Philatelic Bulletin New Zealand
The majestic slopes of New Zealand's highest mountain, Mt Cook, feature on the cover of the 1981 Collectors Pack. The illustration is a reproduction of the 1900 halfpenny stamp, continuing the pack's cover design theme begun two years ago of early New Zealand postage stamps. As usual, the pack includes a specimen of every special and commemorative stamp issued during the past year. This year it also includes a Health miniature sheet of two sets of the 1981 health stamp denominations printed se-tenant. Other stamps in the pack are: Commemorative The centenary of F eilding and the International Year of Disabled Persons.
Family Life Four stamps showing different aspects of family life.
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Scenic Four stamps featuring the Kaiauai, Mangahao, Shotover and Cleddau Rivers.
Private Bag, Wanganui. Special order forms are included on the Christmas stamp issue leaflet.
Royal Wedding Commemorative stamps for the wedding
FIRST DAY COVER PACK All first day covers issued from November 1980 to October 1981 are included in this year's First Day Cover Pack, which goes on sale from 2 December. The pack groups together the datestamped, unaddressed covers for the 1980 Maori Portraits definitives, the 1981 Commemoratives, the Govemment Life stamps, Royal Wedding issue, and the Health, Family Life, Scenic and 1981 Christmas stamps.
of HRH the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer.
Health Three stamps with a marine environment theme, plus a miniature sheet of two sets of each denomination. 1981 Christmas A set of three stamps featuring an Old Master, an historic church and a native shrub. The pack makes an attractive gift, as well as giving collectors a convenient and valuable philatelic item. The 1981 pack costs $8.25 (bulk sales 25 or more packs $7.90) and can be bought from 7 October at any permanent post office or philatelic sales position, or by mail order from the Philatelic Bureau,
The attractive pack has a selling price of $9.11, and can be ordered by completing the special portion of the 1981 Definitive issue leaflet or by writing to the Philatelic Bureau. The packs are also available at philatelic sales positions. Like the Collectors Pack, the First Day cover Pack will remain on sale until the end of April, unless stocks are exhausted earlier.
What do a 16th century painter, a 19th century church and a native New Zealand shrub have in common? They all feature on this year's issue of New Z~aland Christmas stamps, released on 7 October. The 1981 Chrisunas stamps continue the themes started three years ago, with an old master painting ( 14~ stamp), an historic church (30~ stamp), and a scene which captures the flavour of a southern hemisphere Chrisunas (40~ stamp). This year the painting is "Madonna Suckling the Child" by Marco d'Oggiono. D'Oggiono, born in 1470 in a town near Milan, became a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci and wasan excellent imitator of his teacher's style. His paintings are regarded as more formal and have a certain stiffness about them compared to da Vinci's, although one of his most interesting works is a copy of da Vinci's "Last Supper" which reproduces much of the splendour and vitality of the original. Because of his emphasis on technique rather than inventiveness, d'Oggiono is
often thought of as a painter's painter. However in recent years he has been increasingly recognised as a "lesser master" in his own right. The tempera "Madonna Suckling the Child" is probably the most important painting of its time held in New Zealand. It is part of the Mackelvie Collection at the Auckland City Art Gallery and is one of the Gallery's most popular paintings. The 30~ Chrisunas stamp features St John's Church in Wakefield.
areas much further south - in fact, as far south as Stewart Island.
On II October 1846, almost exactly 135 years before the issue ofthese stamps, the Reverend Reay of Nelson rode out to Wakefield to hold the first service in the church.
The appearance of its creamy-yellow clusters of flowers heralds the beginning of the spring and summertime explosion of colour in the gardens and countryside of New Zealand, and brings to mind the feelings of joy and new life associated with Chrisunas.
StJohn's was small but solidly built, with strong totara buttresses supporting a rather ornamental structure. It was erected to serve the pioneers of Wakefield, a settlement 25km from Nelson named after Captain Arthur Wakefield who was killed in the Wairau massacre of 1843.
