Focus Number 4 September 1988

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1988 Native Birds Native birds fly on stamps again.

The beauty of rare New Zealand birds has featured on many stamps before. But this particular set of eight stamps, to be issued on 2 November, shows a superb new quality, seen earlier with the Shelduck Stamp.

Pauline Morse of Pukerua Bay, has depicted the eight birds in their natural habitat - the home garden, the sea shore and native or exotic forests.

Banded Dotterel. (Pohowera.)

10e stamp.

This fully protected bird is found on coasts, riverbeds and lake shores.

Short and dumpy, with bands of black and brown across the white breast feathers, it breeds inland on sand or shingle laying usually three greyish or greenish eggs marked with dark brown or black spots.

Yellowhead. (Mohua.) 20e stamp. These tiny birds are about the size of a sparrow - olive green with a canary yellow head and chest and with a musical 'canary like' call.

Living in the South Island, they breed from November to December in natural holes in dead trees laying three or four pinkish white eggs blotched with reddish brown.

Silvereye. (Tauhou.) 30e stamp. Also known as waxeye, they are tiny birds with a yellowish olive head and silvery white feathers around the eye. Living in orchards, gardens and forest lowlands, they nest from October to March laying three to four pale blue eggs.

The Brown Kiwi. 40e stamp.

The fully protected flightless 'Kiwi' is found in native bush scrubland.

Hiding in burrows during the day and moving about at night, they breed from July to February and nest in hollow logs under tree roots and in holes in banks.

Kingfisher. (Kotare Kotaretare.) SOe stamp. Haunting the seashores, forest clearings and home gardens, Kingfishers are distinguished by their darting flight and habit of skimming the water.

They breed in November, boring holes in trees or banks near the sea, laying a clutch of five white eggs.

Spotted Shag. (Parekareka.)

60e stamp. These large slender birds are grey and white with whitish yellow to chrome yellow feet. Adults show ornamental crests and plumes only during the early breeding season when they lay two to four pale blue eggs on ledges and fissures in steep cliffs or in sea caves.

Fiordland Crested Penguin.

BOe stamp. This fully protected penguin is found in coastal native bush in the South Island. It has a distinguishing yellow stripe above the eye and breeds from July to September laying one or two white eggs in rocks, caves and under tree roots.

The South Island Robin. (Toutou wai.) gOe stamp. Found throughout New Zealand in native and exotic forests, they breed from August to February laying two to four cream eggs with purplish brown spots in

nests in tree hollows and rock crevices.

The stamps are of a vertical format and measure 25mm x 30mm.

They were printed by Leigh-Mardon Pty Lld of Australia using a lithographic process in sheets of 100 (10 rows of 10 stamps) and are on sale indefinitely.

Advance orders of the attractively designed First Day Cover can be placed and paid for at most New Zealand Post outlet s from 6 October until 2 November 1988.

The Native Bird First Day Cover costs $4.09c

1988 Whales Issue.

Rare whales abound on stamps.

Whales of the southern oceans are pictured true to life on the 1988 Whales stamp issue, for release on 2 November.

Designer Lindy Fisher of Auckland shows an insight into whale behaviour by featuring different activities, such as suckling, hunting, feeding and supporting young.

A simple design, with a cool subtle colour scheme enhances Lindy Fisher's realistic illustration of these sea mammals, while the First Day Cover is stylised falling ice in an Antarctic sea scape.

The Humpback whale. (60c.) A baleen whale with long pectoral flippers that feeds on large crustaceans and small schooling fish. They pass New Zealand when they migrate north in winter to breed, and on their return in spring.

The young are born alive underwater and are then escorted to the surface to breathe.

The Killer whale. (70c.) This infamous whale is a black and white toothed whale growing up to seven metres long. They hunt in groups for penguins and seals, usually in coastal waters.

The Southern Right whale.

(SOc.) A large baleen whale reaching 15 metres long and 60 tonnes in weight with 300 horny plates up to 2 metres long hung from the upper jaw, instead of teeth.

The plates filter small fish from the sea, which the whale licks from them - "licking its lips".

