New Zealand is an island nation situated in the Pacific Ocean south east of Australia. It consists of North Island and South Island and many smaller islands. The capital, Wellington, is situated on North Island.
Postal stamps have been issued in New Zealand since 1855 with stamps featuring Queen Victoria. In 1901 New Zealand introduced one penny universal postage from New Zealand to any country in the world willing to deliver them. Because the United States, Germany and France would not accept these letters, as they feared that they too would have to reduce their postage rates, domestic mailing of letters in New Zealand was cut by half. Although scared that Post Office revenues would decline, this had the opposite effect and by 1902, any losses had been recovered. New Zealand was the first country in the world to install stamp vending machines in 1905.
In 1998, the postal system in New Zealand was deregistered which means that several different independent mail companies now exist. In practice however, the state-owned New Zealand Post still delivers nearly all the letters.
Some of our older stamps, especially from the 19th century, are not in good condition, but we have placed them on this page as they are from our inherited collections and have sentimental value.
Stamp Condition
When a stamp Used or Unused) is not referred to as NH or Hinged it means that there is no gum
1873
Queen Victoria Series
SG # 151
Used (Hinged)
1878
Queen Victoria Series
SG # 140
Used (Hinged)
1882
Queen Victoria Series (These are Revenue Stamps which were authorised for use as Postage Stamps)
SG # F90
Used (Hinged)
1882
Queen Victoria Series (Inscribed POSTAGE & REVENUE)
SG # 236
Used (Hinged)
SG # 218
Used (Hinged)
SG # 238
Used (Hinged)
SG # 239
Used (Hinged)
1898
Various Scenes Series
SG # 246
Used (Hinged)
SG # 302
Used (Hinged)
SG # 247
Used (Hinged)
1900
Various Scenes Series
SG # 274
Used (Hinged)
1909
King Edward VII and Dominion of New Zealand Series
SG # 387
Used (Hinged)
SG # 405
Used (Hinged)
SG # 393
Used (Hinged)
1915
King George V Series
SG # 446
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 416a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 438
Used (Hinged)
SG # 439
Used (Hinged)
SG # 440
Used (Hinged)
SG # 442a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 424
Used (Hinged)
SG # 425a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 428
Used (Hinged)
SG # 430
Used (Hinged)
King George V (Overprinted WAR STAMP and Stars)
SG # 452
Used (Hinged)
1920
Victory Series (Inscribed VICTORY or dated 1914-1919)
SG # 453
Used (Hinged)
SG # 454
Used (Hinged)
SG # 455
Used (Hinged)
1922
Stamp from 1920 Series (No. 453) (Surcharged 2d)
SG # 459
Used (Hinged)
1923
Restoration of Penny Postage Series
SG # 460
Used (Hinged)
1925
Dunedin Exhibition Series
SG # 464
Used (Hinged)
1926
King George V Series (Admiral’s Uniform)
SG # 468
Used (Hinged)
1931
Arms Series
SG # F191
Used (Hinged)
1935
Various Scenes Series
SG # 556
Used (Hinged)
SG # 578
Used (Hinged)
SG # 580
Used (Hinged)
SG # 561
Used (Hinged)
SG # 583d
Used (Hinged)
SG # 484c
Used (Hinged)
SG # 586d
Used (Hinged)
SG # 631
Used (Hinged)
SG # 588
Used (Hinged)
SG # 589e
Used (Hinged)
SG # 590c
Used
1936
Congress of British Empire Chambers of Commerce Series (Wellington)
SG # 593
Used (Hinged)
1937
Coronation Series
SG # 599
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 600
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 601
Unused (Hinged)
1938
King George VI Series
SG # 603
Used (Hinged)
SG # 604
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 605
Used (Hinged)
SG # 606
Used (Hinged)
SG # 607
Used (Hinged)
SG # 680
Used (NH)
SG # 609
Used (Hinged)
SG # 681
Used
SG # 684
Used (Hinged)
SG # 685
Used (Hinged)
SG # 686b
Used (Hinged)
SG # 687
Used (Hinged)
SG # 688
Used (Hinged)
SG # 689
Used (Hinged)
1940
Centenary of Proclamation of British Sovereignty Series (Inscribed Centennial of New Zealand 1840-1940)
SG # 613
Used (Hinged)
SG # 614
Used (Hinged)
SG # 616
Used (Hinged)
1941
