New Publications

Hill Country Mails, the Post Office story of Gisborne, New Zealand.
By: Morrison, R. Bruce.
A history of Gisborne-East Coast post offices from Cape Runaway to the Whareratas. Auckland, Postal History Society of New Zealand, 2011. 539 pages. $70 + $5.50 postage and packing. Available from PHSNZ, P.O. Box 77-050, Mt Albert, Auckland 1350.

This is the postal history of the old Gisborne postal district. It traces the first official mail distribution services; inter-twined telegraph, then telephone services with detailed coverage of each of the hundred or so offices which were opened in the region. Included are a chronological listing of significant dates and events on the life of each office; staff appointments; buildings occupied; mail contracts and illustrated descriptions of the various postal cancellations and teller date-stamps used. This study also delves into the social history of the Poverty Bay region.

Treasured Letters, New Zealand Prisoner-of-War Air Letter Cards 1941-1945.
By: Scott, Barry J.E. And Startup, Robin
Wellington, Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand, 2011. 146 pages. $110, plus $10 packing and postage.

This is the first comprehensive study of these cards introduced during World War II to help speed up the mail between prisoners of war and their families in New Zealand. It covers the years of the war, the mail flow, the genesis and development of the cards and details of the various types that were used. Also included is a chapter on the Japanese prisoner of war cards.

Post Office buildings in the central North Island
By: Clulee, Ivan
A nostalgic journey through the central North Island of New Zealand from north to south providing an archival record of the many past, and now few, buildings constructed by the Post Office.

Auckland, Postal History Society of New Zealand, 2010. 84 pages. Handbook no.76. Available from the PHSNZ. $27.00.

It's in the post, the stories behind New Zealand stamps
By: Wolfe, Richard
Nelson, Craig Potton Publishing, 2010.224 pages. Available from New Zealand Post, Collectables and Solutions Centre, Private Bag 3001, Wanganui 4540. $39.99.

Radio New Zealand carried a discussion with Richard Wolfe about this book, which is available at http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/sunday/2011/01/30/richard_wolfe_-_its_in_the_post (duration 16 minutes).

NEW ZEALAND STAMPS OVERPRINTED "O.P.S.O."
By: CAPILL, DAVID.
SANDERSTEAD, SURREY & WELLINGTON

Published jointly by the New Zealand Society of Great Britain, Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand, 2010. 53p. Available from RPSNZ, P.O. Box 1269, Wellington 6140. $50 + $3 postage and packing.

This is the first comprehensive study of these stamps, overprinted with a rubber handstamp by the New Zealand General Post Office for use on its mail to foreign countries between 1891 and 1906. It brings together literature published since the stamps were issued together with the author's extensive research and recording of material over the past twenty years. The book, printed in full colour, includes historical background, unauthorised reprints, forgeries and complete listings of all known stamps.

1909-26 ONE PENNY DOMINION PLATE 12 STUDY.
By: CAMAGE, M. LES.
45pp. $45, post free, from the author: camage@xtra.co.nz or PO Box 8118, Whangarei 0145.

A complete study of the 240 stamps from Plate 12, issued from November 1909 to June 1926.

NEW ZEALAND STAMPS WITH PERFORATED INITIALS
By: Samuel, Robert
Auckland, Postal History Society of New Zealand,2010. 90pages. (Handbook no.75) $27.00. Available from the PHSNZ, P.O. Box 77-050, Mt. Albert, Auckland 1350.

The late Robert Samuel was New Zealand's foremost collector and researcher in this field. After the publication of the PHSNZ'sNew Zealand Stamps With Perforated Initials in 1968 Robert continued to collect perfins and publish new findings until hisdeath in 2001. Although a mere 51 perfins, and handful of security overprints, have been recorded from New Zealand theyare still keenly sought after and studied. This book provides a basic guide to the perfins and security overprints used withinNew Zealand and overseas by New Zealand companies and institutions. Information for this revised edition has come from acomprehensive literature review and discussions with collectors.

