An overview of this definitive issue with First Day Covers.
1967 - 1968 Decimal Pictorials - Part Two.
Various extra issues that appeared over the next two years.
The information on the designs/subjects of each stamp in more detail.
Flaws and errors in the lower values.
Flaws and errors in the higher values.
1967 - 1968 New Values & Exports.
A number of changes and new values were added to the 1967 Decimal Pictorials after the initial 18 stamps were issued and before the stamps were replaced by the 1970 Definitives / Pictorials. For convenience we have grouped them together here on one page in the order in which they were issued. Each issue included a First Day Cover which is also featured on this page.
7½ - Fishing - Trout.
First Day Cover - 29 August 1967.
15c - Tiki on Green Background.
First Day Cover - 19 March 1968.
10c - Timber Industry.
First Day Cover - 2 April 1968.
28c - Fox Glacier (Issued July 1968)
We do not have a First Day Cover for this stamp.
$2 - Pohutu Geyser - Colour.
First Day Cover - 10 December 1968.
$2.00 multi Geyser strip of three unusual Revenue usage of a postage stamp.
Notice how all three stamps have been crossed with a red pen then each stamp has been signed by the issuing officer and punched.
25c - Dairy Industry - Butter.
First Day Cover - 10 December 1968.
8c - Fruit Industry / Apples.
18c - Wool Industry. 20c - Meat Industry.
First Day Cover - 8 July 1969.
7c - Fishing Industry.
First Day Cover - 3 December 1969.
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