The Blue whale. (S5c.) This is the largest southern baleen whale and can weigh up to 84 tonnes and grow 24 metres long. It feeds on tiny shrimp-like krill with throat grooves down its body that expand to filter the water it sucks in.

The Southern Bottlenose whale. ($1.05.) A toothed whale of the deep ocean with a long beak.

Often has visible scars, perhaps from encounters with giant squid.

The Sperm whale. ($1.30.) is the largest of all toothed whales, weighing up to 30 tonnes. It lives in family groups, and feeds on giant squid, diving to incredible depths of 1100 metres or so, in search of food.

The Ross Dependency is a wedge shaped slice of the Antarctic continent under New Zealand's jurisdiction since 1923.

The 1988 Whales stamp issue was printed by the Government Printing Office in Wellington using a lithographic process. There are 100 stamps per sheet, (10 rows of 10 stamps).

The stamps are in a horizontal format, measuring 28mm x 40mm.

Unless stocks are exhausted earlier, the stamps will remain on sale at Post outlets until 19 January, 1989 and at the Philatelic Bureau for mail orders until 2 November, 1989.

The First Day Cover with its

complete set of Whales stamps can be purchased for $5.53c. Advance orders of the First Day Cover can be placed and paid for at most New Zealand Post outlets from 6 October to 2 November 1988.

1989 Flowers Issue.

Weeds by any other name?

Give someone flowers and watch their face register pleasure. See wild flowers growing in profusion and somehow the colourful scene brightens the day.

Flower stamps also give pleasure to collectors world-wide and the set of four featuring wild flowers to be issued on 20 January will be no exception.

The subjects which include, "escaped garden" flowers were chosen by designer, Heather Arnold of Takapuna, on Auckland's North Shore. Clover (40c), Lotus (60c), Monbretia (lOc) and Wild Ginger (SOc) all grow prolifically in the warm northern North Island areas.

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Wild Ginger and Monbretia are "escaped" garden flowers which were probably planted by early settlers to remind them of "home".

The seeds were carried by wind, water and animals to places far beyond the original garden and now provide colour along our roadsides and over the countryside.

Clover (40c) was introduced originally to improve our pasture.

Various strains of clover have since been bred. Today the clover flower contributes largely to our honey production - a complete circle story as some clovers did not flourish until bees were imported to fertilise them.

Lotus (Lotus species) (60e) is the birdsfoot trefoil of Europe. The gold flowering plant can be planted

in pasture, but mainly runs wild. It prefers a moist climate but is also found in our high country areas.

Monbretia (Crocosmia x Crocosmiiflora) (70c) is an "escaped" garden flower. Originally from Southern Africa, it is seen on the roadsides in the warmer damp districts of New Zealand. It grows

from bulbs and flourishes very well in Northland and Westland.

Wild Ginger (Hedychium species) (SOc) was introduced from the Himalayas and India. There are two varieties, Hedychium gardnerianum with a yellow tinted flower, and Hedychium flavescens with a pale creamy flower.

Wild flowers a first for Heather.

Auckland artist, Heather Arnold is a newcomer to stamp design and Wild Flowers is her first foray into the world of stamps.

Heather attributes her success in winning this first stamp commission to a pencil drawing of a rose, drawn as part of her entrance folio for the Graphic Design course at the Auckland Technical Institute. That drawing was included in the portfolio of work she submitted to the Stamp Design Council.

Two mediums were chosen to produce the wild flowers issue Gouache, (an opaque water colour) and water colour. For the First Day Cover illustration Heather used colour pencil - a medium she had not used before and which she found exciting.

The wild flowers depicted on the stamps all grow in the Auckland area near Heather's home. She says that South Island flowers were considered but the only reference material that she had available was photographs in books and those did not provide enough detail to work from.

By choosing wild flowers that grow prolifically in the north she was able to pick them, take them home and work from the living plant.

Heather says she has not done much colour illustration work so she was pleased to do the stamp issue.

This gave her an opportunity to work with different colour mediums.

Heather left Westlake Girls High after the seventh form year. She joined the Post Office as a clerk in the Regional Engineer's office, but had always wanted to work in graphic design. After gaining qualifications in graphic design at the Auckland Technical Institute, Heather worked in two art studios and a printing company's art department.

