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Posted : Nov 28, 1941 at Paramaribo, Suriname
Route : FAM 6-10 to Miami; USA Domestic airlines to San Francisco; San Francisco to Honolulu by ANZAC Clipper; offloaded at Hilo
during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; Censored by the I.C.B. in Honolulu ; Released by I.C.B. and sent from Hawaii back to San Francisco;
USA domestic airlines from San Francisco to Miami; FAM 22 across the South Atlantic to Africa, to connect with BOAC;
BOAC through Cairo to India; Censored in India; at some point determined undeliverable; sent to the Dead Letter Office at Bombay;
Marked Returned To Sender Service Suspended ; sent back to Paramaraibo arriving there July 20, 1942.
Notes : This cover is a wonderful example of an item in transit during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and the interruption of mail service
due to World War II. The cover was flown on the Last Pre-war flight of ANZAC Clipper,
which departed San Francisco on Dec 6, 1941, and
arrived in Hawaii during the Japanese attack. After being offloaded at Hilo, the cover was sent to the I.C.B. (Information Control Branch),
where it was censored and Released By I.C.B. 32.
The cover was then flown back to San Francisco and on to Miami, where it was backstamped Feb 3, 1942. From Miami,
the cover was flown by FAM 22 to either Leopoldville or Lagos to connect with BOAC Trans Africa service to Cairo, and from there
by Horseshoe route to the Dutch Indies. It got at least as far as India, where it was censored again, and eventually sent to the Dead Letter Office
in Bombay, marked several times - Return To Sender. The cover arrived back in Paramaraibo on July 20, 1942, where it was
back stamped. Despite the somewhat rough condition, a wonderful and rare example of interrupted mail.
Rate : 1.375 Guilders
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Suriname to Dutch East Indies - Returned
(Last Flight - ANZAC Clipper)
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