1939 Express Delivery
| | Cat. |
Mint Unhinged |
Mint Hinged |
Fine Used |
6d |
Chrysler Coupe Car |
65a |
$8.10 |
|
$5.40 |
|
$9.00 |
|
| |
|
First Day Cover - 16 August 1939 |
65b |
|
|
|
|
$540.00 |
|
| ... 6d (65a) |
In 1939 a new stamp was designed for express delivery featuring a Chrysler
Coupe - which was then in use in the major centres for delivering express
mail.
Of the 240 thousand copies of the stamp printed, over half
were printed for collectors after the service was cancelled in December
1941 due to wartime considerations. This explains why the stamp is rarer in
used than mint condition.
Bibliography
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 173 - 176, 259 - 260 |
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