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1955 Health

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1955 Health
Cat. Mint Unhinged Mint Hinged Fine Used
1½d Child and Kowhai Flower Medallion - Brown 97a $0.55
$0.45
$0.90
2d Child and Kowhai Flower Medallion - Green 97b $0.55
$0.45
$0.45
3d Child and Kowhai Flower Medallion - Red 97c $0.55
$0.45
$0.45
Set of 3 97d $1.55
$1.30
$1.70
First Day Cover - 3 October 1955 97e $3.60
… Three Stamps : 1½d (97a), 2d (97b), 3d (97c)
The New Zealand Post Office invited forty artists to submit designs for these health stamps, but only eleven artists responded and none of their designs were selected for the final stamps. Instead, the Dominion Publicity Panel of The King George V Memorial Children's Health Camps Federation submitted a design from E Mervyn Taylor which was selected. The design features the official seal in the form of a medallion bordered with Kowhai flowers.

Bibliography
The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume IV
Edited by R. J. G. Collins FRPSNZ and C.W. Watts FRPSNZ
Published 1960 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated
Pages 313 - 317, 435 - 436
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