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Lot Number: 669 Click for full-size views	Date: 1930, May 7 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Venezuela Description: Pan Am F/F MARACAIBO TO CRISTOBAL, bs 7/5, scarce printed 'Pan American Airmail and Passenger Service/From Venezuela South America/May 6, 1930/to/United States' cover with dark blue/red/yellow stripes addressed to Austria, franked 2.10B, canc Maracaibo cds, official violet framed flight cachet.
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Lot Number: 668 Click for full-size views	Date: 1930, May 5 Est. price: £18.00 Category: Venezuela Description: Scarcer Pan Am F/F Caracas to Cristobal, bs 7/5, via Maracaibo, small check border airmail cover franked 1.70B & 10c, canc Caracas cds, official black framed flight cachet with two lower lines removed for flight mail from Caracas, see AAMC Vol 3, p47.
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Lot Number: 649 Click for full-size views	Date: 1939, Jun 20 Est. price: £125.00 Category: United States Description: First Pan Am and Imperial AW, Westerly 'All the Way by Air' around the world dispatch, New York to New York, via San Francisco, Hong Kong, bs Kowloon 28/6, Bangkok, Alexandria and Marseilles bs 5/7, registered (label) souvenir cover franked US 85c air canc 20/6, Hong Kong $1.20 canc 29/6 cds, and France 14F50 canc Marseilles canc 7/7 cds. Superb item in pristine condition. Displayed on album page with a detailed explanation of route,
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Lot Number: 653 Click for full-size views	Date: 1939, Aug 9 Est. price: £100.00 Category: United States Description: First Pan Am and Imperial AW Eastward 'All the Way by Air' around the world dispatch, New York to New York, via Imperial Airways inaugural transatlantic air service New York (Aug 9, depart cds) to Southampton, London (Aug 12th machine depart cancel front and verso) to Hong Kong by Imperial Airways Eastbound service SE 165, Hong Kong to New York, Sept 12 arrival cds verso via Pan Am Pacific service to San Francisco and US transcontinental service to New York. Grey/blue Imperial Airways "Transatlantic/First regular service between Great Britain, Eire, Newfoundland, Canada and USA" souvenir cover franked US 30 air stamp canc New York Aug 9 1939 cds, GB 1 1/2d tied Aug 12th machine cancel, Hong Kong $2.80 canc Victoria 30 Aug 39 cds, and verso US 2c canc Brooklyn Sep 12th cds. Superb item in pristine condition.
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Lot Number: 652 Click for full-size views	Date: 1939, Jun 28 Est. price: £125.00 Category: United States Description: First Pan Am/Imperial Airways Easterly Round the World Flight, New York to New York via Hong Kong, Alexandria and Marseilles, bs 30/6/39, also the first acceptance of US mail for Hong Kong for carriage on the first passenger flight of the 'Dixie Clipper', four page souvenir red/white/blue 'flying boat' cover franked US 30c canc Jun 28, France 6F45 canc Paris cds, and Hong Kong canc Jul 13, Displayed on two album pages including detailed account of route.
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Lot Number: 651 Click for full-size views	Date: 1939, Jun 24 Est. price: £325.00 Category: United States Description: First Pan American and Imperial Airways Round the World Flight carrying the first acceptance of mail for Bangkok and Hong Kong for carriage on F/F Pan Am Northern Trans-Atlantic NY-London service , then OAT to Bangkok by Imperial Airways Eastbound Southampton-Sydney service, Bangkok-Hong Kong by IAW, framed 'American Consulate General /Hong Kong' receiver dated Jul 7- 1939, then HK (10/7 depart cds tying HK stamps) to Honolulu on California Clipper, then Honolulu (25/7 depart cds) to San Francisco and on to New York 28/7 arrival cds. Attractive registered (hs) red/white/blue eagle and stars airmail cover, franked US 50c & 30c airs and HK $3.05, official red FAM18 fight cachet,. Displayed on two album pages including detailed account of route and the original Registered Mailing Receipt. A superb exhibit item in pristine condition.
