx, covers the first flight section of the catalogue; and the fourth sectionon p.133, by Arturo Martín de Nicolás, covers the postal stationery section of the catalogue.
Martínez, José Agustín "Address of Welcome to A.A.M.S. Delegates" APJ, Vol.19, No.9, WNo.218, June 1948, p.341.
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Address of welcome to the A.A.M.S. Delegates at the opening session of the 25th Anniversary Convention of the American Air Mail Society, held in Havana, Cuba, from 21-23 May 1948.
Mattingly, Robert E. "Pan American's First Operational Flight Cover. Do you have one?" BMAPS, Vol.31, No.1, Jan-Mar 2016, cover page plus pp.4-6 (4), ill.
Mayborn, Mitch “LINDBERGH Flies The Mail to Panama” AAHS, Vol.6, No.1, Spring 1961, pp.36-37, 73, ill.
Account of this 4 February 1929 historic first flight on which Lindbergh and his crew took 500 pounds of mail from Miami to Panamá via Habana with a refueling stop in the Cuban town of La Fe in western Cuba on its way to Belize, British Honduras, and further refueling stops along Central America with final destination Cristóbal, Panamá. The return trip retraced the route through Cuba on February 12, 1929.
# Mayborn, Mitch “Lindbergh Flies The Mail to Panama—1929” APJ, May 1972, pp.254-257, 268 (5), ill. This is basically a reprint of . [Need better copy]
Meléndez T., M. (Administrador de Correos) "Modificación en el Servicio Postal Aéreo de la Nación" ("Modification in the Airmail Service of the Nation") Newspaper clipping from a letter from the Postmaster Meléndez to the newspaper Diario de Cuba dated in Santiago de Cuba on February 8, 1932. The article reports on changes to Route No.1 adding to it the towns of Manzanillo, Bayamo, and Guantánamo effective on February 15, 1932, and the elimination of stops in the towns of Victoria de las Tunas and Holguín from the Havana-Santiago route. The article indicates that FFCs will be serviced in the post offices of Manzanillo, Bayamo, and Guantánamo on the day of the inauguration of the flights. Look for FFCs of these flights in the Edifil catalog between Nos. N80 and N121.
Melendi, M. F. "Cuban Special and Commemorative Flights" APJ, Vol.7, No.2, Issue 67, November 1935, pp.5 and 33, ill. A partial list of some rare first flights and special events covers, some of them uncataloged, in the collection of Rafael R. García.
Miller, Robert S. “American Clipper” MAPS, Vol.2, No.1, Winter-Spring 1987, pp.1, 3, 5 (3), ill. The intervening pages are on other topics. Brief account of the Christening of the Sikorsky S-40, NC-80V, on October 12, 1931, by Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the President; account of its maiden flight from Miami to Cristóbal piloted by Charles A. Lindbergh on November 20, 1931; and summary of the legs of the service thus established between Miami, Cienfuegos, Kinston, Cristóbal, Colón, and Barranquilla that were considered to be first flights.
Miller, Robert S. “Another Pan Am Plane Christening Reported” APJ, Vol.58, No.5, Feb 1987, p.151. This article answers the question “Who performed the first Pan Am Christening in Havana in 1927?”
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"Aerial Mail Information" MK, Vol.35, No.8, WNo.1572, 19 Feb 1921, pp.113-115 (3). Author is Percy McGraw Mann (also listed as ).
Notice of mail being carried from Havana to Key West on 4 Nov 1920, three days after the first flight from Key West, Florida, to Havana. These covers bear a faint “Sucursal No.1, Habana, Nov 3, 1920” rectangular datestamp and a “Key West, Nov 4, 1:30 PM” receipt cds, both on the front. The actual flight took place on November 4. Refer to for more details on these covers and a photo of one.
# Monterrubio, Francisco Catálogo Especializado de los Timbres Aéreos de México Specialized Catalog of Mexican Air Mail Stamps México, D.F.: 1940?, Cuba on p.76, Span. & Eng. [Need date of publication–probably 1940] Listing of 1 July 1929 first flight between Mérida and Miami with stop in Havana; of 19 January 1931 first flight between México and Cuba; and of 4 December 1931 first flight between Havana and Mérida.
Moré González, Gustavo A. "El Faro de Colón y el Vuelo Panamericano" ("The Columbus Lighthouse and the Pan-American Flight") Part I: El Filotélico, No.19, Jul-Aug 1980, cover & pp.8-12 (6); Part II: El Filotélico, No.20, Sep-Oct 1980, cover & pp.7-17 (11); ill., Span. See , , , , and for correspondence referring to this article and its subject matter. See for a book about the flight which is referenced as a source of information for this article.
Background information and account of the Pan American Flight undertaken to promote the building of the Columbus Lighthouse in the Dominican Republic (Vuelo Panamericano Pro Faro a Colón). The flight started in the Dominican Republic on 12 Nov 1937, passed through Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Dutch Guiana, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Perú, Ecuador, and ended with the tragic crash of 3 of the 4 airplanes in the squadron shortly after their departure from Cali in Colombia on 29 Dec 1937.
Moré González, Gustavo A. Letter of 11 Nov 1981 to Dr. Tomás A. Terry Unpublished, 2pp., Span. Letter acknowledging receipt of letters and from Dr. Terry on the subject of . The letter provides additional information on mail carried on the Pan American Flight to promote the building of the Columbus Lighthouse in the Dominican Republic.
Moré González, Gustavo A. Letter of 10 Jun 1983 to Mark R. Tyx Unpublished, 2 pp., Span. Letter sending Mr. Tyx a copy of , copies of selected pages from , and copies of , , and . The letter also provides additional information on the Pan American Flight "Pro Faro a Colón".
Muller, Frank Catalogue des Aerogrammes du Monde Entier (Catalog of First Flight Covers of the World) Paris, France: By the author, 1950 Edition, 459 pp.; Cuba on pp.179-181, no illustrations in the Cuba section, in French; priced in French francs. Reprinted by FISA (Fédération International des Sociétés de Aérophilatelie).
The catalog lists first flight covers numbered sequentially in chronological order; the Cuba listings comprise numbers from 1 to 141. The sequential numbers are followed by the year date and the days of departure and
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Nahl, Perham C. "Unusual Covers--Number 4: First Flight -- Miami-Habana, Cuba -- September 15, 1928" APJ, Feb 1971, pp.148-149, ill. For annotation see .
Nahl, Perham C. “The Habana Convention of 1948” APJ, Sep 1973, pp.396-398, ill.
Newall, Alexander S. “A check-off list of Cuban First and Special Flights, 1914-1939” London: The author, unpublished manuscript notes, 10pp.
Listing of Cuban First and Special Flights gathered from the following sources: American Air Mail Catalogue, Frank Muller Catalogue des Aerogrammes, El Correo Aéreo de Cuba, Cuban and American Press, and Sieger Zeppelin Catalogue.
# Newton, Dr. Wesley Phillips "The Third Flight" Journal American Aviation Historical Society, Summer 1975, pp.94-102, ill. [Need better copy]
Newton, Dr. Wesley Phillips The Perilous Sky: United States Aviation Diplomacy and Latin America, 1919-1931. Miami, Fl.: University of Miami Press, 1978. Publication of the author's PhD dissertation on U.S. aviation diplomacy in Latin America from 1919 to 1931. Cuba is highlighted as the host of the controversial Sixth Pan American Conference in early 1928. The book contains a wealth of information on Cuban aerophilatelic/aviation history.
The New York Times "Seaplane Mail to Cuba" NYT, 30 Aug 1920. Report that the U.S. Postmaster General signed a contract with the Aeromarine West Indies Air Ways Company on August 28 providing for a seaplane mail service between the U.S. and Cuba. The service will collect mail from the East Coast of the U.S. for Cuba at New York and transport it by train to Key West where it will be transferred to a seaplane for transport to Havana, Cuba. Mail for the seaplane route had to be marked "Via seaplane" and was to be charged 6 cents per ounce or fraction of an ounce. This was the first air mail contract made by the U.S. Postmaster General for the transport of foreign mail by seaplane.
The New York Times "Air Lines Planned to Cuba and Chicago" NYT, 11 Oct 1920.
Report of plans for the inauguration the following month of aerial freight and passenger carrying service betweeen Key West, Florida, and Havana, Cuba, and from New York to points as far west as Chicago. The Key West to Havana service would be operated by the Aeromarine West Indies Airways, Inc. using a fleet of six
Bibliography of Cuban Aerophilately by Ernesto Cuesta seaplane cruisers carrying both passengers and mail. The contract signed with the U.S. Post Office Department called for a daily service carrying 500 pounds of mail to and from Cuba every day.
The New York Times "Air Mail Service to Cuba" NYT, 2 Nov 1920. Brief news item dated Nov.1 at Key West, Florida indicating that the air mail service to Cuba opened that day with the departure of two seaplanes from Key West to Havana. Each of the planes used in the service had a capacity of carrying 1000 pounds of mail, plus 12 passengers and 400 pounds of luggage.
The New York Times "Air Mail Service to Cuba" NYT, 16 Sep 1928, p.25. Report that airmail service between Miami and Havana was started on September 15 when Pan American Airways, Inc. completed its first round trip between the two cities using a Sikorsky amphibian plane for the Miami-Key West leg of the trip and a tri-motor Kokker from Key West to Havana. A total of 2300 lbs. of mail was transported on the trip to Havana.
Oriol Castells, Rafael "Notas Aéro-Filatélicas" ("Aero-Philatelic Notes") RFA, Yr.I, No.I, January 1929, p.4. Short note on Santiago-Havana first flight cover.
Oriol Castells, Rafael "La República de Cuba y sus Relaciones Aéreas con Inter-América" ("The Republic of Cuba and Its Inter-American Air Relations") AF, Yr.VIII, No.25, July-December 1943, pp.9-12. See for an English translation.
Oriol Castells, Rafael "Cuba - And Her Position in the Inter-American Airline Network" APJ, Vol.14, No.12, WNo.161, Sep 1943, pp.404-405,408 (3), ill. English translation of .
Oriol Castells, Rafael "Precursores de la Aviación Cubana y del Correo Aéreo: Capitán Domingo Rosillo" ("Pioneers of Cuban Aviation and Airmail Services: Captain Domingo Rosillo") AF, Yr.IX, No.26, January-March 1944, pp.5-6. Historical. Biographical.
Oriol Castells, Rafael "Precursores de la Aviación Cubana y del Correo Aéreo: Capitán Agustín Parlá" ("Pioneers of Cuban Aviation and Airmail Services: Captain Agustín Parlá") AF, Yr.IX, No.27, April-June 1944, pp.9-10. Historical. Biographical.
Oriol Castells, Rafael “Cuba plans extensive air mail stamp program” APJ, Vol.27, No.11, WNo.316, Aug 1956, pp.369-?
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"Cuestionario presentado por E.M.G. a Don Rafael Oriol, ex-presidente y socio honorario del Club Filatélico de Caracas" ("Questionaire presented by E.M.G. to Mr. Rafael Oriol, ex-president and honorary member of the Philatelic Club of Caracas") RCFCa, Yr.9, Nos.40-41, Jan-Jun-1969, pp.7-10 (4), Span. E.M.G. were the initials of E. Martín Guerra, member of the board of directors of the Philatelic Club of Caracas at the time. The interview addresses topics of general interest to philatelists; among them is the dropping of air mail stamps by many countries, Cuba among them, and Mr. Oriol's explanation of their disappearance.
Oriol Castells, Rafael Letter to Perham C. Nahl, President of the American Airmail Society, dated 18 July 1970, to which is attached the story of the Miami-Havana FFCs of 15 September 1928 and their counterfeiting, along with an explanation of the differences between genuine and counterfeit covers. This story was reproduced by Dr. Nahl in with permission of Mr. Oriol.
Oriol Castells, Rafael "Cuba: 1957-1974 Aerogrammes" AMET, No.46, April 1976, p.4 (unnumbered). Listing of varieties in these issues compiled by Mr. Oriol. Two major varieties are noted on the 1957 issue: stamp misplaced to the top, to the right, or to the bottom, and all blue printing missing on another variety. The 1974 issue shows quite a number of watermark positions, among them 6 and 7 lines of watermark. [Reference to this list comes to us from . Does anyone have a copy of this list by Mr. Oriol?]
Oriol Castells, Rafael "La Falsificación del Primer Vuelo MIAMI-HABANA, Sept. 15, 1928" ("Counterfeiting of the the MIAMI-HABANA First Flight Cover of Sept. 15, 1928") BNJ, No.12, Oct 1984, pp.10-11, Span. with Eng. summary on p.21. This is a Spanish reprint of which was the basis for . See for annotation.
Ortiz-Bello, Ignacio A. “CUPEX” CI, Yr.I, No.2, Feb 1974, p.4, ill., Span. Brief report of the philatelic exhibition CUPEX 1955, held 13 Nov 1955 at the “Palacio de Bellas Artes” (“Palace of Fine Arts”) in Habana, Cuba, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first Cuban stamp and where the American Air Mail Society held its XXXII Convention.
# Ortiz-Bello, Ignacio A. “La volanta filatélica” Jaruco, Cuba: Weekly column in the newspaper Debate, 11 Nov 1956, Span. Brief article on the pre-cursors of Cuban aviation. The article mentions Matías Pérez and his disappearance in a balloon flight, Parlá and his Key-West to Havana round trip flight, Rosillo and his national and international flights, and then focuses on more detailed information about the Cienfuegos-Habana first flight of Jaime González Grocier on 20 May 1914, commemorated with two Cuban stamps issued on 4 July 1955 on the 35th anniversary of his death (Scott C117-C118).
Paddock, Arnold "Postcript on Air Mail Rates" PSta, Vol.20, No.6, WNo.193, Nov-Dec 1978, p.186. Report that from November 1, 1946 until 1955 the Cuban air mail letter rate was 8 cents per ½ ounce.
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PAP, Vol.2, No.9, WNo.21, May 1956, p.144. Report of a cover from the Havana-New York first flight of 12 May 1956. [Need better copy]
Parejo, José “El Vuelo Panamericano y el Faro a Colón” (“The Pan-American Flight and the Columbus Lighthouse”) Empuje, No. 70, Mar 2000, pp. 37-40 (4), ill., Span.
Park, William A. “Cuba drop mail from the Graf Zeppelin’s Pan American flight” Co-author: Joseph Cartafalsa (see ) APJ, Vol.40, No.8, WNo.466, Mar 1969, pp.194-195, ill.
Pérez, E. C. "The West Indian Airways" The Aero Field, Vol.II, No.9, WNo.21, Apr 1928, pp.193-194. Report of the planned extension of West Indian Airways service to Santiago, Cuba. Also report that Lindbergh had carried 2000 letters on his 6 February 1928 from Santo Domingo to Havana, and another 2000 letters on his 8 February 1928 flight from Port-au-Prince to Havana.
