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1940(Jul 15) Censored envelope by Airmail to Bath bearing 4/-, 2/- & 3d tied Masterton cds with framed NEW ZEALAND – USA / AIR MAIL SERVICE / NEW CALEDONIA, CANTON Is. & HAWAII cachet & routed via the expensive two ocean 6/3 rate via Panam from Auckland to San Francisco – US Domestic Airmail to New York – Panam Across the Atlantic to Lisbon – BOAC or KLM to UK …This was the most expensive routing per ½oz & Boyle in Airmail Operations during WW2 states was operational 20 Jul – 9 Sep 1940 (50 days). Only a handful have stood the test of time & surviving examples are rare.