Flight Covers

Here are the first flight covers from various airlines. At the back of the covers are the receiving postmarks of the various locations. Some are philatelic and do not have a receiving postmark.

The dates indicated are the dates on the cover. It might be a day or two earlier than the actual flight. I have also included special flights, stop-overs on other first flights as well as stage flights.

Cross use of Malaysia stamps on flight covers by Singapore flights after separation are also included.

08 February 1930: KNILM Weltevreden – Singapore

29 December 1933: Imperial Airways and Indian Trans-Continental Airways Singapore – London

For further reference on the history of the Imperial Airways Eastern Route, this is an excellent source: http://www.nzstamps.org.uk/air/external/eastern/easternroute.html

14 April 1934: Imperial Airways Kuala Lumpur – London

14 April 1934: Imperial Airways Penang – London

29 June 1935: British Royal Air Corps Manila – Singapore

28 June 1937: Wearne Air Services Singapore – Penang

28 June 1937: Wearne Air Services Kuala Lumpur – Penang

28 June 1937: Wearne Air Services Penang – Kuala Lumpur

28 June 1937: Wearne Air Services Kuala Lumpur – Singapore

02 March 1938: Empire Air Mail Scheme Unsurcharged Air Mail Malaya – United Kingdom

02 May 1938: Wearne Air Services Kuala Lumpur – Ipoh

02 May 1938: Wearne Air Services Ipoh – Kuala Lumpur

30 August 1938: KNILM Batavia – Singapore – Saigon (Singapore – Saigon)

31 August 1938: KNILM Saigon – Singapore – Batavia (Saigon – Singapore)

02 May 1941: Pan American Airways System San Francisco – Singapore

05 May 1941: Pan American Airways System Honolulu – Singapore

09 May 1941: Pan American Airways System Guam – Singapore

09 May 1941: Pan American Airways System Manila – Singapore

10 May 1941: Pan American Airways System Singapore – Manila

10 May 1941: Pan American Airways System Singapore – Guam

10 May 1941: Pan American Airways System Singapore – Honolulu

10 May 1941: Pan American Airways System Singapore – San Francisco

13 January 1948: Sky Merchant World Flight

The Atlas Sky Merchant Round the World flight arrived in Singapore on 15 March 1948 followed by Penang on 17 March 1948.

06 October 1950: Calcutta – Singapore

There is no information on the carrier. The cachet was supposed to have been made by the Rotary Club of Calcutta.

13 October 1952: B.O.A.C. London – Singapore

16 October 1952: B.O.A.C. Singapore – London

27 May 1953: Pan American World Airways Singapore – Saigon

02 June 1953: Qantas Coronation Flight Singapore – London

All Qantas Coronation Flight covers includes a flight route card.

02 June 1953: Qantas Coronation Flight Cocos Island – London

03 June 1953: Qantas Coronation Flight London – Singapore

03 June 1953: Qantas Coronation Flight London – Cocos Island

04 September 1955: Qantas Special Stamp Issue Singapore – Various Locations

04 September 1955: Pan American World Airways Special Stamp Issue Singapore – San Francisco

04 September 1955: KLM Special Stamp Issue Singapore – The Hague

04 September 1955: B.O.A.C. Special Stamp Issue Singapore – London

21 November 1955: Qantas Diamond Jubilee Flight Johor Bahru – Sydney

01 November 1956: B.O.A.C. Malayan Airways Anniversary Flight Jesselton – London

31 August 1957: Pan American World Airways Johor Bahru – Various Locations (usually to the USA)

This is the set of brochures in the flight cover.

14 January 1958: Qantas Round The World Flight Sydney – Kuala Lumpur

02 May 1958: SAS Copenhagen – Kuala Lumpur

02 May 1958: SAS Stockholm – Kuala Lumpur

03 May 1958: SAS Athens – Kuala Lumpur

08 May 1958: Japan Air Lines Tokyo – Singapore

09 May 1958: Japan Air Lines Singapore – Tokyo

01 June 1959: B.O.A.C. London – Singapore

04 June 1959: B.O.A.C. Singapore – London

05 June 1959: Pan American Singapore – Jakarta

05 June 1959: Pan American Jakarta – Singapore

27 October 1959: Qantas Singapore – London

30 October 1959: Qantas Singapore – Sydney

02 November 1959: B.O.A.C. Singapore – Sydney

04 November 1959: B.O.A.C. Sydney – Singapore

04 January 1963: Borneo Airways Jesselton – Keningau – Sepulot

The original flight was supposed to be on 21 December 1962. However the date was moved thus a sticker with the new date was stuck onto the original printed date.

