1972 Christmas
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Cat. |
Mint Unhinged |
Fine Used |
3c |
'Virgin and Child' by Murillo |
187a |
$0.45 |
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$0.45 |
|
5c |
Stained glass window from St John's in Levin |
187b |
$0.45 |
|
$0.45 |
|
10c |
Pohutukawa Blossom - Christmas Tree |
187c |
$1.80 |
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$1.80 |
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Set of 3 |
187d |
$2.55 |
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$2.55 |
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First Day Cover - 4 October 1972 |
187e |
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$4.50 |
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… Three Stamps : 3c (187a), 5c (187b), 10c (187c) |
The 3 cent stamp features a reproduction of 'Virgin and
Child' by the Spanish artist Bartolome Esteban Murillo.
The 5
cent stamp features a modern stained glass window from Saint John's
Methodist Church in Levin, built in 1936.
The 10 cent stamp has the
crimson flower of the Pohutukawa tree. Pohutukawa tree blossom is an
established part of the New Zealand Christmas tradition. In 1833 Henry
Williams described holding a service under a 'wide spreading
Pohutukawa'. By 1867, settlers were calling the Pohutakawa the
Christmas tree: "The pohutukawa around Christmas are full of charming
blossom and the settler decorates his church and dwellings with its lovely
branches." Other settlers described it as 'Antipodean
holly'.
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
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