February 11th 7:00pm Author and philatelist Dr David K. Foot was our virtual guest speaker on the Postal History of Norfolk Island, the small sub-tropical island off the east coast of Australia, whose first stamps were issued in 1947.
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8th Canada's 1985-1989 50c Parliament Booklets by Ingo Nessel (Zoom) David took us on the journey of the postal history of Norfolk Island
- from its beginnings as an adjunct to the penal settlement in Australia in 1788,
- through the relocation of the Pitcairn Islanders in 1856,
- to its administration as a British Colony and an Australian Territory.
Included were:
- censored and New Zealand Expeditionary Force mail from World War II,
- early flight covers,
- the introduction of decimalization in 1966 and
- the unique ‘local’ mail.
The highly-praised presentation focused on the years prior to 1980. Catch the recorded virtual meeting here.
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