HI From New Zealand

Hi all,
I am Gerard (kiwistamp) and just a new member on this site, I am in my 50s and have collected stamps since I was young, I live in the South Island of New Zealand near the top of the island.

I mainly collect New Zealand Stamps, Samoa, Niue, Tokelau, Cook Islands and there entry port stamp issuing islands of Aitutaki and Penrhyn, Ross Dependency - NZ Antarctica All mint only and some FDC's, mainly NZ and Tokelau, the rest are to many and all are getting to expensive but this is the way they are going, Tokelau is one of the best at not over doing it and only have a few issues a year, Samoa also is good as is Ross Dep.

Niue have just got a new issuing contract with NZ Post so will see how that goes and how the new issue policy is. NZ issue a lot now each year and mostly many stamps per issue and getting into high value ones, to many and getting to costly but they won't listen to their customers, us the stamp collectors as we make them a lot of money. But I still collect them as I feel that you must at least collect your own country and take an interest in the history and items of interest that stamps do portray. Any one is well to contact me via this site.

Thank you for reading my message and I wish all stamp collectors all around the world happy collecting and a Happy New Year.
Kind regards,
Gerard
(Kiwistamp)

Hi and welcome to the group.

I hope you enjoy it here.

I like New Zealand Airmail stamps!

Dave N.
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Especially the first three!

Welcome. Do you start from the beginning, or are you concentrating on modern issues?

Collin

Hi kiwistamp, welcome to the forum!

Welcome Kiwistamp Its good to see someone with selfcontrol...Phil the magpie collector..living in chaos and kind of old to change my ways ! My wife is from Holland...her brother a naval engineer wanted her to migrate to New Zealand..so she ended up here in the States !

Hi KiwiStamp.

Welcome to the SCF.

I was lucky enough to win a free trip to the South Island of N.Z. about 15 years ago. Mainly Christchurch and Queenstown. Very beautiful part of the world. Austpost are also producing too many stamps, it gets harder and harder to keep up with them.



Steve

Welcome Gerard

I love Stamps from Zealand, but like Phil I have no self control and collect stamps from everywhere.

Dianne

Welcome.

You'll find lots of friendly folks here and answers to almost any question :-)

KirkS

Thanks for all the kind messages from all the kind folks above, very welcoming indeed.
Cheers,
Gerard

G'Day Gerard and to the forum

My main collections are U.S. and Australian stamps and FFC/FDC.

I spent three weeks on the South Island back in 82,drove down the west coast from the Stoke Valley,Hokitika,Queenstown and Dunedin that's after three weeks on the North Island,also dropped in to see the wife's family in the Petone/Lower Hutt area before returning to Australia.

Hope you enjoy the forum.

Best of luck Harry.