At the beginning of this year Heather and a friend were offered

the opportunity of starting up a partnership in graphic design. They formed The Design Company in East Tamaki and specialise in the areas of corporate image and design.

Another of Heather's interests is puppetry. She has been associated with the New Zealand Puppet Theatre from its inception and would like to spend more time in the future on her puppets.

1989 Writers Issue.

New Zealand writers finally grace our letters.

For the first time, this country's men and women of letters are recognised on New Zealand stamps. We've had many requests to commemorate authors and the most nominated have been chosen for their contribution to our life, history and literature.

Wellington artist Allan Mitchell has painted true reflective portraits of Katherine Mansfield, James K. Baxter, Bruce Mason and Ngaio Marsh for this stamp issue - to be released on 1 March, 1989.

sUffering a coughing fit and haemorrhaging on January 9, 1922.

"I must be an authoress"Katherine Mansfield. (40c stamp.)

Our most famous authoress was born on 14 October, 1888, the daughter of Sir Harold Beauchamp, a director of the Bank of New Zealand. Katherine Mansfield was her pseudonym but she was known as Kathleen Murry. Most of her happy childhood memories centre around holidays at Days Bay, Wellington, though she finished her education in London. While studying the cello' in London, she impulsively married her music master, only to leave the day after the wedding having decided "I must be an authoress". In 1918 she married George Middleton Murry, the same year she was diagnosed as having tuberculosis. She spent the following five years searching for advice for a cure and perhaps as a reaction to her illness, produced her most fruitful and creative writing including; "The Dolls House", "At the Bay" and the "Garden Party". She finally died at the Gurdjieff Institute in Paris after

"On Calvary Street are trellises INhere bright as blood the roses bloom, And gnomes like pagan fetishes Hang their hats on an empty tomb INhere two old souls go slowly mad, National Mum and Labour Dad ... " - James K. Baxter. (60c stamp.)

James Keir Baxter was born at Brighton, Otago, on 29 June, 1926 and wrote prolifically from the age of seven, right up until his death at 46 years.

His father was a leading conscientious objector during World War I and James K. followed in his footsteps by standing up for his beliefs. With a critical eye on society in his works, his heroes and heroines were on society's fringes drunks, prostitutes and good hearted derelicts.

Baxter marrried Jacqueline Sturm in 1948 and they had two children.

He also worked as a postie, mail sorter and freezing worker to support his family. With plays produced from New York to Dunedin, his poetry won him critical acclaim, awards, scholarships as well as sparking controversy notably "Lament for Barney Flanagan", "Pig Island Letters", "The Rock Woman", and "The Flowering Cross." Baxter became known as "Hemi", the bearded, bare footed, wise man who lived in poverty in a remote Maori settlement called Jerusalem, on the Wanganui river.

"But Yin and Yang won't ever meet, In Calvary Street, in Calvary Street."

Eight hundred people mourned him at his burial in 'Jerusalem' when he died in October 1972.

Bruce Mason was born in Wellington in 1921, and served with the Naval Volunteer Reserve before he married Or Diana Shaw in 1945.

Mason sought to express New Zealand's distinctive identity in his works. In 1953 he won the British Drama League Festival with his first play, 'The Bonds of Love'.

In 1957, his famous play, "The Pohutukawa Tree" was produced for the first time, while he worked as a critic, journalist and drama critic.

In 1959, Mason first presented the dramatic solo performance for which he is best known and loved "The End of the Golden Weather", with its theme of childhood's end.

He managed nearly 1000 performances before he died of cancer in 1981 - not before he was honoured with a doctorate in literature and a CBE.

(So says novelist Ngaio Marsh's fictitious detective Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn.)

An only child, Edith Ngaio Marsh was born at Christchurch in 1899, and educated at St Margarel's College and Canterbury University School of Art. For two years she worked in New Zealand and London theatre cementing a life-long love of Shakespeare's plays. Her first novel was published in 1933, and she went on to produce 30 detective novels up until the year of her death.

She served in the New Zealand Red Cross Transport during the second Worid War. Between 1938-1949 she returned to the theatre, producing a number of Shakespeare's plays.

