ONE OF OUR STAMPS DESIGNS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 987, 30 November 1910, Page 7

ONE OF OUR STAMPS DESIGNS.

' WHAT CAKE OF THEM? (By Correspondent.! • : ■ . Chrlstchuroh, November 29. ■ . !A! correspondent of the "Press," referring to a statement that Lord Crowe had issued a circular to the Crown colonies regarding surcharges on postage ptamps— -a. practice which plays into the hands of stamp dealers at the expense si "I am a stamp colJector, and in future hope to , 'collect few, if aay, surcharges. About Juno :']ast '. a large number of New Zealand fourpenny sterapg (piciorial design} were printed in yellow and! dark blue fcy tbe Stamp Printing Department, .Wellington. These stamps do not seem to have been sold to tbo public. They could not have been required for general use, for the simple reason that the Stamp' Office held a large supply of -J&e same design, printed in brown and ;■ blue, and "a very, large supply of the , King's ;h«ad design printed in orange. :Has the officer in charge of the Stamp • Printing Department authority to print 'postage stamps in any colours he may /think fit? It would interest stamp collectors to know how maay stamps were. ■ printed in. yellow and blue,'"and who were the fortunate 'purchasers. Printing stamp_s in colours different from the ordinary issues seems to be " a practice which plays into the hands of stamp speculators at the expense of coHectois." '...-..