Series 4 new zealand philatelic bulletin no 24 1980 october

Philatelic Bulletin New Zealand

1980 Collectors Pack The cover design of this year's New Zealand Collectors Pack, released on 1 October 1980, follows the theme begun last year of featuring reproductions of early New Zealand stamps.

Commonwealth Parliamentary TIlis year the first 2d postage Conference, the 1980 stamp is reproduced. It shows the Chalon portrait of a young Commemorative, Architecture, Queen Victoria in her Coronation Scenic, Health' and Christmas robes which was chosen by the stamps. earl~ ~ew Zealand colonial, The pack includes a brief descripadminIstrators for the country s tion of each stamp and is released first issue of postage stamps in on the same day (1 October 1980) as the final stamp issue for 1980 1855. the Christmas issue.

Inside, as in previous packs, is a specimen of each of the special The idea behind the collectors' and commemorative stamps issued packs is to reach potential collectduring the year - the 1979 ors through the Christmas gift

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market and to provide a convenient service for established collectors. Many collectors, both local and overseas, find it easier to buy the year's issues by placing a single order.

The colourful glossy packs make interesting and beautiful collectors' items and have a philatelic value as a pack as well as for their contents.

Their value will increase as back issues are seldom available.

TIle 1980 Collectors Pack costs $6.25 (bulk sales $6.00) and may be bought at any post office or philatelic sales position or by mail order from the Philatelic Bureau, Wanganui, using the special portion of the 1980 Christmas stamp issue leaflet.

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~ This year the Madonna and Child with Cherubim bv Andrea della Robbia has been selected for the I Oc stamp, St Mary's Church in New Plymouth for

Christmas 1980 The three 1980 Christmas stamps to be released on I October include an old master, a church and a scene depicting a typical Christmastime activity in the soulhern hemisphere.

New Zealand Post Office to provide as good a reproduction as possible on the stamp.

Andrea della Robbia (1435-1525) was the 2Sc denomination and a picnic scene the nephew and pupil of Luca della for the 35c stamp.

Robbia, a leading marble sculptor of the Early Renaissance in Florence, Italy. In The circular relief sculpture of the the early 1440s Luca invented the Madonna and Child by the fifteenth method of applying white and coloured century terracotta worker Andrea della enamels to tcrracotta sculpture, using Robbia has sel the style for all three stamps, which feature a circular scene known techniques of glazing, for within the traditional rectangular stamp architectural decoration and then for shape. free-standing figures and reliefs.

It comes from the Andrew Mellon Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.e., where it waS photographed specially for the

This became the basis of a nourishing factory production carried on by his

nephew Andrea and other members of this Florentine family.

Teffacolta sculpture goes back to the Stone Age. It was revived in the Renaissance and flourished because of the high cost of alternative materials marble and bronze.

The Madonna and Child with Cherubim is a typical example of the output of the family business. Usually the figures were white on a blue background. although sometimes other colours were used.

Stone church The 25c stamp illustrates the I 34-yearold St Mary's Anglican Church in New Plymouth, which is possibly the oldest stone church still standing in New Zealand.

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A new set of four Tokelau stamps are to be issued on S November 1980 depicting surfing and swimming. The 10c and 20c denominations show Tokelauan youths surfing, and the 30c and SOc denominations illustrate Tokelauans swimming from a canoe.

They arc the latest in a series of stamps

by Faraimo Pallia of AlaI'll, who has been designing Tokelau's stamps since

1976, and continue the sporting theme begun in t978. It is also a return to the

In the 30c and 50c value stamps swimmers arc shown accompanied by men in a canoe who have obviously

It is not surprising that the lives of the 1500 people or so of the Tokelau Islands are dominated by the sea. Three

to the reef by canoe with a net, then set the net down into the deeper water

Food from the sea Their remote atoll way of life means that they look to the sea for much of their food supply. They arc skilful

caught some fish. It is possible that the swimmers are net fishing. They go where the fish are likely to be.

At times swimmers also fish as they swim using a line with bait. The water is very clear, a fact whic.h the artist has brought out in the 30c and I Oc value stamps, and the swimmer-fishermen can easily See when a fish has gone for the

bait.

