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Every issue has some (semi-)regular articles, including:

* Editor's Corner (formerly Richard Bloxham, now Brian Vincent)
* Sideface Corner (normally Robin Gwynn)
* New Zealand Stamp Notes (Brian Vincent)
* Book Reviews
* New Zealand Philatelic Federation news

Tables of contents for the A4-sized issues are listed below. Full indexes from 1919-1994, and from 1995 to 2004 are available.Back Issues of the NZSC are usually available at NZ $8 each.
Some articles are reproduced on the website, and are linked.
December 2011 91/4
  • Rhodes Medal presented to Brian Vincent (photo)
  • (Second Sidefaces) Interesting Pairings (1d perf 12½ all around, wiper blade flaws, Transient flaws) (Robin Gywnn)
  • A Philatelic View of the Canadian Flag Debate (D.B. Tennant)
  • Identifying your (2½d) Wakatipu on cover(Geoff Rickards, colour)
  • New Zealand Post Stamp Vending Machine Trial (B.G. Vincent, colour)
  • "CLEANED": An uncatalogued and all-but-forgotten variety of New Zealand Stamps (Geoff Rickards, colour)  

September 2011 91/3
  • Reprints, New Printings, Further printings  {letters}(John Watts, Gerald Ellott)
  • A Pleat to end all Pleats? (3d 1946 Peace) (Geoff Rickards & Brian Vincent, colour)
  • 'Catch-up' - A further follow-up (Geoff Rickards, colour)
  • Highest Recorded Frankings on cover (First & Second sidefaces)(Robin Gwynn, colour)
  • 1898 First A.R. form (Jeff Long)
  • 14c on 10c Queen Elizabeth II Counter Rolls (David Smitham)
  • Annual Report 
  • Jack Hughes {Obit.} (D.A.T. Mee 

 


June 2011 91/2

 

  • 1941 King George VI Two Pence Social Size Envelope {letter}(Stephen F. Prest)
  • A Study of the First Issue of New Zealand Post's Non-denominated (NVI) Kiwi stamps (Brian G. Vincent & Geoff K. Rickards, colour)
  • An 1854 cover from New Zealand to the USA: Setting the routing record straight (Bob Watson, colour)
  • Updating 1882 Usages(Robin Gwynn)
  • Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand 125th Anniversary 2013 (Tony Thackery)
  • Russian Flag Day (Jeff Long)

March 2011 91/1

  • "Reprints", "New" Printings or "Further" Printings? - A matter of terminology (B.G. Vincent)
  • Printing Dates of Advertisement Stamps 1893-94 (Robin Gwynn)
  • Official Paid (Russian Day 5 May 1916) (Gerald Ellott)
  • Squat and Lanky N.Z. Queen Victoria 2d Lilac & Government Life 15c Dog Island stamps(Geoff Rickards, colour)
  • A method for distinguishing sideways vs. upright watermarked paper of engraved stamps on piece (Derek Diamond & Geoff Rickards)
  • The Telegram Seals of New Zealand, 1910-1962 (Adam Miller)
  • Colin Larsen FRPSNZ, Allan Berry FRPSL, FRPSNZ [Obits.] (John Campbell, David Beech)

 
December 2010 90/4
  • Major new sideface discovery - 4d SSF perf 10x11 reperforated 12½ (Paul Wreglesworth)
  • Richard Armstrong FRPSNZ [Obit.] (Gerald Ellott)
  • What the King Thought (1937 Coronation design) (George Stewart)
  • Prefix Initials of Ships' Names (John Kersel)
  • Those Inverts Again! (1898 6d OFFICIAL inverted overprint) (Jeff Long, Geoff Rickards)
  • Recent findings on the issue and usage of the first Duty stamps: January to March 1867 (G.I. Robertson)
  • New Zealand's Numeric King George VI Counter Rolls (David Smitham, colour)

  September 2010 90/3
  • Annual Report 2009-2010 (Tony Thackery)
  • To Flouresce or not to Flouresce [15c Dog Island Government Life] (Geoff Rickards, colour)
  • New Zealand pre-1970 Cinderellas - some new finds (Adam Miller, colour)
  • Two types of 1920 Lettercard: 1½d KGV orange-brown +½d KEdVII green (Alastair Watson, colour)
  • 'Sea Post Office F': an unusual cancel on First Sideface high values (Robyn Gwynn)
  • 1964 & 1965 NZOI Expeditions to the Balleny Islands, Antarctica (Mark Jurisich & Dr. David Larson Jr)
  • Rhodes Medal awarded to Robin Gwynn

