VALUABLE STAMP COLLECTION
ACQUISITION FOR MUSEUM GIFT FROM SIR R. HEATON RHODES A valuable collection of New Zealand stamps has been presented by the Hon. Sir R. Heaton Rhodes to the Canterbury Museum. This was reported at the meeting of the council of Canterbury University College yesterday, when the gift was accepted with thanks. The chairman of the museum and library committee of the council (Mr W. C. Colee) said that the collection comprised what had been Sir Heaton’s hobby for many years. It was a very comprehensive and very valuable collection, and Sir Heaton had chosen the museum as a place of safe custody for it for all time, and as a place where it would be most readily available to most stamp lovers. “With his customary generosity, Sir Heaton has placed no hampering restriction on the gift,” said Mr Colee. "It is a very valuable and worthwhile gift from the point of view of the museum.” The council decided that the offer of Sir Heaton Rhodes to present his collection of New Zealand stamps to the Canterbury Museum be accepted, and that a letter of thanks be sent to him for making such a valuable addition’to the museum exhibits.
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23495, 25 November 1941, Page 6
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