| | Cat. |
Mint Unhinged |
Fine Used |
40c |
Baby in Car Safety Seat |
422a |
$0.90 |
|
$0.90 |
|
|
(i) Baby in Car Safety Seat with Teddy Bear |
422a1 |
$1,800.00 |
|
$2,340.00 |
|
80c |
Little Girl On Crossing |
422b |
$1.60 |
|
$1.60 |
|
| |
40c |
Baby in Car Seat (Self Adhesive) |
422c |
$0.90 |
|
$0.90 |
|
|
(i) Baby in Car Safety Seat with Teddy Bear (Self Adhesive) |
422c1 |
$4,050.00 |
|
$5,400.00 |
|
| |
|
Set of 3 |
422d |
$3.25 |
|
$3.25 |
|
| |
$2.60 |
Miniature Sheet with two 40 cent and two 80 cent stamps (Surcharged for health) |
422e |
$5.40 |
|
$5.40 |
|
| ... Four Stamps : 40c (422a x 2), 80c (422b x 2) |
|
(i) Baby in Car Safety Seat with Teddy Bear Miniature Sheet with two 40 cent and two 80 cent stamps (Surcharged for health) |
422e1 |
$3,600.00 |
|
|
|
| ... Four Stamps : 40c (422a1 x 2), 80c (422b x 2) |
$2.60 |
Miniature Sheet with two 40 cent and two 80 cent stamps (Surcharged for health) - Stampex Tauranga Overprint |
422f |
$135.00 |
|
$135.00 |
|
| ... Four Stamps : 40c (422a x 2), 80c (422b x 2) |
| |
|
First Day Cover - 5 June 1996 |
422g |
|
|
$4.50 |
|
| ... 40c (422a), 80c (422b), 40c (422c) |
|
Miniature Sheet First Day Cover - 5 June 1996 |
422h |
|
|
$5.40 |
|
| ... $2.60 (422e) |

The 1996 Health Stamp
focused on the importance of child restraint seats in cars. The 40 cent
stamp showed a baby buckled into a child safety seat while the teddy bear
beside is buckled into an adult seat belt.
It was not until
publicity material was sent out that it was noticed that the baby seat
should actually be facing the other way and the arrangement portrayed in
the stamp would be very dangerous for the pictured baby. Children under six
months old are required to be facing the rear when travelling in a car
seat.
The stamps and miniature sheets were recalled and new stamps
were printed in the week before the issue date. The new stamps had the
teddy bear missing so that the public would not be at risk of mounting baby
car seats facing forward. Inevitably though, around two thousand of the
original stamps were sold to the public.
"It is my
understanding that New Zealand Post did not distribute any of the incorrect
health miniature sheets or the
1996
Capex Exhibition miniature sheet but some copies were distributed by
the printers" - Joh Enschede.