NEW
ZEALAND
POST
PHILATELIC
OFFICE
BULLETIN
Inquiries about New Zealand and Island Dependencies Stamps are to be addressed to the Philatelic Bureau, General Post Office, Wellington. N.Z. No. 45
October, 1967
I.
New Zealand Christmas Stamp, 1967
Detailed information about this stamp was given in Bulletin No. 44. The design is a detail of the painting "The Adoration of the Shepherds" by Poussin. The central scene shows the Mother and Child. Date of Issue 3 October 1967. Date of Withdrawal At post offices: At Philatelic Bureau, General Post Office, Wellington:
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5 January 1968 30 June 1968.
2. Niue Christmas Stamp, 1967
As illustrated, the design is the same as the New Zealand Christmas stamp. Plate Numbers 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C Date of Issue
3 October 1967.
Date of Withdrawal At post offices: At Philatelic Bureau, General Post Office, Wellington:
5 January 1968 30 June 1968.
3.
Centenary of Royal Society of New Zealand (1867-1967)
As illustrated, the designs of the stamps are as follows: ~c value - The stamp depicts Mt Aspiring with the aurora australis and the southern cross in the background. A side panel symbolises the wide research interest of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 8c value - The stamp features a portrait of Sir James Hector, founder of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Artist Mr James Berry, Wellington. Printed By Thomas De La Rue and Co. Ltd., London, by their Delacryl process. (This is the first New Zealand stamp issue printed by the Delacryl process.) Date of Issue 10 October 1967 Period of Sale Unless stocks are exhausted earlier, the issue will be withdrawn from sale at post offices on 23 November 1967, and at the Philatelic Bureau, General Post Office, Wellington, on 31 July 1968. Size of Stamps Both 4c and 8c stamps:
21mm x 37mm vertical format.
Sheet Size 100 stamps per sheet (10 rows of 10). Sheet Value 4c: ~ (printed at top right-hand corner of the sheet) 8c: ~8 (printed at top right-hand corner of the sheet). Plate Numbers 4c:
1A 1B 1A 1B
1A 1B 1A 1B
1A 1B 1A 1B
2A 2B 1A 1B
8c:
1A 1A 1A 1A 1A
(Supplies of all plate numbers are not now available).
Ordering This issue is listed on the order form enclosed with Bulletins sent to overseas clients. 4.
Requests for Stamps to be Postmarked
Clients requesting stamps to be cancelled at Ross Dependency, Niue, Tokelau and Campbell Islands are reminded that due to the infrequency of mails to these places, some time may elapse before they receive their orders. 5. ÂŁ s. d. and
D.e.
Issues
We regret that during the past few months some clients have been inconvenienced by the delay in supplying their orders. The Philatelic Bureau was inundated with orders for ÂŁ.s.d. stamps just prior to the change over to decimal currency, and this, coupled with the large demand for decimal currency values, caused delay in forwarding orders. 6. Forthcoming Issues
As notified in Bulletin No. 42, new prints of four of the New Zealand decimal currency stamp issue will be placed on sale early next year. Details of these issues are as under:Denomination 15c and $2
To be reprinted in modified shadings of the existing colours. 10c and 25c To be reissued in new designs It is hoped that the new stamps will be available for release of the 15c and ~2 stamps in January and the 10c and 25c stamps in February. Further information about these stamps will be released as soon as firm delivery dates have been obtained from the printer, but to assist overseas clients, order forms for the new stamps are enclosed with Bulletins sent to overseas addresses. In addition to the above, it is also planned to release in February 1968, a new stamp with a value of 22c. This value matches one of the basic New Zealand overseas airmail rates. The stamp will remain on sale as part of the present definitive issue. The next new stamp in the 1968 programme will be issued in April to commemorate the Centenary of the introduction in New Zealand of the Bible printed in the Maori language. Further information about this issue and an order form will be supplied in the next issue of the Bulletin.
7.
Offices opened and closed
Name
District
Date
OPENED Flat Bush Selwyn Heights Otahuhu East Kimpton Glenbrook Steel Kill Waikato University Avenal llarua Road Roscommon
Auckland Rotorua Auckland Auckland Auckland Hamilton Invercargill Auckland Auckland
10.7.67 ~1. 7.67 17.7.67 17.7.67 17.7.67 1.8.67 1.8.67 28.8.67 18.9.67
CLOSED Te Taho Lower Kokatahi Pukenui Waihopo Ilotuapa Kyeburn Shelly Bay
Greymouth Greymouth ?/hangarei Whangarei Rotorua Dunedin Wellington
~.6.67 ~1.8.67
4.8.67 4.8.67 18.8.67
~0.9.67
26.9.67