Stamp 1946 New Zealand 9d Peace A Spirit of Thankfulness – off paper
1946 Peace series
The Chapel window, Waiho Gorge. The Franz Josef Glacier can be seen in the background of the stamp through the window.
For the commemorative stamp set of 1946 the theme of peace and victory was adopted following the conclusion of the Second World War.
Issue information
Bradbury Wilkinson printed the 1d and 2d stamps, Waterlow & Sons the 1/2d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d, 8d and 9d values with Harrison & Sons printing the 1 1/2d and 1s stamps. All stamps were recess printed except the 1 1/2d and 1s values which were printed by photogravure.
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