Series 4 new zealand philatelic bulletin no 28 1982 october

October 1982 Issue 28

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1983 Stamp Programme 2 February - Commemorative issue (five stamps): a) Centenary of the Salvation Army. b) Centenary of the University of Auckland. c) Centenary of the introduction of rainbow trout into New Zealand. d) World Communications Year. e) Closer Economic Relations agreement with Australia.

14 March - Commonwealth Day (four stamps) 6 April- Special Topic issue (four stamps): Traditional works by New Zealand artists.

1 June - Scenic issue (four stamps): New Zealand scenery.

3 August - Health issue (three stamps): Domestic animals.

5 October - Christmas issue (three stamps): Old Master painting, historic church, symbolic scene.

7 December - Definitive issue (five stamps): Fruit industry.

The new Four Seasons Presentation pack, released in November, marks a first for the Post Office.

Growing overseas interest in New Zealand issues has been recognised with the pack's title being translated

into French, German and Japanese.

Featuring the scenic stamp series, the pack should be popular among overseas travellers as a distinctive New Zealand gift. Collectors are also impressed with the pack, judging by

Presentation Packs

the number of initial orders placed with the Philatelic Bureau.

The packs sell for $2.75 at permanent and non-classified Post Offices and by mail order from the Philatelic Bureau.

They will remain on sale until

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founded as a breakaway group, concentrating on beach rescues.

This year, as the Association celebrates its Golden jubilee, it can boast assets worth $8 million. With seven jetboats and 40 inflatable rubber boats, and a surf helicopter service operating from Auckland, its members service much of New Zealand's coast.

As a competitive body, the Surf Ufe-Saving Association ranks second only to Australia, and a women's team recently completed a tour of Great Britain.

The stamps (each 26mm x 41 mm) will be produced in sheets of 100 (10 rows of 10), and plate/imprint, pos itional or value blocks may be obtained by pu rchasing at least six stamps of all denominations.

They are printed using photogravure

by Heraclio Fournier SA in Spain.

Unless stocks are exhausted earlier, the stamps will remain on sale at Post Offices until February 1, 1983. They will be available from the Post Office Philatelic Bureau, Wanganui, and philatelic centres until June 30, 1983.

First Day Cover also designed by Margaret Chapman, cost $1.05.

Collectors Pack

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The stern profile of Queen Victoria dominates the cover of the 1982 Collectors Pack. This monarch featured on the 2'12d blue stamp from the 1882-1900 "Second-side face" issue.

As usual, the pack contains specimens of every special and commemorative

stamp issued during the past year as follows.

COMMEMORATIVE. Centenaries of Tauranga, Hawera, SPCA and frozen meat exports; and the International Year of Science.

ARCHITECTURE. Historic buildings -Alberton, Auckland; Caccia Birch, Palmerston North; Dunedin Railway station; and Ophir Post Office.

SCENIC. The four seasons with scenes from Kaiteriteri, Queenstown, Tongariro National Park and Wairarapa.

HEALTH. Animals -labrador, border collie and cocker spaniel; miniature sheet.

CHRISTMAS. An Old Master, an historic church and surf-life saving.

The pack will cost $8.95 and will be available from October 6 at any Post Office or philatelic centre, or by mail order from the Philatelic Bureau.

Special order forms are included in the Christmas stamp issue leaflet.

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First Day Covers Packs

Map Stamp A 24 cent definitive stamp depicting a map of New Zealand was released on April 1 to coincide with the increase in New Zealand postal rates.

Because of the time factor involved in design, printing and production, no First Day Cover was produced for the issue.

The stamp which measures 25mm x 30mm, was designed by AIIan Mitchell of Wellington and printed

by Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited of Melbourne using lithography.

The stamp will be available indefinitely as part of the current definitive set from all Post Offices, philatelic centres, and the Philatelic Bureau.

Philatelic Centre

Postcards A new set of pictorial postcards has been on sale since September 15.

Featuring the latest Four Seasons scenic stamps issue, the postcards which sell for 25 cents each are proving as popular as the stamps have been - especially with tourists.

The cards are available from all Post Offices. and are attractively displayed on a new perspex counter stand. They can also be ordered from the Philatelic Bureau.

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Minerals For over 2000 years nephrite has been mined in the Sinkiang province of China and worked by master craftsmen into pieces of exquisite art. • ,When the Maoris arrived here in New .......--. Zealand they were quick to realise the value of "pounamu" and made tools, weapons and amulets with the dark green mineral.

