"(Wake Island) First acceptance of mail from Wake Island for China, for carriage on the inaugural Pan Am FAM 14 fight from Guam to Hong Kong. Blue/white printed 'PAA/Trans-Pacific Route' corner cover franked 20c air x2, canc 'Guam Apr 27, 1937' cds and 'Guam to Hong Kong' double globe flight cachet, tying fine strike violet ""Mailed At/Wake Island/Pacific Ocean"" cachet, bs Hong Kong 28/4 and Shanghai 30/4, blue 'Via Airmail' hs.  Although Pan Am set up a base for its clipper service in 1935 there was no post office on Wake Island until the outbreak of WWII. Before then all mail was channelled through Honolulu or Guam. A scarce item in fine condition."
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