The Pan Am Flying Boat Service via Wake Is.
Stamps and Covers
compiled by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

This page presents some images of covers produced for the first Pan American flying boat service across the Pacific. The US Postal service created a special stamp issue for the occasion, the Trans-Pacific Airmail Stamps ('Clipper Issue') Walter Crosby designed and produced a number of thermographed Pacific Air Route Flying Boat Cachets which became quite popular for special occasions. Less elaborate covers became the mainstay of the tourist and visitor mail from Hawaii to California. In addition we need to consider the commercial Clipper covers from Wake and elsewhere

Pan American extended its Trans Pacific Flying Boat Air Route to China in 1937, and in 1940 and developed a new route via Los Angeles to the South Pacific and New Zealand.

Commemorative Covers

Flight San Francisco to Manila

Covers ex San Francisco


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Postmark is San Francisco Nov. 22,1935 and the backstamp is Honolulu on the 23rd.

 


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
It has a Nov. 22, 1935 San Francisco postmark

 


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from San Francisco to Guam.
It has a Nov. 22, 1935 San Francisco postmark

 


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from San Francisco to Manila.
It has a Nov. 22, 1935 San Francisco postmark .

 


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from San Francisco to Manila.
It has a Nov. 22, 1935 San Francisco postmark and a Manila receiving mark of Nov. 29, 1935.

 


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from San Francisco to Manila.
It has a Nov. 22, 1935 San Francisco postmark and a Manila receiving mark of Nov. 29, 1935.

 


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from San Francisco to Manila.
It has a Nov. 22, 1935 San Francisco postmark and a Manila receiving mark of Nov. 29, 1935.

 


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from San Francisco to Manila.
It has a Nov. 22, 1935 San Francisco postmark and a Manila receiving mark of Nov. 29, 1935.

 


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from San Francisco to Manila.
It has a Nov. 22, 1935 San Francisco postmark and a Manila receiving mark of Nov. 29, 1935.

 

Covers ex Honolulu


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from Honolulu to Manila.
It has a Nov. 24, 1935 Honolulu postmark .

 

Covers ex Midway

Covers ex Wake

Covers ex Guam


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from Guam to Manila.
It has a Nov. 19, 1935 Guam postmark .

 

 

Flight Manila to San Francisco

Covers ex Manila


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from Manila to San Francisco.
The envelope is addressed to Juan Trippe, President of Pan American Airways.

 


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from Manila to San Francisco.
The envelope is addressed to Juan Trippe, President of Pan American Airways.

 


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from Manila to San Francisco.
The envelope is addressed to Juan Trippe, President of Pan American Airways.

 


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from Manila to San Francisco.
The envelope is addressed to Juan Trippe, President of Pan American Airways.

 

Covers ex Guam


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from Guam to Honolulu.
It has a 3 December 1935 Guam postmark .

 


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from Guam to Honolulu.
It has a Dec. 2, 1935 Guam postmark .

 


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from Guam to San Francisco.
It has a Dec. 3, 1935 Guam postmark .

 

Covers ex Wake


Cover mailed on November 1935 from Wake Island, postmarked Honololu, as part of the first contract flight across the Pacific

 

Covers ex Midway

Covers ex Honolulu


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from Honolulu to San Francisco.
Honolulu on Dec. 5,1935 and the backstamp is San Francisco on Dec. 6,1935.

 


This cover commemorates the first contract Trans-Pacific Flight made in 1935, from Honolulu to San Francisco.
It has a Dec. 5, 1935 Honolulu postmark .

 




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Bibliographic citation for this document

Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). The Pan Am Flying Boat Base on Wake Island. Stamps and Covers
URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Stamps/Wake/PanAm_Stamps.html

CONTACT:
Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P.O.Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia.
e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au