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Lot Number: 650 Click for full-size views	Date: 1939, Jun 24 Est. price: £225.00 Category: United States Description: A fascinating triple/quadruple short paid first flight cover being a first acceptance of US mail for England (FAM 18), for Bangkok and Hong Kong (FAM 18 and Imperial Airways) for carriage on the inaugural Pan Am North Atlantic route. It was then intended for OAT on what would be the first FAM 18 Pan American & Imperial Airways Round the World Flight New York-England-Bangkok-Hong Kong-Honolulu-San Francisco-New York. But the postage paid at Hong Kong was insufficient for transport by, so it completed its journey by sea.. Airmail cover, 22x11cm, postmarked New York 24/6/39, London 29/6, Victoria HK 8/7, and New York 8/8, FAM 18 F/F cachet, black 'T' in circle and red 'Postage Due (ms 4) Cents', Displayed on three album pages including the original USPO document dated 7 August (see web site scan) and a detailed explanation of route, dates, and postage costs. An exceptional exhibit item.
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Lot Number: 638 Click for full-size views	Date: 1931, Jan 2 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Trinidad Description: SCARCE F/F FAM 5 Port of Spain to Kingston, Jamaica, bs 7/1, via Miami, registered (label) cover franked 11d, black 'R' in oval tying blue/white winged 'PAA' vignette, Pan Am. Ref Locke JM, 1962. On Jan 9, 1931 Kingston replaced Ceinfuegos as the express service overnight stop - AAMC III 2004, p52.
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Lot Number: 639 Click for full-size views	Date: 1931, Feb 10 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Trinidad Description: Completing the Lindberg Circle, F/F FAM 5, Port of Spain to La Guaira, Venezuela, 13/2 arrival ds on front, airmail cover franked 1/1d, Pan Am.
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Lot Number: 617 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, Mar 04 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Spain Description: Spain to Uruguay, flown by LATI, a scarce censored WWII grey/pale brown airmail envelope with winged logo, Villa Franca to Montevideo, b/s 15/7/41, franked 7P canc Aracina/Huelva 4/3/41 cds Spanish purple boxed "Censura Gubernativa/Madrid" censor mark on departure. Military censorship of the mails was still the rule in Spain for some years after the end of the Civil War. Correctly rated for carriage by LATI from Spain to South America. Carried by LATI all the way from Rome to Buenos Aires thus avoiding British censorship on the Pan Am North Atlantic service (the LATI service was extended from Rio de Janero to BA in July 1941), and by Condor or Panagra to Montevideo. A scarce LATI item,
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Lot Number: 576 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, May 10 Est. price: £12.00 Category: Singapore Description: Trans Pacific extension to Singapore, F/F FAM 14, Singapore to Guam, cachet, b/s, violet triangular Singapore censor mark, official long cover, Pan Am.
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Lot Number: 574 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, Mar 1 Est. price: £60.00 Category: Singapore Description: WWII censored airmail etiquette cover, Singapore to New York, franked $1.40 canc Singapore B cds,sealed plain brown censor tape and tied by Singapore 'Passed By/Censor 24/A censor mark. Correctly rated for Malaya to Manila by sea, then Manila to US by Pan Am, see Boyle p817, not easy to find. Minor top edge nibble verso, see scan..
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Lot Number: 580 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, Sep 17 Est. price: £45.00 Category: Singapore Description: 'By Air All the Way', WWII censored cover, correctly rated $2 for carriage from Singapore to England by the Pacific-USA-Atlantic route, airmail cover canc 'Singapore E' cds, sealed brown tape tied by Singapore 'Passed By Censor 65/A' censor mark front and verso. Carried Pan Am to San Francisco, US domestic airline to New York, Pan Am to Lisbon, then KLM to Whitchurch, England, May-Dec 1941 $2 service, (see Boyle p815,16).
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Lot Number: 579 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, Aug 5 Est. price: £40.00 Category: Singapore Description: 'By Air All the Way', WWII censored cover, correctly rated $2 for carriage from Singapore to England by the Pacific-USA-Atlantic route, airmail cover canc 'Field Post Office/SP501 cds, red 'wings over RAF/Censor/13' censor mark. Carried Pan Am to San Francisco, US domestic airline to New York, Pan Am to Lisbon, then KLM to Whitchurch, England, May-Dec 1941 $2 service, (see Boyle p815,16). Some flap damage - see scan.
