REST OF THE WORLD, NEW ZEALAND, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 704		Estimate: $750 1867 (30 Oct) cover from Scotland to 'The Hon Edward Stafford, Wellington', franked by G.B. 6d (hyphen) Plate 6, SG 104, endorsed 'Via Panama', flap tears from opening. Only small mails were carried to Australasia via this short-lived route (June 1866 to Dec 1869). [Edward Stafford was New Zealand's first Premier and Colonial Secretary, and member for the Province of Nelson in the House of Representatives]
Lot 705		Estimate: $400 1915 (14 Jul) Army stationery cover (roughly opened) from Malcolm Ross, Official War Correspondent, N.Z. Government, stationed at Imbros Island, Gallipoli, to his wife in London, Headquarters F.P.O. datestamp, boxed Censor No.2225 handstamp