airmail flight cover: Air Mail Service, first airmail flight, New Zealand - United States route

Date:1940
Medium:Paper, ink, adhesive
Credit Line: Gift of Josephine Roig Humphrey
Accession Number:2004.075.072
Dimensions:4 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (10.8 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:Aviation Archive
Category:Philately
Subcategory:Airmail Flight Cover
Description

Airmail flight cover, Pan American Airways, part of first airmail service between United States and New Zealand, New Zealand - United States route; rectangular purple cachet at lower left corner with caption, “New Zealand - U.S.A., Air Mail Service via New Caledonia, Canton Is. and Hawaii.”; postmarked July [illegible], 1940 in Auckland over two stamps; backstamp: July 25, 1940 in San Francisco.

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