New Zealand
Stamp Errors
1975 Pictorials
1975 1c Sterling Silver Rose
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| PA1a Normal | PA1a(z) Green Colour Offset Stamp 1 & 2, Green & Pink Colour Offset Stamp 3 ($2,000) |
1975 2c Lilli Marlene Rose
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| PA2a(z) Four Colour Offset On Back, plus a partial offset |
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| PA2a(z) Four Colour Offset On Back, plus a partial offset ($1,000) |
1975 3c Queen Elizabeth Rose
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| PA3b(y) Grey-Purple (Shading on Petals & Leaves) Omitted on Top Stamp ($1,500) | PA3b(y) Grey-Purple (Shading on Petals & Leaves) Omitted. First column normal, 2nd column partial, 3rd & 4th column omitted ($4,500) |
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| PA3a(z) Imperforate Pair ($600) | |
1975 4c Super Star Rose
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| PA4a(y) Imperforate Pair ($400) |
1975 5c Diamond Jubilee Rose
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| PA6a(z) TAB A | PA6a(z) TAB B |
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| PA6a(z) Adhesive Tabs were used to join one reel of paper to the next. The join is usually then cut off, but two sheets were found to have been missed. In the above examples, there are two Tab types. Tab A is from the top image, while Tab B is from the bottom image. In the above examples, the adhesive on the Tabs has dried out and the Tab has come loose. There is still another Tab in place on the bottom image, and can be seen on the top two rows ($2,500) | |
1975 6c Cresset
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| PA6a Normal | PA6a Red shift 3mm down and right ($120) | PA6a(y) Offset (both Red and Green) on back ($750) |
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| PA6a(x) Lower Three-Quarters Of Red Missing and the Red 1A from the Plate Markings ($13,750) | ||
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| PA6a(z) 2mm Grey Colour Shift Plate Block 1A1A1A1A1A ($3,000) Individual Stamps catalogued at $300 | ||
1975 8c Josephine Bruce Rose
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| PA8a(y) Yellow Colour Frame Partially Omitted ($2,000) | PA8b(y) Imperforate Pair ($500) |
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| PA8b(x) Green and Rose Colours Offset On Back, plus a partial offset ($1,000) | PA8a(x) Complete Yellow Offset on Back ($500) |
1977 Queen Elizabeth II 10c
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| PA10b Normal |
PA10b(t) Orange Colour Omitted.
Major colour in dress ($675) |
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| PA10b
Normal with colour bars |
PA10b(t) Orange Colour Omitted.
Major colour in dress. See colour bar. ($1,350) |
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PA10b(w) Blue Colour
Frame Partially Omitted including Blue 2A from the Plate Markings
($1,750) |
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| PA10b(s) Magenta
Colour Shift and Ochre Colour Shift ($325) |
PA10b(z) Blue Colour Omitted ($1,500) |
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| PA10b(u)
Imperforate Pair with colour shift ($700) |
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| PA10b(?)
Orange Shift To The Right ($100) |
PA10b(u) Imperforate Pair ($600) |
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| PA10b(?)
Red Shift To The Left ($100) |
PA10b(?)
Red Shift To The Right ($400) |
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PA10b(?) Blue Border
Thinning At Top Of Last Two Rows ($250) |
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| PA10a(z) Guillotine Error | |
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| PA10a(z) Guillotine Error (This strip is actually joined to the one above) ($500) | |
1979 Queen Elizabeth II Provisional 14c on 10c
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| PA31a Normal | PA31a(z) Orange Colour Omitted. Major colour in dress ($675) |
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| PA31a(w) Double Surcharge, One Albino ($400) | PA31a(v) Double Surcharge ($350) |
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| PA31a(o) Surcharge Offset On Back ($300) | PA31a(x) Surcharge Inverted ($1,000) |
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| PA31a Normal | PA31a(t) Very Pale Aquamarine ($175) |
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| PA31a(?) Downward Shift Of Black and Out Of Register Red and Orange ($350) | |
1979 4c on 8c Josephine Bruce Rose
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| PA30a(wa)
Black Colour missing from 2 stamps in strip of 10 ($8,000) Only one sheet of 10 strips known to exist. |
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| PA30a Normal | PA30a Black Overprint Major Shift Upwards ($100) |
1978 20c Paua Shell
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| PA15a Normal | PA15a(u) Red Colour Offset On Back ($475) |
1978 30c Toheroa Shell
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| PA16a Normal | PA16a(z) Violet Colour Offset On Back ($450) |
1978 $1 Scallop Shell
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| PA19a Normal | PA19a(z) Yellow Colour Offset On Back ($400) |
1980 25c Maori Portraits
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| PA26a Normal | PA26aya Brilliant blue colour offset on back showing all features ($500) |
1982 24c Map Stamp
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| PA35az No Lighter Areas Of Sea (Pair) ($100) | PA35b Not an error, just a very hard to find plate block 117 of the 24c Map Stamp ($800) |
