- Brand: - Stork and Baby design
Postmark; Karitane special postmark ( Karitane was the site of Truby Kings first health clinic and gave its name to the ‘ Karitane Hospitals’
Address; - hand
Condition; Very Good/Fine for age and usage , odd marks and dents , if back not illustrated there are no issues with it, or interesting marks
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.