2005 Farm Animals - The Year of the Rooster

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Fine Used
45c	Sheep	591a	$0.80	$0.80
90c	Sheep Dog	591b	$1.60	$1.60
$1.35	Pigs	591c	$2.45	$2.45
$1.50	Rooster	591d	$2.70	$2.70
$2	Year of the Rooster	591e	$3.60	$3.60

	Set of 5	591f	$10.60	$10.60

45c	Sheep (Self Adhesive) from Coil	591g	$0.80	$0.80
45c	Sheep (Self Adhesive) from Booklet	591h	$0.80	$0.80

	Se-tenant Strip of one 45 cent, one 90 cent, one $1.35, one $1.50 and one $2 stamp	591i	$11.70	$11.70
	… Five Stamps : 45c (591a), 90c (591b), $1.35 (591c), $1.50 (591d), $2 (591e)

$3.50	Miniature Sheet with one $1.50 and one $2 stamp	591j	$6.30	$6.30
	… Two Stamps : $1.50 (591d), $2 (591e)
$6.20	Limited Edition Miniature Sheet with one 45 cent, one 90 cent, one $1.35, one $1.50 and one $2 stamp (2,000 numbered copies)	591k	$198.00
	… Five Stamps : 45c (591a), 90c (591b), $1.35 (591c), $1.50 (591d), $2 (591e)

$4.50	Self Adhesive Booklet of ten 45 cent stamps	591l	$8.10	$8.10
	… Ten Stamps : 45c (591h x 10)

	First Day Cover - 12 January 2005	591m		$11.90
	… Two Stamps : 45c (591g), Joined Strip (591i)
	Miniature Sheet First Day Cover - 12 January 2005	591n		$6.80
	… $3.50 (591j)

New Zealand Post celebrated the Chinese Year of the Rooster with an issue dedicated to farmyard animals. Unfortunately the artist took a few liberties and the 45 cent stamp actually features a ram rather than a ewe with two lambs - a not so common site in the New Zealand rural landscape.

The 45 cent stamp was also issued as a booklet of self-adhesive stamps.

A miniature sheet commemorating the Year of the Rooster was issued in the same style as the Chinese year miniature sheets from other years.

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 143 - 144, 355 - 357

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