Card of the Day - 2021-12-03

According to my CSGB Australian & New Zealand Index, the much sought after RB30 dating from 1983, this was a “Kensitas” brand issue within New Zealand. The set, of photographic cards, was issued some time between 1925 and 1930., but most agree it was 1927/28, because the Duke and Duchess shown were the future George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who visited New Zealand in 1927. Actually you can see footage of the tour here 

I am not sure why this set was only issued in New Zealand, because it deserved a bigger audience. And I am sure that there are Royalty collectors reading who have never seen it.

Curiously, the cards actually say “1st Series” of 24 photographs, but there never seems to have been a second. The cards were actually just part of the Wix celebration, as on the reverse it says that if you collected a complete set, you could send it up and would receive in return any one of the cards as an enlargement. You had to say which card you wanted the enlargement of, and then it would be sent to you – with your original set of cards! The address, which is a bit hard to work out, was “Kensitas, Box 1341, Wgton”, and Wgton is Wellington, New Zealand.

Now even more of a curiosity, because in this section, the Wix Australasian issues, there are just two, this set, and W805-620, an untitled set of black and white photos, known as “Animals”, which states that just one card is known. It does not even reveal what that card is. So off you go and track it down, plus any others, in the only decent way to hunt, with your eyes and a camera. And let us know of what you discover.....