THIS YEAR'S HEALTH STAMPS
WliLI.lXOTOX, Sept. 4. This year's health stamps will prob nbly be 011 sale on October 24, said tht Postmaster-General, Hou. P. C. Webb, today. He added that unexpected delaj'S in shipping from England would preclude the stamps being placed 01 sale earlier. "The basic theme of this yearV .stamps -is one of iribute to New Zea land's fighting forees and for theii part in e.nabling our children to conn safely through the dark davs of wai .to brighter years of peace, " said Mr Webb. "The design depicts a Nev. Zealand soldier in battledress helpin; ifl child over a stile. The bac kgroum is a typical New Zealand scene con juring suggestions of "sunlight, happ" ness and health. The foreground in Cludes minor inflications of defenc preeautions. Generally the design tio: up very appropriately with the peaci stamps at present in use. " - The stamps are to be horizontall; rectangular, the, penny plus halfpenn\ •in gveen and brown, the twopence plu one -penny in dark brown and ligh brown, |
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 September 1946, Page 5
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