Postage stamp design

Date: Between 1950 and 1959

From: Creator of Collection unknown :Photographs of James Berry

Reference: PAColl-3496-1

Description: James Berry designing a US 3 cent stamp in his home at 56 Nevay Road, Seatoun, photographed in the 1900s by a National Publicity studios staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 160 x 212 mm

Date: 1958 - 1959

Reference: A-451-021-001/006

Description: Drawings for stamp designs, probably as an entry to a competition commemorating the centennial of the province of Marlborough, 1858-1958. Themes and images include: Wool, showing a young girl holding a lamb (1d); Produce, showing a boy with a football resting against a hay stack (2d); Industry, showing a boy building with his Meccano set (3d); Tourism, showing a child playing in the sea with his sailboat (4d); Transport, showing a youth with his model aeroplane (6d); and Remembrance, showing a young girl praying by her bed, with a picture of her colonial ancestors on the wall. Quantity: 6 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 355 x 253 mm Provenance: Purchase: Dunbar Sloane affordable art auction, Wellington, 16 May, 2012; lots 302 and 303

Date: 1977

By: Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928-

Reference: B-183-026

Description: Shows a sheet of 100 16 cent stamps, featuring a three-pannelled window from St Michael and All Saints Church in Anderson's Bay, Dunedin, designed by Beverley Shore Bennett. The window features an abstract view of the Madonna and Child, surrounded by angels. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [in ink] Beverley D Bennett 1977 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour lithograph on adhesive paper, 410 x 257 mm Provenance: Donation: Beverley Shore Bennett, Waikanae, 25 July 2011

From: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994 :[Smaller works on paper. 1920s-1990s]

By: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994

Reference: B-131-12

Description: Various, including many drawings and copies of designs Quantity: 1 container(s). Physical Description: Various media Provenance: Donation: Eileen Mayo, Christchurch, 1994

From: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994 :[Smaller works on paper. 1920s-1990s]

By: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994

Reference: B-131-14-006

Description: Three designs showing the United Nations symbol over world maps and a tree Quantity: 3 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Gouache, collage, on paper, 170 x 120 mm each (sight) in single window mat

Date: [1942-1951]

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-065

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: [1949-1955]

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-063

Description: Mainly correspondence, letters to editors of newspapers and notes relating to the perceived mediocre design of New Zealand, in particular coronation stamps, and suggestions for improvements in their design Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: [ca 1965-1979]

By: Berry, Reginald George James, 1906-1979

Reference: 85-015

Description: Papers and correspondence relating to Berry's designs of stamps for Fiji, Western Samoa the Cook Islands and other countries; sketches and photos of designs for medals, book plates and coins. Includes correspondence with Royal Australian mint, pamphlets on new coins, and designs of certificates and commemorative medals for the Cook Bicentennary in 1969. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 box(es). 0.15 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts, printed matter, photos Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available.

Date: [ca 1953]

From: Lee-Johnson, Eric, 1908-1993 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5437-064

Description: Notes and newspaper cutting relating to Lee-Johnson's campaign to improve the standard of design of New Zealand postage stamps Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter