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Some stamps have been issued having an advertisement printed on the back. The most well-known are certain Queen Victoria issues of New Zealand, but some British stamps were also printed experimentally. Modern self-adhesives from Sierra Leone have advertisements printed on ...

Air Mails of New Zealand

Air Mails of New Zealand provides information on all postal flights and the aircraft used within New Zealand and internationally from 1897-1994. Dates are crosslinked to make browsing the site easy - with maps and general information about NZ. All thanks to the ...

Perfins of New Zealand and Australia

John Mathews. In 1858, Joseph Sloper of London was granted Letters Patent for the process of perforating holes in the pattern of letters or insignia, and for the perforating apparatus to produce them, as a means of marking cheques and other ...

Victoria Land (1913)

William Cochrane I discovered this article in The Postage Stamp (1913). I have read through literally thousands of philatelic articles and have barely seen any reference to these issues. It gives good historical background to the stamps and their postal usage. ...

New Zealand Map (1935)

New Zealand Post

New Zealand Post Limited was formed on 1 April 1987 as a State-Owned Enterprise from the privatization of the New Zealand Post Office, a government department.

New Zealand Musings (June 2004)

Tony Lyon. It has been a few issues since I have had the opportunity to write this column. Whilst in New Zealand I was able to conduct research into a number of the covers that I had put aside.

New Zealand Musings (June 2003)

Tony Lyon. Pennfield Ridge N.B - No 2 (ANS) The first cover pictured was sent from Pennfield Ridge N.B. in June 1943 by a Sergeant of the RNZAF. The air base officially opened for training on July 21, 1941. It was part of ...

Invercargill Post Office, New Zealand, 1908

A Visit to the New Zealand Government Printing Bureau (1913)

William Cochrane. I discovered this interesting article by H. Smyth, Editor of the Australian Stamp Journal and originally published in the English philatelic journal, The Postage Stamp (4 April, 1914): During my stay in Wellington in November I was accorded the privilege ...

The Evolution of the Penny Postage in New Zealand

“The Antiquarian” This article is based on a paper by W. Joliffe, read before the Philatelic Society of New Zealand (October 5th, 1911). It includes extremely useful early postal rates for New Zealand: The first official reference to postage stamps in New ...

New Zealand and Dependencies ‑ A Philatelic Bibliography

New Zealand and Dependencies ‑ A Philatelic Bibliography by David R Beech, Allan P Berry and Robin M Startup, ISBN 0476-00516-7, hard cover xvi+288 pages, available from Allan P. Berry, 238 Waikiekie Road, Thames, New Zealand. Email apberry@wave.co.nz Price NZ$80, ...

Oceania Map (Strand Album 1908)

Bananas and Earthquakes in Jamaica

William Cochrane. Given the cost of bananas in Australia at present, I was fascinated by this recently acquired Jamaican postcard. It was written in early 1925 and addressed to a young man in New Zealand. It bears an interesting slogan: COME TO ...

New Zealand Society of Great Britain

The New Zealand Society of Great Britain exists for the study of the stamps and postal history of New Zealand and its Dependencies.

The ‘Chalon’ Head Issues of New Zealand

Bill Lloyd-Smith. Ken Lynch, the author of The ‘Chalon’ Head Issues of New Zealand, now in its fifth edition, is clearly an enthusiast. As he says at the end of Volume 2, he has collected the Chalon issues of New Zealand ...

Nzstamps.org.uk

www.nzstamps.org.uk has information and scans on New Zealand stamps from the QV Chalon Heads up to KGVI. A major part of the site is devoted to airmail flight covers from the 1930s and the development of the Imperial Airways Eastern ...

The Postal History of World War II Mail Between New Zealand and Switzerland

Richard Breckon The Postal History of World War II Mail Between New Zealand and Switzerland by Robin M. Startup FRPSL FRPSNZ and Charles J. LaBlonde CPhH; ISBN 0-9085887-3-9; soft cover spiral binding; iv + 131 pages; published 2005 by the ...

London Prints

Refers to printings of colonial stamps printed in London as distinct from paintings of the same stamps, which were made in the colony itself. Among the better known are the early issues of New Zealand, South Africa and Western Australia. ...