Posted : Nov 17, 1941 at Suva

Route : FAM 19 California Clipper to Auckland ; boxed Censor handstamp lower left corner.

Notes : In November of 1941, Pan Am added Fiji as an overnight stop on the FAM 19 route between Canton Island and New Caledonia. There were only 3 outbound stops and 2 inbound stops at Fiji, before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the US entry into the war. Non philatelic covers are not common. This cover is postmarked Nov 17, 1941 at Suva and was carried on the last outbound flight of the California Clipper, which departed San Francisco Nov 17, arriving at Suva on Nov 21. After an overnight stop, it left the next day for Auckland, arriving Nov 24.

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