NEWSLETTER FOR COLLECTORS OF NEW ZEALAND STAMPS VOLUME 66 NUMBER 10, MAY 2015 CP S NEW ZEALAND STAMPS - WELCOME TO OUR TRADITION

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1 NEWSLETTER FOR COLLECTORS OF NEW ZEALAND STAMPS VOLUME 66 NUMBER 10, MAY 2015 UNIQUE - Edward VII 6d Official perf 14 line Only one authenticated copy of HO6a is known to our publishers. See page 6 CP S NEW ZEALAND STAMPS - WELCOME TO OUR TRADITION CAMPBELL PATERSON PO Box 99988, Newmarket, Auckland 1149, New Zealand 1 Ngaire Avenue, Newmarket, Auckland 1051, New Zealand T , F service@campbellpaterson.co.nz

2 isite Regional Stamp Booklets Update Wellington 70c, 80c, $1.90, $2.00 Designs: Mt Victoria, Wellington; Cable Car, Wellington; Oriental Bay, Wellington; Further to the note in the April 2015 CP Newsletter page 6, we can now add the following details. The booklets were designed by New Zealand Post Ltd, Wellington from photos and captions (more on those later) supplied by isite and were printed by Southern Colour Print Ltd, Dunedin. The first issue of $7.00 and $19.00 booklets, containing 70c and $1.90 stamps, were without barcodes and were supplied to isite New Zealand Head Office in bulk late April 2014 for onward distribution to their isite network. Following the postage rate increases isite requested the second print run of $8.00 and $20.00 booklets, containing 80c and $2.00 stamps, and supplied early July 2014, were with barcodes for better stock management. Designs: isite Regional Postage Stamps 2014 (April: $7.00, $19.00 booklets; July: $8.00, $20.00 booklets) Designed by isite; printed by Southern Colour Print Ltd, Dunedin Auckland / Northland & Coromandel 70c, 80c, $1.90, $2.00 Designs: Auckland Harbour; Bay of Islands, Northland; Cape Reinga, Northland; Cathedral Cove, Coromandel; Harbour Bridge Climb, Auckland; Hokianga, Northland; Pohutukawa Tree, The Coromandel; Reef Diving, Cavalli Islands, Northland; Sky Tower, Auckland; Waiheke Island, Auckland Waikato 70c, 80c, $1.90, $2.00 Designs: Aranui Cave, Waitomo; Hamilton, Waikato; Hobbiton, Matamata, Waikato; Matamata i-site, Waikato; Otorohanga, Waikato; Te Aroha, Waikato; Te Waihou Stream, Putaruru, Waikato; Tirau, Waikato; Waikato River Trails; Waireinga Bridal Veil Falls, Raglan, Waikato Eastern / Central North Island 70c, 80c, $1.90, $2.00 Designs: Napier, Hawke s Bay; Black Barn Vineyard, Hawke s Bay; Redwood Forest, Rotorua; Mt Maunganui, Bay of Plenty; Maori Carving, Wairakei, Taupo; Lake Rotorua; Blue Lake, Tongariro National Park; Mud Pools, Rotorua; Lake Taupo; Huka Falls, Taupo Taranaki / Western North Island 70c, 80c, $1.90, $2.00 Designs: Pukekura Park, New Plymouth; Mt Taranaki (close view); Bridge to Nowhere; The Square, Palmerston North (by day); Te Apiti, Manawatu Gorge; Iron Gates Gorge, Manawatu; The Square, Palmerston North (by night); Whanganui River; Mt Taranaki (distant view); Cape Egmont, Taranaki Tuatara, Pukaha National Wildlife Centre, Wairarapa; White Kiwi, Pukaha National Wildlife Centre, Wairarapa; Pencarrow Lighthouses, Wellington; Vineyards, Martinborough (misspelled Matinborough on 70c, 80c); Te Papa, Wellington; Wellington Harbour; Civic Square, Wellington Top of the South 70c, 80c, $1.90, $2.00 Designs: Abel Tasman National Park (misspelled Able on 70c, 80c); Marlborough Sounds and Vineyard; Marlborough Sounds (first view); Marlborough Sounds (second view); Marlborough Sounds (third view)(misspelled Marlbourgh on 70c, 80c); Marlborough Vineyards (misspelled Marlbourgh on 70c, 80c); Mussels and Wine, Marlborough; Picton, Marlborough (misspelled Marlbourgh on 70c, 80c); Seymour Square, Blenheim (by day); Seymour Square, Blenheim (by night) Canterbury 70c, 80c, $1.90, $2.00 Designs: Avon River, Christchurch Botanical Gardens; Balloon Safari, Canterbury; Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo; Cycling, Lake Pukaki; Fly-fishing, Aoraki Mt Cook National Park; Horse trekking, Aoraki Mt Cook National Park; Kaikoura, Canterbury (misspelled Kaikora); Tasman Glacier Lake, Aoraki Mt Cook National Park; Town Clock, Ashburton; Whale watching, Kaikoura West Coast 70c, 80c, $1.90, $2.00 Designs: West Coast Beach; West Coast (first view); West Coast (second view); Westport Clock Tower, West Coast; Big River Hut, West Coast; Buller, West Coast; Franz Josef Glacier, West Coast; Greymouth, West Coast; Lyell, West Coast; Reefton, West Coast Lower South Island 70c, 80c, $1.90, $2.00 Designs: Queenstown; Chasm Falls, Fiordland; Mitre Peak, Milford Sound; Otago Peninsula (first view); Railway Station, Dunedin (misspelled Sation); Queenstown Mall; The Remarkables; Bungy Jumping; Otago Peninsula (second view); Penguin, Otago Peninsula New Zealand Iconic Images 70c, 80c, $1.90, $2.00 Designs: Kiwi; Haka; Tuatara; Koru Tree Fern; Kaka; Fern and Sea; Limpet Shell; Tui; Poi Dance; Fern Frond 2 3

