1972 Ross Dependency Pictorials

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Fine Used
3c	Skua Gull (Simplified)	182a	$0.45	$0.70
	(i) Original printing (Issued 1972)	182a1	$0.45	$0.70
	(ii) With brighter blue on thinner paper and PVA gum	182a2	$0.40	$0.70
4c	Royal NZ Air Force Hercules / Williams Airfield (Simplified)	182b	$0.45	$0.80
	(i) Original printing (Issued 1972)	182b1	$0.55	$0.80
	(ii) With purple rather than violet background on thinner paper and PVA gum (Issued 1979)	182b2	$0.45	$0.80
5c	Shackleton's 1908 Hut Cape Royds (Simplified)	182c	$0.45	$0.80
	(i) Original printing (Issued 1972)	182c1	$0.55	$0.80
	(ii) With lighter sky on thinner paper and PVA gum (Issued 1979)	182c2	$0.45	$0.80
8c	Navy Supply Ship HMNZS Endeavour (Simplified)	182d	$0.70	$1.25
	(i) Original printing (Issued 1972)	182d1	$0.80	$1.25
	(ii) With a deeper purple ship on thinner paper and PVA gum (Issued 1979)	182d2	$0.70	$1.25
10c	Scott Base (Simplified)	182e	$0.80	$1.80
	(i) Original printing (Issued 1972) - Perf 14¾ x 14	182e1	$0.90	$1.80
	(ii) On thinner paper with PVA gum - Perf 13¾ x 13¼ (Issued 1979)	182e2	$0.80	$1.80
18c	Tabular Ice Flow (Simplified)	182f	$1.70	$3.60
	(i) Original printing (Issued 1972) - Perf 14¾ x 14	182f1	$1.80	$3.60
	(ii) On thinner paper with PVA gum - Perf 13¾ x 13¼ (Issued 1979)	182f2	$1.70	$3.60

	Set of 6 individual stamps	182g	$4.30	$8.50

	First Day Cover - 18 January 1972	182h		$10.80
	… 3c (182a), 4c (182b), 5c (182c), 8c (182d), 10c (182e), 18c (182f)

This issue replaced the 1967 Ross Dependency Decimal Pictorials as the new definitive set and remained in circulation until the 1982 Ross Dependency 25th Anniversary of Scott Base stamps were issued. Although not a commemorative issue, the stamps were issued on the 60th Anniversary of Scott's Polar Party reaching the South Pole on January 18th, 1912.

In January 1979 a new printing of the same designs on new plates was issued on thinner white chalky paper with a PVA surface adhesive which appears dull compared to the shiny Gum Arabic used on the original stamps. The colours used are also slightly different - most notably on the four and eight cent stamps - and the paper used in the first printing is cream coloured when compared against the 1979 printing.

Bibliography

The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume VIII

Edited by B. G. Vincent FRPSNZ

Published 1998 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated (ISSN 0-9597883-1-X)

Pages 409 - 410

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