New Zealand Stamps 1850's +

A few lucky strikes here with my foray into my native country's stamps. All opinions about them and that possible apostrophe mistake in country will be graciously appreciated.

No apostrophic errors there, sport.

The 2d chalon is a looker!

You like that top one Bobby? its a real smudgy stunner! would you like it for your collection! pm il send it to you..

No I meant the imperf stamp. Thank you for your kind offer though

I was being facetious... I would have sent it anyway however, yes, she's quite the stunner. Not sure about watermarks yet back is as this.


Looks very pristine to me but time will tell(and some watermark fluid)

That top one is a nice example of a worn plate, IIRC Campbell - Patterson listed them for some printings.

My New Zealand

Thank you very much for that great link billsey. It is a very worn plate! While I do prefer the clear 2d imperf there was just something about the 2d perf ..I felt the need to give it a nice home. Whilst collecting these seemingly expensive items I have found a lot on the market at exorbitant prices which is slightly unrealistic from my point of view. I guess Im still to new to philately to be making remarks like that. When I got that pretty brown 6d I instantly fell in love with them!

billsey wrote



It might even be one of the re-touches. "NEW ZEALAND" and "TWO PENCE" look fairly crisp and clear compared to the rest.