Series 4 new zealand philatelic bulletin no 7 1972 february

Definitives for the South Pole

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nestling amid the winter snow.

are mailed at Scott Base annu-

ally. About half of this is phil-

smallest

The New Zealand summer supply ship features on the 8

atelic - a great deal from Germany. Collectors in the United Kingdom, Sweden, France,

and

most far-flung

the Ross Dependency.

This Post Office serves a summer population of about 50, dwindling to around 10 in winter.

Keen interest in the defini·

tive stamps of the Dependency and in its postmark make Seott

Base Post Office comparatively

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Today, 11.000 postal items

liest frontier-the South Poleis site of one of New Zealand's Post Offices at Scott Base in

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by the New Zealand Office.

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In January this year a new

set of Ross Dependency de-

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finitives was issued to replace the popular set first released in 1957 and again with the values in decimal currency in

BotJnlsts will lJP dt' Ilqhu'd 10 St'f) them fi'dtclTt'd

1967.

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of growth

produced for the exploratory expeditions of Shackleton and Scott.

This precedent was followed by the first New Zealand expedition to

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qrow" In stec~ cIags 011 tIlt' SOllthpr n Alps.

The single flOWI'r opells wldl'ly to give d burs! of gold.

Hdd'-,t',> BUTtelcup glows only 111 cld9", J'ld Whlll' tlw S111911' flo~'\:er 15 the mo)! common, UIJ to four fIO~'\i('rs hdVl' lWI'll 11 ot ~'rl.

The Nor1h Island EclclwL'I'-,S 15 fCdtured on the GCPl1t q,Hnp thJn the South tsldlld V;PI'-:t\-, thiS delicate flower I" found Ifl high mountains, dlld In Nplson cH the Nonht'In tiP of tl1>:' South Island, J5 well 35 In t~E' North Island.

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the Antarctic

dependency in 1957, when the last definitives were issued.

The siting of Scott Base in-

cluding the Post Office, proved difficult and the official opening did not take place till January 11, 1959, 26 months after Sir Edmund Hillary, the world renowned New Zealand conquerer of Everest, who led the expedition which set up

the base, had been appointed the first postmaster.

Assistant Postmaster, A.S.

Helm opened the office in the first row of tents at Pram Poi nt on Ross Island between the edge of the ice and the future

site of the base buildings.

Postmarking the mountain of mail was arduous. One diffi-

culty was that when the temperature dropped below a certain point, the ink did not give a good impression. Never-

theless the first mail left for Wellington aboard the Endeavour on March 11, 1957.

Siting of the base two miles

from the U.S. Naval Camp simplified the receipt and dis· patch of mails, and so great

was the demand from U.S. personnel for the Ross Dependency stamps that on Jan-

uary 14, 1959, an

aircraft

"Pt'CIl.''-,

crate was placed on the ice alongside the Endeavour as a temporary post office to facilitate the sale of stamps.

The set '5 being prrntnl by H,IIIIS011 and Sons With the Ilthogli.Jphy process.

During the first 43 days Scott Base Post Office was open, $1,200 worth of stamps were sold.

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Japan and Hungary use the Scptt Base post office services.

Mail sent to the Soviet Base is also forwarded to Scott Base for cancellation.

The new series of definitives comprises six stamps de-

signed by Mark Cleverley of Auckland.

The 18 cent stamp depicts a tabular ice flow in colourful

deep blue, purple, black and white.

The 10 cent shows the Antarctic night in dark green giving a background to the

paler buildings of Scott Base

cent, and against a background

of mauve sky and black rocks, Shackleton's Hut is shown on the 5 cent.

Co-operation between the New Zealanders and their closest neighbours at McMurdo Sound - the Americans, is

symbolised in the 4 cent stamp which depicts an RNZAF Hercules landed on Williams Field.

The final stamp in this issue, the 3 cent, depicts the Antarctic ~'<ua gull which features prominently in New Zea-

lander Graham Billing's novel of the South Pole "Forbush and the Penguins:'

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Stamps for 1972

Current Plate Numbers

February 2

Vintage Cars - six stamps.

April 5 A five stamp issue commemor-

atlOg: 200th Anniversary 01 the landing al the Bay of Islands ,,( the French explorer. Marion du

Fresne. l50th

Anniversary of

the

Unicef Antarctic: Gc, T208; 7c, T209.

Satellite: Bc, 111; lOc, 111.

Tokelau Definitives: lc, lA1A1A1A; 2c, lA1A1A lA; 3<:, lA1A1A1A1A; 50, lA lA lAl A;l Oc,lA lAl Al A;15o, lA1A1A1A; 2Oc, lA1A1A1A; 25o,lA1A1A1A.