The Philatelic Gazette "Aviso" ("Notice") PG, Vol.x, No.y, Nov 1918, p.349, ill.
Notice and illustration of a letter that was to be carried from Cienfuegos to La Habana on the monoplane "Morane" piloted by Jaime González on 24 February 1914 on a flight that crashed on take off. The Director General of Communications of the Republic of Cuba supposedly authorized the use of the 10c special delivery stamp (Scott E5) on the cover for this special flight ahead of its official date of issue and only a total of this and four more covers were so franked and cancelled on that date. The cover illustrated is AAMC No.2, shown on p.2327 of .
Phillips, A. "Airways of the World -- Cuba" Air Mail Magazine, Jan 1940, p.214, ill. One page overview of airline companies that had flown mail to, from, and within the island of Cuba since Pan American Airways started operations in 1927 until 1940. The item also contains a map of the routes of Compañía Cubana de Aviación showing internal and international air routes serviced by the company in 1940. The cover of this issue of the journal shows shows the commemorative cancellation of the 28 October 1927 first flight between Havana and Key West, Florida. This overview is really an introduction to Mr. Phillips Green List No. 379 (see below.
Phillips, A. "Green List No. 379: Cuba -- A priced check list of first air mails compiled with grateful acknowledgements to Roy C. Votaw, California" Air Mail Magazine, Jan 1940, p.215-219 (5), ill.
Priced check list of Cuban FFCs offered for sale. Prices in Bristish pounds and shillings with 1£ = $4. The list is labeled "Green List No. 379" and describes 181 items providing the date of the flight, the places of departure and destination, the number of pieces flown (where known), the names of the pilots (for some flights only), and whether the cover is signed. As item 182, the list offers a collection of 240 Cuban first air mails (mostly autho- graphed) at the attractive price of £150 or U.S. $600.
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Phillips, A. "Green List No. 424: Air Transport Labels [1]. Colourful, Historical, Fascinating" Air Mail Magazine, Aug 1940, p.348-351 (4), ill. Priced check list of Air Transport Labels in Bristish shillings and pence with U.S. $1 = 6/ (shillings). The listing for each label specifies the country, name of company, size in mm. with height given first, shape, description, colours, and wording on the label. The list is labeled "Green List No. 424". A Cuban label is illustrated on p.349 as item No.35, and listings of three labels from "Cia. Nacional Cubana de Aviación" on p.351. The label illustrated as No.35 is labeled CU.CA in the listing on p.351.
Phillips, A. "Green List No. 569" AMM, No.54, Aug 1943, p.1063, ill. Report of the extension of the West Indian Air Mail Service from Curaçao to Miami, Florida, by the Royal Dutch Air-Lines K.L.M. showing the official first flight cachets applied to FFCs flown on that flight. One of the two cachets shows a map of the Caribbean with the new route that flew from Curaçao and Aruba via Kingston, Jamaica, or via Port au Prince, Haiti, to Camagüey, Cuba, and from there to Miami, Florida.
Piper, Mark "Cuba’s Aerogrammes—Los Aerogramas de Cuba" CPa, Vol.XI, No.33, Last third 1999, front cover and pp.97-102 (6), ill., Eng. & Span. Detailed study of Cuban aerogrammes from the first issue of 1957 to January 1998. The article is illustrated with items from the author’s collection. See for an update up to January 2004.
Piper, Mark Catálogo Especializado de Enteros Postales de Cuba de la Epoca Socialista, Edición 2000 Specialized Catalog of the Postal Stationery of Cuba During the Socialist Era, 2000 Edition Co-author: Santiago Portuondo Zúñiga (see ) San Francisco, California: Privately published by the authors, 2000, 175 pp. plus 13 unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated, in Spanish. The catalog is printed on 8.5 by 11 inch pages and is spiral bound. The catalog was awarded VERMEIL prize at the Exposición Filátelica Nacional in Havana, Cuba, October 2005. This is a very comprehensive priced catalog of aerograms, stamped envelopes, postal cards, military postal stationery, and acknowledgement of receipt postcards of Cuba during the socialist era (1959 to 2000). This is a comprehensive catalog that is profusely illustrated and provides prices for both unused and used stationery. The catalog includes all known varieties of the listed items, but does not provide pricing for most of the varieties. Pricing is reasonable for this type of modern material. This catalog is highly recommended for the Cuban postal stationery collector.
Piper, Mark “Airmail Envelopes” “Los Sobres del Correo Aéreo” CPa, Vol.12, No.36, Last Third 2000, pp.111-118 (8), ill., Eng & Span.
Piper, Mark “Cuban Airport Tax Stamps 1999-2004—Sellos de Impuesto de Aeropuerto de Cuba 1999-2004” CPa, Vol.XVI, No.47, Second Third 2004, pp.66-69 (4), ill. Eng. & Span. This article provides an overview of Airport Tax stamps used to pay departure fees at Cuban airports from 1999 to 2004. The article is illustrated with material from the author’s collection.
Piper, Mark "Cuba’s Aerogrammes " PSta, Vol.47, No.2, WNo.341, Mar-Apr 2005, pp.xx-yy, ill. [Need to add copy of the original]
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Updated version of that gives a detailed study of Cuban aerogrammes from the first issue of 1957 to January 2004. The article is illustrated with items from the author’s collection.
Piper, Mark "Cuban Airmail Convertible-Peso Postal Cards" PSta, Vol.55, No.3, WNo.390, May-June 2013, front cover and pp.226-231 (7), ill.
Portuondo Zúñiga, Santiago Catálogo Especializado de Enteros Postales de Cuba de la Epoca Socialista, Edición 2000 Specialized Catalog of the Postal Stationery of Cuba During the Socialist Era, 2000 Edition Co-author: Mark Piper (see ) San Francisco, California: Privately published by the authors, 2000, 175 pp. plus 13 unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated, in Spanish. The catalog is printed on 8.5 by 11 inch pages and is spiral bound.
A very comprehensive priced catalog of aerograms, stamped envelopes, postal cards, military postal stationery, and acknowledgement of receipt postcards of Cuba during the socialist era (1959 to 2000). This is a comprehensive catalog that is profusely illustrated and provides prices for both unused and used stationery. The catalog includes all known varieties of the listed items, but does not provide pricing for most of the varieties. Pricing is reasonable for this type of modern material. This catalog is highly recommended for the Cuban postal stationery collector.
Posts--Cuba--Revolutionary Period, 1959 to date Tarifas Postales y Telegráficas (Postage and Telegraph Rates) Habana, Cuba: Ministerio de Comunicaciones (Ministry of Communications), Empresa de Correos y Telégrafos (Posts and Telegraphy Agency), 1985, 41 pp., Span.
This handbook is organized as a series of rate tables as follows: Table I. Límites de peso y dimensiones (Weight and size limitations) Table II. Servicio Nacional (National Service) Table III. Servicio Internacional—Vía Superficie (International Surface Mail Service) Table IV. Servicio Internacional—Vía Aérea (International Airmail Service) Cartas y pequeños paquetes (Letters and small packages) Table V. Servicio Internacional—Vía Aérea (International Airmail Service) Impresos en general (Printed matter in general) Table VI. Servicios Adicionales (Additional Services) Tables VII to X provide rates for additional international surface and airmail services Table XI. Servicios Complementarios (Supplementary Services) Giros, Apartados, Máquinas Franqueadoras (Money Orders, P.O. Box Rentals, Franking Machines)
Posts--Cuba--Revolutionary Period, 1959 to date Catálogo Habana '97—I Campeonato Nacional de Filatelia—19/23 Septiembre 1997 (Habana '97 Catalog—First National Philatelic Championship—19/23 September 1997) Habana: Published by the Organizing Committee from the Cuban Philatelic Federation, 8 pp., in Spanish. This is a listing of the philatelic exhibitions in the competition with pencilled annotations of the awards obtained by each exhibit. The exhibits included postal history, traditional philately, aerophilately, postal stationery, revenues, thematic philately, maximaphily, mophila, and juvenile philately.
Postal Stationery "New Issue Chronicle: Air Mail New Issues–Cuba" PSta, Vol.1, No.8, Jul-Aug 1949, p.6.
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Rainer Haberer (auction house) 15. Luftpost-Auktion. Samstag, 25. April 1987 Filderstadt, West Germany: Rainer Haberer Airmail Auctions, catalog of the 15th auction, 25 Apr 1987, p.25, text in German. Lot 460, listed under USA in p.25, was a cover carried by the U.S. Army Pan-American Good Will Flight which departed from Oakland, California, 21 Dec 1926, and visited México, every nation of Central and South America, the Caribbean (including Cuba), and ended in Washington, D.C., 2 May 1927. The catalog does not illustrate the cover, but included in this entry are privately obtained photocopies of the front and back of the cover, and of an accompanying affidavit by the plane's crew certifying its authenticity.
# Revista Aérea Latinoamericana “Domingo Rosillo” New York: Revista Aérea Latinoamericana, Vol.22, No.3, Jun 1948, p.8, ill., Span.
Biographical notes on Cuban pioneer aviator Domingo Rosillo and report of a ceremony held in his honor in La Habana on 17 May 1948 to commemorate the 35th anniversary of his pioneer flight of 17 May 1913 between Key West and La Habana.
Revista de Filatelia "El Catálogo Especializado de los Sellos de Cuba" RF, Yr.XLV, No.487, Nov 2011, p.657, ill., Span. This item was prepared by Carlos Echenagusía for RF. News of the forthcoming publication of the Edifil Specialized Catalog of Cuban Stamps, 2012 Edition, Volume I: 1855-1958 (see ). The last paragraph of this news item summarizes the improvements in this edition of the catalog. Unfortunately, this edition of the catalog is not much more than a reprint of with minor modifications and the unfortunate deletion of the section of Republic telegraph stamps. Overall, a considerable disappointment after a wait of ten years for an updated edition. Among the cited improvements are additional plating information of the ½ and 1 rpf values of the first issue of Antilles and of the 1883 surcharged stamps, an improved section on the "Habilitados de Puerto Príncipe, an expansion of the telegraph stamps section that was countered with the deletion of the Republic telegraph section, significant modifications to the postal stationery section derived from research by the International Cuban Philatelic Society, the addition of information, illustrations, and FDC handstamps and commemorative cancellations, and addition of previously unlisted first flights.
Revista Filatélica de las Antillas "Inauguración de la Ruta Aérea 'Miami-Puerto Rico' " ("Inauguration of the 'Miami-Puerto Rico' Airmail Route") RFA, Yr.I, No.I, January 1929, p.8, Span. Short account of the Miami-Puerto Rico first flight via Cuba.
Riera, Juan L. "Letter to the Editor from Juan L. Riera" "Carta al Editor de Juan L. Riera" JCP, Vol.7, No.4, Issue 26--Oct-Dec 2016, p.25, Eng. & Span. Follow-up to requesting additional information on other possible airship flights from the U.S. to Cuba and back or onward to other Caribbean locations.
Roca, Arturo "First Air Flights in Cuba" APJ, Vol.7, No.2, Issue 67, November 1935, pp.16-17. Contains very interesting notes on first flights. Illustrates what the author claims is a unique specially printed cover for the Cienfuegos to Havana first flight of February 24, 1914, piloted by Cuban pioneer flier Carlos González Crocier.
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Rodríguez, Jorge L. y Diana En Alas Cubanas (In Cuban Wings) Miami, Florida: Cuba Aereo Inc., 2002, xxx pages, ill., Span.
Rosen, I. "Observations & Market Tips on F.A.M.'s" AMC, Vol.4, No.5, WNo.41, Mar 1932, pp.170-171. Report of the carrying of the first air mail from Cienfuegos over F.A.M. 5 on the "American Clipper" by Colonel Chas. A. Lindbergh, noting the potential for substantial appreciation of those covers due to the limited quantities carried on the flight. Also mention of the Kingston to Cienfuegos first flight covers of which only 360 covers were flown as another excellent prospect for appreciation.
Rosende, Roberto M. "El Tren Aéreo Internacional 50 Años Después" ("The International Sky Train 50 Years Later") BNJ, No.15, Apr 1985, pp.3-19 (17), ill., Span. with Eng. summary on p.31. This article was also printed in pamphlet form for distribution at philatelic shows to serve as propaganda for the CPSA (see ).
Extensive article on the pair of stamps issued to commemorate and partially finance the world's first international sky train flight from Miami to Havana on 14 May 1935 (Scott C16-C17). The article starts with a report of the auctioning of a complete sheet of Scott C17 by the Philatelic Club of the Republic of Cuba in 1960 during the National Philatelic Exhibition "CUBEX '60". The sheet was sold at $400 to stamp dealer Ricardo del Campo who subsequently divided it into blocks, pairs, and singles for sale to his clients. At the time it was surmised that only half a dozen sheets of Scott C17 still existed. The article then provides a detailed historical account of the flight with details of its conception, preparations, financing, execution, ensuing festivities, and flight back to Miami on May 19. This is followed by details of the stamps themselves and the various commemorative flight covers that were prepared and flown on the sky train. Finally, the article provides an extensive discussion of the discovery of a sheet of Scott C16 with a double surcharge by a lucky collector and recounts the polemic that ascertaining its authenticity caused, including contradicting opinions by two experts and its declaration to be a forgery by the Cuban postal authorities based on the opinion of one of the experts. But that was not the end of the matter: the stamps were printed in plates of 200 and divided into two sheets of 100 stamps each, and sometime later another collector came forth with the sister sheet of the double surcharge. Samples from this second sheet were submitted to the postal authorities to further pursue the question of the authenticity of the double surcharge, but apparently the matter was dropped because no official ruling as to their authenticity was ever made. Today the double surcharges on stamps from both sheets are held to be genuine, but anyone offered one should submit it for certification because philatelic forgeries are also known to exist.
Rosende, Roberto M. "El Tren Aéreo Internacional 50 Años Después" ("The International Sky Train 50 Years Later") Reprint of in pamphlet form for distribution at philatelic shows to serve as propaganda for the CPSA. The pamphlet had a run of 200 copies consisting of 8.5 x 11 inch pages stapled together with rose colored front and back covers; inside pages numbered 3-19 (same as in the BNJ), ill., Span. Front cover shows a picture of crowds in front of Havana buildings waiting for the arrival of the sky train.
Rowe, Basil L. Pilots Log Book New York: The author, cover and page from the log book covering flights from 22 Sep 1927 to 18 Oct 1927 in which the next to the last entry of Oct 15 records an attempted flight from Miami to Havana aborted due to a storm encountered on the way and the last entry of Oct 18 records a completed round trip from Miami to Havana.
