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1882 Second Side-Face Issue: Recut dies
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The dies of the 1d, 2d and 6d values were recut leading to variations in the different plates. States of the 1d die. Only one die was used in the production of the 1d plates, but it was recut on two occasions. The three states are usually referred to as die1, die 2 and die 3. Background lines heavy giving a murky appearance. Background lines opened up so Queen's head stands out more clearly. Breaks in lines to left of Queen's forehead. States of the 2d die. Background lines heavy and complete. Although i...
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First Side-Face Covers
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1874 First Side-Face Covers. From 1870, the usual route from New Zealand to the UK was via San Francisco, except for an interruption in 1873. The postal rate to the UK was 6d per ½oz. From 1875 - 1885, The Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Operated the trans-Pacific route. Route via Fiji, 1875 - 76. This cover is postmarked 10 March 1876 in Nelson. It joined the Granada. It was then railed across America on the trans-Continental railroad that had been opened in 1869 before being carried on the Cunard.
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Links to Other Stamp Sites
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Links to Other Stamp Sites. New Zealand Stamps Centre. The Stamps Centre is part of New Zealand Post's Stamps Business Unit, the official stamp issuing agent in New Zealand. New Zealand Stamp Dealers Association. A professional body of individuals or companies whose principal activity is dealing in philatelic goods. Royal Philatelic Society of NZ. The premium international society for collectors of the stamps and postal history of New Zealand and her Dependencies. Pacific Islands Study Circle. The Postal...
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1882 Second Side-Face Issue
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The stamps were issued in 1882. Like the 1874 issue. They showed a side portrait of Queen Victoria. A major change was that the stamps were available for revenue as well as postal purposes. The initial printings consisted of the 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 8d and 1/- values, although it is unclear when some of the higher values were issued as copies with postmarks in the first couple of years are unknown. As the rate for foreign letters. In 1888, the paper was changed to one with a vertical mesh in which the dis...
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stamps
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New Zealand Stamps and Postal History, plus Worldwide. Learn about NZ Chalon Heads (ffq). Http:/ finance.yahoo.com/currency? Recent New Zealand stamps from NZ Post. Http:/ stamps.nzpost.co.nz/Cultures/en-NZ/. Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand. New Zealand Philatelic Federation. Http:/ www.nzpf.org.nz/. Society of Australasian Specialists / Oceania. Http:/ www.sasoceania.org/. New Zealand Society of Great Britain. Pacific Islands Study Circle. Http:/ www.raster.it/stefano/a/. Moving house or office?
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New Zealand Society of Great Britain Links
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Dealers, Catalogues, Auctions. The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand. Has an online monthly newsletter, an annual auction and a journal published four times a year. Their website contain information on their extensive publications on New Zealand stamps and postal history. The New Zealand Philatelic Federation's. Website includes information about their activities and constituent societies including contact details for all Philatelic Societies in New Zealand. The Air Mail Society of New Zealand.
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First Pictorials: reduced format 1907
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First Pictorials: reduced format 1907. New plates for the ½d, 3d, 6d and 1/- values were produced by Perkins, Bacon and Co in 1907. The new 3d, 6d and 1/- values were in the reduced size previously used for the ½d, 1d and 2d values. In my opinion, stamps in the reduced format, especially the 6d, are less attractive and lack the charm of the earlier large format stamps. The stamps were printed on Cowan paper watermarked NZ and star. Rough line and clean cut comb perforations. 4d, comb perf 14 x 13. Vol 1,...
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First Pictorials: fiscals
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Like the second sidefaces, the first pictorials were used for both postal and revenue purposes. Due to its high value, there was little genuine postal demand for the 5/- value and so most were used fiscally. Hence collectors must be wary about cleaned fiscals, especially those that initially had a pen cancel. Some are offered unused while others have had a fake postmark applied. Some fiscal cancellations look very like ordinary postmarks although any cancellation containing a crown is a fiscal. The post ...
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First Side-Face
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1874 First Side-Face Issue. After the glories of the Chalon heads. New Zealand's second postal issue was rather an anti-climax. Six stamps were issued, each with a portrait of Queen Victoria, in the denominations 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d and 1/-. A ½d newspaper stamp. Had been issued the year before. The plates were produced by De La Rue and Co and only one plate was used for each value. Each plate had 240 impressions, divided into 4 panes of 60. The stamps were replaced in 1882 by the second side-face issue.
