1862 Full Face Queen Victoria - Chalon - Perforated
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Cat. |
Mint |
Used |
1d |
Red |
2a |
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$405.00 |
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$99.00 |
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1d |
Orange red variety |
2b |
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$270.00 |
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$72.00 |
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1d |
Brown (1871 on) |
2c |
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$337.50 |
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$99.00 |
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2d |
Blue |
2d |
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$247.50 |
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$45.00 |
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2d |
Orange (1871 on) |
2e |
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$247.50 |
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$72.00 |
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3d |
Lilac |
2f |
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$270.00 |
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$90.00 |
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4d |
Rose |
2g |
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$6,750.00 |
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$558.00 |
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4d |
Yellow |
2h |
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$540.00 |
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$315.00 |
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6d |
Brown |
2i |
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$495.00 |
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$63.00 |
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6d |
Blue (1871 on) |
2j |
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$450.00 |
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$126.00 |
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1/- |
Green |
2k |
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$540.00 |
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$198.00 |
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Set of 11 |
2l |
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$10,024.90 |
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$1,650.15 |
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Around 1862, the Dunedin postmaster started perforating the
Chalon Head stamps so that the stamps did not have to be individually cut
from the sheets with scissors. It was not until 1864 that New Zealand
stamps were officially perforated.
Several perforation methods were
used - including comb, rotary and line perforating machines. The nature of
these machines, the design of the stamps, and the technique of sometimes
feeding several sheets at once through the perforation machine meant that
it is quite rare to find a well centered copy of these stamps where the
perforations have not encroached into the design.
The twopence stamp
was still the most common and there are many varieties of this stamp
available showing the gradual wear of the printing plates and ink and paper
variations.
In 1862 the Otago Gold Rush resulted in paper shortages
which meant that extremely thin and unsuitable paper was used for the
printings that year. As a result, those stamps are thin, almost
transparent. The Gold Rush and the switch to compulsory prepaid postage
caused a dramatic increase in demand for postage stamps at this
time.
A new fourpence stamp was introduced in 1865 to cover the
increased cost for faster postage to the United Kingdom via Marseilles.
This was initially rose coloured, but was quickly changed to yellow to
avoid confusion with the penny red.
From 1871 the colours of the
penny, twopence and sixpence stamps were rotated when it was discovered
that a chemical reaction with the blue twopence turned the stamp brown so
it could be passed off as a sixpence stamp. The penny stamp was now brown,
the twopence orange and the sixpence blue.
Bibliography
The Postage Stamps of New Zealand (Volume I)
Edited by R. J. G. Collins and H. T. M. Fathers B.A. B.Sc.
Published 1938 by The Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated
The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume II
Edited by R. J. G. Collins FRPSNZ and C. W. Watts FRPSNZ
Published 1950 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated
The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume IV
Edited by R. J. G. Collins FRPSNZ and C.W. Watts FRPSNZ
Published 1960 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated
The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume VI
Edited by D. E. G. Naish FRPSNZ and K. J. McNaught FRPSNZ FRPSL
Publsihed 1975 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated
The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume VIII
Edited by B. G. Vincent FRPSNZ
Published 1998 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated (ISSN 0-9597883-1-X)
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