ANZAC STAMP SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22469, 13 July 1936, Page 12

ANZAC STAMP SALES

£BSOO FOR EX-SOLDIERS DEMAND FROM OVERSEAS The Anz.ic commemorative stamp issue made by the Post Office at the request of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association between April 27 and June 20 has been highly satisfactory. the gross sales for the eight weeks totalling just over £17,000. This total is subject to adjustment, but the amount to be paid to the Returned Soldiers' Association will approach £BSOO. The Anzac stamps were of penny and twopenny denominations, half of the amount in each case being for postage and the remainder' a contribution by the public to the relief of necessitous cases among returned soldiers and their dependants. The campaign for the sale of the stamps was conducted by 85 branches of the Returned Soldiers' Association, and in addition through the Post Office a considerable overseas demand was dealt with, great interest being taken in this issue commemorating the 21st anniversary of the historic landing on Gallipoli. One feature of the campaign was the issue of first-day covers, the Post Office arranging for a free distribution of envelopes. The first-cover sales exceeded those of the New Zealand pictorial and Western Samoan pictorial issues, the total posted being 83,.'361. Sales of the stamps were highest in Auckland, the total being £2721, compared with £2693 in Dunedin, £1990 in Wellington and £1785 in Christchurch.