Denomination
$5
$10
$20
$50
Fur Seal
Tuatara
Hookers Sea Lion
Chatham Island Pigeon
141B
141C
141D
141E
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
The first issue for 1993 was a new definitive issue replacing the
Summer and
Winter Sports
Series.
During the life of this series there were two amendments to the wording
on the reverse.
First Back
Second Back
Third Back
The original issue (First Back) had "Telecom Corporation Of New
Zealand Limited".
This was changed to "Telecom New Zealand Limited" for
the second printing (Second Back), and for the third printing, the line "For Telecom Network Service Which Is
Available At Telecom Centres" was changed to
"For Telecom Network
Service Available At Our Normal Place Of Business" (Third Print).
The $5 and $20 cards were available in all three reverses. The $10 only in the first and third.
The original $50 card had the photographer's name spelt wrong, so this
was corrected via an overprinted dull black panel before its original release.
The card was then corrected, and later was then also available with the
second and third reverses.
Dull Black Panel Overprint
Corrected Back
These four cards were also included in the
Collector Pack NZ-CP-8
and were overprinted on the reverse with
1993 Collector Issue and each card in the pack had matching serial
numbers.
There is also a montage card of the above four pictures, which was available in the Collectors Pack, with the Collector Issue overprint, and also available loose without the overprint. See Montage Card.
Illustrated below are the reverse
of the four original cards.
In 1999, towards the changeover to chip
cards, rather than print new $10, $20 & $50 cards, Telecom released more
of these cards for general circulation, but added an overprint on the
reverse,
"Valid for use only with Telecom magnetic PhoneCard payphones until
December 1999. There will be no refunds on any unused credit".
This overprint was produced on the following combinations of cards:-
$10 First & Second Back
$20 First, Second & Third Back
$50 Third Back only