Lot No. 1617
| Auction No. | 24 |
| Category |
Pre-decimal Australia |
| Est. | $75 |
| Status | SOLD $260 |
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.