Parcel Delivery, Freight & Courier labels

New Zealand (N)

NEW ZEALAND EXPRESS CO, CAMPBELL & CRUST

Type 1
Express Freighter
1892-1901



   

   


Type 2
Express Freighter
1900

 


Type 3
Freighter Service
in use until after WW2 apparently.
(image from New Zealand Cinderella Catalogue 2002 [Heslop])
Invoice, 1896

(75%)


N.Z. COURIERS

Wellington

  nz couriers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

N.Z. FREIGHTERS

Christchurch
Type 1 1970
City Deliveries



NZ Freighters  
Values known:  10c, 15c, 35c

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS ROAD SERVICES

The best write-up on these items can be found in Jim Brodie's Chapter XVII of Volume VIII of The Postage Stamps of New Zealand,
published in 1998 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand.
Type 1a
J.P. Treahy signature
c. 1940



(ex Volume VIII)   
Values known:  6d (M332), 2/- (M783), 2/6d (M785)
Type 1b
J.P. Treahy signature
c. 1940
as above but square format

Values known: 3d, 6d, 2/-, 2/6, 3/-, 5/-
Type 2a.
C.C. Howard signature
c. 1943
(ex Volume VIII)

Values known: 3d, 6d, 2/-

Serial codes sighted: A
Type 2b
E.L.G. Butcher signature.
c. 1947
(ex Volume VIII)

    Receipts (serif serial no.)
Values known: serial no. serif 3d, 6d, 9d, 1/-, 1/6d, 2/- (two types of "2"); serial no. sans serif 6d, 9d, 1/-, 1/3d, 1/6d, 2/6d
Serial codes sighted: B, C, F, G, H, P, none
Type 3
L.G.S. Carlyle signature
c. 1952


Values known: serial no. serif  9d, 1/3d;  serial no. sans serif 6d, 1/6d
Serial codes sighted: C, Y
Type 4a
G.W. Brown signature
c. 1954


Values known: 6d, 1/-, 1/6d, 2/-, 2/6d (small figs.), 3/-
Serial codes sighted: A, B, M, Q, R, Y
Type 4b
J.A. Renton signature
c. 1957


Values known: 9d, 1/-, 1/-(small figs.), 1/6d (small figs.), 2/-, 2/6d (small figs), 3/-, 5/-
Serial codes sighted: D, E, T, V, W
Type 5a
J.A. Renton signature
c.1961
(ex Volume VIII)

Values known: 6d, 1/6d, 2/-, 2/6d, 5/-
Serial codes sighted: T
Type 5b
W.D. Sullivan signature
c.1962
(ex Volume VIII)

Values known: 1/-, 1/6d, 2/-, 5/-
Serial codes sighted: H
Type 5c
W.D. Sullivan signature (in Red)
1964


Values known: 6d, 1/-, 1/6d, 2/-, 2/6d, 3/-
Serial codes sighted: J, L, O, P, S, T, U
Type 5d
W.D. Squire signature (in Red)
c. 1966


Values known: 6d, 1/-, 2/-, 2/6d
Serial codes sighted: S, U, V, Y
Type 6a
W.D. Squire signature (in Red)
1967
New Decimal value in parenthesis


Values known: 1/- (10c), 1/6d (15c), 2/- (20c), 2/6d (25c), 5/- (50c)
Serial codes sighted: B, H, U


Parcel ticket and matching  receipt portion, handstamped "Specimen"
Type 6b
No signature
1967
New Decimal value in parenthesis


Values known: 1/- (10c), 1/6d (15c)
Printed on extra-thin paper.
Serial codes sighted: R, S
Type 6c
No signature
1967
old LSD value in parentheses


Values known: 2c (3d)
Serial codes sighted: A, Y
Type 7a
Ornaments 38.5mm long
Figures in normal type, 6mm high
1968


Values known: 2c, 3c, 5c, 8c, 10c, 10c (thin figs.), 12c, 15c, 20c, 28c, 30c, 50c
Type 7b
Ornaments 33mm long
Figures in normal type, 6mm high



Values known: 10c, 50c
Type 7c
Ornaments 32.5mm long
Figures in medium condensed  type, 6mm high



