FIELD, Francis John 1895-1992. For seventy years a student of airpost history and aerophilately. In 1921 he founded the firm of Francis J Field Ltd, dealing specially in air stamps. At Birmingham, in May 1923, he gave the first British philatelic talk on radio. He compiled 'A Commercial and Historical Atlas of the World's Airways' [1925], and was co-author, with NC Baldwin, of 'The Coronation Aerial Post 1911' [1934]. Works published by his firm included : 'British Air Mails - A Chronology of the Air Posts of Great Britain and Ireland' [1935], 'Air Mail Labels (Etiquettes)', 'The Blitz Book' [1942], 'Great Britain and Ireland - Catalogue of Internal Air Mails 1910-41' compiled by NC Baldwin [1942], 'World Air Posts - A concise priced summary of the Air Post and Aviation Souvenirs of about 200 countries' [1948], 'British Air Mail Society Souvenir' [1971], and from 1926 the house magazine 'The Aero Field'. President Aerophilatelic Federation and Streetly P.S. Named in Roll of Honour of Birmingham P.S. RDP 1968.
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