Lot 65
Hong Kong 1941 Pan Am clipper cover

Stamps & Covers of Asia | S24007
Auction: 18 June 2024 at 11:00 BST
Estimate: £100 - £150
Description
1941 airmail envelope to Sussex bearing $5 dull lilac and scarlet, Victoria CDS 29 NOV 41, via Pan Am. Ex Bennett. SG 159
Footnote
$5 was the rate per half ounce for the route via San Francisco and New York. This cover was carried on Pan Am's 'Hong Kong Clipper II' to Manila on 30 Nov, the final Pan Am service prior to the Japanese invasion; it was transferred to the 'China Clipper', which arrived at San Francisco on 6th December. The 'Hong Kong Clipper II' was destroyed on the water during the Japanese attack