She returned to Christchurch to live, write, paint, lecture and produce plays. Dame Ngaio Marsh was awarded an OBE in 1948, and an honourary doctorate in literature in 1963. She died in 1982, aged 83 with her next novel on the drawing board.

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"I invite you to join me in a voyage into the past, to that territory of the past we call childhood. Consider, if you will, Te Parenga ... " - Bruce Mason. (70c stamp.)

"Murder is beastly. Unfortunately it's not unreal." - Ngaio Marsh. (BOc stamp.)

1988 Presentation Packs.

The Presentation Pack displays popularity.

New Zealand's presentation stamp packs have not only proved popular with philatelists round the world but have also made attractive gifts with lasting value.

The first New Zealand Presentation Pack was issued in late 1982 and featured that year's Four Seasons stamps. Since then, stamp packs have covered a variety of subjects and promoted the country's tourist attractions, native birds, ski fields and history.

Limited stocks of most packs are available from the New Zealand Post Philatelic Bureau, Private Bag, Wanganui. In November, two more presentation packs will be released, New Zealand Native Birds and Whales of the Southern Oceans.

Scenic Walkways Presentation Pack,1988.

New Zealand's beautiful scenery attracts visitors from around the world.

They come to traverse our spectacular scenic walkways from great open spaces and beautiful coastlines to golden tussock valleys, towering mountain peaks and rain forests.

This pack was placed on sale 29 June 1988 and costs $3.95c. It makes an interesting and lasting gift not only for friends and relatives but for serious collectors of New Zealand stamps.

Four of our most popular scenic walkways are featured; Milford (70 cents), Heaphy (80 cents), Copland (85 cents) and Routeburn ($1.30).

New Zealand Birds Presentation Pack.

Watching rare birds in their natural habitat is the hobby of many New Zealanders. Now you can share in this with the beautiful New Zealand presentation pack. To be released on 16 November, 1988 for $6.00, the birds featured are; the Banded Dotterel, Yellowhead, Silvereye, Brown Kiwi, Kingfisher, Spotted Shag, Paradise Shelduck, Fiordland Crested Penguin, and the New Zealand Robin.

Whales Presentation Pack.

Everyone from conservationists and thematic collectors to those with

an appreciation of the sea will enjoy this pack containing Whales of the Southern Oceans.

The pack contains six stamps and will be issued on 16 November for $6.80. The whales featured are; the Humpback, Killer, Southern Right, Blue, Southern Bottlenose and the Sperm.

The 1988 New Zealand Stamp Collection.

The 1988 New Zealand Stamp Collection, due for release on November 2, is bigger and better than ever.

Its 52 pages, eight more than last year, feature all 14 New Zealand stamp issues of the 1988 calendar year. The high quality, full colour album, is expected to sellout even more quickly than last year's album.

The stamp issues included are: Centenary of Philately, Centenary of Electricity, Rafter Painting, Takahe,

Personal Message Stamps, Paradise Shelduck, Scenic - Walking Tracks, Australian Bicentenary, Health/Olympic, Christmas, New Zealand's Heritage (The Land), Kiwi Round Stamp, Birds of New Zealand and Whales of the Southern Oceans.

Three miniature sheets are also included: Centenary of Philately, The Scenic Walking Tracks and Health Olympic Games.

The album contains detailed information about the subject matter of the stamps giving a fascinating

Advance order your '988 New Zealand Stamp Collection using the Order Form on the back flap.

and educational insight into various aspects of New Zealand life and history. Also included is technical data about the stamps and their production, and biographical notes about the stamp designers.

A matching, black, gold blocked slip-case protects each album, and a resealable dust cover contains a certificate of authenticity, a gift card and a sheet holding the 51 stamps for the collector to mount in the framed sections of the album.

The 1988 New Zealand Stamp Collection will cost $49.00.

Advance mail orders are now being accepted by the Philatelic Bureau, New Zealand Post Limited, Private Bag, Wanganui.

1988 New Zealand Stamp Pack An attractive colourful cover featuring a combination of beautiful New Zealand scenery and a montage of stamps, makes the 1988 New Zealand Stamp Pack a superb gift.

