November 2007 1
October -November 2007
Volume 38, Number 5
Whole Number 227
IN THIS ISSUE:
With a Little Help from Our Friends
Part 5 - 1931 Imperial Airways to East &
LA POSTA: A JOURNAL OF
South Africa
By Richard W. Helbock .......... 9
AMERICAN POSTAL
The Postmasters General of the United States
XXXII. Frank Hatton, 1884-1885
HISTORY
By Daniel Y. Meschter .......... 20
Website: www.la-posta.com “Get me to the church on time”
Publisher: Richard W. Helbock
By Richard D. Martorelli .......... 22
Associate Editors:
Henry Berthelot Tom Clarke
Dennis H. Pack Robert G. Schultz
Randy Stehle Rod Crossley
VERY Modern Postal History
Part 2: USPS Endorsements for Mail Undeliv-
Advertising & Circulation Manager: Cath Clark
erable as Addressed
COVER: Our cover illustrates a NASA image of the
By Randy Shehle .......... 35
continent of Africa with a superimposed air cover
mailed from the United States in 1935 carried by sea
to England and thence by air via Imperial Airways’
When Religion Was the Glue
epic air mail route to South Africa.
By Tom Clarke .......... 40
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By Cath Clark .......... 54
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Part 3
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By Robert M. Rennick .......... 59
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