03 April 1963: B.O.A.C. Singapore – Auckland

06 April 1963: B.O.A.C. Auckland – Singapore

10 September 1963: Malayan Airways Friendship Flight Kuala Lumpur – Jesselton

10 September 1963: Malayan Airways Friendship Flight Singapore – Jesselton

10 September 1963: Malayan Airways Friendship Flight Kuching – Jesselton

10 September 1963: Malayan Airways Friendship Flight Brunei – Jesselton

10 September 1963: Malayan Airways Friendship Flight Jesselton – Kuching

10 September 1963: Malayan Airways Friendship Flight Jesselton – Singapore

10 September 1963: Malayan Airways Friendship Flight Jesselton – Kuala Lumpur

10 September 1963: Malayan Airways Friendship Flight Bangkok – Penang

11 September 1963: Malayan Airways Friendship Flight Bangkok – Ipoh

11 September 1963: Malayan Airways Friendship Flight Bangkok – Kuala Lumpur

11 September 1963: Malayan Airways Friendship Flight Kuala Lumpur – Bangkok

11 September 1963: Malayan Airways Friendship Flight Ipoh – Bangkok

11 September 1963: Malayan Airways Friendship Flight Penang – Bangkok

04 January 1964: Thai Airways Bangkok – Kuala Lumpur

05 January 1964: Thai Airways Kuala Lumpur – Bangkok

05 April 1965: Lufthansa Singapore – Frankfurt

06 April 1965: Lufthansa Frankfurt – Singapore

06 April 1965: Lufthansa Athens – Singapore

04 September 1965: Qantas Sydney – Kuala Lumpur

04 September 1965: Qantas Kuala Lumpur – London

05 September 1965: Qantas London – Kuala Lumpur

06 September 1965: Qantas Kuala Lumpur – Sydney

06 April 1966: Lufthansa New Delhi – Singapore

07 April 1966: Lufthansa Singapore – New Delhi

02 July 1966: Malaysian Airways Singapore – Manila

01 April 1967: Malaysia – Singapore Airlines Kuala Lumpur – Taipei

01 April 1967: Malaysia – Singapore Airlines Singapore – Taipei

01 April 1967: Malaysia – Singapore Airlines Hong Kong – Taipei

02 April 1967: Malaysia – Singapore Airlines Taipei – Kuala Lumpur

02 April 1967: Malaysia – Singapore Airlines Taipei – Singapore

02 April 1967: Malaysia – Singapore Airlines Taipei – Hong Kong

04 April 1967: Malaysia – Singapore Airlines Singapore – Perth

04 April 1967: Malaysia – Singapore Airlines Perth – Singapore

08 May 1967: Japan Air Lines Tokyo – Kuala Lumpur

09 May 1967: Japan Air Lines Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo

18 August 1967: Air India Bombay – Kuala Lumpur

20 August 1967: Air India Kuala Lumpur – Bombay

01 August 1968: Malaysia – Singapore Airlines Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo

01 August 1968: Malaysia – Singapore Airlines Singapore – Tokyo

02 August 1968: Malaysia – Singapore Airlines Tokyo – Kuala Lumpur

02 August 1968: Malaysia – Singapore Airlines Tokyo – Singapore

02 November 1968: B.O.A.C. Schaan – Kuala Lumpur

02 November 1968: B.O.A.C. Zurich – Kuala Lumpur

06 April 1969: SAS Kuala Lumpur – Copenhagen

07 April 1970: Czechoslovak State Airlines Prague – Kuala Lumpur

01 April 1971: Alitalia Rome – Kuala Lumpur

02 August 1972: Malaysia – Singapore Airlines Osaka – Singapore

This is not a first flight cover. However it is an interesting cover in the closing days of Malaysia – Singapore Airlines (MSA) before the split to MAS and SIA. This should be flight ML 631 Osaka – Hong Kong – Bangkok – Singapore.

01 October 1972: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Hong Kong

01 October 1972: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Bangkok 

03 September 1973: Pan Am Cargo San Francisco – Kuala Lumpur

05 November 1973: KLM Vienna – Cairo

05 November 1973: KLM Vienna – Kuala Lumpur

05 November 1973: KLM Vienna – Jakarta

06 November 1973: SAS Frankfurt – Kuala Lumpur

07 November 1973: KLM Kuala Lumpur – Bahrain

04 April 1974: SABENA Brussels – Kuala Lumpur

05 April 1974: SABENA Kuala Lumpur – Brussels

12 June 1974: First Airbus Prototype (A300B1) Flight to Kuala Lumpur

Note: The original aircraft registration was F-WUAB. This registration was changed to F-OCAZ. The aircraft was scrapped on 27 August 1974.