  June 2010 90/2
  • 1970 Definitive Booklet and 4c Inverted Wing Vein [Letters] (John Watts & Geoff Rickards)
  • Second Sidefaces selvedge markings: Back to the Drawing Board (Robin Gwynn)
  • The little-known "D" Mail Systems and some associated labels (Des Hurley)
  • Squat & Lanky local Pictorials - 1900 adhesives and pre-stamped envelopes (Geoff Rickards, colour)
  • Revenues 1880 essays/colour trial
  • A Royal hand-out - the Windsor war-time cachet (Des Hurley)
  • The Official Frank of the Postmaster-General used as a Cancellation (Robert P. Odenweller)
  • Customised Advertising Labels in support of Palmpex 2010 (Tony Thackery)

  March 2010 90/1
  • Second Sidefaces - New Zealand's Rarest stamps? The Sideface 'Abnormals' (Robin Gwynn)
  • The Original Pigeongram Commemorative Flimsies (Doug Tennant & Desmond Hurley)
  • A New Zealand AR form with its covering envelope (David Handelman)
  • New Zealand: The 1d London Print of 1855 on cover - a new discovery (Robert P. Odenweller)
  • Forgery & Internet Warning [Auckland Exhibition] (Martin Sherwin, colour)
  • King George V First Day Cover - An Important Find (Tony Thackery, colour)
  • New Zealand and the Postcard (Allan P. Berry)
  • New Zealand Perfins: Some recent findings  (G.I. Robertson)

  December 2009 89/4
  • Second Sidefaces - The Final Issue (1900) (Robin Gwynn)
  • 6d green Railways Newspaper stamp with Confetti flaw (Adam Miller)
  • Recent Philatelic Acquisitions by Te Papa (Patrick Brownsey)
  • Double, Inverted and Albino impressions at top-left [QV T H Hall envelope] (Geoff Rickards & Brian Vincent, colour)
  • The 1970 Puriri Moth with Inverted wing veins (Geoff Rickards, colour)
  • The Lake Taupo Inverted Centre: Longest Running Mystery in N.Z. Philately (Derek Diamond, colour)
  • Provisional Coils (Tony Ward)
  • Raoul Island and Scott Base memories(Keith Rodgers)
  • Philatelic Research - A basic guide (David R Beech)

 September 2009 89/3

  • QV second design Duty Stamp overprinted 'COLONIAS' (G.I. Robertson)
  • 1960 Pictorial issue 'Lightning Rolls' [letter] (Paul Wreglesworth)
  • [1898] Squat and Lanky London Pictorials (Geoff Rickards, colour)
  • Early use of the 'AR' service in New Zealand (Paul Wreglesworth & Jeff Long, colour)
  • Annual Report (Adam Miller)
  • 1d Universal First Day Covers: Milton Mills? (Tony Thackery)
  • Would the real 'NZ' watermark please stand up? (Robin Gwynn)

June 2009 89/2

  • Jim Brodie [Obit.] (Des Hurley)
  • Second Sideface Marginal 'Cross' and 'Target' Markings (2) (Robin Gwynn)
  • Foodtown Stamp Envelopes (Geoff Rickards)
  • Additional KGVI 2d Social size envelopes have been reported (Bob Watson)
  • De La Rues or Waterlows [1898 Pictorials] (Jeff Long)
  • Pre-printing paper pleats (Geoff Rickards, colour)
  • 1972 Scenic issue - an identification mishap (Alastair Watson)
  • The engraved 1935 Pictorial definitive stamps of New Zealand and the direction of their comb perforations (Lionel Savins)

 March 2009 89/1

  • Positioning plate scratches on early printings of the 2d second sideface (Paul Wreglesworth)
  • AJ (Bill) Moore [Obit.] (Bob Gibson)
  • Customised Advertising Labels - The Kiwipex and Timpex issues (David Smitham)
  • Waterlow Samples - Die Prints (Jeff Long)
  • New Zealand's Last 'Real' Stamp Booklet (Geoff Rickards, colour)
  • Papers Past: A valuable newspaper resource (Desmond Hurley)
  • A 1901 Pictorial Postcard, printed in brown (BG Vincent)
  • The earliest recorded use of a New Zealand stamp outside of Auckland (Tony Thackery)
  • Avis De Reception- An update (Jeff Long)
  • Astrophilately (BG Vincent)