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The log book pages are followed by a letter from Mark R. Tyx to me conveying the photocopies of the log book pages and explaining their source.
# Rowe, Basil L. "West Indian Aerial Express" APJ, Vol.16, No.10, WNo.184, Aug 1945, pp.342-348 (7), ill. Includes "Additional Notes" by Richard L. Singley (see ).
Following the article there are some somewhat related attachments. One is a one page ad from an unknown issue of The Air Mail Collector where B.L. Rowe is offering some Lindbergh covers for sale, including some from Cuba. Also included is a “Summary of WIAE and WIAE-Related First Flights with handwritten annotations indicating those pertaining to Cuba and to Lindbergh. The final attachments are photos of some of the planes used in the flights by Rowe and Lindbergh.
# Rowe, Basil L. "Flying the Lindbergh Circle" APJ, Vol.33, No.?, WNo.386, Jul 1962, pp.292-296 (5), ill.
Stamps "More Data on the Cuba Sky Flight" S, Vol.11, No.10, WNo.143, 8 Jun 1935, p.344. Title should have been "More Data on the Cuba Sky Train Flight" Report of the sky train flight between La Habana and Miami of 14 May 1935 and of the return flight of May 19 with account of the commemorative covers flown on each flight, some autographed by the fliers.
# Standard Airpost Catalog Published 1933; no other publication information available. Cuban first flights covered in pp.134-141, 308-309 (10). I have only photocopies of the pages listed and have not seen the full catalog. The FFCs contained in the pages listed are Foreign Air Mail Route (F.A.M.) combination covers. Pages 308-309 contain information on the DO-X Flight Covers of Cuba, the West Indian Aerial Express Service between Cuba, Haiti, Dom. Rep., and Puerto Rico. From notes contained in some of the pages cited, it appears that the catalog contains additional information on Cuban FFCs in other sections.
SAGITARIUS (alias) “Nueva Empresa Cubana de Transporte Aéreo ‘Cuba Aéropostal, S.A.’ ” Revista Aérea Cubana, Yr.7, Nos.6-7, Jun 1949, pp.6-7 (2), Span.
Sanabria, Nicolas Sanabria’s Air Post Catalogue, 1937 Edition New York, N.Y.: Nicolas Sanabria Co., Inc.; Nicolas Sanabria, editor; 1937 edition, 715 pp., ill., priced catalog. Cuba on pp.167-173 (7), ill. See for an announcement of its publication and book review.
Sanabria, Nicolas Sanabria’s Air Post Catalogue, 1940 Edition New York, N.Y.: Nicolas Sanabria Co., Inc.; Nicolas Sanabria, Editor; 1940 edition, 715 pp., ill., priced catalog. Cuba on pp.167-173 (7), ill. The catalog covers from the 1 November 1927 stamp issued for the Havana-Key West route opened on 28 October 1927, to the 15 October 1939 stamp issued to commemorate the first experimental postal rocket flight. The catalog illustrates one stamp of all stamp issues and provides a brief description of each issue, including numbers printed of each value. Pricing is provided for unused and used stamps, and unused blocks of 4.
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Sanabria, Nicolas Sanabria’s Air Post Catalogue, 1948 Edition New York, N.Y.: Nicolas Sanabria Co., Inc.; Robert J. Lyon, Editor; 1948 edition, 950 pp., ill., priced catalog. See and for updated editions.
World catalog of only air post stamps. The catalog illustrates one stamp of all stamp issues and provides a brief description of each issue, including numbers printed of each value. Pricing is provided for unused and used stamps, sets, and sets on cover.
Sanabria, Nicolas Sanabria’s Air Post Catalogue, 1953 Edition New York, N.Y.: Nicolas Sanabria Co., Inc.; Robert J. Lyon, Editor; 1953 edition, 496 pp., ill., priced catalog. Cuba on pp.99-104. This is an update of . See for a subsequent update. World catalog of only air post stamp issues that include Cuban issues up to the March 18, 1952, surcharged Fernando Figueredo issue (Scott C51-C56), which it incorrectly labels as “provisionals”. The catalog illustrates one stamp of all stamp issues and provides a brief description of each issue, including numbers printed of each value. Pricing is provided for unused and used stamps, sets, and sets on cover.
Sanabria, Nicolas Sanabria 1963. The World Air Mail Catalogue. New York, N.Y.: Nicolas Sanabria Co., Inc.; Georges A. Medawar, Editor; 1963 Edition, 738 pp., ill., priced catalog. Cuba on pp.154-169. This is an update of . See for a subsequent update.
* Sanabria, Nicolas The World Air Mail Catalog Greenwich, Ct., U.S.A.: Sanabria Publishing Company, Inc.; George A. Medawar, ditor; 1972, Cuba section with pages numbered 1-13, ill., priced. This is an update of .
Sanford, Kendall C. "Listing of Pan Am Crash Covers" APJ, Vol.49, No.3, WNo.571, Dec 1977, pp.82-84 (3), ill. The listing includes the crash of a Sikorsky S-42 plane that fell in the bay of Nipe in the vicinity of Antilla, Cuba, during a flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Miami, Florida. It also lists two other flights that originated in Cuba and crashed. One was a flight from Havana to Key west which crashed on 15 August 1928 at Ft. Dale, Florida and the other one from Camagüey to Lisbon via New York which crashed upon landing on 22 Feb 1943.
Sanford, Kendall C. "Review of Cuba First Flights and Airmail Events Catalogue - 1913-2018, by Adolfo Sarrías Enríquez" BMAPS, Vol.33, No.3, Oct-Dec 2018, pp.17-18, ill.
Book review of the catalog of Cuban FFCs and Special Airmail Events from 1913 to 2018 compiled by Adolfo Sarrías Enríquez (see ). The catalog takes a new approach in organizaing the all listings chronologically by the date of each flight, a departure of the traditional separation of national, international from and to Cuba, and special event commemorative covers. The listings include all of the listings in Rafael García/s first FFC catalog of Cuba plus supplements, the Cuba entries in the AAMS catalogs, the Spanish Edifil specialized catalogs of Cuba, and many other previously undocumented flights taken from auction sale catalogs and the philatelic press. The catalog is profusely illustrated with full color pictures of most of the items listed.
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Sanford, Kendall C. Cuba First Flights And Airmail Events Catalog , 1913-2018. Catálogo de Primeros Vuelos y Eventos del Correo Aéreo de Cuba, 1913-2018. Compiled by: / Compilado por: Adolfo Sarrías Enríquez JCP, Vol.10, No.1, Issue 35, Jan-Mar 2019, pp.24-25, ill., Eng. & Span. Reprint and translation into Spanish of .
Sanford, Kendall C. "Review of Cuba First Flights and Airmail Events Catalogue - 1913-2018, by Adolfo Sarrías Enríquez" BAMS, Vol.61, No.244, Feb 2019, p.4. Reprint of .
Sarrías Enríquez, Adolfo Catálogo de Primeros Vuelos y Eventos del Correo Aéreo de Cuba (1913-2018). Cuba First Flights and Airmail Events Catalogue (1913-2018). San Pol de Mar, Barcelona, Spain: Oct 2018, 128 pp. of European size A4, ill., Span. & Eng.
Catalog of Cuban FFCs and Special Airmail Events from 1913 to 2018 compiled by Adolfo Sarrías Enríquez. The catalog takes a new approach in organizaing the all listings chronologically by the date of each flight, a departure of the traditional separation of national, international from and to Cuba, and special event commemorative covers. The listings include all of the listings in Rafael García/s first FFC catalog of Cuba plus supplements, the Cuba entries in the AAMS catalogs, the Spanish Edifil specialized catalogs of Cuba, and many other previously undocumented flights taken from auction sale catalogs and the philatelic press. The catalog is profusely illustrated with full color pictures of most of the items listed. See for a book review.
Saundry, Richard H. "The Central American Flight of the Mexican Aviator, Roberto Fierro - 1928: Parts I and II" Part I: The Oxcart, No. 133, Winter 1993-94, pp.125-127 (3), ill.; and Part II: The Oxcart, No.134, Spring 1994, pp.13-18 (6), ill. Account of the first successful overseas international flight on 11 August 1928, by Mexican aviator Roberto Fierro in a Mexican-built aircraft, a non-stop flight of 12 hours and 40 minutes, from Mexico City? (not explicitly identified in the article) to Columbia Airfield in Havana, Cuba. The plane then went on to fly from Cuba to Guatemala probably on August 23 (date not certain) and other Central American Republics thereafter. References to the Mexico-Cuba leg of the flight are in Part I of the article; Part II has no information of relevance to Cuba. No mention is made of any commemorative, commercial, or private mail flown on the Mexico-Cuba leg of the flight.
Saundry, Richard H. “An Interesting Cuban First Flight Cachet for a Flight that Never Took Place” Central American Newsletter, Vol.III, No.58, Jan 1995, pp.334-337 (4), ill.
Stamp Collector’s Magazine "Key West-Havana Flight" SCM, Vol.4, No.7, WNo.43, Oct 1927, p.57. Instructions to collectors from Pan-American Airways on how to prepare and submit covers to be flown in the first flight from Key West to Havana.
Stamp Collector’s Magazine "Air Mail News and Notes: Key West-Havana Flight" SCM, Vol.4, No.7, WNo.43, Oct 1927, p.57. News and details of the first international air mail flight from Key West to Havana which took place October 19th; including an account of the landing of the first mail.
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Stamp Collector’s Magazine "Three hundred perfectly good first flight Key West-Havana covers…" SCM, Vol.4, No.10, WNo.46, Jan 1928, p.18. Report that 300 first flight Key West-Havana covers are being kept in the Havana office of Pan-American Airways waiting for a New Jersey dealer to remit 30 cents return postage.
Stamp Collector’s Magazine "Air Mail News and Notes: Cover Sent to a Collector in Havana" SCM, Vol.4, No.10, WNo.46, Jan 1928, p.49. News of a cover addressed to a collector in Havana which is supposed to have been carried by a U.S. Navy plane from Hampton Roads, Va., to Cuba, but whose conveyance to Cuba is questioned by the Postmaster at Norfolk who states that no mail was carried on Navy planes. The cover is postmarked at Norfolk 19 Jan 1928 and has receipt postmarks from Cienfuegos, Cuba, of 31 Jan 1928, and from Havana, Cuba, of 1 Feb 1928.
Stamp Collector’s Magazine "Air Mail News and Notes" SCM, Vol.4, No.11, WNo.47, Feb 1928, p.53, 56, ill. Details about the U.S. Army’s 1926-1927 First Pan American Good Will Flight and the commemorative flight covers that were carried by the aviators (p.53). Report of the design and denominations of the Pan-American Conference set (Scott 284-293) on p.56.
Stamp Collector’s Magazine "The First Air Mail Ever Carried By Colonel Lindbergh in the Spirit of St. Louis" SCM, Vol.4, No.12, WNo.48, Mar 1928, pp.15,19. Editorial setting forth that the first air mail carried by Lindbergh in the "Spirit of St. Louis" was carried from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Havana, Cuba, and not from Port Au Prince, Haiti. The editor states that he has a cover from that flight postmarked 6 Feb 1928 in Santo Domingo and backstamped in Havana 8 Feb 1928. At the same time he reports of another cover sent to him which was carried by Colonel Lindbergh from Port Au Prince to Havana and was postmarked 7 Feb 1928 in Port Au Prince and backstamped 8 Feb 1928 in Havana. Apparently the editor did not realize that the only way Lingbergh could have carried those covers as postmarked was if they were both on a same flight originating in Santo Domingo on Feb 6, stopping in Port Au Prince on Feb 7, and arriving in Havana on Feb 8, as was the case. See AAMC, Vol.2, 1950 Edition, pp.1026 and 1064. The article also reports that 2000 covers were carried from Santo Domingo to Cuba and another 2000 from Haiti to Cuba; these quantities are unconfirmed. On p.19 there is a note of the arrival in New York for sale of the Cuba Lindbergh stamps, Scott C2.
Stamp Collector’s Magazine "Thousands of Covers Were Prepared for the Cuban Interior Flights That Left Havana for Santiago on February 23" SCM, Vol.5, No.2, WNo.50, May 1928, p.28. Report of the number of covers prepared and actually carried on the first interior flight from Havana to Santiago de Cuba and back. According to the article only 3 pounds of mail were in the end actually carried in the plane. Reportedly, thousands of other covers were given the official cachet and cancellation and sent by train.
Stamp Collector’s Magazine "A Souvenir of a Tragedy" SCM, Vol.5, No.7, WNo.55, Oct 1928, p.42. Report of a cover postmarked in Havana, 15 Aug 1928, bearing a handstamp across the right bottom "Rec. St. Petersburg, Fla., Aug. 16th, 1928, Fr. Wrecked Plane No. 55.", backstamped "Received unsealed at St. Petersburg, Fla." and resealed with an "officially sealed" stamp.
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Sheffler, Frank W. Catalog of Postal Entires for the Revolutionary Period Unpublished, 10 typewritten pages, source unknown, ca. 1982-1983 from coverage.
The listings include columns for year, size in mm (width x height), value/color, stamp subject, additional description, and issue number. The listing starts with post cards from 1959 to 1981 (3pp.), and is followed by envelopes from 1965 to 1981 (3pp.), letter sheets of 1968 (1p.), air envelopes from 1965 to 1980 (1p.), and aerograms from 1961 to 1982 (2pp.).
Short, Simine M. "The 1935 Sky Train ‘Cuba Limited’" APJ, Vol.57, Jan 1986, p.168-171 (4), ill.
Short, Simine Glider Mail: An Aerophilatelic Handbook Co-Author: Dan Barber (also listed as ) American Air Mail Society, 1 May 1987, Cuba on pp.41 & 205, ill. Report in p.41 of the return flight from Havana to Miami of the First International Sky Train Overseas Flight on May 19, 1935, and illustration of two flight covers assigned the number C.35.1 in the Handbook. The original flight from Miami to Havana is listed and illustrated on p.205 and is assigned the number US.35.1 in the Handbook. Details of the two flights are provided.
Singley, Richard L. "Specializing" APJ, Vol.2, No.2, WNo. 67, November 1935, pp.27-28. Discussion of why one should specialize in Cuban first flight covers. Discusses Cuban F.A.M. covers and talks about "possibly the rarest cover from Cuba" which the author claims to be "the DO-X from Antilla, Oriente to Miami of which four are known"--one, owned by the author, postmarked at Antilla on August 21, 1931, and received in Miami the next day. The article also discusses a rare cover dispatched to Montevideo and Buenos Aires via F.A.M. 9 through Havana in error and postmarked in transit at Camagüey, on October 26, 1931.
