New Zealand 1971 Surch 4c
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- Issue Date: June 1971 (reissues also made in 1972 and 1973)
- one value, surcharged
- Designed by: Eileen Mayo (original stamp)
- Printed by: Harrison & Sons Ltd, High Wycombe, England (1971 original version)
- Print process: photogravure surcharge on photogravure original stamp
- Perforations: 13½ x 13
Tiger Moth definitive of 1970, surcharged in black
4c on 2½c tiger moth, Charagia virescens
- June 1971 overprinting by Harrison. In this surcharge version the gravure screening dots can be seen, and the two bars are wide apart
4c on 2½c tiger moth, Charagia virescens
- July 1972 overprinting by Harrison in typography. In this surcharge version the two bars are thicker, and closer together, and there are no visible screening dots
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4c on 2½c tiger moth, Charagia virescens
- July 1972 overprinting done locally in New Zealand in typography. In this surcharge version the two bars close but the 4c is larger and less clear
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