3 Captions Most of the captions on the stamps are the same as the photo-names as supplied by isite. A few were then later altered by isite as the artwork was being completed and proofs being signed off. However, as noted above, the proof-checkers were not as accurate as they might have been and several typos slipped through. They are: Wellington Matinborough, instead of Martinborough on 70c and 80c Vineyards stamps. Top of the South Able, instead of Abel on 70c and 80c Abel Tasman National Park stamps. Marlbourgh, instead of Marlborough on THREE different 70c and 80c Marlborough stamps: Sounds; Vineyards; and Picton. Canterbury Kaikora, instead of Kaikoura on all Kaikoura, Canterbury stamps. Lower South Island Sation, instead of Station on all Railway Station, Dunedin stamps. Stamp Exhibition Dates NZSDA Wellington Stamp Show 2015 Saturday 2 May 10am 5pm Sunday 3 May 10am 4pm St James Chilton School Jubilee Hall, 124 Waterloo Road, Lower Hutt London 2015 Europhilex International Stamp Exhibition Wednesday 13 Saturday 16 May Business Design Centre, Upper Street, Islington, London N1 The Capital Stamp Show October 2015 Wellington Philatelic Society TSB Bank Arena, 4 Queens Wharf, Wellington City Canpex 2016 Christchurch Trans-Tasman Exhibition London May Visit The owners of Campbell Paterson, David Holmes and Nigel Shanks will be visiting the London 2015 Europhilex Stamp Exhibition which is being held on the May at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London. On top of visiting the Europhilex Stamp Exhibition they are interested in meeting up with clients who wish to sell their New Zealand Stamps and Postal History. Campbell Paterson are interested in buying:- Better single stamps including Full Face Queens, Advertisement Stamps, OPSO s, Cinderellas & Revenues, Postal Fiscals - QV Long Types & Arms, Missing Colours and other errors/varieties both early to modern. Collection Lots especially Specialised Collections of Early Issues as well as the more modern periods. New Zealand Postal History from Prestamp and Full Face Queens to Airmails, Military Mail, Postage Dues, Destination Mail as well as Postmarks. To make an appointment please details of what you have for sale and your contact details. David and Nigel will be staying in the Islington area near the show. Our addresses are: david@campbellpaterson.co.nz or nigel@campbellpaterson.co.nz Eighty-Five Years Ago From The New Zealand Stamp Collector May 1930 Speeding Up The Mails. From the beginning of July the Air Mail Convention of London will come into force, and letters, postcards, commercial paper, printed papers and samples may be posted in New Zealand for dispatch to Australia, Canada and the United States for transmission by air mail services in those countries. Correspondence will also be accepted for transmission to Great Britain, and countries in Europe by the Karachi London air mail service. Letters must be specially addressed and the envelope must bear a special blue label, which will be affixed at the Post Offices on special application being made. Flags on Cricket stamps Update Thanks to Dr John S Sheppard of Christchurch, I can now report that the reason a shamrock was on the Ireland ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 stamp rather than the Irish flag, the Tricolour, was that the Ireland cricket team was a joint team comprising players from the Republic of Eire and Northern Ireland. Thus, as the national emblem of Ireland, the trefoil shamrock was selected to represent the combined Ireland ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 team. Fifty Years Ago From the CP Newsletter May 1965 New Zealand Notes and Comment by John Robinson Missing Colour: Usually reliable sources tell us of a new major find of a complete large sheet of the 1964 Health stamp 2½d+1d Tarapunga red colour omitted T36a(z). 4 5

