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Christchurch Air Race, 5 Red Cross issues (50c) SG769-773 plus 25c airmail and 10c definitive; illustrated cover for 8 Oct 1953 with VF race cachet in violet; cancelled Rotterdam 23 September 1953; b/s Christchurch 11 Oct 1953

Reference: 1227
NZ to GB 1940 censored

NZ pictorials 3d, 7d, 1/- (SG 618, 622, 625) on envelope by airmail from Palmerston, North to Waltham Abbey, 22 February 1940; censor's tape "Opened and Passed by Censor in New Zealand", tied with "Passed by Censor NZ 26" circular h/s; b/s oval d/s 'Registered Waltham Cross' 19 March 1940; opened slightly roughly; scarcer values on envelope and a good combination

Reference: 979
GB Postal Strike 1971 to New Zealand

1971 Postal Strike 'Special Courier mail from UK' label, 'New Zealand Courier'; cancelled 'Special Courier Mail, B & K Ealing Postal Office' 7 March 1971; New Zealand 4c moth stamp cancelled Auckland 19 March 1971; no b/s

Reference: 847
USA Airmail Missent 1956

25c US Airmail stamp on airmail envelope from Detroit to New Zealand, 20 September 1956; violet h/s 'Missent to AMF Miami FLA.'; b/s International Airport, FLA duplex 3, 21 Sept 1956; closed tear to envelope at right, not affecting stamp or handstamp

Reference: 751
GB to New Zealand

GB 4d Parliamentary Conference (SG 560), cancelled with the special conference cds (stated to be the 1st day of issue 12 September); from London to Campbell Island via New Zealand; boxed "Not Found" & re-addressed twice; Wellington NZ slogan & cds 16 Jan 1958, small boxed 32, octagonal handstamp Wellington unclaimed 20 Feb 1958; on reverse s/r cds Kilbernie Postmen's Branch 17 Jan 1948 & Returned Letter Office Wellington, 6 March 1948: a fine detailed attempt to deliver

Reference: 650
NEW ZEALAND 1d UNIVERSAL ON CARD TO A SHIP IN CHILE

NZ Penny Universal used alone on a PPC of the Wharves Dunedin, addressed to a ship c/o an agent in Chile, Dunedin m/c d/s 29 December 1899, transit cds Valparaiso Chile 10 February 1900, to the ship 'Loch Garne' c/o the agent Autofagusta, with arrival cds Autofagusta, Chile, 16 February 1900: very unusual & a fine 1d Universal piece

Reference: 555
NEW ZEALAND 'KIWI' ENVELOPE REGISTERED TO HOLLAND 1939

NZ 8d 'Lizard' issue (SG 586 possibly 565) on illustrated PEN FRIEND envelope to Holland, cancelled with large d/r cds Christchurch Registered 4 November 1939. Opened by the NZ Censor, sealed with tape and authorised by red s/r Censor cachet 'Passed by Censor NZ 6' on front & back; no arrival datestamp. A nice scarce item in good condition, early in the War

Reference: 228
FIJI

Envelope from the Grand Pacific Hotel Suva, to Auckland New Zealand; with KG6 5/- pictorial cancelled Suva, 11 August 1949, handstamped By Air Mail. A thin box had been drawn round the stamp as if it were invalid.

Reference: 126
PITCAIRN ISLAND: 1951 FIRST DAY COVER TO NEW ZEALAND.

1951 first day cover to Christchurch with stamps cancelled by partial PITCAIRN ISLAND POST OFFICE dated 1.SEP.51.

Reference: 162H
PITCAIRN ISLANDS: 1947 COVER TO NEW ZEALAND.

1947 cover to Wellington with the stamp cancelled by a partial PITCAIRN ISLAND POST OFFICE postmark dated 10.AUG.47.

Reference: 154H
PITCAIRN ISLANDS: KGVI COVER TO NEW ZEALAND.

KGVI cover to New Zealand with stamps cancelled by partial PITCAIRN ISLANDS POST OFFICE 14.JUN.5?

Reference: 153H
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