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1.4.2 PAA Clipper from Hong Kong to San Francisco
Rate 1: 19 Apr 1937 to 31 Aug 1939 (865 days). Surface first 20g $0.25 Air per 5g $0.95
Rate 2: 1 Sep 1939 to 31 Oct 1939 (61 days). Surface first 20g $0.50 Air per 5g $1.90 Registration fee $0.50
21 Jun 1937 ‑ Shanghai to Portland, USA. No backstamps.
Single rate letter $0.25 + $0.95 = $1.20 + air to Hong Kong $0.25 = $1.45.
‘Via Hongkong & by U.S. Air Service’ handstamp applied in Shanghai.
16 Sep 1939 ‑ Shanghai to New York, USA. Backstamped at Honolulu (12 Oct) and New York (15 & 16 Oct).
Carried by Honolulu Clipper, leaving Hong Kong on 6 Oct 1939. The previous service was cancelled, hence unusual
delay in despatch. Single rate registered letter $0.50 + $1.90 + $0.50 = $2.90.