15 July 1975: Concorde Endurance Flight Kuala Lumpur – Bahrain

13 April 1976: Concorde Endurance Flight Kuala Lumpur – Colombo

08 May 1977: Japan Air Lines 10 Years Anniversary Flight Tokyo – Kuala Lumpur

04 April 1977: KLM Dubai – Kuala Lumpur

04 July 1977: SIA Geneva – Kuala Lumpur

05 July 1977: SIA Zurich – Kuala Lumpur

20 November 1979: MAS Madras – Penang

20 November 1979: MAS Madras – Kuala Lumpur

06 January 1980: MAS Tokyo – Kuala Lumpur

01 April 1980: Lufthansa Frankfurt – Kuala Lumpur

01 April 1980: Lufthansa Frankfurt – Melbourne

02 April 1980: Lufthansa Kuala Lumpur – Sydney

02 April 1980: Lufthansa Kuala Lumpur – Frankfurt

02 April 1980: Lufthansa Melbourne – Frankfurt

02 April 1980: Lufthansa Sydney – Kuala Lumpur

03 April 1980: Lufthansa Kuala Lumpur – Frankfurt

01 July 1980: Japan Air Lines Osaka – Kuala Lumpur

31 January 1982: Lufthansa Frankfurt – Kuala Lumpur

31 January 1982: Lufthansa Dubai – Kuala Lumpur

31 January 1982: Lufthansa Dubai – Melbourne

31 January 1982: Lufthansa Dubai – Sydney

01 February 1982: Lufthansa Kuala Lumpur – Melbourne

02 February 1982: Lufthansa Sydney – Dubai

02 February 1982: Lufthansa Melbourne – Kuala Lumpur

02 February 1982: Lufthansa Melbourne – Dubai

02 February 1982: Lufthansa Kuala Lumpur – Dubai

02 February 1982: Lufthansa Kuala Lumpur – Frankfurt

02 February 1982: Lufthansa Dubai – Frankfurt

12 April 1982: MAS Frankfurt – Kuala Lumpur

30 July 1986: Stampex ’86 Aerophilately Penang – Adelaide

31 July 1986: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Los Angeles

31 July 1986: MAS Los Angeles – Kuala Lumpur

01 January 1989: MAS Kuala Lumpur – New Delhi

01 January 1989: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Karachi

18 June 1989: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Zurich

19 June 1989: MAS Zurich – Kuala Lumpur

30 November 1989: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Brussels

02 December 1989: MAS Kuala Lumpur – London

02 December 1989: Lufthansa Frankfurt – Kuala Lumpur

04 December 1989: Lufthansa Kuala Lumpur – Frankfurt

06 December 1989: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Istanbul

06 December 1989: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Auckland

29 October 1990: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Vienna

31 October 1990: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Nagoya

31 October 1990: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Brisbane

08 November 1990: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Darwin

08 November 1990: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Adelaide

09 November 1990: MAS Adelaide – Kuala Lumpur

31 March 1991: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Beijing

01 April 1991: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Kaohsiung

08 April 1991: Czechoslovak State Airlines Prague – Kuala Lumpur

08 July 1991: EVA Air Taipei – Kuala Lumpur

01 June 1992: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Munich

05 June 1992: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Madrid

18 July 1992: MAS Barcelona Olympic Team Flight Kuala Lumpur – Zurich

25 October 1992: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Mexico City

26 October 1992: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Johannesburg

30 March 1993: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Surabaya

31 October 1993: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Cebu

11 November 1993: Air France Concorde Round the World Flight Hong Kong – Kuala Lumpur

13 November 1993: Air France Concorde Round the World Flight Kuala Lumpur – New Delhi

23 March 1994: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Cape Town

28 March 1994: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Buenos Aires

29 March 1994: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Rome

04 September 1994: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Osaka

16 April 1995: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo

17 April 1995: MAS Tokyo – Kuala Lumpur

03 November 1995: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Vancouver

02 April 1996: Japan Air Lines Kuala Lumpur – Osaka

27 October 1996: China Southern Airlines Shanghai – Kuala Lumpur

01 April 1997: MAS Shanghai – Kuala Lumpur

09 June 1997: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Munich

26 October 1997: Lauda Air Vienna – Kuala Lumpur

09 December 2010: AirAsia X Haneda – Kuala Lumpur

01 July 2012: MAS Kuala Lumpur – London

02 July 2012: MAS London – Kuala Lumpur

01 March 2013: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Paris

02 March 2013: MAS Paris – Kuala Lumpur

01 March 2017: Cathay Dragon Hong Kong – Kuala Lumpur

01 March 2017: Cathay Dragon Kuala Lumpur – Hong Kong

22 May 2017: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Nanjing

08 June 2017: Philippine Airlines Kuala Lumpur – Manila

20 June 2017: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Wuhan

22 June 2017: AirAsia Johor Bahru – Kuala Terengganu

The cover was postmarked before the festival break at the airport.

