1995 Scenic Definitives

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Fine Used
5c	Mount Aorangi / Mount Cook	408a	$0.45	$0.45
10c	Champagne Pool / Waiotapu Thermal Reserve	408b	$0.45	$0.45
20c	Cape Reinga	408c	$0.45	$0.45
30c	Mackenzie Country / Central South Canterbury	408d	$0.55	$0.55
40c	Mitre Peak / Milford Sound (Issued October 1995) (Simplified)	408e	$0.70	$0.70
	(i) Bright blue sky and green foliage / Perf 13½ x 13¾	408e1	$1.15	$1.15
	(ii) Blue sky, yellow foliage frame and pink tinged clouds and peak / Perf 13½ x 13¾	408e2	$0.90	$0.90
	(iii) Ultramarine or dull blue sky and a deep olive or deep ochre foliage frame / Perf 13½ x 13¾	408e3	$1.15	$1.15
	(iv) Ultramarine sky and a deep olive foliage frame from the Southpex '96 Sheetlet / Perf 12	408e4	$1.70	$1.80
50c	Mount Ngauruhoe / Tongariro National Park	408f	$0.90	$0.90
60c	Lake Wanaka / Central Otago	408g	$1.10	$1.10
70c	Giant Kauri (Tane Mahuta) / Waipoua Forest Northland	408h	$1.35	$1.35
80c	Doubtful Sound / Fiordland National Park	408i	$1.45	$1.45
90c	Waitomo Limestone Cave / Waikato	408j	$1.80	$1.80

	Set of 10 individual stamps	408k	$8.75	$8.75

	First Day Cover - 2 October 1995	408m		$4.50
	… 40c (408e1)
	First Day Cover - 27 March 1996	408n		$5.40
	… 5c (408a), 10c (408b), 20c (408c), 30c (408d), 50c (408f), 60c (408g), 70c (408h), 80c (408i), 90c (408j)

Some catalogues include the 1997 Scenic Definitive and 2000 Scenic Definitives stamps under this issue.

This sheetlet of ten 40c stamps was produced to commemorate Southpex '96 which was held in Invercargill on the 15th to 17th of March. The stamps from this sheetlet are the only source of the Perf 12 variety. This sheetlet is listed under 1996 Southpex Exhibition.

The 40 cent stamp was printed five times (not including the 1996 Southpex Exhibition issue) between 1995 and 2003 and each printing has colour variances, some of which are subtle. Each printing has an incrementing number of Kiwis printed on the selvedge which is the primary method of identification if you have the full sheet.

If you don't, first check the perforations and separate out the Perf 12 1996 Southpex Exhibition stamps (408e4 - bottom middle in the photo above) from the remainder which are all Perf 13½ x 13¾.

Then separate out all stamps with slightly pink coloured clouds and snow. These are all 408e2 - they are from the 2 Kiwi printing in 2002 (top middle above).

Next separate out the original issue (no kiwi) stamps which have a lighter bright blue sky and greener frame (408e1 - top left above).

The remaining stamps are all (408e3 - top right above) and resemble the Southpex stamps colour-wise. They are from three different printings: the 1996 1 Kiwi issue which has ultramarine blue sky and a deep olive frame; the 2003 3 Kiwi issue which has a dull blue sky and deep ochre frame; and the 2003/2004 4 Kiwi issue which also has a dull blue sky coupled with a deep olive frame.

Bibliography

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 23 - 25

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