Errors, Flaws and Varieties


         One of the features of this blog are the large number of stamps considered to be Errors, Flaws or Varieties. We have decided to create a page in our index to list these so readers can find them. They will be listed in chronological order with a brief description and link to their location.
       When Allan suggested the idea to me I went searching for what each of the items listed in the heading were. There seems to be a lot of confusion among stamp collectors. We maybe considered wrong here but we have agreed to call them as follows. Please feel free to leave us a comment below regarding this.
       A Error - This is a design error such as a spelling mistake or other such error in the design.
       A Flaw - This is an error made during the printing process, such as:- missing colour, colour or perf shift, ink marks caused during printing.
      A Variety - This is where one stamp in the sheet differs from the others. They include:- plate damage, plate retouches, design differences to the stamps.
                                                                                                                   Asami.

Total Listed here:- 630


1800s.
The 1855 - 1862 Full-Faced Queens.
        An explanation by Allan.
      "When you are looking at classic stamps like the Full Faced Queens the rules regarding condition may seem to change. Let me explain; with modern stamps a flaw or printing error would demand a premium price but with classic stamps a perfect example would demand the premium. By perfect I mean a well centred stamp with white boarders on all four sides, without a heavy cancel strike hiding the Queen's face. Believe me, good examples like this are very hard to find."

1855 Full-Faced Queens - Part One.   (1)
       A large perf shift in the 1864 1d Brown. (This is not mentioned in the post as being a flaw.)

1855 Full-Faced Queens - Part Two.      (21)
       This whole post is about imperfections in stamps. They include:- poorly hand-cut stamps; perforation shifts; bad plate wear; heavy post marks. 21 examples are shown.

1873 Newspaper Stamp.     (9)
        - Three examples showing the variations of colour.
        - Used but not perforated. Stamp has been cut with scissors.  
        - Group of 18 stamps showing colour and perf variations.
        - Two examples of poor perforations.
        - A 12 stamp block of mint stamps with very poor perforations.
        - A pair cancelled with the 1900 long after this stamp should have been withdrawn.

1874 - 1882  The Side-faced Issues.         (3)
         1892 2nd Side-face - 1d Rose Perforation shift.
         1892 2nd Side-face - 1d Rose A white mark in the Queens hair.
         1893 Misplaced Advert.

1891 Life Insurance (with VR)         (4)
         - 2 examples of off-centred stamps
         - A major perf shift showing part of next stamp.
         - Over inked stamp resulting in a very dark blue.

1898 First Pictorial Issue.      (4)
        - 2½d Lake Wakatipu. Initially printed incorrectly spelt then reissued corrected.
        - 2s Milford Sound/Mitra Peak 3s Mt Cook - perf shifts. 
        - 3d Huia Official - Misplaced perf and overprint.

Great Barrier Pigeon Post.       (5)
       1898 - 'Agency' forgery stamps.
       1898 - 'Agency' forgery stamps.
       1899 - 'Service' Imperf pair.
       1899 - 'Service' Out of align set-off on back.
       1899 - Marotiri Island poor perforations.

Postage Due Issues.        (3)
       1899 1/- Postage Due - Double image of the red value overprint.
       1899 8d  Postage Due - Double image shifted to the bottom-left.
       1899 ½d Postage Due - Major perforation shift.  
       Colour variations between the examples of this issue.

Pre Decimal Currency.
1900 4d Lake Taupo Invert.        (4)
       - Pair with the blue centre has shifted to the left.
       - Single with the blue centre shifted lower.
       - Imperf block of four.
       - 1904 4-penny bicoloured Lake Taupo / Mt Raupehu stamp with an inverted blue center.  

1900 Boer War.         (1)
       1½d Boer War - an addition to the 1898 Pictorials.
               - Major re-entry covering much of the stamps.
        (There are also some other colour changes in this post but we are unsure about them being original or image problems so they have not been counted in our total.)

1901 Universal - 1909 Dominion.      (2)
        - 1901 Universal - Perf Shift Down. Part of stamp below can be seen.
        - 1909 Dominion - The Feather Flaw. A white flaw across the word 'PENNY' shaped like a feather.

Postage Due Issues.        (3)
        1902 ½d Postage Due - Centre rose shift left - used.
        1902 ½d Postage Due - Centre rose shift left - mint. 
        1902 2d  Postage Due - A printers-proof showing the whole design as on colour. 

