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In 1936: King George V, President of the RPSL, died; King Edward VIII succeeds but abdicates;
Spanish Civil War begins; Boulder Dam completed; Buddy Holly and Jim Henson born.
At the RPSL: A year that saw three patrons but the RPSL kept Royal patronage. The Perkins
Bacon archives were acquired along with a wealth of plates and dies from various sources.
RPSL President was Sir John Wilson, Bart, C.V.O. Membership 500.
Patrons H.M. King George V, H.M. King Edward VIII and H.M. King George VI.
NEW ZEALAND 0116/0llGa l~d OFFICIAL
From the collection of Robert P. Odenweller, RDP, Hon FRPSL, FRPSNZ.
Member since 1967. Lives in United States of America.
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Until 1954, New Zealand created Official stamps by overprinting the normal issues. The plate number
block on the lYid stamp was well known as having two re-entries, and collectors asked for them,
leaving some sheets incomplete. To make a full sheet of the Officials, a block of four was pasted in
with small gummed strips of paper (visible on the illustration), but the wrong perforation and
printing was used. The upper stamp is the "normal," while the lower one is the "abnormal". One of
only four produced.
