Postage stamps and postal history of New Zealand

Postage stamps and postal history of New Zealand

Postage stamps have been issued in New Zealand since around the 18th to 20th of July 1855 with the "Chalon head" stamps figuring Queen Victoria. The design was based on a full face portrait of the Queen in her state robes at the time of her coronation in 1837, by Alfred Edward Chalon. The stamps were initially hand cut from sheets, but from 1862 on, these sheets started being fed through automatic perforation machines.

Universal One Penny Postage

On the 1st of January 1901, New Zealand introduced one penny universal postage from New Zealand to any country in the world willing to deliver them. Australia, the United States, France and Germany would not accept such letters, fearful of having to reduce their own postal charges to match. This also halved the cost of mailing letters within New Zealand.

While concern was expressed that Post Office revenues would fall, mail volumes increased sharply and by 1902 any loses had been recovered.

First Stamp Vending Machine

New Zealand was the first country in the world to prototype and install a stamp vending machine in the General Post Office in Wellington and Christchurch in the early 1900s.

Deregulation

The postal system in New Zealand was deregulated on 1 April 1998, meaning several different independent mail companies now exist. But in practice the state owned New Zealand Post still delivers nearly all letters.

Other Carriers

The Oceania Nations Postage issues three different types of stamps, known as "Antarctica Post", "Wine Post" and "Oceania Nations Postage".

Other independent New Zealand post companies who issue their own stamps are Petes Post and DX mail.

*See also: Postage stamps and postal history of the Ross Dependency
*See also: List of people on stamps of New Zealand

External links

* [http://www.med.govt.nz/templates/Page____1189.aspx Register of Postal Operators]
* [http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/Cultures/en-NZ/Stamps/NewZealandCurrentIssues/ Current and Upcoming NZ Post Issues]
* [http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/Cultures/en-NZ/Stamps/StampsHistoricalIssues/ Historical Issues, from NZ Post]
* [http://stampsnz.com/1901_penny_universal.html Further information on the Penny Universal Stamp Issue]
* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/home.html Encyclopaedia of Postal History]
* [http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/ernest-rutherford-stamp "Rutherford" and other 2008 stamps]

Sources

* Robin Gwynn: Collecting New Zealand Stamps
* Laurie Franks: All the Stamps of New Zealand
* Campbell Paterson Ltd: Loose Leaf Catalogue of New Zealand Stamps
* Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
* Stuart Rossiter & John Flower: "The Stamp Atlas"


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