IMAGE
Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :Airmail, New Zealand. 3d. No. 1 [Stamp design drawing. 1930s?]
- Date
- 1931 - 1935
- Reference
- B-185-033
- Description
Drawing shows a bi-plane on an airfield. A uniformed man carries a sack of mail from a van on the far right, to be loaded on to the plane. The centre back ground has the word "Airmail" written above sun rays emanating from cumulus clouds, with Mount Cook in the left distance, and a steaming Mount Ngauruhoe in the right distance.
This stamp design was a competition entry. It may have been for the 1931 stamp issue, a competition won by Leonard Cornwall Mitchell.
Other Titles - Threepence; number one
Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Artist's name and address]
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet, 185 x 290 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :[Original art works for, and print of, advertisements, greeting cards, and illustrations for Auckland Star and Brett's Christmas annuals, mostly 1920s-1930s. Artwork by Neville L and Trevor Rykers, 1940s and 1950s].
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Design drawings, Ink drawing on sheet, 185 x 290 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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