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1940(May 22) Pictorial airmail envelope (Small tear at top) showing Clipper flying Hawaii the 2091 miles to San Francisco endorsed on reverse U.S.S. Lex. (abbreviation for Lexington) “B” Div. Hawaii bearing US Airmail 20c tied Honolulu Hawaii / Buy US Savings / Bonds / Ask Your Postmaster slogan d/s…………..[USS Lexington (CV-2) was a 33,000 ton Air Craft carrier that luckily was at sea in the Pacific when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour]