American Air Mail Society

Dedicated to the documentation, preservation, advancement and promotion of aerophilately worldwide through education, study, research and services.

The American Air Mail Society (AAMS) is the second oldest aerophilatelic society in the world., presently with more than 900 members world-wide. It is a non-profit organization.

Membership includes a subscription to the Airpost Journal. The AAMS has one convention per year plus a table and a general meeting at the summer APS StampShow each year.

Associated societies are the Metropolitan Air Post Society MAPS (www.metroairpost.com) and the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society (www.aerophilately.ca).
Board of A.A.M.S.
President David S. Ball
Vice-President Dan Gribbin
Secretary William C. Fort III
Treasurer Stephen Reinhard
FISA-Delegate Patrick Walters
Contact David Ball
Website AAMS
Official Publication

Airpost Journal
The American Air Mail Society publishes a monthly magazine, the Airpost Journal.

An archive of "cover and context" of earlier Airpost Journals is here:

Volume 93 - 2022
Volume 92 - 2021
Volume 91 - 2020
Volume 90 - 2019
Volume 89 - 2018
Volume 88 - 2017
Volume 94 - 2023

Airpost Journal # 1111

  • A Pictorial Tour of Aerophilately 2022
  • Netherlands Dispatch on Inaugural Pan Am Trans-Atlantic Flight / Jim Hester
  • The BEP Stamp History Reports / Joe Kirker
  • Dornier DoX Zurich to Alterrhein in 1932 /Bill Woytowich and Tom Reyman
  • More on the Crash of M.R.A. Cavalier / John Pare
January 2023 # 1111

Airpost Journal # 1112

  • Sir Alan Cobham's First Flights in the United States / Schalk de Klerk
  • Patchogue to Fire Island in 1929 / Tom Reyman
  • The Way Home from Fisherman's Lake / John Wilson and John Allen
  • Parcel Post Joins Airmail / Joe Kirker
  • What Happened to the Covers ? / Cheryl Ganz
February 2023 # 1112

Airpost Journal # 1113

  • Eastbound Airmail from the U.S. to Africa and Beyond in 1942 / John Wilson
  • 1936 British RAF Goodwill Flight / Tom Reyman
  • Postally Used Precancels : The 1918 Airmail Issues / Joe Kirker
  • Woman Soar in National Air Races / Carrolyn Green
March 2023 # 1113

Airpost Journal # 1114

  • The Aborted Takeoff of March 20, 1937 / Richard D. Martorelli
  • V-Mail from Liberia / John Wilson
  • 1918 Inaugural Airmail : The 1920 Anniversary / Joe Kirker
  • First Airplane Mail from Hartford / Steve Turechek.
  • Zeppelin ZR3 Los Angeles and USS Patoka : US Rarities and Rates for the Bermuda Flights 1925 / Cheryl R. Ganz
  • More Foreign Dispatches / Bill Thrower
April 2023 # 1114

Airpost Journal # 1115

  • Transpacific Cover Society and AAMC Flihjt #1200 / Larry Weirather
  • More on Sir Alan Cobham / Andrew Mrozowski
  • A Tale of Three Covers : Switzerland or San Francisco / Joe Kirker
  • Vox Populi / David S. Ball
May 2023 # 1115

Airpost Journal # 1116

  • Graf Zeppelin visits Chicago / Joel Dryer
  • The First Commercial Flights in Bolivia / Marcelo Beltran
  • June 12, 1939 Imperial Airways Centurion Crash, Part 1 / Brian Peace & Ken Sanford
  • Recycling Aerograms ? / Don Lussky
June 2023 # 1116

Airpost Journal # 1117

  • Saluting Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker / Joel Dryer
  • June 12, 1939 Imperial Airways Centurion Crash, Part 2 / Brian Peace & Ken Sanford
  • Aero Philatelist News : The Black Book / Joe Kirker
  • "By Balloon over Africa" with Jan Boesman / David M. Frye
  • Clara Bow - Film Icon and Stamp Collector ? / Thomas Richards
July 2023 # 1117

Airpost Journal # 1118

  • Canton Island 1938 / Larry Weirather
  • AM81 : Not Just Another Pretty Souvenir / Steve Turechek
  • The C3 'Grounded Plane' Variety, Part 1 / Joe Kirker
August 2023 # 1118

Airpost Journal # 1119

  • Happy Birthday, AAMS ! / Joe Kirker
    FAM 22 Double-Censored Belgian Congo Cover / Jim Hester
    Arund the World with Howard Hughes / Andrew Mrozowski
September 2023 # 1119

Airpost Journal # 1120

  • LATI Transition to LATI Substitute : the Effects on German Airmail / John Wilson
  • Luke Christopher, Coast Guard Aviator / Major Steve Turechek
  • The C3 'Grounded Plane' Variety, Part 2 / Joe Kirker
October 2023 # 1120

Airpost Journal # 1121

  • U.S. Airmail Rates 1910-1934, Part 1: Pioneer Period 1910-1916 / James O’Bannon
  • Pre-War North Trans-Atlantic Sea Route had Major Airmail Significance. / Richard Saundry
  • Farmer Saves Flyer: A Crash Cover from 1929 / Mike Wilson
  • The C3 ‘Grounded Plane’ Variety, Part 3 / Joe Kirker
  • Mail Transfer from Airship to Train / William E. Grigg
  • Aerolíneas Argentinas’ 1989 Transpolar Flight / Enrique Setaro
  • First Airmail to American Samoa / Schalk de Klerk
November 2023 # 1121

Airpost Journal # 1122

  • Eggs for Breakfast ... AGAIN (?) / Joe Kirker
  • A Parcel Post Christmas / Steven J. Turechek
  • U.S. Airmail Rates 1910-1934, Part 2 : Governmental Period / James O'Bannon
December 2023 # 1122