1940 Health
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Cat. |
Mint Unhinged |
Mint Hinged |
Fine Used |
1d |
Beachball - Dark Green |
67a |
$9.00 |
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$6.30 |
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$11.70 |
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2d |
Beachball - Brown |
67b |
$9.00 |
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$6.30 |
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$11.70 |
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Set of 2 |
67c |
$17.10 |
|
$11.95 |
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$22.25 |
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First Day Cover - 1 October 1940 |
67d |
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$61.20 |
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… Two Stamps : 1d (67a), 2d (67b) |
For the 1940 health several designs featuring children were
submitted with one design featuring a triangular stamp design. The
Government Printer opposed triangular stamps as they would be hard to
arrange on a plate and there was also concern that post office workers
would have trouble separating the stamps. In late May 1940 the
Director-General made a recommendation to the Postmaster-General that
portraits of Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret would "prove
eminently suitable". This required permission to use their portraits,
an assurance that the stamps would be printed in time for the October issue
and advice whether perforating the triangular stamps would be possible.
On July 24th the Postmaster-General was advised that "owing to
the development of the war situation and the possibility of there being
difficulty in obtaining prompt delivery of the stamps from England, further
consideration was given to the matter and it is now understood that the
Prime Minister wishes stamps of the same design as those of last year to be
used this year." At this stage new plates were produced with the same
design as the 1939 Health stamps but with
the correct increased postal rates from 1939 included.
Bibliography
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 154 - 155, 171, 255
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