• L4 2d WHARE Summary
• L4 Timeline Early Issues 1936-41
• L4 Timeline of Blitz Issues
• L4 Timeline Post Blitz Issues
• L4 Notes from Vol 2
• L4 Notes from Campbell Paterson
• L4 Notes from nzstamps.org
• L4a 1935 May 1 Original Issue with Single watermark W7
• L4b 1936 Mar Change to watermark W.8
• L4c 1941 June Wartime Issue De La Rue Print and Perf watermark W8 
• L4d 1941 June Wartime Issue De La Rue Print Harrison Perf watermark W8
• L4e 1941 June Wartime Issue De La Rue Print Waterlow Perf watermark W8
• L4f 1941 Oct Final Issue Coarse paper watermark W8
• LO4b 1938 Jan Official overprint on L4b
• LO4c 1941 Official Overprint Wartime Issue De La Rue Print and Perf watermark W8
• LO4e 1941 Official overprint, Wartime Issue De La Rue Print Waterlow Perf
• LO4f 1942 March Official overprint, Final issue Coarse paper W8

In this denomination is introduced a carved house made of raupo or in modern times, of fluted boarding to represent reed-work. In the left background is a tree fern, and to the right the ti-palm or cabbage tree. The ornamental building is designed “Wharewhakairo”. The Maori shows ingenuity of design in the carved barged-boards called “maipi” the join at the gable being covered by a carved face, “koruru” surmounted by the little caved figure, “tekoteko”. At the sides before the lower termination “raparapa” of the barge boards are two uprights called “amo” similar in design to the “poupou” of the interior walls; and a long ornamented skirting –board runs across the panel. This board, “paepaeroa” encloses the space, equivalent to a veranda or sun-porch, called “mahua”.

Designed: by Mr. H W Young who had also been successful in the competition for the 1898 Issue.  Colour: Marigold

Updated  4/7/2016