New Zealand Post Archival Material in the custody of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

In 2001 archival material was transferred from the New Zealand Post Archive to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.  Material held includes the New Zealand Post UPU Stamp collection, along with some files.

In addition there is the material detailed below.

BOX 1
(1) Postcards, lettercards, newspaper wrappers (radio licences) 1906-1960
(2) Stamps, wrappers, postcards, lettercards supplied by Govt Printer 1868-1881
(3) Envelopes 1906-1961
BOX 2
(4) Stamp ledger paper, watermarked paper & card received – stamp duty stamps
(5) Particulars of postage stamps held by Chief Clerk, General Post Office 1914-1915
BOX 3
(6) Duty stamps, duty, special beer, government insurance, railway, etc. 1906-1953
(7) Register Dies and blocks 1950-1979
(8) Distribution re NZ Postage Stamps 1900-1918
BOX 4
(9) Plate Record: Government Printer record 1906-1945
(10) Postal Notes record book – notes delivered and received 1945-1966
(11) Postal ½d to 5/- papers received by Government Printer – stamps, labels, coils, booklets, etc. supplied to Custodian of Stamps 1906-1930
(12) Steel plate/ letterpress: inks, gums, solvents, cleaning materials, etc. Government Printer Records 1918-1926
BOX 5
(13) Postage received and delivered 1928-1950
(14) Register of Revenue stamp dies: security for stamps 1900s
BOX 6
(15) Impress Book: record of impressing receipts and cheques for 2d Stamp Duty 1935-1936
BOX 7
(16) Large Bound Book – Datestamp Impressions A-O object 1286203 (Registration No PH000253) 1935-1954
BOX 8
(17) Large Bound Book – Datestamp Impressions A-R (different to book above) object 1199674 (Registration No PH000155) 1935-1954
(18) Datestamp Register (Blue cover) – purple impressions object 1199690  (Registration No PH000156) 1898-1909
BOX 9
(19) Leather Bound Book – Datestamp Impressions P-Y (also Fiji, Cooks, NZEF, Military and RNZAF object 1229832 (Registration No PH000219) 1935-1954
BOX 10
(20) Large Bound Book – Datestamp Impressions R-W, Military Camp Post Offices, slogans object 1220767 (Registration No PH000215) 1935-1954
BOX 11
(21) Datestamp Impressions (new datestamps) object 1220974 (Registration No PH000216) 1983-1986
(22) Datestamp Defacings object 1304852 (Registration No PH000557) 1968-1986
(23) Mail Notice slogans (Details on Airmail Flights as well – e.g. Auckland – Russell 30APR1932) 1930-1940
BOX 12
(24) Datestamp Impressions (Special Postmarks – Health Camps 1956-1972, FDC 14APR65 – 4OCT78 1956-1978
(25) Pictorial Datestamp Postcards Book 1 15JAN76-13SEP84 1976-1984
BOX 13
(26) Pictorial Datestamp Postcards Book 2 27SEP84-9DEC90 1984-1990
(27) Pictorial Datestamp Postcards Book 3 14FEB91-7NOV92 1991-1992
BOX 14
(28) Datestamp Register A-M object 1305852 (Registration No PH000571) Oct1981 –
(29) Datestamp Register N-Z object 1305853 (Registration No PH000572) Oct1981 –
(30) Slogans and roller datestamps Oct1981-
(31) Datestamp Impressions (Workshop Records), Roller Impressions, Slogans, rubbings object 1229827 (Registration No PH000218) Pre 1930
MANILA FOLDERS
(32) Datestamps 1956-1962 object 1295085 (Registration No PH000258)
(33) Datestamps 1950-1963, roller datestamps 1951-1961 object 1295081 (Registration No PH000255)
(34) Datestamps 1936 object 1295083 (Registration No PH000256)
(35) Datestamps 1938-1950 object 1295084 (Registration No PH000257)

 

Over time some items in the collection have been digitally imaged and placed online.  The website references are included in the document to enable easy searching.  Note the images don’t have any metadata included so it is not possible to search by office name for a datestamp image from that office.

 

It is planned to image further items from the collection and place these online as time and resources permit.

 

Andrew McNiven March 2018.