Wake Island Aviation post-World War II
Commemorative Covers
compiled by Dirk H.R. Spennemann
This page presents some images of stamps and covers produced for the Pan American services across the Pacific, using Wake as a stopover.

First PanAm to Honolulu air service after WWII 1 May 1951

 


First airmail service to Wake Island 3 May 1951

 


Cover postmarked on Wake Island 1 May 1951.

 


Cover postmarked on Wake Island 12 August 1951

 


Pan Am First Air Mail flight from Wake Island to Saigon, Vietman 24 May 1951.

 


Pan Am First Air Mail flight from Wake Island to Rangoon, Burma 6 December 1952, Backstamped September 14th, 1953.

 


Pan Am First flight from Rangoon, Burma September 11th, 1953 to Wake Island, Backstamped September 14th, 1953.

 


Cover postmarked on Wake Island 19 November 1977.

 




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Bibliographic citation for this document

Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Wake Island Aviation post-World War II. Commemorative Covers
URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Stamps/Wake/Wake_PostWar.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

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