COOK ISLANDS AIRMAIL OHMS BROWN ENVELOPE TO NZ GOVT OFFICES NEW YORK USA .

FROM:

PHILATELIC BUREAU POST OFFICE RAROTONGA COOK ISLANDS

POST MARKED RAROTONGA COOK ISLANDS 10 APRIL 1967.

PHILATELIC EVELOPE OF INTEREST &/OR HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.

AS PICTURED, DEFINITELY 1 OF A KIND.

BEGINNING CLEAN OUT OF ALL UNWANTED STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION SO KEEP WATCHING AS WILL BE PERIODICALLY LISTING ITEMS AS CLEANUP PROGRESSES.

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FURTHER DESCRIPTION:

This item is a Cook Islands philatelic O.H.M.S. (On Her Majesty's Service) airmail cover sent to New York, USA. The cover features stamps issued in 1967 to commemorate the Second South Pacific Games held in Nouméa. Details Origin: The cover was sent from the Philatelic Bureau in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Destination: The handwritten address is for the N.Z. Government Offices, Suite 530, International Bldg., Rockefeller Centre, New York 20, NY, USA. Stamps: The stamps affixed are part of the 1967 Second South Pacific Games set. The red stamps in the upper left of the group depict soccer players and have a denomination of 7½d. The green stamps in the upper right of the group depict tennis players and have a denomination of 4d. "O.H.M.S." Marking: This indicates it was official government mail, as seen on many similar official covers from the Cook Islands and other British colonies.