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PHILATELIC SOCIETIES FOR COLLECTORS OF NEW ZEALAND STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY

Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Inc (NZ)
PO Box 1269, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand Society of Great Britain  (UK)
General Secretary 
Keith C. Collins, 13 Briton Crescent, Sanderstead, Surrey CR2 0JN

AIR MAIL SOCIETY OF  NEW ZEALAND  (NZ)
Secretary  - P.O.Box 29144, Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

The Club was formed in 1987 and currently has about 150 members.
Members' interests include the Official and private perfins of Australia and New Zealand.

The Captain Cook Society  (UK)
Secretary - Alwyn Peel, 13 Cowdry Close, Thornhill, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire WF12 OLW
Email: Secretary@CaptainCookSociety.com

Postal History Society of New Zealand
Secretary, P O Box 99 673, Newmarket, AUCKLAND

The Pacific Islands Study Circle
Deals with stamps and postal history of the Pacific Islands. New Zealand Dependencies are covered, but not New Zealand or Australia. Their magazine Pacifica is published four times a year.

 


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SELECTED LINKS TO PAGES ON NEW ZEALAND PHILATELY AND POSTAL HISTORY

1874 First Sideface Proofs
The First Side Face issue of 1874 replaced the Full Face Queen design that had been around since 1855.

New Zealand Stamp Images
by Robert Clark

Early posted New Zealand newspapers 1872-73 & 1898
on www.stampboards.com - Postage Stamp Chat Board and Stamp Bulletin Board Forum

1901 Boer War Re-entry

1949 Health Flaws
Bandaged Finger R4/1, Wristwatch R6/8, No dot below "D" R1/2, Flaw to left of daffodil (above 'NEW")  R6/20

Guide to NZ Stamps
by the New Zealand Post Office

New Zealand Health Stamps
Mette Kirstine Nielsen. A Petticoat Pioneer of New Zealand
By John Campbell

New Zealand Chalon Portrait Stamps
by
Garry Law

New Zealand International Flights and Airmail Covers
by Garry Law

New Zealand Lighthouse Stamps -  N. Z. Government Life Insurance
by Garry Law

Captain JAMES COOK Through Stamps
by Garry Law

New Zealand Antarctic Covers
by Garry Law

New Zealand Aviation Covers

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic Mail Labels

New Zealand - Ross Dependency 1957-1971
by Eunice Shanahan
1908 - King Edward VII Land - stamp issued for the Shackleton Expedition. 1911 - Victoria Land - stamp issued for the Scott Expedition. The first base erected in 1956.

Air Mails of New Zealand
by Wayne Clark

 


BIBLIOGRAPHY ON NEW ZEALAND STAMPS AND NEW ZEALAND POSTAL HISTORY

The Advertising Stamps of New Zealand Issues 1893
by Boggs, 1940

A Far-reaching Innovation. Public trials; Government and Commercial usage of franking machines in New Zealand 1904-1921
by G I Robertson, Published by the Postal History Society of New Zealand, 2003, 246pp
Origins of the franking machine; The New Zealand machines; Regulation and legislation; Government Department users; Commercial users

Illustrated handbook of New Zealand registration labels, 1908-1965
by Professor I D Campbell, publ Postal History Society of New Zealand, 1965, 82pp
Compiled by I D Campell with the assistance of members of the society

Ink Jet Cancellations of New Zealand
by Aud Eriksen, Published by Postal History Society of New Zealand, 1997, 60pp

New Zealand, A Century of Philately, A History of New Zealand Stamp Collecting
by W N Strachan. 1988, 289pp
Just about everything that happened in NZ philately, listings of handbooks, journals, dealers. Well written and produced.

New Zealand, The Great Barrier Island 1898-99 Pigeon Post Stamps 
by J Reg Walker, 1968, 109pp
A fine study of the history, stamps and covers

New Zealand Marine & Railway TPO's, their Histories & Postmarks
by Ward, 1951, 19pp

New Zealand: A Philatelic Handbook
by Raymond James George Collins, publ Verne & Co, 1921, 88pp
"Verne" Handbook No 2

New Zealand Postal Manuscripts
by A Ross Marshall, publ Postal History Society of New Zealand, 1976, 297pp

New Zealand, A Postal History of the Samoan Islands, Part 2, 1914-1989 
by Richard Burge, 1989, 276pp
The definitive work, considerable US World Wars interest. 

New Zealand Railway Charges Stamps: Design and Printing 
by J W Brodie, 1983, 55pp
A most detailed study, facsimile printing in colour

New Zealand and the Universal Postal Union to 1907 
by Colin Capill Rates, 1993, 133pp 
Detailed regulations and much background as to why stamps were issued, etc.

The Oceanic Dependencies of New Zealand
by Raymond James George Collins, 1920, publ Verne, 52pp

The Postage Stamps, Envelopes and Post Cards of Australia and the British Colonies of Oceania
by the Philatelic Society, London, 1887
Details of the stamps and postal stationery of - Fiji, New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.

The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Vol VII 
by K J McNaught, 1988, 361pp

New Zealand Postal History 1820 to 1874 The full set is one of the fabled works in
philately. For those that like Postal History this volume will be a treasured addition to their library.

The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume IX - Postal Stationery
by Robert Samuel, pub by the Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand, 2007

Deals with postcards, Lettercards, Registered Envelopes, Envelopes, the 1932 Adhesive Provisionals, Newspaper Wrappers, Aerogrammes, Government Department Printed Franks, the 6d King Edward VII Telegraph Form, Stamped Adhesive Lables, Impressed Honey Seal Stamps and Postal Notes.

The Postal History of the New Zealand Military Postal Services 1845-1991
by R M Startup and E B Proud 1993, 377pp

Postal Stationery of New Zealand
by R M Startup, publ Postal History Society of New Zealand, 1966, 80pp
Comprehensive details of all the postal stationery issued in New Zealand up to 1966

The Squared Circle Cancellations of New Zealand
by Alfred John Robinson,
publ Postal History Society of New Zealand, 1968


ARTICLES IN GIBBONS STAMP MONTHLY

April 1950 issue of GSM pp 95 - 97
PEOPLE AND POSTS OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS
Two articles - one is by Harold G D Gisburn and the other is by Dr J L Grumbridge
The Kermadec Islands are a tiny group of islands some 600 miles north east of New Zealand and the comprise of Raoul
Island, Esperance Island, Curtis Island and Macaulay Island. The first post office was establishe on 2 March 1945 on Raoul Island. The articles give details of the history of the islands and details of the postal arrangements existing at the time of writing.


Note - I have acquired an almost complete run of Gibbons Stamp Monthly from January 1950 to May 2009. I will be working my way through these magazines and indexing them and adding notes in the same manner as above as I get to the articles.

© Jan Kosniowski