Keywords: 1929 New Zealand Arms stamp.jpg en In 1929 the New Zealand Post Office commissioned the Englishman H L Richardson an artist and teacher at the Wellington Technical College to design a series of fiscal revenue stamps or duty stamps The design employed the New Zealand coat of arms in a variety of colours depending on the value of the stamp Richardson erroneously had the lion in the crest of the arms hold aloft a New Zealand flag instead of the Union Jack that he was supposed to carry Richardson ™s stamps were withdrawn from use in 1967 when New Zealand ™s currency was decimalised 1929 http //www andrewcusack com/net/wp-content/uploads/nzarmstamp1 jpg H L Richardson Custom license marker 2013 01 26 PD-New Zealand PD-old Uploaded with UploadWizard 1929 stamps Historical coats of arms of New Zealand Standing women on stamps Standing men on stamps Blue stamps Zealandia Revenue stamps of New Zealand |