airmail flight cover: Archbold Trans-Pacific Flight, Honolulu - Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea

Date:06/12/1938
Medium:Paper, ink
Credit Line: Gift of Jon E. Krupnick
Accession Number:2008.075.113
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 for Archbold Trans-Pacific Flight / Dutch New Guinea Expedition, Honolulu - Hollandia segment, June 6 - 9, 1938; envelope with yellow and black cachet with text "Hawaii Paradise of the Pacific" and green cachet with flight information; typewritten text at top "First Flight--Hawaii to New Guinea / Via Archbold Expedition / Flying-Boat Guba"; postmarked June 12, 1938, Honolulu, Hawaii, over four orange 1/2-cent stamps; addressed to and signed by Donald Billam-Walker; three backstamps: November 24, 1938, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 10, 1938, Hollandia, and October 29, 1938, Victoria, Hong Kong.

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