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Methods of Officially Sealing Mail in New Zealand

By Lindsay | April 11, 2020 | Comments 0 Comment

Introduction

This is a new exhibit. It follows the work that I have done with Dr Allan Craig in categorizing and publishing the various forms of Officially Sealing that has been done over the years. To date, there have been 5 articles published in “The New Zealand Stamp Collector” with 2 or 3 more to come.

This exhibit shows the different methods over the years of the New Zealand Post Office and New Zealand Post of Officially Sealing correspondence that has bee not sealed correctly, has been opened for “Return to Sender” or has been damaged in the post for whatever reason. It also shows the different methods and types of Censor labels, and Compulsorily Registered labels.

Articles

A S Craig, L G Chitty; The New Zealand Stamp Collector, Vol 97, No. 1, 2017; “Post Office “Found Open – Officially Sealed” Labels Part 1 – 1882 – 1897 Labels Types 1 & 2.
A S Craig, L G Chitty; The New Zealand Stamp Collector, Vol 97, No. 2, 2017; “Post Office “Found Open – Officially Sealed” Labels Part 2 – 1897 – 1904 Type 3 Labels
A S Craig, L G Chitty; The New Zealand Stamp Collector, Vol 97, No. 4, 2017; “Post Office “Found Open – Officially Sealed” Labels Part 3; 1903 – 1920 Types 4, 5 and 6 Labels.
A S Craig, L G Chitty; The New Zealand Stamp Collector, Vol 99, No. 1, 2019; “Post Office “Found Open – Officially Sealed” Labels Part 4; 1928 – 1963 Type 7 Labels.
A S Craig, L G Chitty; The New Zealand Stamp Collector, Vol 99, No. 4, 2019; “Post Office “Found Open – Officially Sealed” Labels Part 5; 1953 – 1966 Type 8 & 9 Labels.

Results

The Armistice Stamp Show Dunedin 2018: 83 Points, Large Vermeil

2018 Newcastle Stamp & Coin Expo; 83 Points, Large Vermeil

Scans yet to be uploaded

Postal Use of the 1931 Arms-Type Stamps

By Lindsay | April 10, 2020 | Comments 0 Comment

Introduction

This exhibit is a new exhibit, and attempts to tell the story about a field of New Zealand Postal History that has not been adequately covered in the past. The exhibit is in the process of being developed and several good items have been obtained from The NZ 2020 Stamp Exhibition which should enhance the exhibit.

Awards

2018 Newcastle Stamp & Coin Expo: 83 Points, Large Vermeil

The Armistice Stamp Show, Dunedin 2018: 78 Points, Vermeil

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Prisoner of War Correspondence, Japanese Occupation of the Far East 1942 – 45

By Lindsay | April 10, 2020 | Comments 0 Comment

Introduction

This is my exhibit which has done best Nationally and Internationally.

I started collecting this material in a round-about way. I was collecting New Zealand Prisoner of War Lettercards when I saw some interesting items on E-bay. They were part of the Percy Wellington correspondence that related to a New Zealander who was with the Royal Air Force in Singapore WWII, when the Japanese invaded. He escaped to Batavia, was captured by the Japanese and spent the rest of the war in a number of POW camps. The items were Lettercards produced for use to POWs in Europe, and some Postcards produced towards the end of the war for use to Asia. The seller was Mr Graham Reynolds, Kent, England. I purchased about three scarce items from him, and looked at what else he was selling on E-bay. There was a lot of other POW material relating to the Japanese occupation, and I contacted him asking if he was selling his collection. The answer was no,; he was selling his duplicates. I commented at the time, if he ever wanted to sell his collection, let me know. Some time later he approached me, and on a subsequent visit to England and Ireland, the purchase was made.Since then, the collection has been substantially added to including items from David Tett’s sale in Hong Kong which I was able to attend and buy some of what I thought were the better items.

Graham Reynolds accumulated his collection by writing in longhand to over 2000 known POWs from Britain and the Allies, using a list provided by the British Home Office. That would not happen today!