1857, Chalon Head 1s green on blue unwatermarked paper , imperforate with good to wide margins around fine used with numeral '14' cancel, rare stamp signed and Dr. Ferchenbauer (1981) and RPSL (1961) certificates (Image)

1863 (15 Dec.) envelope from Waianiwa to Dunkeld (Scotland), bearing New Zealand Chalon Head 6d. black-brown perforated such that the value is completely missing at foot, cancelled "7" in oval of thin bars and with "W3 DE 15 63" c.d.s. alongside, the reverse with two Invercargill, Southland transit c.d.s. (15.12) in red and arrival c.d.s. (19.2).Very rare, being one of only a handful of covers recorded from this office. Signed Holcombe. Scott 19b; S.G. 75.Provenance: "Antipodes", October 1988.Note: Only five covers, all but one from the same correspondence, are known with the Southland "W3" c.d.s., only one of which (presumably this cover) has the numeral "7" decipherable. See N.Z. Handbook, Vol. VII, pages 191-192. (Image)

1864, 1/- green with watermark NZ, an extraordinary upper left corner example, unused with trace of original gum, 11mm. sheet margin at top and 15mm. sheet margin at left, clear to large margins on the other two sides. An unique and wonderful exhibition item, certainly the finest known example of this rare stamp and ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR NEW ZEALAND CHALON HEADS IN EXISTANCE. B.P.A. Certificate 1990 and 2009. Sc. 30; S.G. 100Provenance: R. Marty collection public auction by Gilbert Paris Drouot 9 june 1921 lot 219 "tres bel exemplaire", Dale-Lichtenstein collection (May 1990) (Image)

1865 (19 Sept.) yellow-brown envelope from Kanieri (Goldfield in Westland county) to Tokomairiro, Otago, bearing New Zealand, Chalon Head, 2d. pale blue (Plate I, worn) cancelled with large manuscript capital "K" of KANIERI, showing Christchurch (15.9) and arrival (19.9) datestamps, the latter tying the adhesive, and on reverse, Okitiki (8.9) and Dunedin (18.9) c.d.s.Believed to be the ONLY RECORDED COVER WITH THIS GOLDFIELD CANCELLATION.R.P.S. Certificate (2006). Sc. 32a; S.G. 113. (Image)