Auction No. 24 Saturday, 28 July 2018 / 1:00 pm start
1955 (21st Sept) 3½d Nursing pair on First Day ...
Estimate $270
Realised: $260 plus premium
Category: Australia > Pre-decimal
Lot Details
1955 (21st Sept) 3½d Nursing pair on First Day Card & hand addressed to "Miss V Bullwinkle, Ward 6, R.G. Hospital, Heidelberg West N22". Neat "Philatelic Bureau Melbourne" cds. Vivian Bullwinkle was a WWII Australian nurse & the only survivor from the Japanese massacre when 22 other nurses were bayonetted & machine gunned on Radji Beach on Banka Island in Sumatra in 1942. This being a very topical card for her to receive.