King George VI Series (Surcharged)
SG # 628
Used
SG # 629
Used (Hinged)
1943
Health Stamps Series
SG # 636
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 637
Unused (Hinged)
1944
Stamp of 1940 Series (No. 615) (Surcharged)
SG # 662
Used (Hinged)
Health Stamps Series
SG # 663
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 664
Unused (Hinged)
Health Stamps Series
SG # 665
Unused (Hinged)
1946
Peace Issue Series
SG # 668
Used (Hinged)
SG # 670
Used (Hinged)
SG # 672
Unused (NH)
SG # 674
Used (Hinged)
SG # 675
Used (Hinged)
SG # 676
Unused (Hinged)
1946
Health Series
SG # 678
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 679
Used (Hinged)
1947
Health Series
SG # 690
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 691
Unused (Hinged)
1948
Centenary of Otago Series
SG # 692
Used
SG # 693
Used (Hinged)
1950
Health Series
SG # 701
Used (Hinged)
SG # 702
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of Canterbury Series
SG # 704
Used (Hinged)
1953
Coronation Series
SG # 714
Used (Hinged)
SG # 715
Used (Hinged)
SG # 717
Unused (Hinged)
Health Series
SG # 719
Used (Hinged)
SG # 720
Used (Hinged)
Royal Visit Series
SG # 721
Used (Hinged)
SG # 722
Unused (Hinged)
Queen Elizabeth II Series (Stars in Right Bottom Corner)
SG # 723
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 724
Used
SG # 725
Used (Hinged)
SG # 727
Used (Hinged)
SG # 728
Used
SG # 729
Used
SG # 730
Used
SG # 731
Used (Hinged)
SG # 732
Used (Hinged)
SG # 733a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 734
Used (Hinged)
SG # 735
Used (Hinged)
SG # 736
Used (Hinged)
1955
Centenary of First New Zealand Stamps Series (Inscribed 1855-1955)
SG # 740
Used (Hinged)
Health Stamps Series
SG # 743
Used (Hinged)
Queen Elizabeth II Series (Without Stars in Right Bottom Corner)
SG # 747
Used (Hinged)
SG # 750
Used (Hinged)
1956
Southland Centennial Series
SG # 752
Used (Hinged)
SG # 754
Used (Hinged)
Health Stamps Series
SG # 757
Used (Hinged)
1957
50th Anniversary of Plunket Society Series
SG # 760
Used (Hinged)
1958
Queen Elizabeth II Series of 1955 (Nos 746 and 747 surcharged)
SG # 763a
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of City of Nelson
SG # 767
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of Hawke’s Bay Province Series
SG # 770
Used (Hinged)
1959
Centenary of Marlborough Province Series
SG # 773
Used (Hinged)
SG # 774
Used (Hinged)
1960
Centenary of Westland Province Series
SG # 779
Used (Hinged)
Various Scenes Series
SG # 781
Used (Hinged)
SG # 782
Used (Hinged)
SG # 783
Used (Hinged)
SG # 784
Used (Hinged)
SG # 785
Used (Hinged)
SG # 786
Used (Hinged)
SG # 787
Used (Hinged)
SG # 788
Used (Hinged)
SG # 789
Used (Hinged)
SG # 790
Used (Hinged)
SG # 791
Used (Hinged)
SG # 792b
Used (Hinged)
SG # 793
Used (Hinged)
SG # 794
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 796
Used (Hinged)
SG # 800
Used (Hinged)
SG # 802
Used (Hinged)
1961
Christmas Series
SG # 809
Used
1962
Christmas Series
SG # 814
Unused (NH)
1963
Christmas Series
SG # 817
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of New Zealand Railway Series
SG # 818
Used (Hinged)
SG # 819
Used (Hinged)
1964
Road Safety Campaign Series
SG # 821
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 824
Used (Hinged)
1965
50th Anniversary of Gallipoli Landing Series
SG # 826
Used
International Co-operation Year Series
SG # 833
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 834
Used
1966
Christmas Series
SG # 842
Used (Hinged)
1967
Centenary of New Zealand Post Office Savings Bank Series
SG # 844
Used (Hinged)
Various Scenes Series of 1960 (Decimal Currency)
SG # 845
Used (Hinged)
SG # 846
Used (Hinged)
SG # 847
Used (Hinged)
SG # 848
Used (Hinged)
SG # 849
Used (Hinged)
SG # 850
Used (Hinged)
SG # 852
Unused (NH)
SG # 854
Used (Hinged)
SG # 856
Used (Hinged)
SG # 857
Used
Various Scenes Series
SG # 870
Used (Hinged)
SG # 871
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 872
Used (Hinged)
SG # 873
Used (Hinged)
SG # 876
Used (Hinged)
SG # 877
Used (Hinged)
SG # 878
