Page 407 - Sierra Leone to 1961 - The Collection
P. 407
Air Mail Services
Elders Colonial Airways Service to Bathurst to connect with German Service to Europe
19 January 1939 - Freetown to Brunsbutte, Germany. Arrival backstamp (23 Jan).
Flown by ECA FB31 from Freetown (20 Jan) and DLH L418 from Bathurst (21 Jan) to Frankfurt (22 Jan).
Rate 1s 5d per ½ oz to Germany, plus 3d registration fee. SS River Ashton was a British merchant steamer.
30 January 1939 - Freetown to Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Flown by ECA FB33 (3 Feb) and DLH L422 from Bathurst (4 Feb) to Frankfurt (5 Feb). Rate 1s 4d per ½ oz.
