
Useful Links
Societies
As a member, I can recommend the following societies:
- The
New Zealand Society of Great Britain
promotes the study of the stamps and postal history
of New Zealand and its Dependencies. - The
British Air Mail Society (formerly British Aerophilatelic Federation) publishes
Air Mail News
four times a year and has regular auctions.
I am currently their Scottish group organiser. - The
Air Mail Society of New Zealand has a monthly newsletter,
regular auctions and has published a series of handbooks on
airmail postal history. - Last, but not least, Stirling and District
Philatelic Society is my local stamp club.
Other Societies
- The
Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand publishes
a journal and has an annual auction.
Their website contains 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
New Zealand Stamp Collectors Club have a monthly newsletter,
monthly meetings in Christchurch and auctions twice a year. - The
Christchurch Philatelic Society publishes the monthly
newsletter Captain Coqk and has the largest philatelic library
in the Southern Hemisphere. - The
Society of Australasian Specialists/Oceania promotes the study and
collection of stamps and postal history of Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia,
Micronesia and Polynesia. - The
Pacific Islands Study Circle deals with stamps and postal
history of the Pacific Islands.
New Zealand Dependencies are covered, but not New Zealand or
Australia.
Their magazine
Pacifica is published four times a year. - The
TPO & Seapost Society deals with Railway and Ship Mail.
It has pages on New Zealand Marine P.O.Cancels and a Checklist of New Zealand TPO Marks. - The Royal
Philatelic Society of Canada has an online library of
articles which are an excellent example of how the internet
can be used to display philatelic information. - The
Malaya Study Group
promotes the study of the stamps and postal history
of the States of Malaya. - The
American Air Mail Society is the world’s
largest, and second oldest aerophilatelic society. They are
publishers of the American Air Mail Catalogue, the monthly Airpost Journal,
and many other aerophilatelic publications.
The Society provides many services to aerophilatelists. - The Metropolitan Air Post Society
covers air post history, and the development of aviation, airlines and air mail services.
It is a chapter of the AAMS. - The
Canadian Aerophilatelic Society has a journal, The Canadian
Aerophilatelist.
Stamp Images
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- NZ Post Ltd
gives lots of information about the operations of the New Zealand
postal service.
However, you may wish to go straight to their
information on stamps. - An excellent site giving lots of details on the ½d stamps
and postal stationary issued
during the reign of GVI and their usage. - Interesting site with lots of information on the 1935 pictorials.
- Site with images of
images and descriptions of New Zealand stamp issues. - Antarctic Philately
including Ross Dependency
is covered in an interesting web site including stamp images,
historical details and postal history. - The Captain
Cook Society is for anyone interested in Captain Cook.
They maintain a page containing information on
Captain Cook on Stamps.
- NZ Post Ltd
- Interesting site on
New Zealand revenues
that contains scans of most issues.
Dealers, Catalogues, Auctions
- Campbell Paterson
are the New Zealand specialist dealer and publisher.
Their monthly newsletter can now be downloaded free from their website which also has descriptions of their
specialised New Zealand
catalogue.
The CP New Zealand Catalogue is a must for all New Zealand collectors.
Since June 2014, their monthly newsletter, which
contains lots of information and offers, can be
downloaded free from their website.
Earlier newsletters can be downloaded from the New Zealand Society of Great Britain. - Auckland City Stamps
have an online catalogue of New Zealand stamps. - Ashford Stamps
have a postal auction with an emphasis on New Zealand. - The Complete Stamp Company have an online stamp site offering both individual items for sale and standard catalogue items.
They specialise in New Zealand stamps. - J R Mowbray have an
online auction catalogue. - Roger Pearce
maintains a
list of New Zealand stamp dealers which is organised by region. - John & Jan Fitzpatrick do not have a website, but do have postal auctions covering
Postal History & Postal Stationery N.Z. & worldwide.
They can be contacted at:
PO Box 35 307, Browns Bay, Auckland 0753, New Zealand
and their email address is:
jandjfitz@xtra.co.nz - Airmail Collector has regular
auctions including New Zealand items.
Resources
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- Stampboards.com is a chat board and a bulletin board
for stamp collectors. Lots of useful information and discussions. - The aim of the Philatelic Youth Council (PYC) New Zealand
is to promote Youth Philately throughout New Zealand and to encourage youth stamp collecting and exhibiting in general. - The Global Philatelic Library website is a joint
index of philatelic literature founded by The Royal Philatelic Society,
the Smithsonian Libraries and the
American Philatelic Research Library and joined by many others. - Stamp Paradise provides a philatelic directory.
- Postage stamps directory at 2-clicks-stamps
features complete lists of stamp resources and links for philatelists worldwide.
- Stampboards.com is a chat board and a bulletin board
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- Site with Links to British Colonial Stamp Sites, especially
King George VI stamps. - Although still in its infancy,
the philatelicdatabase hopes to become encyclopedic and
to have databases for worldwide images of post offices and archival
material from 19th and early 20th century philatelic journals and magazines.
- Site with Links to British Colonial Stamp Sites, especially
Finding a Society
- UK Philately
list National Societies, Regional Associations and list
Specialist Societies. - The Association of British Philatelic Societies
has links to British local societies as well as
links to specialist societies. - The Association of Scottish
Philatelic Societies gives information on all Scottish Societies.