1929 Health
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Mint Unhinged |
Mint Hinged |
Fine Used |
1d |
Nurse - 'Help Stamp Out Tuberculosis' |
39a |
$49.50 |
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$31.50 |
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$31.50 |
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First Day Cover - 11 December 1929 |
39b |
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$720.00 |
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| ... 1d (39a) |
New Zealand Health stamps were adapted from the Christmas seal system
adopted by Scandinavian countries. However, it was decided to release a
special stamp with a surcharge to support sanatoria or similar health
projects.
The first health stamp bears the inscription "help
stamp out tuberculosis" and 1929 is inscribed around the cross of
Lorraine - the emblem of the International Anti-Tuberculosis Societies.
The nurse is in uniform for the period, wearing the brooch and star
insignia of the New Zealand Registered Nurse Association.
The
nurse image was drawn by L C Mitchell and the staff of the Government
Printing Office designed the stamp frame and printed the
stamp.
Nearly 600,000 copies of the stamp were sold.
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