By 1906 the printing plates for the
1898
Pictorials ½d, 3d, 6d and 1/- stamps were worn and needed
replacing. The 3d, 6d and 1/- stamps were reduced in size so that 240
stamps could be printed per sheet.

To reduce production costs from the
1901 Penny Universal, the 1d stamp was
surface printed. These stamps are easily confused. The
1909 King Edward VII 'penny
dominion' (bottom) has a similar design to this issue (top right) with
'Dominion of' added at the top of the stamp and 'universal
postage' appearing on a scroll at the bottom of the stamp. Both the
1909 King Edward VII dominion and
1907 Redrawn Pictorials penny
stamps have diagonal shading lines on the globe behind the figure of
Zealandia. The
1901 Penny Universal
(top left) has vertical shading on the globe. The wake at the bow of the
steamer is also far more impressive on the
1901 Penny Universal.
The 1/-
stamp is also quite difficult to distinguish from the slightly larger
1898 Pictorials stamp. The original stamp
measures approximately 22.1mm from the top to the bottom of the engraving,
the 1907 stamp is closer to 20.9mm.