1909 Edward VII Definitives.       (1)
        - Block of ½d - Green Official showing various errors of the overprint concerning the dot at the end of the word Official. Included are; Dot omitted; Dot joined to L; Dot partial omitted.
       - ½d - Green Official. Overprint shift, moved far to the left.

1920 Victory & 1946 Peace.     (1)
       1920 ½d - Design not issued. Not sure if this is a flaw as such but I'm listing it anyway.   

1923 Map Stamp.       (3)       
        - The Damaged '9' Flaw. The top loop in the '9' does not reach around to make a full circle.
        - The Serif Flaw. The '3' has a small extension pointing down at its lower end.
        - The New Island Flaw. An extra 'island' has appeared off the West Coast of the South Island.

1925 Dunedin Exhibition.     (2)
        4d Dunedin Exhibition Mauve. The 'F' Flaw (Row 10/1) where just above the value is the word "POSTAGE" but in this case a flaw in the letter "E" has formed the word "POSTAGF."
               - Used POSTAGF Flaw.
               - Mint POSTAGF Flaw.

1926 King George V Admirals.      (2)
        1d Field Marshall Official - A pair with the dot after the word 'OFFICIAL' is missing on the right-hand stamp.
        1d Field Marshall Official -  A pair where the overprint has shifted so high that now the word 'OFFICIAL' has almost run off the stamp.

1935 Pictorials.       (7)
        2/- Captain Cook - Dots over the dingy bow in one of these stamps.
        2/- Captain Cook - The famous 'Q' flaw. A small mark can be see on the second 'O' in the word 'Cook' which turns this letter into a 'Q'.
        2/- Captain Cook Official - Dots that look like falling coconuts.
        2d Maori Whare - An orange mark can be seen in the sky above the roof of the meeting house.
        2½d - Mount Cook - Brown set-off on back of stamp.
        Two colour varieties of the 5d - Swordfish.

1940 Centennial Pictorials.      (9) 
       1½d  British Sovereigns - off-set onto the back.
       5d Hoisting of Flag at Akaroa - Blue shift to the right (Block of Four).
       5d Hoisting of Flag at Akaroa - Blue shift to the right (Single).
       2½d  Treaty of Waitangi - Green shift down in block of four.
Officials FF Joined - Variety 3 examples - 1/2 Pair;  1d Pair;  2d Pair.
       2 further single examples of the FF joined flaw.

Health Stamps - Part One.         (2)
       1943 Health Issue 1d Princess Margaret - Imperf pair.
       1943 Health Issue 2d Princess Elizabeth - Imperf pair.

1920 Victory & 1946 Peace.      (5)
       1946 ½d - Centre moved up to the right.
       1946 9d - Centre blue colour shift down.
       1946 5d - Centre green colour shift down.
       1946 3d - Paper crease during printing left mark across image.
       1946 3d - Rudder retouch of Airforce plane.
                 This occurs in Row 2/4 in centre plate 42883 and at Row 3/2 in centre plate 42796.

Health Stamps - Part One.        (1)
        1946 Health Issue 1d Soldier - Green ink splatters across the design.

King George VI1938 - 1947 Definitives   (2)
       1947 1/- Brown & Claret - Brown colour shift up.
       1947 2/- Brown & Green - Brown side shift error on a cover.

1948 Otago Centennial.                 (3)
        1948 1d Port Chalmers - Blue centre shifted up (2 examples).
        1948 1d Port Chalmers - Blue centre shifted down.

1949 - 1952 Cancelled Royal Visits.     (3)
        1949 3d HMS Vanguard - Copy with corner cut off in door of the furnace.
        1949 3d HMS Vanguard - Copy with washed colour and greases.
                 (Both of these stamps were intended to be destroyed, but the fact they survived makes them rare. The other items shown on this post are proofs or from a magazine.)
        1952 Royal Visit 3d Gothic - One of only 14 known to exist.  

Health Stamps - Part One.     (5)
       1949 Health Issue 2d Blue Nurse & Child - The dot for "1d" is missing below the "D".
       1949 Health Issue 2d Blue Nurse & Child - Missing Dot Flaw is found on a First Day Cover.
       1949 Health Issue 1d Green Nurse & Child - Bandaged Finger Flaw where the nurse appears to have a bandaged finger.
       1949 Health Issue 1d Green Nurse & Child - Wrist Watch Flaw where a mark on the nurse's wrist looks like a wrist watch.
       1949 Health Issue 2d Blue Nurse & Child - To much blue ink has caused filling in of the design.

