Series 4 new zealand philatelic bulletin no 25 1981 april

Philatelic Bulletin New Zealand

April 1981 issue 25

1981 HEALTH STAMP PREVIEW

MINli\TUHEc SHEET $1 -12c

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Pictured on left is the printer's proof of the miniature sheet for the 1981 Health issue, to be released on 5 August. Each of the three stamps forming the picture is also complete in itself.

The issue anti the first day cover were designed by Post Office Headq uarters Display artist, Phillip Paea.

NEW DEFINITIVE STAMP PACK The new definitive stamp pack, pictured below, went on sale on 4 February at $&.30. The pack contains all 21 current definitives including the 1975 Roses issue; 1978 and 1979 Seashells issues; the 1977 Royal Stamp issue and the most recent definitive release, the 1980 Maori portraits issue.

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~~~~EFINITIVE

STAMPS OF NEW ZEALAND

'ARMS' NOT 'FISCALS'

WINNERS THE POST Office Stamp Collectors Packs are not only proving a big hit on the sales charts, they are a success in design tcmlS as well. The 1978 and 1979 packs won a certificate of commendation at the 1980 Tourism Design Awards, presen ted by the Minister of Tourism late last year.

POST OFfiCES OPLNED. Rotorua Hospital Te Awanga Red Beach

26.5.80 3.6.80 15.9.80

CLOSED. Puysegur Point (IN) Waikawa Bay (BM) Makarora (ON) Pakaraka (WR) Gilbert Road (AK) Kawau Island (AK) Kelso (ON) Stephens Island (NN) Surrey Hills (AK) Waianiwa (IN) Moko Hinau (AK) Wairio (IN) Hikuai (TH)

8.4.80 9.5.80 \5.5.80 4.6.80 4.6.80 6.6.80 13.6.80 19.6.80 9.5.80 25.6.80 4.6.80 14.7.80 25.8.80

NEW ZEALAND'S four high value stamps - the $4, $6, $8 and $10 arc to be known from now on officially as 'Arms' stamps, replacing the previous terminology of 'fiscals'.

The change has been made because many' people regard these as duty stamps, unaware that they are available for postage.

The common usage name of 'Arms' stamps comes from the design which. includes the New Zealand Coat of AIms. 'Anns' type stamps were fust issued in 1931, from a design by H L Richardson, who was also responsible for the George V

Iy duty stamps. The whole 1931 'Arms' set was fully authorised for postal use as is the current set.

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series.

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The same design in a variety of colours has been reused over the years with many changes' of denomination.

Fiscal stamps were not

authorised

for

postal use until 1882 and even then cont-

inued to be essential-

5cN.Z.GOVERNMENTUFEINSURANCEOFFIC . ~

A NEW SET of New Zealand Government Life stamps will come in to use this year, calling to attention the history of these unique-issues.

office were set up in Chief Post Offices. This close connection was gradually extended and at one time more than 240 Postmasters \vcre acting as representatives of Government Life Insurance.

Government Life stamps were first issued in 1891, 21 years after the Government Life Insurance Department had come into existence.

The stamps are unique in that they are restricted to corrcspondence on Government Life business, and there is no other Government enterprise in the world known to have this privilege. Usually if these stamps arc detected on envelopes not marked "Government Life" they are treated as invalid and the articles as unpaid, hut as a concession to collectors, such articles are accepted on the first daLof issu_e.

The Department had, in common with other Government services a t the time, enjoyed franking privileges, paying an

annual amount to the then Post and Telegraph Departof- ~ on their con cspo jjdencc.

-meffl- -f6 oo-ver- the ~

However a difference of opinion arose as to the actual amount to be paid, calculated on periodical countings.

The Postmaster-General's Report of 1891 records the case as follows: "The matter in dispute was refcrred to an arbitrator, but the Insurance Department declined to recognise the award and decided to prepay its correspondence by stamps. The acceptance of alien stamps by the Post Office is unique. It was urged that stamps of a distinctive character would be less likely to be fraudulently used (tltis reference to fraudulent use is assumed to refer to the possible pilfering of stamps by staff of the Insurance Department), while they would also afford a means for advertising the Insurance Department."

