#New Zealand stamps
New Zealand's Natural Beauty On Stamps
Some of New Zealand's top scenic locations feature in New Zealand Post's 2009 Scenic Definitive Stamps issue. The new 30 cent stamp shows New Zealand's longest wharf at Tolaga Bay on the North Island's east coast. The historic township of Russell, New Zealand's first permanent European settlement and seaport, features on the $1.80 stamp, while the pristine beauty of the country's fourth largest la
New Zealand to issue alphabet stamps
New Zealand Post are to issue a new set of stamps on 6 August based upon the letters in the alphabet. 50c - A is for Aotearoa 50c - B is for Beehive50c - C is for Cook50c - D is for Dog50c - E is for Edmonds50c - F is for Fantail50c - G is for Goodnight Kiwi50c - H is for Haka50c - I is for Interislander50c - J is for Jelly Tip50c - K is for Kia Ora50c - L is for Log o'wood50c - M is for Mudpools5
New Anzac Day stamps to be released
New Zealand soldiers who fought on foreign fronts are being honoured with the release of a series of commemorative stamps for Anzac Day. New Zealand Post launched the six-stamp Anzac Series on Wednesday and entitled it "Stories of Nationhood". One of the 50-cent stamps shows a New Zealand soldier with his daughter at an Anzac ceremony last year. The New Zealand Post Anzac Series will run for three
Classic Kiwi
New Zealand Post have continued to adopt an innovative stance with their new stamp issues by releasing a set of twenty stamps which employ 'Rub and Reveal' technology. Each stamp features an example of Kiwi slang which has made it in to everyday New Zealand life along with an image alluding to what this slang might mean. When the black area of each stamp is rubbed it reveals the actual translation
New Zealand to mark centenaries
New Zealand Post issue a new set of stamps on 24 April marking the centenaries of four organizations that have each played an important role in the country's history over the past 100 years. Home of Compassion - 50c and $1.50 World Scouting - 50c and $2.00The Plunket Society - 50c and $1.00New Zealand Rugby League - 50c and $2.00
New issue from New Zealand
Christmas has always been an especially magical experience for children
NZ's biggest annual stamp auction
The first postage stamps ever issued in New Zealand 150 years ago are among nearly 1200 lots to go under the hammer at Mowbray's major international $1.3 million stamp auction in Wellington on Saturday. The sale by publicly-listed Mowbray's is easily New Zealand's biggest annual stamp auction. The penny, two penny and one shilling 1855 full-face Queen Victoria stamps were the first New Zealand pos
