Round-the-World Flights

Allan Jackson's Fact-Finding Passenger Trip RTW

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Flown Cover	Rear Cover	Departure Cancel	Arrival Cancel	Kehr w/Stewardess

      Ernest A. Kehr was a stamp columnist and the stamp editor for the New York Herald Tribune. 
He regarded every stamp in his collection as a source of information about the country and the 
peoples by which it had been issued. He distributed philatelic materials to Veterans' hospitals 
as head of Stamps for the Wounded and, as a newspaperman, produced more lineage to support 
philately than any other person in history. His book, "Romance of Stamp Collecting" (1947) was 
also the hobby's standard for new collectors for decades. 
      Allan Jackson (December 4, 1915 ~ April 26, 1976) was a newscaster on CBS News. He participated 
in a popular 50's radio show, "Youth Takes A Stand" (1953-55). The format of this show had a panel 
of young people questioning a newscaster concerning current events. The resulting discussions 
provided interesting listening to the CBS audience. Supporting these interests, Jackson traveled as 
an airline passenger round-the-world. He documented this circumnavigation by having an airmail cover 
canceled at the various stops as he flew round-the-world. The airmail cover was addressed to his 
stamp collecting friend, Ernest Kehr. 

Itinerary:

Departed Pound Ridge, NY                   03/19/54
     New York City Airport                 03/19/54
     Beirut, Lebanon                       03/21/54
     Karachi, Pakistan                     03/23/54
     New Delhi, India                      03/27/54
     Rangoon, Burma                        03/31/54
     Bangkok, Thailand                     04/01/54
     Singapore                             04/05/54
     Saigon, South Viet Nam                04/07/54
     Manila, Philippines                   04/14/54
     Hong Kong                             04/16/54
     Taipei, Taiwan                        04/19/54
     Seoul, Korea                          04/23/54
     Tokyo, Japan                          04/26/54
     Honolulu, HI                          04/27/54
Arrived Pound Ridge, NY                    05/03/54

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