Queen Elizabeth - A Young Queen.       (5)
        1953 Coronation 1/6 lower selvage block of 4 showing offset on the back.
        1953 Coronation  2d Buckingham Palace - Paper crease across the stamp.
        1953 Royal Visit 3d - bottom frame clear offset on the back.
        1954 1s Black & Red - Black colour shift lower. The portrait of the Queen has moved down lower so now it overprints the red border.
        1958 Provisional Overprint - 1953 variety (with stars)  was accidently also overprinted.      

Health Stamps - Part Two.         (1)
        1955 Health Issue Medallions - First Day Cover with centre colour shifts on all three values.

1956 Southland Centennial.          (1)
        3d Farming - A small crack in the printing plate under the sheet value.

Health Stamps - Part Two.        (1)
        1956 Health Issue 1½d Picking Apples - Two shades of Sepia, Purple-Sepia & Dark Brown Sepia. The dark one is considered a rarer one.

1957 Anniversaries.            (2)
        1957 Lamb 8d R10-1 - White dot between the 1 & 8 in 1882.
        1957 Lamb 8d R 8-11 - White dot above 1882. 

1957 - 1967  Ross Dependency Pictorials.    (3)
        1957 8d - Red Shift to the Left.
        1957 8d - Red Shift to the Right.
        1957 8d - Two shades of blue.

1958 Anniversaries.                  (1)
        1958 Hawke's Bay Cent. 3d - Major vertical perf shift.

1959  Anniversaries.               (7)
        1959 Boy Scout - 3 stamps with red colour runs & smudges.
        1959 Marlborough Cent - 3d paper perf fold in the bottom left corner.
                                                  - 8d a clear Dr Blade flaw running vertically through design.
                                                  - 2d Dr Blade flaw running vertically through design.
        1959 Red Cross - Red Cross stamp without a red cross (Red colour omitted).
                                    - Red ink run and smudge caused by too much ink.
                                    - Dr Blade Flaw seen in the blue running vertically through design.

Health Stamps - Part Two.     (2)
       1959 Health Issue 3d Poaka (Pied Stilt) - Red side shift where the birds eye and legs have moved so far to the left that they no longer even touch the bird's body.
       1959 Health Issue First Day Cover -  Red side-shift printing error in the cover design.

1960 Westland Centennial.              (1)
        3d - The Gold Digger -  Area of orange partially omitted.

1960 - 1966 Pictorials Part Three.          (33)
        Flaws and errors of the 1960 definitive - low values.

1960 - 1966 Pictorials Part Four.           (35)
        Flaws and errors of the 1960 definitive - high values

Christmas Stamps - Part One.          (1)
        1960 - 2d Red partly missing across a block of six.

Heitiki.        (1)
        1960 1s 6d Tiki - Doctor Blade marks across the stamp.

Christmas Stamps - Part One.           (4)
       1961 - 2½d Major blue shift up & to the left.
                - 2½d 2 Black colour shifts.
                - 2½d Major yellow colour shift.

1962 - Telegraph Centenary.       (7)
       1962 - 3d Morse Key - Green shift to upper right.
                - 3d Morse Key - Green shift downwards.
                - 3d Morse Key x3 - Dr Blade Flaw in green.
                - 8d Telegraph - Large ink blob on lower stamp.
                - 8d Telegraph - Black shift upwards.

Health Stamps - Part Two.       (7)
       1962 Health Issue Native Birds.
                3d Tieke (Saddleback) - Colour shift in the orange.
                3d Tieke (Saddleback) - Orange completed omitted.
                2½d Kakariki (Red-crowned Parakeet) - 5 stamps with a variety of colour shifts.


1963 - 1973 Railway Locomotives.       (5)
        1963 Railway Century.         
                 1963 3d Steam and diesel locomotives used - Blue sky partly missing.
                 1963 3d Steam and diesel locomotives mint - Blue shy completely missing.
                 1s 9d Diesel locomotive - Red colour missing.
                 1s 9d Diesel locomotive - Value block of 4 with red side shift.
                 1s 9d on cover. Perf shift downwards. White writing disappearing at the top.