Deposits of nephrite also occur in Siberia, BritiSh Colombia, Alaska and South Australia. In New Zealand it is found mainly on the West Coast of the South Island between Hokitika and Greymouth, but also exists in beach deposits further north.

Agate, amethyst and carnelian are varieties of the mineral quartz, and belong to the largest class of minerals, the silicates.

Agates and carnelians have been used for thousands of years, not only for ornaments and vessels, but for all sorts of amulets. These minerals were held in high regard by the Greeks and Romans, and were often reserved for people of high class.

Agates are widely used today for jewellery and ornaments.

Agates and carnelian are found all over the world, with large deposits in Brazil and Mexico. In New Zealand they are widely distributed but occur mainly in Northland, the Coromandel Peninsular, Canterbury and North Otago.

Amethyst has long been prized for jewellery and decorations, and was once worn as an amulet to remedy drunkenness. The name is derived from the Greek word "amethystos" which.means unintoxicating.

Most high quality amethyst comes from Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico or Madagascar. In New Zealand, good quality amethyst has come from the Coromandel Peninsula, Rakaia Gorge and Mount Somers.

Iron Pyrites, commonly known as "fool's gold", are the most common SUlphide mineral. The name is derived from the Greek word "pyr" meaning fire, because of the sparks it gives off when broken.

Greeks wore pyrites as amulets because they believed they had healing powers, and this persisted until

the Middle Ages.

Today, iron pyrites are usually mined for their sulphur content which accounts for forty percent of the world's sulphur. By-products of this process are iron, and sometimes gold and copper.

"Fool's gold" is found in Spain, Canada, U.SA, Italy, Greece and Sweden, and in New Zealand, in Hauraki, Westland, Nelson and Canterbury.

Native sulphur is the chief source of the element sUlphur and in ancient times was known as brimstone, or the stone that burns, because it was highly combustible.

Sulphur is commonly associated with volcanic activity, but today most of the world's sulphur comes from Louisiana and Texas¡where it occurs in beds on top of salt domes.

Recovery from these deposits is by the Frasch process which was developed by Herman Frasch in 1894. Superheated water and compressed air are forced down pipes into the deposit, the sulphur melts and comes to the surface.

The main use is in the making of sulphuric acid for industrial purposes.

The finest specimens of sulphur are found in mines in Sicily which have produced the mineral since 1250 A.D. It also occurs in Chile and Japan.

Sulphur was first mined in New Zealand on White Island in 1885. It is also found on Whale Island and in the Rotorua district, with the largest known deposit at Lake Rotokaua, 9 miles north-east of Taupo.

The stamps, each measuring 25mm x 30mm, are being printed by Leigh-Mardon in Australia using lithography, and will be produced in sheets of 100 (10 rows of 10).

Plate imprint, positional or value blocks may be obtained by purchasing at least six stamps of all denominations.

The stamps will remain on sale indefinitely as part of the current definitive set.

First Day Covers, also designed

by Peter Durrant, will be available from the Philatelic Bureau and all Post Offices on 1 December.

Stampex '83 Tokelau - Fishing The people of Tokelau depend almost solely on the sea for protein, and a set of six stamps showing their various methods of fishing will be issued on November3.

In the April "Philatelic Bulletin", we featured an article on artist Maurice Conly's recent visit to the atolls. He returned with many ideas for stamp issues, of which fishing is the first.

The 5 sene stamp shows an octopus lure; the 18s, multiple-hook fishing; the 23s, ruvettus fishing; the 34s, netting flying fish; the 63s, noose fishing and the 75s, bonito fishing.

All the stamps are vertical and are printed in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10), by the House of Questa in England, using lithography.

First Day Covers, also designed by Maurice Conly, will cost $2.28 and can be ordered from the Philatelic Bureau.

They will be forwarded to Tokelau for date stamping and returned to the Bureau about the end of January, then they will be mailed to customers, unaddressed, and enclosed in an outer envelope. If the order is for both mint stamps and First Day Covers, it will be sent in one posting. Orders for First Day Covers close on November 3.

Plate imprint, positional or value blocks may be obtained by purchasing at least six stamps of all denominations.

The stamps are available in New Zealand only from the Bureau or from philatelic centres, and will remain on sale until May31983.

They are not valid for postage in New Zealand.

