Commemorative Cover: New Zealand Peace Stamps
Production date
01 April 1946
04 April 1946
Description
Commemorative cover of the New Zealand Peace Stamps. Eleven New Zealand Postage and Revenue Peace stamps are affixed to the envelope: half penny (Lake Matheson); one penny (Parliament House, Wellington); one and a half pence (St Paul's, London, 'This was their finest hour'); two pence (In peace, long may they reign); three pence (NZRAF); four pence (NZ onward); five pence; six pence (Freedom from Fear and Want, Onward); eight pence (Their name liveth for evermore); nine pence (Southern Alps from chapel window, Waiho Gorge); and one shilling (National Memorial Campanile Wellington). A registered mail stamp 'R No. 832 Director-General, G.P.O., W'gton, C.1.' is also affixed. Three postmarks reading 'WELLINGTON C.I. N.Z 1AP.46.1' are on the front of the envelope, and 'TAITAPU N.Z 4AP46 I' is on the back of the envelope.
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