• L6 3d Campbell Patersons Notes
• L6 3d Notes from Vol 2 The Postage Stamps of New Zealand
• L6 Wahine Summary of Issues
• L6 Wahine Timeline of Issues
• L6a 1935 May 1 Original issue with single watermark
• L6b 1936 August Change to watermark W8
• LO6b 1938 March 1 Official overprint on L6b Watermark W8

Wearing a headband of plaited flax, dyed red and black, this is the first stamp for regular postage issued in New Zealand with a portrait of someone other than the monarch. A feather of the extinct huia, which was omitted from the original proof, is inserted in the headband, and a tiki is suspended from her neck. This was the only value of the set where the photogravure version was considered to be effective. Typical Maori designs make up the border. The engraver just missed obtaining the characteristic nose and lip lines of the Polynesian race, with the result that the portrait leans towards a European type.

Artist: Mr. L.C. Mitchell            Colour: Natal Brown

Updated 4/7/2016