Commemoratives NewZea1and

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A set of five commemorative stamps will be released on February 2. They will feature the Salvation Army, the University of Auckland, rainbow trout, World Communications Year, and Closer Economic Relations.

The Army will prove to be a nuisance as troublesome as these pests and as ineradicable."

Nevertheless, the philosophy of "Soup, soap, and Salvation", in that order, brought help to the poor, to prisoners and ex-prisoners, prostitutes, the Salvation Army homeless and alcoholics. During the The centenary of the Salvation Army early days many Army members were is recognised on the 24 cent stamp, which shows a logo designed specially injured in riots and even imprisoned for their beliefs. for the occasion by Bro. Ivan Preston Today, the Salvation Army maintains of the Wellington Citadel Corps .. more than 100 Corps (church) centres The logo depicts the traditional and 50 social service and community symbols of Salvationism in a modern programme centres. style. On the cross, the Maori Koru design represents a new life arising Their work helps alcoholics through from old, suggesting that the promise the bridge programme, and about of the new Army grows out of all that 1,500 unemployed youths through a has gone before. In the upper right of work skills development programme the stamp is the international crest which the Army runs. The Salvation of The Salvation Army.

Army also has hostels for homeless Salvationism was brought to New people, full-care and day-care centres Zealand by Captain George Pollard for children, court and prison visitors, and his Lieutenant, Edward Wright, and homes for the frail or elderly. who arrived in Dunedin on April 1,1883. Of the 10,000 members of the Army, 400 are fu II-time officers such as By the end of that year it had been ministers and 480 are employees. The established in over 25 centres from others, including band members, are Auckland to Invercargill, and by the end of the decade, the Salvation Army all volunteers. was working in every town with a Centenary celebrations will be held all population of more than 1,500. over the country next year, with three This rapid groW1h occured in spite of major events. A divisional celebration strong opposition from the then Prime will be held in Dunedin from April1-4 to Minister, Richard John Seddon, and commemorate the first work of the from much of the public. The Otago Army in New Zealand, and one in Daily Times published an editorial on Auckland, where Salvationism began March 27, 1883, which read: "Bringing two weeks later, from April15-18. the Salvationists to New Zealand will An International Centenary Congress be another of the many mistakes of with 5,000 delegates from all over the acclimatisation. It is the thistles, the world will be held in Wellington from sparrows, the rabbits all over again.

September 22-27.

University of Auckland The University of Auckland's old Arts building and Coat of Arms is featured on the 30 cent stamp.

Its centenary will mark one hundred years since the Auckland University College was opened on May 21, 1883.

At that time the college was affiliated to the University of New Zealand.

Faculties of study were classics and english, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and geology. During the next 35 years, courses in music, mines, engineering, history, economics and architecture also became available.

By the time the university became an independent institution in 1961, botany, geography, anthropology, psychology and town planning departments had also been established.

In the past 20 years, Auckland University has been able to offer an extensive range of courses from nuclear physics to Asian languages and literature, and has established a medical school.

The University of Auckland Coat of Arms bears the motto "Ingenio et Labore", freely translated as "by natural ability and hard work". The three stars express the idea of learning pursued under the sky of the Southern Hemisphere. Beneath three kiwis is a wavy line, emphasising that Auckland is on the sea coast.

Today, there are more than 12,000 full-time and part-time students, 7000 academic staff, and about 1000 people under-taking clerical, technical and administrative duties. .

Centenary celebrations on the weekend of May 6-9 will include a number of public lectures given by distinguished speakers, and a graduation ceremony for the conferring of honorary degrees. There will also be a concert of academically orientated music, and a church service.

Professor Keith Sinclair of the History department, himself a graduate of the University of Auckland, is writin~ a history of the Institution which Will be published to cOincide With the .. centenary.

World Communications Year World Communications Year is recognised on ...---.th_e 45 cent

commemorative stamp. New Zealand is depicted receiving and sending out signals to the rest of the world via satellite and radio signals. The blue lines represent the role that the post plays in communications. WCY was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly and programmes are being co-ordinated by the International Telecommunicatiol]s Union. The UN resolution states that the purpose of the Year is the "Development of Communications Infrastructures", and will focus on communications development at a national level.

The proclamation of WCY '83 is the culmination of four years of negotiations at intergovernment level seeking to promote the harmonious development - economic, social and cultural - of mankind as a whole.

Next year will also see the fourth World Telecommunication Exhibition (Telecom '83) In Geneva from October 26 - November 1. 1983 will also be the midway point of the Transport and Communications Decade in Africa.

