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Queen Victoria 24 November 1899 Postcards This information is taken from the "The New Zealand Postal Stationery Catalogue" which was published in 1983 as a loose leaf binder. To view the album this image is stored in click here (I am producing articles on the small images on the front of postcards - many done by private firms during this time - as this was the only way the Post Office regulations allowed them then New Zealand Small Picture Frontal Postcards There are a number of pages - just click on each thumbnail in the left hand column to view the enlarged image with its details. This above series was issued 24 November 1899. Printed in green. View at lower left. VIEWS (a) Bealey Terrace, Canterbury (b) Cathedral Peaks, Manapouri (c) Wanganui River (vertical view) (d) Customhouse square, Dunedin (e) Galatea, Auckland (f) Queens Wharf, Wellington (g) Where the Maori Loves to Roam (h) Wanganui River (horizontal view) (i) Princes Street, Dunedin (j) Lake Manapouri The printing form contained 16 postcard impressions. In each group of 16 there were two cards with the views (a), (b), (c), (f), (g), and (h). The other views appeared only once in each group. There is a variety with no stop after "side" which occurred in the following views: (b) (both cards on which this view appeared), (g) (one card of the two cards on which this view appeared), and (j). |