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As well as providing food, swimming

and fishing are both popular sports, as is surfing. Outside the lagoon the sea is

fishermen and famous as navigators or the traditional outrigger canoes. As a

often rough and provides good surling for the young men and boys. They use

race they are very much at home both on and in the water that surrounds

any piece of timber including parts of canoes, which explains the unusual

them and separates them from their nearest neighbour of any size, Western Samoa, 485 kilometres away.

design of the surfboards depicted on

They are brought to the sea as babies by their mothers for bathing and learn to

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vital to fishing. As the children grow they join the men and women of the village in fishing parties.

sea for inspiration for the Tokclauan

Fakaofo, Nukunono and Atafu. Between them the total land area is only 101 I hectares.

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s\vim at a very early age. Swimming is

artist who draws on the way of life of his home for his scenes.

tiny coral atolls comprise the Tokclaus, the only non-self-governing territory under New Zealand's administration -

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the stamps.

The stamps will be released by the New Zealand Post Office on behalf of the Tokelau Administration. They are

not valid for postagc in New Zealand.

The stamps are available in Ncw Zealand only from the Post Office Philatelic Bun:au, Private Bag, Wanganui (mail

orders) or from philatelic sales positions.

They will remain on sale until

3 November 1981.

A specially designed cover will be used for all first day coverS ordered from the

Phila lelic Bureau. These covers will be forwarded to Tokelau for dateslamping and returned to the Bureau towards the

end of January 1981. They will then be mailed to clients unaddressed and enclosed in an outer envelope. The cost of an unadd resscd first day covcr is

$1.18.

St Mary's was built about five years after New Plymouth was settled by the people of Devonshire. England. The first 148 settlers left Plymouth in England in November 1840 arriving in 1841.

The first vicar of the parish was William Bolland who supervised the building of St Mary's and donated the church bell. A bank accollnt was

opened in March 1844 with a donation of ÂŁ2.1 Os.Od. from Captain H. King.

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building was opened on

29 September 1846. Mr Bolland died eight months later, aged only 27, with many of his plans unfulfilled. including that of building schools.

The original church was designed by

Frederick Thatcher and was built by Gcorge Robinson who waS the architect

for two later additions. Mr Robinson was buried in the churchyard. The church measured about 50ft by 30ft.

In 1862 it was lengthened and a porch added.

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Maurice COllly at work in his Christchurch studio.

In 1865 the women of the parish raised money to purchase a pipe ofgan from

England. An enlarged and improved version is still in use today, From its

establishment St Mary's parish has been noted for the excellence of its church

music and choirs. Also in 1865 a gallery was added for the organ and choir which was replaced by a larger gallery in 1893.

Other extensions have included the addition of a transept, a chapel and a sanctuary.

The stylised picnic scene on the 35c

Maurice Conly "Designing a stamp involves a lot more than sitting at the drawing board. " Research features as the major part of

Maurice Conly's stamp designing work. Maurice estimates that he would spend more than half his time on a job in researching the subject.

stamp represents a popular way

"Any object represented in a design

New Zealanders spend the Christmas

must be absolutely accurate in dctail,"

holiday - cnjoying the sunshine and an outdoor way of life, surrounded by nl<:lgnificcnt scenery.

he said. "Stamp enthusiasts look hard for any Oaw and there is a public outcry if they find one."

The vertical 25.7mm x 41.1 mm stamps

Most of his research time is spent in

were designed by P.J. Durrant of Christchurch and printed by

getting the feel of the subject or theme

C'ourvoisier S.A. of Switzerland by photogravure.

New definitive pack A pack containing all current definitive stamps excluding overpriots, from 1c to $2 will be released in February 1981.

The definitive pack will be on sale at post offices and philatelic sales positions and may be ordered by mail from the Philatelic Bureau, Private Bag, Wanganui. The price of the pack was not available at the time of going to press. Further details will be included in a later stamp issue leaflet.

NEW ZEALAND

So that its real essence is incorporated in the design.

The stamp was a line engraving of an early Maori runner and was one of the last purely en,graved stamps to be

issued by the Post Office.

When Maurice has researChed a subject to his satisfaction he starts to visualise the design. His first sketches are drawn

to the scale of the finished stamp.

