THEFT AT MUSEUM

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 14 March 1939, Page 3

THEFT AT MUSEUM

MISSING POSTAGE STAMP COLLECTION NO CLUE liniipri PreHf A«w»ciiti.»ri WELLINGTON, This Day. No further clue has been found to the person or persons who stole the New Zealand stamp collection from the Dominion Museum last week. The director, Dr. W. R. B. Oliver, said yesterday that investigations had so far proved fruitless. He said that only one stump in the collection was of particular value. This was a brown Christchurch Exhibition stamp, valued at £lO. It was one of a special issue, which appeared first in one colour and was a'terward recalled and reissued in another colour Only a single sheet of the brown stamp? was put up for sale and specimens were consequently rare and valuable. The main value of the collection however, was in its complete and representative nature. Museum officers are alamed by the theft, as they consider that the use of the service lift indicates that the culprit was someone familiar with the running of the museum. In the meantime, the missing case? have not been replaced, and their absence forms a conspicuous gap in the set of 12 cases arranged on the south wall of the museum. 100 DOSES EUR 2# M A RSH A LL’S FQSPH ERIN K N.Z.’s big value nerve toni:. Only 2/o—loo dose bottle. All chemists and stores M A RSH ALL V S FOSPHKR iN E Builds general health. Restores energy—vitality.