1939 Express Delivery
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Cat. |
Mint Unhinged |
Mint Hinged |
Fine Used |
6d |
Chrysler Coupe Car |
65a |
$9.00 |
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$5.85 |
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$9.90 |
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First Day Cover - 16 August 1939 |
65b |
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$607.50 |
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… 6d (65a) |
In 1939 a new stamp was designed for express delivery
featuring a Chrysler Coupe - which was then in use in the major centres for
delivering express mail.
Of the 240 thousand copies of the stamp
printed, over half were printed for collectors after the service was
cancelled in December 1941 due to wartime considerations. This explains why
the stamp is rarer in used than mint condition.
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 173 - 176, 259 - 260
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