D19 (345) – New Zealand 7 Airmail Covers 1937 – 1940 (Registered Te Aro, Empire Air Service FDC, Union Airways NZ Inaugaration flight, G R White pilot signed, Airmail Exhibition, 1st Pan Am Flight to USA Samoan clipper)

NEW ZEALAND, 11th JANUARY 1937 3/3d REGISTERED AIRMAIL UK (3s is SINGLE WMK SG569a), 27th JUNE 1937 UNION AIRWAYS, NZ INAUGURATION FLIGHT AUCKLAND → WELLINGTON, Signed “GR WHITE, Pilot”, 31 DECEMBER 1937 1st PAN AM FLIGHT → USA SAMOAN CLIPPER via SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY 6th (4/6d up to ½ ounce) including 2 x 2s SG589, 4th AUGUST 1938 EMPIRE AIR SERVICE 1/½d per ½oz rate (GVI 1½d is FDC on 26th JULY), & 30th APRIL 1940 NZ-UK 1 ALL AIR SERVICE On aircraft “AOTEAROA” Censored “NZ 21” & 2 1938 AIRMAIL EXHIBITION covers 7th-9th NOVEMBER (7 covers)