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Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983 (collector) :[Seven first day covers. 1939-1940 and 1950]
- Date
- 1939 - 1950 - 1940
- By
- Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983
- Reference
- Eph-A-STATIONERY-Williams
- Description
First day covers or advertising envelopes for:
Canterbury Centennial International Philatelic Exhibition, 18-25 November 1950 (with illustration of John Robert Godley statue)
"British battery specialists", Christchurch Battery Co. Ltd. 83 Kilmore Street. Century (Ajax) Exide C.B.C heavy duty batteries. [Postmarked 10 Feb 1940, With 1 penny NZ centennial stamp at top right]
Beadweld, the Beadle Welding & Engineering Co Ltd [Postmarked 10 Feb 1940, With 1 penny NZ centennial stamp at top right]
ATC Addington Timber Co. Ltd, timber joinery, 373 Lincoln Road, Christchurch SW1 [Postmarked 10 Feb 1940, With rubber postage stamp at top right]
Chrevrolet, Buick. Cooke, Howlison & Co., Ltd, 55-59 Hanover Street, Dunedin C.1. [Postmarked 7 Feb 1940, With 1 penny NZ centennial stamp at top right]
The Sun Newspapers Ltd [undated, unposted]
Empire airmail (New Zealand) [Undated, unposted, ca 1938-1939]
Quantity: 7 colour photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Relief prints and stamps on envelopes, sizes varying around 95 x 150 mm.
Transfers: Material from the same provenance housed at PA-Group-00076..
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 7 colour photo-mechanical print(s), Ephemera, Relief prints, Envelopes, Stationery, Relief prints and stamps on envelopes, sizes varying around 95 x 150 mm.
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Copyright
UnknownEmpire Airmail (New Zealand). [Envelope. ca 1938-1939]
Date: 1938 - 1939
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983 (collector) :[Seven first day covers. 1939-1940 and 1950]
Reference: Eph-A-STATIONERY-Williams-1939-01
Description: Unused envelope shows a Short S23 Empire Flying Boat superimposed over a map of much of the world with the countries of the British Empire coloured in red. New Zealand is at the lower right and Britain at the top left. The Empire Airmail Scheme started in 1937 connecting the UK and South Africa. The second stage to Singapore started in February 1938, and the final stage to Australia and New Zealand started on 26 July 1938. The Sydney to Singapore leg was operated by Qantas with the rest of the journey by Imperial Airways. The New Zealand to Australia leg was still by sea. See information at http://www.nzstamps.org.uk/air/empire/index.html Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithgraph on envelope, 93 x 154 mm. Transfers: Material from the same provenance housed at PA-Group-00076..