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Lot Number: 582 Click for full-size views	Date: 1953, May 27 Est. price: £8.00 Category: Singapore Description: Pan Am, F/F FAM 14, Singapore to Saigon (French Indo-China), cachet, b/s.
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Lot Number: 556 Click for full-size views	Date: 1939, Jun 23 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routings Description: USA to Egypt, NEW YORK to ALEXANDRIA by Yankee Clipper on FIRST FLIGHT Pan Am FAM 18 Trans-Atlantic service, left New York 24/6 and arrived Southampton 28 June. Then Imperial Airways Kisumu southbound coastal flying boat service KSS105 (Cassiopeia) which left Southampton 30/6 and arrived at Alexandra bs 1/7. Commercial airmail cover, typed 'Airmail via Trans Atlantic Clipper/and Airmail to Alexandria', franked $1.44 for 2oz rate of 36c per ½ oz.
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Lot Number: 484 Click for full-size views	Date: 1937, Apr 28 Est. price: £40.00 Category: Philippines Description: F/F FAM 14, Manila to Hong Kong, bs 28/4, Pan Am Company/Manila Hotel corner cover, franked 52c, canc Manila cds, typed 'Manila to Hong Kong, fine strike 'Manila-Macao-Hong Kong' F/F cachet, signed by the pilot Capt A E La Porte. Nice item in fine condition.
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Lot Number: 473 Click for full-size views	Date: 1931, Nov 24 Est. price: £40.00 Category: Panama Description: Lindbergh crash F/F American Clipper, unlisted dispatch from Colon to Miami via Cristobal and on to New Jersey, flown by Lindbergh from Cristobal to Miami on the inaugural mail flight of the American Clipper , airmail cover franked 20c, black framed "Agencia de Colon/Vuelo de Lindbergh/Panama-EEUU" flight cachet, Pan Am. The flight was interrupted during take-off (AAMC 31.12A). Nice item, ex Krupnik.
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Lot Number: 471 Click for full-size views	Date: 1944, Jul 17 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Palestine Description: WWII censored Tel Aviv to Buenos Aires, BA Central PO 143 arrival hs, via Miami Aug 12 1944 transit cds, registered imprint etiquette airmail cover, franked 165ml, canc Tel Aviv oval ds, ms 'Written in Yiddish', sealed B&W Palestine OBE KK/38147 censor tape tied by violet framed Palestine censor mark. Correctly rated for carriage by Ala Littoria from Cairo to Lisbon, Pan Am FAM 18 to New York, US internal air service to Miami, then by Pan Am to destination. Good routing.
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Lot Number: 463 Click for full-size views	Date: 1943, Jul 10 Est. price: £150.00 Category: Newfoundland Description: Superb WWII dual censored cover, Newfoundland to Australia, airmail cover franked $1.26 canc St. John's cds and 'Newfoundland/10 Jul/1943/Air Mail' cds sealed Newfoundland DC/22 censor label (used from April 1942 to April 1945) and Australia red/white civilian OBC 3 state of VIctoria censor tape, also violet diamond Victoria censor hand stamp. At this time there was no service across the Pacific. The most likely route being down to Miami, then Pan Am south Atlantic service to West Africa, then across the Sahara to Khartoum to joint the Horseshoe service which, in 1943, went only as far as Calcutta, from where it was sent to Australia by sea.