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 880
Used
1968
Christmas Series
SG # 892
Used
1969
Centenary of New Zealand Law Society Series
SG # 894
Used (Hinged)
SG # 895
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 905
Used (Hinged)
1970
Various Scenes Series
SG # 914
Used (Hinged)
SG # 916
Used (Hinged)
SG # 917
Used (Hinged)
SG # 918
Used (Hinged)
SG # 919
Used (Hinged)
SG # 920
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 921
Used (Hinged)
SG # 922
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 924
Used (Hinged)
SG # 925
Used (Hinged)
SG # 926
Used
SG # 927
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1020
Used (Hinged)
SG # 929
Used (Hinged)
SG # 930b
Used (Hinged)
SG # 931
Used (Hinged)
SG # 932
Used (Hinged)
SG # 933
Used (Hinged)
SG # 934
Used (Hinged)
World Fair Series (Osaka)
SG # 935
Used
SG # 936
Used
SG # 937
Used
25th Anniversary of the United Nations Series
SG # 938
Used (Hinged)
SG # 939
Used
Health Series
SG # 941
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 943
Unused (NH)
SG # 944
Used (Hinged)
Chatham Island Series
SG # 946
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 947
Used (Hinged)
1971
50th Anniversary of Country Women’s Institutes and Rotary International in New Zealand Series
SG # 948
Used (Hinged)
SG # 949
Used (Hinged)
Stamp of 1970 (Surcharged)
SG # 957
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 964
Used
1972
International Vintage Car Rally Series
SG # 972
Used (Hinged)
SG # 973
Used (Hinged)
SG # 975
Used (Hinged)
Anniversaries Series
SG # 979
Used (Hinged)
Alpine Plants Series
SG # 986
Used (Hinged)
Health Stamps Series
SG # 988
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 990
Used
SG # 991
Used (Hinged)
1973
Commemorations Series
SG # 997
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1002
Used (NH)
New Zealand Steam Locomotives Series
SG # 1003
Used
SG # 1004
Used
Paintings by Francis Hodgkins Series
SG # 1027
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1029
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 1034
Used (Hinged)
1974
10th British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch Series
SG # 1041
Used
SG # 1042
Used (Hinged)
New Zealand Day Series
SG # 1046a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1046b
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1046c
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1046d
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1046e
Used (Hinged)
Centenaries of Napier and UPU Series
SG # 1047
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 1048
Used (Hinged)
1975
Anniversaries and Events Series
SG # 1066
Used
Historic Sailing Ships Series
SG # 1071
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1072
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 1083
Used
SG # 1085
Used (Hinged)
Garden Roses Series
SG # 1086
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1087
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1088
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 1089
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1090
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1091a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1092a
Used
SG # 1093a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1094
Used (Hinged)
Queen Elizabeth II Series
SG # 1094ab
Unused (Hinged)
Various Scenes Series
(c) Maori Artefacts
SG # 1096
Used (Hinged)
(d) Seashells Series
Used
SG # 1099
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1100
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1102
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1104
Used (Hinged)
1975
Vintage Farm Transport Series
SG # 1116
Used
Waterfalls Series
SG # 1121
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1122
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1123
Used (Hinged)
Health Stamps Series
SG # 1126
Unused (NH)
Christmas Series
SG # 1129
Used
SG # 1130
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 1153
Used
SG # 1154
Used (Hinged)
Fire Fighting Appliances Series