Singley, Richard L. "NYRBA—Story of A Latin American Airline Pioneer" APJ, Vol.12, No.7, WNo.132, Apr 1941, pp.240-241, ill.; Second Installment, APJ, Vol.12, No.8, WNo.133, May 1941, pp.276-277, 301, ill.; Third Installment, APJ, Vol.12, No.10, WNo.135, Jul 1941, pp.348-351, ill.
Singley, Richard L. "Pioneer Flights in Haiti" Part 1, APJ, Vol.13, No.8, WNo.145, May 1942, pp.240-241, ill.; Part 2, APJ, Vol.13, No.9, WNo.146, Jun 1942, pp.266-267, ill.; Part 3, APJ, Vol.13, No.10, WNo.147, Jul 1942, pp.287-289, 304, ill.; Part 4, APJ, Vol.13, No.11, WNo.148, Aug 1942, pp.334-335, ill.
Singley, Richard L. "Aeroplanos Contra Hidro-Aviones" ("Airplanes Versus Hydroplanes") APJ, Vol.14, No.12, WNo.161, Sep 1943, pp.422-423, ill.
Singley, Richard L. "Additional Notes"
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APJ, Vol.16, No.10, WNo.184, Aug 1945, pp.347-348. Additional notes to article "West Indian Aerial Express" by Basil L. Rowe (see ).
Singley, Richard L. “FAMS” APJ, Vol.19, No.3, WNo.212, Dec 1947, p.98.
Singley, Richard L. “Braniff Inaugurates F.A.M. 34 Service, Houston to South America” APJ, Vol.19, No.10, WNo.219, Jul 1948, pp.359-361 (3), ill.
Singley, Richard L. “FAMS” [title on p.402] or “F.A.M. Flights” [title on p.416] APJ, Vol.19, No.11, WNo.220, Aug 1948, pp.402-403, 416. The item pertaining to Cuba is on p.416.
Report of the first “Cubana de Aviación, S.A.” transatlantic flight from La Habana to Madrid carrying 15 covers postmarked 24 April 1948 and paying a postage rate of 25¢. A blue cachet on the envelopes is described but the date on the cachet is listed as 26 April without providing an explanation for the discrepancy of dates.
Singley, Richard L. “Chicago and Southern Inaugurates F.A.M. Service, Houston-Caracas” APJ, Vol.19, No.12, WNo.221, Sep 1948, pp.452, 458, ill.
Singley, Richard L. "The Airmail Flights of Haiti" Part 1, APJ, Vol.34, No.4, WNo.392, Jan 1963, pp.81-83 (3), ill.; Part 2, APJ, Vol.34, No.5, WNo.393, Feb 1963, pp.132-136 (5) , ill.
Singley, Richard L. "Struggle for Survival. I. Basil Rowe's WIAE Airline Stakes a Claim to the Caribbean Routes" Part 1: SPAJ, Vol.28, No.4, Dec 1965, pp.249-261 (13). Part 2: SPAJ, Vol.28, No.5, Jan 1966, pp.331-340 (10). Part 3: SPAJ, Vol.28, No.6, Feb 1966, pp.419-425 (7).
Sioras, George K. "A Tale of Two Post Cards: Was First FAM-4 Service ‘Experimental and Short Lived’. Part I." APJ, Vol.53, No.3, December 1981, pp.84-87 (4). This article is followed by Parts II-V published under the title "The Aeromarine Air Mail Story" (see ). Part II was co-authored by Mark R. Tyx (see ). An in-depth research article on Aeromarine Airways, a pioneer U.S. airline, which operated passenger and airmail service between Miami and Havana from November 1920 until June 1923. Contains a wealth of information for the aerophilatelist and aviation history buff.
Sioras, George K. "The Aeromarine Air Mail Story" Part II. APJ, Vol.53, No.9, Issue 625, Jun 1982, pp.312-316 (5); Co-author (of Part II only): Mark R. Tyx (see ). Part III. APJ, Vol.53, No.12, Issue 628, Sep 1982, pp.425-431 (7); Part IV. APJ, Vol.54, No.3, Issue 631, Dec 1982, pp. 98-102 (5); Part V. APJ, Vol.54, No.6, Issue 634, Mar 1982, pp.220-226 (7). Annotation under .
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Sioras, George K. (editor) "Lindbergh Notes" JKAL, Vol.43, No.2, Apr-Jun 1986, pp.17-19 (3), ill. Notes on the inauguration of FAM 4 service from Key West to Havana in October 1927 and the PAA planes that were in use at the time. See for additional notes on the subject.
Sioras, George K. (editor) "Lindbergh Notes" JKAL, Vol.44, No.1, Jan-Mar 1987, pp.17-23 (7), ill.
Continuation of the discussion in about the PAA planes in use at the time of the inauguration of FAM 4 service from Key West to Havana in October 1927. The "notes" include the article "And Now, The 'General Machado'" by Mark R. Tyx (see ).
Sioras, George K. (editor) "Some Aspects of PAN AM’s FAM-4 Havana Inaugurals" JKAL, Vol.59, No.6, WNo.694, Mar 1988, pp.190-194 (5), ill.
Smith, James W. “A Favorite Cover” The Dominican Republic Study Group, Vol.1, No.1, Sep 1979, p.9, ill. Report and illustration of a fake cover of a 4 Feb 1928 first flight from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to Havana, Cuba, flown by Lindbergh. The article explains why the cover is a fake.
Smith, James W. "First Flight Covers from the Dominican Republic" Dominican Republic Study Group Bulletin, Vol.2, No.5, Oct 1981, pp.82-85 (4), ill. and Vol.4, No.1, Jan 1983, pp.4-9 (6), ill. Article contains numerous references to FFCs from the Dominican Republic to Cuba and from Cuba back to the Dominican Republic.
Smith, Stephen H. Rocket Mail Catalog and Historical Survey of First Experiments in Rocketry Second Revised Edition, 1955. Posthumous edition authorized by Mrs. S. H. Smith. Corrections and Additions by Dr. Max Kronstein and J. Dellenbag. Jamaica, NY: Billig's Specialized Catalogues, Vol.8, 1955, Cuba on p.21. Also listed as .
Listing and detailed description of the three Cuban experimental rocket mail trials of October 1, 3, and 8, 1939, and of the fourth official flight of 15 October 1939. Numbers of covers flown are given when known and prices are listed for the 15 October covers, cards, and official stamp issued by the Cuban Government to commemorate the event. The article notes that this was the first “Official Rocket Postage Stamp of the world”.
Two supplements to the listings in this catalog were prepared by Max Kronstein and published as "Supplements" to Billig's Specialized Catalogs. The First Supplement was Volume 8A of Billig's Specialized Catalogs (see . The Second Supplement was Volume 8B (see ).
Scott Monthly Journal “West Indian Flights” SMJ, Vol.10, No.1, WNo.109, Mar 1929, p.24.
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Ad offering a set of six covers from the inauguration of air mail service between Miami and the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Haiti for $5.00 net (presumably those listed as items A through F) or a complete set of twelve envelopes for $32 net (items A through M in the ad).
Socarrás Matos, Martín La Aviación Civil en Cuba La Habana, Cuba: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, Jan 1988, 114 pp., Span. A history of civil aviation in Cuba that contains useful information to the student of Cuban aerophilately.
Solberg, Carl Conquest of the Skies Boston: Little Brown & Co.; 1st edition, October 1979, 441pp., ill., Eng.; ISBN-10: 0316803308, ISBN-13: 978-0316803304. "From hair-raising testimonies of intrepid pilots flying the mail in converted World War I planes and tales of young men wing-walking and landing in cornfields, to the exploits of such air barons as Juan Trippe of Pan Am, Howard Hughes of TWA, and Bill Boeing of United, this lively history traces, largely from firsthand accounts, the technological discoveries and entrepreneurial coups that made America rule the skies as Britain once ruled the waves." The book is of interest to the Cuban aerophilatelist because the development of commercial aviation in the United States is closely intertwined with Cuba as services were extended from the U.S. mainland to the Caribbean islands and beyond to South America. The book contains numerous references to the role Cuba played in that expansion of commercial aviation due to its key position in the Caribbean that was used as a stepping stone for pioneer flights to the Caribbean and South America.
Southard, T. F. "Inauguration of Air Mail Service Within the Dominican Republic" APJ, Vol.V, No.6, WNo.47, Mar 1934, pp.6-7.
Southard, T. F. “F.A.M. Pilots” APJ, Vol.5, No.6, WNo.47, Mar 1934, p.15, ill. Biographical notes on Basil Lee Rowe, pioneer pilot who flew many F.A.M. routes for Pan American Airways that stopped in Cuba. Many Cuban FFCs were carried on planes piloted by Mr. Rowe and are autographed by him.
Spooner, Robert B. "Did Lindbergh Fly This Cover From Haiti to Cuba in 1928?" APJ, Vol.59, No.1, WNo.689, Oct 1987, pp.20-23 (4), ill.
Spooner, Robert B. “Covers from Cuba’s 1939 Rocket Trials” APJ, Vol.60, No.2, Issue 702Nov 1988, p.50, ill.
Historical account of the three experimental launches that preceded the official October 1939 Cuban rocket trial and report of the commemorative covers flown on those experimental launches.
Spooner, Robert B. “Comparison of Lindbergh FAM-5 and Outlaw Covers to Havana” APJ, Vol.60, No.13, Oct 1989, pp.464-468 (5), ill.
Spooner, Robert B. “Spirit of St. Louis Registered Covers”
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APJ, Vol.61, No.7, Issue 721, Jul 1990, pp.283-285 (3), ill. Analysis of two covers trying to determine whether they were flown by Lindbergh on the “Spirit of St. Louis” during his goodwill tour of the Caribbean when he flew mail for Basil Rowe and the West Indian Aerial Express from Santo Domingo and Port au Prince to Havana. Examination of the evidence is not conclusive.
Spooner, Robert B. The Lindbergh Phenomenon Ambler, Pa.: The author; philatelic exhibit presented at the CHICAGOPEX 92 International Airmail Show held October 1992 where it obtained a vermeil medal; 128 unnumbered pages (8 frames of 16 pages each).
The reference is to a photocopy of the exhibit courtesy of Mr. Spooner, with some additional pages for a total of 135 pages. The collection has been subsequently exhibited at STAMPSHOW 93 (vermeil medal), INDIPEX 95 (vermeil), SCOPEX 96 (gold), and PNSE 96 (gold). This Lindbergh collection includes covers from Lindbergh flights to and from Cuba. See , , and for other Cuban Lindbergh covers.
Spooner, Robert B. “First Reported Registered Commercial Cover Flown to Havana by Lindbergh on Board the Spirit of St. Louis” “La primera cubierta comercial certificada reportada como volada a La Habana por Lindbergh a bordo del Spirit of St. Louis” CPa, Vol.V, No.13, Mar-Apr 1993, pp.14-17 (4), ill., Eng. & Span.
Spooner, Robert B. Cuban Air Mail Service 1914-35, ’39 Ambler, Pa.: Photocopy courtesy of Mr. Spooner of the philatelic exhibit he presented at the BALPEX 93 Philatelic Exhibition held September 4-6, 1993 in Hunt Valley, Maryland. The exhibit consisted of 128 unnumbered pages (8 frames of 16 pages each). The 8 frames that were exhibited were awarded a silver medal at the exhibition. Quoting from the introductory page of the exhibit: “The collection uses mostly flown covers to portray developments during 1914-1935, when pioneers, international airlines, and Cuba’s national airline attempted and then inaugurated air mail service to most of Cuba. It also focuses on two special projects, supported by the Cuban post office in 1935 and 1939, to fly mail by gliders and postal rockets.” The exhibit consisted of six frames covering the National air mail service within Cuba, one frame covering the International air mail service to and from Cuba, and one frame on the glider and rocket service special projects. A copy of a preliminary version of this exhibit also exists where where the last two sections referenced in the previous sentence had not been fully developed yet. There is also a copy of this exhibit that included additional pages from Mr. Spooner's collection that were not included in the BALPEX 93 Philatelic Exhibition because of the limit of 8 frames.
Spooner, Robert B. “Cuba’s First Air Mail - Crash Covers?” “El Primer Correo Aéreo Cubano - ¿Cubiertas Accidentadas?” CPa, Vol.VI, No.15, Mar-Apr 1994, pp.4-9 (8), ill., Eng. & Span. Article providing a brief historical background of the competition for the first non-stop flight from a provincial capital city to Havana held 24 February 1914 and account of the two competitors, neither of which were able to complete their flights and win the offered prize money of $500 because of problems with the aircraft. The article describes the events surrounding each flight and illustrates a cover intended to be one of four carried on the Jaime González flight from Cienfuegos to Havana. That flight did not take place because of a damage to the plane, so that the four commemorative covers prepared for the occasion were sent by train from Cienfuegos to Havana. The competing aviator, Domingo Rosillo, flying from Pinar del Río to Havana, was also forced to land in Candelaria breaking an axle in the process and was not able to arrive in Havana until the following day. He too supposedly carried covers on his flight that he later deposited in the Havana mails, but none are known to have survived.
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Spooner, Robert B. “Cuba’s First Air Mail - Crash Covers?” AP, Dec 1994, pp.1100-1101, ill. Reprint of .
Spooner, Robert B. "Who can Dispute Basil Rowe's Log Books" APJ, Vol.67, No.3, WNo.789, Mar 1996, pp.118-119, ill.
The article is a discussion of the veracity of Basil Rowe's Log Books. The article is of interest to the Cuban philatelist because Basil Rowe's Log Books contained numerous entries pertaining to flights he piloted in the 1930s to and from Cuba from the U.S. an on to other points in the Caribbean (see ).
Spooner, Robert B. "A Discussion of the Golden Age of Air Racing and Beyond" JKAL, Jan-Mar 1997, pp.19-22 (4), ill. Reference to Cuba on p.21.
Reference to pilot Cy Caldwell who piloted a Fairchild float plane from Key West to the Dominican Republic for West Indian Express and later he came to the rescue of Pan American's first FAM contract and piloted PanAm's first flight from Key West to Havana. The article shows an FFC carried from Key to Havana on 19 October 1927 and signed by Cy Caldwell.
Spooner, Robert B. "More on Spirit of St. Louis Registered Covers" APJ, Vol.68, No.11, Nov 1997, pp.473-474, ill. Discussion of a registered cover sent by Zacarías Espinal from Santo Domingo to Habana, Cuba, via the spirit of St. Louis. The article refers to the cover in question as the "Espinal" cover and and mentions two other registered covers (referenced as Rouzier covers) carried on the same flight and discussed in previous articles by the author.
Spooner, Robert B. "More on the Spirit of St. Louis Registered Covers" "Más Acerca de los Sobres Certificados del Spirit of St. Louis" CPa, Vol.X, No.27, Jan 1998, pp.27-29 (3), ill., Eng. & Span.