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Lot Number: 456 Click for full-size views	Date: 1940, Aug 28 Est. price: £175.00 Category: New Zealand Description: Trans Pacific air all the way from New Zealand to England, World War II censored commercial cover from Auckland to London, franked 2/- x3 and 1 1/2d x2, etiquette, sealed black/white NZ censor tape tied by blue "Passed By Censor NZ/22" censor mark. Correctly for 6/3d 'All Air' Pan Am FAM19 Auckland to San Francisco, US internal air service to New York, Pan Am FAM 18 to Lisbon, BOAC/KLM to London. A short lived rate from 20 Jul 1940 to 9 Sept 1940. See Boyle p 877. A truly scarce WWII item in fine condition. Image,
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Lot Number: 445 Click for full-size views	Date: 1940, Jul 18 Est. price: £10.00 Category: New Caledonia Description: F/F FAM 19, New Caledonia to Auckland, cachet, b/s, Pan Am. Image.
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Lot Number: 444 Click for full-size views	Date: 1940, Jul 18 Est. price: £10.00 Category: New Caledonia Description: F/F FAM 19, New Caledonia to Auckland, cachet, b/s, Pan Am
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Lot Number: 447 Click for full-size views	Date: 1940, Jul 21 Est. price: £10.00 Category: New Caledonia Description: F/F FAM 19, Noumea to Los Angeles, green cachet, cachet ds, b/s, Pan Am
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Lot Number: 448 Click for full-size views	Date: 1940, Jul 21 Est. price: £10.00 Category: New Caledonia Description: F/F FAM 19, Noumea to San Francisco, green cachet, cachet ds, b/s, Pan Am
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Lot Number: 446 Click for full-size views	Date: 1940, Jul 21 Est. price: £10.00 Category: New Caledonia Description: F/F FAM 19 Noumea to Honolulu, green cachet, b/s, air cover, Pan Am
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Lot Number: 443 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, Aug 15 Est. price: £60.00 Category: Netherlands East Indies Description: WWII censored air all the way 'Two Ocean' airmail, Batavia to London, via Honolulu 26/8 and New York 29/8, registered (label) imprint etiquette cover, franked 1G 15c, red 'Censureed/5' NEI censor mark on front. Flown KNLIM to Manila, Pan Am FAM 14 to San Francisco, US internal air to New York, Pan Am FAM 18 to Lisbon, BOAC/KLM to London. A well documented WWII item in fine example of KNILM/PAA "two ocean" mail service via Manila; suspended after Pearl Harbour in Dec 1941, see Boyle p 820-828.
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Lot Number: 442 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, Jul 31 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Netherlands East Indies Description: WWII dual censored cover flown by air 'Two Ocean/All the Way by Air' from Batavia to England, bs 5/9, via Honolulu 09/8 transit cds, registered (label) cover franked 2G 5c canc Batavia cds, sealed black/brown 'Door Censuur Geopend' NEI censor tape tied by red NEI censor mark also red '....Geteekend/Gecensureed' and red 'Ec.C' NEI censor marks, and resealed with B&W GB/Caribbean PC90 OBE 31842216 censor tape, typed 'KLM/Trans-Tasman/PAA to USA/Onward air transmission'. Carried by KNILM to Sydney, via Trans Tasman to Auckland, Pan Am FAM9 to San Francisco, US internal air service to New York, Pan Am FAM18 to Lisbon, and European air service to England. A well documented WWII item with great routing. Two small non invasive closed top edge tears. Do not detract, see image.
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Lot Number: 441 Click for full-size views	Date: 1939, May 23 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Netherlands Description: Netherlands acceptance for Pan American F/F Marseille to New York, bs 27/5, Marseilles 25/5, red flight cachet, dark blue/white etiquette, plain cover. Small mail.
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Lot Number: 440 Click for full-size views	Date: 1939, May 23 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Netherlands Description: Netherlands acceptance for Curacao for carriage on the Pan Am F/F FAM 18 Northern Route, Marseilles to New York, bs 27/5, Amsterdam to Curacao, bs 6/6, via Marseille Gare Avion 24/5 and New York 27/5, airmail etiquette cover franked 55c, large red framed flight cachet, typed "Par Premier Service Aerien France-Etats-Unis". Scarce.
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Lot Number: 403 Click for full-size views	Date: 1939, Jun 30 Est. price: £6.00 Category: Ireland Description: F/F FAM 18, Northern North Atlantic route, Foynes-Botwood, b/s, violet cachet, Pan Am.
