NEW
ZEALAND
POST
OFFICE
PHILATELIC BULLETIN -0-
Inquiries about New Zealand and Island Dependencies Stamps are to be addressed to the Director - General, Stamps Division, G.P.O., Wellington. N.Z.
3 December, 1959.
No. 19. I. Pictorial Issue. -
In November, 1958 the Postmaster-General announced that a new set ot: pictorial stamps would be issued in 1960 to replace the current Queen Elizabeth stamps. Although the date that the new stamps will be placed on sale has not yet been decided, sane preliminary information is now available. The new series comprises seventeen denominations, the values being divided into sections with stamps ot: three dit:t:erent sizes in the same manner as the present Queen Elizabeth stamps. The lower or "pence" values, i.e. 'ÂŁrom ~. to Bd. will depict native t:lowers, wnile the designs ot: the medium and higher value stamps will cover a variety ot: subjects including the timber industry, butter.making, aerial top-dressing, trout t:ishing, )laori art, and a number ot: the scenic attractions of New Zealand. Maori names have been used for the flowers depicted in the lower values. Details of the new stamps, all of which will be produced by the photogravure process are:Denomination Subject ~.
1d. 2d. 3d.
4d.
6d. Bd. 1s.04. 1 s.3d. 1s.6d. 1 s.9d. 2s.04. 2s.6d. 3s.04. 5s.Od. 10s.Od. ÂŁ1-
Size of stamP~
Jlanuka 17mm Karaka KoYlhai Ngutukaka (Kaka Beak) Komai Puarangi (Hibiscus) Pikiarero (Clematis) Rata Timber ~ndustry 25mm Trout 21mm UIti Aerial Top-dressing 25mm Maori Rock Drawing 21mm BIltter Making 37mm Tongariro National Park &: Chateau Sutherland Fane 21mm Tasman Glacier 37mm Pohutu Geyser 21mm
x 21 mm
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" " "" 11 x 21 mm x 25mm
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x 21mm x 37mm x 21mm
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x 37mm x 21mm x 37mm
Ng. pf' Stamps per sheet
240
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" " " 160 ., 11
11 11
120
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