Spooner, Robert B. “Official Flight of the Cuban Postal Rocket” APJ, Vol.70, No.4, Apr 1999, front cover plus pp.157-162 (7), ill.
Spooner, Robert B. “The Scope of Aerophilately” APJ, Vol.70, No.6, WNo.828, Jun 1999, pp.239-243 (5), ill. Generic article on the subject of the title on which there is an illustration and description of an unofficial glider train cover to Havana on p.242. The Cuban post office annuled the use of the cover on the return flight to the U.S. marking it with the word "Nulo" ("Null") in red crayon across the cachet. There is no other Cuban content in the article.
Spooner, Robert B. "Dual Franking in Cuban Dispatches to FAMs" APJ, Vol.71, No.5, WNo.840, May 2000, pp.211-214 (4), ill. Article explaining the requirement by the U.S. of U.S. franking on Cuban mail dispatched via U.S. FAM flights in addition to Cuban postage. Several sample covers are shown and explained.
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Spooner, Robert B. "Lindy's Philatelic Followers" AP, Sep 2001, pp.802-807 (6), ill. References to Cuba on pp. 805-807. The article contains several references to Cuba in relation to Lindbergh's "Goodwill Tour of Central America and the Caribbean" that started in México City in December 1927, went round Latin America, and ended with a stop in Havana, Cuba, where he landed on 8 February 1928 and visited for a week before leaving for Saint Louis, the final leg of the trip. The article mentions the stamp that Cuba issued in Lindbergh's honor (Scott C2) and illustrates a commemorative FDC with a cachet showing Lindbergh and the Spirit of Saint Louis.
Spooner, Robert B. Collections, Stocks & Accumulations of the World. Sale No. 633. Also listed under Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions as . Boston, MA: Catalog of Sale 633 held 14 Dec 2012; Cuba lots 1757-1760, and within lots 1845-2066 in the "Lindberghiana" and "Misc. Airmail Postal History". The sale comprised the Robert B. Spooner aerophilately collections, with emphasis on Cuba, Amelia Earhart, South Atlantic Airmails, and catapult, Do-X, and Zeppelin flights. The Spooner holdings of Cuban aerophilately were among the best ever assembled.
"Spying Eye" (pseudonym) "Cuba Lindbergh Overprint" SPAJ, Vol.7, No.10, June 1945, p.475, ill. Reprinted in and . Report and description of the forgery of a double overprint of Cuba’s Scott C-2, the Lindbergh overprint.
"Spying Eye" (pseudonym) "Cuba Lindbergh Overprint" WPG, 9 Mar 1946, p.19, ill. Reprint of .
"Spying Eye" (pseudonym) "Cuba Lindbergh Overprint" CP, Vol.1, No.4, Mar 1972, p7. Reprint of without illustration.
Stiles, Kent B. "Of Topical Interest: The Flying Machine” SMJ, Vol.8, No.10, WNo.94, Dec 1927, p.284. Also listed as
Brief note on plans for extending the air mail service between Key West, Florida, and Havana, Cuba, to Central and South America, resulting in a 5c “flying machine” stamp being issued by Cuba for use in franking correspondence using the new air mail service. Report that discussions on the subject were held in Havana during November between the U.S. Second Assistant Postmater General and Cuban postal officials.
Stiles, Kent B. "Of Topical Interest: Table Showing Air Mail Stamps Issued from 1917 to Date" SMJ, Vol.9, No.6, WNo.102, August 1928, pp.190-193. The table shows that Cuba had only issued two air mail stamps up to that date, one each in 1927 and 1928; rather surprising considering the numbers shown issued by many other countries and Cuba's priviledged position as a stepping stone for air communications with the Caribbean and Central and South America.
Stiles, Kent B. "Of Topical Interest: Air Mails" SMJ, Vol.9, No.12, WNo.108, Feb 1929, pp.397-400 (4). Cuba on p.399, bottom left column.
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Reference to inauguration of air mail service in 1929 from Miami to Havana (Cuba), Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), and San Juan (Puerto Rico), with eventual regular stops at Santa Clara, Camagüey, and Santiago in Cuba.
Stiles, Kent B. "Of Topical Interest: 1913, May 17th–Flight by Domingo Rosillo, Cuban aviator, from Key West to Havana; Cuba, 1938" SMJ, Vol.19, No.6, WNo.222, Aug 1938, p.229.
Account of the repeat flight from Key West to Havana by Domingo Rosillo at age 61 using a more modern airplane and carrying postage franked with a new stamp issue with the same design as the 5c. blue 1927 air-mail stamp (Scott C1) but in orange color with an overprint including his name (Scott C30). See for an illustration of the overprint.
Street, George T. "Did You Have Any Covers On Miami-Havana First Flight, Foreign C.A.M. No. 4, Sept. 15, 1928? I Did." AMC, Vol.1, No.1, WNo.1, Nov 1928, p.45. One page advertisement by Mr. Street offering the mentioned FFC and requesting subscriptions for covers of the upcoming Miami to Puerto Rico first flight.
Street, George T. "List of First & Special Flight Air Mail Covers from, to, in, or near Cuba." Havana, Cuba: Produced by the author, undated but offering covers up to March 1929 in one double-sided page.
Street, George T. "Development of the Air Mail Service to the West Indies and Central America" AMC, Vol.1, No.3, WNo.3, Jan 1929, pp.3-5 (3); AMC, Vol.1, No.4, WNo.4, Feb 1929, pp.36-37,42 (3); AMC, Vol.1, No.6, WNo.6, Apr 1929, pp.32-35 (4).
Street, George T. "Development of the Air Mail Service to the West Indies and Central America" AMC, Vol.1, No.3, WNo.3, Jan 1929, pp.3-5 (3); AMC, Vol.1, No.4, WNo.4, Feb 1929, pp.36-37,42 (3); AMC, Vol.1, No.6, WNo.6, Apr 1929, pp.32-35 (4). In the February issue, the author wonders why it is necessary to pay 5 cents to get a cover over to Havana from Miami on F.A.M. 6, when the same cover could be sent by F.A.M. 4 for 2 cents.
Street, George T. "I Missed Out" AMC, Vol.1, No.3, WNo.3, Jan 1929, p.41, ill.
One page advertisement by Mr. Street offering various FAM FFCs and showing an illustration of the flight map on back of FAM 6 covers.
Street, George T. "Can't Afford It!" AMC, Vol.1, No.4, WNo.4, Feb 1929, p.41, ill. One page advertisement by Mr. Street offering various FAM FFCs to or from Cuba.
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"F.A.M. 4, Havana-Miami First Flight - Dec. 5, 1928, N760" AMC, Vol.1, No.6, WNo.6, Apr 1929, p.29. One page advertisement by Mr. Street offering the FAM 4 FFC.
Street, George T. "Airviews - A Correction" AMC, Vol.1, No.8, WNo.8, Jun 1929, p.45. Letter from Mr. Street taking exception to the statement made by Mr. Gatchell in with reference to FAM 6 that "Covers Havana-Miami of January 9th or 10th have no significance as first flights for this route", etc.
Street, George T. "F.A.M." APJ, Vol.1, No.2, Dec 1929, p.23. Ad offering for sale some FAM covers, including FAM 4 Key West-Havana, and FAM 6 Miami-Havana FFCs.
Street, George T. “Camagüey and Santiago de Cuba on F.A.M. 6” APJ, Vol.1, No.3, WNo.3, Jan 1930, p.9.
Street, George T. "Closing Out Sale" APJ, Vol.1, No.9, WNo.9, Aug 1930, p.21. Ad announcing that Mr. Street is disposing of his entire stock of Airmail Covers at reduced prices. Included in the listing are several Cuban airmail covers.
Street, George T. "Cuban Airmail Service" APJ, Vol.II, No.13, WNo.13, Dec 1930, p.8.
Report of the inauguration of the Cuban national airmail service on Oct 30th going eastward and westward on the 31st with a listing of the cities served.
Street, George T. "The Airpost Chronicle: Cuba" APJ, Vol.II, No.4, WNo.16, Mar 1930, p.5. Report by Mr. Street that Cuba will place on sale on Feb 26 an International set of airmail stamps (Scott C4-C11) in preparation of the inauguration of airmail service to all points served by F.A.M. routes.
Street, George T. "Development of the Air Mail Service to the West Indies and Central America" AMC, Vol.3, No.10, WNo.34, Aug 1931, pp.36-37,42 (3). [Publication information needs to be verified, but isuue not available at NPML]
Suárez, Víctor M. "Mexico and Its Air Mail—Pioneer Flights and Services" AMC, Vol.2, No.5, WNo.17, Mar 1930, pp.12-16 (5). Article ends with a "To be continued" note, but a search of subsequent numbers of AMC published until the last number of December 1932 failed to find the continuation. The item of interest to the Cuban philatelist in this article is a section on the "Habana-Mérida Flight" of February 22, 1929, on page 14. Also see where a cover from the Habana-Mérida FFC is offered.
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"Ads offering a cover of the July 1, 1929 Merida-Havana Special Flight " AMC, Vol.2, No.6, WNo.18, Apr 1930, p.18. AMC, Vol.2, No.7, WNo.19, May 1930, p.38. Advertisements offering for sale a cover of the July 1, 1929 Merida-Havana Special Flight by Pan American Airways. Odly, the first ad offers the cover for $10 and the second one for $4. Additionally, on the ad in p.38 of the May1930 issue the journal, Mr. Suárez is offering for sale a F.A.M. No.6 Collection. Reference for details of the Habana-Mérida first flight.
Suárez, Víctor M. "Inauguration of R.A.C. No.10: México–Cuba" APJ, Vol.II, No.4, Issue No.16, Mar 1931, p.15. Page 15 is unnumbered and is on the inside back cover of the issue. Report of the inauguration of passenger and airmail service between México City and Havana via Veracruz, Alvaro Obregón, and Progreso (Yucatán) with service scheduled twice weekly each way.
Suárez, Víctor M. "Cuba: First Flight–Air: Havana-NY Flight (1956)" PAP, Vol.2, No.9, May 1956, p.144. Brief note about the first flight from Havana to New York of 12 May 1956 by Cubana de Aviación. The wording of a violet commemorative cachet on the back of the cover is provided.
Swarbrick, Robert W. "The Details and Facts on the… First Air Mail From Jamaica To Cuba" APJ, Vol.62, No.5, Issue 731, May 1991, front cover and pp.175-178 (5), ill. Follow up article to providing additional facts behind the history of the first air mail from Jamaica to Cuba. The article confirms that it was Caribbean Airways Ltd that carried the first air mail from Jamaica to Cuba landing at Santiago de Cuba on the afternoon of 10 Dec 1930, followed by a Pan American Airways flight that arrived in Cienfuegos on the morning of 11 Dec 1930.
Cherubini, C. Catalogo italiano della Posta Aerea, Volume Primo: 1846-1930 Italian Air Mail Catalogue, Volume I: 1846-1930 Co-author: C. Cherubini (also listed as ). Firenze, Italy: G. Orlandini, Editor; 1974, Cuba on p.189; Italian and English.
Listing of the transatlantic air-cruise flight by the "Santa Maria" from February 8 to June 25, 1927, with legs from Port au Prince to Havana on March 28 and from Havana to New Orleans on March 29.
Tejera, Ramón A. El Vuelo Panamericano (The Pan-American Flight) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 1969.
Book on the Pan-American Flight "Pro Faro a Colón" undertaken to promote the building of the Columbus Lighthouse in the Dominican Republic (Vuelo Panamericano Pro Faro a Colón). The flight started in the Dominican Republic on 12 Nov 1937, passed through Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Dutch Guiana, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Perú, Ecuador, and ended with the tragic crash of 3 of the 4 airplanes in the squadron shortly after their departure from Cali in Colombia on 29 Dec 1937. See for a summarized account of the flight.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "De Ayer y de Mañana: Precursores de Nuestro Correo Aéreo Internacional" ("Of Yesterday and Tomorrow: Pioneers of Our International Air Post")
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AF, Yr. VIII, No.24, May-Jun 1943, pp.11-13 (3).
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "De Ayer y de Mañana: Algo más sobre Jaime González" (Of Yesterday and Tomorrow: More About Jaime González) AF, Yr. VIII, No.25, Jul-Dec 1943, p.21.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Cancelación Trágica del Sello de Parlá" ("Tragic Cancellation of the Parlá Stamp") AF, Yr. XX, No.35, May-Jun 1946, pp.20-21 (2).
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Antecedentes y Primeras Manifestaciones del Correo Aéreo en Cuba—A la Memoria de Agustín Parlá y Orduña, Primer Aviador Cubano" ("Background and First Manifestations of Air Mail in Cuba—In Memory of Agustín Parlá y Orduña, First Cuban Aviator") AF, Yr. XXII, No.42, Jan-Feb-Mar 1948, pp.47-53 (7). ill., Span. See for Part II of this article.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "El Correo Aéreo en Cuba (II Parte) 1913-1948" AF, Yr. XXII, No.43, Apr-May-Jun 1948, pp.42-50 (9). ill., Span. This is Part II of .
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "El Correo Aéreo en Cuba—Air Mail in Cuba" APJ, Vol.19, No.8, May 1948, pp.276, 278-279 (3).
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Correo y Vuelo Vertical" ("The Posts and Vertical Flight") AF, Yr.XXIV, No.51, Apr-Jun 1950, pp.1-7 (7), Span.
A brief history of the development of vertical flight aircraft and their use in the transportation of mail. The only information of relevance to Cuban philately in the article is a reference to the first and only autogiro flight between Miami and Havana made by Captain Lewis A. Yancey on 29 January 1932 in his autogiro "Juan de la Cierva", named after the Spanish autogiro inventor. The article mentions that Capt. Yancey carried some covers on his flight, but does not give any indication of their number. It warns that the flown covers should not be confused with some commemorative covers prepared by dealers in Havana that were stamped with the legend "Bienvenido Capitán Yancey".
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "El Sello Conmemorativo de Agustín Parlá" ("The Agustín Parlá Commemorative Stamp") BFC, Yr.1, No.2, 28 Feb 1951, Span.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Fin de la Jornada" ("End of the Journey") AF, Yr.XXV, Nos.53-54, Apr-Sep 1952, pp.10-15 (6). Though mostly historical on airmail, includes some practically unknown notes on many souvenir sheets.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Segunda Demostración en Cuba de Aparatos Aéreos a Retroacción: Visita a La Habana de la Escuadrilla de Aviones Camberra"
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("Second Demonstration in Cuba of Jet Airplanes: The Camberra Squadron Visits Havana") AF, Yr. XXVI, No.57, Feb 1953, pp.3-8 (6), ill. Historical account of the event.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Pioneer Flights, National Flights, Historical Flights" Billig's Philatelic Handbook, Vol.22, 1955, pp.77-78 (2).
