item details
NameCancellation and date stamp for the Kakapo Bay Post Office
Productioncirca 1911
Classificationcancellations, stamps
Materialssteel, wood
DimensionsOverall: 45mm (width), 120mm (height), 38mm (depth)
Registration NumberPH001883
Credit lineGift of the Guard Family, 2016
Overview
A 'hand- canceller', used to cancel stamps on items posted from the Post Office at Kakapo Bay.
This stamp demonstrates that even a tiny and remote settlement such as Kakapo Bay was in the early 20th Century part of the New Zealand Post Offices' mail distribution network.