Kiwi catalogue of New Zealand Revenue & Railway Stamps. 4th edition.
By: Smitham, David (ed.)
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NEW ZEALAND POSTAL RATES & REGULATIONS PRE 1874.
By: ELLOTT, GERALD J.
Auckland, Postal History Society of New Zealand, 2009.223 pages. Handbook no.74. $72.00. Available from PHSNZ, PO Box99-673, Newmarket, Auckland 1149.

COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF OVERSEAS POSTAL RATES PRE 1857, inland postage rates, local posts, registered mail, military mail, mail to Australia and direct to destination, and mail via Suez, via Suez and Marseilles, via Panama, via San Francisco, via Brindisi, via Trieste and other routes, incoming ship letters and loose letters, late letter fees, too late letters, book post, bannkers' parcels, newspapers, and obliterators.

IF YOU TAKE CARE OF THE PENNIES, THE FULLFACES WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES
By: MARSHALL, BRIAN.
a history of Pim and Company, stamp dealers. Auckland,the author, 2010. 92 pages. $40. Available from the author, 86Shackleton Road, Mt. Eden, Auckland 1024.

Between 1936 and 1989 Pim and Company traded in Auckland as astamp dealing firm. Although well-known for its stamp dealing, it wasnotable for other reasons as well. Pims played a role in thedevelopment of some stamp clubs in New Zealand.

A number of useful stamp catalogues were produced. Pim and Company issued, from 1943 through to 1957, a variety of interesting and lively newsletters. Although designed as an advertising medium, they also carried informative articles of interest to both simple collectors and serious philatelists. The most important of these articles was the regular "New Zealand Notes" column penned by Campbell Paterson, which many consider to be an important contribution to New Zealand philately. Pim and Company was notable also for its interesting cast of characters. These ranged from the quiet and almost scholarly Campbell Paterson to the flamboyant Dennis Peach. The firm also served as a training ground for other notable stamp dealers. Both John Bishop and Campbell Paterson worked at one stage for Pim and Company but then left to set up their own businesses.

THE NEW ZEALAND AIRMAIL CATALOGUE. 3RD EDITION
By: STAPLETON, JAMES A.
edited by Mike Shand.

Christchurch, Air Mail Society of New Zealand, 2009. 96 pages. $37. Available from Alan Tunnicliffe, PO Box 29144. Fendalton, Christchurch 8540.

NETHERLANDS MAIL IN TIMES OF TURMOIL VOLUME 1 1568-1795
By: KEES ADEMA
The main objective of this study of Dutch field postand related subjects has been to cover philatelic aspects ofcorrespondence related to wars, military operations, upheavals andcivil unrest. However to appreciate how and why the mail was carriedan understanding of each conflict or war is crucial. The historic,military and political background of the period in question andchronologies of relevant events puts the philatelic aspects into theirproper historical context. In this way the reader's curiosity will bestirred.

Pre-publication price £39 plus p&p for pre-paid orders received before 31st May 2010, from 1st June 2010 the price is £49 plus p&p.

RAILWAY DISASTER MAIL
By: Robin Gwynn and Norman Hoggarth.
A hardback book of 326 pages, with colour throughout,this new book deals with mail damaged on the Railways / Railroads bywhatever means, anywhere in the world. Mail from 34 differentcountries Argentina to Yugoslavia, and Disasters between 1850 and1995, covering 528 different events is recorded providing a wealth ofinformation for the Postal, Social or Railway Historian. This bookopens up a previously unexplored area.

Pre-publication price £49 plus p&p for pre-paid orders received before 31 st May 20 10, from 1 st June 2010 the price is £65 plus p&p . For those who do not have access to sterling funds, orders may be placed through: - Allan P. Berry, 238 Waikiekie Road, Thames 3500. e-mail: apberry@wave.co.nz making cheques payable to Allan P. Berry for the equivalent amount to cover the cost of postage and packing. The latter costs can be advised if you send an email to Allan P. Berry, advising which book is required, and whether surface mail or airmail is required.

