1960 - 1966 Pictorials Part Three

Definitive Tour.

Back to Elizabeth II Definitives.                                          Forward to 1967 Decimal Pictorials.

          1960 - 1966 Pictorials Part One.

                    A summary and overview of this issue with the stamps arranged issued order.

          1960 - 1966 Pictorials Part Two.
                    This second part shows each of the stamps again but now arranged by their value.
          1960 - 1966 Pictorials Part Three.                   

                    Flaws and errors of the 1960 definitive - low values.
          1960 - 1966 Pictorials Part Four.
                    Flaws and errors of the 1960 definitive - high values.

          1960 -1966 Pictorials Part Five.

                    Postal history items.

Flaws and Errors of the 1960 Definitives - Low Values.

          Flaws and errors were very common in this issue and in our drop box library we have around 114 images. Some are double ups and others very poor quality so I'm unsure how many will eventually make it into the blog.

          Images of errors and flaws come from a variety of sources, often of different resolutions, so image size becomes a problem. Colour quality and accuracy is also a problem from some image sources too. We also tended to enlarge these stamps for greater clarity and detail of the errors. This often makes for an untidy looking page but we hope this will be overlooked in the interest of viewing some amazing stamps.

         This post will only show errors/flaws in the lower values, native flowers from ½d - Manuka up to the higher 8d - Rata. Errors/flaws for the larger values are on a separate post. 

½d - Manuka.  (Normal Example.)

                     

Left-hand stamp - 1960 ½d Pictorial with a flaw on 'M' of Manuka.

Right-hand block - ½d 1960 Pictorials double error, green & blue majorly shifted, which doubles design in many places.

This is a booklet featuring NAC the national domestic airline which eventually became part of Air New Zealand.

In this example 1960 ½d shows a green colour shift downwards.

1d - Karaka  (Normal Example)

 1960 Pictorials 1d Karaka a selvage vertical strip of 4, with missing yellow on top 2 stamps.
There also appears to be an image colour problem with this strip.

1960 Pictorials booklet with a major orange colour shift on the 1d Pane.

 1960 Pictorials 1d booklet pane of 6 unhinged mint, double flaws, major orange Berries shift, red Stalk shift also. 

2d - Kowhai-ngutu-kaka / Kaka Beak.

(Normal Example).

The 1960 New ZF Error. It is a bit hard to see the 'E' looks more like a 'F'

because of the black line of the postal cancelation.

                                       

Left-hand Pair - 1960 Pictorial 2d vertical pair with green base colour omitted in 40% of top stamp, frame omitted both stamps, cracked plate lower stamp.

Middle Pair - 960 Pictorial 2d, mint pair with striking Dr Blade flaw in black, 1 inch long approx.

Right Pair -1960 Pictorials 2d Kaka with huge perforation shift.

 1960 Pictorials 2d Kowhai Flower, part imperf. Notice how the stamps have been torn when separated.

2½d - Titoki  (Normal Example)

                     

Left-hand Stamp - Major upward shift of the yellow until now it over prints the value.

Right-hand Stamp - Smaller shift of the black, best seen in the doubling of the value.

               

Left-hand Block - 1960 2½d Titoki - Green omitted from lower stamps in this block.

Right-hand Block - 1960 2½d Titoki  - Yellow is omitted from this block.

3d - Kowhai (Normal Example).

Blue Colour separation being passed-off as an error.

This block was offered for sale as a 1960 Pictorails 3d Kowhai missing yellow, brown & green, 3 missing colours, printed only in blue. Blocks like this usually appear as a single colour separation which they are, but what confused me in this case is that the block had been perforated. Now PW clears this mystery up in his comment below. This is one of a set of four colour separations prepared by the printers De La Rue. 

 When I saw 3 or 4 blocks like this on a single web site it is obvious they managed to get hold of  most of a full sheet and have been breaking it into smaller lots for sale. This shows the danger for inexperienced collectors thinking they are buying something special.

                                         

Left-hand Pair - Green is omitted from the bottom stamp.

Middle Pair - Yellow is omitted from the top stamp.

Right-hand Pair - Brown is omitted from the top stamp and partly from the bottom stamp.

  

                    

Left-hand Block - There is a water mark across the centre pair.

Right-hand Stamp - A white Doctor Blade marks runs down through the right column.

Yellow Doctor Blade mark in right selvage.

4d - Puarangi (Normal Example).

This block of 8 stamps has a fine light green colour shift, Branches are now white, Flowers have taken on a green ghost. The blue seems the wrong colour too so I'm wondering if we are also looking at an image quality problem as well. Nice plate block.

In this strip of 3 the buff has been completely omitted.

5d - Matua Tikumu / Mountain Daisy

Issued 1962.    (Normal Example).

1960 Pictorials 5d Flower, with a large yellow colour shift on angle 1mm to left up & down.

          

Left-hand Block - A major shift in the black. You can see it best near the top left side of the flowers/leaves.

Right-hand Block - A major shift in the yellow. Almost move right off the flower.

                         

Left-hand Stamp - A black Doctor Blade flaw across the top of the stamp.

Right-hand Stamp - Yellow has been completely omitted.

Now here is a good one. There was a tooth missing on the perforation comb.

6d - Pikiarero / Clematis.  (Normal Example.)

1960 Pictorials 6d Clements, Left-hand selvage block of 4 with olive colour omitted & lilac colour majorly shifted down

7d - Koromiko (Issued 1966)

(Normal Example)

7d Koromiko Flower, block of four with multiple colour shifts, red to right, yellow to left & back ground colour downwards which makes it very difficult to establish just what is going on.

8d - Rata.  (Normal Example).

1960 Pictorials 8d Rata, seldom seen error on this stamp, major red colour shift upwards.

Some of the images in this post were used with permission from the illustrated catalogue of StampsNZ

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