The Golden Tainui, also known as the Kumarahou, was prized by the Maoris and early European settlers for its curative powers. An infusion of its leaves and young shoots was said to be excellent as a treaunent of chest and digestive troubles, and in the early days it was known as
The church, in its hillside location, was a focal point for the communiry, although the flour and sawmills run by Edward Baigent must have been just as prontinent in the small settlement. These mills, operated by water race and wheel, were the beginnings of today's large timber firm of H. Baigent and Sons, based in Nelson. A homely feature of the church is the pawprints of a cat on the roofboards ofthe chancel, said to have been made one wet day in 1846 when the animal ran over the timber as it lay ready for use. The lovely blooms of the Golden Tainui (Pomaderris kumeraho) are illustrated on the 40~ Chrisunas stamp. This shrub is a native of the warm north of the North Island, although it is now cultivated in
"gum diggers' soap"
All three stamps have a common style of border, a church window-type frame, which integrates them into a Chrisunas set. They were designed by Margaret Chapman of Christchurch and printed by Courvoisier SA. of Switzerland. The stamps will be on sale at post offices until 2 February 1982 and from philatelic sales sections and the Philatelic Bureau (mail order) until 30 June 1982, unless stocks are exhausted earlier. Mail orders for the 9 U (N Z) unaddressed first day covers from the Philatelic Bureau, Private Bag, Wanganui, New Zealand, close on 7 October 1981. Plate/imprint, positional or value blocks may be obtained by purchasing at least six stamps of the required denomination.
Commemoratives '82 A mixed bunch of subjects, from mountains to molecules, are featured on the 1982 commemorative stamp issue. The colourful stamps, all designed by Allan Derrick of Invercargill, will be released on 3 February next year. Four centenaries are commemorated the Tauranga and Hawera districts (two 20e stamps, printed se-tenant), the NZ Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (2se), and New Zealand's frozen meat export trade (30e). The ftfth stamp marks the International Year of Science (3se).
back in the times when mountains could move, fight, talk and make love. Mauao, as the Maoris call the Mount, was once a nameless hill at the base of the Kaimai Ranges who fell in love with a nearby peak. When she rejected his love, the broken-hearted Mauao decided to drown himself in the distant waters ofthe Pacific Ocean. One night he made his way from the Kaimais to the sea, travelling as fast as he could because if caught by the sun's rays he would be frozen forever in that particular spot. F inally he reached the sea, but lingered on the beach for a moment, gazing wistfully out to sea. It was a moment too long; the morning rays caught him and made him a permanent part of the Tauranga shoreline.
TAURANGA HAWERA The illustrations on the two 20e stamps Hawera's SI.Sm high water tower domincapture some of the key features of the ates the other 20e stamp. Built in 1914 in Tauranga and Hawera districts. "The the centre of the town, it solved the Elms", a Georgian-styled mission house problem of water pressure which had set in beautiful gardens, is depicted on the plagued the settlement right from the Tauranga stamp. It was built by Archearly days. deacon Alfred .Nesbitt Brown between 1838 and 1847, and was Tauranga's â&#x20AC;˘ "Hawera actually means "burnt place", so oasis of peace and learning during the named because of the burning of a Maori clashes between Maori and Pakeha m the village during tribal skirmishes. Later, I 860s. European settlers found 'the name only too appropriate when a number of their The house and its library are still in buildings were burnt to the ground beexcellent condition and virtually unaltercause of lack of pressurised water to ed except for iron laid over the shingle quench the flames. The water tower now roof. Today they are open to the public provides not only pressurised water but and are filled with pictures and furmture also an excellent view of Hawera and the from the Victorian era, including the surrounding Taranaki countryside. folding dining room table where Archdeacon Brown entertained British Army The most distinctive feature of that Officers on the eve of their attack on the countryside is Mt Egmont (2SI8m), also Maori stronghold at Gate Pa in 1864. He shown on the stamp..Today the mountain, could not have known that over the next 24 km from Hawera, is a centre for two days he would have to bury all but tramping, skiing and climbing, but in the one of his guests after the disastrous far distant past its volcanic debris helped failure of the British attack. provide the fertile soils which now support the region's dairy famting. Two of