Ap<ut from this 'difference of opinion', the relationship between the two Departments has been long and cordial, dating back to 1869 when branches of the

i~suL'~ uf (,(l\'crnmel1t Life stamps in some 33 different designs. Traditionally the stamps have been designed to include the lighthouse emblem of the Department, symbolic of strength and security in times of adversity.

Sint:c 1891 tht:rl' have beell 8 Ile\\

All manned lighthouses in New seas have now been featured on haps in tune with the move lighthouses, the design of Ille lighthouse in stylised tonn.

Zealand and onc overthese stamps, and perto automation of the 1981 issue shows the

The same design will be used for all 6 stamps in the issuc, with a different colour combination for cach denomination. The stamps wcre designed by Alla.n Mitchell of Wellington.

At the tinle of going to press the release date had not been confirmed. Ordering details will be published in the usual way with a new issue pamphlet and news media releases.

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of intcrprc[in~ and a subject ror a country, and putting. It down as atrfJClivcly as possible:' .. It's

a

Illattt.:r

portrayin~

Putting thing.s down 3lUactivdy is certainly no probk'l1l for Allan. several of \\ hos\..' d~signs have met \vilh eunsiderable popularity: The 1971

Rose Convl'ntion series for example \\ as so popubr it had to be feprinlcd shortly after it was issued: the Ruse dcfinilivcs or 1975 \\ ere- much ~ILilllirt'd i.lod the 1979 Statesmen issue <.1150 sC~Ill~d to strike a chord for begc numbers of collectors and nOfl-{;oUcclors alike.

He

favours

a

tightly-<Jrawll

repre-

sentational style. and this IS the strength thl' Post orrice has caUcd on frequently over the bst decade whl'n <.I feilistiL' p:.Jphic approach is fcquin.:d fOf a slamp design. The Vint:.Jgc Cafs sCfks in 1972 J.nd nl;lIlY uf his Niue slamp d(:si~ns are priml' l'xampll's of this SIYIt..:.

AlIan says hl' also cnjl,)ys usin~ <.Ibstrat't dt:sign for symbolic themi.~s, for c\:.Jmpk thl' 1975 stamp COIlUlli.'11l;.Jr:.Jling Inll'malional Woml'n's Year.

Bold simplicitY has again come to the fore in Allan's design for the si.\. 19RI GovernJ11l'nt Lift..: stamps. These id entic;,Ii di.'si~ns haw a different rolour l'ombin;'ltion ror each denomination. ·Pusleris(Jlion'. ,,"hich reduCl's pictorial c1cnH..'nts 10 simpk shapes in !la I colours. is a tcchnique AU:.Jn often l.:lllploys whl'n realism is required hut dl'tail would not be appropriate. Thl' 1978 I-k<llth stamp dcpictin~ Cl heart operation is a ~ood c \.a rn plc. lksCTibul~ himsl'lf as 'car~crazy', Allan fuund lhe 1972 Vinl;J.~e Cars

jSSlll' the lllosI challl'ngjng lO work on, and also lhl.' isslIL' which still gives him perhaps the most satisfaclion.

Tiles\,' stamps reveal a ~.!H"Jl (ka.l or dl'tau on dose inspec11011, yet retain an overall si III plicity dcsi!!ll. To overcome any probkms or idcntificaljol1, he chosl' a differellt b:Jl.'k!!fOul1d colour for l'ach denomination.

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Allal1 Mitchell A striking use of colour is appafl.'llt the T okclau Ll\SUl' and the seven NiUt..' issut.'s AUan has dl'signed.

Prcdomulant is lhe lush green, so char<Jctcristic or the tropics. Soon after cOl11pleting his first stamp designs. thl' 1971 Niue Bird stamps.

Albn SPl'11t a week in Niul.' "hl'rl' hl' wa~ able to absorb the ·luc:.Jl colour'" Si:\. stamp design (:0 111111 issions fur Niut.' foUowed in the nc:\.! fivc years, all of wh..ich f('alllTe bold glowing colouTs.

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Al1an has bel'n in cOllllllercial art from the age of sixteen when he joined his I"athl'r's frce·lance studio during the WaI. His father ,,"as the worldrenowned stamp designer, the late L\,'on;,trd (' Mitchcll, whose many well known slamI' designs include the 1931 "slllilin~ boy" Health stamps, the 1954 first IIumal, Rights United Nations stamp and the 1970 United Natiuns Caneer stamp.

