Comments on: New Zealand’s rarest stamp now at Te Papa

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Sat, 04 May 2013 11:19:49 +0000

how much do some rare stamps sell for?

By: fred

fred — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:26:05 +0000

I have the same stamp,only its the right way up.

By: mark

mark — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:55:02 +0000

there r a lot more stamps in nz than that lol

By: Pat Brownsey

Pat Brownsey — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:43:58 +0000

The original 1898 pictorial stamps were printed in London, but subsequent issues were printed in New Zealand. A number of changes were made to the original colours of the 1898 pictorial stamps for a variety of different reasons. One of these was that the Universal Postal Union required that all halfpenny, penny and twopenny halfpenny stamps be printed in green, red and blue respectively. When these changes were made in New Zealand, the green sixpenny kiwi stamp could potentially be confused with the new green halfpenny stamp. It was therefore decided to change the six penny stamps from green to pink. So the change was quite deliberate and not due to lack of green ink!!

By: Andre

Andre — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:04:17 +0000

Hi Jane !

I am a German collector of errors of classical philately and I have a question concerning the local printing of the pictorial series of 1899-1900. Do You know why there was a color change from green to red of the 6d Kiwi value in 1900 ?

I am writing an article about color-errors and I am potentially interested in the reason. Do the printers ran out of the originally green color ?

Regards

Andre

By: jane keig

jane keig — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:01:54 +0000

It would be a major surprise if another example of the Lake Taupo invert turned up after this length of time, and it would need to be carefully examined to make sure it wasn’t a forgery. If another genuine example were found, it would add an extra dimension to the story and might even enhance the value of both stamps.
However, the “value” of the stamp at Te Papa is purely historical because it will never be sold on the open market, whereas another one in public ownership would potentially have real monetary value.

By: Ngaire Madams

Ngaire Madams — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:38:38 +0000

Hi there,

I have read the article you have above, and am wondering how much of a surprise it would be if there were another Lake Taupo invert stamp in circulation.

If another stamp has survived will this devalue the one you have on display or will it be more valuable as it is NOT owned by NZ Post?

I would be very interested in a reply!

By: jane keig

jane keig — Mon, 31 May 2010 04:07:47 +0000

Hi Ivy

You’ll find all the info you need in the blog post above.

Jane Keig
Communications Manager

By: Ivy

Ivy — Mon, 31 May 2010 04:05:00 +0000

Is this the stamp from 1903 showing Lake Taupo and Mount Ruapehu upside down? Answer fast, please, I have a homework question on the rarest nz stamp.

By: jane keig

jane keig — Sat, 22 May 2010 04:42:48 +0000

Well some people are really into stamps…check this out http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/3727846/Rare-stamp-up-for-auction