IMAGE
[New Zealand Post Office] :New Zealand. Mt Cook, Otira Gorge, Mt Egmont, Waikite Geyser. [Printed by] Waterlow & Sons Limited, London Wall, London, 1897.
- Date
- 1897
- By
- New Zealand Post Office; Waterlow & Sons (Firm)
- Reference
- Eph-A-POSTCARDS-1897-01
- Description
The first postcard issued by the New Zealand Post Office, December 1897. It shows four vignettes of scenic landmarks: Mt Cook, Mt Taranaki, the Otira Gorge and the Waikite Geyser at Whakarewarewa. This copy is postmarked 28 December 1897 on the verso, and has been sent via Suez to London before being forwarded to Horsham, Sussex.
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card 92 x 141 mm.
Provenance: Previously purchased in an antique bookshop in Melbourne.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Scanned from original. File print in Ephemera Room
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Ephemera, Chromolithographs, Postcards, Landscapes (Representations), Chromolithograph on card 92 x 141 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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