NEW
ZEALAND
POST
PHILATELIC
OFFICE
BULLETIN
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Inquiries about New Zealand and Island Dependencies Stamps are to be addressed to the Director-General •. Postal Division, G.P.O., Wellington, N.Z. 12 March. 1963.
No. 27.
I.
Official
Stamps
Two new orricial stamps 2!d. and 3s. Od. denominations have been added to the cu~rent set which portrays Her Majesty the Queen. The 2';d. value The new stamps were placed on sale on the 1 st \larch, 1963. replaces the 2d. official stamp overprinted 2td. The new stamps have been produced by the line engraved ~rocess by Messrs B~adbury Wilkinson and Company Limited who also produced the othe~ stamps in the official series. The design, size and number or stamps pe~ sheet are the same as the othar stamps in the ofricial set while the colours and plate numbers are:Olive green Grey
Plate No. 9 Plate No.10
Overseas clients desiring to obtain these stamps should place their orders With the Director-General, Postal Division, General Post Office, \Yellington. The 2d. orricilll stamp overprinted 2id. was the close of business on the 28th February.
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2. Cook Islands
A pictorial set or 11 stamps is to be issued on 4th June. 1963. to replace the set thaT has been available since 1949. Production of the new stamps is being carried out by Messrs Bradbury Wilkinson and company Limited who are printing ten denomtnations by lithography and one by the line engraved method. The engraved stamp is the 15. 6d. denomination which portrays Her Majesty the Queen. Illustrated here are the 3d•• Bd•• 1s. 6d., and 3s. Od. denominations. Denominations. SUbjects and the size of the stamps are as follows:-