COMMERCE STAMPS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19131, 28 September 1936, Page 10

COMMERCE STAMPS

POST OFFICE BSUE EMPIRE C'ONFEkENCE ..- For the first time in its history the New Zealand Post Office is commemorating the holding of a conference by the issue, of ..five distinctive; stamps. These will mark the department's recognition of the importance of the Empire conference of the Federation of Chambers of C'onmierue-of-Hie British Empire, which opens in Wellington on October 2. Businessmen from all parts of the Empire are making a visit to New Zealand 'aft'd Wip'rig the many welcoming festm-es. will be the demonstration of the Post .Office that, .the occasion is notable. A Conlei'ence-T > ost.Offic&,-isto,.be established in the Town Hall, Wellington, with its special date-stamp, and this will be open.for business on October. 1, the new, commerce series of stamps will be on sale at "all post- offices throughout New Zealand, temporarily replacing the corresponding denominations, of the pictorial issue.

The five "stamps in the commerce series are twice the size of the current penny, thus providing, space for typical representations of New Zealand's principal activities. The designs were prepared by Mr. L. C. Mitchell, Wellington. Each stamp carries an inscription in a side panel "Chamber of Commerce Empire Conference', Wellington, October, 1936" and in the upper part of each panel is a design typical of the industry depicted on the denomination. Industries depicted The £d (green) design is based on the wbobgrpwing industry of the Dominion. A, shearer is shown at work and the main portion of the picture effectively depicts the rapid transport- of tlio bales of wool by road, from country to town. In the Id (red) tlio inferior of a. daily factory is the subject. Modern butter churns are shown at, work with the packing for export, -going on in the foreground. The -2£'<l denomination, in dark blue, presents another aspect of pastoral activities- in its representation of a large flock of lambs. There is a. pretty scenic setting which includes a fine tree fern.

, . The 4d denomination, printed in (purple, is devoted to the fruit-growing industry. A young lady surrounded by a well-laden branch from an apple tree represents the outdoor, and the exportphase of the industry is effectively suggested by a busy packing shed interior where the mechanical grader is at work 'and .the packing for export is also, shown.

A picturesque argosy of commerce "British Industries." figures in the side panel of the 6d denomination, printed in a distinctive red-brown. Its main subject is tiie importation of manufactures from British countries. Heavy goods are being discharged from a largo steamer at a wharf suggesting the typical modern port equipment to be found in the Dominion. , £.