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 New ZealandPioneer Mail1844 (16 May) entire letter from John Seal Bird in Wellington to his sister Lady Maxwell in London, with red
framed "paid at/wellington" on the front, oval "wellington/(Crown)/my 18/1844/new zealand" on the reverse and red London receiving datestamp (5.10), manuscript 4 showing four pence paid but deleted as a double rate letter, also 1/4 to be paid by the
recipient. Endorsed "Tyne", mail was taken off the Tyne in the Channel after she became stuck on Margate sands. John Bird arrived as a New Zealand Company settler with a land allocation but struggled. An advert from the New Zealand Gazette and
Wellington Spectator gives his address at Te Aro Flat and his occupation as Cabinet-maker, Upholsterer and Paper Hanger. The long transcribed letter thanks Lady Maxwell for a gift of £25, building a house, the natives demanding a high price for
their land without paying "utu", buying a section, buying a brick making machine and a flour mill.provenance: EllottSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers. (Image1)
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