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Counterpart, Denoting, Fine Paid, Mortgagee's Indemnity and Not Liable stamps

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...

1970 Definitive / Pictorials - Part Five.

 Definitive Tour.

Other Items of Interest.
This page is intended as somewhere we can keep other items concerning the 1970 Pictorial/Definitives. It is incomplete at the moment because as items come to hand they will be added here.


          1970 Definitive / Pictorials - Part One.
                    Overview of the 7 issues of this series of stamps.
          1970 Definitive / Pictorials - Part Two.
                    Looking at the designs and subjects of these stamps.
          1970 Definitive / Pictorials - Part Three.
                    A collection of flaws & errors from the low values.
          1970 Definitive / Pictorials - Part Four.
                    A collection of flaws & errors from the large values.
          1970 Definitive / Pictorials - Part Five.
                    Some other items of interest including a collection of courier tags.

1970 Pictorial registered Mail Tags, smaller Mail Tags used for inter Bank parcels, sent from The National Bank of NZ in Jean Batten Place.


Reg. No 254 - Sent from Jean Batten Place. 3 Stamps valued at 69c. 

No Reg label shown. Sent from Jean Batten Place. 3 Stamps valued at 71c.


No Reg label shown. Sent from Jean Batten Place. 3 Stamps valued at $1.24c.


Reg No. 726 - Sent from Jean Batten Place. 3 stamps valued at 90c.

Reg No. 555 - Sent from Jean Batten Place. 3 stamps valued at 47c.

Reg No. 819 - Sent from Jean Batten Place. 3 stamps valued at 90c. Another partly hidden.

Reg No. 638 - Sent from Jean Batten Place. 2 stamps valued at 70c
Reg No. 281 - Sent from Jean Batten Place. 3 stamps valued at 71c







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