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NEW ZEALAND 1898 - 1920

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1898 Various designs, so-called 'Pictorials'

Wakitipu Wakatipu

  1/2 p (Mount Cook) green
  1/2 p (Mount Cook) violet
  1 p (Lake Taupo) brown and blue
  1 p red (Terraces)
  2 p brown
  2 p violet
  2 1/2 p blue (inscription WAKITIPU)
  2 1/2 p blue (inscription WAKATIPU)
  3 p (Huia birds) brown (exists in two sizes)
  4 p red (Terraces)
  4 p brown and blue (Lake Taupo)
  5 p brown (Otira gorge)
  6 p green (kiwi bird)
  6 p red (kiwi bird, exists in two sizes)
  8 p blue (canoe)
  9 p lilac
  1 Sh red (Kea and Kaka birds, exists in two sizes)
  2 Sh green (Milford Sound)
  5 Sh red (Mount Cook)

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
No watermark
1/2 p brown	*	c
1 p brown and blue	*	c
2 p brown	*	c
2 1/2 p	**	**	Wakitipu
2 1/2 p	***	**	Wakatipu
3 p	**	**
4 p red	***	***
4 p brown and blue	***	**
5 p	***	***
6 p green	***	***
6 p red	***	**
8 p	***	***
9 p	***	***
1 Sh	***	***
2 Sh	R	R
5 Sh	RR	RR
Watermark 'NZ Star' (single lined, unless otherwise stated)
1/2 p green	*	c	Double lined watermark or single lined
1 p red	*	c	Double lined watermark
2 p violet	*	c	Double lined watermark or single lined
2 1/2 p	***	***	Wakatipu
3 p	***	*	Normal size (23 mm)
3 p	***	*	Smaller size (21 mm)
4 p brown and blue	***	***
5 p	***	***
6 p red	***	*	Normal size (23 mm)
6 p red	***	**	Smaller size (21 mm)
8 p	***	***
9 p	***	***
1 Sh	***	**	Normal size (23 mm)
1 Sh	***	***	Smaller size (21 mm)
2 Sh	R	***
5 Sh	RR	R

1900 Mythical figure with ship and globe

With text 'New Zealand'

  1 p red

With text 'Dominion of New Zealand'

  1 p red

Overprinted 'AUCKLAND EXHIBITION 1913'

  1 p red

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
No watermark
1 p	*	c	'New Zealand'
1 p			'Dominion', in 1925 printed on paper with inverted blue 'NZ' and star on the black
Watermark 'NZ Star'
1 p	*	c	'New Zealand', Double lined watermark or single lined
1 p	*	vc	'Dominion of New Zealand'
1 p	***	***	Auckland Exhibition

1901 Boer War issue (South Africa)

  1 1/2 p brown

This stamp has watermark 'NZ Star' (double lined or single lined) and is perforated 11.
Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 1/2 p ** *

1903 Express stamp, inscription 'EXPRESS DELIVERY'

  6 p violet and red

This stamp has watermark 'NZ Star' and exists with two perforations: 11 or 14.
Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
6 p ** **

1906 Exhibition in Christchurch

  1/2 p green
  1 p red
  3 p blue and brown
  6 p green and red

These stamps have watermark 'NZ Star' and are perforated 14.
Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1/2 p *** ***
1 p *** ***
3 p *** ***
6 p R R

1909 King Edward VII, inscription 'DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND'

2 p lilac 3 p brown 4 p yellow 5 p brown 8 p blue

  1/2 p green
  2 p lilac
  3 p brown
  4 p red
  4 p yellow (1912)
  5 p brown
  6 p red
  8 p blue
  1 Sh red
Overprinted 'AUCKLAND EXHIBITION 1913'

  1/2 p green
  3 p brown
  6 p red

These stamps have watermark 'NZ Star' and perforation 14.
Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1/2 p c c
2 p ** *
3 p ** *
4 p red ** **
4 p yellow *** *
5 p ** *
6 p ** *
8 p *** *
1 Sh *** *
'Auckland Exhibition'
1/2 p *** ***
3 p *** ***
6 p R R

1915 King George V

  1/2 p green
  1 1/2 p grey
  1 1/2 p brown
  2 p lilac
  2 p yellow
  2 1/2 p blue
  3 p brown
  4 p yellow
  4 p lilac
  4 1/2 p green
  5 p blue
  6 p red
  7 1/2 p brown
  8 p blue
  8 p brown
  9 p olive
  1 Sh red

Overprinted 'WAR STAMP' (1915)

  1/2 p green

These stamps have watermark 'NZ Star'. Specialists distinguish some subtypes. The values 1/2 p and 2 p yellow were printed on paper with inverted blue 'NZ' and star on the back in 1925.
Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1/2 p c vc
1/2 p c c War Stamp
1 1/2 p grey * c
1 1/2 p orange * vc
2 p lilac *** ***
2 p yellow * vc
3 p * c
4 p yellow *** ***
4 p lilac * c
4 1/2 p ** **
5 p * *
6 p * c
7 1/2 p *** ***
8 p blue *** ***
8 p brown ** *
9 p ** *
1 Sh ** c

1919 Victory Stamps, inscription 'VICTORY STAMP', various designs

  1/2 p green
  1 p red
  1 1/2 p orange
  3 p brown
  6 p violet
  1 Sh red

Surcharged

  '2 d. 2d. TWO PENCE' on 1/2 p green

These stamps have watermark 'NZ Star' and perforation 14.
Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1/2 p * *
1 p * c
1 1/2 p * c
3 p ** **
6 p *** ***
1 Sh *** ***
2 p on 1/2 p * c

Copyright by Evert Klaseboer

Preview of Stamps Catalogue CD : VOLUME 1