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New Zealand fiscal and postage stamps were overprinted for various revenue purposes. Some are given below. Counterpart Counterpart stamps were attached to duplicate (i.e. counterpart) documents provided that the full stamp duty had been paid on the original. The counterpart fee was 2s 6d. The first issue was in 1870 and the design was Die I of the 1867 Revenue issue. The stamp on the left is Die II and was issued in 1880. In 1887, stamps were issued in the design of the revenue stamps of 1880, but with the word Counterpart in rather small letters above the value as in the example on the below. In 1916 the fee was increased to 3s 0d and ordinary revenue stamps were overprinted diagonally in black although special printings were made as the colour was always yellow. It exists both perf 14 and perf 14½x14. In 1927, the George V 3s 0d Admiral stamp was printed on Cowan paper, perf 14, in orange yellow and overprin...
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2019 ANZAC: Dawn Service

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The first Anzac Day was observed throughout New Zealand on 25 April 1916 — the inaugural anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli.
Whether an Anzac Day Dawn Service is held at Auckland or Kaikoura, Gallipoli or London, Scott Base or Stewart Island, New Zealanders rise early on Anzac Day. On this ‘the one day of the year’ we forgo a holiday sleep-in to acknowledge at dawn those who made the ultimate sacrifice, and who now sleep forever.
Once a solemn and silent parade of veterans, today Anzac Day belongs to all New Zealanders as we acknowledge the human cost of war and share in a sense of pride in the collective deeds of those who served.


The Stamps.

$1.20 -  Auckland
Broadcast live on Māori television, The Anzac Day Dawn Service at the iconic Auckland War Memorial Museum and Cenotaph is the largest New Zealand Anzac Day service anywhere in the world.

$1.20 - Kaikōura
Pākehā and Ngāi Tahu locals gather to remember their ancestors’ part in the Canterbury Mounted Rifles during the First World War and acknowledge the support of the New Zealand Defence Force in the wake of the 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake.

$1.20 - Stewart Island
The Anzac Dawn Service held at Oban, Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island is the southernmost in New Zealand and as such, the latest with sunrise at 7.37am.

$2.40 - Scott Base
There is no dawn at Scott Base in Antarctica — the sun sets the day before for the ‘polar night’ and will not rise again until August — but Kiwis wintering over will still remember.

$3.00 - Whangarei
The Whangarei District War Memorial was relocated to Laurie Hall Park in 2015 as a focus for the Field of Remembrance located here each Anzac Day since 2010 — the first centre in the country to revive this form of commemoration for Anzac Day.

$3.60 - Dannevirke
The Anzac Dawn Service at Dannevirke is typical of those in country towns when the community comes together to remember past generations. The war memorial is a reminder of the changing rural economy and the impact of war on communities throughout Aotearoa. 


Miniature Sheet and First Day Covers.
The image displayed on the first-day cover for 2019 Anzac: Dawn Service reflects the way New Zealanders commemorate Anzac Day – together, with young and old, veterans and civilians. The miniature sheet and miniature sheet first-day cover feature an image of a striking sunrise over Anzac Cove.

2019 ANZAC Dawn Service Miniature Sheet.

Min Sheet FDC - 3 April 2019.

FDC - 3 April 2019.

Presentation Pack.

Dr Stephen Clarke is the former chief executive of the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association. His first Anzac Dawn Service was in Dunedin in 1990, inspiring a career both researching and organising Anzac Day as a historian. In this presentation pack, Dr Clarke analyses what Anzac Day means to all New Zealanders today through the lens of the annual Dawn Service.


Technical Information.
Date of issue: 3 April 2019.
Number of stamps: Six gummed stamps.
Denominations: $1.20 x 3, $2.40, $3.00, $3.60.
Stamps, miniature sheet and first day covers designed: Helcia Berryman, Grange Park Creative, Raumati South, New Zealand.
Printer and process: Southern Colour Print, Dunedin, by lithography.
The number of colours: Four process colours. 
Stamp size and format: 50mm x 25mm (horizontal).
Miniature sheet size and format: 160mm x 85mm (horizontal).
Paper Type: Tullis Russell 104gsm red phosphor gummed stamp paper.
The number of stamps per sheet: 25.
Perforation gauge: 14.4 x 14.
Period of sale: Unless stocks are exhausted earlier, these stamps will remain on sale until 2 April 2020. First-day covers will remain on sale until 2 June 2019.


Some of the images in this post were used with permission from the illustrated catalogue of StampsNZ
You can visit their website and Online Catalogue at, http://stampsnz.com/

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