
![]() 1967 Decimal Pictorials Did you know that the 2½ cent stamp features the Kowhai (Sophora microphylla) - a small woody native tree that grows throughout the country and are a common feature in New Zealand gardens? Read more ... ![]() 1855 Full Face Queen Victoria - Chalon - Not Perforated Did you know that the printers did not try to anticipate demand and by 1859 there was still a surplus of the initial shipment of one shilling stamps - so much so that the postmaster in Otago took to cutting the stamps in half to fill the sixpence postage rate? Read more ... ![]() 1969 Captain Cook Bicentenary The voyage departed Plymouth on August 26, 1768 reaching Tahiti, where she remained for the next three months while preparations were made for observing the transit of Venus. Read more ... | |||||||||||||