Irish Diaspora Mail to Ireland: Port Chalmers, New Zealand to Rathfarnham, Co Dublin: 1867 1867 Port Chalmers, New Zealand to Ballyboden, Rathfarnham, Co Dublin Stamp(s): New Zealand 1864-67, 6d brown (S.G. 122) Tied to cover by Port Chalmers “18” obliterator cancel Postal Markings: “PORT CHALMERS FE-4 67” “LONDON / PAID / 3 AP 67” c.d.s.…
Irish Diaspora Mail to Ireland: Napier, New Zealand to Cork, Ireland, via San Francisco, USA: An envelope posted in 1873 from Napier, New Zealand to Cork City, via San Francisco Slight file fold but an attractive and scarce franking Carried on the Steamer ‘Governor Blackall’ of the Hall & Forbes Line This service was initiated…
Irish Diaspora Mail to Ireland: New Zealand-Co Kilkenny: 1862 Envelope from Port Ahuriri, New Zealand to Co Kilkenny, Ireland Stamps comprise: NZ 1857-63 1d dull orange, 2d blue and 6d brown “Chalon Heads” Each no wmk and imperf., with visible margins fine to very large Neatly tied by “11” numerals and Kilkenny arrival c.d.s. A…
Stamps of Victoria Land: The halfpenny Edward VII and penny Dominion stamps were overprinted ‘Victoria Land’ in connection with Capt. Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated Terra Nova Antarctic expedition. Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on the 18th of January 1912, only to find that they had been beaten by Roald…
Stamps of Ross Dependency: The first stamps of the Ross Dependency were issued to be used in the special Post Office (actually a tent), established by Sir Edmund Hillary as part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The stamps were intended to help support New Zealand’s claim of sovereignty over an area of Antarctica (and other…
Stamps of Aitutaki (1972-) In 1972, Aitutaki established a separate postal service, and has issued its own stamps (mostly printed by Heraclio Fournier in Spain) since then. Previously, they used the stamps of the Cook Islands and New Zealand See Aitutaki (New Zealand Administration) 1903 – 1932 These issues are primarily intended for sale to…
Stamps of Aitutaki Aitutaki used the postage stamps of the Cook Islands from 1892 to 1903, when New Zealand overprinted its own stamps with “AITUTAKI.” and the denomination written in local dialect. Seven of the eight values were issued in Auckland on 12 June 1903 and in Aitutaki 29 June, with the 2½d arriving later,…
Stamps of King Edward VII Land King Edward VII Land or King Edward VII Peninsula is a large, uninhabited, ice-covered peninsula which forms the north-western extremity of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica. The peninsula projects into the Ross Sea between Sulzberger Bay and the northeast corner of the Ross Ice Shelf, and forms part of…
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