AUan likes to think he is uing thl' family traditiun.

contin~

New Zealand

IM1AlHNlH INllANAlION.lI.

10c

VINIAGI

CiA RAllY

The two narrow main islands of New Zealand share a mountain backbone ribbed with river vaUeys. The high peaks and ridges catch rain clouds and send thousands of streams cascading down the steep slopes in direct and comparatively short descent to the sea. Snow fed tributaries can change without warning from gentle rivulets into roaring cataracts, metres high, sluicing through rocky gorges then spreading imperiously to flood the lowlands as they gather strength towards the coasts. Sometimes New Zealand rivers make a more mature progress, meandering in skeins through older alluvial leiTaces or more recent alluvial plains, but always they must be treated with respect. In pioneering days when there were no bridges, New Zealand rivers claimed so many lives that drowning became known as "the New Zealand death" .

Pictured in placid mood, four New Zealand rivers feature on stamps in the 1981 scenic issue. There are two from the North Island, Ihe Kaiauai and the Mangahao; and two from the South Island. the Shotover and the Cleddau.

The 30c stamp shows Ihe clear waters of the Kaiauai, onc of the many streams radiating from the snowcapped

cone of Mt

Egmont which

gleams in the background.

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Ihe sea. Virtually all that remains of Ihis sub-lropical bllnkel now ties wllhin the boundary of the stale-protected Egmont National Park, which extends to a radius of nearly IOkm from the crater. Jusl within this boundary tics

This 2500m mountain rises in such

the Kaiauai Gorge. where late hist year

dramatic isolation from the surroun-

sites occupied

ding plains that its dominating influence has made it Ihe symbol of the Taranaki province, wltich has also taf(.en-the mountain.!s-MaoTi-namc-:

Maori tribe were rcdiscowrcd. They

150 years ago by a

were Atiawa people, who had fled

some 25km through the forest

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the

gorge, seeking refuge after a battle with W(Jikalo warriors at whose hands their

rivalling l'ujiyarna, particularly when viewed from the south.

pa (village) had been destroyed. The Kaiauaf is mentioned in locaJ Mauri history as far back as the beginning of the fifteenth century.

Despite its permanent snow~p this is a dormant, not an extinct, volcano and

The Mangahao, pictured on Ihe 35e

It is claimed to be onc of the most symmetrical volcanoes in the world,

was last active in 1765. It is the most recent in a series of three volcanoes on a single volcanic line; the other two

stamp. rises in the mountain divide between cast and west in the lower

Kaiauai is between the second of these

North Island - Ihe Tarama Range where its hC<Jdwatcrs arc dammed tu supply the Mangahao Hydro-deetrie Station. It flows down the eastern flank of the mountains then slows

and Egmont.

at

Today dairy cattle browse where oncc native forest flowed in an almost

eastward through farmland, roughly parallel with the ranges. Mangahao waters then tlow into a major North Island river, the Manawatu.

now appearing as much eroded rem-

nants forming a shoulder on Egmonl's northern slopes. The source of the

unbroken cover from the snowlinc to

their

feet

to

meander

nonh-

II has been suggested thi..lt the naming of till' Shotover River, shown on the 40c stamp, Illay also be a corruption this timl' of the French . 'Chateau Vert'.

The Shotover rises in the bleak and rugged Otago interior at the south l'nd of the Southern Alps and flows south bet" cen mountain ranges reaching up to 2500111. It joins the Kawarau River a few kilometres after its exit from Lake Wakalipu.

Ilcar the lakeside tourist resort of Quccnstown.

The river carrics a heavy silt load, lll<Jkin~ it onl' of the few New Zealand rivers unsuitable for Iishing, but it h<Jd other atlrae¡ lions for Ihe thousands who flocked here 120 ye<Jrs ago. Today the region's colourful history is reflected in the i..Iulul11n tunin!.!s or the poplars, as seen on the stal11 1', for in lhe 1860s this Wi..IS the centre ora gold strike.

