Rare NG Item
p. 57 · Read in the full issue
A rare New Guinea airmail item was advertised for sale for £l2/10/- in the December issue of the “Pacific Stamp Journal”, published monthly by John J.
Bishop Limited, Auckland, New Zealand.
The item is a cover addressed to Salamaua, with stamps can celled in manuscript, “Mt. Hagen, 30-5-33”. The cover is back stamped “Salamaua 1 Ju 33”.
A note on the reverse reads, “Flown cover from emergency landing at Mt. Hagen—no postal facilities available so stamps cancelled in ink and signed by pilot and ADO”.