Looking at a blown up image, the word Tolaga on the perfed stamp appears different to that on the other two, or is that a mark on the mount?
Can you read the cancellation date on the imperf stamps, the printed date looks to be the same, 2009.
Maybe someone is faking NZ stamps as well as UK ones!
That link does say the SA are tagged with red phosphor.
2009 Technical information.
Date of issue:
1 July 2009.
Stamps:
One self-adhesive and six gummed stamps.
Denominations:
30c, $1.80 (gummed and self-adhesive), $2.30, $2.80, $3.30, $4.00.
Designed by:
Stamps Business, New Zealand Post, Wellington.
Printer and process:
Southern Colour Print, New Zealand by offset lithography.
Number of colours:
Four process colours (self-adhesive tagged with red phosphor).
Stamp size:
30mm x 25mm.
Paper type:
Gummed: Tullis Russell 104gsm red phosphor gummed stamp paper; self-adhesive: Avery Dennison B100 PS1 Gloss Back Adhesive 210gsm.
Stamps per sheet:
30c - 100 stamps, $1.80, $2.30, $2.80, $3.30, $4.00 - 50 stamps.
Perforation gauge:
Gummed: 13.33; self-adhesive: die cut.
I must have missed what to click on to get the specification.
The 30cent was only on gummed paper not self adhesive.
I looked at them under UV light, both long and short wave. When compared side by side there was no noticable difference between them that could be spotted by the naked eye.
There are no ghost perforation marks between the two under magnification that I can see.
They may be genuine imperforated or part of a sheet of printers waste.
Its just a shame they are not on cover.
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Ian, just realised that I was reading that wrong (thinking both 30 cents and 1,80 were SA), Maybe contact the owners of that website with your query.
Did you check on that Tolega anomaly?
My 2014 Scott does not have any variations or SS shown for that value.
The specs were further down the page, easily missed.
Where did you find mention of a reprint in 2018 and they were available in coils and Booklets as 30c in 2018 was never a postal rate.
50 cents appears to be the smallest value stamp in booklets from 2009.
I've hunted the internet and can find no mention that the 30c is imperf or as a coil or in a booklet.
The PE45a mentioned in your last post is a major perf shift error.
I'll email a New Zealand stamp dealer tommorrow for information.
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This is very true, not sure my brain is working properly today.
Perhaps someone photocopied them and cut them out, but that would not account for the phosphor.
Will be interesting to know the real reason, hopefully for you they will prove to be an imperf pair.
"Each year New Zealand Post produces a limited number of miniature sheets, imperforate sheets of stamps and such as a reward for direct customers. These items can only be purchased from bonus Points accumulated from purchases in the year. None of the items here are available for general sale.
As there are so few produced, the items are quite hard to come by."
Ian, I read it that they produce imperforate sheets other than those shown on the above website. Maybe as one-offs for their direct customers, could be any design was how I took it.
The site that you linked is not New Zealand Posts' site.
It appears to be a Commercial Site that lists New Zealand stamps for sale.
The "Best of" series for rewarding loyal customers of New Zealand are shown on the site, if you notice that the prices they show for them allows for their scarcity.
If anyone finds them in a collection or mixed box at auction buy them as they are at a premium.
The imperf sheets are few and far between and are not an annual event.
Ian, sorry to belabour a point, this is from NZ post website regarding their rewards points program.
" 2000 points One set of imperforated stamp sheets of each denomination, selected from one of our stamp issues from the current calendar year stamp programme."
It's possible a dealer buying bulk new issues would accumulate those points, they are allocated at one point for every dollar spent. Maybe they chose to use them as postage at some time or whoever bought the sheet from them used them.
Presume you have not had an answer back from the dealer?
You must have done better than me as I searched their site for the rewards programme but nothing came up and I tried various keywords all to no avail. If you could post the link I would be grateful.
Still no response from Campbell Paterson.
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Well maybe she who must be obeyed could put it down as a business expense.
I guess a serious new issue collector or stamp dealer would spend far more than that, but not the like of us part timers, although if it is you that has just one the Euro jackpot of £122 million, I guess you could now afford any stamps you want.
I have been unable to find any further information as to where these originate or value. I have tried a few "reputable" authorities but have never had a response so far.
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They confirm that the stamps came from an imperf sheet of stamps which was part of their rewards scheme and issued during 2010.
They would not tell me how many of these sheets were produced or distributed.
To earn the complete set of imperf sheets for the 2009 Scenic Definitives, of which the 30c is one of the set of 6 stamps, you have to purchase NZ$2000 (US$1453.91 at todays rate) worth of items from New Zealand Post.
I presume that most collectors would keep the imperf sheets for themselves thus I think that there would be few Used examples.
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