Brand: issued in NZ by the Committee of the NZ International Stamp Exhibition (1955). By the authority of and under licence from the British Philatelic Association (BPA) and the Philatelic Traders Society (PTS). Long version

The Coronation day flight on the 2 nd June took the covers to London where they were cancelled on the reverse  with the London FS Long Live the Queen slogan postmark and then returned to Wellington where they also received a Wellington straight line machine cancel - they were the sent on to the addressee wherever in New Zealand. They are scarcer than the Coronation FDCs and always have a full set of stamps


Postmark: Wellington Special ERII postmark 2 JE 53  Coronation Mail to front, to reverse London FS slogan postmark ‘ Long Live the Queen’ 6 JNE 1953 and Wellington Straight line machine postmark 12 JUN 1953 


Address: hand


Condition;  Very good for age and usage , odd marks and dents see scan, cover may or may not be sealed see scan

If back of cover not shown it is because there ar no quality issues or no postmarks or markings of interest.


condition as per scan, please examine closely before purchase it is part of the description,


The main catalogues for NZ FDCS is known as Jones or Crean, older pictorial NZ FDCs can be very scarce and hard to come buy, there was also often a vast variety of producers such as SMC, PD (Philatelic Distributors), Aotearoa - FJP Boric, Dignity Covers of New Lynn etc,etc covers were also produced by prominent NZ Dealers such as Stirling of Christchurch amongst others , some covers were also produced for the NZ market by Benham (UK) and Fleetwood ( US) occasionally you see NZ stamps on Australian FDC brands  such as Royal and these many variations are collectable in their own right. I also use Auckland City Stamps (ACS) and Len Jury (LJ) when deciding on an accurate price/ market value, also knowledge of prices seen at auction and previous experience - I have handled in excess of 10,000 covers.


I always combine shipping, no matter how many items you buy! 


CDS= circular date stamp

FDI= first day of issue handstamp

Special Handstamp= a pictorial postmark specially produced for that issue, 

slogan postmark =  a machine postmark that features either public service or an advertising promotion

wavy line = a non slogan machine postmark  

TPO = travelling post office


Please see my other  Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Commonwealth and World Listings. I have a particular interest in covers.

Each item dispatched wrapped in plastic with card support, my shipping rates are inclusive of all items you buy in one go (largest item applies)  I always use a range of all different collectable British stamps on each posting.