4 Fifty Years Ago From the CP NZ Bulletin May 1965 NZ Stamps As I Have Come To Know Them by Campbell Paterson Selected World Postal History An eclectic offering of Postal History -- from GB 1847 Embossed to Registered Mail to Health FDC; a baker s dozen of offers. 4d. Mitre Peak 1935/1947. To reiterate, there was only one 4d. Mitre Peak on the Single watermark paper and this is easily separated from all later issues by its vertical mesh. The perf. is about 14 but this is not a suitable identifying factor since two later stamps had perfs about the same. Rely then, on the mesh, or the watermark if you must. The Single watermark issue (L7a) is known used with inverted watermark. It is rare thus and I cannot recall that I have ever seen it mint. Plate varieties are few, the most notable being some clumsy retouching of the letters of MITRE, giving elongated or otherwise abnormal letters. Occasionally the stamps were printed out of position on the sheet and in such cases copies are found with letters watermark from the watermark lettering NEW ZEALAND POSTAGE which appeared in the margins of all single watermark sheets. Turning now to the rest of the 4d s all with multiple watermarks. Some of these, the very last issues, were on the coarse war time paper. This is readily recognized by its roughness and the clarity of the watermark. Its perf. is 14 x 14.1 or 14.2, which is close to 14 all round so it is a poor identifying factor. Still, a perf. close to 14 coupled with a poor quality paper should be enough guidance for most. I have emphasized the necessity for recognition of the coarse paper because this common stamp (L7e) is far too often mistaken for the much scarcer issue L7c. There is little help to be got from the perfs in separating these two stamps, and I would advise every collector to look again at his copies of L7c. It can be taken as certain that unless the stamp has a fine quality, dense, smooth, white paper it is not L7c. Another good guide is the colour of the frames. In the true L7c the frame is always a grey-black, gunmetal shade, identical with the frames of the perf. 12½ issue and quite unlike the deep black-browns found in L7e. It is easy to mistake one s geese for swans but with the information above there is really no excuse for self-deception. More on the 4d. Mitre next month. HO6a 1910 King Edward VII 6d Official perf 14 line The only known copy of this incredibly rare stamp. Indubitably perf 14 line; postmarked 25 Jan THE DISCOVERY COPY With RPS Certificate and the history of the find $10, (a) 1898 EA2a NZ Registered Letter. The first New Zealand registered envelope to bear a stamp imprint : the FSF 3d in blue. This paying the registration-fee, the stamp to pay the postage placed above. This example in fine, clean, mint condition $100 (b) 1855 (12 June) GB 1/- green embossed SG54 closely cut-to-shape and touching at one point, with vertical crease through adhesive, Jersey, Channel Islands 12 JU 1855 to Philadelphia, USA. Other markings: VR 14JU in red, L JU14 C in black, large red USA mark 24 JUN 55 over stamp (Cat. SG stamp cut square 1000). Whilst not perfect this is a collectable usage on cover of the GB embossed 1/- $200 (c) 1904 (7 Jan) E9c 3d Huias, pair 1d Universal Hokitika to Hobart, Tasmania; Registered Hokitika No. 19, backstamps 11 JA 04 Wellington, 21 JA 04 Hobart $40 (d) 1906 (6 June) postcard Muir & Moodie The Sutherland Fall, near Milford Sound, damaged 1d Universal which may not belong, to Oreti Plains, with Oreti Plains postmark 11 June 06 ( rated 8) $40 (e) 1906 (26 Sept) CC2d 1d EVII envelope Wellington neat machine cancel to London, backstamp 3 Nov 1906 London $40 (f) 1909 (5 March) On Public Trust Office Business State Guarantee envelope, usage of meter-mark Moss C machine, Die 1b, Wellington 1d Paid, cancelled Wellington machine cancel, to Wanganui, backstamp 6 March 09 Wanganui machine cancel $150 (g) 1929 (12 March) Tangier, Morocco, franked GB KGV 2½d blue overprinted Morocco Agencies, pair GB KGV 2d orange overprinted Tangier on Registered envelope Tangier, Morocco No. 267 to California, USA; five backstamps: 12 MR 29 Tangier, - MR 29 London, 30 MR 29 USA, 1 APR 29 Oakland, Calif, 2 Apr 29 Oakland, Calif, USA $150 (h) 1930 (30 August) Gilbert & Ellice Islands pair KGV 3d brown on yellow, manuscript Registration Butaritari R No. 29 to California, USA; four backstamps: 22 Sept 30 Sydney, Australia, 24 Oct 30 San Francisco, 24 Oct 30 Calif, 25 Oct 30 Oakland, Calif, USA $150 (i) (j) 1933 (8 Nov) T5a 1933 Health Pathway on neat, plain FDC Christchurch, typed address $ (7 May) S18a/c 1935 Silver Jubilee set on neat, plain unaddressed FDC Wellington $

