Posted : March 27, 1940 at Bangkok

Probable Route : IA / BOAC Bangkok to Hong Kong Flight BH222 on March 28; FAM 14 Philippine Clipper departed Hong Kong on Apr 3, arriving San Francisco Apr 9; USA domestic airlines to New York.

Notes : Boxed Imperial Aiways handstamp, endorsed in manuscript Via Trans Pacific Clipper. Attractive franking includes uncommon use of (4) 1 Tical Throne Room stamps of Thailand.

Rate : 4.65 Tical

Posted : Dec 21, 1940 at Bangkok

Route : BOAC Horseshoe route from Bangkok to Sydney; TEAL from Sydney to Auckland; Pan Am FAM 19 from Auckland to San Francisco; USA domestic airlines to New York.

Notes : Normally, this cover would have been flown directly to Hong Kong, from Bangkok, to connect with Pan Am's FAM 14 service. However, in October of 1940, due to pressure from the Japanese on the French government, the BOAC Bangkok to Hong Kong route, which flew over French Indo China, was permanently closed. This cover, instead of going from Bangkok to Hong Kong, went from Bangkok to Sydney, Australia. It is endorsed upper left Via Sydney to Auckland, thence to S.F. By Pan American. The CALIFORNIA CLIPPER handstamp was applied in Sydney, and the cover was censored in Australia.

Rate : 1.75 baht

Posted : Sep 20, 1941 at Bangkok

Route : BOAC Horseshoe route from Bangkok to Singapore; Pan Am FAM 14 to San Francisco; USA domestic airlines to New York.

Notes : In May of 1941, Pan Am extended the terminus of the FAM 14 route to Singapore. This cover has the typed instructions PAN AMERICAN CLIPPER VIA SINGAPORE. The cover was censored in Singapore, and has the distinctive G 14 in small violet circles, applied at Singapore.

Rate : 3.25 baht

Posted : October 25, 1941 at Bangkok

Probable Route : KLM from Bangkok to Singapore ; Pan Am FAM 14 to San Francisco; USA domestic airlines to New York; FAM 18 Atlantic Clipper to Lisbon; European transport to Goteborg, Sweden.

Notes : Scarce two-ocean airmail cover from Thailand. Endorsed in manuscript (probably by a Postal Clerk) - Via Singapore to USA, Via Lisbon indicating the two-ocean route. The cover was censored in Singapore, and has the distinctive K 25 in small violet circles, also applied at Singapore.

Rate : 4.75 baht