KAIAUAI

Grcyw<.Ickl..' shingk dl.'civl'd fwm

Gold fever struck Otago following the discovery of gold at Tuapeka in 1861. As other discoveries were made, new Otago fields were opened and fortune seekers from many countries Ilockcd tu each new digg~ ings. The Wi..Ikatipu diggings began

the

Tararua R"lngc Iinl's the riverbed and shows throu!!h the topsoil on the riverside pasture land, contrasting in the picture with the yellow cloy of the neorby rood clItting. The 1.':\ posed cliff face with its shHlting 51ra1<.1 shown un th(' right appears 10 be the result

of sl'isllIic <.Ictivity.

The MJIH!ah<.lo Ilvdro~lcctric Station is un t/;c west' side uf thl..' range. and water fro-m three dams is pipl..¡d through tu it. This first Government station tu be built in the North Island began generating in November 1924, and still operates using virtually the S<.tIllC equipment. It was onc of the most dd'fieult ond complicated works undertaken by the department <.lnd cost no fewcr thim 9 lives.

Onc authurity states that MangahoLl and not Mangal1ilo is the correct Maoei namc for this rivcr. This could be an example of the corruption of o Moori n"",e brought obout by the dd'ficulty many pioneers hod with correct Maori pronunciation, and from common usage it has passed into written form.

MANGAHAO

when the discovery of gold on the Arrow River was made public in October 1862. The following month the cxistencc of the field w"s confirmed when two local shepherds doing some Sunday panning in the Shotover made a rind tha t \Vas to leave them $8,000 richer wit hin two

By

months.

December

the

banks "nd termces of the Arrow and Shotovcr were bristling with the tents of some 3,000 miners.

The Shotover was to yield some fabulous returns, second only to the Yukon, and " tributary of the Shotover, Skippcrs Creek, became known as the richest creek in the world. Gold was freq uen tiy measured in pounds, not ounces.

Then in 1863 freak spring conditions spelled disaster for miners on the Wakatipu and the nearby Dunslall fields.

Unusually warm rains foUowing

heavy

snows

caused

a

sudden thaw of phenomenal proportions. The rivers rose without warning. The normally placid Arrow engulfed Arrowtown.

Highland streams swept in torrential flood down to the Shotover which roared through its mounta.in gorges, more tllan 10 metres above its normal level, scouring

from its path miners, tents, equipment and stores. The death toll was high, and was to rise still further in the prolonged snows that followed, which cut

slender Lines of communication

and prevented rescuers with supplies from reaching these remote d iggings. ror the survivors, it was not long before the glamour of the Wakatipu field faded, and they moved on to more accessible finds.

In a similaI latitude over several mountain ranges to the west lies the C1eddau River, shown on the lilkslalllp.

Explorers in the arc" in the 1860s found no gold in the massive granite mountains, but breathtaking alpine and fiord sccnery, which still attracts a lucrative stream of tourists from all over the world.

The Clcddau rises in three branches flowing north-westward into Milford Sound, where with lhe Arthur River il feeds freshwater into tile head of this west coast fiord, in view of the famous Mitre Peak. It is said to h"ve been named in the 1820s by a Welsh whaler captain, for whom it was apparently reminiscent of the Welsh river C1eddau which em pties inlo Milford Haven in Pembrokshire.

Prior to 1832 whalers and sealcrs knew of this safe anchorage as Milford Haven as well.

In

the early

1880s 10c"1 aUlhori-

SHOTOVER ties offered rewards for the discovery of an overland routc from the Southern Lakes to Milford Sound. BUl the amphitheatre of mountains enclosing tile sources of the C1edd"u proved a frustrating barrier. Then in 1888 a strong survey party which included a future Premier, Thomas Mckenzie, made an organised search; two mcmbers approaching from the ClinlOn Valley north of Lake Te Anau and the rest working up the Arthur Valley on the Milford side of the mountains.

It was Quintin McKinnon and his ¡companion who discovered what is now called the McKinnon pass, aftcr hacking" path through the bush for two months to the watershed bctween lhe Clinton and Arthur rivers. It opened the w"y for the first overl"nd route, the Milford Tmek, whieh is still vcry much in use as the celebrated tourist walkway ofsorne 52km.

