Round the World by Air Mail.—Air mail stamps have given designers full scope for originality, as the above specimens of recently-issued air-mail stamps show. Reading downward from left, the countries represented are: Stamp used on first Java-Australian flight in 1931, showing profile of Captain M. Pattist, the pilot; Sudan; the New Guinea "Bird of Paradise"; France; Mexico, portraying a national air hero, Emilio Caranza. (Centre): Italy, showing Pegasus, the winged horse; Ecuador; two French stamps used on the Geneva-Paris route during the International Air Meeting last year; and the winged dove of, Bulgaria. (Right): Republic of Haiti; Newfoundland; Germany; Australia; and Rumania.
Husband and Wife Share Honours.—The well-known English cartoonist, Mr David Wilson, R. 1., R.8.A., and Mrs Wilson, who have both had pictures accepted at this year's Academy, and who share honours "on the line," the best position in the Academy.
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Waipa Post, Volume 44, Issue 3195, 25 June 1932, Page 1 (Supplement)
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142Round the World by Air Mail.—Air mail stamps have given designers full scope for originality, as the above specimens of recently-issued air-mail stamps show. Reading downward from left, the countries represented are: Stamp used on first Java-Australian flight in 1931, showing profile of Captain M. Pattist, the pilot; Sudan; the New Guinea "Bird of Paradise"; France; Mexico, portraying a national air hero, Emilio Caranza. (Centre): Italy, showing Pegasus, the winged horse; Ecuador; two French stamps used on the Geneva-Paris route during the International Air Meeting last year; and the winged dove of, Bulgaria. (Right): Republic of Haiti; Newfoundland; Germany; Australia; and Rumania. Husband and Wife Share Honours.—The well-known English cartoonist, Mr David Wilson, R.I., R.B.A., and Mrs Wilson, who have both had pictures accepted at this year's Academy, and who share honours "on the line," the best position in the Academy. Waipa Post, Volume 44, Issue 3195, 25 June 1932, Page 1 (Supplement)
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