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1943 (Jun 24) Plain envelope registered to London, Ont., bearing New Zealand 1937 Coronation 1d + 6d + 2½d overprinted Niue tied Niue /N.Z. cds & with R /No 1061 /Niue registration label with below rare violet losenge Crown /Passed / DDA /26 hand stamp & on reverse Canadian Mute (26 Sep) + Cal & Van RPO /B.C. (26 Sep) + M,Jaw & Cal RPO /No 11 (27 Sep) transit & London /Canada (30 Sep) arrival cds………………………………………………………………………………..
The CCSG book as at July 2008 states “The DDA /26 losenge hand stamp appears to have been allocated to Niue but no covers have been reported” Since then, in Oct 2011, a cover was reported from Niue but cannot be dated as the cancel is unreadable.