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1966 NEW ZEALAND TO DENMARK VIA AIR MAIL – DOUBLE REDIRECTED COVER WITH ANNOTATED ARRIVAL AND ORIGINAL CONTENTS

ORIGIN: Lyttelton, New Zealand (Postmarked 21/03/1966).

DESTINATION: Fredericia, Denmark (Via Copenhagen and Odense).

FRANKING: Single 2/- Maroon/Multicolor ‘Maori Rock Painting’ stamp from the 1960-1966 Definitive Pictorial Series. The stamp pays the exact international airmail letter rate to Continental Europe. Perfectly tied by a clean, circular Lyttelton date stamp.

POSTAL HISTORY & INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS:

• First Redirection: Copenhagen transit postmark dated 24/03/1966, applied upon arrival due to a change of address. Initial address manually crossed out with official postal corrections.
• Second Redirection: Odense transit postmark dated 25/03/1966, applied following a second residential address change within Denmark.
• Final Delivery: Contemporary pencil endorsement ‘x 6/4-66’ (6 April 1966) marked on the cover, confirming the exact final delivery date to the recipient in Fredericia after a 16-day transoceanic postal journey.

CONTENTS: Includes the original typewritten letter in English housed inside the envelope, providing complete archival integrity to the postal item.

CONDITION: Commercially used commercial-grade airmail envelope with its full original contents. Features multiple manuscript address corrections and forwarding notations that do not obstruct the primary franking or postal cancellations. Excellent technical display piece showing complex inter-provincial redirection handling by the Danish postal administration.