Pan-American Airways. 1939 (May 20-30) Covers and cards carried on the first southern route Transatlantic service between New York and Marseille via Lisbon and the Azores, comprising eastbound covers from the USA (7, one flown to Hong Kong and on to New York with Hong Kong stamps), or covers carried on the first return flight (25), comprising covers from G.B (9, one bearing a G.W.R 3d parcel stamp of Pangbourne), Sweden (2), Belgium, France (8) or Azores (5). Also a press notice, photos (3), postcards of the "Yankee Clipper" (4), etc. (40+).
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Pan-American Airways. 1939 (June 23 - July 1) Covers and cards carried on the first northern route Transatlantic service between New York and Southampton via Canada, Newfoundland and Ireland, comprising east bound covers from USA (6), Canada (9) or Newfoundland (3), or carried on the first return flight from G.B (18, one to Barbados, one flown back to G.B), Switzerland (2), Belgium, Ireland (11), Newfoundland (5) or Canada, also a Canadian P.O notice on first flight covers and a press photo. (58).
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Pan-American Airways. 1939 Covers and cards including three part first flight covers flown from New York to Paris, Paris to Hong Kong and Hong Kong to Washington D.C (2); 1939 (July 11) registered cover from Liverpool to Peru via New York bearing KGV 10/- re-engraved seahorse; the others mainly commercial covers from USA to Europe, several censored in Bermuda, one returned Service Suspended cover to Germany; also an admission card and associated news cutting for the Air Rally at Ambler, Pa. in aid of the Royal Air Force. (42).
