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Second pictorials: fivepence There were three plates of the fivepence second pictorial: numbered 1, 2 and 3 with the issued sheets having 120 stamps in 10 rows of 12. Stamps printed from plate 2 appeared in 1942. The first printing was by De La Rue, but due to Blitz damage to De La Rue’s works,
Auckland to Invercargill After flying the Avro Ten, the Faith in Australia, from Sydney to New Plymouth on 3 – 4 December 1933, Charles Ulm and G.U. Allan made a “barnstorming” tour of New Zealand to raise funds and to publicise their case with the New Zealand Post Department for an official airmail on the
Baghdad – Cairo Air Mail In 1921, the RAF began the fortnightly Desert Airmail Service between Cairo and Baghdad. From October 1921, it carried private as well as official mail. According to Newall [1], mail from Australia and New Zealand was accepted from 9 November. This can be regarded as the first step in the
ANA and New England Airways From 1 January 1930, Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm’s ANA flew a Brisbane – Sydney service. This was extended to Melbourne on 1 June 1930 and to Tasmania on 1 January 1931 with the first air mail to Tasmania being on 1 May 1931. Their services ceased on 26 June
Addition of Fiji to FAM 19, November 1941 For the flight leaving San Francisco on Wednesday 5 November 1941, Suva in Fiji was added to the Pan American route FAM 19 from USA to New Zealand as an extra stop between Canton Island and Noumea. Another change was that mail was now accepted from San
Union Airways, 28 June On 28 June 1936, Union Airways made an experimental flight continuing the regular Palmerston North-Dunedin flight to Invercargill. The return flight to Dunedin was also made on 28 June with the regular Dunedin to Palmerston North flight then taking place as normal on 29 June. Approximately 800 items were flown to
Kaitaia – Auckland, 1931 The Kaitaia Aero Club started an intermittent passenger service betwen Kaitaia and Auckland with the first flight on 29 November 1930. The plane was a DH 60 Moth owned by the Air Survey and Transport Co and the pilot was F.D Mill. The first Auckland – Kaitaia airmail was on 24
Chalon Reprints: Hausburg and Jolliffe In April 1906, reprints from the various plates of the Chalon Heads (full-face Queens) were made for LR Hausburg on white card. In 1913, further reprints on white paper were produced and included in the History of New Zealand Stamps [1]. Hausburg reprints On a visit to New Zealand in
George V Surface Printed As surface printing is cheaper, the 1½d, 2d and 3d values of the George V definitive issue of 1915 were changed from being recess-printed. The ½d value had always been surface printed. The stamps Except for the local 1½d, the dies and plates were produced in London by Perkins Bacon. The
Health 1939-1942 The dies and plates of the 1939 to 1942 Health issues were prepared and recess printed by the Australian Note and Stamp Printer, Melbourne. The designs were by S. Hall. All four issues were on Wiggins Teape paper, watermarked NZ and star. The perforation was comb perf 11. 1939 issue There were two
Queen Victoria Longtype A new revenue set of stamps was issued in 1880 although many catalogues give the date as 1882 as that was when they could first be used postally. The dies were engraved by W.R.Bock and the design remained unchanged for 51 years, not quite what we are used to these days! It
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Second pictorials: fourpence The fourpence was issued on 1 May 1935, printed by De La Rue. The issued sheets contained 80 stamps in 8 rows of 10. There were three frame plates: 1, 2A and 2B and several centre plates. Frame plate 1 is in the bottom margin under the second stamp while 2A and
First Trans-Tasman Airmail The first official airmail between New Zealand and Australia took place on 17 February, 1934. The Avro 10, Faith in Australia, left Muriwai Beach, Auckland at 6 am and arrived in Sydney 14 hours 10 minutes later. Charles Ulm was the pilot, Scotty Allan the navigator/co-pilot and R.T. Boulton was the engineer.
Basra – Cairo Air Mail Imperial Airways took over the RAF Baghdad – Cairo service in January 1927 and extended it to Basra. This was the first step in the route that would, by 1940, extend from the UK to New Zealand. Imperial Airways used DH 66 Hercules aircraft. The first flight from Basra was
Papua and New Guinea, 1938 In May 1938, Carpenter Airlines began a regular air mail service between Sydney and Papua New Guinea. Mail was accepted from New Zealand for the inaugural flight and addressed to New Zealand on the return flight. On 30 May, a DH 86 of Carpenter Airlines flew from Sydney to Townsville
First Regular NZ-US Airmail, July 1940 The trans-Pacific flight from San Francisco and Los Angeles to Auckland on 12 – 18 July 1940 carried the first ever official airmail from America to New Zealand. The return flight from Auckland to San Francisco was on 20 – 24 July although the elapsed time was one day
New services, March 1936 On 30 December 1935, Cook Strait Airways started a regular passenger service over a triangular route linking Nelson, Wellington and Blenheim. The planes used were two DH 89 Dragon Rapides and the chief pilot was G B Bolt. On January 15 1936, Union Airways started a regular passenger service between Palmerston
Christchurch-Timaru: 10th Anniversary, 1931 New Zealand’s first daily air mail service was between Christchurch, Ashburton and Timaru and started on 31 January 1921, run by Canterbury (N.Z.) Aviation. It was not commercially successful and ceased in April. To mark the 10th Anniversary, a special envelope was produced and signed by Capt. Euan Dickson who had
Exhibition Commemoratives New Zealand’s first two commemoratives were for the Christchurch Exhibition in 1906 and for the Auckland Exhibition in 1913. Christchurch Exhibition 1906 W. R. Bock produced the dies in Wellington and electrotype plates were produced at the Government Printing Office. There were four values: ½d, 1d, 3d and 6d. The sheets were arranged
Otago and Canterbury Centennials The first two major settlements in the South Island were at Dunedin (Otago) in 1848 and at Christchurch (Canterbury) in 1850. The Dunedin settlement was sponsored by the Free Kirk of Scotland and Dunedin was named after Edinburgh. The first settlers were landed at Port Chalmers in March 1848. The Otago
Health 1943 The die and the plates were produced by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. who also recess printed the stamps. The 1943 design is triangular and shows the young princesses. Princess Margaret is on the 1d (plus ½d) and Princess Elizabeth on the 2d (plus 1d). The paper was Wiggens Teape paper watermarked multiple NZ
Railway Charges Stamps The Railway Charges stamps replaced the earlier Railway Newspaper stamps in 1925. Most railway parcels were paid for on arrival which resulted in accountancy problems. Stamps were issued on 31 August 1925 so that the cost could be prepaid. The initial values were: ½d, 1d, 2d, 3d, 6d, 9d, 1s 0d, 1s
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