Health Stamps - Part Two.     (2)
        1963 Health Issue 3d Prince Andrew Red - Bleeding Finger Flaw.
                 Two examples with one much worse than the other.

Christmas Stamps - Part One.        (5)
        1963  - 2½d Red partly omitted in block of four.
                  - 2½d Blue partly omitted in pair.
                  - 2½d 2 Yellow Colour shifts.
                  - 2½d Donkey Nosebag Flaw.

1964 Road Safety Campaign.           (4)
       1964 - 3d - Yellow shift upwards.
                - 3d - Blue shift down.
                - 3d - Apostrophe Flaw.
                - 3d - Double errors, Apostrophe Flaw & perforation shift.

Health Stamps - Part Two.            (6)
       1964 Health Issue Native Birds.
                 2½d Tarapunga (Red billed gull) - Four legged Seagull, caused by side shift of the red. 
                 2½d Tarapunga (Red billed gull) - Major red side shift.
                 2½d Tarapunga (Red billed gull) - Red is omitted.
                 3d Korora (Blue Penguin) - Dark blue shift.
                 3d Korora (Blue Penguin) - Black shift.
                 3d Korora (Blue Penguin) - Yellow shift.

Christmas Stamps - Part One.             (2)
        1964   - 2½d Perforation shift in block of four.
                   - 2½d Red colour shift down. 

1936 - 1965 Early ANZAC Issues.           (3)
                1965 ANZAC 5d - Plate Black corner folded during perforating.
                1965 ANZAC 4d - Double perforation on block of four.
                1965 ANZAC 5d - Red colour shift (poppy) on FDC.

1965 Commemorative Issues.                  (3)
                1965 4d ICY - Doubled red colour.
                1965 4d ICY - Pre-printing paper crease in block of 6 stamps.
                1965 4d ICY - Unusual colour variety.

Health Stamps - Part Two.         (2)
       1965 Health Issue Native Birds.
                3d Kaka (Parrot) - Colour shift in the brown.
                4d Piwakawaka (Fantail) - Colour shift in the brown.

Christmas Stamps - Part One.           (1)
       1965  3d Double perforation.

1965 Parliamentary Conference.         (3)
       1965 Parliament Conference - 2/- Block of 4 with red partly omitted.
       1965 Parliament First Day Covers - 2/- with red shift & red partly omitted. 

1966 - 4th National Scout Jamboree.     (1)
       4d - Pair with gold missing/partly missing.

Health Stamps - Part Two.      (3)
       1966 Health Issue Native Birds.
                3d Bellbird - Downward shift in the olive colour. 2 examples.
                4d Weka - Sepia omitted.
                4d Weka - Light green partly omitted.

1967 Centenaries.          (5)
        Post Office Savings Bank Centenary.
                 9d & 4d - Gold colour omitted.
                 4d - Value block of 6 with gold omitted.
                 4d - Block of four with gold partly omitted.
                 9d - Dr Blade flaw in the silver, effects 2 stamps.


1967 Decimal Currency.
1967 - 1968 Decimal Pictorials - Part Four.    (14)    
        Flaws & Errors in the lower values. 

1967 - 1968 Decimal Pictorials - Part Five.      (29)
        Flaws & Errors in the higher values.    

Heitiki.      (4)
        1967 15c - Doctor Blade marks.
                 15c - Green colour shift.
               (Out of interest, this post shows three different versions of the same tiki design.)
        1968 15c - Doctor Blade Flew down the side stamps of a sheet x 2

1967 Life Insurance Decimal Overprints.      (5)
         2½c - Overprint on 3d - Block of 6 stamps with overprint missing or doubled.
         3c - Overprint on 4d - Block of 8 with overprint doubled and shifted.
         3c - Overprint on 4d - Pair with overprint doubled and shifted.
         3c - Overprint on 4d - Vertical pair with overprint shifted to the left.
         2c - Overprint on 2½d - Block of 4 with overprint shifted lower. 

Christmas Stamps - Part One.               (2)
         1967  - 2½c  Part perforation through centre of design.
                   - 2½c  Yellow colour shift in block of 6.

1967 Centenaries.
         Royal Society of New Zealand Centenary.       (2)
                   8c - Major grey colour shift.
                   8c - Perf comb misplacement.

Health Stamps - Part Three.     (2)
        1968 Health Issue - Olympic Games.
                 3c Olympic Swimming - A minor shift which creates the interesting appearance of two arms.
                 3c Olympic Swimming Miniature Sheet - Green omitted. Bottom right ring missing in Olympic Rings Symbol.