Lee, Tom and Watts, John. NEW ZEALAND CHALON ISSUE 1855-1873. Approximately 400 pages produced digitally on a single CD. Price $40, including postage. Available from PO Box 40376, Glenfield, North Shore City 0747.

Topics covered in this publication include the early days of the Post Office, the genesis of the Chalon design, details of the Perkins Bacon London Prints of 1855 and the Richardson Prints of 1855-1862, bisect issues, and the Davies Prints of 1862-1873. Further chapters dwell on postage rates, dies and plate production, re-entries and re-touches, separations, paper, history of the printers, presentation sets - reprints and reproductions, forgeries, and colour.

Lynch, Ken W.J. THE CHALON ISSUES OF NEW ZEALAND (1855-1873). 7th edition. Auckland, KWJL Publications, 2009. 4 volumes in 3. Available from PO Box 274, Auckland.

Odenweller, Robert P. THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF NEW ZEALAND: 1855-1873, THE CHALON HEAD ISSUES. Wellington, Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand, 2009. Available from the RPSNZ, PO Box 129, Wellington 6140, at a cost of $135 + $6 packing and postage ($120 + $6 to members of the RPSNZ if ordered prior to December 2009).

This book, of nearly 400 pages, is a completely new and comprehensive study of the classic "Chalon" issues of New Zealand, based on over 50 years of collecting and research by the author.

Robertson, G.I. "THE REV. W. COLENSO TO FRANK FREE..." a history of postal & telegraphic franking in New Zealand. Auckland, Postal History Society of New Zealand, 2009. 87pages. (PHSNZ Handbook no.73). Available from the Society, P.O. Box 2121, Stoke, Nelson 7041.

Many of Britain's colonies adopted the privilege of free franking of 'official' mail in the early 1800s but like the mother country abandoned the system with the introduction of postage stamps. New Zealand was forced to drop free franking when the British Post Office took control of our postal service in 1843. However Governor Sir George Grey re-introduced free franking for authorised officials, the military and others from early 1862 and the system remained in place until 31 December 1906. Most official mail from this point bore printed or rubber stamp 'Official Paid' markings but a select few continued to enjoy the privilege of signing their correspondence in the top right hand corner of the envelope which enabled it to be sent free of postage. This work examines the free franking privilege as it applied from the period of jurisdiction of New Zealand by the New South Wales Government through to the disestablishment of the New Zealand Post Office on 1 April 1987. Those who were authorised to frank are listed and examples of their correspondence illustrated.

Armitage, Douglas B. and Johnson, Robert I. IRAQ POSTAL HISTORY 1920's TO 1940's Airlines, Air Routes, Internal and External Postage Rates, Airmail Fees, charges for various other postal services, censorship and postally relevant historical matters. 342pages. ISBN 978-0-9545207-3-1.

The book is priced at £38-00 plus postage and packing - Australasia & Far East Airmail £15.70 or Surface Mail £8.80. Those who have access to Sterling Funds may order directly from: - David Tett, P.O. Box 34, Wheathampstead, Herts., AU 8JY United Kingdom. Orders may be placed through: - Allan P. Berry, 238, Waikiekie Road, Thames, New Zealand, payment being by cheque made payable to Allan P. Berry for the equivalent amount in New Zealand or Australian currency. Please allow 8 to 10 weeks for delivery.

This new publication from the Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund is a new work which comprehensively covers the Postal History of Iraq from the 1920s to the 1940s, thus covering a period of immense importance in the transmission of mail from Europe to the Middle East and the Far East. It is therefore bound to be of interest to students of the surface mails and airmails of the relevant period. It is profusely illustrated with relevant covers and tables covering the various routes, rates and services. There is a comprehensive Bibliography and an index.

Clulee, Ivan. Post Office Buildings in the Lower North Island. Auckland, Postal History Society of New Zealand, 2009. 131 pages. $28 + $6.55 p&p. (Available from PHSNZ, PO Box 2121, Stoke, Nelson).

