New Zealand Air Letter Form with New Rate Information Cachet

This is a New Zealand Air letter form posted on the first day of the new 6d rate for air letters on Octopber 4, 1948.

The message on the writing panel gives some interesting information about the cachet:

"... I am forwarding ten similar Air Letter sheets which mark the inauguration of the reduced Air Letter charge of 6 d, from N.Z. to any country in the world. The cachet is not official ..."

The sender was James Stapleton, the editor of the New Zealand Airmail Catalogue. The addresse, Francis J. Field a well-known airmail collector and author.