Philatelic Literature Specialists

Stanley-Smith, R.G.

The North Atlantic Catapult

Part 1 History & Part 2 Catalogue
Publisher: Pier Point Publishing, 1990

First edition, limited to 500 copies, paperback, vi + 250 pages, i + 171 pages, corner-crease to front cover of Part 1, slight shelf-wear else in Very Good condition.

A history of air-sea communication between Europe and North America, with a complete listing of all the catapult flights – whether mail carrying or not – which occurred on the North Atlantic between 1928 and 1938, together with a summary of experimental air-sea and ancillary services both preceding and concurrent with these flights. Scarce and important reference work.

£25.00