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1941 | Thailand

Ref: DR15037
  • £245.00

Thailand.( Australia). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Bridgeport, Conn. bearing Thailand SG 295, 25s grey and orange, SG 297, 1b blue and grey tied by Bangkok GPO date stamp '24th SEPT 41' with circular '6' censor cachet in violet on face, endorsed 'via Auckland' and hand - stamped 'California Clipper'. routed with Sydney, Australia with 'Opened by Censor/ 2' label tied by 'Passed by Censor / S. 311' censor hand-stamp in violet.

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.