The Mysterious Mr Mathews

The 1935 Pictorial stamp issue is well known to most collectors. It is the series with the “Captain Coqk” flaw after which our newsletter is named.

The series include a 1 1/2 d Maori girl stamp, the design of which has been attributed to a M. Mathews. Who was this gentleman ? (Yes he is listed as a male stamp designer in another publication so we are not being presumptive or sexist) We’ve had a query through our website with this question which we haven’t been able to answer. Can anyone help us, and if so we’d lover to hear from you via the “Contact” page of this website. Thanks

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