A new issue of half-penny stamps of a very neat and attractive design was made from the Postal Department on Monday. There is nothing novel in either design or execution. The stamp hears as device the head of the Queen reproduced from the Jubilee sovereign. The lettering is simple, the words “New Zealand” forming a straight line on top, and immediately beneath them “Postage and Revenue ” being displayed on a scroll. Below the head, of the sovereign the words “Half Penny ” are shown on another scroll with the corresponding- figure at either side. Mr Soars, of the Survey Department, was the artist, and Mr K. Cousins was the engraver. The ground colour of the stamp is black, with the loitering in white.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1205, 5 April 1895, Page 25
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122Untitled New Zealand Mail, Issue 1205, 5 April 1895, Page 25
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