Colourised postcards with Maori imagery including Chiefs Rewi & Mohi (1900s)

Lot of 4x original colourised postcards of Maori people circa 1900s, including women and Maori chiefs Rewi and Mohi. Three of these postcards have reverse side letters inscribed and are all addressed to a Miss G. Adkins at the Bank of Australasia in Collins Street, Melbourne, in Victoria; two of these were posted with one penny Dominion of New Zealand stamps still affixed. Rubbing Noses (Te Hongi) The Maori Salutation. These three postcards with reverse side letters, were sent by a Philip Burge, who states he works for the Railway Department in New Zealand, and on one postcard notes that he has just been transferred from Wellington to Auckland, and that any future postcard correspondence should be addressed to the Loco.

Foreman's Office, Railways, Auckland. These three postcards can also be dated to 1909-10, as one message refers to Lord Kitchener's tour of inspection to Australia which took place in this period.

[sic Maniapoto], The Great Maori Fighting Chief.

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