Values known: 2c, 3c, 5c, 10c, 10c (inserted "0"), 10c (extra bold 5mm high), 15c, 20c, 25c,
30c, 35c, 40c, 45c, 50c, 55c, 60c, 70c, 70c (4.5mm high), 75c, 80c (4.5mm high), 90c, 90c (thin type),
$1, $1. (with stop), $1.00, $1.00 (vert. line projects above "S"), $1.00 (thin type), $1.00 (seriffed),
$1.30, $2.00, $2.00 (4.5mm high), $2.50, $3.00 (4.5mm hgh), $4.00 (4.5mm high), $5.00 (4.5mm high)
Serial codes sighted: A, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, Q, S, T, W, Y
Type 7d
Ornaments 32.5mm long
Figures in normal type, 6mm high
Bottom line of ornaments narrower



Values known: 10c, 10c (bold), 15c, 20c, 30c, 40c, 50c, 80c, 90c, 90c (thin figs.),
$1.00, $1.00 (seriffed), $2.00, $2.00 (4.5mm high)
Serial codes sighted: A, G, L, M, R, T, Y
Type 7e
Ornaments 32.5mm long
Value seriffed

(ex Volume VIII)

Values known: 20c, 30c, 50c
Serial codes sighted: Y
Type 8
New style ornaments 35mm long
Medium normal 4.5mm or condensed figures 6mm high
1982-


Values known: Medium normal 4.5mm high 10c, $3.00, $4.00, $5,00
Condensed 20c, 30c, 40c, 50c, 60c, 80c, $1.00 (vert. line projects above "S"), $2.00, $2.00 (4.5mm high)
Serial codes sighted: B, F, G, J, K, L, R, S, U, X

Receipt part
Type 9
Parcel Identification
Ornament 33.5mm long
c.1977


"WITHIN ZONE", "BEYOND ZONE" 1kg, 2kg, 5kg.
For consignments under the bulk contract system.
Serial codes sighted: A
Type 10
Identification Coupon
New ornament 29mm long.
1983


Unvalued
Serial codes sighted: J, T
"Charges Paid" label


Similar items exist for Railway Charges.

NEWMANS COACHLINES

South Island
Type 1a

  Newmans Coachlines
N/C (No Charge), 6d, 1/-, 1/6d, 2/-, 2/6d, 3/-, 3/6d, 4/-, 5/-, 5/6d

 
"No." in fancy type
6d, 1/-, 3/6d
Type 1b

1/-, 1/6d, 2/-, 4/-, 4/6d, 5/-
Type 2
1966
Transition to Decimal currency

5c 6d, 10c 1/-, 15c 1/6d, 20c 2/-, 25c 2/6d, 30c 3/-, 35c 3/6d, 40c 4/-, 45c 4/6d, 50c 5/-, $1.00 10/-
Type 3a
1967

5c, 10c, 25c, 40c, 50c
Type 3b

1c, 2c, 10c, 16c, 20c, 21c, 26c, 21c on 20c
Type 4
1971

1c
North Island
Type 5a
1963-67

2/-, 3/-, 5/-
Type 5b

1/3d, 1/9d, 2/3d, 3/6d, 4/-, 5/6d, 6/6d, No Charge
Type 5c
smaller format

No Charge, 1/9d
Type 5d
Indicating payment for carriage by another carrier
1963-65

6d, 1/-, 2/-


1/-, 1/6d
Type 6a
1967-

red on white 20c, 28c, 35c, 45c, 55c, 90c

blue on white 50c, 65c, 85c
Type 6b

Type 7a

5c, 25c, 50c, 60c, $1.00
Type 7b

5c, 10c, 25c, 30c, 35c, 40c, 50c, 60c, 65c, 80c, 90c, 95c, $1.00
Type 7c

50c
Type 7d
-1979-

5c, 10c, 20c, 25c, 30c, 35c, 45c, 50c, 60c, 65c, 75c, 90c, $1.00, $2.00, $3.00, $5.00
There are several font varieties.
Type 8a
-1984-
Dark blue

5c, 10c, $1.00, $2.00
Type 8b
Green-blue

5c, 10c, 20c, 25c, 50c, $1.00, $2.00
Type 9
BULK FREIGHT

Three types
Type 10
FREIGHT PAID

Type 11
FREIGHT PAID
 
Type 12
1986-

10c, 20c, 25c, 50c, $1.00, $2.00
Type 13
PARCEL LABEL
1979-89

Four variations exist

NEWMANS PARCEL EXPRESS

1991-92
After Newmans Coachlines ceased to carry parcels, the service was bought by some of the company's freight managers and carried on as Newmans Parcel Express before becoming Pegasus Parcel Express.





EX AKL, EX PMN, EX WGN, LEVIN handstamped
 


NORTHERN COURIERS

Type 1



 
Type 2
 

NOW COURIERS

Type 1




 



All images scanned at 150dpi
Adam Miller, 2008+