Description: This artifact is an original New Zealand 5-shilling (5/-) definitive postage stamp displaying a striking carmine-red or deep rose color palette. The vertical, perforated stamp portrays Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II mounted side-saddle on a horse, dressed elegantly in her full uniform as Colonel-in-Chief of the Grenadier Guards. She wears a tricorn hat topped with a distinctive white plume feather. The upper right corner features the official Royal Cypher "EⅡR" beneath St. Edward's Crown, while the upper left corner displays the face value "5/-". The words "NEW ZEALAND" are rendered in a bold, stylized serif font across the bottom margin. A curved, dark black circular ink postal cancellation mark is struck across the left side of the portrait face.
Circa: 1954-1959
Condition: Used
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