Methodist Church in New Zealand. l00th Anniversary of Council

Government in Wanganui.

25th

AnniveJsary

National

Airways Corpofation.

10th

Asian· Oceanic Postal UntOn, June 7 Four stamps depictmg New Zealand Alpine plants.

August 2 Two stamp Health issue featuring Boys and Girls playing tennis.

October 4 Three stamp Christmas issue

Anniversary

featuring: An "Old Master" painting: A stained glass church window; A symbolic

design.

December 6 Four stamps featuring New Zealand lake scenes.

THESE TWO panels are among 15 special Iy prepared by the Post Office Display Section for the 1972 INTERPEX Exhibition in N_ York.

THE

Health 1971: 4c, lA1A1A1A; 50, lA1A1A lA; Gc, lA1A1A1A.

PANEL

on

the left

features the One Ton Cup Yachting Series, held in N_ Zealand ...... for the fint time last y_. The two stamps ~~gned-by-.lwtteo

Berry and Geoff Fuller, were released on March 3.

THE PANEL at right depicts the two Chatham Islands Speciel Issue stamps. designed

by Eilaan Mayo. of Christchurch. Main features on the stamps, the Chatham Island lily and Mollyrnawk, highlight the panel.

N_ Zealand displays. conceived by the Post Office Di... play team headed by Paul Katene. of Wellington's Ngati Toe tribe, have been particularly successful at INTERPEX having been _ded two silver medals at past exhibitions.

Niue Portraits: 4c, lA1A1A1A1A; Gc, lA1A lA1A1A; 9c, lA1A1A1A1A; 14c, lA1A1A1A1A.

1970/71 Definitive (Sixth Release: 250, 11111, lA1A1A lA1A; 3Oc,llll,lA1A1A1A; 5Oc,1111.

1970/71 Definitives (Seventh Release): 23<:, 111.

New Zealand Xmas 1971: 3<:, lA1A1A1A, lB1B1B1B. 4c, lA1A1A1A1A, lOc, IA1A lA1A1A.

Lord Rutherford: lc, 111111, lA1A1A1A1A1A; 7c, 111111, lA1A1A1A1A1A.

Niue Xmas 1971: 3<:, lA1A1A1A, lB1B1B1B.

World Rose Convention: 2c, 111; 50,111; Bc, 111.

Anniversaries Commemorate~ TH E 1972 Anniversary Stamps due for release in April is one of the more stri king sets to be produced by the New Zealand Post Office.

Designed by Mark Cleverley, of Auckland, the five stamps are highly colourful and use black and white for dramatic contrast.

3c This commemorates the lOOth Anniversary of Council Government in the City of Wanganui.

In brilliant purple and grey the stamp features Wanganui's prominent Durie Hill Memorial Tower as a background to the City's crest picked out in its official colours of b1allkand blue. A strip of blue at the base of the stamp symbolises the river on which the city is built.

4c The 10th Anniversary of the Asian-Qceanic Postal Union. Predominantly burnt orange, the stamp features the union's symbol eight times to represent its eight member countries.

Se The 25th Anniversary of

New Zealand's National Air· ways Corporation. Using the Airline's House colours it features the first aircraft used by the Company the De Havilland D.H. Dominie Biplane. Behind, in typical lanc!ing pose is the Boeing 737, latest aircraft to be added to the airline's fleet.

Se The 200th Anniversary of

the landing of the French ex· plorer Marion Du Fresne in the Bay of Islands. Du Fresne's 22 gun frigate is silhouetted against a"n emerald sea and darker green forest separated by a strip of white depicting the Maori pal isade at Motorua.

The explorer was the first to produce a documented record of a Maori Pa. He was killed for trespassing a Maori tapu. lOc The 150th Anniversary of the Methodist Church of New Zealand. This stamp features the stone cairn built by Maoris at Kaeo in North Auckland to commemorate the site of the first Methodist Mission set up in 1822. Background colours depict the general topography of the area.

DURING PRINTING of the Se Scarlet Parrot Fish Stamp in the 1970/71 Definitive issue, the printers, Harrison and Sons Limited, discovered some sheets on which the sheet value was inadvertently

printed as $12 instead of $1 0.

Despite corrective action reports indicate one or two sheets with the value shown as $12.00 are in circulation.