1968  Centenary Maori Bible.          (2)
        3c - Gold colour omitted.
        3c - Gold colour shifted upwards.

1968 - 1969 Trade Definitives.       (7)
       1969 7c Fishing Industry, blue colour shift.
       1969 7c Fishing Industry, black colour shift.
       1969 8c Fruit Industry, red colour shift.
       1968 10c Timber Industry, black colour shift.
       1969 18c Wool Industry, blue colour shift. 
       1969 18c Wool Industry, yellow colour shift.
       1969 8c Fruit Industry, Perf shift.

1968  Tarapex 69 Capt. Cook labels.      (8)
       6 errors in the miniature sheet.
       2 errors in the First Day Cover.

Health Stamps - Part Three.     (1)
       1969 Health Issue.
                4c Dr Elizabeth Gunn MBE - blue offset on back of stamp.

1969  Captain Cook Bicentenary.       (3)
         6c - Embossing missing off portrait.
         28c - Black side shift.
         Miniature Sheet - Vertical perferation shift.

1969 New Zealand Law Society.           (1)
         3c - blue streaked across the design, rain storm effect.

1969 Anniversaries.            (2)
        University of Otago 3c - Colour shift.
        University of Otago 10c - Colour shift.

1969 Lighthouses - Centenary of Government Life Insurance.        (4)
        4c - Cape Egmont Lighthouse - Showing variations in the yellow and blue.
        15c - Dog Island Lighthouse - Two different shifts of the black.

1970 Definitive/Pictorials Part Three (Low Values)    (50)
         Flaws found in the 11 lower values below 10c.       

1970 Definitive/Pictorials Part Four (Higher Values)    (31)
         Flaws found in the values 10c and above.

1970 Commemorative Issues.            (1)
       3c - United Nations Building - White spot (moon/UFO) flaw.

Christmas Stamps - Part One.             (3)
       1970  - 2½c  Perforation shift in block of 4.
                 - 2½c  Black offset on reverse.
                 - 2½c  Green colour shift down.

1972 Scenic Stamps - Lakes.           (2)
       1972 - 1973 Scenic Stamps.
                18c Lake Wakatipu - River/Lake Error.
                23c Lake Rotomahana - Colour error (possible missing colour.)

1972 Alpine Flowers.                   (1)
                4c Black Scree Cotula - Orange solid covering white text.
                                (3 examples but counted as one error.)

1973  Anniversaries.        (4)
                8c Olympic Rowers - Double gold colour.
                5c Cant Uni - Red colour weak almost impossible to read
                3c Thames Cent - Pre-printing paper crease
                4c Westport Cent - Over inking partly covers value and New Zealand.
  
1963 - 1973 Railway Locomotives.       (7)
        1973 Steam Locomotives.
                 5c "Ab" Class Locomotive - Colour variations in the black and red.
                 5c "Ab" Class Locomotive - Doubling of the Red (best seen in text)
                 3c "W" Class Tank Locomotive - Red colour double printed.
                 4c "X" Class Locomotive - Block of 4 with black double printed.
                 4c "X" Class Locomotive - 2 other single examples of black including one very bad one.
                 Upward perf shifts on the 4c and 3c values.
                 10c "Ja" Class Locomotive - A plate block of 6 stamps with an upward perf shift.

Health Stamps - Part Three.        (1)
        1973 Health Issue - Prince Edward.
                 4c Prince Edward - A smaller black colour shift leaves a white gap down the right-side of Prince Edwards face and head.

Christmas Stamps - Part One.               (3)
        1973 - 3c Selvage error in the Printing Plate Numbers.
                 - 5c Selvage sheet corner folding during perforating.
                 - 10c colour shifts in red and black.

1973 Scenic Stamps - Mountains   
       1972 - 1973 Scenic Stamps.              (3)
                23c Burnett Range - Plate block vertical red colour shift.
                23c Burnett Range - Sideway red colour shift.
                18c Mount Sefton - Red Doctor Blade flaw.  

1974 Commonwealth Games.             (1)
         4c Women's Hurdles - Black doubled.    

1974 New Zealand Day.             (4)
         1974 Miniature Sheet - Guillotining errors. x 3
                                        - Perforation shift error. 

