Health 1934
The die and the plate were produced by De La Rue & Co. who also recess printed the stamps.
The 1934 design shows a mounted crusader and the design was by J. Berry.
The stamps cost 2d, 1d for postage and 1d which went towards health camps for children.
The paper was Wiggins, Teape watermarked multiple NZ and star and the stamps had a comb perforation of 14 x 13½.
A single plate was made and the plate number 1 appears below the second stamp in the bottom margin.
Dates:
- 1934 issued October 25, withdrawn 28 Feb 1935
Numbers sold:
- 1934: 279,120
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The above information is taken from The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Vol 1, published by the Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand in 1938. All scans were made by the author.