New Zealand Stamps, Booklets, Life Insurance Stamps, First Day Covers & PacksDecimal Stamps 1967>Other New Zealand. Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson, England. One is permanently held at New York Public Library's Miller Collection, while the other is one of the most valuable rare stamps wanted by collectors. The remote South Pacific colony had its first issue in 1855, in denominations of 1 penny, 2d and 1 shilling (12d). New Zealand SG 384: 19086d carmine-pink, single NZ star wmk, perf 14x15. Designer: LC Mitchell, and Government Printer, Wellington. Maliland.. Africa.. West Africa. We may disable listings or cancel transactions that present a risk of violating this policy. Etsy reserves the right to request that sellers provide additional information, disclose an item's country of origin in a listing, or take other steps to meet compliance obligations. These stamps have achieved a rare status as collector's items from a time before Hawaiian statehood. "For such a thing to turn up in 2014 in New Zealand, of all places, " he said, "borders on the bizarre. Published by New Zealand, 1970, 1970. New Zealand Stamps | Auctions | Rare | Sandafayre. One can be seen above, here in 1934 and the other in further up in 1932. New Zealand SG O63: 1907Pictorial 3d Huia OFFICIAL overprint, very fine mint unhinged.
Very fine mint unhinged, excellent centring and seldom... 00. "What are my stamps worth? " For more on this design & issue see our post - 1931 Health Issue. Letters increased in postage from 1d to 2d, so the 2d design was added in New Zealand. First Day Covers from 1960s onward of NZ and other countries, Disney stamps, 1983 Commonwealth Day collection (navy blue album), World Wildlife Fund collection (black albums), Americas Cup collection, African homelands stamps from 1970s-80s, childhood world stamp collection started around 1920-1980 in one small album. Both were shown at the 1899 Manchester Philatelic Exposition, then separated before one was sold as part of the Ferrari collection. Rare stamps of new zealand official. New Zealand - Stamp Packet. Email: Shop By Department. A rare Plate 77 Penny Red sold in 2016 for £495, 000, equal to about USD 804, 960 today.
The final photo was the background scenery. Superb fine used on 1860. Gwynn has told the story in a five-page scholarly article in The New Zealand Stamp Collector, official journal of the Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand, of which he is an internationally-decorated member and former president. That was the rough figure given by Mowbray Collectables owner and auctioneer John Mowbray when asked the rough odds of someone bringing in their old collection for an assessment and actually digging up something worth more than $1000. Three postage stamps from New Zealand of differing denominations in a clear plastic wrap. Date of Issue: 2 October 1950. Rare stamps of new zealand today. The 1947 stamps had the inscriptions 'Postage' and 'Revenue' because the 1945 Finance Act authorised Health Stamps could be used to pay the tax on receipts. It sold for 1, 610, 000 Swiss Francs in 1992, equivalent to $2, 322, 400 in inflation-adjusted 2022 dollars. Prince Charles Philip Arthur George was born on 14 November 1948, being the eldest son of the then Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip.
New Foundland Stamp. Many lots illustrated with b&w and colour photographs. Rare stamps of new zealand. 5 kg export post and packing will be more than quoted by abe and as economy parcels cannot be insured book can only go by airmail. If you have a stamp that no one else has, then people will pay top dollar for it. But if you want to find the most expensive stamps, then you need to combine all of these characteristics on a stamp that is in excellent condition.
The 1929 health stamp issue was a big success with 592, 848 being sold. The 1940 issue appeared with no overprint. Mowbray auctions about $3 million worth of stamps a year from its base in Otaki. 1936 The Lifebuoy - 1d + 1d. WE ALSO ACCEPT PAYMENT IN US DOLLARS OR EURO BY BANK TRANSFER. It changed, becoming worse during the printing process until it was noticed and corrected. NEW ZEALAND COMMEMORATES RARE STAMPS –. Buying one would have turned even the most valuable nickels into treasure. A PLATE 14 block of 4 with WATERMARK/NO WATERMARK... $950. Decorated end papers.
1908 2d (2s) Emerald-green. "I turned up at a society meeting and someone came up to me and said, 'hey, have you got this? British Commonwealth Stamps. I have two examples of distant colour differences in these early issues. Designer: E Linzell, Bradbury Wilkinson, England. The importation into the U. S. of the following products of Russian origin: fish, seafood, non-industrial diamonds, and any other product as may be determined from time to time by the U. Virtual New Zealand Stamps: Health Stamps - Part One. Very fine mint... £175. Compared with the final design, as issued. 6d Pale Dull Purple I. This design shows a young boy sitting watching children playing at the Roxburgh Health Camp. Only four are known to exist. A rare stamp discovered by Napier philatelist Robin Gwynn sold for more than $300, 000, after an expert once dismissed the tiny piece of nearly 160-year-old embossed paper as a fake.
Some collectors have a house full that nobody else is aware of. It is from the Qing Dynasty and sold for $889, 800 in 2013, equivalent to $1, 104, 300 today. Alexandria produced the Postmaster's Provisionals, of which seven copies are recorded today, but only one on the slightly blue paper of the Alexandria Blue Boy. 1902 Incomplete Base. In addition the radiating spandrels outside of the central vignette which was taken from a banknote design and the same Chilean stamp. The first stamps were printed in London on paper with a watermark of a large star. 1874 One of the most important and highly celebrated... SG235a. 1939 2 1/2d Magenta and sage-green. Ngkok...... Kong.... F. M. S... Kelantan.. Malacca.. Penang.. Perak.. Perlis.. Sabah.. Thai Occupation.. A... Japanese Occupation.. Johore.. Kedah.. Negri Sembilan.. Pahang.. Selangor.. Straits Settlements.. Sungei Ujong.. Trengganu. The map, however, was deemed to be inaccurate and the stamps were quickly pulled from production.
Buyer's guide to the most valuable stamps. Two blocks of four are also known to exist. The Two Penny Blue was meant for heavier items and was used less often than the Penny Black. The original inhabitants of the country were Polynesians of Maori descent. A few years before it was established, in 1894, a steamship named the S. S. Wairarapa, en route from Sydney to Auckland, broke up on a reef near the island and sank.