2/- Blue

Description

Catalogue Information

		Fiscally Used			Mint
	Reference	Unpunched	Punched	Postally Used	UHM	HM
2010 Kiwi ($NZ)	R449	5.00	1.00	–	–	–
2011 ACS ($NZ)	R186  P3	5.00 –	1.00 –	–  20.00	– 325.00	–  150.00
Campbell Patterson ($NZ)	Z2	–	–	22.00	250.00	125.00
2002 Barefoot (£GBP)	214/235	0.20	–	–	–	–

Varieties recorded

Blue shade unless otherwise stated

Type 1 – Watermark NZ, Perf 11.75  (Pale Blue & Blue)

Type 2 – Watermark NZ over Star (6mm), Horizontal mesh, Perf 11.75 (Pale Blue, Blue & Deep Blue)

Type 3 – Watermark NZ over Star (6mm), Horizontal Mesh, Perf 12.5

Type 4 – Watermark NZ over Star (7mm), Vertical Mesh, Perf 12.5 (Pale Blue & Blue. Also Reversed Watermark & Double Perfs)

Type 5 – Watermark NZ over Star (4mm), Vertical mesh, Perf 12.5 (Pale Blue & Blue. Also Double Perfs)

Type 6 – Watermark NZ over Star (7mm), Vertical mesh, Perf 11 (Pale Blue & Blue)

Type 8 – Cowan Unsurfaced paper, Wmk NZ over Star (Sideways), Perf 14

Type 9 – Cowan Unsurfaced paper, Wmk NZ over Star (Sideways), Perf 14.5 x 14

Type 10 – H & R Chalk surfaced paper, Wmk NZ over Star (Sideways), Perf 14

Type 11 – H & R Chalk surfaced paper, Wmk NZ over Star (Sideways), Perf 14.5 x 14

Type 12 – Jones Chalk surfaced paper, Wmk NZ over Star (Sideways), Perf 14.5 x 14

Type 13 – Cowan Chalk surfaced paper, Wmk NZ over Star (Sideways), Perf 14.5 x 14

 

Also exists …

(a) Imperforate vertically

(b) Double perfs (both sides) on a Type 4 example (Mowbray 2012 $NZ410)

(c) Double perfs on a Type 5 example

 

Market Information

The above catalogue values are a good indication of current market prices

 

As a general rule of thumb, Type 1 printings are worth about 5 times the CV for fine fiscally used examples, and Type 5 printings about 3 times.