* * '" THE 1957 Ross Dependency definitive stamp issue, was withdrawn from sale at Scott

Base and the Chief Post Offices, Well ington and

CURRENT STAMPS STAMP ISSUES currently available at the Philatelic Bureau, Wellington (mail orders) and the Philatelic Sales Sections, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch: N.Z. Fiscals (set $28.00) $4, $6, $8, $10.

1970n1 Definitives (set $5.37%) %c. 1c. 2c, 2%c, 30, 40, 5c, 6c, 7c, 7%c, Se, 1Oc, 1Se, 1Se, 2Oc, 230, 2Se, 3Oc, 5Oc, $1, $2.

Nuie Definitives (set 82c) %c, 1c, 2c, 2%c. 30. Se. Se. 1Oc, 2Oc,3Oc. N.Z. Fiscals overprinted Niue

(set $3.50) 5Oc, $1. $2.

Tokelau Definitives (set 81c) 1c, 2c, 30, Se, 1Oc. 1Se, 2Oc, 2Se. Government Life Insurance

(set 2Se) %c, 2%0. 30, 40, 1Se. Ross Dependency (set 27c) 2c, 30, 7c, 1Se. To be withdrawn June 30.

1971 Ro~ Dependency Definitives (set 4Se) 30. 40, Se, Se, 1Oc, 1Se. COMMEMORATIVES AND SPECIAL ISSUES To be withdrawn March 31.

Chatham Islands (set 30) 1c, 2c, Country Women·s Instit-

utes/Rotary International (set 14cl 4c. 1Oc. One Ton Cup (set 1301 Se, Se. City Centenaries (set 12c) 30, 4c, Se. UNICEF/Antarctic Treaty (set 1301 6c, 7c.

Satellite Earth Station (set 1Se) Se, 1Oc, Niue Birds (set 3Se) Se, 1Oc. 2Oc. TO BE WITHDRAWN JUNE 30. Health I~ue (set 1Sel 4c, Se, 6c. Also the 40 and Se

January

17.

the Philatelic Bureau, Private

Bag, Wellington (Mail Orders) and the Philatelic Sales Sect·

TO BE WITHDRAWN MARCH 31. 1973. World Rose Convention (set 1Se) 2c, Se, Se. Lord Rutherford (set Sel 1c, 7c. Vintage Cars (set 36c) 30. 4c, Se, 6c, Se, 1Oc.

ions, and

Auckland, Wellington Christchurch until

30 June 1972.

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Post Offices Opened & Closed (March - November 1971)

THE POST OFFICE has produced the standard "flag" first day cover in foolscap

size. It will sell at all post offices for 30.

Opened Avalon Chisnail wood Grants Braes Kawerau Mill

Maungaraki Pioneer Highway Pirimai

Rosehill St Lukes Upper Willis Street Waihi Beach South

Wellington Christchurch Dunedin Rotorua

Wellington Palmerston North Napier

Auckland Auckland Wellington Thames

October 18 November 11 August 16 September 6 November 8 September 29 July 5 July 19 September 23 November 15 May 31

Closed Cape Palliser Clearburn Cornwallis Denniston Kaimata

Mana Island Mititai

Onama LUll] Pakautane Parekura Bay Puketihi

ture sheets of six stamps of each denomination.

Waiatarua

1971 New Zealand Christmas (set 17c) 30, 4c, 1Oc. Niue

on

The old set (2c, 30, 7c and 1Se) will be available from

TO BE WITHDRAWN AUGUST 31. Niue Portraits (set 330) 4c, 6c. 90. 14c.

Rangitukia Rotorua South

stamps are available in minia-

Dunedin

Christmas "Old Master" 30.

Wainihinihi

Masterton

Oamaru Auckland Westport

New Plymouth Wellington Whangarei Blenheim

Westport Whangarei Hamilton Gisborne Rotorua

Auckland c,reymouth

August 31 November 12 September 30 September 30 August 13 September 3 August 25 May 31 September 21 July 14 May 21 March 2 June 21 July 29 November 12

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STAMP issues by member countries are described in full in the Universal Postal Union's monthly magazine "Union Postale", pubtished in seven languages.

"Union Postale" also contains articles relating to postal services and recent articles

include: A Short History of Philately; The XVth Universal Postal Congress; Golden Jubilee of the Air Mail in Latin America; African and

Malagasy Postal and Tele· communications Union (A.M.

P.T.U.l Seminar; News from the I nternational Bureau of

the U.p.U.:New Postal Films.

Annual subSCription is nine

Swiss

francs

payable

by

money order or a cheque drawn on a ban k in Switzer-

land. Subscriptions to: The International Bureau of Universal Postal Union, Berne, Switzerland.

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