NZ ROAD SAFETY ASSOCIATION

Reference Number

NZ-F-11

Denomination

$5

This card was produced by the New Zealand Road Safety Association to help promote awareness to drivers of the dangers of railway level crossings, by using their slogan, "Stop, Look & Listen".

There are two different reverses of this card. One with Telecom Corporation Of New Zealand, and the other with Telecom New Zealand, see above.

This card was also included in the Collector Pack AdCards Volume Six NZ-CP-29 and was overprinted on the reverse with Collectors Issue 1994 or International Collectors Issue 1994, if included in the International Pack.

Of interest is that the International card has a complete overprint panel, hard to see in the scan, that introduces new wording. "Telecom Centres" is replaced by "our normal place of business". Also this card has only six digits in the serial number, no zero after the ADCB as per all other cards.

Around 200 of these cards were officially overprinted on the reverse with a new description. The description reads "Speaking For Communities. New Zealand Local Government Association 8th Annual Conference Nelson 10-12 July 1995. Telecom New Zealand Limited is pleased to support this conference". These cards were handed out to delegates who attended. The majority of the cards were either used and thrown away or lost. The significance of the cards, to the holders, was not realised at the time, and they very soon became very sought after items that appeared on most dealers wants lists for many years.