Stamps of New Zealand

Postage stamps and postal history of New Zealand

1855 - 1862 Chalons / Full Face Queens (FFQ)


18 July 1855	Full Face Queens (No Perforations)
Image	Catalogue Number	Description	Value
One Penny Stamp - Red	1	One Penny Stamp - Red	1d
Image To Be Posted	2	One Penny Stamp - Orange	1d
Two Pence Stamp - Blue	3	Two Pence Stamp - Blue	2d
Three Pence Stamp - Lilac	4	Three Pence Stamp - Lilac	3d
Six Pence Stamp - Brown	5	Sixpence Stamp - Brown	6d (Shades range from yellow-brown & red-brown to black-brown)
One Shilling Stamp - Green	6	One Shilling Stamp - Green	1/-


1862	Full Face Queens (Perforated)
Image	Catalogue Number	Description	Value
Image To Be Posted	7	One Penny Stamp - Red	1d
Image To Be Posted	8	One Penny Stamp - Orange-Red	1d
Image To Be Posted	9	One Penny Stamp - Brown	1d
Image To Be Posted	10	Two Penny Stamp - Blue	2d
Image To Be Posted	11	Two Penny Stamp - Orange	2d
Image To Be Posted	12	Three Pence Stamp - Lilac	3d
Image To Be Posted	13	Four pence Stamp - Red	4d
Image To Be Posted	14	Four pence Stamp - Yellow	4d
Image To Be Posted	15	Sixpence Stamp - Brown	6d
Image To Be Posted	16	Sixpence Stamp - Blue	6d
Image To Be Posted	17	One Shilling Stamp - Green	1/-

1873, 1874 & 1882 Queen Victoria "Sidefaces"

1873:

1/2d Pink/Rose (Newspaper Rate)

1874 First Sidefaces:

1d Lilac 2d Red 3d Brown 4d Maroon 6d Blue 1/ Green 2/ Red 5/ Grey
(The 2/ and 5/ are very hard to find.)

1882 Second Sidefaces:

1/2d Black 1d Red 2d Purple 21/2d Blue 3d Yellow 4d Green 5d Grey 6d Brown 8d Blue 1/ Chestnut

1898 Pictorials

1/2d Mt Cook (black) 1d Taupo 2d Pembroke (red) 21/2d Wakatipu 3d Huias 4d Terraces 5d Otira 6d Kiwi (green) 8d Canoe 9d Terraces 1/ Kaka 2/ Milford 5/ Mt Cook
Notes: Four stamps from this set can also be found overprinted OFFICIAL: 3d Huias, 1/ Kaka, 2/ Milford and 5/ Mt Cook.
The 21/2d Wakatipu can also be found with the spelling variation "Wakitipu", These are not hard to find and are most commonly seen unused.
The 5/ Mt Cook is not scarce but it is difficult to find in good condition with a regular cancellation. Fiscally used embossed, circular "crown" cancels, or pen cancels are common and worth much less than catalogue value, One leading NZ dealer sells fiscally used copies for $35NZ which is less than 1/20th of the catalogue price. Also beware of "mint no gum" of this stamp as most are fiscally used with the pen cancel cleaned off.

1900 Pictorials

1/2d Mt Cook (green), 1d Terraces, 11/2d Boer War, 2d Pembroke, 4d Taupo, 6d Kiwi.

Notes: This set contains mostly reprints of designs from the 1898 pictorials, in different colors and values.

3 stamps from this set can also be found overprinted OFFICIAL: 1/2 Mt Cook, 2d Pembroke, 6d Kiwi.

1901 Universal.

1d Zealandia (Can be found with or without official overprint)

1906 Christchurch Exhibition

1/2d Canoe 1d Carving 3d Landing 6d Annexation

1907 Redrawn Pictorials

1d Zealandia (diagonal lines on globe) 3d Huias 6d Kiwi (red) 1/ Kaka

Notes: Same designs as earlier issues - but these are smaller (except for the zealandia which can be identified by the lines on the globe.) The Zealandia and 6d Kiwi can also be found overprinted Official.

1909 King Edward VII

1/2d Green 1d Zealandia Dominion 2d Mauve 3d Brown 4d Orange 4d Yellow 5d Brown 6d Red 8d Blue 1/ Orange

Note: 1/2d Green, 1d Dominion (Same design as zealandia with words "Dominion Of" at top of stamp) 3d Brown, 6d Red, 8d Blue & 1/ Orange can also be found with Official overprints.

1913 Auckland Exhibition

1/2 Green 1d Dominion 3d Brown 6d Red

Note: These are stamps from the King Edward issue of 1909, overprinted for the exhibition.

1915 King George V

1/2d Green 11/2d Grey 11/2d Orange-Brown 2d Violet/Purple 2d Yellow 3d Brown 4d Yellow 4d Violet/Purple 41/2d Green 5d Blue 6d Red 71/2d Brown 8d Blue 8d Brown 9d Olive 1/ Orange

These exist in a variety of different printings and some can be found overprinted Official. The 1/2d Green can also be found overprinted "War Stamp".

1920 Victory

1/2d Green 1d Red 11/2d Brown 2d Two Pence overprint on 1/2d Green 3d Brown 6d Purple 1/ Orange

Note: The 6d and 1/ are commonly found with heavy parcel cancels, these are worth considerably less than catalogue values.

1923 Map Stamp

1d Red

1925 Dunedin Exhibition

1/2d Green 1d Red 4d Mauve/Purple

1926 Admirals

1d Red 2/ Blue 3/ Purple

Note: Heavy parcel cancels & pen or punched/perfin cancels are common on the 3/ and worth a lot less than catalogue values, one of the leading New Zealand dealers supplies parcel cancels of these at about 1/4th of their regular used price. 1d Red and 2/ Blue can also be found overprinted Official.

1931 Airmails

3d Chocolate/Brown 4d Purple 5d Five Pence overprint on 3d green 7d Orange/Brown 7d Blue with Trans Tasman overprint.

Note: The 5d and 7d Blue exist only with the overprints.

1935 Air Mail

1d Red 3d Violet 6d Blue

1935 Silver Jubilee

1/2d Green 1d Red 6d Orange

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1938 George VI

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1940 Centennial

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1953-4 Queen Elizabeth

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1960 Pictorials

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1967 Decimal Currency

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1970 Pictorials

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1975 Pictorials

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