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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. in
Postal 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 were
overprint An overprint is an additional layer of text or graphics added to the face of a postage or revenue stamp, postal stationery, banknote or ticket after it has been printed. Post offices most often use overprints for internal administrative pur ...
ed. They ceased to be issued during 1987 due to the announcement by Mr. (now
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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 The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currency, currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 1 ...
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
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Postal system of New Zealand