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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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1968 Universal Suffrage / Human Rights

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For the first time the Post Office issued two commemorative stamps on the same day that marked different subjects. This was an important turning point in New Zealand commemorative stamp which led to a annual issue of a set of anniversary/commemorative stamps. This was the first occasion that New Zealand stamps were printed by the Japanese Government Printing Bureau. 
               
One stamp, the 3c value, commemorated the 75th anniversary of Universal Suffrage in New Zealand: In 1893 women for the first time were permitted to vote in the country's parliamentary elections, making New Zealand one of the first countries in the world to introduce Women's Suffrage.
The second stamp, the 10c value, marked the adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 

3c - 75th Anniversary Suffrage.
This stamp depicts a ballot box with both a man and a woman voting.


 
10c - Human Rights.
This stamp featured the flame which had been adopted as the symbol
of human rights, encircled at the base by the wreath of the United Nations.

The First Day Cover Collection.
 The two values on a generic First Day Cover.
I like that sharp clear postal strike on this cover.
Two Universal Suffrage First Day Covers,
The cover above shows Parliament Buildings.
You might like to see our post Parliament Buildings.
 The cover below shows a version of the ballet box design.


 Two Human Rights First Day Covers.
The cover above shows a small version of the Human Rights symbol with a quote from the United Nations underneath.
the cover below features a larger version of this same symbol against a stylised world globe. 


Technical information:

                    Date of Issue:
19 September 1968
                    Designers:
J Berry, Wellington
                    Printers:
Japanese Government Printing Bureau, Japan
                    Stamp Size:
26mm x 30mm
                    Sheet Size:
50 stamps per sheet
                    Process:
Photogravure
                    Performance Gauge:    
13
                    Paper Type:
Chalk surfaced, unwatermarked


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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