British Internal Airmails of the 1930’s

H. Stanley Redgrove was born in 1888 and attended London University where he attained a BSc in chemistry. He became a fellow of the Institute of Chemistry, a member of the Society of public analysts and author of more than a dozen books. He was a lecturer in Mathematics and Chemistry and in 1938 moved to Pangbourne where he manufactured Berkshire Beauty products. On March 11th 1943 he suffered a brain seizure and died on March 13th at the age of 56. Amongst his many interests he was best known as an emminent aero-philatelist who wrote a book called ‘The Airmails of the British Isles’. It detailed all the airmails from 1933 to the beginning of WW2. It was a fine work and even today eighty years later it remains the standard. N. C. Baldwin and Richard Beith later wrote books with a wider brush that included the 1930’’s but as the specialist work on the 1930’s Redgrove’s work was unsurpassed. Redgrove himself hoped to update his book and produce a second edition, but this was never achieved. However, Redgrove published his book 80 years ago and now is the time for Redgrove to be updated, and the Web is the ideal medium. The Web has many advantages over the printed medium. Airmails require pictures not text descriptions, the web can be instantly updated, and the web allows for audience participation. So here it is. My modest attempt to update Redgrove. My thanks go to Peter Lister, FRPSL for his help and support in the building of this site. Thanks also to Mark Le Breton, David Reid and Martin Czech for reviewing the site and giving much needed help, guidance and additional information.

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