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NZ 1935 Pictorials This post is about a journey exploring New Zealand (NZ) stamps. More accurately it is the pursuit of a particular issue, the 1935 Pictorials. In the DigiClerk Stamp Collection there are already two sets of 1935 Pictorials. This photo shows two pages of stock book ‘011’ with a colour copy of one…
Another stamp to gain knowledge from. Do you recognise the plant? Probably not if you are based in Europe. Is PADI something to do with diving? No! This is a definitive stamp of the Federal Malay States, Wilayah Persekutuan. Padi is the Malay word for cultivated rice and the scientific name for rice is…
Nyassa Stamps. 1901 issue. This particular stamp is not especially valuable apart from the geographical, historical and philatelic knowledge you can gain. Did you know that Nyassa was located in East Africa? The Nyassa Company was a royal company in the Portuguese colony of Mozambique. This was known as Portuguese East Africa, that had the concession of the lands that include…
Help please! This stamp needs dating, if possible. Find it here on DigiClerk The currency is shown as ‘Milliemes’ which were, we believe, 1/1,000 th of an Egyptian Pound. The Egyptian pound was used in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan between 1899 and 1956, and Cyrenaica when it was under British occupation and later an independent emirate between…
This post is really just an excuse to put a link to the sound that this bird makes. First, here is all the stamp stuff… New Zealand, 1935 Pictorials. Issued on 1 May 1935. This issue was introduced to replace the George V definitives which had been on sale for nearly 20 years. A competition…
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New Zealand. Part of a pictorial issue introduced to replace the George V definitives which had been on sale for nearly 20 years. A competition was held in 1931 to get designs for the series. HW Young designed this 2d stamp. The series was first issued on 1 May 1935 (although some collectors describe the…
Rahotu/ Mitre Peak New Zealand. 1935 Mitre Peak. 4d. Issued 1 May 1935. Designer J Fitzgerald. Used. Franked. Introduced to replace the George V definitives which had been on sale for nearly 20 years. A competition was held in 1931 to get the designs. Here is a rare stamp from DigiClerk worth £80. Mitre Peak…
Stamps for sale. £300. Rahotu/ Mitre Peak New Zealand. 1935 Mitre Peak. 4d. Issued 1 May 1935. Designer J Fitzgerald. Used. Franked. Introduced to replace the George V definitives which had been on sale for nearly 20 years. A competition was held in 1931 to get the designs. Here is a four more of these…
Rahotu/ Mitre Peak New Zealand. 1935 Mitre Peak. 4d. Issued 1 May 1935. Designer J Fitzgerald. Used. Franked. Introduced to replace the George V definitives which had been on sale for nearly 20 years. A competition was held in 1931 to get the designs. Here is a rare stamp from DigiClerk worth around £80. Mitre…
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