THE CENTENARY of the Post Office Savings Bank will be commemorated by the issue of these two stamps on February 3. The 4d stamp will be maroon, with gold lettering, and will depict the head and shoulders of the Queen below a reproduction of a head in relief of Queen Victoria. The 9d will be olive green, with turquoise lettering, and will depict in gold a reproduction of the reverse side of a half sovereign in circulation in New Zealand in 1867, and, in silver, the reverse side of the New Zealand dollar coin which will be issued to commemorate New Zealand’s change to dollars and cents.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31198, 24 October 1966, Page 7
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107THE CENTENARY of the Post Office Savings Bank will be commemorated by the issue of these two stamps on February 3. The 4d stamp will be maroon, with gold lettering, and will depict the head and shoulders of the Queen below a reproduction of a head in relief of Queen Victoria. The 9d will be olive green, with turquoise lettering, and will depict in gold a reproduction of the reverse side of a half sovereign in circulation in New Zealand in 1867, and, in silver, the reverse side of the New Zealand dollar coin which will be issued to commemorate New Zealand’s change to dollars and cents. Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31198, 24 October 1966, Page 7
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