Press docket with 'C Mission Press' in decorative vignette. Extremely scarce example of early New Zealand printing. | Webb's – New Zealand's Premier Auction House: Fine, Tribal & Decorative Arts, Jewellery, Books, Wine, Cars & Bikes, Valuations

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Ephemera, Church Mission Press
Press docket with 'C Mission Press' in decorative vignette. Extremely scarce example of early New Zealand printing.
Realised: $1,600 June 2010

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C Mission Press, Paihia c1830s. 19 x 16cm. One page. SLF. '[Pound symbol and rule] / Paihia, [space] 183 / Please pay [space] / or Bearer, the Sum of [space] / stg., on account of Printing-Office. / To Rev. H. Williams, / Paihia.' Repeated verso. Ex libris Trevor Bayliss. G+.