NEW ZEALAND WINE POST
The New Zealand Wine Post began operations on the 8th of December 1990 with the Burgundy WineBird issue. The Wine Post was born as one of the first independent posts of New Zealand. Indications are given for First Day Covers, Presentation Cards and other related material. The Wine Post also sometimes issues proof material derived from the archive collection. Linking to Stamp Metro articles and lavish illustrations in an attempt to bring some of the history to collectors. Wine Post articles for collectors
1990 - 1994
1990
​ WINEBIRD
WP#1.
1991
​DODGE DELIVERY
WP#2.
1992
​GUERNSEY LADY
WP#3.
1992
​DUNEDIN AIRSHOW
WP#4.
Dec 8, 1990
Initially only the Winebird stamp was printed a a Definitive, but it soon became evident that multiple values were needed to cater for the different delivery destinations. And collectors wanted different designs. So the Dodge Delivery and Guernsey Lady were issued as definitives to meet demands. The Dunedin Airshow was added as a Commemorative.
1992
​WINES & FLOWERS
WP#5. -a,b,c.d
The topic for the first multi-color issue was the winery flowers and the wines with a new range of different values to meet the demands replacing the previous issues. It was a bold issue being se-tenant as well.
1993
GUERNSEY LADY OFFICIALS
Over Prints
1994
AIR EXPORT CALIFORNIA
WP#6.
WP#3-a,b.
The first overprints were for Official mail to Parliament and Government offices. Instead of printing specially issued stamps for the purpose the Guernsey Lady stamps in reserve were overprinted as the first Officials.
Late in 1994 it was decided to recognize the emergence of Special Air Export wine to California as a provisional for a specific destination. Printed in single stamp sheetlets and sheets of ten.
​ORANGE WINEBIRD
WP#0.
Oct 16, 1990
While the new winery was being built in 1990, it was decided to operate the mail with it's own postage stamp for its New Zealand and foreign mail. The winery would also serve as the official Post Office. The winery had the special position of being the World's Most Southern Winery so this gave the winery and the Wine Post special significance.This was a natural evolution from the previous postage that operated in the the first winery of a different location in the 1980's. The Orange Wine Bird was the final development phase in the evolution of the stamp design and production. It was first used from October to November but probably first issued on Oct 10. The Wine Post holds in it's archive a few rare mint, gummed Orange Wine Bird sheets that include the mini-sheets still attached. These stamps were used for actual mail and trial mails.
Printer: Southern Print.
Paper Type: unwatermarked, wetable gum.
1985
1980- 1989. These were the Forerunner years of the eighties, where the first winery produced gummed and primitive roulette perforated stamps for wine, mail delivery, and for fiscal reasons. This is a very valuable and interesting area of collecting that gave rise to the Wine Post. The very first Forerunner stamp was in fact a 12 cent stamp which commemorated the first winner of the Purakanui Regatta. This was always held on New Zealand Day. This was issued in the days when the winery was a popular amateur operation. Weston's Winery ran occasional posts to Purakanui. The Regatta was a regular event and those stamps were used in invites to the Regatta committee dinner at the winery where the course was agreed. For collectors this is an interesting field containing stamps, wine labels and artworks. There is a section here on the Orange Wine Bird page that has been created.
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​COLLECTABLE PHILATELIC ITEMS
Stamps, overprints, specimen overprints, Presentation cards, Covers, First Day Covers, postmarks, proofs, imperforate stamps, flaws, errors, color shifts, missing colors, trial printings, stamp sheets, sheetlets, artwork, Antarctica Post stamps.
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