AIR MAIL HISTORY CANAL ZONE AND PANAMA 1918-1941 INCLUDES AVIATION HISTORY OF THE CANAL ZONE AND PANAMA Start Price USD 285.00 Current Price USD 285.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 290.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, September 01, 2008 End Time Monday, September 08, 2008 Location venice, florida See more about 'AIR MAIL HISTORY CANAL ZONE AND PANAMA 1918-1941' Description SquareTrade © AP6.0 THERE IS NO OTHER BOOK LIKE IT, NOR CAN ONE EVER BE WRITTEN BETTER, ABOUT THIS  SUBJECT. COVERS SELLING ON EBAY DIRT CHEAP CAN  ESCALATE IN VALUE ONCE THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK ARE REVEALED TO THE BUYER. OFFERED IS THE AIR MAIL HISTORY OF THE CANAL ZONE AND PANAMA, 1918-1941, ABOUT WHICH THERE ARE OVER 1,300 PAGES OF TEXT AND OVER 1,100 ILLUSTRATIONS ( MOST IN COLOR AND FIRST FLIGHT AND WITH MOST COVERS BEING PILOT OR POSTMASTER SIGNED ).   ITS PRODUCTION REQUIRED OVER 22 YEARS FOR RESEARCH, ACCUMULATION,  AND WRITING. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO OTHER BOOK EVER WRITTEN LIKE THIS ABOUT THE AEROPHILATELY  INVOLVING PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS, PANAGRA, ISTHMIAN AIRWAYS, AND SCADTA, AND AS RELATED TO THE AMERICAN CANAL ZONE AND THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA, AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF THESE AVIATION FIRMS RELATIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANAL ZONE, PANAMA, LATIN AMERICAN, THE CARIBBEAN WEST INDIES, AND MEXICO AIR MAIL SERVICES.   FOR ONE EXAMPLE, NO OTHER AIR MAIL BOOK CAN EQUAL THE NUMBER OF FIRST FLIGHT COVERS SIGNED BY PILOTS, POSTMASTERS, AND PERSONAGES ( INCLUDING JUAN TERRY TRIPPE, PRESIDENT OF PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS, INC. ), THAN THE AIR MAIL HISTORY OF THE CANAL ZONE AND PANAMA, 1918-1941. ALSO PROMINENT ARE NUMEROUS COVERS THAT WERE SIGNED BY MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS CHARLES A. LINDBERGH, CHIEF PETTY OFFICER FRANK E. ORMSBEE, USN, AND  LIEUTENANT CHRISTIIAN F. SCHILET, U. S. MARINE CORPS, AND BY THE ROOSEVELT MEDALIST GERALD D. BLISS, POSTMASTER, CRISTOBAL POST OFFICE, CANAL ZONE.  ( DUE TO LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF SUCH SIGNED COVERS IT IS UNLIKELY THAT ANOTHER BOOK EVER CAN EVER RIVAL THIS ONE. ) STRONGLY EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THIS BOOK IS THAT THE AMERICAN CANAL ZONE WAS NOT ONLY ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF THE PANAMA CANAL AND THE PANAMA RAILROAD, BUT EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT  WAS THAT DURING ITS ERA IT BECAME THE CENTER OR HUB FOR ALL REGULAR AND AIR MAIL SERVICING BETWEEN MOST OF THE WORLD AND LATIN AMERICAN, MEXICO, AND  THE CARIBBEAN.  THIS IS A VITAL FACT THAT IS LITTLE APPRECIATED DIPLOMATICALLY AND POLITICALLY  TODAY. IN ITS WRITING AND ILLUSTRATING, THE EARLY CONTRIBUTION OF THE U. S. ARMY AND NAVY TO THE AIR MAIL DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN AMERICAN WAS NOT OVERLOOKED. THE BOOK MAKES MAXIMUM USE OF THE RELATED FINDINGS OF COPAPHIL ( COLOMBIA, AND PANAMA PHILTELIC SOCIETY ), THE CANAL ZONE STUDY GROUP, AND THE POSTAL MARKINGS OF THE CANAL ZONE BY LAWSON  ENTWISTLE ( TO WHICH THE SELLER WAS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR ). COUNTLESS MORE WORDS COULD BE WRITTEN TO PROMOTE THIS BOOK, BUT SUFFICIENT TO SAY THAT FOR COMPETITIVE REASONS NO DEALER SHOULD BE WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF ITS CONTENT, NOR SHOULD SERIOUS STAMP AND COVER COLLECTORS, FOR PURPOSES OF BARGAIN BUYING AND HIGHER SELLING PRICES. IF THIS ITEM WERE OFFERED ON WALL STREET, IT WOULD BE SOLD AS A BLUE CHIP, LONG TERM  INVESTMENT. SELLER PAYS FOR FIRST CLASS MAILING WORLD-WIDE.     On Apr-09-07 at 08:10:17 PDT, seller added the following information: Place a Bid!