New Zealand. Legation (Washington, D.C.) :New Zealand fights in Pacific skies [1940s]

New Zealand. Legation (Washington, D.C.) :New Zealand fights in Pacific skies [1940s]
Date
1942 - 1945
By
New Zealand. Legation (United States)
Reference
Eph-E-WAR-WII-1940s-03
Description

Poster shows words superimposed on a black and white photograph of an air pilot standing on the wing of a war plane (probably a Curtiss P-40 "Tomahawk" or the later "Warhawk" of 1942) beside a palm tree on a Pacific island. The title words are in black, white and red.

A cinderella of the same design was issued in 1940 (information retrieved 12 May 2016 from Complete Stamp Company sales catalogue, 23 May 2016, lot 588.

Inscriptions: Verso - top right - [Rubber stamp]: Patterson Library May 21 1945

Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Physical Description: Photolithograph and offset print, 620 x 815 mm.

Provenance: In 1945, part of the Patterson Library (rubber stamp on verso)

Additional description

Alternative form available: Scanned from original

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 colour photo-mechanical print(s), Ephemera, Photolithographs, Posters, Photolithograph and offset print, 620 x 815 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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