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CCC Publishing Poland and Contiguous European Pioneer Aerophilately Handbook
The Collectors Club of Chicago is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of the CCC’s 36th handbook chronicling specialized philatelic subjects: The History of Airmail in 
Poland and Its Contribution to Airmail Services of Europe ( 1914-1939), by Dr. Jerzy W. Kupiec-Węgliński. A Synopsis and Table of Contents in the Polish and German languages accompany this English edition.
The monograph, prefaced by Oxford-based Nobel Prize nominated historian Norman Davies, focuses on the development and operations of airmail services on the Polish territories throughout 25 years of turbulent European history during the 20th century. It begins with events originating in WWI, during October 1914-March 1915, in a remote area of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire’s Galicia Province, in the small town of Przemyśl. It concludes with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, and the outbreak of WWII. It is an in-depth encyclopedic history of the development of air post not only in Poland, but also in all of Europe and beyond.
The substantive material is presented in 12 chapters. The first chapter highlights the 1914-1915 airmail effort by the Austrian Army from the besieged by Russian forces city of Przemyśl. The following chapter includes comprehensive descriptions and illustrations of the airmail postal route in 1918 from Vienna to Kiev, via Kraków and Lviv.
Further chapters detail the development of domestic airmail operations, as well as joint services by Polish and foreign carriers to other countries and continents, air rallies, “crash” (interrupted) mail, and the Zeppelin mail from mainland Poland and the Free City of Danzig to Americas.
The handbook is hardbound in an 8½”x11″ format, and includes 424 pages containing over 700 illustrations. The book is available from the CCC website ( www.collectorsclubchicago.org/handbooks-available-for-purchase for $US79.50 postpaid to U.S. and A.P.O. addresses (Europe for €65 plus Shipping & Handling), with PayPal being accepted for payment. Shipping to other destinations will be serviced on a per order basis.
About the Collectors Club of Chicago:
Founded in 1928 and reestablished in 1944, the Collectors Club of Chicago is a group of award-winning philatelists focused on increasing knowledge and education of stamp collecting and postal history. The club owns and operates a philatelic library and clubhouse in downtown Chicago and has hosted monthly speakers from around the United States.