 December 2008 88/4

  • Second Sideface Marginal 'Cross' and 'Target' markings (Robin Gwynn)
  • PALS, CALS or PPLS - A short history of business stamps in NZ (Alan Tunnicliffe)
  • Express Delivery Conundrum [1898 Pictorials Corner] (Jeff Long)
  • 1855 Distribution of our first stamps to the Provinces (R.M. Startup)
  • George Curtis Branam [Obit.] (Gerald Ellott)
  • Varieties of the 2d King George VI Social size envelope (Bob Watson)
  • Accessions to the RPSNZ Library from the David Jarvis bequest (Adam Miller)
  • A Rare Handstamp Discovered [FREE LYTTELTON] (Robert Odenweller)
  • Avis De Reception {Letter} (Paul Wreglesworth)

 September 2008 88/3

  • 1935 [Turks & Caicos Is.] Silver Jubilee Centre plate flaw (D.B. Tennant)
  • [NZ watermark long-type fiscals used 1882-85] Three new discoveries (Robin Gwynn)
  • An exceptional pair of early posted New Zealand newspapers bracketing the 1/1/1873 rate change (Adam Miller)
  • Avis de Reception (Jeff Long)
  • Stop-Press and the 1979 4c/8c Rose 'Missing Black' (Geoff Rickards)
  • The ½d black second sideface used on a newspaper in 1898(Adam Miller) 
  • Annual Report 2008 (Adam Miller)

 June 2008 88/2

  • T.H. Hall & Co Envelopes - An Update (Geoff Rickards & Brian Vincent)
  • Combination First Sideface & 'Chalon Head' usages (Robin Gwynn)
  • Notes on New Zealand Revenues (G.I. Robertson)
  • Early Rugby on Great Barrier Island (Brian Vincent)
  • New Fellows Elected  - Mark Jurisich & Graham Robertson
  • The Stamp Printing Firms used by New Zealand Post 
  • 15th Game Bird Habitat Stamp (G.I. Robertson)
  • New Zealand Post recent issues & rejected designs (colour supplement)
  • 1957-58 Italian Antarctic Expedition (M.A. Jurisich & D.J. Larson Jr.)
  • Pigeon Post in Rhodesia (George Stewart)
  • New Zealand Post's Limited Edition Packs (B.G. Vincent)
  • Tokelau - An Update (B.G. Vincent)

 March 2008 88/1

  • Sideface corner - the 'chisel' & 'apostrophe' flaws (Robin Gwynn)
  • Early use of the 1900 Boer War stamp revisited (Tony Thackery)
  • CAL's (Personalised Postage Labels) (Brian Vincent)
  • Two new Fellows elected (George Branam & J. Edgar Williams)
  • The 1933 Health stamp design (Alan Baker)
  • Varieties in the 1970 Definitive Issue of New Zealand (Paul Wales) (illus. in colour)
  • T.H. Hall & Co Envelopes (Geoff Rickards & Brian Vincent) (illus. in colour) 
  • Wireless Station Censorship of mail in Samoa (D.A.T. Mee)

 December 2007 87/4

  • Sideface corner - A halfpenny's worth of extraordinary effort (Robin Gwynn)
  • The Reefton Provisionals (Gerald Ellott)
  • The New Zealand ship letter markings revisited (Gerald Ellott)
  • Early use of the Second Sidefaces (4d) (Paul Wreglesworth)
  • Early listings of NZ Chalons in catalogues and albums (G.I. Robertson)
  • The 1913 Auckland Exhibition controversy 100 years on (?) 
  • Forty years of decimal currency (Tony Thackery) 
  • Free posting on opening of Post Shop (B.G. Vincent)
  • Early use of the 1900 Boer War stamp (Tony Ward)
  • 1846 Table of Postage Rates
  • RF Joyce, the man behind the 1923 Map Stamp (Alan Tunnicliffe)

 September 2007 87/3

  • Sideface corner - reports of new sightings (1882 early usage, & postal fiscals) (Robin Gwynn)
  • The 'Reefton Provisionals' - a detective story (Robin Gwynn)
  • The catalogue status of the 'Kapa Haka' stamps (Ken Markham)
  • Obituaries (John McCall Thomson, David Jarvis)
  • Annual Report 2006-07 (Brian Vincent)

 June 2007 87/2

  • 1893 advertisement stamps perforated 12x11½ (Robin Gwynn)
  • Exhibition souvenirs for the RPSNZ Exhibitions - Part 3 (Adam Miller)
  • The 1933 Health Stamp design (Tony Hancox)
  • 1933 Health Stamp cloud varieties (Tony Hancox)
  • Innovations of the 1996 Scenic self-adhesives (Geoff Rickards & Doug Tennant)

