Posted : July 7, 1941 at Fort Bayard, Kouangtcheouwan

Route : Fort Bayard to Hanoi to Hong Kong probably by surface or French Air Line; Fam 14 from Hong Kong to San Francisco; USA domestic airlines to New York; FAM 18 Atlantic Clipper service from New York to Lisbon; from Lisbon, probably by surface to Morocco.

Notes : The cover has the manuscript endorsement "via Pan American Airways & transatlantic", which was the standard way for postal clerks or senders from Indo China and the Orient to indicate the two-ocean airmail route via Pacific and Atlantic Clipper service. The stamps are from Indo China overprinted for use in Kouangtcheouwan. The franking is 2 piastres, which I have seen on one other two-ocean cover from Indo-China to Algeria. This area has been ceded back to China, and is now called Zhanjiang. There is a Mellal, Morocco arrival marking dated Sep 9, 1941. This a rare combination of origin and destination, and a truly rare route.

Rate : 2 piastres