| | 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 |
$1.80 |
|
$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 |
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.