March 2007 87/1

  • 1893 advertisement stamps (Robin Gwynn)
  • 2c on 2½c Moth (Terry Hancox)
  • Exhibition souvenirs for the RPSNZ Exhibitions - Part 2 (Adam Miller)
  • The 1923 map stamp (Brian Marshall)

December 2006 86/4

  • 1893 advertisement stamps (Robin Gwynn)
  • A letter from H.J. Knowles (Jan-Stefan Lander)
  • New Zealand Ship Letter Markings (Gerald Ellott)
  • Confetti Flaws (Terry Hancox)
  • Exhibition souvenirs for the RPSNZ Exhibitions - Part 1 (Adam Miller)

September 2006 86/3

  • A new book on the 1893 advertisement stamps (R. Gwynn)
  • The ½d Peace Stamp (T. Hancox)
  • A Family Cover (G. Stewart)
  • Yet more possible varieties of the 1935 2/- Captain Cook (T. Jacob)
  • 1965 ANZAC 50th anniversary issue - 4d. varieties (T. Jacob)
  • New Fellow of the RPSNZ (B.G. Vincent)
  • NZ postally used newspaper wrappers (A.P. Berry)
  • Obliterator "C over 2" ( P. Olorenshaw)
  • Rugby at the Olympic Games (B.G. Vincent)

June 2006 86/2

  • Recent auctions set new price levels (second sidefaceS)  (R. Gwynn)
  • The 2/- and 3/- Admirals and the 1d Field Marshall (Tony Thackery)
  • $2.00 Olympic Games inverted 'hologram' (A.P. Berry)
  • The Government Life postage stamps 1891-1906 revisited (A.P. Berry)
  • New Zealand's postally used newspaper wrappers (John Courtis)
  • The ½d Peace Stamp (Andrew Dove)

March 2006 86/1

  • Second sidefaces with compound and mixed perfs 12½ and 11 (R. Gwynn)
  • Early use of the Second Sidefaces (P. Wreglesworth)
  • How to look after your collection - a basic guide (D.R. Beech)
  • Censored cover - 'scissored' (R. Startup)
  • Numbered "PAID" rubber hand-stamps (G.I Robertson)
  • Diplomatic mail labels (G. Stewart)
  • 1946 Peace Lake Matheson (T. Hancox)
  • More possible variations on the 1935 2/- Captain Cook (T. Jacob)
  • 2006 NZ game bird habitat licence stamp (G.I Roberston)

December 2005 85/4

  • The early ½d Newspaper stamp - more musings on the strange case of the Missing Gum (R. Gwynn)
  • Another Mystery: the Bisects of the late 1890s (R. Gwynn)
  • The NSW Consumptives Home issue of 1897 (P. Viala)
  • The Maori District Council franks (A.P. Berry)
  • NZ impressed duty stamps: 2. Value stamps (G.I. Robertson)
  • New Zealand's royal cypher labels (G.I. Robertson)
  • More possible new states of flaws on the 1935 2/- (A. Jacob)
  • Book Reviews (A.P. Berry and G.I. Robertson)

September 2005 85/3

  • The early ½d Newspaper stamp - issued without gum? (R. Gwynn)
  • Centenary of the stamp vending machine (A. Tunnicliffe)
  • Centenary of Robert Dickie's stamp vending machine (T. Thackery)
  • The 1-1-7 printing of the 1982 24c map stamp (G. Rickards)
  • Early rugby picture postcards (B. Vincent)
  • Stamped - a keen stamp collector's impression (N. Fenwick)
  • New early state of flaws on 1935 2/- Captain Cook (T. Jacob)

June 2005 85/2

  • The early use of stamps in NZ 1855-56 (R. Gwynn)
  • New Zealand Philately at the British Library (D.R. Beech)
  • Auckland to Finland June 12 1882 (R. Marshall)
  • The Royal Philatelic Collection (M. Sefi)
  • 20 July 1855 - a momentous date in NZ philately (R. Startup)

March 2005 85/1

  • Cataloguing the 1882 Provisionals (Robin Gwynn)
  • The window envelope celebrates its centennial (G.I. Robertson)
  • NZ High Commission, London'OFFICIAL PAID' datestamps (G.I. Robertson, R.M. Startup)
  • Tonga 2002-2004 provisionals (S. Zirinsky)
  • New Zealand Notes (B.G. Vincent)
  • Game-bird habitat stamps 2003-2005 (G.I Robertson)

(Includes reprinted colour pages 115-118 from NZSC Vol. 84 No. 4 December 2004)


