1995 Christmas

1995 Christmas

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Fine Used
45c	Archangel Gabriel / Saint Mary's Anglican Church Merivale Christchurch	406a	$0.80	$0.80
70c	Mary / Saint Mary's Anglican Church Merivale Christchurch	406b	$1.25	$1.25
80c	Adoration of the Shepherds / St Luke's Anglican Church Christchurch	406c	$1.45	$1.45
$1	Mother and Child / St Luke's Anglican Church Christchurch	406d	$1.80	$1.80
$1.50	Adoration of the Wise Men / St Luke's Anglican Church Christchurch	406e	$2.70	$2.70
$1.80	Adoration of the Magi / St Luke's Anglican Church Christchurch	406f	$3.25	$3.25

	Set of 6 individual stamps	406g	$10.70	$10.70

40c	Archangel Gabriel / Saint Mary's Anglican Church Merivale Christchurch (Reduced Postal Rate)	406h	$0.70	$0.70
40c	Angel from Booklet	406i	$1.80	$1.80

	Se-tenant Pair of two 40 cent stamps with imperforate left and right edge	406j	$3.60	$3.60
	… Two Stamps : 40c (406i x 2)

	Se-tenant Block of ten 40 cent stamps from Booklet	406k	$14.40
	… Ten Stamps : 40c (406i x 10)

$6.20	Limited Edition Miniature Sheet with one 70 cent, one 80 cent, one $1, one $1.50, one $1.80 and one 40 cent stamp (3,000 numbered copies)	406l	$153.00
	… Six Stamps : 70c (406b), 80c (406c), $1 (406d), $1.50 (406e), $1.80 (406f), 40c (406h)

$4	Booklet of ten 40 cent stamps	406m	$14.40
	… Se-tenant Block (406k)

	First Day Cover - 1 September 1995	406n		$10.65
	… 45c (406a), 70c (406b), 80c (406c), $1 (406d), $1.50 (406e), $1.80 (406f)
	Booklet Stamp First Day Cover - 9 November 1995	406o		$6.80
	… 40c (406i)

The 1995 Christmas issue features stained glass windows from two churches in Christchurch and one in North Canterbury. The 80 cent, $1, $1.50 and $1.80 stamps feature the Nativity from the three-lancet windows in The Lady Chapel of Saint Luke's Anglican Church. These windows were created at the Whitefriars Studio in London in 1909. The 40 cent booklet stamp features the central panel of a three panel window on the west wall of the Church of Saint John the Evangelist in Cheviot, North Canterbury. The remaining stamps, with the theme of the Annunciation, show the very beautiful stained glass windows from Saint Mary's Anglican Church in Merivale which were created at the studio of William Morris in 1910.

The 45 cent stamp was reissued as a 40 cent stamp due to the postage rate decrease on the 2nd of October 1995.

A booklet of ten 40 cent stamps was issued after the rate decreased on the 9th of November.

A limited edition numbered miniature sheet of 3000 copies was issued in December 1995 for inclusion in a combination telephone card / stamp pack. The pack sold extremely quickly as stamp and phone card collectors vied for copies.

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 340 - 341, 345 - 346, 460

The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume X

Edited by B.G. Vincent FRPSNZ

Published 2013 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated (ISBN 978-0-9876534-3-7)

Pages 295 - 296

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