26 June 2017: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Fuzhou

The cover was postmarked on 23 June 2017 as the last day before the Airport Post Office festival closure from 24 – 27 June 2017.

28 June 2017: AirAsia X Kuala Lumpur – Honolulu

01 August 2017: Malindo Air Kuala Lumpur – Phnom Penh

09 August 2017: AirAsia Kuala Lumpur – Sihanoukville

02 February 2018: Scoot Singapore – Kuantan

05 February 2018: AirAsia Kuala Lumpur – Jaipur

18 May 2018: AirAsia Kuala Lumpur – Hua Hin

06 June 2018: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Brisbane

01 July 2018: AirAsia Penang – Hanoi

01 July 2018: AirAsia Penang – Phuket

10 August 2018: Malindo Air Kota Kinabalu – Singapore

16 August 2018: AirAsia X Kuala Lumpur – Amritsar

17 August 2018: Malindo Air Subang – Silangit

18 August 2018: Malindo Air Kuala Lumpur – Penang – Nanning

18 August 2018: Malindo Air Penang – Nanning

01 October 2018: AirAsia Johor Bahru – Ipoh

01 October 2018: AirAsia Ipoh – Johor Bahru

01 October 2018: AirAsia Johor Bahru – Alor Setar

01 October 2018: AirAsia Alor Setar – Johor Bahru

28 October 2018: Malindo Air Kota Kinabalu – Kuching

28 October 2018: Malindo Air Kuching – Kota Kinabalu

28 October 2018: Malindo Air Kota Kinabalu – Wuhan

15 November 2018: IndiGo Kuala Lumpur – Bengaluru

15 November 2018: IndiGo Kuala Lumpur – Delhi

30 November 2018: AirAsia Kota Kinabalu – Kunming

02 December 2018: AirAsia Ipoh – Singapore

02 December 2018: AirAsia X Kuala Lumpur – Tianjin

02 December 2018: AirAsia Tawau – Kuching

06 December 2018: Malindo Air Kota Kinabalu – Tawau

06 December 2018: Malindo Air Tawau – Kota Kinabalu

06 December 2018: Malindo Air Kuala Lumpur – Johor Bahru

01 January 2019: AirAsia Kota Kinabalu – Bintulu

01 January 2019: AirAsia Bintulu – Kota Kinabalu

01 January 2019: AirAsia Kota Kinabalu – Sibu

01 January 2019: AirAsia Sibu – Kota Kinabalu

10 January 2019: Malindo Air Kota Kinabalu – Chongqing

18 January 2019: AirAsia Kota Kinabalu – Bandar Seri Begawan

23 March 2019: Malindo Air Kuala Lumpur – Hokkaido

31 March 2019: MAS Kuala Lumpur – Kochi

02 April 2019: Malindo Air Johor Bahru – Guangzhou

08 April 2019: AirAsia Kuala Lumpur – Can Tho

16 April 2019: Malindo Air Kuala Lumpur – Denpasar – Adelaide

21 April 2019: Firefly Resumption of Flight Subang – Seletar

01 May 2019: AirAsia Kuala Lumpur – Quanzhou

01 May 2019: Malindo Air Kuala Lumpur – Zhengzhou

01 May 2019: AirAsia X Kuala Lumpur – Lanzhou

01 May 2019: Malindo Air Kuala Lumpur – Chengdu

02 July 2019: AirArabia Kuala Lumpur – Sharjah

18 July 2019: Malindo Air Kuala Lumpur – Varanasi

09 August 2019:  Malindo Air Subang – Pekanbaru

14 August 2019: Malindo Air Kuala Lumpur – Bali – Sydney

18 August 2019: Malindo Air Kota Kinabalu – Sandakan 

18 August 2019: Malindo Air Sandakan – Kota Kinabalu

01 September 2019: AirAsia Kuala Lumpur – Surat Thani

01 October 2019: AirAsia Kuala Lumpur – Pontainak

02 October 2019: AirAsia Kuala Lumpur – Belitung

20 November 2019: AirAsia X Kuala Lumpur – Narita

01 January 2020: Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur – Beijing Daxing

22 January 2020: AirAsia X Kuala Lumpur – Okinawa

17 February 2020: Malindo Air Kuala Lumpur – Sandakan

02 March 2020: Malindo Air Kuala Lumpur – Tawau

 

 

To Be Continued.