Pacific Clipper Postal History During World War II



BOHEMIA & MORAVIA



Posted : October 21, 1941 at Prag

Route : DLH from Prague to Frankfurt; censored in Frankfurt; DLH from Frankfurt to Lisbon; Pan Am FAM 18 Atlantic Clipper from Lisbon to New York, via Bermuda; censored in Bermuda; USA domestic airlines to San Francisco; FAM 14 ANZAC Clipper departed San Francisco on Nov 13 arriving in Manila Nov 18; probably by surface (ship) from Manila to Shanghai, China. Backstamped Frankfurt Oct 23, New York Nov 7, San Francisco Nov 9, and Shanghai Nov 28.

Notes : Scarce two-ocean airmail cover originating from the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The cover is endorsed in manuscript - FLUGPOST UBER LISSABON - AMERIKA indicating the Pan Am two-ocean airmail route. The rate of 9.50k was the registered airmail rate to the USA from June to December of 1941. However, this may have been simply a rate used for airmail to all foriegn destinations. The San Francisco datestamp of Nov 9 and the Shanghai datestamp of Nov 28, verifies that the cover was carried by airmail. The PC 90 Bermuda Censor tape on mail to China is not common.

Rate : 9.50K - 2.50K base rate + 4.00K Airmail Surcharge + 3.00K Registration Fee

Bohemia & Moravia to China


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