Description: First acceptance of UK mail for carriage over the US TRANSCONTINENTAL AIR MAIL ROUTE, Liverpool To San Francisco, bs May 22, 1925, plain cover correctly rated 1/4 1/2d for air mail service over THREE TIME ZONES from New York, canc Liverpool cds, black/dark blue airmail etiquette with "from New York" in ms below, CARRIED BY S.S. AQUITANIA TO NEW YORK, then internal air to San Francisco.

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Description: Seattle to Victoria, bs 'Victoria BC/Jul 26 1925',plain cover franked US 2c, canc 'Seattle, Wash/Jul 26 1925', framed 'Seattle/Victria/Seaplane/Mail' and 'Seattle, Wash/Seaplane Mail/Victoria, BC', and ms endorsement 'By SS Pres McKinley'. MULLER #217, cat 5000 Ff.

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Description: F/F Brownsville to San Lorenzo, cachet, b/s

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Description: San Francisco to London, Bank of America corner cover franked 10c, fine strike large black straight line "By Air In USA" hs.

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Description: Round trip survey flight, Pan Am Sikorsky "Pan American Clipper" Survey Flight San Francisco-Hawaii and return, bs Honolulu 17/4, also cancelled Honolulu 22/4 for return to San Francisco, 23/4 arrival ds, large red flight Clifornia-Hawaii and blue Hawaii-California flight cachets. Only a few covers were carried on the round trip.

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Description: Possible Pan Am/KLM 'test' flight, endorsed "Round the World Via US and Dutch Air Lines", San Francisco - Manila 1/3 - Batavia 11/3 - Newark, NJ 28/3, airmail cover addressed to KNILM Airways Batavia, franked 75c US stamps canc San Francisco Feb 9, 1936, then re-addressed to Newark, NJ and refranked Netherlands Indies 45c canc Batavia 12/3 cds, tying Dutch AV5 'Per Luchtpost/Par Avion' airmail etiquette. The first regular airmail flight from San Francisco to Manila was 10 weeks earlier on Nov 22, 1935. Interesting.

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Description: F/F FAM 14 flown by 'China' then 'Hong Kong' Clipper, at new reducd 70c rate, San Francisco to Hong Kong, cachet, b/s, printed souvenir cover with map of route, Pan Am.

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Description: F/F FAM 19, Los Angeles to Auckland, cachet, b/s, plain cover,Pan Am

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Description: Airmail addressed to Washington franked 50c air canc fine strike 'USS BLACK HAWK/4 JUN/1941/ASIATIC STATION'', also fine strike framed magenta 'TransPacific/Air-Mail'. Black Hawk was a destroyer tender based at Pearl Harour then Okinawa.

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Description: Underpaid airmail from USN Heavy Cruiser serving in the Pacific theatre in the early years of WWII, franked 20c air canc 'U.S.S'JUN 21/1941/CHICAGO, also 2x10c PD's applied at at Wilmington, and 'Via Trans-Pacific/Air Mail' and 'Postage Due (ms 20) cents' hand stamps. Could have been posted from Canton or Medway, see Boyle p36.

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Description: First clipper airmail flight NY to Tokyo, bs.

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Description: Edinburgh to New York , mixed franking KG VI 6d air letter, posted on arrival in London canc Kensington 8 Dec/1951 airletter , also green/cream 6d BEA letter stamp with ms (+1) tied by black framed violet three line 'BEA/ 6 Dec 1951/Edinburgh 2' hs (see Lister, p14). US violet US 'Not Called For' and framed 'Undelivered for Reason Stated/Return to Sender' hs's. applied in New York. Rated 1/- overall, carried BEA from Edinburgh to London then OAT to New York, then returned to sender. An interesting one for the exhibit. Image.

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Description: Scarce F/F Chicago to Ireland, bs Shannnon Airport 1/5, and Luimneach 2/5 tying Eire 1/3d to confirm arrival, airmail cover franked 15c canc Chicago AMF. Toning on front (see scan) but a very scarce item this not withstanding.

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Description: First flight airmail cover NY to Moscow bs.

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