Health — rock climbing, 1d + 1d
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1937.NZL.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Health stamp — rock climbing
1937.NZL.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
New Zealand (NZL)- Year / date
- 1937-10-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 1 d + 1 d
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Charity issue
- Colors
- Scarlet
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 11
- Printing
- Recess
- Size
- 26 × 41 mm
Catalog numbers
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- NZ B12
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- NZ 235
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- NZ 236
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- NZ 602
Notes
A boy climbing a rock face with a coil of rope over his shoulder, NEW ZEALAND across the head and POSTAGE · HEALTH at the foot. Watermark NZ over star in vertical columns, multiple. CP NZ T9a, Unificato NZ 272. Print run 897,035. On sale until 15 February 1938.
Series history
New Zealand's Health stamp for 1937, issued on 1 October: a single scarlet 1d + 1d showing a boy climbing a rock face with a coil of rope over his shoulder, NEW ZEALAND across the head and POSTAGE · HEALTH at the foot. Recess-printed, 26 × 41 mm, comb perforation 11, on paper watermarked NZ over star in vertical columns. The printing was 897,035 and the stamp stayed on sale until 15 February 1938.
The Health stamps carried a surtax for the children's health camps, and their subjects were drawn from open-air life — swimming, running, climbing — the same register of fresh air and physical fitness that the youth movements worked in. This one has no Scout emblem and names no organisation; it is the climbing boy that brings it into the Scout catalogues.