1977 Christmas

1977 Christmas

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Fine Used
7c	'The Holy Family' by Correggio	219a	$0.45	$0.45
16c	Stained Glass Window from St Michael's Dunedin	219b	$0.70	$0.70
23c	Partridge in a Pear Tree	219c	$1.25	$1.25

	Set of 3	219d	$2.30	$2.30

	First Day Cover - 5 October 1977	219e		$4.25
	… Three Stamps : 7c (219a), 16c (219b), 23c (219c)

The 7 cent stamp features a preparative drawing of 'The Holy Family' by Italian painter Antonio Allegri Correggio.

The 16 cent stamp features a stained glass window from the Church of Saint Michael and All Angels in Dunedin. The window features an abstract design with the Madonna and Child.

The 23 cent stamp continues the Christmas Carol theme with 'Partridge in a Pear Tree' from 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' - an English Christmas carol which enumerates a series of increasingly grandiose gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas.

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 319 - 321, 342

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