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Air Communications Between Cuba and the United States" APJ, Vol.27, No.1, October 1955, pp.18-20 (3).
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "El Correo en Cuba por Medio de Aparatos de Propulsión a Chorro" AF, "CUPEX" Special Issue, Nov 1955, pp.91-92, Span., ill.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Primera Etapa de un Futuro Servicio Aéreo Postal" ("First Stage of a Future Airmail Service") AF, Yr. XXIX, No.65, Jan-Feb 1956, pp.3-6 (4), ill. An interesting story about the future of airmail transportation in Cuba by jet planes.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. “First Attempted Air Mail Flight Between United States--Cuba” APJ, Vol.27, No.8, Issue No.313, May 1956, pp.261-262.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. “Cuba’s First Balloon Casualty Remembered In Centennial Flight” APJ, Vol.27, No.12, Issue No.317, Sep 1956, pp.392-393, 404 (3), ill.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "First Demonstration of Aerial Propaganda in Cuba" APJ, Vol.28, No.10, Issue No.327, July 1957, pp.302-303 (2), ill.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Rememorando el Pasado. 'Primer Día' en Cienfuegos, de la Emisión de Jaime González" ("Remembering the Past. 'First Day' in Cienfuegos of the Jaime González Stamp Issue") AF, Yr.XXXI, No.68, Jul-Dec 1957, pp.5-7 (3).
# Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Un Precursor del Servicio Postal Aéreo Pinar del Río-Habana" ("A Pioneer of the Airmail Service Pinar del Río-Havana") BMI, Yr.I, No.12, Dec 1957, pp.12-14 (3), ill., Span. Account of the role played by Cuban aviation pioneer, Domingo Rosillo, in the establishment of the airmail service between the cities of Pinar del Río and Havana.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Guerra y Propaganda Aérea en Cuba" ("War and Aerial Propaganda in Cuba") BMI, Yr.3, No.7, Jul 1959, pp.2-9 (8), ill., Span. Overview of the use of propaganda, aerial and otherwise, related to war campaigns in Cuba with some comparisons to similar uses of war propaganda around the world. Excerpts from the article are later published in
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English in the journal The Aero Field of May 1962 (see ) and in Air Mail News of December 1962 (see ).
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Domingo Rosillo, un Precursor de la Aviación en Cuba" ("Domingo Rosillo: A Pioneer of Cuban Aviation") AF, Yr. XXXII, No.69, Jan 1960, pp.9-14 (6), Span.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Cubiertas Aéreas Cubanas No Catalogadas" ("Uncataloged Cuban Airmail Covers") AF, Yr. XXXII, No.71, Mar 1960, pp.16-22 (7), Span.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Jaime González Crocier. Un Precursor de la Aviación Cubana" ("Jaime González Crocier. A Pioneer of Cuban Aviation") AF, Yr. XXXII, No.71, Mar 1960, pp.16-22 (7), Span.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Vigésimo Quinto Aniversario del Primer Tren Aéreo Internacional" ("25th Anniversary of the First International Airmail Train") AF, Yr.XXXII, No.?, May 1960, pp.2-5 (4), Span.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Páginas de la Historia Aero Postal de Cuba. El correo aéreo durante la Guerra de Independencia." ("Pages From the Airmail Postal History of Cuba. The air mail service during the War of Independence." AF, Yr. XXXII, Nos. 76-78, Aug-Oct 1960, pp.18-21 (4), Span. AF, Yr.XXXII, No.79, Nov 1960, pp.13-14 (2), Span. This part is labelled Part 2. Interesting notes, many practically unknown, about aerial postal services--including pigeon mail.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Páginas de la Historia Aero Postal de Cuba. Orígenes del Sello Postal Aéreo" ("Pages From the Airmail Postal History of Cuba. Origins of the Cuban Airmail Stamp" AF, Yr.XXXII, No.80, Dec 1960, pp.18-28 (11), Span. See for part 2 of this article. Overview of early developments of the Cuban airmail service.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Orígenes del Sello Aéreo Cubano" ("Origins of the Cuban Air Mail Stamp") AF, Yr.XXXIII, No.83, March 1961, pp.12-17 (6), Span. Continuation of .
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Jaime González Crocier" AF, Yr.XXXIII, No.84, Apr 1961, pp.15-26 (12), ill., Span.
The article has three parts as follows: I. Un Precursor de la Aviación Cubana (A Cuban Aviation Pioneer) II. Historia de un Sobre Aéreo (History of an Airmail Cover) III. El Correo Aéreo Cienfuegos-Habana (The Cienfuegos-Havana Airmail Service)
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Páginas de la Historia Aero Postal de Cuba. Domingo Rosillo. Un precursor de la aviación en Cuba." ("Pages From the Airmail Postal History of Cuba. Domingo Rosillo. A Pioneer of Aviation in Cuba.")
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APJ, Vol.32, No.7, Apr 1961, pp.177-180 (4), Span. Reprint of in Spanish even though published in APJ.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "El Primer Correo Aéreo Nacional: Rectificación Histórica" ("The First National Air Post: Historical Correction") AF, Yr.XXXIII, Nos.85-86, May-Jun 1961, pp.2-4 (3).
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Orígenes y Evolución del Correo Aéreo Cuba-España" ("Origins and Evolution of the Cuba-Spain Airmail Service") AF, Yr.XXXIII, No.92, Dec 1961, pp.29-32 (4), Span.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "War and Aerial Propaganda in Cuba" Aero Field, Vol.26, May 1962, pp.71-72. Reprint of portions of ; later reprinted in .
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "A Través del Atlántico" AF, Yr.XXV, Nos.101-102, Sep-Oct 1962, pp.34-38 (5), ill., Span.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. “War and Aerial Propaganda” Air Mail News, Vol.1, No.3, Dec 1962, p.84. Reprint of which in turn was a translation of portions of .
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Cincuentenario del Primer Vuelo Aéreo Transoceánico en América: Los Vuelos Key West--La Habana y El Mariel por Rosillo y Parlá 1913-1963" ("Fiftieth Anniversary of the First Transoceanic Flight in America: The Key West--La Habana and El Mariel Flights by Rosillo and Parlá 1913-1963") AF, Yr.XXV, Nos.107-110, Mar-Jun 1963, pp.10-15 (6), Span.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Posible Cubierta Aérea Procedente del Vuelo Campamento Columbia-Farola del Morro" ("Possible Airmail Cover of the Columbia Camp-Morro Castle Flight") AF, Yr.XXV, Nos.107-110, Mar-Jun 1963, pp.59-64 (6), Span.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Uso y Abuso de las Emisiones Cosmonáuticas" ("Use and Abuse of Cosmonautic Stamp Issues") AF, Yr.XXVI, Nos.121-124, May-Aug 1964, pp.22-31 (10), Span.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Los Vuelos Rememorativos. A Propósito del 50 Aniversario del Vuelo Cienfuegos-Habana por Jaime González Crocier" ("Commemorative Flights. On Occasion of the 5oth Anniversary of the Cienfuegos-Havana Flight by Jaime González Crocier") AF, Yr.XXVI, Nos.125-126, Sep-Oct 1964, pp.31-42 (12), ill., Span.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Exhibición Filatélica Conquista del Espacio" ("Philatelic Exhibition Conquest of Space") RCFCa, Yr.5, No.24, Sep-Oct 1965, pp.23-25 (3), ill., Span.
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Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. El Correo Aéreo en Cuba--Contribución a la Historia de la Aeronáutica y el Correo Aéreo en Cuba (The Airmail Service in Cuba--Contribution to the History of Aeronautics and the Airmail Service in Cuba) La Habana, Cuba: Ministerio de Comunicaciones (Department of Communications), Museo Postal Cubano (Cuban Postal Museum), Feb 1971, 292 pp., sparsely illustrated, in Spanish. The most complete history available of the development of aeronautics and the airmail service in Cuba by the foremost student and researcher of the subject. The book starts with a general history of the development of world aeronautics and the history of Cuban interest and participation in these developments, initially consisting of baloon flights and later the initial steps of aviation with experimental or test flights and later the establishment of regular national and international air routes, many prompted by the interest of postal authorities to make use of airplanes for the transportation mail. The sections on Cuban aerophilately start with the use of pigeon mail during the wars of independence, continue with accounts of Cuban experimental flights, and finish with the history of the establishment and expansion of national and international airmail. The sections of the book with aerophilatelic content are the following: Un correo aéreo en la manigua libertadora (An air mail service in the countryside during the independence wars) Tres precursores de la aviación cubana (Three pioneers of Cuban aviation) Primeros vuelos y correos aéreos nacionales (First flights and national air posts) Primer correo aéreo Cienfuegos—Habana (First air mail service: Cienfuegos—Habana) Primeros vuelos y correos transoceánicos (First transoceanic flights and air mail services) Primeros años de la aviación cubana (First years of Cuban aviation) Primera demostración de aviación de alta escuela (First demonstration of high-level aviation training) Primeras compañias de transporte aéreo (First air transport companies) Compañías aéreas extranjeras (Foreign air mail companies) El correo aéreo (The air mail service) En camino del primer servicio aéreo postal oficial (On the road to the first official air mail service) Primer correo aéreo oficial, 28 de octubre de 1927 (First official air mail service, 28 October 1927) El correo aéreo nacional (The national air mail service) Primeros sellos aéreos de Cuba (The first Cuban air mail stamps) Vuelos y correos transatlánticos (Transatlantic flights and air mail services) Correos aéreos por vuelos especiales (Air mail services via special flights) Los Dirigibles (The zeppelins) Otros medios de transporte aéreo (Other means of air transport) Las exposiciones aeronáuticas (The aeronautical exhibitions) El correo por aviones a retropropulsión (The air mail service via jet airplanes) El cohete postal cubano (The Cuban postal rocket)
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Jaime González Crocier: Precursor del Correo Aéreo" ("Jaime González Crocier: Air Post Pioneer") CP, Vol.2, No.1, July 1972, pp.7-8 (2), Span. See for an English translation. This is a reproduction of the Post Office publicity leaflet announcing the González airmail stamps.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Jaime González Crocier: Father of the Cuban Air Service" CP, Vol.2, No.4, April 1973, pp.5-6 (2). Translation of by Mercedes C. Stein.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Origen y Evolución del Sello Postal Aéreo" ("Origin and Evolution of the Airmail Stamp") FCb, Yr.9, No.1, Jan-Apr 1974, pp.12-19 (8), ill, Span. Cuba on pp.18-19.
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Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Páginas de la Historia Aero Postal de Cuba: Domingo Rosillo. Un precursor de la Aviación en Cuba" ("Airmail Postal History Pages: Domingo Rosillo. Pioneer of Cuban Aviation") CP, Vol.5, No.2, October 1975, pp.11-15 (5). Excellent. Biographical and historical. This is a reprint, but the original source is not indicated.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "First Attempted Air Mail Flight Between the United States-Cuba" CT, Vol.II, No.1, Jan-Jun 1978, pp.1-2. Reprint of . Short story of the first attempt in 1911 to carry mail between the U.S. and Cuba.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. Letter of 18 June 1981 to Ing. A. Moré González Unpublished, 1 p., Span. Letter acknowledging receipt of . The letter provides additional background and information on the ill-fated flight of the fleet of airplanes touring the Caribbean and South America to raise money for the construction of a lighthouse commemorating Christopher Columbus (Pan American Flight "Pro Faro a Colón") on which three of the airplanes were lost while flying from Cali, Colombia to Panamá.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. Letter of 5 July 1981 to Ing. A. Moré González Unpublished, 1 p., Span. A follow-up on the subject of after reading in detail. Provides further background on the subject.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Orígenes y Evolución del Correo Aéreo España--Cuba" ("Origins and Evolution of the Spain-Cuba Airmail Service") Boletín ESPAMER '82, Special bulletin issued on occasion of the ESPAMER' 82 stamp exposition held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 12-17, 1982, pp.153-157 (5), ill., Span. Reprinted in without photo no.1.
Terry y García Montes, Tomás A. "Orígenes y Evolución del Correo Aéreo España--Cuba" ("Origins and Evolution of the Spain-Cuba Airmail Service") RF, No.170, Jan 1983, pp.9-10, ill., Span. Reprint of , but with only photo no.2 shown.
Thomas, Don "The Air Baggage Label of the Month" APJ, Dec 1975, pp.119, ill. Mention is made in this article of the fact that "Aeromarine Airways began flying from Key West to Havana…as early as 1919, and the next year was awarded the first U.S. Foreign Mail contract (FAM-4)" and continued flying this route for four years. The air bag label illustrated in the article is from the Key Kest—Havana service.
Thomas, Don "Aeromarine—An Airline Before Its Time" AFAN, Jul-Sep 1982, pp.55-60 (6), ill.
Thomas, Don "NYRBALINE—Pioneer Seaplane Airline, 1929-1930" AFAN, Oct-Dec 1984, pp.75-78 (4), ill.
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Thomas, Don "Pan American Airways—Worldwide Pioneer" AFAN, Oct-Dec 1985, pp.39-44 (6), ill.
Thomas, W. Donald (editor) 1987 Air Transport Label Catalog. Section “B”—United States “N” thru “Z” and Canada and Caribbean Areas Elgin, IL: Published by the Aerophilatelic Federation of the Americas (AFA) and the Aeronautica & Air Label Collectors Club (A&ALCC), edited by W. Donald Thomas, 1987, Cuba on pp.279-282, 285, ill.
Although these are transport labels and are not philatelic in nature, they are of interest as collateral material to the aerophilatelist and are thus included in this bibliography. These labels would add great interest to any Cuban aerophilatelic exhibit.
Thomas, Don "The Curtiss-Wright Flying Service" AFAN, Apr-Jun 1987, 3 unnumbered pages, ill. Brief history of this service. The article has little philatelic content except that it mentions the "Compañía Nacional Cubana de Aviación CURTISS” that started in 1929 operating a network of domestic routes within Cuba until 1932, when it was taken over by “Pan American Airways". The article illustrates a couple of propaganda brochures from the airline, a couple of baggage labels, and an airmail label of Cubana.
Tyx, Mark R. "The Aeromarine Air Mail Story--Part II" Co-author: George K. Sioras (see ). APJ, Vol.53, No.9, Issue 625, Jun 1982, pp.312-316 (5). This was Part II of an article serialized in five parts written by George K. Sioras (see and ). Mr. Tyx was co-author of only Part II of the series. For annotation refer to .
Tyx, Mark R. “Haitian International Airmail Covers” Haiti Philately, Vol.10, No.4, WNo.39, Dec 1984, pp.97-99 (3), ill.