1974 Scenic Stamps - Offshore Islands.            (1)
         1974 - 1975 Scenic Stamps. 
                  23c The Brothers - Single side imperf.

1975 Pictorials/Definitives - Part Three.  (Lower Values)     (43)

1975 Pictorials/Definitives - Part Four.   (10c Value)   (29)

1975 Pictorials/Definitives - Part Five.   (Higher Values)       (13)

1975 Anniversaries.                 (6)
        3c Crippled Children - Pre-printing creases causing colour shifts.
        3c Crippled Children - Dark orange colour shift.
        5c Women's Division Federated Farmers - A black 1mm colour shift downwards.
        5c Women's Division Federated Farmers - Dark blue colour omitted.
        5c Women's Division Federated Farmers - The purple blue colour has shifted 1mm up.
        10c - International Women's Year - Flaw caused by dirt on printing plate.

Health Stamps - Part Three.      (1)
        1975 Health Issue - Farm Pets.
                4c Boy with Hen and Chickens - A flaw showing as a yellow circle fits neatly in the apex of the barn's roof.

Christmas Stamps - Part One.         (4)
        1975 - 3c Quadruple perfs impacting the design.
                 - 3c Plate Block of 8 with large orange colour shift.
                 - 5c Brown (value) omitted.
                 - 10c Major red shift down & slightly left.

1975 Scenic Stamps - Forest Parks.        (2)
        1974 - 1975 Scenic Stamps.
                 - 18c Kaweka Forest Park - Missing blue colour.
                 - 23c Coromandel Forest Park - Photo shifted upwards, 4 colours.
                  
Christmas Stamps - Part One.       (3)
        1976 - 7c major colour smudging across 4 stamps.
                 - 11c Doctor Blade flaw down left side of a strip of 4.
                 - 18c 3 colours out of place by the same amount.

Health Stamps - Part Three.    (1)
       1977 Health Issue - Forest Creatures.
                7c Girl and butterfly - A  major vertical shift in the perforation.

1978 Lincoln College Centenary.      (4)
           10c College - large smudge of gold ink.
           12c Sheep - Gold is offset on the back.
           20c Harvesting - Gold offset on the back.
           30c Dairy - Green shift has caused doubling of the cows.

1978 Sea Resources.         (7)
       20c Fishing Zone - large white flaw on one stamp.
       20c Fishing Zone - Printer's cleaning fluid across 3 stamps.
       35c Fish Species - Major colour shift of the blue to the left. Blue tail well behind the top fish.
       35c Fish Species - Strip of five stamps showing the same blue colour shift.
       35c Fish Species 3 flaws caused by dirt on the printing surface.
                 - Small round circle under the fin on the top fish.
                 - Small round circle just behind the head on the top fish.
                 - White patch down on the 'N' of the word 'New'.

Health Stamps - Part Three.        (2)
       1978 Health Issue - 50 Years of Health Stamps.
                10c shows gold ink bleeding into the lower edge of the 1929 stamp image.
                12c the gold has partly covered and distorted the white writing in the lower part of the design.

1979 - 1980 Scenic Stamps.           (1)
       Small Harbours - 23c vertical pair with red offset on the back.

Health Stamps - Part Three.         (1)
       1979 Health Issue - 'Marine Environment'.
                10c pair - Green colour double printed.    

1980 Anniversaries.
       1980 125th Anniversary of Stamps.  (8)
               Se-tenant strip - Black completely missing x3.   
               Value Block of six - Black shift down.
               Plate Block of six - Black shift up.
               14c Green - Double print of the green.
               14c Blue - Paper crease before printing.
               Miniature Sheet - Zeapex Flaw white mark on green stamp.

1979 - 1980  Scenic Stamps.                     (2)
        1980 Large Harbours - 30c Wellington Harbour - Red colour shift.
                                              - 50c Port Chalmers - Red colour shift.

1891 - 1982 Scenic Stamps.                    (2)
        1981 Rivers - 35c Mangahoa River with blue Dr Blade flaw.
                             - 60c Cleddau River, stamp has yellow omitted or partially omitted. 

Government Life Insurance Office Lighthouses.         (1)
       1981  A small round circle found against the lighthouse in one of the stamps.

1983 - 1984  Scenic Stamps.                 (1)
                    1983 40c Cooks Bay - Vertical misplaced Perfs.