December 2004 84/4

  • The status of the long type postal fiscal (2) (Robin Gwynn)
  • Local post charge - Province of Otago (G. Francis)
  • The Emperor of sewing machines (P. Wreglesworth)
  • Chambon - more than just a perforation (P. Wreglesworth)
  • Tongan revenue stamps (S. Zirensky)
  • 'Catch-up'- a new variety from offset lithography (G. Rickards)
  • New Zealand Notes (B.G. Vincent)

September 2004 84/3

  • The status of the long type postal fiscal (1) (Robin Gwynn)
  • A new early state of the 'coconuts' flaw (T. Jacob)
  • Genuinely Used Teddy Bears (M. Sherwin)
  • Local post use in Otago? (P. Olorenshaw)
  • A century of postage meter use in NZ (R. Stambaugh)
  • Ross Dependency cover (B.G. Vincent)
  • Acting Postmasters W.C. Hayes & S.E. Grimstone (G.I. Robertson)
  • A horticultural freak (J. Elliot)
  • Express Delivery mail - an update (B.G. Vincent)
  • The 2004 $2 Olympic invert (G. Rickards)

June 2004 84/2

  • The 1/- long type fiscal used for postage in 1882 (Robin Gwynn)
  • An Unidentified Provisional (P. Wales)
  • New Zealand Cacheted FDCs 1933 to 1969 (T.C. Thackery)
  • A 5-day 8d Postage Rate in 1873 (M. Benvie)
  • Book Review: SG Catalogue NZ and Dependencies (B.G. Vincent)

March 2004 84/1

  • The 8d long type fiscal used for postage in 1882 (Robin Gwynn)
  • One Penny Universals (F. Parkinson)
  • Frama labels errors and varieties (T. Hancox)
  • Insufficiently Paid markings at Christchurch 1865-1868 (M. Benvie)
  • Trans Antarctic Expedition 1957-58 correspondence (D. Tennant)
  • New Zealand Postage Dues 'second type' 1912 frame plate (T. Jacob)

December 2003 83/4

  • The 6d long type fiscal used for postage in 1882 (Robin Gwynn)
  • An early Waihola cover (Jan-Stefan Landa)
  • The 1964 mid-winter emergency flight - Ross Dependency (Mark Jurisich)
  • The Establishment of the Post Office in Great Britain, 1656 (Adam Miller)
  • Zimbabwe Rhodesia (George Stewart)
  • Donald Roberston - public servant and inventor (G.I. Roberston)
  • The Dunedin oval registered handstamp (Mark Benvie)
  • An Exceptional Gift (Niue SG1 x4 cover) (Robin Gwynn)
  • Book Reviews - The Postal Service of the Gold Coast to 1901

September 2003 83/3

  • The 4d long type fiscal used for postage in 1882 (Robin Gwynn)
  • Express Delivery Mail (B.G. Vincent)
  • Splitting Atoms (G. Russell)
  • Talking Stamps (B.G. Vincent)
  • The use of the fancy 'S' obliterator (M. Benvie)
  • Genealogy meets Philately (R. Bloxham)
  • School Model Post Offices (T.C. Thackery)
  • Two early Vice-Regal covers (G.I. Robertson)
  • Book Reviews - Steam to Tonga & Samoa; British Censorship of Civil Mails During World War I;
    Mails by Rail in New Zealand; An Introduction to Ocean Letters;
    Beating the Odds - The Story of Tattersall's Private Mail Network 1902-1930;
    The Illustrated Avation and Air Mail History of Fiji; The Postal History of Fiji

 


June 2003 83/2

  • Early use of the 3d - 1/- Second Sidefaces - Part 2 (Robin Gwynn)
  • The Postmarks of Ross Dependency (NZ Antarctic) (Mark Jurisich) major article
  • Bryan Ogier (obit.) (Robin Gwynn)

March 2003 83/1

  • Early use of the 3d Second Sidefaces - Part 1 (Robin Gwynn)
  • First Day covers of NZ postal stamp No 1 (G.I. Robertson)
  • New Zealand impressed duty Stamp Part 1 Commissioners' seals and non-value stamps (G.I.Robertson)
  • Cover to Finland predates recorded references (John Watts)
  • Rhodesia's illegal stamps (George Stewart)
  • The Oceania Exchange Club Seals (Adam Miller)
  • Centennial of the 6d Delivery Stamp (T.C. Thackery)
  • 2d First Sideface perf. 10 x 12.5 pair on large piece (Jan-Stefan Landa)