Sunshine, sailing boats and Tauranga's the country's biggest dairy companies are landmark MtMaunganui,alsofeatureon in Taranaki - the Taranaki Co-op Dairy the stamp: Tauranga is one ofthe sunniest Company and Kiwi Co-op Dairies Ltd, districts in New Zealand, and its climate the latter just I.Skm out of Hawera. and rich soils make it ideal for growing citrus fruit, berry fruit and subtropical SPCA varieties such as tamarillos, feijoas and The 2Se commemorative stamp features the latest boom crop, kiwifruil. The sunthe centenary of the New Zellan<: shine also enhances its reputation as a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to holiday resort and centre for pleasure Animals (SPCA). boating and big game fishing. Across the harbour from Tauranga city is the cone-shaped Mt Maunganui which, according to Maori legend, had its origins
The first New Zealand SPCA was founded at a public meeting in Dunedin on 26 June 1882. It was modelled on the
RSPCA which had been started s%\y years previously in England and, hke iis English counterpart, its main concerns were with working animals such as farm dogs, horses, and canle, and domestic animals. Since then the SPCA has expanded right through New Zealand, with 4S branches. Its scope of activities has expanded too; today the society is just as likely .to be concerned with battery poultry farmmg or experiments on animals as with its more traditional activities. The stamp's illustration depicts the wide range of animals - domestic, rural and wildlife - which are embraced by the SPCA creed. FROZEN MEAT EXPORTS The sailing of the "Dunedin" from Port Chalmers in 1882 marked a turning point for New Zealand. The ship, pictured on the 30e stamp, carried this country's ~rst batch of frozen meat to England, starting a trade which now ralj:s as our biggest earner of overseas exchange. The carcasses were prepared at a farm in Totara, just south of Oamaru, and .transported to Port Chalmers for freezmg on board the "Dunedin". The ship sailed on IS February and reached England, cargo intact, 98 days later. As part of the centenary celeprations, the farm at Totara will be designated a pubhc park, and work is already und~rway to restore the original stone bwldings and turn them into a museum and infortlliPon centre on the meat industry. A special post office will be set up at Totara on IS February 1982 and the Meat Producers' Board intends to produce a special souvenir cover which will be available to the public for cancelling on that day. This is in addition to the first day cover which the Post Office is rele~s ing on 3 February for the commemorative stamp issue as a whole. INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SCIENCE The International Year of Science, commemorated by the 3Se stamp, is a worldwide event sponsored by UNESCO .to promote an understanding of the. SOCial and economic imporlance of sCIentific research. Physicist Ernest Rutherford may be New
Zealand's most famous scientist uson", but he was by.no means the only one. continued on back page
N.Z Postin Antarctica "Snowed under" with good news, is how philatelists might feel when they learn what the Post Office h s in store for them on 20 January 1982. TQat's when a new issue of six Ross Dependency stamps and a special datestamp commemorati g the 25th anniversary of Scott Base will be released. Ross Dependency is the section of the Antarctic continent which came under the jurisdiction of the New Zealand Government in 1923. It includes about 400,000 square kilometres of land and 330,000 square kilometres of permanent ice shelf. Scott Base, located near Cape Armitage on Ross Island, was established in 1957 as a base for New Zealand's scientific research pr<r gramme in the far south. The stamps will be available at Scott Base and in New Zealand from the Philatelic Bureau (mail orders) and philatelic sales positions at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin,
Interest in the vast area of ice and terra flITDa at the southern tip of the world was heating up by 190I, when the Germans, Swedish and British all mounted expeditions. RobertFalcon Scott, a 33 year old Royal Navy officer, was chosen to lead the British expedition. He had no official post office or stamps with him on his 1901 expedition, but used a cachet like a datestamp to cancel mail. It had no official status as a cancellation, and read "Antarctic Expdtn. 1901. S.S.Discovery". On the relief vessel Morning, a sticker was used on forwarded mail for the 190304 season. These stickers read "National Antarctic Expedition. S.Y. Morning." Some oftbese were posted in Lyttelton in New Zealand's South Island. FIRST POSTMASTER Ernest Shackleton was one of the men on Scott's sledging expedition. He returned to the Antarctic in 1907 with his own expedition and the declared aim of reaching the South Pole.
