Pacific Clipper Postal History During World War II



BOLIVIA



Posted : December 19, 1940 at La Paz

Possible Route : PANAGRA to Cristobal; FAM 5 to Miami; USA domestic airlines to San Francisco; FAM 14 to Hong Kong; Surface to Shanghai; combination air / surface from Shanghai across China and Russia to Sweden.

Notes : A very unusual 3 line handstamp routing instruction - VIA PANAGRA Via Pacific - Shanghai - Leningrad. I have never seen this marking on a cover before. Did the cover actually go this route? There are no additional transit markings, so it is impossible to determine. The Censor tape is from Trinidad. The franking is definitely higher than normal for a cover from Bolivia. What would be the reason for such a routing? To avoid British censorship? Since the cover was censored in Trinidad, that reason is questionable. Perhaps the sender was not aware that the cover would be censored in Trinidad. An interesting item.

Rate : 39.50 Bolivanos

Bolivia to Sweden


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