Useful Links
Societies
As a member, I can recommend the following societies:
- The New Zealand Society of Great Britain promotes the study of the stamps and postal history of New Zealand and its Dependencies.
- The British Air Mail Society (formerly British Aerophilatelic Federation) publishes Air Mail News four times a year and has regular auctions. I am currently their Scottish group organiser.
- The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand publishes a journal and has an annual auction. Their website contains information on their extensive publications on New Zealand stamps and postal history.
- The Air Mail Society of New Zealand has a monthly newsletter, regular auctions and has published a series of handbooks on airmail postal history. They have a page showing some interesting airmail covers.
- Last, but not least, Stirling and District Philatelic Society is my local stamp club. I was the President in 2007-08 and have recently become the Secretary.
Other Societies
- The New Zealand Philatelic Federation's website includes information about their activities and constituent societies including contact details for all Philatelic Societies in New Zealand.
- The New Zealand Stamp Collectors Club have a monthly newsletter, monthly meetings in Christchurch and auctions twice a year. A related website Christchurch Philately describes many aspects of philately in Christchurch including links to local stamp dealers.
- The Christchurch Philatelic Society publishes the monthly newsletter Captain Coqk and has the largest philatelic library in the Southern Hemisphere.
- The Society of Australasian Specialists/Oceania promotes the study and collection of stamps and postal history of Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
- The Pacific Islands Study Circle deals with stamps and postal history of the Pacific Islands. New Zealand Dependencies are covered, but not New Zealand or Australia. Their magazine Pacifica is published four times a year.
- The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada has an online library of articles which are an excellent example of how the internet can be used to display philatelic information.
- The American Air Mail Society is the world's largest, and second oldest aerophilatelic society. They are publishers of the American Air Mail Catalogue, the monthly Airpost Journal, and many other aerophilatelic publications. The Society provides many services to aerophilatelists.
- The Metropolitan Air Post Society covers air post history, and the development of aviation, airlines and air mail services. It is a chapter of the AAMS.
- The Canadian Aerophilatelic Society has a journal, The Canadian Aerophilatelist.
- The Malaya Study Group promotes the study of the stamps and postal history of the States of Malaya.
Stamp Images
- NZ Post Ltd gives lots of information about the operations of the New Zealand postal service. However, you may wish to go straight to information on recent New Zealand stamps. In particular, it has a link to their Stamp Archive which gives information on all New Zealand stamps.
- Site containing images and information on New Zealand international flights and airmail covers .
- Detailed description of the Penny Universal, Penny Dominion and 1d Lake Taupo including many scans of re-entries.
- An excellent site giving lots of details on the ½d stamps and postal stationary issued during the reign of GVI and their usage.
- Interesting site with lots of information on the 1935 pictorials.
- Antarctic Philately including Ross Dependency is covered in an interesting web site including stamp images, historical details and postal history.
- Antarctic Philately from New Zealand provides an extensive site on all aspects of the stamps and postal history with much of interest covering New Zealand and Ross Dependency with examples of many covers.
- The Captain Cook Society is for anyone interested in Captain Cook. They maintain a page containing information on Captain Cook on Stamps.
- Illustrations and information on Chalon heads.
- You can get information on the New Zealand lighthouses shown on N.Z. Government Life Insurance issues. The page includes a map showing the position of the lighthouses.
- Site about stamp booklets and errors. Also imprints and plate blocks.
- Site on PanAm trans-Pacific Flights in the early years of WWII with lots of covers.
Dealers, Catalogues, Auctions
- Campbell Paterson have descriptions of their specialised New Zealand catalogue and extracts from their newsletter together with stamp offers. The CP New Zealand Catalogue is a must for all New Zealand collectors.
- Auckland City Stamps have an online catalogue of New Zealand stamps.
- Ashford Stamps have a postal auction with an emphasis on New Zealand.
- Shades Stamp Shop, Christchurch has offers including New Zealand Cinderellas and a site on Antarctic Philately.
- The Complete Stamp Company have an online stamp site offering both individual items for sale and standard catalogue items. They specialise in New Zealand stamps.
- J R Mowbray have an online auction catalogue.
- Len Jury has an online simplified catalogue and an online auction catalogue.
- Roger Pearce maintains a list of New Zealand stamp dealers which is organised by region.
- Chalon Stamps have an on-line price list with lots of illustrations.
- Airmail Collector has regular auctions including New Zealand items.
Resources
- Stampboards.com is a chat board and a bulletin board for stamp collectors. Lots of useful information and discussions.
- Stamp Paradise provides a philatelic directory.
- Postage stamps directory at 2-clicks-stamps features complete lists of stamp resources and links for philatelists worldwide.
- Wardrop's Stamp Links provides a good starting point for accessing sites on stamp collecting and dealing.
- Roger Pearce maintains a New Zealand stamp links page.
- Site with Links to British Colonial Stamp Sites, especially King George VI stamps.
- Stamp Collecting Links has many links to Stamp Collecting websites.
- Peter Aitken has useful advice on scanning stamp images.
- The Swappers & Collectors Pages contain everything for collectors! Bookstore, phonecardstore, special offers, search engine, links, lists, newsgroups, message boards, chat... free ads!
- Although still in its infancy, the philatelicdatabase hopes to become encyclopedic and to have databases for worldwide images of post offices and archival material from 19th and early 20th century philatelic journals and magazines.
Finding a Society
- UK Philately list National Societies, Regional Associations and list Specialist Societies.
- The Association of British Philatelic Societies has links to British local societies as well as links to specialist societies.
- The Association of Scottish Philatelic Societies gives information on all Scottish Societies.