"It pays to keep in mind the end product" Since he started working in the field 25 years ago, Mauricc has seen a lot of

change in stamp designing. The first stamp he designed was to commemorate

the Post Office Centenary in 1955.

"With today's high IIdclity reproduction techniques designers have much morc scope in their work, and almost

any type of design is possible.

"Once when all stamps were made from line engravings, the artist's design was merely a model for the engraver to interpret. The engraver had ncarly as much innucnce over a design as the artist himself. Often the engraving was

quite differeut from the original drawing."

In the IIfties when Maurice began this work t he public taste was for conventional realistic designs.

"Today the new techniques and changes in public taste have led to more daring and graphic work. Contemporary designers can use far more imagination and interpretation:'

Maori Portraits Out of the pages of New Zealand's relatively short colonial history some colourful and romantic characters have emerged, few more outstanding than some of the Maori heroes.

The Maori Portraits defmitive stamp issue, to be released by the Post Office on' 26 November 1980, features two chiefs, a famous warrior, a princess and a politician - five distinguished Maori personalities from the past:

• Te Heuheu Tukino IV, paramount chief of the Ngati Tuwharetoa tribe, who in 1887, the year before he died, gave the three central North Island mountain peaks of Tongariro, Ngauruhoc and Ruapehu to the nation; • Te Hau-Takiri Wharepapa, one of the cpiefs who sailed to England in 1862 to meet Queen Vietoria and came back with an English wife; • Princess Te Puea Herangi, a tribal leader whose heroic efforts established the Turangawaewae Pa at Ngaruawahia where she died in 1952; • Sir Apirana Ngata, Maori leader, politician, statesman and scholar who represented the Eastern Maori electorate in the House of Representatives from 1905 to 1943; • Hakopa Te Ata-o-tu, a warrior of high rank who waS captured and became a slave, to be liberated later when the tribes embraced Christianity.

These are the people who have been chosen for the new stamp issue Te Heuheu, \5c; Te Hau, 25c; Te Puca, 35c; Ngata,45c; Te Ata-o-tu, 60c.

TE HEUHEU

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Te Heuheu was born Pataatai in 1821, the second son of Te Heuheu Tukino J1, but changed his name to Horonuku (meaning "landslide") in memory of his parents' deaths in 1846 when an avalanche overwhelmed their home in Te Rapa. P-ataatai and his uncle Iwikau were the only two to escape.

Because of his youth he was not made paramount chief until 1862 when he succeeded h.is uncle and assumed the family title as Te Heuheu Tukino IV. Although not a great soldier, as a Tuwharetoa chief he was involved in war parties and tribal battles, but there were peaceful times too and he gained a

reputation as a wood carver during one of these.

The Ngati Tuwharetoa tribe occupied the Taupo area, and in the 1860s their lands included the three mountains of Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu. At that time these were leased to European settlers as sheep runs, but in the early seventies it was discovered that these mountains were to become the site of survey stations.

Some Tuwharetoa chiefs feared that if Europeans were allowed accesS to these mountains the traditional tapus associated with Tongariro might be ignored or broken. For this reason Te Heuheu and many of his chiefs decided to give the mountain tops to the people of New Zealand as a National Park, which they are to this day, and on 23 September \887 he signed them over on behalf of his people.

At the official opening of the Chateau at Tongariro in November 1929 a tablet was unveiled commemorating Te Heuheu. He died on 30 July 1888 and was succeeded by his son Tureiti.

TE HAU Not much is known about chief Te Hau-Takiri Wharcpapa, but it is a romantic story. He was considered to be a very handsome man and was one of the last to cling to the ancient style of wearing his hair, as shown on the stamp. He came from Mangakahia, North Auckland.

In 1862 he set sail to England in the ship Ida Zeigler with a party of other chiefs, and they all went to Osborne in the Isle of Wight to see Queen Victoria.

The handsome Maori caugh t the eye of an English girl who married him and returned to New Zealand with him.

They lived together for some years in North Auckland, and then he bought her a home in ParneU, Auckland, where she resided until her death.

Te Hau died at Mangakahia in 1920.