December 2002 82/4

  • The 1d blue small type fiscal used for postage in April 1882 (Robin Gwynn)
  • An eyewitness account of Niuafo'ou's Tin Can Mail service (Doug Tennant)
  • Varieties of the 1997 Health issue (T.A. Hancox) illus. in colour
  • The Reefton Provisionals revisited (Robert P. Odenweller)
  • The International Commissioner - an observer's view (Jenny Banfield)

September 2002 82/3

  • Early use of the 1d and 2d Second Sidefaces (Robin Gwynn)
  • The 1907-09 redrawn Pictorial issue: the two-step perforating method (Martin Sherwin)
  • Early New Zealand Post Office stationery (G.I.Robertson)
  • Postal Fiscals - what are they and what is their significance? (T.C. Thackery)
  • In search of the Lost Coil (KGV 2d yellow) (Stan Kundin)

June 2002 82/2

  • 1d Second Sideface no wmk perf 11 - an uncatalogued variety (Robin Gwynn)
  • The Penny Universal 'Official' wide pane booklets
  • Designs for the Niue 1950 Pictorial issue
  • King Edward VII and King George V definitives: proving the date of issue (T.C. Thackery)
  • Imperforates of the Triangular Pigeon Post (Robert P. Odenweller)
  • The 2d Chalon - a partial imperforate variety (Robert P. Odenweller)
  • A 'full' sheet of the Marotiri pigeongram (Robert P. Odenweller)
  • The earliest known Takapuna cover (John Watts)

March 2002 82/1

  • 6d Second Sideface - white blotch flaws (Robin Gwynn)
  • The Diamond Mystery (WW1 troopship cancels) (G. Darge)
  • A Unique Postage Due (1d on 1/2d) (Robert P. Odenweller)
  • Two 1935 Pictorial "Official" rarities (Robert P. Odenweller)
  • John Davies - Government Stamp Printer 1862 to 1889 (G.I. Robertson)
  • Richardson printing 2d 'underlap' variety (Jim Shaw)
  • The King George V 1d Field Marshall, 4d recess, 2/- & 3/- Admiral & 1d lettercard plates & dies (Allan P. Berry)
  • KGV 9d OFFICIAL forgery (Ken Elliott)

December 2001 81/4

  • 1940 Centennial 'Official' with inverted overprint (forged) (R.D. Samuel)
  • The 1935 Pictorials Design Competition (Robert P. Odenweller)
  • The 4 March 1864 HEADQUARTERS cover - does it exist? (Gerald J. Ellott)
  • Robert Dougal Samuel (Obituary) (B.G. Vincent)

September 2001 81/3

  • Sideface Corner - 8d SSF, date of issue established (Robin Gwynn)
  • The 1/- Second Sideface with adson & multiple perforations (Robert P. Odenweller)
  • New Zealand Cacheted FDCs to 1933 (T.C. Thackery)
  • The 1932 Provisionals (R.D. Samuel)
  • The 1935 multiple watermark Officials used on cover (Robert P. Odenweller)
  • Commercial and private fiscal cancellation (G.I. Robertson)
  • Ian Drummond Campbell 1910-2001 (Des Hurley)

June 2001 81/2

  • John Richardson - New Zealand's First Stamp Printer (G.I. Robertson)
  • Sideface Corner - 3d compound perf 10x12½ (Robin Gwynn)
  • The 1/- Second Sideface with adson & multiple perforations (Robert P. Odenweller)
  • First Day Cover of New Zealand's only Farthing stamp (T.C. Thackery)
  • VOCo - Vacuum Oil Company (R.D. Samuel)
  • Official Patching (R.D. Samuel)
  • OOPS! (Errors of Fact in 1996 Pictorial Aerogrammes, and re-issues corrected) (R.D. Samuel)
  • Unrecorded Western Samoa stamp essays (Allan P. Berry)
  • Unrecorded Government Life Insurance Department essay (Allan P. Berry)
  • Pitcairn Islands Commercial Mail (Robert P. Odenweller)
  • Wangaroa, also known as...

