1971 Christmas

1971 Christmas

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Fine Used
3c	'The Holy Night (La Santa Notte)' by Carlo Maratta	179a	$0.45	$0.45
4c	Stained Glass Window from St Luke's, Havelock North	179b	$0.45	$0.45
10c	Three Kings	179c	$0.90	$0.90

	Set of 3 individual stamps	179d	$1.70	$1.70

	First Day Cover - 6 October 1971	179e		$4.50
	… 3c (179a), 4c (179b), 10c (179c)

The 1971 Christmas Issue included three stamps.

The 3 cent stamp featured 'The Holy Night (La Santa Notte)' by Carlo Maratta. At 47mm x 40mm, this was the largest Christmas stamp issued.

The 4 cent stamp features a stained glass window from St Luke's Anglican Church, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay. The church was consecrated in 1874 and escaped relatively unscathed in the 1931 earthquake.

The 10 cent stamp was designed by E Hunter and contains a graphic symbolising the three kings.

Bibliography

The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume VI

Edited by D. E. G. Naish FRPSNZ and K. J. McNaught FRPSNZ FRPSL

Publsihed 1975 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated

Pages 214 - 215

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