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FREIGHT STAMPS 1894-97

Printed AT Government Printing Office, Wellington

DESIGN

Freight stamps were similar in size and format to the Newspaper stamps of 1890 issues. Design consisted of the letter “N.Z.” above a curved “RAILWAYS” above a coat of arms with “FREIGHT” below and the denomination in words at the foot. The whole was surrounded by borders set up in type, consisting of an innerline of circles then a band of lozenges: the freight issue had an outer wavy line to the border, measuring 24+30mm

Printed in sheets of 120 in 12 rows of (10 assumed only)

FREIGHT

Issued in 1s (pale blue, pale purplish blue) & 5/- (pale red)

1s Printing

1894 Perf 12.5 line, thick wove: pale blue, pale purplish blue

5s Printing (only 2 recorded copies known)

1894 Perf 12.5 line, thick wove paper: pale red

CANCELLATIONS

Either by an oval double-lined datestamp in purple ink, with “District Manager” at top and “Whangarei” at the bottom, with a large dot left and right; as well or instead, ink or red or blue pencil was used, either as a scribbled or in the form of Dobbie’s initial “HD”

Earliest date recorded 24^th April, 1894 on 1s Freight. One datestamp 6^th Feb. 1897 has been seen.