1972 Lake Scenes

1972 Lake Scenes

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Fine Used
6c	Lake Waikaremoana	188a	$1.80	$1.80
8c	Lake Hayes	188b	$2.25	$2.25
18c	Lake Wakatipu	188c	$4.50	$4.50
23c	Lake Rotomahana with a Sage Green border	188d	$4.50	$4.50
	(i) with a Yellow Olive border	188d1	$90.00	$90.00

	Set of 4	188e	$12.40	$12.40

	First Day Cover - 6 December 1972	188f		$13.50
	… Four Stamps : 6c (188a), 8c (188b), 18c (188c), 23c (188d)

The lake scenes issue featured photos from the library of the Tourist and Publicity Department of two North Island and two South Island lakes. It is interesting to note that in the 18 cent stamp of Lake Wakatipu the lake is actually behind the photographer, the mountains in the background are the 'Remarkables' and the angler is in fact fishing in the Kawarau River.

A startling and rare colour variety of the 23 cent stamp exists with a border colour half way between the correct Sage Green colour and the Ochre colour of the 18 cent stamp - shown in the middle in the photo above. The stamps were printed in four-colour photogravure by Courvoisier of Switzerland and the variety is possibly a missing colour.

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 199 - 200

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