NEW ZEALAND

Ref: 13923
  • £295.00

1930 envelope addressed to Cardiff (Stamp washed off) Cancelled 'AUCKLAND' machine d/s 'AU 9 30' Carried on the S.S. "Tahiti" which sunk off the Cook Islands en-route to San Francisco on 18th August. Two line 'DAMAGED / BY SEA WATER' struck in black and manuscript "Through Sinking S.S. Tahiti 1930' This appearsto be an unrecorded cachet for "Tahiti" mails.