1953 BAHRAIN
to MANILA
By BOAC Comet,
postmarked BAHRAIN / 3 APR 53
backstamped
AIR MAIL RECEIVED / MANILA, PHILIPPINES / APR 5 AM 1953
FLIGHT COVERS
OF THE PHILIPPINES 1947 - 1988 catalogue by Linda Stanfield list
a 1953 by
BOAC, Tokyo to London via Manila and Singapore - Calcutta - Karachi - Beirut
- Rome.
Flight #RP-26
covers the MANILA to BEIRUT leg, postmarked April 5.
Linda Stanfield
clearly noted the following after her #RP-26 listing:
"It is
believed that other covers to and from Manila exist for this flight; however,
only the
above is known to the author, so far."
1957 ISRAEL
to MANILA
First Direct
Service by Air France, Flight AF 192
Postmarked
LOD SEDE TE'UTA / 22.4.57
Backstamped
MANILA / PHILIPPINES / APR 25 1957
FLIGHT COVERS
OF THE PHILIPPINES 1947 - 1988 catalogue
by Linda Stanfield
does not list any flights in 1957.