454 (k) 1937 (5 Nov) NZ K13f KGV ½d green, K18e KGV 2d yellow postmarked Atafu, Union Islands, to Seattle, USA; backstamps 4 Nov 30 Apia, Samoa, 15 Nov 1930 lovely Pago Pago, American Samoa US flag

A most interesting, attractive cover $750 (l) 1937 (1 Oct) T9a 1937 Health Hiker on neat, plain FDC Wellington $20 (m) 1937 (1 Oct) T9a 1937 Health Hiker on neat, plain FDC Maropiu (two cancels) to

5 454 (k) 1937 (5 Nov) NZ K13f KGV ½d green, K18e KGV 2d yellow postmarked Atafu, Union Islands, to Seattle, USA; backstamps 4 Nov 30 Apia, Samoa, 15 Nov 1930 lovely Pago Pago, American Samoa US flag machine cancel. Something is wrong with the Atafu 1937 dates, a dateslug year error. A most interesting, attractive cover $750 (l) 1937 (1 Oct) T9a 1937 Health Hiker on neat, plain FDC Wellington $20 (m) 1937 (1 Oct) T9a 1937 Health Hiker on neat, plain FDC Maropiu (two cancels) to Maropiu, backstamp Maropiu 4 Oct 1937 ( rated 5) $ Section H King Edward VII ½d engraved by Perkins Bacon Ltd, London and typographed by the Government Printer, Wellington. Other values engraved by WR Royle & Son, London and recess-printed by the Government Printer, Wellington. Here is a complete specialized listing from stock. UHM unhinged Mint LHM lightly hinged Mint FU fine Used U fine commercially Used DISCOUNT OFFERED FROM THIS LIST FOR THE MONTH OF MAY ONLY: On Total Orders Over $ % discount On Total Orders Over $ % discount 454(k) 1937(?) Atafu, Union Islands UHM LHM FU U 535 (a) H1 ½d black imperf proof $50 (b) H1a(1) ½d yellow-green $45 $10 $ (c) H1a(2) green $45 $10 $ (d) H1a with RI Co ID perfin U $10 (e) H1a block of four U $5 (f) H1a strip of three U $3 (g) H1a shades packet of three, marked pale yellow-green, bronze green, very deep green FCU $200 (h) H1a(w) ½d R3/18 flaw under NY U $125 (i) H1a(x) ½d blurred print from booklets U $7 (j) H1a(x) blurred print right selvedge single with part serial number U $10 (k) H1a booklet pair W3b(r) ½d with selvedge bars (Cat. $75) U $60 (l) H1a booklet right selvedge single U $10 (m) H1a booklet pair W3a(v) ½d with star left (Cat. $500), this pair with faults and toning NSFM $75 454(h) 1930 Butaritari Registered 8 9