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Lot Number: 401 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, Jul 22 Est. price: £100.00 Category: Iraq Description: WWII high frank censored 'All The Way By Air' Trans Pacific airmail cover from the Basrah Petroleum Company Ltd to New York, bs 28/8, via Honolulu 23/8, registered (label) cover, 21x10 cm, franked 65 fls on front and 320 fls verso, canc Basrah cds, ms 'Trans Pacific/A ir Mail', two wax company seals, sealed with ? India brown/red 'Passed By Examiner' with small red 'lion and unicorn' hs. Wartime censored mail from Iraq is uncommon, particularly Trans Pacific. Posted at the time of the Anglo-Iraq war when British forces were protecting UK oil interests. Likely flown BOAC to Singapore, Pan Am FAM 14 to San Francisco, and US internal air service to New York. A scarce item with great routing. Image.
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Lot Number: 362 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, Mar 28 Est. price: £60.00 Category: Hong Kong Description: WWII uncensored 'all the way by air', Hong Kong to England, bs Tunbrdge Wells 22/4, imprint cover franked $5.00 (sg159), canc Victoria 28 Mar 41, ms 'Via Pan American Airways and/North Atlantic Services'. Great routing, correctly franked for carriage by Pan Am FAM 14 to US, internal air services to New York, and Pan Am FAM 18 to London. Image.
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Lot Number: 361 Click for full-size views	Date: 1937, Apr 29 Est. price: £10.00 Category: Hong Kong Description: Trans Pacific F/F FAM 14 by 'Hong Kong' then 'China' Clipper to San Francisco, bs 4/5, plain cover franked $2, 50c & 30c canc Hong Kong Airmail cds, fine strike official blue flight cachet, Pan Am.
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Lot Number: 349 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, Dec 23 Est. price: £150.00 Category: Gold Coast Description: American Air mail Service, F/F Gold Coast to England via the all air Pan Am FAM 22 West Africa-Brazil-Miami-Lagos-Bathurst service, Accra to Manchester, plain etiquette cover, correctly rated 5/6d for Gold Coast-UK mail, fine strike violet three line "First Flight/Regular Air Mail Service/GOLD COAST-USA" flight cachet, red hexagonal PBC/5/Gold Coast censor mark. Carried by Pan Am 'all the way', first E-W on the new FAM 22 service, then W-E to Lisbon on FAM 18, then BOAC/KLM to London. Crossed the Atlantic twice by air, service discontinued in March 1942. Super wartime item. Image.
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Lot Number: 263 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, Jul 9 Est. price: £150.00 Category: GB External Description: WWII uncensored air mail, England to Australia "All the Way By Air" via the United States,, Sunderland to Sydney, plain cover sent from RAF officer On Active Service, franked KGVI 4/6d (KGVI 2/6d + 1/- x2), ms 'Clipper Air Mail/Via North Atlantic /andTrans Pacific'. Correctly rated for carriage by air by BOAC/KLM to Lisbon, Pan Am FAM 18 to New York, US domestic airline to San Francisco, Pan Am FAM 14 to Auckland and TEAL to Australia. A scarce item in fine condition.
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Lot Number: 252 Click for full-size views	Date: 1939, Jun 8 Est. price: £175.00 Category: GB External Description: Rare acceptance from Great Britain for Bermuda, bs St Georges 9 Jun 39, for carriage over the Pan Am Southern Route, airmail etiquette cover under franked with KGVI 5d strip of 3 canc Hackney cds, black 'T' in hexagon and '1s/-' tax due hand stamps on front, typed 'North Atlantic Air Service'. Only a few covers were prepared addressed to Bermuda, see Clark W.J.,#32.1.
