“TIN-CAN” MAIL
CHANGE FOR PHILATELISTS Philatelists will be interested to learn that an opportunity of obtaining the interesting Tin-Can mail covers will be afforded when the steamer Maunganui calls off Niuafoou Island during her cruise to Tonga. Samoa and Fiji in August. Niuafoou or Tin-Can Island, of the Tongan Group, is a small * volcanic island about 5 miles in diameter, ils whole centre being a crater lake surrounded by a ring of cliffs. It lias no harbour, and the natives come 11 ut in canoes to pick up the mail, which is put overboard in scaled tins. To obtain the “Tin-Can” mail postmarks on envelopes, they should be addressed to the intended recipient, j and sent under cover of another envelope addressed lo the Union Steam I Ship Company. Wellington, and marked ] on the outside, “Tin-Can Mail." Sixpence in loose New Zealand stamps for each cover to be postmarked (2£d for the necessary Tongan stamps and , the balance for the Islanders' services in handling Hie mail should be enclosed. and the packet must reach the Union Steam Ship Company. Wellington. before Fridav, July 27. The letters will be taken to Niuafoou by the Maunganui and after being dealt with there they will be returned.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20506, 24 May 1938, Page 10
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204“TIN-CAN” MAIL Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20506, 24 May 1938, Page 10
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