Southern Colour Print managing director Sean McMahon with some of the 84,000 new women’s suffrage 125th anniversary stamps, which were printed at the Dunedin facility. Photo: John LewisNew Zealand Post is celebrating the courage of women who fought to vote 125 years ago, with a new $3 postage stamp which was printed in Dunedin. New Zealand Post stamps and coins head Simon Allison said the state-owned enterprise was proud of the role it played in bringing the 1893 suffrage petition together. ‘‘This stamp issue celebrates New Zealand as a world-leading, forward­thinking nation.’’Looking back at New Zealand Post’s history, it showed what it was like for women working in the then Post Office. In June 1963, married women working at the Post Office could retain their permanent status, seniority and grading.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 15, 2018 16:07 UTC