2000 First to see the New Dawn

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Fine Used
40c	First to see the New Dawn	498a	$0.70	$0.70
	(i) With New Zealand Millennium Logo Missing	498a1	$9.00	$9.00

$4	Prestige Sheet with ten 40 cent stamps	498b	$9.00	$9.00
	… Ten Stamps : 40c (498a x 9), 40c (498a1)

$2.40	Limited Edition Miniature Sheet with six 40 cent stamps (15,000 unnumbered copies) from the Millennium Collection issued January 2000	498c	$45.00
	… Six Stamps : 40c (498a x 6)

	First Day Cover - 1 January 2000	498d		$4.50
	… 40c (498a)
	Miniature Sheet First Day Cover - 1 January 2000	498e		$36.00
	… $4 (498b)

This stamp was issued to commemorate the first dawn of the millennium from Pitt Island in the Chathams which is part of New Zealand's territory.

This was the first New Zealand stamp to be micro-printed and was issued in sheets of 50 and also a miniature sheet of 10 stamps. A printing error on the miniature sheets led to the New Zealand Millennium Logo being omitted from the first stamp in the third row. This stamp is listed as a variety.

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 223 - 225

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