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Possibly the most innuential woman in modern New Zealand history, Princess Te Puea was born in 1884 at Whatiwhatihoe in the Waikato. She was high born. Her mother was a chieftainess and eldest daughter of Tawhiao, the second Maori king.

She attended formal school for only a few years from the age of I I until she was 15 but supplemented this by absorbing as much Maori tribal knowledge as possible from the elders, listening to their speeches and songs.

She was encouraged to give speeches at gatherings and gradually she was listened to with increasing respect.

Having taken a pacifist stance during World War I, this zealous tribal leader was nevertheless a woman of action and interested in community improvements.

She established the Turangawaewae Pa in 1921 on a gorse-covered river bank at Ngaruawahia which she built into the largest marae complex in the country.

She was a major innuence in bringing back the traditional Maori arts, and this was one of her most notable achievements.

She aimed to improve the status of the Maori people. She fought to re-establish Waikato people on the land and to win compensation for Maori land unjustly confiscated.

In the latter years of her life she became a national figure. lIer relationships with successive Prime Ministers and her alliance with Sir Apirana Ngata made her the first modern Maori woman to be of more than tribal importance. She was a power behind the Maori King Movement, the nearest thing New Zealand has had to a nationalist organisation.

She died in 1952 at Turangawaewae having received the CBE in 1937 for her work.

NGATA Sir Apirana Turupa gala was a man of courage and vision. He was the eldest son or 15 children, born at Te Araroa near East Cape in 1874 after certain rituals were performed because his parents' union appeared la be barren.

He rose la eminence rapidly after an outstanding scholastic career which cull11inated~in a law dcgrc~ in 1897.

He was the first Maori to graduate from a New Zealand university and onc or the very earliest New Zealanders to hold the degrees or B.A. and L L.B. Like Princess Tc Plica, his overriding desire waS to uplift the Maori race spiritually, culturally and economically.

He was, however, a statesman and politician above all. He realised that onc of the best ways to scrve the Maori race was through Parliamentary legisla tion.

He became travelling secretary ror the Young Maori Party, a movement that grew rrom the Te Aute College Old Boys' Association. When it became obvious that it was essential for a member or the party to enter the Hous~ of Representatives, Ngata was elected Member of Parliament ror the Eastern Maori electorate in 1905 and remained so until 1943.

As a parliamentarian gata put Maori problems tlrst, ahead of party politics.

His epoch-making Maori Land Development Schl."m~, in:Ju~urated in 1931 when he was Ministcr~of M<.Iori Affairs, W<.lS onc of his greatest achievements. I t was significant because it marked the point in time when state funds were channelled back to the Maoris to help them establish, work and develop their own farms.

Hunger for keowledge He fought ror the very survival or the Maori race. He had a hunger for Pakeha knowlt:dge - medicine, education, f<.lrming techniques ~ and a burning desirc lo bring it to his peoplc.

He worked ror equal oppo.tunity in education for Maoris and set up the Maori Purpuses Fund to that cnd.

Rarely has the Maori point of view been more forcibly cxprcssed. He was

a commanding figure. an eloquent speaker and an authoritative voice in Maoridom. He gave unceasin!! service to the people or New Zealand ror more than 50 years and has been described as "the greatest Maori educator of the Pdkeha".

In later years he became more aware of the necessity to stimulah: a revival of interest in things Maori so that Maori youth l.:ould appreciate the achievements of their own race, which he did in so many ways, too numerous to mention.

In 1948. t\\lO years before his death, the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature was conferred 011 hllll by the University or New Zealand. He had been knighted in 1927.

TE ATA-O-TU Hakopa Te Ata-u-tu was a warrior from

a family of warriors. His father, Te Moro-Kakahu, had a great reputallon as a warrior and had several sons, aU of whom distinguished tht:msdvt:s in war.

Tt, Ata-o-tu was born early in the nineteenth century at the great pa of the Ngai-Tahupotiki at Kaiapohia just north or Cluistchurch in the South Island.

His mother was a woman of high rank in the Ngai-Tuahuriri sub-tribe.

