ORIANA (1967)
This classic P & O Liner carried a great number of tourists and imigrants between Europe and Australasia until the growth of jet aircraft forced her into cruising, a role for which she was not particularly suited.
ORIANA 1 1979 (March 24th) Auckland Cover with pictorial Oriana postmark. US$4
Note: The above cover and the card below celebrate the visit to Auckland of the "Oriana" on board which there was a large group of mostly Australian philatelists doing a Philatelic tour of the Pacific.
ORIANA 2 1979 Auckland Postcard with pictorial Oriana postmark. US$3
ORIANA 3 1982 Sydney Pictorial Postmark featuring "Oriana" on postal stationery envelope. US$3
Note: This postmark celebrates P & O's 50 years of Cruising from Sydney. The "Oriana" name on the bows of the vessel is clearly seen on the postmark.