For most of the nineteenth century post offices in New Zealand operated as agencies from settlers' homes or stores. Buildings were sometimes shared with customs and the judiciary but outside the cities and larger towns there were few buildings erected by the Post & telegraph Department for the business of transacting postal and telegraph business. With the dawn of the twentieth century this all changed with a veritable explosion in the establishment and replacement of accommodation owned by the Department. In this book the buildings constructed by the Post Office are recorded. The style of each structure is described, together with construction details and the subsequent history of the building. The text is accompanied by many half and full plate photographs, and postcards from the early years of the twentieth century.

The 12th edition of Fakes, Forgeries & Experts Journal, better known as the FFE Journal, was released in connection with the Philatelic World Exhibition China 2009. FFE is regarded as a great reference material and a base for philatelic studies and education of international exhibition judges. The private collector may also learn a great deal about what is genuine and false in his area of study.

In issue #12 there are 24 articles from 27 authors and 12 of them are first time writers in the journal. The article "Guard against forged covers" written by the Chinese expert, Mr Li Shuguang is in Chinese as well as in English and from Germany you will find the article "A lucky reunion" written by Mr Carl Aage Møller, the president of the A.I.E.P, the world organisation of philatelic experts. You will also find articles from Asia, America and Europe as well as articles about the fight against forgeries written by Mr Jean Francois Logette from UPU and an analysis of the problems around plastic films and what harm it can do.

With the 2009 edition of FFE we have now published 436 articles and an index of all these articles may be found at www.ffejournal.com. PRICE 60 EURO when ordering through www.ffejournal.com.

Kundin, Stanley J. 2009. The Vending and Affixing Machine Coils of New Zealand: a study of the stamps, the machines and some of the personalities involved. Wellington, RPSNZ. 148p. Pre-publication price (orders must be received no later than 20 May) $120 + $5 p&p, non-members $125 + $5 p&p. (Regular retail cost will be $130 + P&P. Orders to RPSNZ, PO Box 1269, Wellington 6140.

Murr, John. Cachets, cancels, cards, aspects of the postal history of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I. Postal History Society of New Zealand, 2009. (PHSNZ Handbook no.71).130 pages. $31 (includes postage & packing). Available from The Treasurer, PHSNZ, PO Box 2121, Stoke, Nelson 7041.

During most of the major wars of the 20th century the postal service offered the only means of contact between service personnel and their families. This resulted in the exchange of huge numbers of letters and postcards providing postal historians with a rich field of study.

The late John Murr chose the participation of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) in World War I as his major field of study and over 25 years accumulated an extensive collection of material mostly related to the health and welfare of the troops. From this collection he prepared a short monograph on the postal history of the NZEF from the outbreak of hostilities to the campaigns at Gallipoli and in the Middle East.

This text was accompanied by nearly 200 illustrations of cards, covers, etc. chosen from his holdings which show usage of field post office, troop-ship, hospital ship and New Zealand military camp date-stamps, unit cachets, censor markings and printed stationery. Included are five appendices with details of troop-ships and hospital ships and the units they carried.

"Safari". A. S. Paterson & Co. Ltd. - a philatelic and postcard study with additional related postage paid permit notes. Nelson, Postal History Society of New Zealand, 2009. (Study no. 13). 34 pages (including 17 in colour). $16, including postage and packing.

The author spent over twenty years engaged in the oil industry, and has always felt an affinity with A. S. Paterson and Co., a firm of general merchants and importers who, between 1914 and 1935, imported and distributed throughout New Zealand 'Big Tree' petroleum products. A. S. Paterson produced an array of collectable postal history through their usage of imprinted postal stationery and adoption of various means or pre-paying postage. This work examines the firm's use of postal franking machines, advertising postcards, and postage paid permits with emphasis on 'Big Tree' petroleum products. Coverage of postage paid permits has been extended to include other firms' usage of shared permit numbers.

Campbell, John. Czeslaw Slania - master engraver. Published by Radway Press, lc Haumoana Road, Haumoana 4102, Hawkes Bay. 192 pages. Price $90.00 - this includes postage and packing. The book is A4 landscape size, perfect bound, and in full colour.

