dated 1894
1894 envelope from New South Wales addressed to Dunedin. Franked vertical pair 1d adhesives cancelled “A” in oval bars of Auckland, showing framed ‘PACKET BOAT’ and a very fine strike of the small ‘SAVED FROM WRECK / OF WAIRARAPA” one of only two recorded examples of this small cachet. The S.S. Wairarapa ran in to 700ft cliffs about a mile east of Miners Head on the northern end of Great Barrier Island on 29th October. This cover is illustrated on page 82 of Hoggarth and Gwynn handbook.
exhibited by Capt. Schulz