HI;.' S3\\ much fighting in his tife jJnd waS skillt:d at making weapons from greenstone. When the pa at Kahlpohia reil to Te Rauparaha, he was captured with his wife and taken north to the stronghold or Kapiti Island. ll1ey both succt:eded in escaping to the North Island mainland at Waikanae, one of the main settlements of the Ngati-Toa and Ngati-Awa. He was still technically a slave, but bt:cause that area had absorbed a great deal of Christian tcaching under Bishop Hadlicld's intluence he was treated kindly and with respect and was entruslt:d with various important missions.

His story ends happily. He was liberated from slavery when the tribes turned to Christianity and was able to return to his home settlemcnt and stay there until his death in 1883.

Moko l1ucc of the portraits illustrate clearly the full facial tal tooing, the moko, which was peculiar to the Maoris of New Zealand.

The ea.r1y Maoris were unique in cutting moku Into the llcsh rather than pricking it in. They perfected the art of tattooing into the most intricate facial and body patterns rirst seen by Europeans who explored the Pacific with Captain Cook. It was Cook, in fact, who introduced the word "tattow" into European languages.

A good racial tattoo consisted or finely cut scrolls and curveS which gave the owner's race added dignity and rorce.

The artist (the tohunga-ta-moko) studied the features and lines of the face before him and decided which needed accentuating. Any weak lines were given an aspect of strength.

"IlIe patient lay on the ground on his side with his head resting on the tattooist's knees. First the intended design was traced on his face with charcoal. "1l1cn the artist set to work with a small chisel of sharp obsidian or bonc, tapping it with a Ijttlc mallet.

The blood" as carerully wiped away as it flowed from each incision by the tohunga, who chanted as he worked calming his patient and distractine. him from the pain. It WjJS particularly painful to havl' the lips tattooed.

Idenlificalion Moko was a means of idt'ntificatjon used later by chiers on land deeds in lIluch the S':Hll~ way as signatures are used today. In addition to facial moko men had tattoos on buttocks and thighs, women on bre<ists and abdomen. Moko \\'<.IS ÂŁlttractivc to the opposite sex. .

Full blue lips were considered the height of feminine beauty.

It waS the men who had the full facial moko. The women, if they were tattooed, had a kauae on the chin and sometimes on the lips jJS well. Now that ruch-II tattooing is no longer a general custom among M<ioris the term moko applies to the women's tattoo as weU.

Older Maori women with the moko were a familiar sight until recent years, and it seems there were two periods when the custom waS revived for women between 1900 and World War I and again during the 1920s and 1930s using a needle. A few women have been tattooed as late as the early 1950s.

One noted tattooist, Anaru Makiwharil, who died in 1927, stopped tattooing shortly before World War I, but his stated wish was that his last moko should be that of Princess Te Puea.

Te Puea, however, had seen her younger sister receive a moko and waS revolted by thc process and vowed she would never havc onc.

In later life shc used to say how sorry she was that she did not have a moko, but she was unable to face the ordeal.

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It was thought originally that the Maori Portraits stamp issue could feature direct reproductions of wcllknown paintings of Maori faces by notable New Zealand painters, for example, GOllfried Lindauer or Charles Goldic.

This would in itself have been of considerable interest to stamp collectors and the general public, but it also meant that the choice of personages would be limited to those painted, to those paintings not in private ownership and to those which were not too dark in colour so that postmarks could be easily seen and read.

Christchurch artist, Mauricc Conly, was therefore approached to design a Set of portraits based on existing material. Although these would not be as "lifelike" as contemporary portraits. they were to be as aCCurate in detail as possible.

The new definitive stamps will be on sale indefinitely.

Definitive Withdrawals Because of the release of the Maori Portrait definitive stamps (lSc, 2Sc, 35c, 45c and 60c) on 26 November 1980, certain other definitive stamps will be withdrawn.

Unless stocks are exhausted earlier, the 15c (Maori !ish hook), 18c (Maori club) and 25c (Hauraki Gulf National Maritime Park) values will be withdrawn from post offices on 25 November 1980 and from philatelic sales outlets on 30 January 1981. The I I c, 12c, I 3c and 14c (Maori artifacts» the 14c overprint (Queen) and 17c overprint (Rose) will be withdrawn from both pOSI offices and philatelic sales outlets on 30 January 1981.

