Royal stamps fly off shelves

Despite getting Prince William's birthday wrong the first time around, commemorative stamps to celebrate his wedding to Catherine Middleton have almost sold out, New Zealand Post says.

Post Shops selling the Royal Wedding collection, including stamps, first day covers, miniature sheets and presentation packs, received their final shipment of the stamps last week, NZ Post spokesman Simon Allison said.

Several hundred thousand stamps, about 7000 presentation packs and about 50,000 miniature sheets had been sold, Mr Allison said.

No more sales online or for mail order were available.

Almost all of the stamp packs with the incorrect birthday of Prince William had also sold.

- NZPA