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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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1965 Parliamentary Conference.

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 1965 11th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference
 in Wellington.

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association was established to promote the ideals of parliamentary democracy and the rule of law. The Association has held conferences annually since 1961. In 1965 the conference was held in Wellington and to mark the occasion a set of three commemorative stamps was issued.  On each stamp the emblem of the Association, a Mace and Black Rod crossed, was incorporated into the design. 

            
4d - Arms and Queen Elizabeth II.                                 9d - Parliament Buildings, Wellington.


 4d Arms & Queen Elizabeth.
The low value of this set showed our Queen Elizabeth II  and the New Zealand coat of arms. We have done a few posts on Queen Elizabeth which can be found in our links to the right. We also did a more detailed study of the New Zealand Coat of Arms.
Arms Postal Fiscals - Part One.

 9d - Parliament Buildings.
This stamp shows the buildings we use today. The main building in the foreground and the historic library behind. Since 1965 the Beehive has been added on the left-hand side.
See our post - Parliament Buildings.

2/-  Wellington from Mt Victoria.

The high value of this issue shows a view of Wellington from Mt Victoria.   

1965 Parliamentary Conference Presentation Folder with set of stamps.
  
 Errors from this Issue.

1965 2/- Parliamentary Conference block with the red partly omitted.


 Below are two First Day Covers. In each the 2/- stamp has a red colour shift. I have included the covers and a detail showing each stamp.

1965 Parliamentary Conference 2/- with partially omitted red & red colour shift FDC detail
and full First Day Cover below.


1965 Parliamentary Conference 2/- with partially omitted red & red colour shift FDC detail
and full First Day Cover below.

Technical information

                        Date of Issue:
30 November 1965
                        Designers:
New Zealand Post Office, Wellington
                        Printers:
Harrison and Sons, England
                        Stamp Size:
24mm x 40mm
                        Sheet Size:
120 stamps per sheet
                        Process:
Photogravure
                        Performance Gauge:   
14
                        Paper Type:
No watermark


Some of the text in this post came from the NZ Post Web Site.

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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