PIGEON MAIL POST
STAMP SOLD AT AUCTION Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, November 13. The sum of £9 was realised at Hamer’s auction sale for a pigeongraih dated September, 1899, from New Zealand mainland to the Great Barrier Island during the first regular pigeon mail in the world. The postage cost Is.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19331115.2.64
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 21569, 15 November 1933, Page 9
Word Count
51PIGEON MAIL POST Evening Star, Issue 21569, 15 November 1933, Page 9
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.