NEW POSTAGE STAMPS.
A MILITARY DESIGN. ' [PBR PBSSS ASSOOIATIOH.J 1 Wellington, Novembar 23. The Post and Telegraph Department have received from Americi the plates for the new l£d stamp, to be issued next month. The stamp, which was designed by Mr. J. M. Nairn of this city, is emblematical of the part taken by New Zealand in the war. This de« sign is 1| inohes long, and seveneights of an inoh deep. At the top are ' the words " New Zealand," and below, ! postage and revenue, the denomination ' being in the loft hand upper corner. ' In the foreground, on either side, is a trooper and horse, Jq the middle dis- ' taDoe a company of mounted Infantry ] is advancing from their oamp, the background being ranges of snow clad mountains. The New Zealand Flag is ' draped ovor the sceDe in a setting off which a tree fern and other foliage is ' prominent. In the left hand lower corner, a scroll bears the words " The Empire's Call," The colour is not yet decided on, ■»
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 231, 24 November 1900, Page 2
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171NEW POSTAGE STAMPS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 231, 24 November 1900, Page 2
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