March 2001 81/1

  • Ringing in the New Century (1/1/1901 postcard)
  • Philatelic Fiction - The Unaddressed First Day Cover (T.C. Thackery)
  • HMAS Stalwart 1985 Releif Voyage to Macquarie Island (Mark Jurisich)
  • The Blue on Gold QV long-type ultra-high value duty stamps (G.I. Robertson)
  • A Post Office by any other name (Wangaroa) (R Gwynn)
  • 2001 Game Bird Habitat Stamp (G.I. Robertson)
  • The 'Email Postcard'


December 2000 80/4

  • The 1 ½d and 2d surface printed KGV definitive stamps (Allan P. Berry)
  • Mixed perfs varieties on Second Sidefaces with Advertisements (Robin Gwynn)
  • Dr F. McB Stewart, one of the Advertisers on the QV 'Second Sideface' issue (Dr. M. Otley)
  • Life Members - Jim Brodie, John McC. Thompson

September 2000 80/3

  • Robert Vaile and his postmarking machine (G.I. Robertson)
  • The design competition of 1895 - material in the RPSNZ archives (A. Miller)
  • Road Parcel labels - some updates (A. Miller)

June 2000 80/2

  • The Kiwiana Jelly Tip (C. Greaves)
  • Maps of New Zealand on the stamps of other Countries (B. Marshall)
  • Map on the 'First to see the New Dawn' stamp - missing (B. Marshall)
  • Introduction and usage of the first impressed duty stamps 1866-7 (G.I. Robertson)
  • L.L.R Hausberg and the Chalon head printing plates (A.P. Berry)
  • Postal Stationery Dies (A.P. Berry)


March 2000 80/1

  • QV Second Sideface Issue : The Advertisers (G.I. Robertson)
  • The 1915 General Grant Expedition (P. Wales)
  • NZ Loose-Leaf Letters (R.D. Samuel)
  • The missing Marlborough Sounds on FDC (T.C. Thackery)
  • The 2000 Gamebird Habitat stamp (G.I. Robertson)
  • Yet More Fictitious QV long-type Duty stamps (G.I. Robertson)

December 1999 79/4

  • The "joined 'ff' variety" of the 1940 Centennial stamps (R.D. Samuel)
  • Charles Begg & Co - The Mechanical Copyright stamps etc (A.J. Miller)
  • Dr Ken McNaught - a Bibliography of Published Philatelic articles (R. Gwynn & R. Startup)
  • Dr Ken McNaught - Manuscripts and 'Grey' Literature (A.P. Berry)
  • The 6d 'no VR' Govt. Life Insurance stamp (A.P. Berry)
  • Rhodes Medal Presentation to Robin Startup

September 1999 79/3

  • Adele Younghusband's Stamp Painting (1898) (P. Brownsey & J. Lloyd)
  • The 6d "No VR" Govt Life Insurance Stamp (R.D. Samuel)
  • The NZ Post Museum Collection (P. Brownsey)
  • New Zealand Stamp Catalogues (R. Gwynn)
  • "Via 'Frisco" - Mail Steamer Services (R. Startup)

June 1999 79/2

  • The So-Called "1882 Provisionals" (R.D. Samuel)
  • Methods of Payment of Honey Levy (G.I. Robertson)
  • The 1906 Springboks (B.G. Vincent)
  • Early Uses of the 1/2d Newspaper Stamp (R Gwynn)
  • Obituary: K J McNaught
  • The Launch of Volume VIII

March 1999 79/1

  • The "Greymouth Provisional" Revisited (R.D. Samuel)
  • The 1932 Adhesive Provisionals with Diagonal Overprint (R.D. Samuel)
  • 1913 Auckland Exhibition FDC - an Australian Stamp Dealer to the Rescue (T.C. Thackery)
  • The Wellington Telephone Exchange Messenger Service (J.W. Brodie)
  • Two more Fictitious Fiscal Stamps (K.J. McNaught)
  • 1999 Game Bird Habitat Stamp (G.I. Robertson)

December 1998 78/4

  • Collecting, Researching and Exhibiting Postal History (N. Banfield)
  • Aerophilately (K. Griffiths)
  • New Zealand Philately & Stamp Collecting in the UK in the 1990s (Allan P. Berry)
  • NZ Philatelic Federation - Past & Future (B. Ogier)
  • Ilsapex '98 (R.D. Samuel)
  • The Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund

September 1998 78/3

  • The Full Face Queens - Issued 1852? (T. Thackery)
  • Felix Graf von Luckner - POW Mail (W. Hermann)
  • RPSNZ 16 page Competition (B.G. Vincent)
  • Singpex '98 (B. Ogier)

June 1998 78/2

  • RPSNZ Awards for 1997
  • Forged Mixed Perf Varieties in the First pictorial Issue (R.D. Samuel)
  • First Day Covers - an Update (T.C. Thackery)
  • The Napier 'Double N.Z.' Error of 1908 (R. Startup)
  • The 1 ½d Boer War Contingent in Khaki - Design & Chance (C. Larsen)
  • Fruit Inspection Fee Stamps (G.I. Robertson)

