Kempthorne, Prosser & Co.

First established in 1870, Kempthorne Prosser & Co was New Zealand’s leading drug and fertiliser manufacturer until they exited the market in 1978. The company operated four large chemical works as well as a number of offices and warehouses across New Zealand.

Printed: c.1885

Print Type: Advertisement / Calling Notice

Card: QV 1d Red-brown (Samuel: AA.2a)

Notes:

Printed: 1890’s

Print Type: Advertisement / Calling Notice

Card: QV 1d Red-brown (Samuel: AA.4b)

Notes:

Printed: c.1895

Print Type: Advertisement / Calling Notice

Card: QV 1d Blue (Samuel: AA.6a)

Notes:

Printed: 1899

Print Type: Advertisement / Dispatch Notice

Card Type: QV 1d Yellow Brown (Samuel AW.3a)

Notes: Very few examples recorded.

(Schumann Collection – Images ©S. Schumann)

Printed: 1901

Print Type: Advertisement / Dispatch Notice

Card Type: QV 1d Carmine – Embossed (Samuel AW.3b)

Notes: Very few examples recorded.

Printed: 1901

Print Type: Advertisement / Dispatch Notice

Card Type: QV 1d Carmine – Embossed (Samuel AW.3b)

Notes: Very few examples recorded – Uprated with QV Lettercard cut-out.

(Schumann Collection – Images ©S. Schumann)

Printed: 1904

Print Type: Advertisement / Dispatch Notice

Card Type: KEVII 1d Carmine – Embossed (Samuel AW.3c)

Notes: Very few examples recorded.

Printed: c.1905

Print Type: Dispatch Notice

Card: KEVII – Non-Stationery

Printed: 1908

Print Type: Advertisement / Calling Notice

Card Type: KEVII ½d Green (Samuel Unrecorded)

Notes: The only recorded example. In his 1988 catalogue R. D. Samuel noted that a printing of ½d cards was undertaken in 1908, though none had been seen. This example is the discovery example and the only one currently recorded.