| | Cat. |
Mint Unhinged |
Fine Used |
$5 |
Queen Elizabeth II (Simplified) |
613a |
$9.00 |
|
$9.00 |
|
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(i) with green blue background |
613a1 |
$9.00 |
|
$9.00 |
|
|
(ii) with Ultramarine blue background |
613a2 |
$9.00 |
|
$9.00 |
|
| |
$17.50 |
Miniature Sheet with one $5 stamp and five pound Jersey stamp - Joint Issue with Jersey |
613b |
$36.00 |
|
$36.00 |
|
| ... One Stamp : $5 (613a1) |
| |
$20 |
Sheetlet of four $5 stamps |
613c |
$36.00 |
|
$36.00 |
|
| ... Four Stamps : $5 (613a1 x 4) |
|
(i) Numbered Sheetlet of four $5 stamps (First 5000 Copies) |
613c1 |
$45.00 |
|
$45.00 |
|
| ... Four Stamps : $5 (613a1 x 4) |
| |
|
First Day Cover - 21 April 2006 |
613d |
|
|
$9.90 |
|
| ... $5 (613a1) |
A joint issue miniature sheet commemorating the 80th birthday of Queen
Elizabeth II was issued on her birthday - the 21st of April - by New
Zealand Post and Jersey Post. The stamps feature a portrait of the Queen by
photographer Julian Calder with a 99% silver foiled border and
text.

The stamps were issued in two shades with the
differences being most apparent in the shade of the background - green blue
(left) and ultramarine blue (right). However, the colour differences also
affect the shade of the text on the sheetlet margin and the skin tones have
more of a red tinge on the ultramarine blue stamps. Page 157 of The Postage
Stamps of New Zealand Volume X suggests that one shades originates from the
miniature sheet and one from the sheetlet - however we have seen sheetlets
in both shades.

The stamps were issued in sheetlets of
four stamps and the first 5000 sheetlets were numbered.