The dies and plates of the 1935, 1936 and 1937 Health issues were prepared and printed by the Australian Note and Stamp Printer, Melbourne. The plates were made of chromium-plated copper.
The 1935 design was by S. Hall, the 1936 design by J. Berry and the 1937 design by G. Bull and J. Berry.
1935 - 1937 health designs
Each plate consisted of 192 stamps organised in four panes of 48 with the plate number appearing in each corner of the plate. One plate was used in 1935 and two plates in 1936 and 1937.
All three issues were on Wiggins Teape paper, watermarked NZ and star. The perforation was line perf 11.
Dates:
- 1935 issued Sep 30, withdrawn 11 Jan 1936
- 1936 issued Nov 2, withdrawn 16 Jan 1937
- 1937 issued Oct 1, withdrawn 15 Feb 1938
Numbers sold:
- 1935: 1,250,057
- 1936: 1,449,980
- 1937: 897,035
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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.