FREE: 1936 New Zealand Anzac Stamps (2), MH/VF, Scott #s B9-B10

The listing, 1936 New Zealand Anzac Stamps (2), MH/VF, Scott #s B9-B10 has ended.

Up for auction or GIN please find 1936 New Zealand ANZAC stamps. This is a complete set of 2 mint hinged, very fine stamps, Scott #s B9 and B10. From a smoke free and Covid19-free home. Thank you for bidding!

Source: https://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/new-zealand/1936/anzac

This stamp issue commemorated the twenty first anniversary of the landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps on 25 April 1915.

Issue information

On that day New Zealand troops saw action for the first time in World War One. The aim of the campaign was to capture Constantinople (now Istanbul). Success would have probably eliminated both of Germany's Balkan allies (Turkey and Bulgaria) from the war, and relieved the Russians from the heavy German pressure they were facing.

The heroic but disastrous campaign left 2,721 New Zealanders dead and 4,752 wounded. The campaign became a symbol of New Zealand (and Australia's) war losses.

The 25th of April is observed in both countries as ANZAC Day - to remember those countries men and women whose lives were lost in war.

The stamp designs depict a New Zealand soldier in the uniform of 1915 against a background scene of Anzac Cove. 'ANZAC' is an acronym made up of the initials of the 'Australian and New Zealand Army Corps'.