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                    New Zealand - Postal Fiscals                    U                                    
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                                QV Head Type F4, wmk Type 12a, perf 12½ used with 2/- blue cds, 2/6d grey brown sq circle, 3/- mauve Auckland cds. 4/- brown rose Napier sq circle, 5/- green Wellington sq circle faults, 8/- deep blue fiscal cancel, 10/- brown red Christchurch sq circle & £1- rose pink Dunedin cds faded. SG F22, 23, 24, 25a, 26, 27, 29, 31 & 33. (8).
                                    
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                                U — Used
                                A stamp that has been used, normally evidenced by a postal or fiscal cancellation.
                            
                                                    
                                SG — Stanley Gibbons
                                The Stanley Gibbons catalogue reference used to identify and catalogue stamps.
                            
                                                    
                                SG value — Stanley Gibbons catalogue value
                                The catalogue value quoted from Stanley Gibbons. It is not the same as the UPA auction estimate or a guaranteed selling price.
                            
                                                    
                                perf — Perforation
                                The rows of holes or cuts between stamps that allow them to be separated; measurements describe the spacing of those perforations.
                            
                                                    
                                wmk — Watermark
                                An abbreviation for watermark: a design or pattern incorporated into the stamp paper during manufacture.
                            
                                                    
                                fiscal — Fiscal use
                                Use of a stamp for revenue or tax purposes rather than normal postal use.
                            
                                                General philatelic guidance — separate from the UPA catalogue description.
                    
                                
                    Date
1886
                                        SG value
£280.00
                
                
                    
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                        £62.00
                    
                    
                        
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