Australia BW 1(2)zc Half Penny Kangaroo Gorgeous Block of 12 Pristine Mint Unhinged Notes Australian 1858 Hogarth Ericsson &

Australian 1858 Hogarth Ericsson & Co Sydney 3d Threepenny Token R252

On 20 August 1946 an earth-slip crashed onto the Palmerston North - Napier freight train just outside the Manawatu Gorge near to Te Apiti siding

Stamps are cancelled by barred circle 'F' and 'FREMANTLE/4/AU 18/1893/=WESTERN AUSTRALIA' duplex along with a strike of Great Southern Railway 22mm 'TRAVELLING-POST-OFFICE' CDS

European settlement began only 10 years earlier but this area would have been settled a few years later

Australia BW 1(2)zc Half Penny Kangaroo Gorgeous Block of 12 Pristine Mint Unhinged Notes Australian 1858 Hogarth Ericsson &Printer J B Cooke First Watermark Earliest known date of issue is 14th Jan 1913 in Melbourne.