SG # 1156
Used
1978
Centenaries Series
SG # 1160
Used
SG # 1161
Used
SG # 1162
Used (NH)
SG # 1163
Unused (Hinged)
Land Resources and Centenary of Lincoln College of Agriculture Series
SG # 1164
Unused (NH)
Resources of the Sea Series
SG # 1177
Unused (NH)
SG # 1178
Unused (NH)
Christmas Series
SG # 1182
Used
SG # 1184
Unused (Hinged)
1979
Architecture (1st Series)
SG # 1188
Used
Small Harbours Series
SG # 1195
Used (Hinged)
1980
Architecture (2nd Series)
SG # 1217
Used
Large Harbours Series
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1224
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 1229
Used
Maori Personalities Series
SG # 1232
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1233
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1236
Used (Hinged)
1981
Commemorations Series
SG # 1237
Used
River Scenes Series
SG # 1245
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1246
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 1255
Used (Hinged)
1982
Map of New Zealand Series
SG # 1261
Used (Hinged)
Architecture (3rd Series)
SG # 1263
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1264
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1265
Used (Hinged)
Land Resources and Centenary of Lincoln College of Agriculture Series
SG # 1268
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1269
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 1276
Used (Hinged)
Minerals Series
SG # 1277
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1281
Used (Hinged)
Fruits Series
SG # 1283
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1285
Used
SG # 1286
Unused (NH)
SG # 1287
Used (Hinged)
Native Birds Series
SG # 1288
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1292
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1295
Used (Hinged)
1983
Beautiful New Zealand Series
SG # 1318
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1319
Used (Hinged)
1984
Antarctic Research Series
SG # 1327
Used (Hinged)
New Zealand Ferry Boats Series
SG # 1335
Used (Hinged)
Ski-slope Scenery Series
SG # 1337
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1339
Used
Christmas Series
SG # 1349
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 1350
Used
1985
Bridges of New Zealand Series
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1366
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 1367
Used
SG # 1368
Used (Hinged)
Queen Elizabeth II Series
SG # 1371
Used
Christmas Series
SG # 1377
Used
New Zealand Naval History Series
SG # 1382
Used (Hinged)
1986
Coastal Scenery Series
SG # 1379
Used (Hinged)
The 12 Days of Christmas Series
SG # 1405
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1406
Used (Hinged)
Music in New Zealand Series
SG # 1409
Used (Hinged)
1987
Tourism Series
SG # 1414
Used (Hinged)
Yachting Events Series
SG # 1420
Used
Centenary of National Parks Movement Series
SG # 1430
Used (Hinged)
1988
Native Birds Series
SG # 1462
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1463
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1589a
Used
SG # 1464
Used
SG # 1465
Used
SG # 1468
Used
SG # 1468
Used
1991
Scenic Landmarks Series
SG # 1619
Used
Butterflies Series
SG # 1643
Used (Hinged)
1992
New Zealand in the 1920’s Series
SG # 1712
Used
1993
New Zealand in the 1940’s Series
SG # 1773
Used (Hinged)
1994
Christmas Series
SG # 1837
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of New Zealand Cricket Council Series
SG # 1853
Unused (Hinged)
1995
Christmas Series
SG # 1919
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1922
Used (Hinged)
New Zealand Scenery Series
SG # 1930
Used
SG # 1934b
Used
1996
New Zealand Scenery Series
SG # 1991
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 2022
Used (Hinged)
1997
Fly Fishing Series
SG # 2085
Used
Christmas Series
SG # 2099
Used (Hinged)
SG # 2102
Used
2000
Scenic Reflections Series
SG # 2340
Used (Hinged)
2001
Aircraft Series
SG # 2413
Used (Hinged)
Tourism Centenary Series
SG # 2430
Used
2002
Christmas Series – Church Interiors
SG # 2529
Used