THE NEW STAMP
A PHILATELIST'S BLUNDER THE MAORI BORDER. Mr Linley Richardson, well-known New Zealand artist, had nothing to say in answer to criticism of the new penny stamp when interviewed yesterday. Well known philatelists have objected that the adoption of the King’s head for the design of . the stamp, though it may have given uniformity to the issue cost the country $ chance of advertising its scenic attractions or sporting possibilities in a novel form and one which would be sure to attract much attention from stamp collectors. Further, it has been said by Mr A. W. Powell, of Auckland, that ‘‘The Maori design in the borders of the stamp is meaningless.” Yesterday, however, Mr Richardson admitted that the design was a copy of the pattern on the edge of a chieftain’s mat and had been suggested to him by a Maori scholar. “It is a satisfactory stamp, and its rose-pink hue gives the effect of brightness,” said Mr G. McNamara, Secretary to the Post and Telegraph Department. “The question of the
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12607, 18 November 1926, Page 7
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172THE NEW STAMP New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12607, 18 November 1926, Page 7
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