1999 The Last Sunset

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Fine Used
$1	Purple Round Kiwi with Sun Overprint	496a	$1.80	$1.80

	Se-tenant Block of six $1 stamps	496b	$31.50	$31.50
	… Six Stamps : $1 (496a x 6)

	First Day Cover - 31 December 1999 - 'Last Day Cover'	496c		$4.50
	… $1 (496a)

The one dollar stamp features a Kiwi in it's natural environment recess printed in purple with an overprinted selvage. The Maori motif around the border represents the flower of the Kowhai tree - which symbolises the continuous cycle of life.

This stamp was issued in sheets of 36 stamps to commemorate the last day of the 20th Century along with a 'New Zealand Post Last Day Cover'.

Bibliography

The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume X

Edited by B.G. Vincent FRPSNZ

Published 2013 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated (ISBN 978-0-9876534-3-7)

Pages 8 - 14

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