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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...

2003 Conquest Of Everest

"Well George, we knocked the bastard off!" With those now-famous words, New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary announced the conquest of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953.

Se-tenant Pair of two 40 cent stamps.
Have a close look at these photos. Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander, Sir Edmund Hillary together achieved what no man had ever done before - reached the summit of the world's tallest mountain: the roof of the world.



Fifty years later, NZ Post celebrated this momentous event and these two extraordinary men with a special se-tenant set. This issue saluted their determination to confront and conquer one of the last of the Earth's great challenges, in one of the last times in history when such a feat could be recognised as distinctly human rather than technological.
Included in this issue was the usual First Day Cover and a miniature sheet of 10 stamps.

First Day Cover - 29 May 2003.

Se-tenant Block of four 40 cent stamps.


Prestige Sheet with ten 40 cent stamps.

Technical Information.
Date of issue: 29 May 2003.
The number of stamps: Two.
Denominations and designs: 40c Sir Edmund Hillary - Mount Everest, 40c Tenzing Norgay - ascending Mount Everest.
Stamps and first-day cover designed: Stephen Fuller, Watermark, Wellington.
Printer and process: Southern Colour Print, Dunedin by offset lithography.
The number of colours: Four process colours.
Stamp size and format: 47.14mm x 30mm (horizontal).
Paper type: De la Rue 103gsm red phosphor stamp paper.
Perforation gauge: 14.
The number of stamps per sheet: 50; Sheetlets of 10.
Period of sale: These stamps remained on sale until 28 May 2004.



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