1977 Postafix Provisionals
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Cat. |
Mint Unhinged |
Fine Used |
7c |
Overprinted on 3 cent Lichen Moth |
216a |
$0.65 |
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$0.65 |
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8c |
Overprinted on 4 cent Puriri Moth |
216b |
$0.65 |
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$0.65 |
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Set of 2 |
216c |
$1.25 |
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$1.25 |
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First Day Cover - 18 April 1977 |
216d |
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$135.00 |
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… 7c (216a) |
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First Day Cover - 21 April 1977 |
216e |
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$135.00 |
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… 8c (216b) |
With the introduction of the 1975 Pictorials / Definitives
stamp issue, the Post Office found that the new stamps were too large to
fit in automatic stamp-affixing machines - such as the Postafix machine by
Data Link Co, California.
The 1978
Coil Stamps solved this problem, but as an interim solution, supplies
of the 1970 Definitives /
Pictorials 3 cent and 4 cent moth stamps were overprinted by the
Government Printing Office with 7 cent and 8 cent denominations and made up
into rolls of 400 stamps.
Some very crude forgeries of the 7 cent
overprint were discovered by stamp collectors shortly after this issue was
released - the intention apparently being to defraud the New Zealand Post
Office of four cents revenue rather than fool collectors. They can be
easily identified as the '7' surcharge is considerably smaller than
on the valid stamp and the ink is dull compared to the gloss of the Post
Office issue.
Bibliography
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)
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