Lot 1494
1914 cover to New Zealand from the Haapai...
Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5919
Auction: 6 October 2020 at 01:00 BST
£280
Description
1914 cover to New Zealand from the Haapai Agent of the Deutsche Handels und Plantagen Gesellschaft der Südsee-Inseln (DHPG) to Messrs. Kronfeld in Auckland, bearing Pictorial 2d tied by private violet straight line 'HAAPAI-TONGA' alongside '25.9.1914' private violet straight line data stamp, cover with content inside handwritten by company secretary A.E. Hannon who recorded the successful delivery, apparently the cover was carried by hand to avoid censorship by Allied forces, some ageing and creasing, very rare Ex Baxendale
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