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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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50th Post - 1991 Feel Good Stamps.

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         For sometime now I have been wondering what I could do for my 50th post in this blog. I have covered some interesting issues over a wide range of topics so I though I needed something a bit different. Then I found these two issues.
         In 1991 NZ Post issued two sets which I am calling "Feel Good Stamps." One was for birthday cards and greetings and carried the words "Happy Birthday" on each stamp. The other for more general greetings carried the words "Thinking of You." They were issued in booklets holding five different 40c stamps.
         So lets have a party!!!
Happy Birthday!
15th May, 1991  Happy Birthday - 40c


The subjects depicted are:-
A clown to entertain children at a birthday party - 40c.
Balloons are always a feature of birthday parties - 40c.
Of course there is the party hat for each guest attending - 40c.
What would a birthday be without presents - 40c.
 Finally the candles to be blown out - 40c.

Thinking of You! 
 15th May, 1991   "Thinking of You" - 40c 

All the stamps in this second set feature a rather fat orange cat.
Hope - Sitting at the window - 40c.
Memories - An old pair of slippers - 40c.
Patience - Looking at the clock - 40c.
Forlorn - Raining Window - 40c.
Anticipation - Waiting at the door - 40c.



      Later in the year on 1st July, the 40c stamps were withdrawn and re-issued with a face value of 45c, due to an increase in postal rates.

Happy Birthday!
1st July, 1991  Happy Birthday - 45c

Thinking of You!
1st July, 1991   "Thinking of You" - 45c


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

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