Intercontinental Airmails Vol.2 - Asia and Australasia, by E B Proud. Published by Proud Publications, 2009. H/B, 896p. This latest addition to the Proud postal history series covers all intercontinental flights carrying civilian mail to and from Asia and Australasia up to the end of World War II. Postal rates and timetables of the Cairo-Baghdad RAF, Imperial Airways, Horseshoe Route, BOAC, KLM, Qantas, Lufthansa, and French, Italian and Polish services are given, and there is also a chapter on Overland Services to the Far East via Russia and China and Japanese services. Valuations for covers and cards are based on a points system. Illustrated in colour. |