Tyx, Mark R. (Editor) "CUBA. Pioneer Flights. Domestic Flights. International Flights." AAMC, Volume Five, Fifth Edition, 1985, special section on Cuban flights, pp.2325-2342 (18), ill. Included under this heading is a 26 page draft copy of the Cuba Pioneer Flights, Domestic Flights, and International Flights section of prepared by Mark R. Tyx. The section is an update of the section on Cuba in , pp.1023-1034 (12), or in , pp.101-112 (12), with numerous corrections and additions, especially of flights from 1948 to 1961, missing in the earlier versions. A route map has also been added to illustrate major internal routes. The "For The Record" section notes a number of post-1961 aerophilatelic covers.
Tyx, Mark R. "El Cachet Conmemorativo del 25 Aniversario del Establecimiento del Correo Aéreo Doméstico" ("The Cachet Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Domestic Airmail Service") BNJ, No.17, August 1985, pp.22-23 (2), ill., Span. with Eng. summary on p.26 (paraphrased below). Listing of cities and color varieties of the special cachet applied to domestic and foreign mail commemorating the 25th anniversary of domestic airmail service by Cubana de Aviación, the Cuban national airline. The author speculates that there is a possibility of finding the same cachet used in other towns that were either part of the original route or were added to it later.
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Tyx, Mark R. “Uncataloged Black Cachet Varieties on Southbound Cuban ‘American Clipper’ Flight Covers” VAM, Vol.I, No.2, Aug 1986, p.8, ill. For a reprint and a Spanish version see .
Tyx, Mark R. “More on Inaugural Flight Covers Flown by the American Clipper“ VAM, Vol.1, No.3, Oct 1986, pp.5-6, ill.
Tyx, Mark R. "Temporary Cuban Airmail Service at Guantánamo Naval Base. January 16, 1939 -- April 15, 1939" VAM, Vol.1, No.4, Dec 1986, pp.2-3, ill. See for Spanish translation and English reprint.
Tyx, Mark R. "And Now, The ‘General Machado’" JKAL, Vol.44, No.1, Jan-Mar 1987, pp.19-23 (5), ill. The article is included as part of the "Lindbergh Notes" edited by George K. Sioras in the same issue of JKAL (see ).
Tyx, Mark R. "The Cuban 'Radio Sonda' Souvenir Covers, September 8, 1944" VAM, Vol.1, No.5, Feb 1987, p.8, ill. See for Spanish translation and English reprint.
Tyx, Mark R. “Temporary Cuban Airmail Service at Guantanamo Naval Base. January 16, 1939 - April 15, 1939” “El Servicio Aéreo Temporal de Cuba En La Base Naval de Guantánamo. 16 de Enero de 1939 - 15 de abril de 1939” BM, No.26, May-Aug 1987, pp.10-12 (3), ill., Eng. & Span. Reprint and Spanish translation of .
Tyx, Mark R. "How Was Cuban Mail Dispatched on 1930 Inaugural of FAM 5 Express to Panama?" APJ, Vol.58, No.9, WNo.685, Jun 1987; pp.286-289,294 (5); ill. The article analyzes a cover showing a Havana-Miami-Pánama routing for the inaugural FAM 5 Express flight piloted by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh on 26 April 1930. This routing is contrary to the previously believed direct Havana-Pánama routing for the inaugural FAM 5 Express flight, but seems plausible due to the lack of an airmail contract between the Cuban post office department and Pan Am to transport FAM 5 airmail southbound out of Havana. Only 2 ounces of mail (approximately 10-12 covers) was dispatched from Cuba on the inaugural FAM 5 Express flight making these AAMC Cuba No.8 FFCs very rare. Corroboration of the routing of this first flight is pending the reporting of another one of the covers carried on the flight.
Tyx, Mark R. "Temporary Cuban Airstation and Post Office 'Hicacal' at Guantánamo Naval Base Sept. 22, 1934-Oct. 15, 1934" VAM, Vol.I, No.6, Jun 1987, pp.3-5 (3), ill. See for reprint and Spanish translation. While squadrons of U.S. Pacific and Atlantic fleets participated in combined fleet exercises in the Caribbean with Guantánamo Naval Base as home port, a temporary Cuban airmail branch named "Hicacal" was authorized to expedite fleet mail to Guantánamo city where mail was subsequently loaded on a Pan Am mail plane bound for Havana. The article shows an illustration of a first flight cover (AAMC Cuba No.25) originating at "Hicacal" and flown from Guantánamo to Havana by the Pan Am mail plane on Sept. 22, 1934.
Tyx, Mark R. "Uncataloged Black Cachet Varieties on Southbound Cuban 'American Clipper' Flight Covers" "Variedades no catalogadas del cachet negro sobre cubiertas de Cuba de vuelos del 'American Clipper' rumbo sur" BM, Vol.IX, No.27, Sep-Dec 1987, pp.24-25, ill., Eng. & Span. Reprint and translation into Spanish of .
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Tyx, Mark R. "Even More on the Temporary Cuban Airmail Service at Guantánamo Naval Base in 1934" VAM, Vol.I, No.7, Oct 1987, pp.7-9 (3), ill. This article is a follow-up to providing additional information about this temporary airmail service based on information found in the article “Fleet Maneuvers Pan American Airways Service” published by Chester Lee in the WCAMS Bulletin, Nov-Dec 1934, p.79, that is reproduced in its entirety in this piece. The article ends with commentary and illustration of a cover in the author’s collection that may serve as evidence of a special airmail service through the Cuban Post Office at Guantánamo as early as May 1934.
Tyx, Mark R. “An Unusual Autographed Cover Flown Three Times From Guantánamo Naval Base to “Rebel Territory”, Cuba” VAM, Vol.II, No.1, Nov 1987, pp.6-7, ill.
Tyx, Mark R. "The Cuban 'Radio Sonda' Souvenir Covers, September 8, 1944" "Las cubiertas souvenir 'Radio Sonda' de Cuba" BM, Vol.IX, No.29, Mar-Apr 1988, pp.20-21, ill, Eng. & Span. Reprint and Spanish translation of .
Tyx, Mark R. “Uncatalogued Cuba #18 and #19 Series Flight Cover Varieties and Destinations Dispatched From Nuevitas, Cuba, December 4 &6, 1931” Via Air Mail, Vol.II, No.3, Apr 1988, pp.8-9, ill. This is a listing of southbound dispatches dated December 4, 1931, from Nuevitas on the northern coast of Cuba, which replaced Camagüey as the designated FAM-6 stop by Pan American Airways. The listing covers destination and cachet varieties not included in the Cuba Flights Section of .
Tyx, Mark R. "A Tale of Two Airlines: Pan American and Caribbean Airways Ltd. Fly Airmail from Kingston, Jamaica to Cuba in Early December 1930" Unpublished draft; received from the author Oct 1988; 6 pp.; ill.
Tyx, Mark R. “More on the Inaugural Flight Covers Flown by the 'American Clipper' “ “Más sobre las cubiertas de primeros vuelos del 'American Clipper' “ CPa, Vol.I, No.1, Mar-Apr 1989, pp.12-13, ill., Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. "A. C. Roessler's 'Fantastic' Cuban Aerophilatelic Covers" VAM, Vol.II, No.6, April 1989, pp.5-7 (3), ill.
Tyx, Mark R. "A. C. Roessler's OTHER Cuban Aerophilatelic Covers" VAM, Vol.2, No.7, Jun 1989, pp.4-5, ill.
Tyx, Mark R. "More on Roessler 'Fantastic' Cover #2" VAM, Vol.II, No.7, Jun 1989, p.12, ill.
Tyx, Mark R. “The Aerophilatelic Legacy of the Inter-American Escadrille in Cuba”
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VAM, Vol.III, No.1, Aug 1989, pp.4-6 (3), ill. Account of the civil air mission to eighteen Latin American countries organized in early 1941 by the Inter- American Escadrille and the very few and thus elusive covers that were carried to commemorate the flights. The article also makes reference to the formation of a Cuban chapter of the Inter-American Escadrille named “Asociación Nacional de Aviación Civil y Reserva Aérea” (A.N.A.C.R.A.) and gives account of some commemo- rative covers that were carried on its first flights in Cuba and on a formation flight from Miami to Havana.
Tyx, Mark R. "CUBA - Pioneer Flights - Domestic Flights - International Flights -- Volume Five, Pages 2326-2342" 1990 AAMC Pricing Supplement, 1990, pp.187-189 (3). Pricing supplement to the section on Cuban flights on pages 2326-2342 of .
Tyx, Mark R. "Two Airlines in December 1930… First Air Mail From Jamaica to Cuba" AJP, Vol.61, No.2, Issue 761, Feb 1990, front cover and pp.60-61(3), ill. Brief article determining that it was Caribbean Airways Ltd. and not Pan American Airways that carried the first air mail to leave Jamaica on a flight to Santiago de Cuba on the morning of Dec. 10, 1930. See for a follow-up article with additional information on these flights.
Tyx, Mark R. "Temporary Cuban Airstation and Post Office 'Hicacal' at Guantánamo Naval Base -- September 22, 1934 - October 15, 1934" " La estación aérea y oficina postal temporal de Cuba 'Hicacal' en la base naval de Guantánamo -- 22 de septiembre de 1934 - 15 de octubre de 1934" CPa, Vol.II, No.4, Mar-Apr 1990, pp.20-22 (3), ill. English reprint and Spanish translation of .
Tyx, Mark R. "Cuba's Aerophilatelic Celebration of Cubana de Aviación's 30th Anniversary of Domestic Airmail Service" Via Air Mail, Vol.3, No.4, Apr 1990, pp.9-11 (3), ill.
Tyx, Mark R. "Even More on the Temporary Cuban Airmail Service at Guantánamo Naval Base" "Aún más sobre el servicio de correo aéreo temporal de Cuba en la base naval de Guantánamo en 1934" CPa, Vol.II, No.5, Jul-Aug 1990, pp.39-41 (3), ill., Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. "Haitian Fifth Anniversary of International Airmail Covers" VAM, Vol.III, No.5, July 1990, pp.9-10, ill. Tyx, Mark R. "Special Cachets Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Regular Domestic Air Mail Service” “Cuños especiales conmemorando el 25º aniversario del servicio de correo aéreo nacional" CPa, Vol.III, No.7, Mar-Apr 1991, p.23, Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. "A.C. Roessler's 'Fantastic' Cuban Aerophilatelic Covers" "Cubiertas 'Fantásticas' en la aerofilatelia cubana de A.C. Roessler" CPa, Vol.III, No.8, Jul-Aug 1991, pp.41-46 (6), ill., Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. “Un Descubrimiento Monumental: La Cubierta ‘Fantástica’ #5 -- Una Cubierta Experimental de SCADTA Volada de La Habana a Miami”
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“A Monumental Discovery: ‘Fantastic’ Cover #5 -- A SCADTA Survey Cover Flown From Havana to Miami” CPa, Vol.VIII, No.21, Jul 1996, p.19, ill., Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. “How Was Cuban Mail Dispatched on 1930 Inaugural of FAM-5 Express to Panama” “¿Cómos se Despachó la Correspondencia Cubana en el Vuelo Inaugural se 1930 de la Ruta Expresa FAM-5 a Panamá?” With the collaboration of Ernesto Cuesta (see ). CPa, Vol.11, No.31, First Third 1999, pp.20-24 (5), ill., Eng & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. "Book Review: Specialized Catalogue of Cuban Stamps 1855-1959 (2nd Edition)" "Reseña Biliográfica: Catálogo especializado de sellos de Cuba 1855-1959 (2da Edición)" Co-authors: Yamil H. Kouri, Jr. (also listed as ; Silvia García-Frutos (also listed as ; and Arturo Martín de Nicolás (also listed as ). CPa, Vol.14, No.42, Last Third 2002, pp.130-133 (4), ill., Eng & Span. The review is split in four sections after a brief introduction by Dr. Kouri. The first section on p.130, also by Dr. Kouri, reviews the section of the catalogue covering the Spanish colonial and U.S. Administration periods; the second section on p.131, by Silvia García-Frutos, covers the Republic until 1959; the third section on p.132, by aerophilatelist Mark R. Tyx, covers the first flight section of the catalogue; and the fourth sectionon p.133, by Arturo Martín de Nicolás, covers the postal stationery section of the catalogue.
Tyx, Mark R. “Notes on the 1926-27 U.S. Army’s First Pan American Good Will Flight” Unpublished notes and published notes from other sources on the subject flight, including illustration of a cover flown on the flight that was acquired by Mr. Tyx, illustrated, 13 pp., Eng.
Tyx, Mark R. "First Flight Covers From and To Cuba, and Special Cancellations Related to Aviation in Cuba (Period 1959- 2003)." "Sobres de Primeros Vuelos De y Hacia Cuba, y Cancelaciones Especiales Relativas a la Aviación en Cuba (Período 1959-2003)." Co-author: Jesús del Valle (also listed as ). CPa, Vol.17, No.49, First Third 2005, pp.24-32 (9), ill., Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. "The Aerophilatelic Legacy of the February 1931 USS Los Angeles Visits to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba" "El Legado Aerofilatélico de las Visitas del USS Los Angeles a la Bahía de Guantánamo, Cuba, en Febrero de 1931" CPa, Vol.18, No.52, Last Third 2007, pp.20-25 (6), ill., Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. Notes on the Aerophilatelic NYARBA Story. Also listed as . BMAPS, Vol.23, No.4, Oct-Dec 2008, pp.5-13 (9), ill, Eng; BMAPS, Vol.24, No.1, Jan-Mar 2009, pp.1-4, 14-15 (7), ill, Eng; BMAPS, Vol.24, No.2, Apr-Jun 2009, pp.1-16 (16), ill, Eng; BMAPS, Vol.24, No.3, Jul-Sep 2009, pp.1-8 (8), ill., Eng. 40 pages total.
Notes about the NYARBA company formed in the early 1930s to provide passenger and mail service between New York and Buenos Aires, Argentina, with stops in Havana, Cienfuegos, and Santiago de Cuba. The notes were compiled in great measure through the efforts of Mr. Mark R. Tyx, specialist in Cuban aerophilately, who among other overall information also provides analysis of two NYARBA covers in his collection.
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Tyx, Mark R. Comments on some NYRBA covers with Cuban transit and arrival postmarks found in the article "Old Airlines never die, they just fade away… A 'stream of consciousness' report—toward a 'more complete aerophilatelic NYRBA story' " BMAPS, Vol.24, No.2, Apr-Jun 2009, pp.3-16 (14), ill, Eng. This is part of . The comments contributed by Mark Tyx to the article solve what were presumed to be postmark date inconsistencies in a couple of NYRBA covers addressed to Cuba.
