1903 Express Delivery
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Cat. |
Mint Unhinged |
Mint Hinged |
Fine Used |
6d |
Fern leaves |
17a |
$180.00 |
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$117.00 |
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$67.50 |
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First Day Cover - 9 February 1903 |
17b |
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$2,160.00 |
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… 6d (17a) |
At the beginning of 1901, a delivery service by special
messenger was established. Any mail using the service would be delivered by
special messenger as soon as the item arrived in the destination office.
The 6d fee covered by this stamp was in addition to the regular postage
rate.
A special stamp based on an American design was issued in 1903
to promote the service which was not compulsory. However, fewer than ten
thousand express deliveries were made per year and the initial print run
lasted fr 23 years.
Bibliography
The Postage Stamps of New Zealand (Volume I)
Edited by R. J. G. Collins and H. T. M. Fathers B.A. B.Sc.
Published 1938 by The Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated
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