NZ Government Insurance Office stamps

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   I'm putting together an article for the magazine of the Association of Lighthouse Keepers on the New Zealand Life Insurance stamps, all of which featured lighthouses of course.  

But it brought to mind a question - are/were there any other stamps issued by a government department anywhere for its own postal use, as distinct from revenue raising/taxation?  Or are these in a unique category?

(Wouldn't it be fun if it happened here?  The DVLA could have a series on historic cars to send out tax discs.  If they brought a new one out every 6 months, all the stamp collectors would be buying their car tax twice a year instead of once, thus raising extra money for the exchequer.  Perhaps I should suggest it to Mr Osborne.  He has such a tenuous hold on reality that he might think it's a good idea!)

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Hilary Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Special Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: Dorset Status: Offline Points: 618	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hilary Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: NZ Government Insurance Office stamps Posted: 10 April 2012 at 05:59
	I'm putting together an article for the magazine of the Association of Lighthouse Keepers on the New Zealand Life Insurance stamps, all of which featured lighthouses of course. But it brought to mind a question - are/were there any other stamps issued by a government department anywhere for its own postal use, as distinct from revenue raising/taxation? Or are these in a unique category? (Wouldn't it be fun if it happened here? The DVLA could have a series on historic cars to send out tax discs. If they brought a new one out every 6 months, all the stamp collectors would be buying their car tax twice a year instead of once, thus raising extra money for the exchequer. Perhaps I should suggest it to Mr Osborne. He has such a tenuous hold on reality that he might think it's a good idea!)
	With a memory full of ships, and seas, and perilous headlands, and the shining Pharos, he must apply his long sighted eyes to the petty niceties of drawing. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Daniel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Mint Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 1170	Post Options Post Reply Quote Daniel Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 April 2012 at 10:10
	British stamps were issued by various government departments for postage although they consisted of ordinary definitives overprinted. They were issued during the reigns of Queen Victoria and Edward VII for the following departments: Inland Revenue Office of Works The Army Government Parcels The Board of Education The Royal Household and The Admiralty.

Hilary Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Special Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: Dorset Status: Offline Points: 618	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hilary Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 April 2012 at 10:23
	I was thinking more of a specific design(s) issued by a department, as the NZ Life Insurance stamps were, rather than an overprint.
	With a memory full of ships, and seas, and perilous headlands, and the shining Pharos, he must apply his long sighted eyes to the petty niceties of drawing. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 May 2012 at 22:59
	Hi Hilary, is there any chance of you putting up a link to, or a reproduction of, your article when it is printed as I do not suppose many of us will get the chance to read it in our local libraries?

Hilary Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Special Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: Dorset Status: Offline Points: 618	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hilary Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 May 2012 at 00:52
	Will do.
	With a memory full of ships, and seas, and perilous headlands, and the shining Pharos, he must apply his long sighted eyes to the petty niceties of drawing. - Robert Louis Stevenson