1970 Christmas

1970 Christmas

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Fine Used
2½c	'Adoration of the Child' by Correggio	170a	$0.45	$0.45
3c	Stained glass window from First Presbyterian Church in Invercargill	170b	$0.45	$0.45
10c	Tower of the Roman Catholic Church, Sockburn, Christchurch	170c	$1.15	$1.15

	Set of 3 individual stamps	170d	$1.95	$1.95

	First Day Cover - 1 October 1970	170e		$4.50
	… 2½c (170a), 3c (170b), 10c (170c)

For the first time, the 1970 Christmas issue had multiple stamps to match the principal overseas and domestic postage rates.

The 2½ cent stamp features the central detail from 'Adoration of the Child' by Correggio. The 3 cent stamp features 'The Nativity', one of six stained glass windows from the First Presbyterian Church in Invercargill, gifted in memory of William and Eliza Asher. The 10 cent stamp features a stylised graphic of the tower of the Roman Catholic Church, Sockburn, Christchurch which was built in the 1960s.

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 212 - 214

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