New Zealand NZ 1946 Manawatu River Train Disaster Cover Malaya Austrian Heroes SG 782-7 MUH

Austrian Heroes SG 782-7 MUH Ref 09040902

10k blue SG11 Part own gum Ref 09033035

in marginal block of 4 MUH SG 457

Rejected design together with letter from the Postmaster-General Department

New Zealand NZ 1946 Manawatu River Train Disaster Cover Malaya Austrian Heroes SG 782-7 MUHManawatu River Accident Cover. On 20 August 1946 an earth slip crashed onto the Palmerston North Napier freight train just outside the Manawatu Gorge near to Te Apiti siding. The engine and first three wagons, including a mail van, fell into the flooded river killing the engine driver and fireman. Mail was salvaged some days later when the river level had fallen and was taken to Wellington for drying out and onward transmission. Track Page Views With