New Zealand NZ 1946 Manawatu River Train Disaster Cover Malaya 1990 Anzac 75th Anniversary Commemorative

1990 Anzac 75th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Set consisting of two Aluminium-bronze coins

SG 122-125 Mint Light Hinged Ref 1170207

2k brown with opt inverted SG 22 MLH Ref 09063006

in marginal block of 4 MUH SG 457

New Zealand NZ 1946 Manawatu River Train Disaster Cover Malaya 1990 Anzac 75th Anniversary CommemorativeManawatu 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