1997 Christmas
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| Cat. | Mint Unhinged | Fine Used | ||||
| 40c | Not on a snowy night... By star or candle light... / Ship Arriving | 450a | $0.70 | $0.70 | ||
| 70c | But on a summer day... Within a quiet bay... / Samuel Marsden on the Pulpit | 450b | $1.80 | $1.80 | ||
| 80c | The Maori People heard...The great and glorious word... / Maori Chiefs | 450c | $2.25 | $2.25 | ||
| $1 | The people gathered round... Upon the grassy ground... / Maori Woman and Children | 450d | $2.70 | $2.70 | ||
| $1.50 | How (sic) in this blessed land... United heart and hand... / Goodwill | 450e | $4.05 | $4.05 | ||
| $1.80 | Te Harinui... Glad tidings of great joy... / Pohutukawa | 450f | $4.95 | $4.95 | ||
| Set of 6 individual stamps | 450g | $15.65 | $15.65 | |||
| 40c | Te Harinui / Memorial Cross (Self Adhesive) from Booklet | 450h | $0.70 | $0.70 | ||
| 40c | Te Harinui / Memorial Cross (Self Adhesive) from Coil | 450i | $0.70 | $0.70 | ||
| Se-tenant Block of one 40 cent, one 70 cent, one 80 cent, one $1, one $1.50 and one $1.80 stamp | 450j | $15.30 | $15.30 | |||
| ... Six Stamps : 40c (450a), 70c (450b), 80c (450c), $1 (450d), $1.50 (450e), $1.80 (450f) | ||||||
| $4 | Self Adhesive Booklet of ten 40 cent stamps - Memorial Cross | 450k | $7.20 | |||
| ... Ten Stamps : 40c (450h x 10) | ||||||
| First Day Cover - 3 September 1997 | 450l | $9.90 | ||||
| ... 40c (450i), Se-tenant Block (450j) | ||||||
The 1997 Christmas issue features lyrics from the New Zealand Christmas
Carol 'Te Harinui' written forty years earlier by Willow Macky in
1957 to commemorate the first Christmas Day service in New Zealand held by
the Reverend Samuel Marsden at the Bay of Islands on Christmas Day 1814.
This service was first commemorated in the 1964 Christmas issue.
Not on a snowy nightBy star or candlelightNor by an angel bandThere came to our dear land
Te HarinuiTe HarinuiTe HarinuiGlad tidings of great joy
But on a summer dayWithin a quiet bayThe Maori people heardThe great and glorious word
The people gathered roundUpon the grassy groundAnd heard the preacher sayI bring to you this day
Now in this blessed landUnited heart and handWe praise the glorious birthAnd sing to all the earth
The lyrics 'now in' were incorrectly transcribed as 'how in' on the $1.50 stamp and this error was never rectified.
Not on a snowy nightBy star or candlelightNor by an angel bandThere came to our dear land
Te HarinuiTe HarinuiTe HarinuiGlad tidings of great joy
But on a summer dayWithin a quiet bayThe Maori people heardThe great and glorious word
The people gathered roundUpon the grassy groundAnd heard the preacher sayI bring to you this day
Now in this blessed landUnited heart and handWe praise the glorious birthAnd sing to all the earth
The lyrics 'now in' were incorrectly transcribed as 'how in' on the $1.50 stamp and this error was never rectified.
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 237 - 238, 466 - 468 |
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