Uruguay Montevideo Cover Per SS Augustus To France

I assume the ss augustus was a steamship? Whats your thoughts on this fine cover?

Fabulous cover.
I would suggest the addressor of the cover, made a mistake,
it would be the "MS Augustus"...she was powered by diesel engines.

I think the Registration Label is a Wow!
the Pennant / Ensign style separation is a knockout,
Not sure if they came that way, or were modified.

If, perchance I am correct, she went on to be an aircraft carrier.

Thanks rod222 you maybe correct it should have been the "MS Augustus" I was quiet taken by some of the early Montevideo covers I got today there were some others with Registration Labels that look attractive. Also one 1st clipper flight from Montevideo to New York.

If so, the cover has a nice history, possibly the last trip before the re-fit to Carrier.
(pretty impressive design, the MV Augustus, averaging 22 knots Italy to South America, that's faster than the top speed of the Titanic)
A modern destroyer max's out at around 35 knots.

To top it off, you may need to ID the French backstamp, and a close up, (if readable) of the wax seal.

The wax seal impression has worn the French backstamp partly faded but someone maybe able to figure it out these are the best close ups I could do on here, see what you think

and here is another beauty

Lovely covers look at the label

Note sure if this is a common cover

duncanyr - Beautiful covers!! I suppose the last one is a 1st flight cover?

duncanvr: arrival backstamp ANTIBES ALPESMARITIMES

Blaamandyes yes that one is a First Flight Cover to be exact clipper flight what ever aircraft that was.

Thanks perf12 I never heard of the place named ANTIBES before but see its between Cannes and Nice

Bravo!

I see a clipper ship, in the wax seal, but then again, I may be seeing
a sort of "Madonna in my slice of toast" type thing.

The first flight from Montevideo, Uruguay to the US was November 7, 1931 on a Pan American Airlines flying boat built by Consolidated Aircraft and called a Commodore. It could carry up to 18 passengers in addition to its three man crew. The name Clipper did not come until a bit later that year when Pan Am President Trippe decided to call his flying boats Clippers in honor of the fast sailing ships from the previous century to romanticize his aircraft and entice more passengers. This first flight to the US is listed in the American Air Mail Catalog as flight number F6-107.

The cover shown was a later improvement in service that occurred in July of 1946. It was a flight from New York City Port of Spain, Trinidad, then to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, then to Montevideo, Uruguay, and ending in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The aircraft then turned around and flew the same route back to New York. Mail was created for each leg or combination of legs for this flight. The cover shown was flown on the combination of legs from Uruguay to Brazil to Trinidad to New York City. It is listed in the American Air Mail Catalog as flight F5-163. There were 1,986 pieces of mail flown on this particular set of legs. The cachet shown on the cover illustrated by Duncanvr was a privately applied one that was made up by Pan Am to encourage collectors to send mail on this flight. The Pan Am Clipper that was used on this flight was not one of the famous flying boats of the mid 1930s to early 1940s, rather it was a four engine DC-4 land plane. Pan Am had already started buying and flying some of the new 3 tailed Lockheed Constellations, but they were only using those on their transatlantic flights.

Thanks all really excellent info here Kimo thanks for your help