Round-the-World Flights

Pan American Inaugurates All-Cargo Round-the-World Jet Flight Service

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NY Flown Cover	Cachet	SF Flown Cover	Cancellation	Plane B-707-321C

	On June 1963 Pan American Airlines inaugurated all-cargo jet operations with full-pallet 
load/unload facilities using their B-707-321C aircraft.
	On July 1, 1965, the international FAM-14 route inaugurated all-cargo round-the-world service 
between San Francisco, CA and New York, NY via Calcutta, India.  Similarily, on July 3, 1965 the 
international FAM-18 route was inaugurated between New York and San Francisco via Calcutta.  Mail 
could travel round-the-world via these all-cargo flights. FAM-14 and FAM-18 service was provided by 
Pan American Airlines.

			!- - - - - - - - - -New York, NY- - - - -F18-385- - - -!
			!                        (eastward)                    !
			!                     Europe                           !
			!                   Calcutta, India                    !
			!                     Far East                         !
			!                        (westward)                    !
			!- - -F14-138- - - -San Francisco, CA - - - - - - - - -! 

Note: When the San Francisco plane landed at Tokyo, Japan, it was refused permission to continue as 
		it carried a "revenue load."  The covers were placed on a regular passenger flight to New 
		York where they were backstamped.

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