LOT/4 1940 FAM 19 TRANS-PACIFIC First Flights, CANTON ISLAND to N.Z., Hawaii etc

Description: Scott #C7 x3, #C21 FrankingsFirst Flight Covers3 Different Cachet DesignsCanton Island to Noumea, New CaledoniaCanton Island to Auckland, New ZealandCanton Island to Honolulu, HawaiiHonolulu, Hawaii to Canton IslandAll With Appropriate Receiving Back StampsFAM-19 was awarded to Pan American Airways. On June 2, 1927 Juan Trippe formed an airline, “Aviation Corporation of America” with two allies. Sonny Whitney and John Hambleton were directors and Juan Trippe was in charge of operations. In order to procure a route to Cuba, the airline merged with two others to form Pan American Airways.Trippe became president and general manager. He had obtained a contract from the federal government to fly mail from Key West to Camp Colombia, Havana Cuba. It was the first contract for the carriage of mail to a foreign country from the US. Trippe had bought two Fokker planes and had a ground crew preparing an airport at Meacham Field in Key West FL. He had a deadline with the government to begin the service. Although two runways had been completed, heavy rain had been falling for two days and the airport became a swamp. To meet his contractual deadline, Trippe decided to charter a seaplane to make the flight. He talked pilot Cy Caldwell into making the flight with “La Nina” a Fairchild FC-2 floatplane that Cy was flying for the West Indian Aerial Express. On October 19, 1927 La Niña, piloted by Cy Caldwell and chartered by Trippe, took off from Key West landing at Camp Colombia, Havana Cuba 1H 20M later.FAM-19 was awarded to Pan Am and on July 12, 1940 JH Tilton piloted a Boeing 314 from San Francisco and Los Angeles CA west across the Pacific Ocean via Hawaii to New Zealand. FAM-19 complemented FAM-14 routing.Slight wear, corner dings, some wrinkles on a couple of the covers. These covers are in Fine / Very Fine Condition. <-- Condition Issues If Any. If there are wrinkles, waves, tears or missing pieces, I'll mention them. Please view the scans to form your own opinion on condition. Additional information upon request. Just message me! Thanks for looking, and thanks in advance for your bids or purchase! In general, postal history items will be in fine / very fine condition. Many like FDC's will be in excellent condition. Standalone stamps will be described. Additional information upon request. Just message me! Thanks for looking, and thanks in advance for your purchases!************************************SHIPPING & HANDLING FOR MY ITEMS(I will happily combine shipping for you)At Checkout, You Will (Hopefully) Have These Shipping Options.IF YOU WANT TRACKING, YOU NEED TO PAY FOR IT.$1.00 = USPS First Class - No Tracking$4.50 = Parcel Post with Trackingor for Insured Mail up to $100.00.$5.00 for USPS Certified Mail$15.00 = Registered Mail (USA Only)$19.00 = Registered Mail to CanadaJust $1.50 First Class to Canada!Please allow a little time for me to invoice you!_____________________________________________OVERSEAS ORDERSJust $3.00 Airmail For Overseas shipping & handling for regular sized covers!Large covers will be a dollar more. $2.00 more if much larger.(You can pay for Registered Mail for any purchase of any amount. Recommended if you live in a country where item's are lost much of the time.)Buy as many items as you wish with NO additional shipping charges per package up to $75.00 in value!Just $22.00 For Registered Mail! Multiple items may be combined, and may cost up to $25.00 total in some cases.REQUIRED FOR ITEMS OVER $75.00 Going Outside the USA.CHECK TO SEE IF YOUR COUNTRY TRACKS REGISTERED MAIL!Only 35 do! I Can Invoice You For The Items With Correct Combined Shipping. Please message me!Since PayPal charges per transaction, I cannot refund you if you pay for individual items before I have a chance to invoice you with combined shipping.THANKS! Sincerely, Dave I Sell All Kinds of Postal History & Some other things too!1800's stampless, 19th Century stamps on and off cover,Stamp Dealer Covers, FDC's, Collins' covers, DPO's, RFD's, single prexie and multiple prexies usages, Transatlantic airmails and ship covers, fancy cancels, naval, world exposition, celebrity, aviation and space autographs, Advertising, Airmail, Graf Zeppelins, USS Akron & USS Macon, Railroad RPO / RMS and more!Follow my listings to see more of them! They will be priced to sell!NEW AUCTION LISTINGS -Usually 5 Days a Week! Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution

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