Description: New Zealand provisional surcharge stamp created by overprinting a 1938 1½d brown King George VI definitive with a new 2d value in black. The original value was obscured and the replacement denomination added prominently at upper left to meet a changed postal rate.
Circa: 1930s-1949s
Condition: Used - Hinged
Notes:
Provisional overprints like this reflect practical postal adjustment rather than wholly new design. Their interest lies in the visible evidence of rate change and administrative improvisation within a familiar definitive issue.