Rainbow Trout The 40 cent commemorative stamp shows a rainbow trout (Salmo Gairdnerii) spanning the ocean from California to New Zealand. This is symbolic of the introduction of these fish from Sonoma Creek , a tributary to San Francisco Bay, to Auckland in 1883, the same year that brown trout were introduced from Europe.

From ova that were raised successfully in ponds in the Auckland domain, the rainbow trout was eventually liberated throughout the whole country,

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and today is found in nearly all New Zealand rivers, lakes and streams.

Ova and fry have been carried by horseback to isolated areas, and fingerlings have been dropped into remote lakes from aircraft.

The Rainbow variety is the most sought-after trout in the world because of its renowned fighting qualities. It is a native of North America, found predominantly in the northwest.

In New Zealand, trout-fishing attracts tourists to Lake Taupo and Lake Tarawera, where the average sized fish is 2.0-2.3kg (elsewhere the average is 0.7kg).

In New Zealand, most rainbow trout live in lakes and run up tributary streams to spawn from July until October.

The fish are steel-green along the back, turning silver on the belly, with black or brown spots along the back.

Along the lateral line, they are pink, a colouring which inflames during spawning .

These four commemorative stamps were designed by Peter Durrant of Christchurch, and were printed in England by John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, by the lithographic process.

Each stamp measures 25mm x 41 mm, and is produced in a sheet of 100 (1 0 rows of 10). Plate/imprint, positional or value blocks may be obtained by purchasing at least six of each stamp.

Closer Economic Relations To commemorate the signing of the Closer Economic Relationship agreement between Australia and New Zealand, both countries will release a stamp simultaneously on 2 February 1983.

Stamps Available

.,-----------------------------------------Stamps are available by mail order from the Philatelic Bureau, Stamp Quantities Printed Wanganui, or over the counter from philatelic centres at 1981 COMMEMORATIVE Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Hamilton and Gisborne. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20c 10.012M "ARMS": (set $28.00) $4, $6, $8, $10.

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20c 8.6M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25c 2.2M 30c 2.1M PROVISIONAL OVERPRINTS: 4c, 20c.

35c 2.1M 1981 SCENIC (RIVERS) GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE: (set $1.55) 5c, 1Oc, 20c, 30c, 40c, 50c. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30c 2.0M 35c 2.0M ROSS DEPENDENCY: (set $1.55) 5c, 1Oc, 20c, 30c, 40c, 50c.

40c 2.0M 60c 3.0M

----------------------TOKELAU DEFINITIVES: (set $1.90) 1c, 2c, 3c, 5c, 9c, 20c, 50c, $1.

1981 HEALTH

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40c 2.5M _3_M_a_y_1_98_3_:_1_98_2_li_o_k_e_la_u_F_is_h_in_9_5_s_'1_8_S_,2_3_S_,_34_S_,_6_3s_,_7_5S_(s_e_t$_2_._18_}_._ _ 1980 TOKELAU SPORTS 30 Apri11983:1982 Commemoratives 20C,20c(setenant), 25c, 30c,35c(set$1.30}. SURFING/SWIMMING - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10c .26M 30 April 1983: 1982 Architecture 20c, 25c, 30c, 35c (set $1.10).

15c .26M .26M 20c .26M 30c POST OFFICES CLOSED POST OFFICES OPENED DURING THE YEAR ENDED DURING THE YEAR ENDED 1981 TOKELAU SPORTS MARCH 31, 1982 MARCH31,1982 VOLLEY· BALL/ATHLETICS Walker Street (CH) 24.4.81 Christchurch Postal .26M 10c 13.5.81 Centre (CH) 27.4.81 Matapu (NU) .26M 20c 10.7.81 Christchurch Hospital (CH) 27.7.81 Western Springs (AK) .26M 30c 15.7.81 Police College (WN) 14.9.81 Tauwhare (HN) .26M 50c 24.7.81 Park lands (CH) 16.11.81 Pinehill (AK) 19.8.81 Whiritoa Beach (TH) 23.11.81 Concord (ON) 28.8.81 Howick Colonial Village(AK) 3.2.82 Connells Bay (AK) 1.9.81 Te Kiri (NU) 4.9.81 Westmere (WG) Woodlands Park (AK) 9.11.81 Otaki Beach (WN) 3.2.82 Otakeho (NU) 30.3.82