The International Labour Organisation which was founded under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva in 1919 asked through the Universal Postal Union for member countries to issue a stamp to commemorate their 50th anniversary. The New Zealand Post Office agreed to issue such a stamp, and at the request of the ILO the background of the stamp was made a garnet-red and the denomination matched to that of a principal overseas postage rate.
Issue information
7c
The symbolic design and the garnet red colouring of the stamp were in accordance with basic specifications supplied by the International Labour Organisation.
Stamp Bulletin
This stamp issue first appeared in New Zealand Post Stamp Bulletin No. 1 in November 1968.
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Technical information
| Date of issue: | 11 February 1969 |
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| Designers: | New Zealand Post Office, Wellington |
| Printers: | Harrison and Sons, England |
| Stamp size: | 37mm x 21mm |
| Sheet size: | 100 stamps per sheet |
| Process: | Photogravure |
| Performance gauge: | 14.5 x 14 |
| Paper type: | Chalk surfaced, multiple NZ and star watermark |