1882 Queen Victoria Second Sideface
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Cat. |
Mint Unhinged |
Mint Hinged |
Fine Used |
½d |
Black (1895 on) |
5a |
$22.50 |
|
$10.80 |
|
$1.35 |
|
1d |
Red |
5b |
$40.50 |
|
$18.00 |
|
$1.35 |
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2d |
Purple |
5c |
$45.00 |
|
$18.00 |
|
$1.35 |
|
2½d |
Blue (1890 on) |
5d |
$202.50 |
|
$99.00 |
|
$13.50 |
|
3d |
Yellow |
5e |
$180.00 |
|
$81.00 |
|
$18.00 |
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4d |
Green |
5f |
$225.00 |
|
$81.00 |
|
$9.00 |
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5d |
Grey (1890 on) |
5g |
$288.00 |
|
$99.00 |
|
$54.00 |
|
6d |
Brown (1884 on) |
5h |
$378.00 |
|
$108.00 |
|
$9.00 |
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8d |
Blue |
5i |
$378.00 |
|
$126.00 |
|
$111.60 |
|
1/- |
Chestnut |
5j |
$468.00 |
|
$180.00 |
|
$31.50 |
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Set of 10 |
5k |
$2,116.15 |
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$779.75 |
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$238.10 |
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The specific reason for releasing this issue was to combine
the payment of postage and 'revenue' - such as government fees and
import duties into a single set of stamps. All previous issues had only
been usable for postage. Apart from the 'Postage and Revenue'
inscription, most of the second sideface stamps were modified designs from
the 1874 issue stamps they replaced and are very similar.
Initially
1d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 8d and 1/- stamps were produced although the 6d stamp
may not have been issued until 1884. The 8d stamp is mostly seen used on
registered mail as postage to England via Brindisi was now slower and more
expensive than the newer route via San Francisco.
In 1890 the
2½d and 5d values were added when the Universal Postage Union
decided that the rate for foreign letters should be 2½d per half
ounce. The designs were selected from competition entries.
The
½d stamp was issued in 1895 to replace the 1873 newspaper stamp. It
is printed in black and appears to feature Queen Victoria in mourning, even
though Prince Albert died many years earlier in 1861.
A great many
of the low values of these stamps were produced and are available, and they
continued to be printed and sold even after the 1898 Pictorials were issued
due to shortages of the new stamps - the last printing of the ½d and
2d values was in 1900.
In 1893 the stamps were issued with
advertisements on the gum side. This was unpopular with the public who
feared the health effects of licking printing ink off of the gum side of
the stamps and was discontinued after a year. The advertisements form a
sort of time capsule for that year with slogans such as "Gold Miners
use only Sunlight Soap" a personal favourite.
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
Pages 177, 229 - 231, 287 - 305
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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