JUBILEE STAMPS

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 99, 3 May 1935, Page 2

JUBILEE STAMPS

LATEST PORTRAITS OF KING AND QUEEN Throughout the Empire commemorative stamps of the King's Silver Jubilee will be issued. New Zealand's series of three will temporarily replace on May 7th corresponding values of the new pictorial issue of half-penny (Fantail), penny (Kiwi), and sixpenny (Harvesting scene).

| The only difference between the , denominations of the special Jubilee issue is that of colour and the repre-

sentation of value. In each case there is a border, designed by Mr. J. Berry, of Wellington, carrying on the top a narrow panel with the words “New Zealand” over the stars of the Southern Cross. In each top corner appears the Imperial Crown with the dates to be commemorated—l9lo and 1935. In the lower corners are solid labels with the values depicted in white figures, connected by the lettering “Postage and Revenue.” This design frames admirable portraits of Their Majesties the King and Queen, engraved in very fine detail from re-

cent photographs, full face. In a light panel are the words “Silver Jubilee.”

The intaglio process was utilised for printing by Messrs Bradbury, Wilkinson and Company, England, who have used attractive warm tones in the inks, which are green for the half-penny, carmine for the penny, and orange vermilion for the sixpenny denomination. This special series will be used until the supply received from England has been exhausted.

Jubilee Day, May 6th., j s the anniversary of the introduction of the first adhesive stamp in 1840. In those days, only 41,600 stamps could be printed in England daily, compared with 15 million nowadays. New Zealand first issued adhesive postage stamps on July 18th., 1855.