In the same year, W.H Homer discovered a saddle between the source of the south branch of the Cleddau and the Hollyford River. There was considerable potential for a vehicle route from Te Anau up the Eglington Valley "nd into the upper Hollyford Valley, but to get through to the Clcddau, Homer proposed a tunnel. Some 50 years later the potential was realised, and the main road now passes through the Homcr Tunnel and follows thc South Branch of the Cleddau "11 the way 10 Milford Sound. On the W"y it p"sses such appropri<ltely namcd landmarks as Sheerdown Pe"k and Mount Isolation.

A mcmbl;r of McKinnon's survey p"fty h"d released trout fry in the Cledd"u in 1888, and today fishing in the C1edd"" "dds to the tourist attradions of the Fiordland National Park.

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Family Life Issue

20C

ewZeaIand

Zealand

25C

IF ALL '\ew Zealanders were asked 10 describe theIr own families. and sa\ which four acti\'ities best typif~ their family life. there could be as many different replies as there are '\ew Zealanders, But ask them to describe thc ideal

old and the very young both lend 10

New

have

Zealand

family

and

choose

four of its activities, and they might weU come up with something similar to what appears on the four stamps in the 1981 New Zealand Family Life stamp issue.

The 20e stamp shows a family of three young children and their young parents 'al play'.

Competitive sports play an important part in the New Zealand ideal of C lildhood, and games skills are generally encouraged at family level.

Physical culture has long been an im portan t aspect 0 f ad ul t life as weU, encouraged perhaps by the country's chaUenging terrain, temperate

climate,

and

abundance

of

sunshine and good food.

So the sight of a sporting Mum and Dad out playing with the children, while not commonplace, would be highly approved by passers-by.

'The family society's

at play' hints at this

much

vaunted

egalitari-

anism in that Mum and Dad are not afraid to be seen 'playing kid's games', shedding for a while the power of their accustomed parental roles to place themselves on an equal footing with their children, submitting to the same rules.

On the 25c stanlp are a story-book elderly couple; Grandpa with his h,dd p:::rtC' and braces, Grandma complete

\'vith

colonial lace

collar,

hair in a 'bun' and with knitting ready to hand. The relationship they are shown sharing with their young grandchildren appears to give great mutual satisfaction. The

more

time

to

enjoy

each

other's company than thc rest of their busy, achievement-Qriented families, but the young and the old do not generaUy live together.

The nuclear family household consisting of one set of parents and their children is the most common family living arrangement in New Zealand. Grandparents tend to be indulgent visitors rather than ' participants

in

the

business

of

daily family life - al leaSI in the dorninan t Pakeha (European) culture.

In Maori, Chinese and several other ethnic groups grandparents and other

members of the extended family tend to maintain closer tics and make more frequent contact. They arc also

more likely household.

The

Maori

to

share

word

the

'whanau'

same

ties relating a larger group of people than does its English translation 'family'. nuclear

shown

family

'at

home'

in

an

extremely

engaged

is

popular pastime on the 30c stamp reading a book.

New Zealand is 3rd in the for per capita spending on and has considerably more shops per capita than most

world books, bookother

Western

Britain

nations

including

and the U.S.A. Overseas visitors have been impressed by the size of children's sections in bookstores and by the existence of shops specialising in children's literature. Public library membership figures also COol-

r.:~:::::'~~;ii::;::;:~]pare favourably.

New Zealand parents generaUy regard learning to read as one of the most important tasks of childhood, and recognise the importance of reading aloud to their children to ensure reading readiness when the child reaches school age.

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woI to seems to have primeval roots, originating with the teacher-story-

teUers of pre-literate times. Just as today most parents recognise the importance of literature and

mass

media

dren's

other

shaping their chilin

ancient

times

shaped

cultural

beliefs

values,

story-teUers and for

in

ideals into myths and legends by their ready absorption

eager (or drowsy) listeners.

The designer of the 1981 Family Life issue, AUan Derrick' of Invercargill, found the subject of the 35c stamp the most difficult to portray as he puts it "without giving offence".

which

appears on all four stamps carries connotations of deeper kinship

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Few parents or other child-minders can escape thc tyranny of '~ust another page" of the bed-time story before the youngster goes to sleep.

The irresistible appeal of being read

The subject is the family at church, and

he

has devised a non-denomi¡

national Christian church setting.

