More Stamps For 1970 STAMPS to be issued during the second half or 1970 are many and varied. They are:-
August-Health -3!c-girl's Netball - 4c-boy's Soccer. October-Christmas -24c-Old Master-for use on inland Christmas cards.
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3c-New Zealand church stained glass windOW-for use on overseas surface mail Christmas cards. -IOc-Symbolic-For use on aerogrammes to United Kingdom and Europe.
JUNE 1970
NO. 4
Produced by the Philatelic Bureau. Post Ofllce Headquarters. Wellington.
December-Chatham Islands - lc-Chatham Islands Lily - 2c-Chatham Islands Molly¡ mawk.
OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR N.I. STAMPS AT EXPO '70
PROl\fO'UNG stamp sales is Charlie Busfield's business and he has the enviable job of conducting that business for the New Zealand Post Office in Japan. Stamp publicity supervisor in the Postal Division, Mr Busfield will be in Osaka for the duration of Expo
Added to this were 4,500 first-day
covers.
One of the most attractive packs, the 1969 Commemorative, comprises the Christmas stamp, the Captain Cook issue, the Bay of Islands and Health stamps. Even before the Expo stamps
Visitors can put their names down on the New Zealand Philatelic Bureau's mailing list, and arrange to have stamps sent anywhere in the world. Because of language difficulties, however, Japanese orders are preferred through dealers.
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All inquiries from overseas collectors in Japan regarding New Zealand stamp~are directed to him. And it's no "cushy" job. Mr Busfield has been working up to 12 hours a day, and with 3,000 visitors passing through the pavilion every hour he's hard put to it to meet the demand. Helen Brown, a New Zealand hostess, has been delegated to the counter to help him sell packets of stamps. _ These are made up in the Philatelic Bureau, Wellington, and sent to Japan as his supplies diminish. Staff there have a full-time Job keeping up supplies. Altogether eight packets are on sale, from New Zealand, Tokelau Islands, Niue Island and Ross Dependency. The Ross Dependency stamps include a map of Antarctica, and an artist's impression of Scott and Shackleton, the famous explorers. Niuc Island contributes a colourful definitive issue of 110ral stamps, among them the hibiscus, Niue crocus, Tapeu orchid and l1amboyant. New Zealand's floral stamps are sold both with the current definitive issue and in a separate pack. These and the Government Life series run a close second to the Expo 70 series in popularity.
Japanese visitors to the New Zealand pavilion at Expo 70 stUdy displays of New Zealand stamps.
were placed on sale Mr Busfield had an orner from Japanese dealers for 4,000 sets, and 4,000 copies of the 8-cent stamp, which features the New Zealand pavilion. Within 10 weeks of opening 34,000 packs of stamps were sold from the New Zealand stand.
Clients, including dealers, may open a deposit account with the Bureau for a minimum of NZ$5. Any orders for stamps are then paid for with the account. Account holders are kept informed of their credit, so that (Oytr)