1955 Queen Elizabeth II - Larger Figures

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Mint Hinged	Fine Used
1d	Orange (Simplified)	98a	$0.90	$0.80	$0.45
	(i) On coarse ordinary paper (Introduced 1956)	98a1	$1.00	$0.90	$0.70
	(ii) On thicker white paper (Introduced 1959)	98a2	$1.00	$0.90	$0.70
1½d	Brown	98b	$1.80	$1.25	$0.90
2d	Green (Simplified)	98c	$0.90	$0.80	$0.45
	(i) On coarse ordinary paper (Introduced 1956)	98c1	$1.00	$0.90	$0.70
	(ii) On thicker white paper (Introduced 1959)	98c2	$1.10	$1.00	$0.70
3d	Red (Simplified)	98d	$1.10	$0.90	$0.50
	(i) On coarse ordinary paper (Introduced 1956)	98d1	$1.80	$1.10	$0.70
	(ii) On thicker white paper (Introduced 1959)	98d2	$1.25	$1.25	$0.70
4d	Blue (Simplified)	98e	$5.40	$4.50	$0.70
	(i) On coarse ordinary paper (Introduced 1958)	98e1	$5.60	$5.40	$0.70
	(ii) On thicker white paper (Introduced 1959)	98e2	$7.20	$6.75	$2.00
6d	Purple	98f	$7.20	$4.50	$0.70
8d	Brown (introduced 1959)	98g	$9.90	$7.20	$9.90

	Set of 7 individual stamps	98h	$25.85	$18.95	$12.90

In 1955 stocks of the 1953 Queen Elizabeth II definitives were running low and as there had been many complaints, especially from elderly people, about how difficult it was to read the small values and about the difficulty distinguishing the 3d and 8d values, the designs were altered.

The differences between the two issues are very easy to spot: larger values were added on the left of the stamp; 'New Zealand' was shifted right of centre and the Southern Cross was omitted from the right hand side of the design.

Although it was announced that the 8d would be replaced at an early date, the stamp was not replaced until December 1959. By that time, the 1½d brown had been removed from sale so the same colour was used. The stamp was only on sale for eight months before the 1960 Pictorials were issued - hence its rarity.

Bibliography

The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume IV

Edited by R. J. G. Collins FRPSNZ and C.W. Watts FRPSNZ

Published 1960 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated

Pages 409 - 413

The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume VI

Edited by D. E. G. Naish FRPSNZ and K. J. McNaught FRPSNZ FRPSL

Publsihed 1975 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated

Pages 40 - 41, 42

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