Zeapex Grand Award Pictured here is an artist's impression of the Grand Award donated by the Post Office for the Zeapex '80 International Stamp Exhibition which was held in Trillo's Downtown complex in Auckland from 23-31 August 1980.

The three-tiered trophy is made up of a dark timber plinth, a secondary tier of greenstone and an antique silver reproduction in miniature of one of the earliest street posting boxes in New Zealand, examples of which are still in use.

On display at the exhibition were the following "Royal" items from the Post Office Archives: • original artwork and die proofs for the four 1949 Royal Tour stamps subsequently withheld from issue when the tour was cancelled.

• original drawings, die proofs and plate proof material for three King George V stamps of the 1920's.

• a static display featuring roller transfer and other dies from the full-face Queen issues of the mid19th century.

• imperforate and perforate master sheets of the 125th Anniversary miniature sheets issued earlier this year.

Original artwork for the successful and unsuccessful designs and a stamp proof of the 1970 Cardigan Bay issue were also displayed.

1981 Commemoratives The commemor<ttive stamp issue for 1981 will be released on 4 February.

The 20c stamp commemorates the centenary of Feilding as a borough.

The design features Feilding's crest, a pastoral scene from the district and a portrait of Lt.Col. the Hon W. H.A. Feilding, the town's founder.

Feilding is the principal community serving the rural area of the upper Manawatu and has a population of some 12,000.

The other stamp in the issue carries a 2Sc denomination and Commemorates the International Year for Disabled Persons. 'Full Participation

and Equality' is the theme for the year and this is renected in the design showing: two people holding hands sYll1bolisin~ equality, hope and support.

Among other things, the IYDP will promote the right of disabled persons to participate fully in the soci<ll life and development of the societies in which they live and to enjoy living: conditions equal to those of other citizens.

It should also enhance the contributions disabled persons can make as fullmcmbcrs of society.

The stamps were dcsig,ncd by Maurice Conly.

James Berry dies Reginald George James Berry, O.B.E.. possibly onc of the finest coin, medal and stamp designers in the world in recent years, died last year in Auckland on 6 Novem ber aged 73.

His first acceptance in the stamps world came in 1932, and he designed an impressive number of stamps between that year and 1976, especially considering that for the most part his stamp designing was a spare time activity.

Close on 100 stamps were designed for the New Zealand Post Office alone, not counting those for ew Zealand's island dependencies and other countries such as Western Samoa.

Tonga and Bermuda.

James Berry was born in Oulwich, England, on 20 June 1906. He came to New Zealand in 1925 and for the next two years he worked on farms near Gisborne. He joined an advertising agency's art staff in 1927, and thus began his career as a commercial artist until in 1951 he became assistant manager of a wholesale jewellery firm.

He considered his "firs( reasonable design" to be the 1934 Crusader health stamp (pictured above) and he subsequently had many successes. The Jas( stamps he designed for the New Zealand Post Office were the 1976 Government Life 8c (pictured left) and 10c stamps, He was usually reticent about his prizewinning hobby. He would, however, lecture enthusiastically on the subject to philatelic groups, Better known in latter years as a coin and medal designer, he designed New Zealand's decimal coinage in 1966 for introduction the following year.

TIle stamps un this page serVe as a pictorial memorial to onc of the most dominant t1gures in the field of New Zealand stamp design.

Stamps art~ available by mail order from thl.' Philatelic Bur~all. Wan~<Jnui, or ov~r the counter from philatelic salt:s positions at Auckland. Chrislchurch, Wellington, Dune.din, Hamilton and Gisborne.

NEW ZEALAND FISCALS: (set 528.00) 54. 56. 58. 510.

DEFINITIVES: (set 56.03) le. 2e, 3e.

4e, Se, 6e. 7e. 8e, ge, 1Oc. lie, 12e, 13c.

14e, lSe, 18e, 20c. 25c, 30e. 40e, 50e, 51,52.

STAMPS AVAILABLE PROVISIONAL OVERPRINTS: 4c.

14e. 17e.

GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE: (Scl 65e) 3e. 4c. 8c. I lie. lSe, 25c. ({OSS DEPENDENCY: (set 48c) 3e. 4c.

Se, 8c, 10e. 18c.

