N.Z. AIR-MAIL STAMPS ARE VALUABLE
New Zealand air-mail stamps have a distinguished place in the world of philately. Certain covers, according to a catalogue published in 1934, are worth well over £20. The first covers were carried as early as 1919, but the most valuable ate those cartied by Kings-ford-Smith and Ulm on their early flights across the Tasman. Of covers flown over in the Southern Cross in 1928 theré are only ten in existence, and these, which are autographed by the two flyers, are probably worth £30 each to-day. Most of them are in the hands of American collectors. Many tratisTasman fiyers, including Jean Batten, carried a small amount of mail, principally as a source of — revenue. Collectors also place a high premium on a unique series of earthquake flight covers. The first occasion was during the Murchison — *quake of 1929, when relief ’planes | carried a few letters in and out of — shattered Murchison. These are worth approximately £10. Further — "earthquake covers" were flown during the Hawke’s Bay earth- — quake in 1931, and these are worth from £3 to £10,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 73, 15 November 1940, Page 10
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