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29 August 2025 – Updates to Oamaru (Borough of) – Rates Demand, Otago Arts Society, Ross & Glendining, Skelton, Frostick & Co. Ltd. – Zealandia Football Boots, Southland Amateur Athletic Club, Southland County Council – Rates Demand, Taupiri Extended Coal Mining Company, Limited, W. G. Neill – Agent, Wilkins & Field, Auckland Harbour Board, The Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Limited, National Bank of New Zealand , Limited, National Mortgage & Agency Coy. of N.Z. Ltd, Wm. Weddel & Co., Ltd., Andreae & Co. Ltd., Auckland Institute, and Awarua Stamp Co..

24 July 2025 – Updates to Butterworth Brothers with a beautiful advertising lettercard from the Gerard Carlin Collection.

15 July 2025 – Updates to A. Hatrick & Co., Arthur Briscoe & Co., Canterbury Times, Carlyle Implement Works (Booth, MacDonald & Co.), Cuff & Graham – Ship & Insurance Brokers, Gore (Borough of) – Rates Demand, Gore (Borough of): East Ward – Rates Demand, Gore (Borough of): North Ward – Rates Demand, Christchurch North Election – Mr Ollivier’s Committee, Lyttelton Times Company Limited, National Bank of New Zealand Limited, National Fire & Marine Insurance Co. of New Zealand, New Zealand Clothing Factory, New Zealand Cyclists Touring Club, North Otago Agricultural & Pastoral Association.

12 February 2025 – Major update to the Lettercards page.

05 February 2025 – Cards for Stampex ’87 – 3rd Series and six Printed Matter cards added.

01 February 2025 – Additional cards for Dunedin Savage Club and Gisborne Hospital Trustees added.

29 January 2025 – King George V – all cards uploaded.

18 January 2025 – Queen Elizabeth II – 23 cards added.

12 January 2025 – Fantail – 4 cards added. Queen Victoria – 70+ cards added.

11 January 2025 – The start of some major updates. King Edward VII – 20 cards, and 1 complete reply card added. King George VI – 15 cards added.

09 November 2022 – Cards added for Joseph A. Tole – Eden Election, Ross & Glendining, Ahlfeld Bros., E. W. Mills, Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd., Hancock & Co., Roxburgh Borough Council, Hodder & Tolley Ltd., Otago Institute, S. A. Smith & Co., Ltd. – Agarol, Auckland British-Israel Association, Challenge Phosphate Co. Ltd., N. Z. Farmers’ Union, Christian Business Men’s Association, University of New Zealand, Oral Supplies Ltd., Arthur Barnett Ltd, Dentists Supplies (1953) Limited, Shalfoon Brothers, St John Ambulance Association, Leonard Fullerton Ltd.

02 May 2022 – Cards added for Archibald Clark & Sons, Austin Walsh – Atlas Tobacco Factory, Canterbury Jockey Club, Connell & Clowes, Cutten Brothers – Engineers, Dunedin Horticultural Society, Gisborne Hospital Trustees, New Plymouth Harbour Board – Rates Demand, Otago Institute, Russell Gold Mining Company, Seccombe & Son – Brewers, Taupiri Coal Mines, Limited, The Union Bank of Australia Limited, William Dawson & Co. – Wholesale Ironmongery & Bar Iron Warehouse and Wilkins & Field.

24 December 2021 – Cards added for Norge (N.Z.) Ltd (Non-stationery), H.M.V. (N.Z.) Ltd. (Non-stationery), Official Postcards Updated

23 December 2021 – Cards added for St. Paul’s Methodist Church, Auckland Education Board – Manual & Technical Branch

06 November 2021 – Cards added for Williams & Kettle, Ltd., Leithfield Vicarage, Auckland United Protestant Orphan Homes, Bright Star Products, Byrne & Co., David Vaughan – Lecturer, Boston University, Duckworth, Turner & Co. Ltd., Dunedin Drainage & Sewerage Board, The Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, Lever Brothers (New Zealand) Limited, Pattle, Remington & Roneo Agency of N.Z. Limited, S. Curtis & Co., Sudan United Mission, Wanganui Collegiate School Old Boys’ Association (Inc.), Wellington District Poultry Farmers Assn. Ltd. and Wellington Horticultural Society.

30 October 2021 – Cards added for Auckland Institute, New Zealand Society of Accountants, New Zealand Refrigerating Company Ltd., Wellington Philosophical Society, The Polynesian Society, North Taranaki Radio Society Inc. – Station 2YB, S. A. Smith & Co., Ltd. – Agarol, (Royal) Philatelic Society, Williamson & Co., Wilkins & Field, Carl Kalman – Christmas Card, Diocese of Dunedin – Church Fund, Otago Lawn Tennis Club & Todhunter & Jennings.