This year's pack also has a new compact look, giving it additional appeal to tourists and collectors.

Containing the 27 special and commemorative stamps issued between November 1987 and September 1988, the pack costs $17.75 and goes on sale on 14 September, 1988. In all, eight stamp issues are included.

Fibre: A Maori perspective on the use of natural fibre is the subject of the four stamps in this issue depicting binding, plaiting and weaving with flax and fibre. They were issued on November 4, 1987 and the denominations are 40, 60, 80 and 85 cents.

Centenary of Philately in New Zealand: This issue, released on 13 January, 1988, includes two 40 cent se-tenant stamps and a miniature sheet. The subjects are portraits of Queen Victoria, who was the reigning monarch at the time New Zealand's first Philatelic Society was formed and our present Queen, Elizabeth 11. The "Chalon" miniature sheet is not included in the Stamp Pack.

Centenary of Electricity in New Zealand: This set of four stamps was also issued on 13 January.

The stamps all bear the same

design of concentric circles signifying the movement of energy in the generation of electricity, but each denomination is a different colour. The denominations are 40, 60, 70 and 80 cents.

Rafter Paintings: The stamp designs in this set represent a modern interpretation of traditional kowhaiwhai patterns used by the New Zealand Maori people in decorative painting and carving. The denominations are three stamps at 40c and one at 60c. The stamps were issed on 2 March, 1988.

Scenic Walkways: This issue of four stamps features four of New Zealand's picturesque walking tracks - Milford, Heaphy, Copland and Routeburn. The denominations are 70, 80, 85 cents and $1.30. They were released on 8 June, 1988.

Health/Olympic: These stamps, issued on 27 July, 1988, feature four Olympic sports: canoeing, athletics, equestrian and swimming. The denominations are - Swimming (40 cents, plus 3 cents, Health surcharge); Track and Field (60 cents, plus 3 cents); Canoeing (70 cents, plus 3 cents) and Equestrian (80 cents, plus 3 cents).

Christmas: Four stamps, released on 14 September, continue the carol theme of last year. The stamps are: 0 Come, All Ye Faithful (35c); Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (70c); Ding Dong l Merrily on High (80c) and the First Nowell (85c)

Australia's Bicentenary: This 40 cent stamp features a humorous campfire scene showing a Kiwi and a Koala

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enjoying a relaxed evening. Released on 21 June, 1988, this joint stamp issue marks Australia's Bicentenary and the close links between the two nations.

The 1988 First Day Covers Pack.

Advance order your 1988 First Day Covers Pack using the Order Form on the back flap.

All First Day Covers issued between November 1987 and September 1988 are included in the

1988 First Day Covers Pack which goes on sale on 2 November. This at1ractive pack makes a suitable gift for any philatelist in the family or as a souvenir item for overseas friends and relations.

The magnificent 1988 First

Day Covers Pack contains datestamped and specially designed unaddressed covers for the following issues: Fibre, Centenary of Philately (two covers), Centenary of Electricity, Rafter Painting, Takahe, Personal Message, Paradise Shelduck, Scenic - Walking "[racks (two covers), Australia's Bicentenary (two covers), Health/Olympic, Vending Machine Postage Label and Christmas.

The packs will sell for $30.82c and will be available from New Zealand Post Philatelic Sales Centres or by mail order from the New Zealand Post Philatelic Bureau, Wanganui .

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Looking forward to New Zealand 1990.

NEW ZEALAND 1990 has established a supporters' club so that stamp collectors world wide can obtain first hand information about what is happening, leading up to the biggest stamp exhibition ever held in New Zealand. Supporters receive newsletters, a club badge and advance information about exhibition souvenirs and events.

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Membership of the club costs just $25.00. Anyone can join by sending their name and address plus $25.00 to NEW ZEALAND 1990, P.O. Box 4069, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND. 1990

Rare lottery prize worth up to

$80,000.

The season tickets for the largest ever stamp exhibition to be held in New Zealand will not only allow purchasers entry to the show but also give them a chance in a lottery for a block of four of the rare 1906 Christchurch Exhibition penny claret stamps.

