Raynors HCA 2018-10
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Broadside “AIR MAIL ACROSS THE PACIFIC San Francisco to Hong Kong” 13-1/4”x16-1/2” advertising the flights of the “China Clipper” in 1935, with commemorative First Day of Issue canceled stamp. Verso reads “Number 48 of 100 Posters Raymond H. Anderson Feb 15, 1985” Fine condition. November 22, 1935, a plane took off from San Francisco heading to Hawaii. A regular event today, but in 1935 aviation was still in its early years and the plane that took off that day quickly captured national and international attention. The China Clipper was the first commercial aircraft to establish a regularly travel route from across the Pacific. The “China” Clipper was somewhat of a misnomer. The route extended from San Francisco through Hawaii, Midway, Wake and Guam before ending in the Philippines, not China. This route was selected because it was an “all-American” flag route. The China Clipper was the first of a series of flying boats owned by Pan American airways that crisscrossed the Pacific beginning in 1935. The boats were named for the clipper sailing ships of the mid-19th century, the speedy trading ships.
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