Nearly 50 years ago Jeanette Littlefair was pictured in the Wanganui Chronicle holding a newly minted stamp, and she's done it again with another commemorative issue.
In 1967, Mrs Littlefair was showing off a health stamp, the first to carry decimal currency. This week, the NZ Post Collectables and Solutions Centre employee was holding stamps printed to coincide with the pending visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their son, Prince George.
The royal family arrives in New Zealand on April 7, and NZ Post has printed 70c and $2.40 stamps, a first day cover and a specially minted silver coin to commemorate the visit.
For Mrs Littlefair the latest stamps are ones she will treasure because their release comes just before she retires on May 1.
She started work with NZ Post in the mid-1960s and joined what was then the Philatelic Bureau in Wanganui 30 years ago.