1963 Health

The approval of Her Majesty The Queen was obtained in September 1962 and the High Commissioner in London obtained ten prints of photographs of Prince Andrew, taken by the Studio Lisa of London.

Two different poses of the Prince were selected. The production of the stamps was entrusted to Thomas De la Rue & Co Ltd who submitted stamp proofs in February 1963, at a time when Her Majesty was on tour in New Zealand. To avoid delay in production the proofs were shown to Her Majesty for approval while she was in the country.

For the first day of issue the usual temporary post offices were established at the Health Camps, and a special pictorial datestamp featuring a boy's head was used at each camp.

The stamps were also available as a miniature sheet of six stamps. The proceeds of the Health value of 1963 Health stamps were donated to the Children's Health Camps movement.

Stamp Bulletin

This stamp issue first appeared in New Zealand Post Stamp Bulletin No. 28 on 1 July 1963.

Acknowledgments: Bulletin scanned and provided by John Biddlecombe of the New Zealand Society of Great Britain. Their web site offers further information useful to those interested in the stamps and postal history of New Zealand. Link: http://www.nzsgb.org.uk/

Product Listing for 1963 Health

Image	Title	Description	Price
	Single Stamp	Single 2 1/2d + 1d 'Prince Andrew' gummed stamp. Prince Andrew, Duke of York is the second son of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. He was born on February 19th, 1960. Like his brothers and father, Andrew attended Gordonstoun school in Scotland and spent two terms at Lakefield School in Ontario.	3 1/2d
	Single Stamp	Single 3d + 1d 'Prince Andrew' gummed stamp. Andrew is known for being the most boisterous and out-going of the Princes.	4d