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Trans Pacific Air Mail, 1940 to 1941

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USA with air from Karachi-London USA, 1929

Cover with 65c (345x5, 341x4) tied by NEBODA- 17 DE/ 29 d/s to Memphis, Tennessee. NEW YORK, N.Y./ HUDSON TERM- JAN 9 arr d/s. The rate consisted of 45c for the air mail acceleration from Karachi to London and 20c regular postage to USA. Parallel bars over Air Mail etiquette indicating surface mail from London.

USA with internal air service, 1931

Cover f/w 45c (338,341,345,352) tied by VEYANGODA- SE 20/ 31 d/s to Hawaii. HILO, HAWAII- NOV 7/ 1931 b/s. Carried by sea to New York, by air to Dallas and surface mail again to Hawaii.

France, 1930

60c (352ax2) franking to France with PARIS- 22 1/30 and VILLIERS- 23 1 30 arr d/s. The rate consisted of 40c from Karachi and the 20c surface rate to France.

Air mail to Germany, 1931

Rs 1.50 franking (338x2,344,341x2,343,346b,350b, 363) tied by COLOMBO- 25 MAY/ 31 d/s to Frankfurt, Germany. Endorsed “via Karachi- Germany”. Boxed “MIT LUFTPOST BEFORDERT/ POSTAMT- NURNBERG 2 FLUGHAFEN” h/s and NURNBERG- FURTH/ FLUGHAFEN- 9 6 31 arr d/s. The air fee was Rs 1.20 and the surface rate was 30c for a 1 1/2 oz letter.

Shortpaid Air mail to Germany, 1933

Shortpaid cover endorsed "Karachi-Brindisi" f/w 50c (353) tied by COLOMBO- 23 NOV/ 33 d/s to Germany. Circular “T” / 15c (m/s) postage due notations. The correct postage was 40c Air mail rate from Karachi plus 20c suface rate.

Canada. trans pacific via Chunking, 1941

Cover f/w Rs. 4.75 (392, 394bx3, 395, 396) paying the 1/2 oz transpacific rate via Chunking to Canada. GAMMADUWA- 28 FE/ 41 d/s. Opened and resealed with Indian censor label and triangular PASSED/ CENSOR/11 h/s.

USA transpacifi via Singapore, 1941

Registered airmail cover to New York endorsed “Colombo- Singapore- USA” with Rs 16.20 franking (397x3, 395, 391) tied by COLOMBO/ REGISTERED- 25 VI 41 d/s. SINGAPORE/ REGISTERED- 4 JY/ 1941 tr and NEW YORK- 7 19/1941 arr d/s. 2 oz rate indictaed by 53 gr m/s notation.