PEACE STAMPS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 29, 4 December 1945, Page 7

PEACE STAMPS

COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE ATTRACTIVE NEW SERIES Special peace commemorative stamps for New Zealand are being printed, and it is expected that they will be on sale at all post offices from March 1 1946. f The issue of these stamps is arousing keen interest among philatelists in this district and also will lie ay el'J coined by the general public as the stamps are to be of most attractive design and colour. The designer of the stamps was Mr J. Berrv Wellington who has v , <=* 9 designed previously a number of New Zealand stamps and tbe printing is being undertaken by three firms in England. As in the case of some previous special issues j a descriptive booklet regarding the stamps will be available to interested persons. A limited number of special iirst-day covers Avill be provided also, as well as a supply of a folder suitable for the mounting of the stamps for presentation or collection purposes. The booklets, covers ahd folders will be issued free. None of the stamps are to be overprinted for official use, though the Id 2d and fid values will be suitably overprinted for use in Niue, Cook Islands and Western Samoa. The Denominations The halfpenny stamp, depicting Lake Matheson and the Southern Alps shows a beautiful and peaceful New Zealand scene and is a fitting introduction to a peace series of stamps. Its colour is a deep green with a brown-purple border. Signifying adherence to constitutional methods of Government, the Id stamp shows Parliament Buildings with an inset portrait of King George VT. and is bright green in colour. A tribute to the people of Britain is l contained on the stamp, which shows the dome of St. Paul's, in a V-shaped frame with laurel loaves and the Union Jack in the background. The colour is signal red. The. Royal Family .is shown on the 2d stamp, which is royal purple in colour. Illustrating the transition from war to peace tbe 3d stamp depicts the R.N.Z.A.F. badge and aeroplanes. This stamp has a centre of air force blue with a grey green border. An Army badge j with desert and farm sccnes identifies the 4.d stamp, a tribute to the Army in its various branches. The colouring is bronze green with an orange border.

A tribute to the navy and mercantile marine is paid by the 5d stamp which with a green centre, and a deep ultramarine border, shows the navy badge with warship and trader.

Workers on the home front are not forgotten, and tbe Gel stamp shows, the New' Zealand coat of arms with workshop and rural scenes. It is chocolate in with a scarlet vermillion border.

The stained glass window of the Wellington College Memorial Hall is featured on the 8d stamp, which is dedicated to the youth of New Zealand. It features a black centre with a crimson border.

The 9d stamp shows the Southern Alps and the Franz Josef Glacier as seen through the chapel window at Waiho Gorge ? and represents, a spirit of thank fulness for the saving of our way of life. A pale ultramarine centre with a black border are the distinguishing colours of this stamp. The national memorial campanile, is a fitting symbol of remembrance of the fallen in both wars and it is this outstanding memorial'of the last war which is featured on the Is stamPj blue grey in colour.