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 Air Mail Society of New Zealand has a monthly newsletter, regular auctions and has published a series of handbooks on airmail postal history.
- Last, but not least, Stirling and District Philatelic Society is my local stamp club.
Other Societies
- 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 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.
- 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 TPO & Seapost Society deals with Railway and Ship Mail. It has pages on New Zealand Marine P.O.Cancels and a Checklist of New Zealand TPO Marks.
- 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 Malaya Study Group promotes the study of the stamps and postal history of the States of Malaya.
- 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.
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 their information on stamps.
- 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.
- Site with images of images and descriptions of New Zealand stamp issues.
- Antarctic Philately including Ross Dependency is covered in an interesting web site including stamp images, historical details and postal history.
- The Captain Cook Society is for anyone interested in Captain Cook. They maintain a page containing information on Captain Cook on Stamps.
- Interesting site on New Zealand revenues that contains scans of most issues.
Dealers, Catalogues, Auctions
- Campbell Paterson are the New Zealand specialist dealer and publisher. Their monthly newsletter can now be downloaded free from their website which also has descriptions of their specialised New Zealand catalogue. The CP New Zealand Catalogue is a must for all New Zealand collectors. Since June 2014, their monthly newsletter, which contains lots of information and offers, can be downloaded free from their website. Earlier newsletters can be downloaded from the New Zealand Society of Great Britain.
- Auckland City Stamps have an online catalogue of New Zealand stamps.
- Ashford Stamps have a postal auction with an emphasis on New Zealand.
- 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.
- Roger Pearce maintains a list of New Zealand stamp dealers which is organised by region.
- John & Jan Fitzpatrick do not have a website, but do have postal auctions covering Postal History & Postal Stationery N.Z. & worldwide. They can be contacted at: PO Box 35 307, Browns Bay, Auckland 0753, New Zealand and their email address is: jandjfitz@xtra.co.nz
- 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.
- The aim of the Philatelic Youth Council (PYC) New Zealand is to promote Youth Philately throughout New Zealand and to encourage youth stamp collecting and exhibiting in general.
- The Global Philatelic Library website is a joint index of philatelic literature founded by The Royal Philatelic Society, the Smithsonian Libraries and the American Philatelic Research Library and joined by many others.
- Stamp Paradise provides a philatelic directory.
- Postage stamps directory at 2-clicks-stamps features complete lists of stamp resources and links for philatelists worldwide.
- Site with Links to British Colonial Stamp Sites, especially King George VI stamps.
- 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.