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Niue

Saturday, January 4, 1902

New Zealand Territory 3

Niue1
  Niue #1 xxx

Perforated 11, thick soft paper, watermark 63, typography.
Printed by the New Zealand Government Printer.

Description Perforation # issued Scott SG Mi Y&T
January 4, 1902. Provisional handstamp
1 penny carmine, green overprint on New Zealand Scott #100
 11 1,200 1 1    
April 4, 1902. Regular overprint, thin hard paper.
½ penny green
 14 24,000 3 3,6    
1 penny carmine, blue overprint
 11 x 14 24,000 4 5,7    
1 penny carmine, blue overprint
 14 4b 4    
2½ pence blue, carmine overprint
 11 49,800 8 2    
2½ pence blue, vermilion overprint
9    
May 4, 1902. Watermark 61.
½ penny green, vermilion overprint
 14 43,200 6 8    
1 penny carmine, blue overprint
 14 43,200 7 9    

All issue quantities are approximate.
There is no Scott #2 or #5.

Niue is a dependency of New Zealand.

Image from stampboards.com where forgeries are discussed.

FI ref: 367 Page credit: JA

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