airmail flight cover: Pan American Airways, first airmail flight, New Zealand - Hawaii route

Date:07/19/1940
Medium:Paper, ink
Credit Line: Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family
Accession Number:2012.149.1775
Dimensions:4 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (10.8 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:Aviation Archive
Category:Philately
Subcategory:Airmail Flight Cover
airline: Pan American Airways
company: Pan American World Airways
Description

Airmail flight cover, Pan American Airways, New Zealand to Hawaii; part of first airmail service between United States and New Zealand; stamped purple cachet at lower left with text “New Zealand - U.S.A. / Air Mail Service / Via New Caledonia, Canton Is. and Hawaii”; postmarked July 19, 1940, Auckland, missing postage stamp; backstamp: July 22, 1940 in Honolulu; addressed to William Van Dusen.

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