Pigeon Post House

Pigeon Post House

The Pigeon Post House is located at 112 Newton Road, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand, on the corner of Newton Road and Upper Queen Street.

From 1897 into the early 20th century the the building was used as a pigeon-carrier postal service between Great Barrier Island and Auckland. It was New Zealand's first regular air-mail postal service.

Today the building houses offices.

External links

* [http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/Cultures/en-NZ/Stamps/StampsHistoricalIssues/1997/Centenary+of+Pigeon+Post.htm New Zealand Post 1997 Centenary of Pigeon Post]


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