Hamilton and Gisborne indefinitely as a definitive Ross Dependency set. The first day covers can be ordered at all post offices and at the Philatelic Bureau (mail orders) up to and including 20 January 1982, and as the covers will be forwarded to Scott Base for datestamping, they will be mailed to customers when they are returned from Scott Base (late January/early February 1982). The special Ross Dependency stamp packs will also be available from the Philatelic Bureau (mail order) and philatelic sales positions.
When he left New Zealand on I January, 1908, the then New Zealand Pnme Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, appointed him New Zealand's first postmaster in the deep south, and gave him 24,000 Id "Universal" New Zealand postal stamps with "King Edward VII Land" printed over them in green. That was the name of an area of Antarctica now included in the Ross Dependency. A mail of 1500 letters also left with Shacldeton in the expedition vessel Nimrod. The steamer Koonya, which towed Nimrod to the ice, also took the first mail back to New Zealand. Shacldeton was a conscientious postmaster. He opened the post office while lying alongside pack ice one mile from the shore in King Edward VII Land territorial waters. "I received letters for dispatch at the frrst opportunity," he wrote to Sir Joseph, "And issued stamps for future correspondence. "
The mail brought from New Zealand included letters to King Albatross, Mr Brown Seal, Mr White Seal, Mr Skua Gull, Jack Penguin, esq. and King Penguin. "These letters were dealt with as far as possible", Shacldeton wrote. "The letters addressed to members of the penguin family were delivered, and the surprise of these birds was evident." The seals also received their letters, and the ones addressed to Snowy Mountain, Jack Frost, and Mr Iceberg were also delivered. Letters which could not be delivered were returned to New Zealand.
Shacldeton tried to place a brass cylinder with stamps and other objects in it at the South Pole but about 150km short of the Pole he and his party ran shortoffood and had to turn back. Shacldeton buried the cylinder in the snow, took a photograph of the spot with a British flag flying over it,
Vanda Station
Helm, secretary of the Ross Sea Committee and a member of the Post Office stafT, was appointed postal official at Scotl Base. It is an Antarctic custom that post offices are opened immediately base sites are chosen, so Mr Helm set up business in a tent, with a packing case for a counter, and with a first day issue of stamps and nearly 10,000 souvenir covers to cancel. Plenty of customers, both New Zealanders and Americans from their nearby base, made business even busier.
Ross Dependency Actual denominations could l'an' from those shown.
then took the flag and pressed on for base camp. Shackleton's post office was closed on 4 March, 1909, as the doughty Irishman and his companions headed north. Scott returned to the Antarctic in 1910 and was also issued with a number of overprinted Id stamps. These were overprinted "Victoria Land" as this time the office was to have been set up in the Victoria Land quadrant of Antarctica. Scott's appointment as postmaster was made on 26 November, 1910. The post office was closed on 13 February, 1913, after sending four mails to New Zealand. Four American Antarctic expeditions beaded by Rear Admiral Byrd ventured south between 1928 and 1946. Then, in the 19508, there was talk of a Commonwealth expedition. This time New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, leader of the New Zealand section, was appointed postmaster.
