AIRMAIL CARRIED BY FLYING BOAT Airmail Carried By Flying Boat
Sale No: 239
Lot No:677
Symbol:C/CL*
Balance of the consignment with PanAm FAM18 flights via Portuguese & Belgian Colonies in Africa x10, FAM22 Gambia-USA x3 & commercial South Africa-USA, Dornier X Portugal-Madeira, also a few unrelated items including Newfoundland 'GEN BALBO /FLIGHT' $4.50 on 75c mint (Cat £275).
(31 + stamp)
Trans-Atlantic per various carriers mostly between Latin America, USA & Germany including from Bahamas, Antigua, Panama, Guatemala, Uruguay etc, lots of huge cachets & a few apparently commercial items including from Curacao with anti-Nazi propaganda cachet & USA-Colombia by surface & internal air with SCADTA 50c 'EU' Overprint, also includes 1923 (Mar 23) Bahamas-New York endorsed "via Aeroplane", condition variable.
(23)
Trans-Pacific per PanAm mostly between USA & New Zealand but including a few intermediates & some scarce commemorative types, noted NZ-Belgium consular cover with boxed 'NEW ZEALAND-USA/FIRST AIR MAIL/DECEMBER 1937' in violet (rare; most were struck in red), a few apparently commercial items including 1945 US Forces cover from 'PAGO PAGO' (soiled & repaired tear), mostly fine to very fine.
(38)
Trans-Pacific per PanAm FAM 14 mostly between USA & Hawaii, Philippines & Hong Kong with a few intermediates & extension covers, several are registered, lots of huge cachets & a few apparently commercial items, also post-WWII mostly commercial covers x8 from & between US Trust Territories, mostly fine to very fine.
(39)