New Zealand 1934, The second official trans-Tasman airmail 29 March 1934 by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. The plane was the Fokker VIIb/3m monoplane Southern Cross used in the original trans-Tasman flight of 1928. It was commemorated in a set of historic aircraft issued in May 2001. The special cover listed the six trans-Tasman flights. Some of the official covers, including the above, have two errors in the list of flights. The special cachet ' trans-Tasman airmail New Zealand Southren Cross ' with dot Above C variety. tying 7d. stamp along with Calcutta April 23, as cover addressed to India. It does have the Sydney backstamp which is at 4pm on the 29 March and Calcutta April 22 1934. The envelope signed on back by pilot Smith Australian aviation pioneer Charles Kingsford Smith (“Smithy”, 1897-1935),
