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Queen Victoria September 1901 Postcards

Market Place, Blenheim
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.
QUEEN VICTORIA SEPTEMBER 1901 POSTCARD issue
Scene at lower left. Inscribed CARTE POSTALE.
There are a number of varities (Please refer to handbook mentioned above)
VIEWS:
(a) On the Taieri River
(b) Maori Bush, Taieri River
(c) Maori Leap, Taieri River
(d) John Bull's Head, Taieri River
(e) Humbug Reach, Taieri River
(f) Princes Street, Dunedin
(g) Dunedin Town Hall, etc
(h) Manchester Street, Christchurch
(i) Hereford Street, Christchurch
(j) Cashel Street, Christchurch
(k) Cathedral Square, Christchurch
(l) Market Place, Blenheim (shown above)
(m) Queen's Wharf, Wellington (street scene)
(n) Queen's Wharf, Wellington (featuring ships)
(o) Lambton Quay, Wellington
(p) Hastings Street, Napier
(q) Queen's Statue, Auckland
If you have the other cards - I would appreciate scans of them to add to our image library for other collectors.
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