6 Section H King Edward VII (Cont.) UHM LHM FU U 535 (n) H1a booklet single ½d with star right, without selvedges, bad staining NSFM $50 (o) HO1a(1) ½d Official green $80 $25 $5 - (p) HO1a(2) yellow-green - $25 $5 - (q) HO1a shades packet of six, marked Official shade extremes U $ (a) H2a(1) 2d mauve $145 $35 $15 - (b) H2a(2) deep mauve $160 $40 $15 - (c) H2a(3) rosy mauve $175 $45 $18 - (d) H2a(4) pale mauve $145 $35 $15 - (e) H2a strip of three - - $40 $20 (f) H2a shade extreme very deep mauve, sold as is CU $5 537 (a) H3a(1) 3d deep chestnut $140 $35 $4 - (b) H3a(2) chestnut $140 $35 $4 - (c) H3a(3) bistre-brown - $65 $4 - (d) H3a shade marked very deep chestnut U $10 (e) H3a block of four U $20 (f) H3a strip of three U $10 (g) HO3a(1) 3d Official chestnut $200 $60 $5 - (h) HO3a(2) deep chestnut $200 $60 $5 - (i) HO3a shades packet, marked bistre(?) and deep bistre, sold as is CU $ (a) H3b 3d perf 14 line $250 $100 $60 $ (a) H3c(1) 3d perf 14x13½ chestnut $650 $200 $500 $275 (b) HO3c 3d Official $800 $350 $600 $ (a) H3e(1) 3d two-perf-pair - $ (a) H4a 4d red-orange $75 $40 $70 $40 (b) H4b 4d perf 14 line $75 $40 $85 $45 (c) H4d(1) 4d bright yellow - - $60 $35 (d) H4d(2) yellow $125 $40 $60 $ (a) H5a(1) 5d deep brown $200 $60 $7 - (b) H5a(2) 5d deep red-brown $200 $60 $7 - (c) H5b(1) 5d perf 14x14½ deep brown - $30 $15 - (d) H5b(2) 5d deep red-brown $200 $30 $15 - (e) H5c(1) 5d perf 14x13½ deep brown $225 $45 $15 - (f) H5c(2) 5d deep red-brown $225 $45 $15 - UHM LHM FU U 542 (g) H5d(2) 5d two-perf-pair deep red-brown $ (a) H6a(1) 6d carmine $400 $120 - $15 (b) H6a(2) 6d deep carmine - $120 - $20 (c) H6a(1) 6d single, marked letters wmk? CU $40 (d) HO6a SEE BOX p.6 (discount not applicable) (e) H6b(1) 6d perf 14x14½ carmine $240 $65 $5 - (f) H6b(2) 6d deep carmine $285 $65 $5 - (g) H6b 6d strip of four U $15 (h) H6b 6d vertical strip of three U $10 (i) H6b 6d strip of three U $10 (j) H6b 6d very deep carmine, sold as is U $2 (k) HO6b 6d Official $150 $60 $25 $15 (l) H6c(1) 6d perf 14x13½ carmine $600 - $450 $225 (m) H6c(2) 6d deep carmine - - $500 $250 (n) H6e(1) 6d two-perf-pair, minor faults - $ (a) H7 8d blue imperf proof $150 (b) H7b(1) 8d indigo-blue $120 $30 $8 - (c) H7b(2) 8d deep bright blue $120 $30 $8 - (d) H7b 8d strip of three U $20 (e) H7b 8d single, marked very deep blue U $15 (f) H7b 8d single, marked reentry U $25 (g) HO7b(1) 8d Official deep bright blue $135 $40 $100 $60 (h) HO7b(2) 8d indigo-blue $145 $40 $100 $60 (i) H7c(1) 8d perf 14x13½ indigo-blue $300 $160 $6 - (j) H7c(2) 8d deep bright blue - $160 $6 - (k) H7c 8d strip of three U $15 (l) H7c(z) 8d inverted wmk, faults NSFU $25 (m) HO7c(1) 8d Official deep bright blue $135 $45 $100 $60 (n) HO7c(2) 8d indigo-blue $135 $45 $100 $60 (o) H7d(1) 8d two-perf-pair indigo-blue $500 $175 - $350 (p) HO7d(1) 8d two-perf-pair Official deep bright blue - $ (q) HO7d(2) 8d indigo-blue - $ (r) H7e(1) 8d sideways wmk $250 $100 $300 $ (a) H8a 1/- orange-vermilion $750 $250 $50 $30 (b) H8a(z) 1/- R10/1 V in REVENUE doubled reentry UHM $975 (c) H8b(1) 1/- perf 14x14½ orange-vermilion $750 $200 $50 $30 (d) H8b(2) 1/- vermilion $750 $200 $50 $30 (e) HO8b(1) 1/- Official orange-vermilion $600 $175 $250 $125 (f) HO8b(2) 1/- vermilion $600 $175 $250 $

They are offered subject unsold and will be sent on approval to known clients, Postage is additional. GST not included (NZ only).

7 454(f) 1909 Moss C, Die 1b p.7 454(i) 1933 Health FDC p.7 The CP Newsletter is a confidential source of information for philatelists and collectors. Published by Campbell Paterson, Auckland New Zealand. ISSN All lots offered in this newsletter are unconditionally guaranteed as genuine and as described. They are offered subject unsold and will be sent on approval to known clients, Postage is additional. GST not included (NZ only). The information contained in this newsletter is private to subscribers and unauthorised reproduction is expressly forbidden. Postal orders to PO Box 99988, Newmarket, Auckland 1149, New Zealand. To obtain more detailed descriptions of the material offered in this newsletter or to place orders, phone us or Fax or service@campbellpaterson.co.nz Our website is: Overseas clients phone (toll free) UK:

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