New Zealand: Stamps

As I was sorting through a large group of New Zealand on-paper I came across the same stamp duty issue you reference above, released in 1878. It is a group of 3 stamps, barely hanging on to each other at this point but I will try to keep it together when I mount it. I see just a hint of a light purple stain so I am guessing it has a revenue cancellation...all the same, I thought it was interesting and I am happy to have it.

My Stanley Gibbons concise lists:-
466 issued 12 July 1926 was printed by 'Jones' on chalk surfaced paper with white gum
466wi as above watermark inverted
469 issued May 1927 was printed by 'Cowan' on thick opaque chalk surfaced paper with white gum

Yours looks like the Cowan opaque paper.

Hope that helps

My catalogue is a little old, £14 in 1990

Thank you @falshung , this is what I was looking for. Scott, unfortunately, just has a note about 182a being dark blue but gives no information about it being a later printing or gives any point of comparison other than it being dark blue. My initial excitement was seeing it in the mix and on paper but once I soaked it, I was dismayed at the number of faults it had. That said, it will still fill an empty space on my album pages and I paid tenths of a cent for it. I really have no interest in selling it but it is interesting to know what the value might have been in any case.

As an avid NZ collector, I thought I would bump up this thread by showing some of my Chalons.  I have a Campbell Paterson specialized catalogue.  If anyone has any questions that can't be answered with SG or Scott, I'd be happy to have a look at CP for you.

Very nice nbstamper !! You are a Chalons specialist 

René

With the arrival today of the 2/ stamp, I've managed to assemble a complete mint set of the first side-face series of 1873-1874.  There are, of course, many varieties; but I think I will be happy with what I have been able to find.

Here is a (bad) image of the entire set of 7. Number 6 in the set is the one to find!



If anyone wants to see a better image loaded then please ask (I just found a stock image from the web for illustrative purposes)

Here is the actual 1906 Christchurch Exhibtion set (4v) with Exhibition cancels:



and as Rod mentioned earlier there is a bit of a story behind the 1d Claret (var.)

Dave

Confirmed that your 1d Blue Stamp Duty stamp above has a genuine postal 'A' class (coin) cancel. Used in period too.

Worth at least US$15 (NZ$20+)

Nice one

Dave

Really nice nbstamper!

With these and the Chalons shown earlier you obviously have a liking for these early New Zealand stamps.

Keep 'em coming

Dave

From the sublime (Chalon Heads) to the ridiculous. I did consider introducing a topical category: Toilets on Stamps but thought better of it. However, this is a legitimate example of New Zealand Post's DIY stamps. Using a blank New Zealand Post $1.50 stamp and affixing a sticker to it, subject to approval. In fact this design dates back to 2006, this is a 2013 use of the sticker depicting the toilet designed by Hundertwasser in Kawakawa.

Hundertwasser was a renowned Austrian architect and designer. Born Friederich Stowasser in 1928, he later used the name Hundertwasser, a loose Germanic version of Stowasser. He moved to New Zealand in the 1970s and settled in Kawakawa in 1975 where this toilet can be found. He famously died in 2000 on the ship Queen Elizabeth 2.

Scan_20201210 by Daniel, on Flickr

Scan_20201210 (2) by Daniel, on Flickr

Hi Stanley

I am not an expert on these 1935 Pictorials either - but it rings a bell that there is a shade variation in this group.

This weekend I shall take a look at my CP catalog and confirm for you.

PS - these stamps can be prone to oxidation as well so we need to have that in consideration too.

Dave