Description:
MAORI: Lovely group with real photos x7 including portraits, greeting (rubbing noses) & "Children Jumping from Bridge for Pennies", also "Wharepuni at Otokou", "Maoridom" (array of artefacts; addressed to Maj-Gen Robley in London), "The Maoris/Living Races of the World" nine coloured vignettes, "Whaaru (Leader of Hursthouse rescue party)...", etc, generally fine to very fine. Ex DB McFarlane. [In March 1883, surveyor Charles Hursthouse & his staff were kidnapped by Maori who objected to the Main Trunk Railway being constructed. They were rescued by another group of pro-government Maori] (23)
Symbol : c
Grade : a/b
Categories: Stamps & Postal History > NEW ZEALAND