1909 King Edward VII Official

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Mint Hinged	Fine Used
½d	Green	24a	$45.00	$18.00	$2.25
1d	Dominion (Simplified)	24b	$9.00	$2.70	$0.45
	(i) De La Rue Paper	24b1	$9.00	$2.70
	(ii) On Jones Paper	24b2	$63.00	$36.00
	(iii) On Bluish Watermark Art Paper	24b3	$16.20	$13.50
	(iv) On Cowan Paper	24b4	$40.50	$22.50
	(v) On Cowan Paper with Reversed Watermark	24b5	$171.00	$99.00
3d	Brown (Simplified)	24c	$108.00	$40.50	$4.50
	(i) Perf 14 x 14½	24c1	$108.00	$40.50	$4.50
	(ii) Perf 14 x 13½	24c2	$522.00	$247.50	$247.50
	(iii) Two Perf Pair	24c3	$1,890.00	$900.00
6d	Red	24d	$135.00	$63.00	$27.00
8d	Blue (Simplified)	24e	$90.00	$31.50	$54.00
	(i) Perf 14 x 14½	24e1	$90.00	$31.50	$54.00
	(ii) Perf 14 x 13½	24e2	$90.00	$31.50	$54.00
	(iii) Two Perf Pair	24e3	$405.00	$225.00
1/-	Orange	24f	$337.50	$144.00	$72.00

	Set of 6 individual stamps	24g	$688.30	$284.70	$152.20

The new penny 'Dominion' stamp and several of the King Edward VII stamps were overprinted 'official' for use by government departments.

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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