Jones, S. Illustrated First Day Covers of New Zealand 1933-2000. Part 1 Health. This is a revised and expanded edition, with 350 pages, 250 of them in colour. Available from David Holmes for $80 plus $5 postage. David Holmes Philatelist Ltd., PO Box 27-646, Auckland 1440, or email david@stampworld.co.nz.

Allan Berry has advised us of these new publications from the Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund:

Rossiter Postal History Journal. Volume 8, 2008. Contents: The Post Office - the other side of the counter or - what the customer does not see, by Robert Johnson, Netherlands East Indies: postal history 1789 to 1877, by Richard Wheatley. Price £12.50 + postage £8 airmail or £5 surface mail.

Express Mail, After Packets and Late Fees in India before 1870, by Max Smith and Robert Johnson. 291 pages. "This book on an interesting time in Indian Postal History explores the complexities, and sometimes overlapping, services designed to speed the transit of mail to, from and across the continent of India. It is a must for any student of Indian Postal History". Price £20 + postage £15 airmail or £8.50 surface.

Either title is available through Allan Berry, 238 Waikiekie Road, Thames 3500. Cheques should be made payable to Allan for the equivalent in New Zealand dollars. Those who have access to a Sterling Bank Account should make their cheque payable to the Stuart Rossiter Trust, and send it, with their order, to David Tett, P.O. Box 34, Weatherhampstead, Herts., AL4 8JY, England.

Clulee, Ivan. Post Office buildings in the South island: a nostalgic journey through the South island of New Zealand from south to north providing an archival record of the many past, and now few, buildings constructed by the Post Office. Auckland, Postal History Society of New Zealand, 2008.105pp. $22.00

Main, William. Send me a postcard: New Zealand postcards and the story they tell. Nelson, Craig Potton, 2007. 140pp. $34.99

Australian Stamps Professional is published by Mediamatic Pty Ltd at Ferntree Gully in Victoria. There are 11 issues per year, with a combined December/January issue. The price (in Australia) is $60 per year. As might be expected, the focus of the magazine is Australian material, but the second issue (which has 66 pages) includes also a couple of articles relating to Commonwealth material, and a couple more of a foreign nature. Each article is illustrated in colour. Further details are available from the publishers at Box 361, Business Mail Centre, Edina Road, Ferntree Gully, Victoria 3156, Australia (email smpa@ aapt.net.au).

The Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth and British Empire catalogue, which used to cover the period 1840 to 1952, has been extended to 1970. This takes effect with the 2008 edition. Extending the listing to 1970 takes in the most popular and interesting stamps of Elizabeth's reign. All prices have been revised in line with the current market, and almost all the stamps are illustrated in colour.

Philatelic Youth Council of New Zealand. 2007. Youth Stamp Camps in New Zealand 40 years 1966-2006. Auckland, PYC of NZ. 130 pages. $35 + $5 p&p.

"The book is like a who's who of New Zealand Philately with the many hundreds of New Zealand collectors who have either attended, assisted with or supported the camps during their history. Many of the young collectors who attended the camps have grown up to become well known philatelists or leaders in their chosen fields and this book documents the camps and their involvement". Compiled by Barbara Streeter with the assistance of many others.

Robertson, GI and Brown, E. Post & telephone offices of Northland. Auckland, Postal History Society of New Zealand, 2007. (Handbook no. 69). 355 pages. Cost: $59 including packing & postage. Available from PO Box 2121, Stoke, Nelson.

Northland was the cradle of white settlement and government in New Zealand and lays claim to the country's first post offices both unofficial and official. Post offices, then telegraph and telephone offices, were opened in increasing numbers reaching a peak of around 280 in the early twentieth century. Run by settlers in their homes, storekeepers in their shops, stationmasters at their railway stations and teachers at Maori schools, they formed an essential part of the social fabric of the time. With a large number of folk employed by the Post & Telegraph Department as postmasters and postmistresses it is not surprising that a few very notable New Zealanders filled this role. In Northland two future Prime Ministers and a Dame of the Realm ran post or telephone offices at an early stage of their lives.