31 May 2021 – Cards added for The Canterbury Frozen Meat & Dairy Produce Export Co. Ltd., Otago Daily Times & Otago Witness, Christchurch City Council – Rates Demand, Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company, Limited, Henry Berry & Co., Waimea County Council, The Farmers Trading Co. Ltd. & Auckland City Mission.

30 May 2021 – Cards added for M. Harris & Son, The Union Bank of Australia Limited, The Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association Limited, N. Z. Farmers’ Co-op. Association of Canterbury Ltd. and The Colonial Bank of New Zealand.

12 February 2021 – Cards added for New Zealand Cyclists Touring Club, P. Hayman & Co., The Wellington Meat Export Company, The New Zealand Coal and Oil Co., Limited, S. A. Smith & Co., Ltd. – Agarol, Tuapeka County – Rates Demand, Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, W. H. Simms & Sons Ltd., Otago Institute, The New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, P. & D. Duncan, Limited, New Zealand Labour Party, Bank of Australasia, Canterbury Foundry, Carlyle Implement Works (Booth, MacDonald & Co.), Dunedin Assembly Balls, Masterton School, Westport Police, George H. Scales, Ltd., H. & E. H. Grocott Opticians, Opawa – Hillsborough Burgesses Association, Otago Classical Association, W. E. Simes, Auctioneer – Election Notice, A. A. Wake, The Agricultural Lime Co., Ltd., British – Israel World Federation, Dentists Supplies (1953) Limited, E. C. Lackland & Co. Ltd., Federated Farmers of N. Z., N.Z. Returned Services Association, Seatoun Bowling Club, Shalfoon Brothers, A. J. Palmer & Co. Ltd., N.Z. Returned Services Association – Ashburton – Hinds Branch, Tanner Engineering Ltd., Thomas Fogo, Laery & Co. Ltd., John Bulleid & Co., The New Zealand Farmers Co-op, Noton Brothers – Golden Teapot Teas, Harrisons Co., Ltd. and Canterbury Museum.

19 December 2020 – Cards added for Kempthorne Prosser & Co., The Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Limited, The Union Bank of Australia Limited, National Fire & Marine Insurance Co. of New Zealand, Brown Bros. & Geddes, Ltd. – Kravmore Chocolates, Oral Supplies Ltd., Canterbury C.T. & W. Assn., Guthrie Bowron & Co. Ltd., St John Ambulance Association, Dunedin Public Library and Riccarton Working Men’s Club (Inc.).

07 November 2020 – Cards added for The Polynesian Society, S. A. Smith & Co., Ltd. – Agarol, Wellington Philosophical Society, Otago Institute, Methodist Women’s Missionary Union, Municipal Electricity Department, Willard Storage Battery Service Station, Wilson & Horton Ltd., Waverley ‘Talkies’, Canterbury Footwear Repairers’ Association, The Christchurch Press Co. Ltd. and The Patriotic Societies of Christchurch.

23 September 2020 – Cards added for Christchurch City Council – Rates Demand, J. M. Heywood & Co., Ltd., National Bank of New Zealand Limited, A. J. Allen, Ltd., Akarana Yacht Club, Auckland Grammar School Old Girls’ Association, Auckland Justices’ of the Peace Association, Cadbury’s ‘Bourn-vita’, Canterbury Horticultural Society, Clare & Partners, Jas. E. Dunstan and The Linwood Club.

20 August 2020 – Cards added for Aitken, Wilson & Co., Christchurch Garrison Library, The Milburn Lime & Cement Co. Ltd. and Salvation Army

3 August 2020 – Cards added for Christchurch Chamber of Commerce, S. Hurst Seager – Architect, Ancient Order of Foresters and Ahlfeld Brothers & Co.

1 July 2020 – All recorded cards for W added.

30 June 2020 – All recorded cards for T, U and V added.

29 June 2020 – All recorded cards for S added.

27 June 2020 – All recorded cards for R added.

26 June 2020 – All recorded cards for O, P and Q added.

26 June 2020 – Cards from the Schumann Collection added. Printed to Private Order Cards – New Zealand Cyclists Touring Club, Kempthorne, Prosser & Co., Sargood, Son & Ewen, Reid & Gray and R. & E. Tingey & Co. Ltd. Privately Printed – Bank of New Zealand, The Gore Town Board Rates Demand and New Plymouth Harbour Board Rates Demand.

17 June 2020 – All recorded cards, covering all reigns, for N added.

14 June 2020 – All recorded Queen Victoria cards for N added.

10 June 2020 – All recorded cards for M added.

8 June 2020 – All recorded cards for K and L added.

6 June 2020 – All recorded cards for I and J added.

1 June 2020 – All recorded cards for G and H added.

29 May 2020 – New card for Awarua Stamp Co. added and All recorded cards for D, E and F added.

23 May 2020 – All recorded cards for letters B and C added.

20 May 2020 – All recorded cards for numbers 0-10 and letter A added.

19 May 2020 – Site launched with a selection of cards covering all letters and reigns.