Frama Stamps 1984 - 1996.                       (5)
        1984 Trial Frama - x 3 Top border of the frame omitted.
        1986 Map Frama - Zero value printed.
                                      - Zero damaged on a cover.

Armed Services 1968 - 1987.          (2)
       1984 New Zealand Army Military History.
                70c South-East Asian Wars - Red flaw by the soldier's feet.
       1987 50th Anniversary New Zealand Air Force.
                70c Two P40 Kittyhawks - Massive perf shift in block of 4 stamps.

1985 - 1993 Native Birds Definitives.        (7)
       1985  $1 Kokako - Four stamps showing the same paper crease.
       1987  70c Blue Duck - Major side-ways perf has moved the image right off the stamp.
                 70c Blue Duck - A joined pair of a slightly different perf shift.
       1988  40c Kiwi - Block of four with major perf shift.
                 40c Kiwi - Strip of five with perf shift.
       1988  50c Kingfisher - Striking colour change across a block of 8 stamps.
       1988  80c Penguin - Perf shift moving the image to upper left-hand corner. 

1988 - Centenary of Electricity.         (2)
          40c - Large perforation shift to the left.
          60c - Large perforation shift to the left.

1988 - Maori Rafter Painting.           (1)
         40c - Raupunga / Growth of Knowledge - Showing black drag marks.

1988 Heritage Set 1 - The Land.             (1)
         70c 'Auckland' value. Its a small white ring under the word 'AUCKLAND'      
      
1989 Heritage Set 2 - The People.            (1)
         40c Moriori, A major perf shift causing the image to move up and to the right. 
        Art work copies of the six final designs, signed off by the designer, Dave Gunson. Not included in the flaw count above.

1990 Heritage Set 5 - The Achievers.         (1)
         1990 Heritage FDC with a flaw on the 50c value on the 5 of the 50c. 

1990 Heritage Set 6 - The Maori People.         (1)
        1990 Maori Heritage 40c, an error where the Violet/Blue colour has mean omitted. It is most noticeable by the face that the face value has also been omitted.   

Chatham Islands.                 (1)
        1991 40c - Pair with double perforations.

Frama Stamps 1984 - 1996.                  (2)
        1992 Maori Weaving Frama Stamps - Over inked stamps.

1992 Glaciers.              (1)
         1991 - 1993 Scenic Stamps.
                45c - Vertical lines running through design.

1993 Blue Round Kiwi   The Round Kiwis     (1)
       A large perforation shift in the 1993 Blue Round Kiwi.

1995 New Zealand Cities at Night.      (4)
        45c Auckland - Yellow completely omitted.
        45c Auckland - Yellow partly omitted.
        $1.00 Christchurch - Yellow is very pale.
        $1.20 Dunedin - Yellow is omitted.

Health Stamps - Part Three.          (1)
        1996 Health Issue - Road Safety.
                40c - Disappearing teddy. The famous teddy bear, a rejected design from which some quantities were issued in error.

1996 Self Adhesive Definitives.       (2)
         1995 - 1997 Definitives.
                40c Tory Channel, perf shift.
                40c Tory Channel,  missing words "Marlborough Sounds."
                       Plus two covers showing this same flaw.            

2000 onwards.
2000 New Dawn.                             (1)
        1999/2000 Millennium Series VI - The Last Sunset/A New Dawn. 
               Black is omitted causing the Millennium Logo to be omitted too.

2000 Scenic Definitives.                 (2)
       $3.00 - Cape Kidnappers. A vertical perf shift in the stamp.
       90c - Rangitoto Booklet. A block of 4 imperforated stamps.

2002 Bronze Round Kiwi.   The Round Kiwis   (1)
        $2.50  Too much ink has caused the lettering of "New Zealand" to fill in.

2003  Scenic Definitives.                  (2)
        $1.00 Coromandel - vertical perforation shift.
        $1.50 Arrowtown (Booklet Adhesive) - block of 4 imperf.

2007 Scenic Definitives.                  (1)
       50 Lake Coleridge Booklet where the stamps have not been perforated.

2009 Giants of New Zealand.
      This post shows a number of design drawings actually signed by the designer. We have included them in this list but not been listed and counted in the total above.

2009 - 2010  Scenic Definitives.         (1)
       2009 $2.80 - 3 Plate Blocks showing changes in selvage wording with each printing.
                   (Not an error as such so we gave it a one in the total at that top)