Christmas Stamp
The 1965 Christmas stamp, a 3d denomination depicting Murillo’s painting “The Two Trinities” will come on sale on October 11.
Unless stocks are exhausted earlier, the stamp will remain on sale at post offices until January 7, 1966. The stamp has been printed in five colours in sheets of five rows of 12 by Harrison and Sons, London. The photogravure process has been used. The Christmas stamp is designed for the posting of Christmas cards in unsealed envelopes, for which the postal charge is now 3d. For this special stamp, the
.usual first-day-of-issue rubber canceller service will be available at the chief post offices in Auckland. Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. Persons living outside Christchurch who wish to have covers marked with a first-day-of-issue slogan or the stamps cancelled with the rubber canceller (or both) should send their money and addressed envelopes to the Chief Postmaster at Christchurch by October 7. A service fee of 2d for each cover must be included.
The outside cover or wrapping should be marked with the appropriate instructions for marking with first-day-of-issue slogans or special rubber cancelling.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30856, 15 September 1965, Page 18
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184Christmas Stamp Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30856, 15 September 1965, Page 18
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