William Bock (designer)

Bock was born in Hobart, Tasmania,[1] where his father Thomas Bock was a notable engraver, lithographer and daguerrotypist, important for his paintings of Tasmanian Aborigines.

In the 1870s he was responsible for the design and preparation of the dies for the first fiscal and postage stamps to be produced wholly in New Zealand.

[2] In 1878 Bock founded his own firm, in Wellington, New Zealand, first with Henry Elliot and then with Alfred Ernest Cousins.

[4] He designed and illuminated many formal addresses to members of the Royal Family.

He turned 80 the day before his final match, between Wellington and Otago at the Basin Reserve.