2017 Royalpex National Stamp Exhibition

Royalpex 2017, (24th - 26th November) was held in Hamilton this year and attracted stamp collectors and deale…
In 2017

1982 Architecture

The next issue of New Zealand Architecture appeared in 1982 with a four stamp issue featuring two houses and two publi…
In Architecture

1980 Architecture

The second Architecture issue featured buildings of a slightly more modern design. They include two houses, a cou…
In Architecture

1979 Architecture

This is the first of three New Zealand Architecture issues, the others appearing in 1980 and 1982.  New Zealand A…
In Architecture

1977 Anniversaries

Most of the stamps featured in this blog are mint (unused) so this time I've decided to do something differe…
In Anniversaries

1971 Three City Centennaries.

Three city centenaries were commemorated in this 1971 commemorative stamp issue: Palmerston North - centenary o…
In Centenaries

1974 Anniversaries

The next Anniversaries Issue features three vertical format stamps. I've mentioned before that this is one aspect tha…
In Anniversaries

1979 - 1980 Scenic Stamps.

1979 Scenic Stamps - Small Harbours.   See the full collection Scenic Stamps Series - Part One.                   …
In Cities

2009 - 2010 Scenic Definitives.

Definitive Tour.    Back to 2007 Scenic Definitives.                                             Forward to 2012 Sceni…
In 2010

1950 Canterbury Centennial

On 17 August 1840 French settlers landed at Akaroa and founded the first town.  A few years later farms at Purau,…
In Centenaries

1948 Otago Centennial

In 1948, the settlement of the Otago Province and the founding of the city of Dunedin on 23 March 1848 were co…
In Anniversaries

1925 Dunedin Exhibition

Early in 1925 the organisers of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, which was to open in Dunedin in Nove…
In Cities

1998 Town Icons

A few months ago I completed a post on town icons around New Zealand called 2014 Legendary Landmarks. This post l…
In Cities

1913 Auckland Exhibition Overprint.

Encouraged by the success of the Christchurch Exhibition seven years earlier, the 'Auckland Industrial, Agr…
In Cities

1906 Christchurch Exhibition.

This issue commemorated the New Zealand International Exhibition of Arts and Industries which was held in North…
In CALs

2014 Legendary Landmarks.

When I discovered that Allan had missed this 2014 stamp issue from early July, I asked him why. He said he had…
In 2014

1995 New Zealand Cities at Night.

This post has recently had a major rework taking out many of the original stamps to focus on the six stamps o…
In Cities

2006 Hawke's Bay Earthquake

75th Anniversary of the Hawke's Bay Earthquake.           The 1931 Hawke's Bay Earthquake, also known as the Na…
In Architecture

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