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Stamp of New Zealand; 1925; definitive stamp of the issue "King George V"; The stamp motive shows the "Zealandia" in standing oval with decorations ("Zealandia" is an allegorical personification of New Zealand and as such "Britannia's daughter" (figure analog to the "Germania" in Germany, "Marianne" in France, "Helvetia" in Switzerland, "Italia turrita" in Italy etc.); stamp in the same drawing from 1909, but other watermark: country name "Dominion of New Zealand"; pre-decimal issue; stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 167; Yvert & Tellier: No. 178; Scott: No. 177
Color: carmine to red
Watermark: New Zealand No.7 (characters "NZ" over 5jagged star) was surprinted by Lithography on the gummed backside with dull dark blue ink, single (not multiple))
Nominal value: 1 d (Penny)

Postage validity: from July 1925
date QS:P,+1925-07-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1925-07-00T00:00:00Z/10

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 18.0 x 21.5 mm
Date (first issue of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author "The Post and Telegraph Department" (P&T) (since the early 1830s, since 1881 a special department of the New Zealand Military)
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stamp also with other watermark and with overprint

  • Stamp in similar drawing, mint (1901)
    Stamp in similar drawing, mint (1901)
  • Stamp in the same drawing, mint, but with other Watermark (1909)
    Stamp in the same drawing, mint, but with other Watermark (1909)
  • The "Zealandia" in 1908
    The "Zealandia" in 1908
  • A sculpture with the "Zealandia" as central figure by William Henry Feldon, created probably in 1911, contemporary located in the "AMP Centre", Auckland (New Zealand)
    A sculpture with the "Zealandia" as central figure by William Henry Feldon, created probably in 1911, contemporary located in the "AMP Centre", Auckland (New Zealand)
  • The "Zealandia" as right part (supporter) of the National coat of arms of New Zealand (used 1911-1956), created in 1911 by Alice Spragg (1899-1983) (1956 re-drawed with Grace Kelly as "Zealandia")
    The "Zealandia" as right part (supporter) of the National coat of arms of New Zealand (used 1911-1956), created in 1911 by Alice Spragg (1899-1983) (1956 re-drawed with Grace Kelly as "Zealandia")
Picture description Zealandia
First day of issue
Publisher "The Post and Telegraph Department" (P&T) (since the early 1830s, since 1881 a special department of the New Zealand Military)
Printer "Southern Color Print Limited" (SCP), Dunedin (New Zealand) (probably) 
Printing technique Recess printing (Watermark: Lithography)
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14 : 15
MICHEL Nr. Neuseeland (NZ), Nr. 167
SCOTT Nr. New Zealand (NZ), No. 177

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