Stolen stamps found in museum
A Christchurch philatelist whose $25,000 stamp collection was stolen from his home in a burglary on Wednesday has had most of his stamps returned. Mr Gary Elliot’s collection, contained in five albums, was found at 8 a.m. yesterday on a windowsill inside the Oriental Room of the Canterbury Museum. A
small number of stamps were missing, including some valuable items.
Having read about the theft from Mr Elliot’s home in St Martins, staff at the museum informed the police. Detective Stuart Gray, of the Christchurch C. 1.8., said the police were following a strong line of inquiry into
the culprit’s identity.
Mr Elliot said he was “quite relieved” to get the stamps back, but did not hold out much hope of recovering the rest. “I would say he took out the ones he wanted and got rid of the rest. I am very pleased they were not thrown into the river or burnt,” he said.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19840622.2.38
Bibliographic details
Press, 22 June 1984, Page 4
Word Count
160Stolen stamps found in museum Press, 22 June 1984, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in