George V Recess Officials The 3d, 6d and 1s values were issued overprinted OFFICIAL in 1915 / 1916 while the 4d, 8d and 9d were issued in the 1920s. None of the other recess printed values were overprinted. The stamps The 3d value was issued overprinted OFFICIAL in December 1915, the 6d value in June […]
Health 1937 The plates were made of chromium-plated copper. The die and plates of the 1937 Health issue were prepared and printed by the Australian Note and Stamp Printer, Melbourne as was the case in the previous two years. The 1937 design was by G. Bull and J. Berry. Two plates were used, numbered 1
Life Insurance The New Zealand Government Life Insurance Department was opened in 1869 and started issuing its own stamps in 1891. All the designs have featured lighthouses. The dies were engraved by A.E.Cousins and plates made at the Government Printing Office. The following values were issued: ½d, 1d, 2d, 3d, 6d and 1/- (1s). The
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Blitz perforations: the plates After bomb damage to their works in September 1940, De La Rue handed several plates over to Waterlow & Sons. In addition, some sheets printed by De La Rue were perforated by Harrison or Waterlow. Twopence Perf 14 Harrison Perf 14×15 Plate 2, containing 480 impressions, was in use at this
Goodwill Airmail, May 1934 Ulm tried (and failed) to get approval for a second official airmail from Australia to New Zealand and so announced instead that he would make a Goodwill Flight. He had approval from the New Zealand Post Office for an official airmail on the return flight which would then connect with the
Imperial Airways Eastern Route (- NZ), February 1937 – July 1938 This page deals with the gradual introduction of Short S23 flying boats on the Imperial Airways Eastern Route. Until February 1937, the Paris – Brindisi stage of the Eastern Route was by rail. In February 1937, Short S23 flying boats were introduced on the
Late fee Acceptance of letters for a sailing of the trans-Tasman steamer closed several hours before the boat sailed. However, letters were still accepted on payment of a special late fee. The cover is routed Per Air Mail Via Australia and so would be sent to Sydney by sea and then sent to Karachi by
End of Pan American Service, Dec 1941 There were only three flights from San Francisco to Auckland via Fiji and two flights from Auckland (either 13 [1] and 27 November [1, 4] or 12 and 25 November [2, 3]) before the New Zealand – US service was suspended until 1946 due to the Japanese attack
Emergency Flights, June 1940 Early in the morning of 19 June 1940, the Niagara was sunk by a mine shortly after leaving Auckland. As a precaution, the ferry services across the Cook Strait were cancelled and ordinary surface mail was flown between Wellington and the South Island on emergency flights on aircraft chartered from Union
Wellington – West Coast On January 20, 1932 a survey flight was made from Wellington to Hokitika on the west coast of the South Island with the return on the same day. Stops were made in both directions at Nelson and Westport. The company involved was Air Travel, the pilot was M.C. McGregor and the
New Colours 1871 The colours of the 1d, 2d and 6d were changed in 1871 with the new stamps being issued on July 1. The paper had the large star watermark. The 1d was changed to brown, the 2d to orange and the 6d to blue. The 1d plate was very worn by this stage.
George V Booklets An electrotype plate of the ½d value was produced in 1915 and a steel plate in 1919. The booklets contained both ½d and 1d stamps. The 1d stamps were initially the Penny Dominion which were replaced in 1928 by the penny Field Marshall. Halfpenny In booklets along with 1d Dominion From Electrotype
Health 1938 The die and the plate were produced by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. who also recess printed the stamps. The 1938 design shows children playing on a lawn and the designer was J. Berry. The stamps cost 2d, 1d for postage and 1d which went towards health camps for children. The paper was Jones
Penny Revenue: 1878 A new design of the 1d revenue stamp was issued in 1878. The design was based on the Great Britain Inland Revenue stamp. The die was engraved by W.R.Bock and A.E.Cousins. The plate had 240 impressions in four panes of 60 and the stamps were printed at the Government Printing Office in
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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
