NEW ZEALAND

Stamps inscribed 'New Zealand' or 'Aotearoa' or both

1855 ->

From 1855: 1 Pound (GBP) = 20 Shillings, 1 Shilling = 12 Pence
From 1933: 1 Pound (NZP) = 20 Shillings, 1 Shilling = 12 Pence [= 1 GBP]
From 1967: 1 Dollar (NZD) = 100 Cents [= NZP 0.50]
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HERALDIC CATS

Issue Item code Item type Face value Remarks SC
1967 Centenary of the Post Office Savings Bank NZ19670203 ST 0_0_9 Stamp 0-0-9 Heraldic Lion
6 Lions Passant Guardant
Lion Rampant
MI 455
1971 Centenaries of Palmerston North, Auckland and Invercargill NZ19710512 ST 0_03 Stamp 0.03 Heraldic Lion
Lion Pasant Guardant
Old CoA of Palmerston North
MI 554
1972 Anniversaries NZ19720405 ST 0_03 Stamp 0.03 Heraldic Lion
Lion Rampant Guardant Supporter
Wanganui CoA
MI 579
1977 Anniversaries NZ19770119 ST 0_08 2 Stamp 0.08 Heraldic Lion
Two Lion Rampant Supporters
Gisborne CoA
MI 702
2005 DHL New Zealand-Lions Rugby Series NZ20050601 ST 0_45 2 Stamp 0.45 Heraldic Lion
Lion Passant Guardant
British and Irish Lions Team Logo
Odd-shaped, self-adhesive stamp
MI 2263
  NZ20050601 ST 1 _ 5 0 2 Stamp 1.50 Heraldic Lion
Lion Passant Guardant
British and Irsh Lions Team Logo
Odd-shaped, self-adhesive Stamp
MI 2265

2005 The Chronicles of Narnia

Items from this issue are also listed under Wild Cats

 NZ20051201 PC PP 5
Address side		 Pre-stamped postcard / Maximum Card PP
(1.50 on issue) 		Heraldic Lion (on picture side)
Lion Rampant
Lion
Wild Cats in Literature
King Aslan from The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Official pre-paid MC with
NZ20051201 ST 2_00 1
and
NZ20051201 FDP 4540

2006 80th Birthday of HM Queen Elizabeth II

Joint issue with Jersey
These items are also listed under Jersey

 JENZ20060421 MS 5_00__5_00 1 Miniature sheet 5.00
+ 5.00 		Heraldic Lions (on selvedge)
Lion Passant Gardant
Jersey Flag
2 -Stamp MS with stamps from both countries
Dark, blackish blue
MI B198a (NZ)
MI B56a (Jersey)
JENZ20060421 MS 5_00__5_00 2 Miniature sheet 5.00
+ 5.00 		Heraldic Lions (on selvedge)
Lions Passant Guardant
Jersey Flag
2 -Stamp MS with stamps from both countries
Dark prussian blue
MI B198b (NZ)
MI B56b (Jersey)

2011 For Valour

 NZ20110414 ST 0_60 1 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: Charles Heaphy
MI 2788
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 2 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: William James Hardham
MI 2789
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 3 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: Cyril Royston Guyton Bassett
MI 2790
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 4 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: Donald Forrester Brown
MI 2791
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 5 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: Samuel Frickleton
MI 2792
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 6 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: Leslie Wilton Andrew
MI 2793
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 7 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: Henry James Nicholas
MI 2794
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 8 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: Richard Charles Travis
MI 2795
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 9 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: Samuel Forsyth
MI 2796
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 10 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: Reginald Stanley Judson
MI 2797
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 11 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: Harry John Laurent
MI 2798
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 12 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: James Crichton
MI 2799
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 13 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: John Gildroy Grant
MI 2800
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 14 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: James Edward Allen Ward
MI 2801
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 15 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: Charles Hazlitt Upham
MI 2802
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 16 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: Alfred Clive Hulme
MI 2803
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 17 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: John Daniel Hinton
MI 2804
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 18 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: Keith Elliott
MI 2805
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 19 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu
MI 2806
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 20 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: Lloyd Allan Trigg
MI 2807
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 21 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Main motif: Leonard Henry Trent
MI 2808
NZ20110414 ST 0_60 22 Stamp 0.60 Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
MI 2809
NZ20110414 SH 13_20 Sheetlet 13.20
(22 x 0.60)

Heraldic Lion (on all stamps and undenominated label)
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
MI ZB2788-2809
NZ20110414 LB 1 Undenominated label - Heraldic Lion
Crowned Lion Statant Guardant
The Victoria Cross
Undenominated label from bottom row of
NZ20110414 SH 13_20

List compiled by Geir Arveng. Information received from Nahum Shereshevsky, Peter Simmons and Elisabeth Hallsjö.
Latest update: 18 October, 2015