The penny clarets are worth between $14,000 and $20,000 each on the open market and will be a magnificent prize for any stamp collector.

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A se-tenant strip of orchid stamps will be a part of the New Zealand Post Lld's sponsored season tickets for the NEW ZEALAND 1990 World Stamp Exhibition.

In the next newsletter members will be given full details about the special Antarctic souvenir cinderella sheets which are being issued to promote NEW ZEALAND 1990 at overseas international stamp exhibitions. The first of these was issued for SYDPEX '88 and the second is coming out for INDIA 1989.

Another two will tie in with PHILEXFRANCE '89 and LONDON STAMPWORLD '90.

Focus readers can order the first souvenir cinderella sheet depicting Shackleton and Mawson and the King

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Edward VII Land stamp using the attached NEW ZEALAND 1990 Order Form on the back flap.

A special booklet was also produced by NEW ZEALAND 1990 featuring a strip of five of the New Zealand Australian Bicentennial 40c stamps. The booklet features a New Zealand Greetings stamp on the cover cancelled with the NEW ZEALAND 1990 special postmark. These booklets sold well at SYDPEX '88 but a few were reserved for NEW ZEALAND 1990 Supporters Club members and FOCUS readers.

The booklet is available in four versions with the stamps attached by the left or right selvedge and with a choice of greetings stamp on the cover.

New Zealand Post Lld will issue in 1989 a "specimen" set of New Zealand high value bird definitives. Proceeds from the sale of this set, in a special presentation pack, will go towards funding the NEW ZEALAND 1990 World Stamp Exhibition. Fill out the attached order form for all 1990 products.

To place your order use the 1990 Order Form on the back flap.

Stamps Available All stamps and products in this leaflet are available by mail order from the Philatelic Bureau, Private Bag, Wanganui, or over the counter from Philatelic Sales Centres at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Rotorua and Gisborne.

All prices quoted throughout this issue are in New Zealand dollars, ARMS. (Set $2400) $6, $8, $10.

DEFINITIVES. (Set $2099) Rocks and minerals 1c, 2c, 3c, 4c, Fruit 10c, 20c, 30c, Maori Portraits 15c, 25c, 35c, Native Birds 30c, 40c, 45c,

5c, 9c 40c, 50c.

45c, 60c.

60c, 70c, $1, $2, $3, $4, $5

GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE. (Set $1.55). 5c, 10c, 20c, 30c, 40c, 50c.

TOKELAU DEFINITIVES. (Set $4.99). 1s, 2s, 5s, 9s, 23s, 34s, 50s, 75s,$1, $2.

SPECIAL ISSUES. 1987 Fibre Issue.

1988 Centenary of Philately Issue.

1988 Centenary of Electricity Issue 1988 Rafter Painting Issue.

1988 Scenic Walking Tracks Issue.

1988 Australian Bicentenary Issue.

1988 Olympic Health Issue.

1988 Frama Label.

1988 Christmas Issue (released 14.9.88).

TOKELAU. 1988 Tokelau Political Development Issue 1988 Tokelau Australian Bicentenary Issue.

Withdrawals.

1 November 1988:

Fruit Definitives.

1 November 1988:

Maoh Portraits.

1 November 1988:

Native Birds (30c, 40c, 45c, 60c).

30 November 1988: Fibre Issue 6 December 1988:

Tokelau Political Development Issue.

6 December 1988

Tokelau Australian Bicentenary Issue.

2 March 1989:

Rafter Painting Issue.

18 April 1989:

Arms Definitives.

30 April 1989:

Centenary of Electricity Issue.

30 April 1989

Centenary of Philately Issue.

Acknowledgements.

'Focus on New Zealand Stamps' is prepared at New Zealand Post Headquarters, Wellington, and published in April and September each year. Each issue is distributed free to some 60,000 stamp collectors, both in New Zealand and overseas.

Articles may be extracted for reprinting without further permission. Acknowledgement to 'Focus on New Zealand Stamps' would be appreciated.

NOTE: Some of the stamps illustrated in this publication are taken from proofs and original artwork and will be subject to minor alterations.

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