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| CATALOGUE |
| CAMPBELL PATERSON'S CATALOGUE OF NEW ZEALAND STAMPS |
 The "CP
New Zealand" is not just a colour stamp catalogue.
It's a whole new way of collecting New Zealand stamps.It's a superb new idea for the collector who has become tired of being frustrated by the lack of information and confusing lists of issues and varieties. You’ll easily find every issue and variety in the simple to locate, easy to read lists, with their unique classification system. Each issue of stamp has a letter (A, B, etc) Each value in that issue has a number (A1, A2 etc) each variety has a letter (A1a, A2a etc) and all the watermarks, paper, plate and other varieties are listed naturally in the appropriate place beneath these cast iron classifications. There’s even a simplified price list for quick reference in every stamp issue Each issue or group of stamps has it’s own section (King George V, commemoratives etc.) each section features permanent pages for essential information and temporary pages for price, variety and other information which may be revised from time to time - examine the sample sheets - you’ll be impressed.
*Please note the form cannot be emailed so print off this form and either fax or post. Alternatively, you may email your details directly to: service@cpnzstamps.co.nz A sample of the detailed research information to be found in the CP LOOSE-LEAF CATALOGUE of New Zealand stamps. MESH - A key to paper recognition in stamps Valuable varieties separated easily from the mass of common stamps. Few collectors ever master the identification of "Mesh" This is a pity as we will never know how many valuable stamps have been discarded because they look superficially just like the common - or - garden variety.  The
mesh in paper is like the grain in a piece of wood. All machine
made papers have a common characteristic - a series of very
short parallel grooves all over the back of the paper . These
are caused by the wire gauze belt on which the paper travels
while still in a pulp condition during manufacture.All you need is practice The use of a good light source - a window will do - which is allowed to strike at different angles across the back of the stamp will soon enable you to pick up the difference between "vertical" and "Horizontal" mesh. This is the easy part - there are only two directions. The late Campbell Paterson, Editor of the CP "NEW ZEALAND" and for almost 50 years one of New Zealand's leading philatelists, put it into a nutshell". While other inequalities appear in the surface of all papers, once seen "Mesh" will never again be mistaken". Valuable stamps wait to be found. Your CP "NEW ZEALAND" Specialised catalogue will show you just where to look for the important mesh differences. Early New Zealand stamps are full of exciting possibilities for using your newly acquired skill. In the 1935 pictorial issue for instance, the normally scarcer single watermark issues which appeared in 1935 at the beginning of the series, all have mesh vertical to the stamp and to the direction of the watermark.. Realise what this can mean in the excitement of collecting this beautiful issue of New Zealand stamps. The catalogue will show you that the value (Mint) of the vertical mesh variety is between two and five times that of the more common printings in each design. In the 3/- Mt Egmont, for instance, the vertical mesh of the stamp must immediately alert one to the possibility that the watermark may be reversed - a stamp valued at $850 (If you are lucky enough to find one) against the $10 of more common varieties. CP’s advice then, as it always was : "Learn Mesh at a glance and then the fascinating, specialisation in New Zealand stamps will begin to open to you." "Mesh" is just one absorbing aspect of New Zealand which the CP "NEW ZEALAND" Catalogue will introduce to you. Order the catalogue here! Price: NZ$215.00 (+ GST in New Zealand), plus postage & packaging. |
| Copyright ©2007 Campbell Paterson Ltd |
You’ll
be absolutely confident that if it’s "NEW ZEALAND" and
is worth collecting - then it will be listed in the exhaustive
pages of "CP NEW ZEALAND" And if you discover
a rare new variety yourself - tell us - show us, and we’ll
list it in the catalogue. You’ll be very much part of
the mainstream of philately with your "CP NEW ZEALAND" 
Your
eye will delight in the fine colour reproduction throughout
- the detailed variety illustrations. It’s a feast of
interest and pleasure.