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Lot Number: 264 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, Oct 17 Est. price: £60.00 Category: GB External Description: Wartime airmail, Pacific Clipper services up to the attack on Pearl Harbour, the 'air all the way' trans Pacific and trans Atlantic clipper service, censored cover, London to New Zealand, no arrival ds, franked 4/6d , canc Ipswich 17 Oct 41 cds, ms "Air Mail/Trans Atlantic Airways/Trans Pacific Clipper", red 'From HM Ship/Passed by Censor' hs. Correctly rated 4/6d for the two ocean clipper service to the UK. Carried by BOAC to Lisbon, FAM18 trans Atlantic service to USA, US internal air service to link with Pan Am in San Francisco then OAT by FAM19 to Auckland. The Pacific Clipper service opened on 3/7/40 when Italy entered the war and ceased after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 11/12/41. An attractive and important item in the study of wartime airmails.
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Lot Number: 258 Click for full-size views	Date: 1940, Jun 04 Est. price: £50.00 Category: GB External Description: World War II, London to New York, no arrival ds, carried on BOAC first regular service Heston to Lisbon, franked 1/3d, canc Newport 3 Jun 1940 cds, fine large label "First Air Mail/England-Lisbon/Connecting with Pan American Airways Trans-Atlantic Service". As illustrated p192 Bergier. A Phillips, Newport, authentication hs verso.
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Lot Number: 161 Click for full-size views	Date: 1939, May 25 Est. price: £20.00 Category: France Description: Pan Am F/F Marseilles to Lisbon, bs 25/5 via Marseiilles 25/5, scarce BLACK cachet, attractive air cover franked 3F.
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Lot Number: 139 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, May 30 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Egypt Description: WWII censored 'all the way by air', Cairo to Ontario, Canada, District Director of Postal Services/London Ont/Jul 30 1941 circular arrival ds on front, red/blue imprint etiquette cover franked 117 ml, canc Cairo cds, typed 'written in English', black Egyptian censor mark. Correctly rated 117 mls for carriage by air from Cairo to Sydney via KLM or BOAC, by air via TEAL to Auckland, by air to USA via Pan Am FAM 19, and by internal air service to Ontario. Super item in fine condition.
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Lot Number: 133 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, Aug 20 Est. price: £125.00 Category: China Description: WWII censored airmail 'by air all the way', Shanghai to Scotland, bs 'Registered Stirling oval 16/9' arrival ds, via Hawaii 4/9, New York 7/9, and 'Registered London oval 15/9, red/blue/grey registered (label) airmail envelope correctly rated $6 40c ($6.15 airmail + 25c registration), violet 'Registered' hs. Carried by the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) to Hong Kong, Pan Am FAM 14 to San Francisco, US Domestic airline to New York, Pan Am FAM 18 to Lisbon, then by European airline to England, Route F Boyd p772). A nice wartime cover with brilliant routing. Image.
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Lot Number: 132 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, Jun 6 Est. price: £100.00 Category: China Description: WWII censored scarce double rate air cover , Shanghai to London, imprint etiquette cover franked $11.30, ms 'PAA Pacific and Atlantic', also fine strike violet 'By Pan American Airways Service Via USA' directional hand stamp, sealed B&W OBE 3471 Caribbean censor tape. Correctly rated $11.30 ($5.90 + $5.40) for carriage by surface from China to Hong Kong, then by air to San Francisco by Pan Am FAM 14 route, by US internal air service to New York, by air via Pan Am FAM 18 route to Lisbon, then by European airline to destination (Route 'G', Boyle p774) . Nice item.
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Lot Number: 130 Click for full-size views	Date: 1937, Apr 27 Est. price: £85.00 Category: China Description: Acceptance from Canton for the Pan Am F/F Hong Kong to Honolulu, bs 2/5, attractive 'twin globe' Licheson registered (label) airmail 'China-USA' and 'Inaurgural Clipper Flight/Canton-Honolulu' cover franked $1.35, grey/black airmail etiquette tied by fine strike official green "China-USA First Flight" circular cachet, also official purple 'Hong Kong to Honolulu' F/F cachet verso.similar verso. Dispatches from Canton are much scarcer than those from Shanghai. Nice item.
