NEW
ZEALAND
POST
OFFICE
PHILATELIC BULLETIN Inquiries about New Zealand and Island Dependencies Stamps are to be addressed to the Director - General, Stamps Division. G.P.O.• Wellington. N.Z.
No. 15. I.
1958 Health Stamps.-
28 July. 1958. These stamps will be placed on sale on
20 August, 1958. The layout of the large sheets is 6 rows of 20 stamps. The 4d. stamp (3d.+ 1d.) is printed from plate 1 and the 3d. sta~p (2d.+ 1d.) from plate 3. The plate number is over the third stamp in the top row and the sheet value is over the last two stamps in the same row. The miniature sheets are approximately five inches square. inscription "Price 2s.Od." or "Price 1s.6d!' is over the last two stamps on the top of these sheets.
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The imprint "Harrison and Sons Ltd. London" is under every stamp in both the large and the miniature sheets. AJ3 was the case in 1957, pictorial datestamps will be used at the special post offices, which are opened annually on the first day of issue, at the ÂĽaunu, Pakuranga, Otaki, Glenelg and Roxburgb Health camps. Persons in New Zealand who desire covers postmarked at these offices should forward addressed envelopes, together with a remittance to cover the cost of the stamps plus a servicing fee of 1d. per cover, to the respective Chief Postmasters - Whangarei, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.
To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Boys' Brigade a special hand dates tamp reading "The Boys' Brigade 75th Year Wellington, N.Z." will be used at Wellington on 4 OCtober, 1958. Collectors requiring impressions from this dates tamp should forward their stamped addressed covers in time to reach the Chief Postmaster, Wellington by 1 October. The outside cover should in inscribed "Covers for Boys' Brigade Anniversary."