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Postal orders were issued in New Zealand from 1886 until 1986.
Postal Order News
1987, No. 7, P. 12—15.
GB Overprints Society: Postal Orders
* {{cite web, url=http://postalorders.informe.com/forum/society-journal-illustrations-dt178.html, title=Illustrations in the Postal Order News, 1—9, last=Gledhill, first=John., date=2007-11-16, work=Society journal: Illustrations. Forum Index, publisher=Postal Order Society; Informe.com, accessdate=2011-06-07 Currencies of New Zealand
Postal orders were issued in New Zealand from 1886 until 1986.
New Zealand postal notes
The first postal notes were issued in 1886. Some of them are known overprinted "SPECIMEN", in 1890. It has been confirmed that the last day of issue was 31 July 1986.Harwood, J. inPostal Order News
1987, No. 7, P. 12—15.
New Zealand-issued British postal orders
It is not yet known when these were first issued. The majority of them wereoverprint
An overprint is an additional layer of text or graphics added to the face of a Postage stamp, postage or revenue stamp, postal stationery, banknote or Ticket (admission), ticket after it has been Printing, printed. Post offices most often use ...
ed. They ceased to be issued during 1987 due to the announcement by Mr. (now Sir
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...
) Roger Douglas
Sir Roger Owen Douglas (born 5 December 1937) is a retired New Zealand politician who served as a minister in two Labour governments. He became arguably best known for his prominent role in New Zealand's radical economic restructuring in the 19 ...
that foreign exchange controls
Foreign exchange controls are various forms of controls imposed by a government on the purchase/sale of foreign currencies by residents, on the purchase/sale of local currency by nonresidents, or the transfers of any currency across national bor ...
were being abolished.
The 5 shilling denomination was not commonly overprinted.
Any extant examples are very sought after by collectors.
See also
*Postal orders of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom was the first country in the world to issue postal orders on 1 January 1881. They were the brainchild of the president of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, John Skirrow Wright which was to enable poorer people to buy goods ...
References
External links
GB Overprints Society: Postal Orders
* {{cite web, url=http://postalorders.informe.com/forum/society-journal-illustrations-dt178.html, title=Illustrations in the Postal Order News, 1—9, last=Gledhill, first=John., date=2007-11-16, work=Society journal: Illustrations. Forum Index, publisher=Postal Order Society; Informe.com, accessdate=2011-06-07 Currencies of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
Postal system of New Zealand