The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-03-02, Page 29Most people would, be—
surprised to learn that the story
of airmail goes back nearly 100
yearn , long before the days of
aeroplanes. The first official
British airmail service was
*inaugurated; •60 years ago, when
a series of .:flightswas made
• between. Londono and Winsdor as
part of the celebrations marking
L y
-•„ o the coronation of King George ,
V, but. long' before that date
unofficial ,;attempt's. had been •
made to carry mail loy air.
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Iri May 1807, • for example,
• Admiral Cochrane; the Earl of
• Dundonald,' transmitted
messages from the British lines
• to the French during the
Peninsular campaign by means
of kites. 0
Carrier pigeons have been
used since time immemorial and
it was by means of
"pigeongrarns." that Rothschild
is said, to have, learned the
outcome ' of the -Battle. of
Waterloo •.threee days before the
news broke in London, thus
enabling him_ to 'buy shaes on
the .London• stpck market. e and
take a tremendous profit when
t ey rocketed hue
after the
victory was officially
announced.
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The Montgolfier Brothers
made their first balloon ascent in
November 1782 aril the,
ballooning craze swiftly spread
over Europe. In September 1784
Vincent Lunardi made the first.:
ascent in England and dropped
three' letters: over the side. One
of these was found Pear the
milestone on. Northaw Common
near London and posted back to
Lunardi by the finder. The' text
of .this letter - Britain's first
•".aerogramme" -is reproduced in
L'unardii's nietroirs. -Iteca
b ixie
customary for balloonists, 'to
tins ons
drop n :"'letters 'and) ri of u
,
examples •of this .:uiofficilc
airmail have baeti recorded. .
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The first attempt in_Britaiy■.1 {t
carry i� ail by balloon on•, a large.
• scale was made on • October 6,
e 1870, . barely, a fortnight after a
balloon post was organised from
Paris .during. the Franco-Prussian
War.
On, this occasion an
unmanned balloon was launched
from London's- Crystal Palace
during a fireworks display and
subsequently 'recovered at Acrise
Farm near Folkestone,- Kent.
The postcards' +contained in the
mailbag were postmarked Blythe.
Ex itnples • of these Crystal Palace
cards are very rare and.are highly
prized' as forerunners of .British
airmail» ' ; .
%To'' celebrate the o ti , e coronation
of; Icing Edward V'Il in August •
1902 special p.os•tc ids
Yportaraying_ ithe.king and ueen•D
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were. . r d • a
tc ed 4h � b•
k +ion
from Beckenham in Kant. Later
that. year cards were flown by
.balloon °from Manchester to -
publicise a Lifeboat Saturday.
These souvenir postcards are
now 'eagerly sought after .by
herophilatelists
Flights by „heavier-than-air The World's first official
machines took place in the airmail flight was made in India
Edwardian period but were in February 1911 in connection'
poorly publicised and left little with the United Provinces
in theway of distinctive Industrial and Agricultural
souvenirs. The first. Aviation •nd
Exhibiti�Ori at Alfahabad and a
Meeting took place at Blackpool s 'cial postmark sh •
in August 1910 when Claude- mo • o showing a
noplane was used on• souvenir
Grahame -White carried m
"des t,ail..
patches by . aeroplane from y
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Lytham .H 11 to•S i e; by
a qk,r s date. Captain (late • Sir) -Walter
An'Air Meeting at Lanark the
Wyndharri who tater, that year,
following'. week was •,m'arked_:b
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mail' � was ' l� �trd . •L'7i ion ��{C�n d s 4-i•' fl i iii• t S. � "',�
• cancelled. by a Between' -September 9 •a 15 '
and .
postmark inscribed LANARK 'there were 1e -flights and, 926
GRAND STAND. This postmark
A pounds• ;bf: correspondence was
was normally used for carried. Various souvenir
telegraphic purposes but postcards and envelopes, and
postcards bearing it are regarded distinctive "Aerial Post
as among the, greatest of BritishiYs d.
aviation rarities. Althoughcancellatioitemswerefrom theproduce1911.,
A flying exhibition was flights are not scarce, they are of
staged by Grahame-White,atenormous interest to collectors
' Southport in June 1911 as ari since they represent tiro
of the Coronation festivities and beginning of official airmail in
various attractive labels were Britain.
produced.
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The 1972 summary of fishing
regulations has just been,
released by the department of
lands and forests with a few minor
changes to improve both
appearance and clarity.
,Two changes in open seasons
are of special interest toiorthern
anglers. The first, is .the opening
date for yellow pickerel (which
-includes blue pickerel and
sauger), in divisions ,13, 14, 15
and northwards This date is
usually May 15, but since May 15
falls ori Monday this year, the
yellow'pickerel' season will open
two days earlier on Saturday, May
13. The one exception 'is in
division 16 (Georgian Bay),•where
the season will open on May 16.
. This is the• final year of a 10 -
year program which .featured
closure periods' for yellow
pickerel between April 1 and May
•15•during_even,numbered years.
Special attention is directed to the
tater opening date on the Georgian
Bay portion 'of the map contained
•
in the summary.
The second .amendment
concerns division 22 and
represents an .attempt • by -the
Ontario and Minnesota
governments to safeguard .the,
lake trout fishery in their border
vvattes. According to•the
regulations, the open season ford
lake trout in division 2.2 shall be
as follows: "(a) January 1st to the
last day of February; and (b) May •
15th, except:when May 15th falls
on a Sunday or Monday, then the
Saturday next pred,eding May 15th
to the last Sunday iii September."
In other words, ”the lake trout
season in 1972.(for division 22) is
open from January 1 to February
29 and from May 13 to September
„ 24 (all dates inclusive).
This split -season ,enables the_
department to protect the lake
trout during two critical periods,
March, April- and part of May
_when they are especially Phone 524-8171...
vulnerable to the angler, and
during the fall spawning period.
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