Over 350 offices are included in this profusely illustrated work with details supplied of opening and closing dates, facilities provided, location, meaning / origin of name, staff appointments, buildings and types of cancellations used.

Lynch, Ken W. The 'Chalon' issues of New Zealand (1855-1873). Auckland, KWJL Publications, 2007. 3 volumes. 6th edition. A combined handbook and catalogue. Limited edition of 100 copies. Available from KWJL Publications, PO Box 274, Auckland. Price: $73.50. (The previous edition was published in 2005).

Allan Berry advises that the latest issue of the Rossiter Postal History Journal (volume 7, 2006) has been published. The contents are The West India & Pacific Steam-Ship Company: The Mail Contracts 1865 1888, by Colin Tabeart; The Pneumatic Post of Paris, including some extraordinary usages, by Bernard Lucas. Available from Allan P Berry, 238, Waikiekie Road, Thames 3500, New Zealand. e-mail: apberry@wave.co.nz Price £12-50, plus postage: -£7-50 Printed paper by air, £4-12 by surface mail. Cheques should be made payable to Allan P. Berry for the equivalent in New Zealand or Australian currency and sent to the above address.

Clulee, I. An historical record of Post Office buildings in the South Island. Lower Hutt, Ivan Clulee, 2007. 108p.

Miller, A.J. The RPSNZ Library: a list of library holdings. Wellington, Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand, 2007. 100pages + 1 CD-ROM. $30. Available from the RPSNZ, PO Box 1269, Wellington.

Miller, A.J. The World-wide catalogue & handbook of stamps issued under copyright acts: incorporating mechanical and general copyright, purchase tax and inspection stamps as found on 78rpm record labels, piano rolls, early 45rpm & LP sleeves and labels, sheet music and some books. Wellington, Scratchy Productions, 2007. 208p. $110. (Available from Scratchy Productions, 18 Orari Street, Wellington.

Whangarei Philatelic Society first 50 years 1957-2007. Whangarei, Whangarei Philatelic Society, 2006. 43pages. $25. Available from the Society, 50 Suester Road, RD 9, Poroti, Whangarei 0179.

Carlyon, Rob and Shand, Dave. Tauranga mails: post offices of the Tauranga postal district. Auckland, Postal History Society of New Zealand, 2006. Handbook no.67. Cost: $42.00

Swarbrick, Bob. The Royal Marines Home and Abroad, a postal history 1664-1994. Published by the Stuart Rossiter Trust.

This book is based on a collection of letters to and from Royal Marines that strives to interpret the insignia or badge of this most famous Regiment through over three centuries of active service. Letters from almost every continent are reproduced, to demonstrate the role of Britain.s elite fighting force throughout its long and glorious history, from 1664, to its modern role as an upholder of peace and stability in this troubled world.

Gibraltar is represented by a letter detailing the attack on the convoy bringing reinforcements to the recently captured Rock in 1704. Letters from such places as Mexico, Japan, China, Spain, South Africa and the Crimea with illustrations of letters showing postal markings as well as illustrations of people, ships and places demonstrate the varied deployment of the Corp's personnel.

Modern areas of conflict, from the two World Wars to Korea and the Falklands receive similar treatment. In addition, there are examples of Britain's role in peace keeping and providing humanitarian relief.

Soft cover with 176 pages, many illustrations in colour.

The cost of the book is £36-00, plus postage and packing, air mail £9.51, surface mail £5.08.

Copies may be ordered from the Trust's representative in Australasia: - Allan P. Berry, 238, Waikiekie Road, Thames 3500.

Cheques for the equivalent amount in New Zealand or Australian currency should be made payable to Allan P. Berry, adding NZ$2.00 or equivalent to cover the cost of the postage of the order to the United Kingdom.

Alternatively, those who have access to sterling currency WITHOUT COSTS may send their orders to: -
D.F. Tett, P.O. Box 34, Wheathampstead, Herts., AL4 8JY United Kingdom.

Cheques in sterling currency being made payable to The Stuart Rossiter Trust.