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

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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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2011 Royal Wedding

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      For millions of people around the world, 29 April 2011 was a day of jubilation. Hundreds of thousands lined the streets of London and television audiences globally tuned in to watch the much-anticipated wedding of His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales KG and Miss Catherine Middleton.

       The Royal wedding took place at the 1000-year-old Westminster Abbey – the coronation church since 1066 and the venue for 15 Royal weddings, including that of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. Once married, the couple returned to Buckingham Palace where The Queen hosted a reception, followed by a private dinner hosted by The Prince of Wales.

The Stamps.
The greatly admired couple are captured beautifully on the se-tenant set of two oversized stamps (measuring 52mm x 37.5mm). Featuring a stunning metallic gold border, they portray William and Catherine in both a formal pose and an informal embrace. The denomination of both stamps is $2.40, which was the postage rate of a standard letter to the United Kingdom at that time.


The stamps also appeared on a miniature sheet that also featured the Williams Coat of Arms.


The First Day Covers.

A plain cover with the first day of issue cancel.

An official First Day Cover.

A Special Cover with special first day cancel.


2011 Royal Wedding Full Sheet.


Technical information.

Date of issue:
23 March 2011
Number of stamps:
Se-tenant set of two gummed stamps
Miniature sheet:
One sheet with two gummed stamps
Denominations:
$2.40 (x2)
Stamps and first day cover designed by:                            
Datam, Wellington, New Zealand
Printer and process:
Southern Colour Print Ltd by offset lithography
Number of colours:
Four process colours plus metallic gold
Stamp size and format:
32.75mm x 52mm (vertical)
Paper type:
Tullis Russell 104gsm red phosphor gummed stamp paper
Number of stamps per sheet:
20 stamps
Perforation gauge:
Gummed: 14.4 x 14.6
Period of sale:
Unless stocks are exhausted earlier, these stamps will remain on sale until 22 March 2012


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

Information for this post came from.
New Zealand Post (Stamps)

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