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Eight pence The 8d was issued on single watermarked paper on 1 May 1935 and on multiple watermarked paper in June 1936. Both issues were perforated 14×13½ and the watermark was sideways. The first plate was numbered A2 which appeared under the second stamp in the bottom row. The plates had 160 impressions in 16
Ninepence The ninepence value is the only stamp in the set that was not recess printed by De La Rue. The first plates were produced by Waterlow for litho offset printing. Single watermark Smaller design Multi wmk, slate grey Single wmk The 9d was first issued on 1 May 1935 on single watermarked paper and
Christmas Eve Flights, 1931 To publicise the advantages of air mail, the New Zealand Air League organised a network of airmail services on Christmas Eve 1931. Mail was delivered to Palmerston North on December 24 including airmail from Wellington and from Gisborne. There were then airmail flights from Palmerston North to Auckland, Gisborne and Invercargill
IA Route via Italy, 1931 – 1932 The northerly route was replaced in May 1931 by the Athens – Corfu – Naples – Genoa route flown by the new Short Kent class flying boats. From October 1931, Brindisi – Paris was by rail and the planes flew from Athens to Haifa, no longer flying via
Crash of the Scipio, Cygnus, Calpurnia, Belfast The Short S17 Kent flying boat Scipio crashed on landing in Mirabella Bay, Crete on 22 August 1936. It was carrying mail on the Alexandria – Brindisi leg of the Imperial Airways Australia – England airmail service. On 5 December 1937, the Short S23 Empire flying boat Cygnus
NZ – US Airmails: August 1940 – Oct 1941 Initially, the rate from New Zealand to Europe via USA was 6s 3d while from September 1940 it was reduced to 5s 9d. The rate from UK to New Zealand remained at 4s 6d. The rate to USA was 4s 0d and that rate could also
1935 Airmail Stamps New airmail 1d, 3d and 6d stamps were issued on 4 May 1935. The design by J. Berry was based on a photograph of Bell Block aerodrome, New Plymouth and the plane is a prototype of the DH 86 Express. The dies and plates were produced at the Australian Note and Stamp
End of Horseshoe Route When Japan entered World War II in December 1941, the Horseshoe Route was immediately under threat. At the same time as the attack on Pearl Harbor both Siam and Malaya were attacked by the Japanese on 8 December and Siam surrendered later that day. Three reserve routes had been planned between
First Pictorials I am sometimes asked why I collect New Zealand stamps. A major reason is the four classic definitive issues: the Chalon Heads, the first pictorials, the GV recess printed and the second pictorials. London prints, 1898 In 1895, the New Zealand Post Office opened a competition for a new issue stating that the
George VI Official Definitives The various values were overprinted official as soon as they were issued: the ½d, 1d and 1½d values in 1938, the 3d in 1941 and the other values in 1947. The 5d, 1s 3d and 3s were not overprinted. The stamps Only the ½d, 1d and 1½d values were issued in
Health 1951 The dies and plates of the 1951 Health issues were prepared and recess printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson on coarse paper with a vertical mesh. They were designed by J. Berry and R.S. Philips. There were two values 1½d + ½d and 2d + 1d. As they could be used for revenue purposes, they
Computer Science Publications My main computer science publications are listed below. Books and Edited Volumes Clark, R.G., Programming in Ada, Cambridge University Press, 1985, 217pp, ISBN 0-521-25728-X. Wilson, L.B. and Clark, R.G., Comparative Programming Languages, Addison-Wesley, 1988, 379pp, ISBN 0-201-18483-4. Rattray, C.M.I. and Clark, R.G. (editors), The Unified Computation Laboratory, Oxford University Press, 1992, 461p,
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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 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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