Ref: DR14658
- £245.00
Thailand. ( Air Mail ). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to New York bearing Thailand SG 242, 25s blue, SG 243, 50s black and orange, SG 244, 1t green and lilac and SG 289, 15s blue tied by Bangkok GPO date stamp endorsed 'Via Auckland, San Francisco / via Pacific' with hand-struck 'California Clipper' (struck twice), routed via Australia with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by 'Passed by Censor / S.412' hand-stamp in violet. Very fine.
Letter from Bangkok carried by BOAC or KLM to Sydney, censorship applied and the hand-stamp 'California Clipper' (to indicate Transpacific mail to be redirected at Auckland into the PAA service), from Sydney flown Tasman Empire Airways to Auckland.
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