On May 27th took place the official opening of the long
awaited Avalon Bridge, now named Kennedy-Good Bridge after the long serving
Mayor of Lower Hutt.
Local Lions and Rotary Clubs combined to sell tickets to cross the bridge and the Belmont Scout Group, whose den is in the Belmont Domain at the western end of the bridge, set up a model camp for the gala day, including a Scout Mail Office selling souvenir covers, for carriage across the bridge to nearby Avalon Post Office. All mail carried a Scout Mail label and a cachet depicting the bridge and the Avalon T.V. studios. The mail was numbered before dispatch , only 456 items being carried. The mail is postmarked 28th May, being the Monday when Avalon Post Office re-opened.
A total of 1,000 sheets of labels were printed in sheets of six showing a runner. The runner was Malcom Nielsen, a junior Scoutmaser (Kauri), who organized the mail, from Belmont, near Avalon, New Zealand.
Local Lions and Rotary Clubs combined to sell tickets to cross the bridge and the Belmont Scout Group, whose den is in the Belmont Domain at the western end of the bridge, set up a model camp for the gala day, including a Scout Mail Office selling souvenir covers, for carriage across the bridge to nearby Avalon Post Office. All mail carried a Scout Mail label and a cachet depicting the bridge and the Avalon T.V. studios. The mail was numbered before dispatch , only 456 items being carried. The mail is postmarked 28th May, being the Monday when Avalon Post Office re-opened.
A total of 1,000 sheets of labels were printed in sheets of six showing a runner. The runner was Malcom Nielsen, a junior Scoutmaser (Kauri), who organized the mail, from Belmont, near Avalon, New Zealand.
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