1972 Christmas
| | Cat. |
Mint Unhinged |
Fine Used |
3c |
'Virgin and Child' by Murillo |
187a |
$0.45 |
|
$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 |
|
$1.80 |
|
| |
|
Set of 3 individual stamps |
187d |
$2.55 |
|
$2.55 |
|
| |
|
First Day Cover - 4 October 1972 |
187e |
|
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$4.50 |
|
| ... 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 | Pages 215 - 216 |
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