The 4d stamp, designed by Mr L.e. MitcheU, showed portraits of Scott and ShackJeton with a map of Ross Dependency in the backgro¡und. The 8d stamp showed a map of the Antarctic with the Ross Dependency prominent. This was designed by Mr M.R. Smith. Mr J ames Berry designed the Is 6d stamp of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in royal purple. /
It was on this expedition that Scott Base, the centre of New Zealand's Antarctic research and exploration activities, was established. It was officially opened 20 January 1957, but the post office there had already been open for business 9 days previously, on the 11 January. Mr A.S.
At one stage during those early Scott Base days, Helm established a post office in an aeroplane crate beside the ship Endeavour at McMurdo Sound, to cope with the big demand for stamps from Americans.
DECIMAL ISSUE
In 1967, with the changeover to decimal currency in New Zealand, the four Ross Dependency stamps were reprinted with the new decimal denominations on them. On 20 January, 1967, the Post Office issued a special datestamp to commemorate the 10th birthday ofScotl Base. Other special dates tamps had been used in 1958 (50th anniversary of the British crossing of the continent), in 1962 (50th anniversary of Scotl's trek to the South Pole) and in 1963 (first visit to Antarctica by the representative of a reigning monarch, Sir Bernard Fergusson).
Postal services have gone hand in hand with exploration to the southernrnost extremities of the earth. The list of those who handled the mail in Antarctica reads like a WllO's Who of polar exploration and adventure - Scott, Shackleton, Hillary.
FIRST "ROSS" ISSUE
Scotts Hut, Cape Evans. The Post Office issued four stamps to mark the expedition. By then the Ross Dependency area of the Antarctic had been put under New Zealand's jurisdiction, and these stamps are the first "Ross Dependency" issue. The 3d stamp, designed by Mr Mervyn Taylor, showed the ship Erebus, the flagship used by Sir James Clark Ross who in 1841 discovered the volcanic mountain named after the ship, with pack ice and Mt Erebus as a backdrop. The Dependency is named after this wellknown explorer.
Rass Dependency
1972 DESIGNS In 1972 six new Ross Dependency
stamps, dcsigned by Mark Cleverley, were issued. The 3e stamp depicted a skua gull; the 4e stamp showed Williams Field; the se stamp Shackleton's hut; the 8e stamp sbwed New Zealand's supply ship, the We stamp showed Scott Base; and the 18e stamp depicted a tabular ice
Adelie Penguin
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now. LATEST ISSUE The 1982 Ross Dependency issue updates both the designs and the denominations of the stamps. The illustrations are by Maurice Conly of Waikanae, who is also the official artist for the Antarctic Division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) and authorofa book ofillustrations titled "Ice on My Palette". He also has fir.;t-hand experience of the Antarctic. The Adelie penquins shown on the se stamp have been called the "prima donnas" of this frozen corner of the world, with their boisterous toddling and tobogganning on the ice. Each year they gather on the rookeries, males arriving first to seek out the previous year's nest, to mate and hatch and feed their chicks.
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stamp depicts some of the The tracked vehicles used in the deep south. Motorised toboggans and sledges have taken much of the leg-work out of polar travel, and of course helicopters now play their part as well. These "tin dogs" replace huskies on most trips now, although dog-sledging is still sometimes used around Scott Base. The picture of Scott Base on the 20e stamp shows what the complex will look like in the mid 1980s when all the new buildings are completed and the old ones pulled down. The expanding role ofScott
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Rass Dependency Base and the larger number of people it has to support necessitated this upgrading and expansion, including the construction of a new laboratory, power house, and administration and accommodation facilities. The Field Party on the 30e stamp are working near the unusual "stripey"
mountains of the Upper Taylor Valley. They have probably been helicoptered to this remote area, along with their equipment, and they set up their tents as they move around the area. Their interest may be geology, geomorphology, biology, volcanology ... any of the large number of research projects carried out in the deep south. The 40e stamp shows Vanda Station, an hour's flight by helicopter from Scott Base. It is a cluster of green huts in the geographical centre of the Dry Valleys, and it takes its name from the nearby lake which supplies its water. The station acts as a summertime base for field parties and
Scott Base
search-and-rescue ~operations,_and for research, mainly in meteorology, gIaciology and hydrology. Scott's Hut features on the 50e Ross Dependency stamp. It was Scott's second base in McMurdo Sound for his 19 I 11913 expedition and the headquarter.; for his fateful attempt on the South Pole. Twenty-five men wintered over in the hut in 191 I , and it was during that winter that a party of three under Edward Wilson went on a long trek through intense cold and dark in search of Emperor 'Penguin eggs, an ordeal described by Scott as "the worst journey in the world."
