Reginald George James Berry

James Berry (1906–1979) was born in London and emigrated to New Zealand in 1925, working for a Wellington advertising agency before going freelance in 1932. From his first Health stamp in 1933 he designed most of New Zealand's stamps for 20 years, including 1953 Coronation, the 1953–57 definitives and 1960 pictorials, plus issues for Samoa, the Cook Islands and Bermuda, and the 1967 decimal coins.