TOKELAU DEFINITlVES: (set 51.90) 1e, 2c, 3e, Se. ge. 20c. 50c, 5 I. POSTAFIX ROLLS: 10c.

STAMP VENDI G MACHI 'E ROLLS: le. 2e, Se. WITHDRAWALS 4 Novcmbc'r 1980: 1979 Tokclall Sports 10c. lSe, 20c, 30e (Scl 75c).

30 April 1981: 1980 Commemorative 3:\ 14c se-IL'nulll, 17(', 2Se. 30c (set SI.14).

30 April 1981: 1980 Arehllc'Cture in e\\' Zealand 14c. 1 Jr. 25e. 30e (set 86c).

STAMP QUANTITIES PRINTED

Postal stationery packs withd rawn [

NEW ZEALAND STATESMEN (SET OF 3 STAMPS) 10c

7.5m

1979 ARCHITEcrURE IOc 12c 15c 20c

5.0m 1.5m 1.6m 1.2m

1979 SMALL HARBOURS 15c 20c 23c 35c

2.0m 2.0m 3.5111 4.5m

Because of the low demand for large embossed envelopes, airmail envelopes, registered envelopes, . newspaper wrappers and postcards, these items were withdrawn from sale at post offices on 30 September 1980 and will be withdrawn from philatelic sales outlets on

1981 Stamp Programme 4 February

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD 10c

5.0m

10e 25e 35c

4.0m 1.5m 200,000

I April

20.0111 3.0m 2.5m

3 June

COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE 14c 20c 30c

6.0m 1.5111 2.0m

5 August 7 October

(I stamp)

1978 TOKELAU SPECIAL SPORTS (CANOE RACING) 8c 12c 15c 30c

.13m .13m .13m .13m

Increase in postal rates On I October 1980 the postage rate for an inland standard letter was increased from 14c to 20c.

Other inland rates were increased by an average of 40 percent.

Charges for poslage overseas went up by an average of 16 percent.

To assist in meeting the demand for more 20c stamps, 7c definitive "Rose" stamps have been over¡ printed to coincide with the introduction of the increased rates.

The familiar paua shell 20c definitive will continue to be available.

FIRST DAY COVER PACK

The 1980 First DJI' ("vcr Pack will go on sale on 26 November J 980. All special issue commemSpecial Topic issue: orative and definitive date(4 stamps) stampedunaddressed first day covers issued from November Family Life 1979 to October 1980 will be Scenic issue: (4 stamps) included, i.e., the 1979 Commonwealth Parliamentary Rivers Conference and Definitive issues; Health issue: (3 stamps) and the 1980 Commemorative, Christmas issue: Architecture, Scenic, Health and Ch rist mas issues.

(3 stamps)

2 December Definitive issue:

TOKELAU:

These items are at present included in a Postal Stationery Pack. As only three stationery items will remain on sale after 31 December - small envelopes, letter cards and aerogrammes - the pack itself will also be withdrawn from sale on 31 December.

(b) United Ndtions Year of the Disabled

1979 HEALTH 10c + 2c ) IOc + 2c ) se-Ienonl 12c + 2c ) Miniature Sheets 1979 CHRISTMAS

Commemorative issue: (a) Centenary of Feilding

31 December 1980, unless supplies are exhausted earlier.

STAMPS ON SALE AFTER HOURS An a rter-hours service for buying stamps was introduced in May 1980 to supplement stamp vending machines. Dairies, hotels, motels. garages and any other interested retailers may purchase stamp booklets from the Post Office at face value for resale at a recommended 10% premium.

Thus the new booklets containing ten 20c stamps will cost $2.20 at a dairy, compared with $2.00 for an ordinary stamp booklet which will continue to be available to the public during business hours at any post office.

Stamp booklets intended for resale are distinguishable by their green covers. Window stickers identify retailers offering this service.

This year's pack, featuring a green and gold cover, has a selling price of $8.78.

Orders may be made by completing the special portion of the 1980 Definitive issue leaflet or by writing to the Philatelic Bureau. The pack will remain on sale until 30 April 1981, unless Slacks are exhausted earlier.

OFFICES OPENED AND CLOSED OPENED:

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