U.K
Agency Stanley Gibbons Lld of London has been appointed UK philatelic agent for the New Zealand Post Office. The agency will be responsible for promotion and distribution of New Zealand philatelic material to individual philatelists, and wholesale and retail outlets throughout the United Kingdom. The establishment of a New Zealand agent will widen the opportunity for millions of British philatelists to purchase New Zealand stamps.
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UK customers, both individuals and dealers, who currently receive their philatelic requirements direct from the NZ Post Office Philatelic Bureau, Wanganui, will continue to do so, unless they elect to transfer their business to Stanley Gibbons Lld.
Tokelau Sports The fourth and final issue of Tokelau stamps with a sports theme will be released on 4 November this year.
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l~i1 $5 Beehive
This time the stamps feature illustrations of Tokelauan-style athletics (lO~ and 30~ stamps) and volleyball (20~ and 50~ stamps). Previous issues showed canoe racing, rugby, cricket, surfmg, and swimming. Once again, the stamps are designed by Faraimo Paulo of Atafu, Tokelau. Atafu is one of the three tiny atolls which make up Tokelau, the only non self-governing territory under New Zealand's administration. Its stamps are released by the New Zealand Post Office on behalfofthe Tokelauan administration, and are not valid for postage in New Zealand. The stamps are available in New Zealand only from the Philatelic Bureau, Private Bag, Wanganui (mail orders) and from
philatelic sales offices. A specially designed first day cover can be ordered from the Philatelic Bureau. These will be forwarded to Tokelau for datestamping and returned to the Bureau towards the end of January 1982. They will then be mailed to clients unaddressed and enclosed in an outer envelope. If the order is for both mint stamps and first day covers, these will be sent in one posting when
the covers are returned from
Tokelau. Plate/Imprint, positional or value blocks may be obtained by purchasing at least six stamps of each denomination. The stamps are printed by Heraclio Fournier S.A., Spain by photogravure.
"The Beehive", the distinctive addition to New Zealand's Parliament Buildings, features on the $5 definitive stamp which will be released on 2 December this year. The bold design of the building was conceived by Sir Basil Spence and developed in detail by the New Zealand Government Architect. Its foundations were laid in 1970, and the building was opened seven years later by Her Majesty, ~errElizabeth IT.
"The Beehive" houses all ministerial offices and the cabinet room, as well as accommodation for official receptions and state functions, and the Bellamy's dining complex. The $5 definitive stamp was designed by Maurice Conly of Christchurch, and printed by Heraclio Fournier, S.A. of Spain. It will remain on sale at Post Offices, the Philatelic Bureau and philatelic sales positions indefinitely as part of the current definitive set. Unaddressed first day covers can be ordered and paid for at post offices from 8 October until 2 December, or purchased from Chief Post Offices and other selected post offices from 2 December to I1 December 1981 inclusive. Mail orders for the covers close at the Philatelic Bureau on 2 December 1981. The covers, also designed by Maurice Conly, cost $5.05.
Wedding Issue Popular The royal Wedding stamp issue released earlier this year was one of the most popular ever produced by the New Zealand Post Office. Over a quarter of a million first day covers were snapped up by philatelists and by members ofthe public who wanted a souvenir afthe occasion or a special gift
for friends and family - that's over twice as many as the previous best seller, the Royal Silver Jubilee issue first day cover released in 1977.