The suggestion in the background of a preacher addressing a multitude has

broader implications than the selfcentred family, embracing the concept of the family of man.

Many religions share the concept of a divine parent or parents to whom

aU humans are as children. In many others there are divine children who have' considerable

power and

magi-

cal talents, but perhaps less discretion than their all-powerful parents.

The family as a hierarchy appears to have

universal

significance,

indica-

ting perhaps that thc form is maintained

in response

felt emotional needs.

and

to some deeply

other

human

The look bcing exchanged between mother and daughter in the illustration on the stamp suggests the ideal human relationship of mutual love and respect that the preacher could well

be

exhorting the congregation

to extend. While the father, typicaUl', engages his inteUect on what is going on up front, the little son is tolerantly aUowed to obey his nature and turn around to see what is going on behind.

COllt.

The strength of the family unit, which is a quality Mr Derrick was asked to bring out in these designs, is expressed by the bold outline around each of the family groups.

Definitive Stamps

1c

1 e -$2 (Set $6.75)

2e 3e 4e 6e 7e 8e

ge 10e 15e 20e 25e 30e 35e 40e 45e 50e 60e

$ 1 $ 2

Provisional Overprints

4c 20e

sales positions at Auckland, Christ-

Tokelau Definitive Stamps (Set $1.90)

Value

N.Z.â&#x20AC;˘ Arms' stamps

$ 4 $ 6 $ 8 $tO

(Set $28)

Ross Dependency (Set 48e)

3e 4e

Se 8e 10e 18e

l6c 16c

2 x l6c - se-tenant form.)

19c

To be withdrawn 30 June 1981

1980 Christmas

TOe

(Set 70c)

2Sc

To be withdrawn 30 June 1981

35c

1981 Commemorative

20c

(Set 45e) 25e To be withdrawn 30 APril 1982

20c

(Set $1.10) 25e To be withdrawn 30 APril 1982 JOc

19B. Scenic

1c

Issue Date 3 June 1981 To be withdrawn 1 June 1982

ge 20e 50e

$ 1 1 Qc

35e 30e 35e 40e 60e

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Philatelic Bulletin is prepared at Post Office Headquarters, Wellington, and published in April and October each year.

1980 Tokelau Sports (Set $1.10) To be withdrawn

20e

3 November 1981

SQ.c

Articles may he extracted for

Postafix Roll Stamp

1 Qc

mission. Acknowledgement to the New Zealand Philatelic Bulletin would be appreciated.

30c

reprinting without Stamp vending

le

Machine Rolls Stamps

2c

SINCE 1969 coUectors the world over have been taking advantage of the "Iew 7ealand Post nffi"r-, -deposit account ord~ring services available from the Philatelic Bureau.

The service is free of charge and is designed to simplify ordering and payment arrangements for regular purchasers of New Zealand stamps.

The Philatelic Bureau offers two methods of operating deposit accounts: Standing Order Accounts and Standard Deposit Accounts.

The Standing Order account is for those who wish to receive regular supplies of new issues without having to specially order them, while the Deposit account is more suitable for those whose stamp requirements vary from issue to issue. Application forms are available from the Philatelic Bureau, Private Bag. Wanganui, New Zealand.

further per-

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ADVANCE ORDERING Aa:DUNfS SERVICE

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1980 Health (Set SIc

2e 3e

Se

35c 50e

(Set $1.65)

church, Wellington, Dunedin.

Hamilton and Gisborne.

Stamp Issue

To be withdrawn 2 June 1981

1981 Family Life

Stamps are available by mail order from the Philatelic Bureau, Wanganui or over the counter from Philatelic

25c 30e

Se

Sensitive to the fact that both the ideals and the reality of family life may be different for large numbers of New Zealanders Allan Derrick chose an impersonal stylised approach in his designs which has a bright contemporary feel. In doing so he attempts to show that these are not representative families but are stereotypes.

AVAILABLE ISSUES

1980 Large Harbours (Set $1.40)

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The postcard used to supply standing orders for pictorial datestamp impressions has been redesigned. The former issLl featured a kiwi. The new postcard, pictured here, has an increased seUing price of 35c and will be introduced from I April 1981. The new postcard is also available in mint condition from the Philatelic Bureau and philatelic sales positions.