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1940 | Iraq

Ref: DR11165
  • £350.00

Iraq. (Singapore - Trans - Pacific Mail). 1940. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing Iraq Yvert 119, 75f indigo (2) tied by Mosul/Reg double ring '17th Sept 40' with matching Mosul registration label endorsed 'By Air Mail Trans Pacific' routed via Bagdad and Singapore with censor tape tied by 'Passed By/ Censor 52/ Singapore' violet hand-stamp with 'F' and '16' censor cachets, Honolulu, Hawaii transit 'Oct 15' and New York 'Registered' hand-stamp and receive 'Oct 18' on reverse.

Lovely item of Registered Air Mail carried over the Pacific by Pan American Clipper via Singapore and Hawaii.