The route of the survey flight on March 16, 1932 was Wellington, Masterton, Pahiatua, Dannevirke, Woodville, Masterton and back to Wellington.
Again, the company involved was Air Travel, the pilot was M.C. McGregor and the plane was a Simmonds Spartan. The flights had the support of the Postal Department and airmail was delivered and picked up at each stop. In total, 5742 items were flown.
The following cover is one of 381 flown on the Woodville
to Wellington leg.
A cachet was applied on the back at Woodville and a backstamp on arrival at Wellington. It was then carried to the UK by sea.
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All scans were made by the author.
Information on this page is taken from:
Airmails of New Zealand, volume 1 (1955) compiled by Douglas A Walker,
and the New Zealand Airmail Catalogue, (2nd Edition, 1994)
by James Stapleton.
Both are published by the
Air Mail Society of New Zealand