Tyx, Mark R. "More on U.S. Route 1 (AAMS Route F4-1)" AMNW, Vol.31, No.2, Jun 2013, pp.2-4 (3), ill. See for follow-up article.
Tyx, Mark R. "First Flight from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 19th May 1934" AMN, Vol.57, No.229, May 2015, pp.15-22 (8 pp.), ill. Response provided by Mark R. Tyx to Question No. 506 published in the Nov 2014 issue of AMN (see ). The response is supported by references to three previous articles by Mr. Tyx about air mail services at the Guantánamo Naval base in 1934. The three referenced articles are reprinted after Mark Tyx's response to Question No. 506. The referenced articles are , , and .
Tyx, Mark R. "Discovery of a Compañía Cubana de Aviación Madrid-Habana, May 5, 1948, First Flight Cover." "Descubrimiento de un Sobre del Primer Vuelo Madrid-Habana de la Compañía Cubana de Aviación el 5 de Mayo de 1948." JCP, Vol.7, No.2, Issue No.24, Apr-Jun 2016, pp.20-22 (3), ill., Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. "PAA First Operational Flights: Continued" BMAPS, Vol.31, No.4, Oct-Dec 2016, front cover plus pp.4-11 (8), ill. Follow-up to showing other related covers and discussing their postal markings.
Tyx, Mark R. "Initiation of Havana-Key West Panam Airmail Service and Cuba's First Airmail Stamp" "Comienzo del Servicio Postal Aéreo y el Primer Sello Aéreo de Cuba " JCP, Vol.8, No.2, Issue 28, Apr-Jun 2017, front cover and pp.3-10 (9), ill, Eng & Span. Historical background that led to the award of a contract for the transportation of US mail by Pan American Airways that started on October 19, 1927, and the issue of the Cuba's first airmail stamp (Scott C1).
Tyx, Mark R. "Deciphering Problem FFCs: An Edifil FFC E-27 Wannabe." "Descifrando SPVs problemáticos: Un aspirante frustrado del SPV Edifil E-27." Co-Author: Ernesto Cuesta (also listed as ). JCP, Vol.8, No.2, Issue 28, Apr-Jun 2017, p.17, ill, Eng & Span. Article answers the question presented by the FFC shown: Why is this first flight cover (FFC) labeled "Cienfuegos-Miami, Dec 3, 1930", on the front and is mailed from Havana to Philadelphia with a Moint Airy Station receipt circular date stamp (cds) on the back? JCP, Vol.7, No.2, Issue No.24, Apr-Jun 2016, pp.20-22 (3), ill., Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. "An Unusual Historical Souvenir Cover." "Un sobre souvenir histórico poco usual." JCP, Vol.8, No.3, Issue 29, Jul-Sep 2017, pp.16-23 (8), ill, Eng & Span.
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Tyx, Mark "Antilla, Cuba, Pan Am’s New Southbound FAM 6 Airmail Hub and First Airmail Dispatches to Martinique and Guadeloupe, July 15, 1937." "Antilla, Cuba, Eje de Pan Am para sus Vuelos FAM 6 Hacia el Sur y Primeros Correos a Martinica y Guadalupe, 15 de julio de 1937." JCP, Vol.9, No.2, Issue 32, Apr-Jun 2018, pp.16-20 (5), ill., Eng. & Span. Report that Antilla, Cuba, became Pan Am's new southbound FAM 6 airmail hub on July 15, 1937, with first airmail dispatches to Fort de France, Martinique and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. The article also contains a compilation of F6-151 Antilla related first flight covers dispatched over FAM 4/5, FAM 6, and FAM 7 airmail routes. All referenced covers in the compilation are illustrated except for the cover from Antilla to Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, which the author has not been able to obtain.
Tyx, Mark R. "Recently Discovered July 15, 1937, First Flight Cover from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Antilla, Cuba." "Descubierto Recientemente Sobre del Primer Vuelo del 15 de Julio de 1937 desde San Juan, Puerto Rico, a Antilla, Cuba." JCP, Vol.9, No.4, Issue 34, Oct-Dec 2018, pp.16-18 (3), ill., Eng. & Span. Follow-up on .
Tyx, Mark R. "The Elusive F-6-32 San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Camagüey, Cuba, First Flight Covers." "Los raros sobres F-6-32 del primer vuelo de San Juan, Puerto Rico, a Camagüey, Cuba." JCP, Vol.9, No.4, Issue 34, Oct-Dec 2018, pp.19-21 (3), ill., Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. "FAM 6 Camagüey TRANSITO Airmail Markings, 1932-1935." "Marcas TRANSITO del correo aéreo por Camagüey de la Ruta FAM 6, 1932-1935." JCP, Vol.10, No.2, Issue 36, Apr-Jun 2019, pp.14-16 (3), ill., Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. "Counterfeit Cuba Scott C-2 Double Lindbergh Overprints." "Falsas sobrecargas dobles de Lindbergh en sellos de Cuba Scott C-2." JCP, Vol.10, No.2, Issue 36, Apr-Jun 2019, pp.17-20 (4), ill., Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. "The Aerophilatelic Legacy of the Inter-American Escadrille in Cuba." "El legado aero-filatélico de la Escuadrilla Inter-Americana en Cuba." JCP, Vol.10, No.3, Issue 37, Jul-Sep 2019, pp.17-22 (6), ill., Eng. & Span. Reprint and translation of . Also see for a subsequent reprint of the English version.
Tyx, Mark R. "Noteworthy Brazilian Diplomatic Cover with FAM 6 Camagüey TRANSITO Marking." Notable sobre diplomático brasileño de la ruta FAM 6 con la marca TRANSITO de Camagüey." JCP, Vol.10, No.3, Issue 37, Jul-Sep 2019, pp.23-24, ill., Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. "Covers in the Caribbean Haiti and its neighbors Dominican Republic and Cuba." Haiti Philately, Vol.45, No.3, Sep 2019, ill., pp.6-9. Citing Possessions, Fourth Quarter 2019, "Articles Appearing in Other Journals", pp.3-4: The article "describes the development of airmail in the Caribbean region, including Basil Rowe’s pioneering efforts of the West Indian Aerial Express airline establishing regular airmail service in 1927–1928 among Haiti, Puerto Rico, Cuba and the
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Dominican Republic … followed by Pan American Airways inaugurating its FAM 6 airmail service among Miami, Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Santo Domingo, Port-au-Prince and San Juan in January 1929."
Tyx, Mark R. "Bob Buck’s Junior Record Flight Newark, New Jersey, to Habana, Cuba, and Return--February 1931." "El Vuelo Récord Juvenil de Bob Buck de Ida y Vuelta desde Newark, New Jersey a la Habana en Febrero de 1931." JCP, Vol.10, No.4, Issue 38, Oct-Dec 2019, pp.21-24 (4), ill., Eng. & Span. Reprint of .
Tyx, Mark R. "The Aerophilatelic Legacy of the Inter-American Escadrille in Cuba" APJ, Vol.91, No.1, Jan 2020, pp.1,5-9 (6), ill. Reprint of and .
Tyx, Mark R. "Fifth Anniversary of International Airmail Covers: Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic." "Quinto Aniversario de Sobres de Correo Aéreo Internacional: Cuba, Haití y la República Dominicana." JCP, Vol.11, No.1, Issue No.39, Jan-Mar 2020, pp.25-31 (6), ill., Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. "Newly Reported Variety of Cuban Philatelic Club 1940 Cohete Postal Souvenir Sheet." "Identificada una nueva variedad de la Hojita Souvenir del Cohete Postal emitida en 1940 por el Club Filatélico Cubano." JCP, Vol.11, No.2, Issue No.40, Apr-Jun 2020, pp.11-12 (2), ill., Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. "Lindbergh FAM 6 Extension Round Trip First Flight Covers." "Cubiertas de Ida y Vuelta del Primer Vuelo de la Extensión de la Ruta FAM 6 Transportadas por Lindbergh." JCP, Vol.11, No.2, Issue No.40, Apr-Jun 2020, pp.15-21 (7), ill., Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. "An Overview of Aeromarine West Indies Airways First Flight Covers." "Resumen de los Sobres de Primeros Vuelos de la Compañía Aeromarine West Indies Airways." JCP, Vol.11, No.3, Issue No.41, Jul-Sep 2020, pp.9-14 (6), ill., Eng. & Span.
Tyx, Mark R. "Twice-Flown Lindbergh Covers to Cuba" AJP, Vol.91, No.8, WNo.1082, Aug 2020, pp.339-341 (3), ill., Eng.
Tyx, Mark R. "Lindbergh American Clipper Flight Cover Flown From Cuba to Haiti." "Sobre del Primer Vuelo del American Clipper volado por Lindbergh de Cuba a Haití" JCP, Vol.11, No.4, Issue No.42, Oct-Dec 2020, pp.22-24 (3), ill., Eng. & Span. Analysis of a first fllight cover of the American Clipper flown by Lindbergh from Cienfuegos, Cuba, to Cristóbal, Canal Zone, and back on the return trip through Cienfuegos to Miami, and from there to its intended final destination in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Valle Rodríguez, Jesús del "First Flight Covers From and To Cuba, and Special Cancellations Related to Aviation in Cuba (Period 1959- 2003)." "Sobres de Primeros Vuelos De y Hacia Cuba, y Cancelaciones Especiales Relativas a la Aviación en Cuba (Período 1959-2003)." Co-author: Mark R. Tyx (also listed as ). CPa, Vol.17, No.49, First Third 2005, pp.24-32 (9), ill., Span. & Eng.
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Van der Gucht, J. "Disquisiciones Histórico-Geográficas Sobre el Sello de 5 c. (Correo Aéreo), Emisión de 1942, Conmemorando el 45 Aniversario del Descubrimiento de América y de Cuba" ("In-Depth Historic-Geographic Study of the 5 c. Stamp (Airmail), 1942 Issue, Commemorating the 45th Anniversary of the Discovery of America and Cuba") AF, Yr.IX, No.28, Aug-Sep-Oct 1944, pp.15-16 (2), Span. Reprinted in . Historic-geographic discussion of the particular view of the mountains known as "Silla de Gibara", that was chosen to be depicted in Scott C36 as the first Cuban land sighted by Columbus in his first voyage to America. The view depicted in the stamp was chosen after consultation with historians on the line of approach of the Columbus expedition in a southsouth west direction into the port of Bariay, and does not correspond to the more familiar view of those mountains from the port of Gibara.
Van Jochem, Leo J. "Observaciones sobre los promeros vuelos de Venezuela en rutas internacionales" "Observations about the first Venezuelan international flights" Revista Club Filatélico de Caracas, Yr 4, No.21, Mar-Apr 1965, pp.21-27 (7), ill., Span. Main Cuban references on pp.26-27.
Vewall, A. J. "A check-off list of Cuban First and Special Flights, 1914-1939" London. Unpublished handwritten list of Cuban First and Special Flights between 1914 and 1939 with the number of covers carried in brackets after each entry. Introductory page plus 8 pages of flight listings followed by a map of the island of Cuba with no flight markings.
Valencia Filatélica “El histórico vuelo Sevilla-Cuba-México” (“The Historic Flight Seville-Cuba-México”) VF, No.88, May 1972, pp.73-77 (5), ill., Span. Also listed as .
Valencia Filatélica “Primer vuelo Camagüey - Sevilla” (“First Flight Camagüey - Seville”) VF, No.89, Jun-Oct 1972, pp.104-105, ill., Span.
Valencia Filatélica “Una conmemoración perdida” (“A Lost Commemoration”) VF, No.92, Jul-Aug 1973, p.217, ill., Span. Brief article on the 50th anniversary of the first flight from Seville, Spain, to Camagüey, Cuba.
Votaw, Roy C. "Personal Correspondence from Mr. Votaw to Mr. Wm. Bruce Bryant" Unpublished 23 letters comprising 48 pages covering the period 29 March 1931 to 3 August 1933 with numerous references to Cuban aerophilately. Most of the letters are on stationery from the "Colegio Los Amigos" in the city of Holguín, Cuba, where Mr. Votaw was the superintendent until at least 13 April 1932. By the next letter of 30 August 1932, Mr. Votaw was writing from Whittier, California. The last letter of 3 August 1933 is from Camp Arbolado, Angelus, California.
Votaw, Roy C. "Cuba section in The Standard Airpost Catalog" Wooster, Ohio: The Berkshire Exchange, 1933 Edition, ill. Edited by Donald E. Dickason; also listed as . 1930, 1931, and 1934 editions are also reported to exist. Cuba section prepared by Roy C. Votaw on pp.304-309 (6).
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Catalog listing of inaugural or historical flights national and international flights with some cachets and cancellations illustrated and prices for commemorative covers provided. The catalog is well prepared and very worth consulting; unfortunately, being a 1933 work it only contains listings of flights up to 1932.
Votaw, Roy C. "Pioneer Pilot of Cuba: Agustín Parlá" APJ, Vol.7, No.2, Issue 67, Nov 1935, pp.3-4.
Votaw, Roy C. "The Fun of Collecting Cuban Air Mail Covers" APJ, Vol.7, No.2, Issue 67, Nov 1935, pp.10-11. Wealth of information on air mail flights.
Votaw, Roy C. "The Akron and the Macon Visit Cuba" APJ, Vol.7, No.2, Issue 67, Nov 1935, p.15, ill. Details of the visit of the Akron airship (zeppelin) to Guantánamo, Cuba, in January 8-9, 1933. The article also documents the visit of the Macon airship to Matanzas, Cuba, on May 7, 1935. Numbers of commemorative covers of these visits that were prepared and flown on the airships are indicated and a couple of cachets from the Akron are illustrated.
Votaw, Roy C. "The Fun of Collecting Cuban Air Mail Covers" Via Air Mail, Vol.III, No.4, Apr 1990, pp.6-7, ill. (photo of Mr. Votaw). Reprint of .
Warns, M. O. "Cover Recalls First Air Mail Between U.S.A. and Cuba" APJ, Vol.19, No.8, May 1948, p.300. Story of the Key West-Havana first flight.
Williams, Leon Norman & Maurice An Airmail Collector’s Notebook London, England: Harrison & Sons, 1960, 132 pp., Cuba on pp.46-47, ill., 27 cm. Reprinted in Milano, Italy, by Cisalpino Goliardica, Ed., 1971. Brothers Williams, Leon Norman & Maurice usually published under the initials L.N. &M.W. or L.N. & M. Williams.
Reproduction of a letter from Dr. Tomás A. Terry on the existence of covers from the flight from Santa Clara to Havana scheduled for 24 February 1914 that never took place because of an accident the day before that damaged the airplane. Additional information about these covers and the flight is provided. The article also mentions the covers discussed in and shows one of them.