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1929 - Cherry Red Airline
The company was formed by Norman Cherry in May 1929 to serve the Rottenstone mining area of Northern Saskatchewan with headquarters at Prince Albert.
On May 30, 1929 the Canadian Post Office notified Mr. Cherry that permission had been granted Cherry Red Air Line, Limited, to carry mail between Prince Albert and the Rottenstone Mining Area and to issue its own stamps for use on such flights.
Service began in June 1929 and terminated June 1931 after the sale of the company to Canadian Airways.
All unused remainders of the stamps of Cherry Red Air Line, Limited were sold to a stamp dealer. As a result full sheets of 50 come up for sale fairly regularly and usually sell for about $250
Covers are also fairly easy to get and generally sell in the $50-$75 range
DATE OF ISSUE —CL46 - ]uly 3, 1929
FACE VALUE — 10¢ PERFORATION — 12x 12
COLOR — The basic stamp is black and red on white paper.
There is a question about a first printing, which was reported to be on yellowish paper with rough irregular perforations.
PRINTING METHOD & LAYOUT
The stamps were printed in sheets of 200, cut into 4 panes of 50.
Norman Cherry stated that he placed only one order for the stamps.
Two printings may have been made. One, on ]uly 3, might have been an “experimental” printing of 200 stamps; the vertical gutters are reported as 4 to 4 1/2 mm.
The main printing was on or about August 1, and was for 24,000 stamps or 120 sheets.
The vertical gutters on this printing are approximately 3 to 3 1/2 mm.
There are two major varieties on the pane and two different plate layouts. One layout has four of the first variety and six of the second; the other layout has six of the first variety and four of the second.
Unlike many of the other Canadian Semi-Official Airmail issues, no imperforates nor part perforates are known of the Cherry Red stamp.
Nor are there any overprints, tete-beche varieties , proofs, essays or other "errors" known .
Cherry was in Memphis Missouri in May of 1928 where for $2,800 he bought a red and silver biplane made by a small company called the Pheasant Aircraft Company.
Cherry needed a pilot and hired Alva Malone and together they headed back to Saskatchewan taking fifteen hours to make it to Prince Albert
Seeing a business opportunity to make deliveries to northern mining areas, Norman Cherry made a deal with Prince Albert businessman H. Holroyde who had been a pilot in World War I. They formed the Cherry Red Airline and set off immediately first to Cincinnati then to an air show in New York where they bought a six passenger Buhl, with serial number 41. Malone, Cherry and Holroyde headed home in the Buhl in early March of 1929 but were held up getting the new Buhl certified for use in Canada.
The company was formed by Norman Cherry in May 1929 to serve the Rottenstone mining area of Northern Saskatchewan with headquarters at Prince Albert.
On May 30, 1929 the Canadian Post Office notified Mr. Cherry that permission had been granted Cherry Red Air Line, Limited, to carry mail between Prince Albert and the Rottenstone Mining Area and to issue its own stamps for use on such flights.
Service began in June 1929 and terminated June 1931 after the sale of the company to Canadian Airways.
All unused remainders of the stamps of Cherry Red Air Line, Limited were sold to a stamp dealer. As a result full sheets of 50 come up for sale fairly regularly and usually sell for about $250
Covers are also fairly easy to get and generally sell in the $50-$75 range
DATE OF ISSUE —CL46 - ]uly 3, 1929
FACE VALUE — 10¢ PERFORATION — 12x 12
COLOR — The basic stamp is black and red on white paper.
There is a question about a first printing, which was reported to be on yellowish paper with rough irregular perforations.
PRINTING METHOD & LAYOUT
The stamps were printed in sheets of 200, cut into 4 panes of 50.
Norman Cherry stated that he placed only one order for the stamps.
Two printings may have been made. One, on ]uly 3, might have been an “experimental” printing of 200 stamps; the vertical gutters are reported as 4 to 4 1/2 mm.
The main printing was on or about August 1, and was for 24,000 stamps or 120 sheets.
The vertical gutters on this printing are approximately 3 to 3 1/2 mm.
There are two major varieties on the pane and two different plate layouts. One layout has four of the first variety and six of the second; the other layout has six of the first variety and four of the second.
Unlike many of the other Canadian Semi-Official Airmail issues, no imperforates nor part perforates are known of the Cherry Red stamp.
Nor are there any overprints, tete-beche varieties , proofs, essays or other "errors" known .
Cherry was in Memphis Missouri in May of 1928 where for $2,800 he bought a red and silver biplane made by a small company called the Pheasant Aircraft Company.
Cherry needed a pilot and hired Alva Malone and together they headed back to Saskatchewan taking fifteen hours to make it to Prince Albert
Seeing a business opportunity to make deliveries to northern mining areas, Norman Cherry made a deal with Prince Albert businessman H. Holroyde who had been a pilot in World War I. They formed the Cherry Red Airline and set off immediately first to Cincinnati then to an air show in New York where they bought a six passenger Buhl, with serial number 41. Malone, Cherry and Holroyde headed home in the Buhl in early March of 1929 but were held up getting the new Buhl certified for use in Canada.
