1909 King Edward VII Official
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| Cat. | Mint Unhinged | Mint Hinged | Fine Used | |||||
| ½d | Green | 24a | $63.00 | $18.00 | $3.60 | |||
| 1d | Dominion (Simplified) | 24b | $8.10 | $2.70 | $1.60 | |||
| (i) On De La Rue paper / brown gum | 24b1 | $9.00 | $3.60 | $1.80 | ||||
| (ii) On Jones paper / colourless gum | 24b2 | $81.00 | $36.00 | $25.20 | ||||
| (iii) On art paper with a bluish printed watermark | 24b3 | $16.20 | $7.20 | $72.00 | ||||
| (iv) On Cowan paper / colourless gum | 24b4 | $67.50 | $22.50 | $4.50 | ||||
| (v) On Cowan paper with a reversed watermark / colourless gum | 24b5 | $252.00 | $144.00 | $108.00 | ||||
| 3d | Brown (Simplified) | 24c | $135.00 | $40.50 | $4.50 | |||
| (i) Perf 14 x 14½ | 24c1 | $144.00 | $45.00 | $5.40 | ||||
| (ii) Perf 14 x 13½ | 24c2 | $810.00 | $414.00 | $378.00 | ||||
| 6d | Red | 24d | $135.00 | $58.50 | $27.00 | |||
| 8d | Blue (Simplified) | 24e | $90.00 | $31.50 | $49.50 | |||
| (i) Perf 14 x 14½ | 24e1 | $108.00 | $36.00 | $54.00 | ||||
| (ii) Perf 14 x 13½ | 24e2 | $108.00 | $45.00 | $54.00 | ||||
| 1/- | Orange | 24f | $450.00 | $144.00 | $70.20 | |||
| Set of 6 | 24g | $837.05 | $280.45 | $148.60 | ||||
| Vertical Se-tenant Pair of two 3d stamps - Perf 14 x 13½ and Perf 14 x 14½ | 24h | $2,250.00 | $900.00 | $2,295.00 | ||||
| … Two Stamps : 3d (24c1), 3d (24c2) | ||||||||
| Vertical Se-tenant Pair of two 8d stamps - Perf 14 x 13½ and Perf 14 x 14½ | 24i | $405.00 | $225.00 | $450.00 | ||||
| … Two Stamps : 8d (24e1), 8d (24e2) | ||||||||
Mint stamps marked 'Official' were not "officially" allowed to be sold mint to collectors until 1913 and this is one reason why mint copies are rarer.
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
Pages 464 - 466
The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume II
Edited by R. J. G. Collins FRPSNZ and C. W. Watts FRPSNZ
Published 1950 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated
Pages 177, 184
The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume VIII
Edited by B. G. Vincent FRPSNZ
Published 1998 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated (ISSN 0-9597883-1-X)
Pages 714 - 715
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