CENTENNIAL STAMPS
ISSUE OF COMMEMORATIVE SERIES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. An announcement that the New Zealand centennial in 1940 would be commemorated by the issue of a special series of postage stamps was made yesterday by tho Postmaster-General, the Hon F. Jones. The stamps would range in denominations from Id to Is. Mr Jones said that a number of prominent New Zealand artists had been invited to submit competitive drawings for the designs of the stamps, and a special sub-committee appointed by the National Historical Committee had selected a series representing various phases of the Dominion’s industrial and historical development. The successful artists were Messrs L. C. Mitchell and J. Berry, both of Wellington.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 June 1938, Page 8
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116CENTENNIAL STAMPS Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 June 1938, Page 8
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