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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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2002 Children's Book Festival Stamps.

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They say a picture paints a thousand words, but words, in turn, inspire pictures? That was the challenge for more than 2,300 schools in the 2002 New Zealand Post Children's Book Festival 'Design a Stamp' competition.
Primary and intermediate students throughout New Zealand seized the opportunity to design a stamp based on one of the finalists in the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards. Choosing from three categories - picture book, junior and non-fiction - each child or class endeavoured to create a 'mini artwork' to fit the small stamp format.
The remarkable results led to this unique stamp issue. A national competition decided the 10 winners, whose ages range from five years to twelve years and whose homes span the length of the country.

Miniature Sheet.



40c - 'Cardinal McKeefry School - Wellington.'
National Winner.
Anna Poland, age12 - From Brodie.

40c - 'Glendowie Primary School, Auckland.'
First Runner Up.
Hee Su Kim, age 12 - From The Last Whale.

40c 'Rangiora Borough School, Rangiora.'
Second Runner Up.
Jayne Bruce, age 5 - From Scarface Claw.

40c - 'Ararimu School, Auckland.' gummed stamp.
Teigan Stafford-Bush, age 11 - From Which New Zealand Bird?

40c - 'Gonville School, Whanganui.'
Hazel Gilbert, age 8 - From Which New Zealand Bird?

40c - 'Temuka High School, Temuka.'
Gerard Mackle, age 11 -  From The Plight of the Penguin.

40c - 'Salford School, Invercargill.'
Maria Rodgers, age 10 -  From Scarface Claw.

40c - 'Ararimu School, Auckland.'
Paul Reed, age 12 - From Knocked For Six.

40c - 'Glendene Prinary School, Auckland.'
Jessica Hitchings, Ashleigh Bree, Malyna Sengdara and Aniva Kini, age 10.
From Grandpa's Shorts.

40c - 'Takapuna Normal Intermediate School, Auckland.'
Olivia Duncan, age 12.
From Which New Zealand Bird?


First Day Cover - 5 June 2002.

Technical information.
Date of issue: 5 June 2002.
The number of stamps: 10.
Denominations and designs: 10 x 40c stamps.
Sheetlet: $4.00.
Se-tenant block: $4.00.
Stamps border and first-day cover designed: CommArts Design, Wellington.
Printer and process: Southern Colour Print, Dunedin by offset lithography.
The number of colours: Four process colours.
Stamp size and format: 30mm x 40mm (horizontal).
Paper type: De la Rue 103gsm red phosphor stamp paper.
The number of stamps per sheet: 50.
Perforation: 14 x 14.
Period of sale: These stamps remained on sale until 4 June 2003.


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

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