| PAPUA - 1926 11d rate registered cover to New Zealand used at TAHIRA. Very scarce.
1926 (JY.1.) registered long manila envelope addressed to New Zealand (edge faults and crumpling at left edge) bearing 1 1/2d, 2 1/2d, 3d and 4d 'lakatoi' adhesives tied by light TAHIRA/PAPUA cds's with red on white R/TAHIRA registered label at left. Tahira was situated at Bootless Inlet ten miles south east of Port Moresby and was a settlement for the New Guinea Copper Company. This was very short lived collapsing in 1927 and postal strikes are only recorded between Dec 1925 and October 1926. Tahira covers are hence rare especially those registered.
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