NEW ZEALAND AT THE POLE.
POST OFFICE IN KING EDWARD VII. LAND.
The Postmaster-General (Sir Joseph Ward) yesterday gave for the establishment of a post office in King Edward VII. Land, where the base of the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition will be situated. One hundred sheets of New Zealand penny stamps will be overprinted and sent ..down to the iceclad territory by the Nimrod for the use of members of the expedition, the overprinting indicating to those who receive the letters that there is a New Zealand post office in the most southerly portion of the world. 4Jir Joseph Ward's announcement of this piece of news at the Hikawera bridge yesterday evoked considerable interest.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6396, 19 December 1907, Page 5
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113NEW ZEALAND AT THE POLE. New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6396, 19 December 1907, Page 5
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