STAMP QUANTITIES PRINTED
1980 COMMEMORATIVE 17~ 25~
1.5m 1.5m 1.5m
30e
125th ANNIV. 1st NEW ZEALAND STAMP (set of 3 stamps) 14e lO.9m 275,000 Miniature Sheets 1980 ARCHITECTURE 5.Om 1.5m I.5m 1.2m
14~
l7e 25~
30e
the counter from philatelic sales positions at Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Hamilton and Gisbome. "ARMS" $4, $6, $8, $10.
(set $28.00)
DEFINITIVES:
(set $6.7S) 6e, 7e, 8e, 9~, lOe,
I~, 2~, 3~, 4~, S~,
15e,20~,25~,30~,3S~,40~,4S~,SO~,
60<, $1, $2 .. PROVISIONAL OVERPRINTS: 4e, 20e. GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE (set $I.5S) S~, 10~, 20~, 30e,40~,SO~.
ROSS DEPENDENCV:
(set
48~)
3~, 4~, S~, 8~, 10~, 18~.
1980 LARGE HARBOURS 25e
1.5m 1.5 m 1.5m 2.0m
30~ 35~ 50~
1980 HEALTH 14e + 2~ ) . 14e + 2~ ) Se-tenant 17~
+ 2~
4.5m 2.0m 299,000
Miniature Sheets 1980 CHRISTMAS lOe
20.0m
2.Sm 2.Sm
25~ 35~
TOKELAU 1979 SPORTS lOe
Ise 30e
1982 Stamp Programme
7 April Special Topic issue: (4 stamps) Architecture 2 June Scenic issue:
I~, 2~, 3~,5~,9~, 20~,SO~,
POSTAFIX ROLLS:
1981 Family Life (set $1.10)
3 February Commemorative issue (S stamps) (a) Centenary of Tauranga (b) Centenary of Hawera (c) Centenary of SPCA (d) Centenary of Frozen Meat Exports (e) International Vear of Science
TOKELAU DEFINITIVES: (set $1.90)
(4 stamps) F our seasons
$1. 10~.
STAMP VENDING MACHINE ROLLS: I~, 2e, Se. WITHDRAWALS: 3 November 1981: 1980 Tokelau Sports lO~, 20~, 30~, SO~ (set $1.10) 30 April 1982: 1981 Commemoratives 20~, 2se (set 45~) I June 1982: 1981 Scenic ' 30c, 3Sc, 40c, 60c (set $1.6S)
4 August Health issue: (3 stamps plus miniature sheet) 6 October Christmas issue: (3 stamps) 1 December Definitive issue: (5 stamps) In addition, six Ross Dependency stamps
will be issued on 20 January 1982 to replace the existing set issued in 1972.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
(Rugby/Cricket)
20~
30 April 1982: 20e, 2se, 30~, 3se.
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Today New Zealand has an international reputation for scientific research in areas such as forestry, agriculture, geophysics and specialised medical fields. The old image of research - a selfindulgent search for pure knowledge which isofnouse in the "'real" world- is
itself far out of touch with reality. Whether it is concerned with biomass fuels, soil fertility, cancer cells, drugs, building materials, the ecology of native forests or animal health, today's scientific research has practical implications for the health and welfare of us all.
STAMPS AVAILABLE
The stamp shows a modem bi-focal
Stamps are available by mail order from the Philatelic Bureau, Wanganui, or over
microscope and an electronic analysis
machine, representing the sort of labora-
tory equipment available to scientists today. Also featured are a radiotelescope and a diagram of a molecular structure, symbolising science's concern
with the macro and the micro, and with both theoretical and practical aspects. The commemorative stamps will be available from post offices until 6 April 1982 and from the Philatelic Bureau and philatelic sales positions until 30 April 1983. First day covers can be pre-<lfdered at all post offices and at the Philatelic Bureau (mail order) until 3 February, and will be available over the counter at Chief Post Offices and selected post offices from 3 to 12 February inclusive.