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Lot Number: 117 Click for full-size views	Date: 1940, Sep 14 Est. price: £150.00 Category: Canton Description: Canton Island to New Caledonia, bs Noumea 15/9, a Clara Adam's self addressed letter carried on the Canton-Noumea leg of the first paying passenger flight from San Francisco to New Zealand, airmail cover franked 10c. Posted by Clara Adams, the well known 'First Flighter' who was a passenger and addressed this cover to herself ,c/o Pan Am, Noumea, and posted it when the plane stopped at Canton. A nice piece of aerophilatelic history and signed, 'Clara Adams/Round Trip passenger'.
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Lot Number: 85 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, Feb 11 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Australia Description: Wartime airmail, Pacific Clipper services up to the attack on Pearl Harbour Canberra-New York, uncensored Intergovernmental cover franked 4/-, Australian violet diamond '2/NOT/OPENED BY/CENSOR'. Correctly rated 4/- per 1/2oz for carriage to US, flown by Pan Am FAM19 to San Francisco, then US internal air service to destination. The Pacific Clipper service ceased after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 11/12/41.
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Lot Number: 84 Click for full-size views	Date: 1940, Oct 21 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Australia Description: Wartime airmail, Australia to England, Sydney to London,' censored imprint etiquette air cover franked 3/11d (1/-x3,9d and 2d), ms 'Via Canada', violet Australia S.109 censor mark, Correctly rated 3/11d for the air/sea service to England, TEAL to New Zealand, Pan Am FAM 14 to San Francisco, US internal air services to New York, then by sea to London. Image.
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Lot Number: 88 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, Dec 6 Est. price: £250.00 Category: Australia Description: The last dispatch of airmail for carriage on the 'air all the way' trans Pacific and trans Atlantic clipper service to England before the attack on Pearl Harbour, Melbourne to London, Solihull 23/1/42 arrival ds tying Melbourne postmark and airmail etiquette. Cover franked 5/- robes and 5d x2, ms 'Via Clipper Mail', sealed red/white Australian 3 OBC censor tape tied by violet triangular 'Passed By/Censor/269 hs. Correctly rated 5/10d for the two ocean clipper service to the UK, carried by TEAL to New Zealand, Pan Am FAM19 to San Francisco, then US internal air service to link with Pan Am FAM18 trans Atlantic service to Lisbon, then BOAC/KLM to London. This service opened on 3/7/40 when Italy entered the war on June 10th, 1940 and closed Mediterranean section of the long established Empire (Kangaroo) route through Europe and across the Indian Ocean. The Pacific Clipper service ceased after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 11/12/41. An item of considerable aerophilatelic and military significance. Image.
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Lot Number: 86 Click for full-size views	Date: 1941, Feb 13 Est. price: £45.00 Category: Australia Description: Wartime airmail, Pacific Clipper services up to the attack on Pearl Harbour, the 'air all the way' trans Pacfic and trans Atlantic clipper service, Sydney to London, imprint etiquette airmail cover franked 5/- robes, 5d x2, canc Sydney 13/2/1941 cds, typed 'Via New Zealand', violet 'California/Clipper' hand stamp, sealed red/white Australian OBC censor tape tied by violet diamond 'Passed By/Censor/S 296' hs. Correctly rated 5/10d for the two ocean clipper service to the UK, carried by TEAL to New Zealand, Pan Am FAM19 to San Francisco, then US internal air service to link with Pan Am FAM18 trans Atlantic service to Lisbon, then BOAC/KLM to London. This service opened on 3/7/40 when Italy entered the war on June 10th, 1940 and the closed Mediterranean section of the long established Empire (Kangaroo) route through Europe and across the Indian Ocean. The Pacific Clipper service ceased after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 11/12/41. An attractive and important item in the study of wartime airmails. Image.
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Lot Number: 2 Click for full-size views	Date: Est. price: £30.00 Category: Collections Description: Australia Pacific Clipper services up to the attack on Pearl Harbour, four censored WWII airmails 1940/41 to USA, all correctly rated 4/- per 1/2oz for carriage to US, sealed red/white OBC Australia censor tape tied by censor marks, black, blue and violet 'California Clipper' hs's. Flown by Pan Am FAM19 to San Francisco, then US internal air service to destination. The Pacific Clipper service ceased after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 11/12/41. See the website for scan of each cover in the lot.
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