March 1998 78/1

  • Definitive Stamps of Rhodesia through to Zimbabwe (G. Stewart)
  • 1971 And All That (R.D. Samuel [Postal Stationery])
  • 1949 Royal Visit (T.C. Thackery)
  • NZ Stamps - A virtual Album
  • 1998 Game Bird Habitat stamp (G.I. Robertson)
  • China-New Zealand Stamp Exhibition (B. Ogier)

December 1997 77/4

  • Philately and Wireless, 1927 (reprinted from NZSC Vol. VIII, no. 1 1927)
  • Early Uses of the 1920 Victory Issue (T.C. Thackery)
  • The New Zealand Post Office Bulletin (G.I. Robertson)
  • The Music Commemoratives: A Discordant note (R. Gwynn)
  • The Place of Revenues in Philately (C. Ackerman)
  • The 1996 "Teddy Bear" Health Stamps: update (C.G. Capill)
    The Rhodes Medal (R. Gwynn)

September 1997 77/3

  • Submission re The Postal Services Bill (R. Gwynn)
  • The Rhodes Medal (R. Gwynn)
  • The Postal Stationery of the Cook Islands (R.D. Samuel)
  • Apia Post Office Markings (C. Larsen)
  • The Penny Dominion: First Day of Issue (T.C. Thackery)

June 1997 77/2

  • Guest Editorial (R. Gwynn)
  • The Penny Dominion of New Zealand (Paul E. Tyler, M.D.) A major article.
  • Stamp Points Miniature Sheets (C.G.Capill)
  • Postal Services Bill (Deregulating New Zealand postal services)

March 1997 77/1

  • Zebras and Coaches in Rhodesia (G. Stewart)
  • The Envelopes of 1899 (R.D. Samuel)
  • The Game Bird Habitat Stamp (G.I. Robertson)
  • Dear Horace (1901 Lettercard First Day usage) (D. Tennant)
  • NZ & Dependencies - a Philatelic Bibliography (A.P. Berry)
  • A Word Square for Stamp People (G. Neilson)

December 1996 76/4

  • The Teddy Bears enjoy their Picnic(1996 Health error at SG Auction) (R.D. Gwynn)
  • NZ First Day of Issue & Early Use Stamps - First Pictorials (T.C. Thackery)
  • A. Eady & Co - The Mechanical Copyright Stamps etc. (A.J. Miller)
  • New Zealand Notes and Special datestamps
  • RPSNZ Life Members

September 1996 76/3

  • The "Teddy Bear" Health stamps (C.G. Capill)
  • New Zealand P.O.W. Aerogrammes (R.D. Samuel)

June 1996 76/2

  • New Zealand Queen Victoria Sidefaces - OPSO Overprints (R.D. Gwynn)
  • Maurice Conly's Philatelic Archive (P. Brownsey)
  • NZ First Day of Issue & Early Use Covers & Stamps (T.C. Thackery)

March 1996 76/1

  • New Zealand Queen Victoria Sidefaces - Marginal Plate markings (R. Gwynn)
  • New Zealand Philately and the F.I.P. (B. Ogier)
  • The 1932 Stratford Provisional (R.D. Samuel)
  • The 1996 Games Habitat Stamp (G.I. Robertson)

December 1995 75/4

  • Collections of New Zealand at Singapore '95 (R. Gwynn)
  • Award of Rhodes Medal to Gerald J. Ellott RDP, FRPSL, FRPSNZ (R. Gwynn)
  • Perfins on New Zealand Stamps (R.D. Samuel)
  • Stamps Overprinted "Passport Fee" Printings and Usage (G.I. Robertson)
  • The Christchurch Exhibition One Penny Claret - A Major New Discovery (Alan S. Craig)
  • Papua New Guinea Provisional (Brian G. Vincent)

September 1995 75/3

  • 45c Postage drops to 40c
  • A Background to the Introduction of the first Duty stamps (G.I. Roberston)
  • The Greymouth Provisional of 1932 (R.D. Samuel)
  • The 1898 Penny Taupo of New Zealand (Colin Larsen)
  • Obituary: Robert Maurice Conly (Brian G. Vincent)

June 1995 75/2

  • 1914 Newspapers from Samoa (D.A.T. Mee)
  • Paid at Auckland (A.J. Woolfe)
  • Items from NZ Post archives (Colour Supplement)
  • Researching Wreck Covers (R. Gwynn)

March 1995 75/1

  • Fires, Floods or Neglect - A report on the Postal Records of New Zealand (R.M. Startup)
  • A Fresh Look at the 1898 Pictorials (P.E. Capill)
  • 1994/95 Game Bird Habitat Stamp (G.I. Robertson)