ITEMS OF INTEREST
Centennial S/amp>. Had it not been for the war and the consequent shortage of paper, New Zealand's Centennial set of postage stamps would have been withdrawn from issue on December 31 last. That was the original intention, but in order not to waste paper they will continue in use until stocks are exhausted. Some denominations will naturally be used up more quickly than others, but gradually each will be replaced by the corresponding value in the pictorial set which was in use immediately prior to the issue of the Centennial set at the beginning of last year. King George VI stamps will as before be used for the three lowest denominations, these having replaced the corresponding values some time before the issue of the Centennial set. The demand overseas for the Centennial stamps has been very large, and used copies of some values are comparatively hard to acquire. As these at present are not allowed to be sent out of the country in quantity, many people are hoarding them until after the war.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13236, 11 January 1941, Page 4
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176ITEMS OF INTEREST Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13236, 11 January 1941, Page 4
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