The Full Face Queens The first printing was in London in September 1854 and sent to New Zealand with the plates. The stamps were issued on 18 July, 1855. All later printings were made in New Zealand. The London printing These were New Zealand’s first postage stamps. The 1d was a rich carmine shade, […]
The Full Face Queens It was not until 1 April 1862 that the prepayment of postage became obligatory. Also, at that time, gold was discovered in Otago. These two factors greatly increased demand and Davies ran out of the star watermarked paper. Printings were therefore made of all four values in 1862 on pelure (i.e.
One Shilling The 1/- was first issued on 1 May 1935. The first issue was on single watermarked fine paper while stamps on multiple watermark fine paper were issued in April 1936. Both issues were perforated 14×13½. Perf 14×13½ fine paper The only plate was numbered A1 and had 240 impressions. Stamps overprinted Official were
Christmas Flight 12 November 1931 The company Air Travel organised a series of flights in 1931 and 1932 in which official airmails were carried. The most interesting were the Christmas flights on 12 November and 24 December 1931 to publicise the advantages of air mail. The Route The flight of November 12 was the first
Imperial Airways: the East The aim of the Imperial Airways Eastern Route, along with the parallel development of the Imperial Airways African Route, was to link the countries of the British Empire. Imperial Airways was formed on 31 March 1924 by amalgamating British Marine Air Navigation, Daimler Airways, Handley Page Transport and Instone Air Line.
NZ – Tasmania, 1931 – 1934 There were several services between Melbourne and Tasmania and there were acceptances for them both from and to New Zealand. The first was with the short-lived ANA service in 1931. Services were then started by Hart Aircraft Service and Matthews Aviation in 1933 and by Holyman’s Airways in 1935.
USA to NZ via Hawaii, Philippines, Hong Kong and Macau, 1935 – 37 The first flight of the regular Pan American airmail service (FAM 14) from USA to the Philippines (Manila) left San Francisco on 22 November 1935. The route was via Hawaii, Midway Island, Wake Island and Guam. The aim was to provide a
The 1935 Airmail Plates There was one plate for each value; plate 1 for the 1d, plate 2 for the 3d and plate 3 for the 6d. The plate numbers were in the top right corner along with a sheet number. 1d plate 3d plate 6d plate back The above information is taken from The
Early Horseshoe Route, June – August 1940 After Italy entered World War II on 10 June 1940, mail could no longer be flown between Alexandria (Egypt) and the UK via the Mediterranean. Air mail that was in transit and had still to cross the Mediterranean was ‘dumped’ and sent by surface, usually via the Cape.
First Pictorials: local prints The second-sideface definitive issue had been surfaced printed and the Government Printer in Wellington did not have the facilities for recess printing. There was therefore a delay before the printing of the first pictorials was transferred to New Zealand. Local issues, 1899 Instead of sending out the plates used in London,
1946 Peace Issue The Peace Issue was issued on 1 April 1946 to celebrate peace after the Second World War. The 1d and 2d values were printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co in sheets of 240 (12 rows of 20) and perf 13½ x 13. The 1½d was in sheets of 160 (16 rows of
The Horseshoe Route Before WW2, Imperial Airways ran a regular air mail service to Africa and the Far East/Australia which involved flying through the Mediterranean. This continued after the outbreak of war, although at a decreased frequency. (On 1 April 1940, Imperial Airways became BOAC.) When Italy entered WW2 in June 1940, mail could no
1893 Advertisements In February 1893, all values appeared with adverts on the back and are known as adson stamps. This has been used in the re-construction of complete sheets and is a useful aid in identifying positional flaws. The advertising contract was given to Truebridge, Miller and Reich and the example on the right is
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Early state of 5d plate 2 In the early printings perf 14 x 13½, the T flaw in POSTAGE at R9/1 begins to develop and the flaw to the left of E at R10/2 appears. Details of the beginning of the T flaw on R9/1; the flaw to the left of E at R10/2 is
One penny dies and plates The initial issue on 1 May 1935 was on paper with a single watermark and vertical mesh. The plates of 480 each had two panes (A and B) and the stamps printed from each pane were in 10 horizontal rows of 24. The printed sheets of 480 were divided in
To UK, Christmas 1931 and return In 1931, Kingsford Smith and Australian National Airways planned a special Christmas flight to the UK. The pilot was to be G.U. Scotty Allan. Mail from New Zealand could be sent by sea and join the flight at Sydney. NZ Internal flight and Australia-UK In conjunction with this first
Extensions to Calcutta, Rangoon and Singapore After the introduction of Imperial Airways London – Karachi airmail in 1929, the Eastern Route was gradually extended, first to Delhi in December 1929 and then to Calcutta, Rangoon and Singapore (1933) and Australia (1934) together with a feeder service to Hong Kong (1936). The extension to New Zealand
UK – NZ via Karachi 1929 – 34 Mail could be sent to New Zealand by the London – Karachi air mail service from 1929, although it was not until July 1930 that airmail could be sent from New Zealand. The cover shown below is one of only three known covers addressed to New Zealand
Other Airmail 1940-41: New Zealand – USA – UK From July 1940, there was a regular trans-Pacific airmail service (FAM 19) by PanAm between New Zealand and the USA. However, this service was expensive. The airmail rate to the UK was 6s 3d, reducing to 5s 9d in September 1940 and there were alternative (partial)
Airmail Booklets In 1995, New Zealand trial AirPost International booklets were issued with the $1 Butterfly definitive se-tenant with an air mail label. A further AirPost International booklet was issued in 1996 and and an Air International booklet in 2000. AirPost International Booklet 1995 The booklet was issued on 1 September 1995 and contained five
Air Mail Across Indian Ocean, 1944-45 The route from New Zealand to the UK via Australia was re-opened for high priority air mail and forces airgraphs in July 1943 [1]. The mail was flown across the Indian Ocean between Perth and Lake Koggola, Colombo in a Catalina flying boat by Qantas. This service was kept
First Pictorials: officials Stamps overprinted Official were issued for the first time on 1 January 1907 as, from that date. all Government mail had to be stamped with stamps overprinted Official. The first pictorials overprinted Official were the ½d, 2d, 3d, 6d, 1s, 2s and 5s values on Cowan watermarked paper perf 14 were overprinted.
George VI Pence Plates The pence values were printed by Bradbury Wilkinson. Although the ½d value was issued on 1 March 1938, the 1d on 1 July 1938, the 1½d on 26 July 1938 and the 3d in September 1941, the higher pence values were not issued until 1 May, 1947. The plates A feature
Useful Links Societies Images Dealers, Catalogues, Auctions Resources Finding a Society 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
Second Side-Face Dies 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
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