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Background: The Post Office Department designated any contract air mail route flown by an airline into/from a foreign country into/from the US as a "Foreign Air Mail" route. The Foreign Air Mail routes became known as FAM's.

FAM-46: FAM-46 was awarded to Air Micronesia (Continental Air Lines).
        Continental Air Lines began service in 1934 as Varney Speed Lanes, named after one of its initial owners, Walter T Varney. VSL operated out of El Paso TX with flight service through Las Vegas NV, Albuquerque, Santa Fe NM to Pueblo CO. At the end of 1934 VSL was renamed Varney Air Transport and on July 1, 1937 changed its name to Continental Air Lines after new owner, Robert Six had taken a 40% ownership with Varney's co-founder, Louis Mueller. Six relocated Continental's headquarters to Stapleton Airport in Denver CO in October, 1937.
        Air Micronesia was established by Continental Air Lines sharing joint ownership with Hawaii's Aloha Airlines and an association of businessmen of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Micronesia). "Air Mike" would serve the island groups in the central and western Pacific including the Marshall, Caroline and Mariana Islands initially air linking them with Hawaii in the east and Okinawa in the west.
        FAM-46 was awarded to Air Micronesia (operated by Continental) and on May 16, 1968 flying a Boeing 727 and Douglas DC-6, it inaugurated flight service in Micronesia bridging flights from Honolulu HI to Naha Okinawa. As Continental's share and role in "Air Mike" increased, the airline's name became "Continental Air Micronesia" and eventually "Continental Micronesia."

CAM
Boeing 727

F46-1a 680516 Ponape-Truk CAM $3.75
F46-1 680516 Ponape-Guam CAM $3.75
F46-2 680517 Guam-Naha Okinawa CAM $60.00
F46-3 680517 Saipan-Naha Okinawa CAM $60.00
F46-4a 680517 Naha Okinawa-Saipan CAM $112.50
F46-4 680517 Naha Okinawa-Guam CAM $22.50
F46-5a 680517 Koror-Yap CAM $4.50
F46-5 680517 Koror-Guam CAM $3.75
F46-8 680517 Kwajalein-Honolulu HI CAM $300.00
F46-6a 680518 Saipan-Truk CAM $75.00
F46-6b 680518 Saipan-Majuro CAM $205.00
F46-6 680518 Saipan-Honolulu HI CAM $165.00
F46-7 680518 Truk-Honolulu HI CAM $150.00
F46-9 680518 Majuro-Honolulu HI CAM $188.00
F46-11 680518 Majuro-Saipan CAM $240.00
F46-13 680518 Truk-Saipan CAM $210.00
F46-10a 680519 Honolulu HI-Majuro CAM $4.50
F46-10b 680519 Honolulu HI-Kwajalein CAM $4.50
F46-10c 680519 Honolulu HI-Truk CAM $4.50
F46-10d 680519 Honolulu HI-Guam CAM $4.50
F46-10e 680519 Honolulu HI-Saipan CAM $4.50
F46-10 680519 Honolulu HI-Naha Okinawa CAM $3.75
F46-12 680519 Kwajalein-Saipan CAM $37.50
F46-14 680522 Guam-Rota CAM $3.00

F46-20 691203 Honolulu HI-Nauru CAM $3.75
F46-21 691204 Majuro-Nauru CAM $135.00
F46-22 691204 Nauru-Majuro CAM $135.00

F46-25 700201 Honolulu HI-Ponape CAM $11.25
F46-26 700202 Majuro-Ponape CAM $11.25
F46-27 700202 Ponape-Saipan CAM $15.00
F46-28 700204 Saipan-Ponape CAM $11.25
F46-29a 700204 Ponape-Majuro CAM $26.00
F46-29b 700204 Ponape-Kwajalein CAM $30.00
F46-29 700204 Ponape-Honolulu HI CAM $11.25

F46-35 721216 Koror-Saipan CAM $75.00
F46-36 721218 Saipan-Koror CAM $75.00

CA-AM
Boeing 727

F46-40 771001 Majuro-Tokyo Japan CA-AM Dave Streit $300.00
F46-41 771001 Truk-Tokyo Japan CA-AM Dave Streit $300.00
F46-42 771001 Koror-Tokyo Japan CA-AM Terry T Owens $300.00
F46-43 771001 Yap-Tokyo Japan CA-AM Terry T Owens $300.00
F46-44 771001 Saipan-Tokyo Japan CA-AM Terry T Owens $4.50

CA
Boeing 727

F46-45a 781031 Honolulu HI-Guam CA $4.50
F46-45 781031 Honolulu HI-Taipei Taiwan CA $3.75
F46-46 781101 Guam-Taipei Taiwan CA $3.75
F46-47 781101 Guam-Honolulu HI CA $4.50

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