2006 Kapa Haka - Māori Performing Arts (Withdrawn Issue)

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Cat.

Mint Unhinged

Fine Used

This issue was withdrawn from sale before the issue date at the request of some of the Māori community who said that the style of the stamp design did not portray the Māori Performing Arts appropriately and that the stamps would cause offence to some people. The issue was never sold over-the-counter for postal use and all stock that had been dispatched to PostShops and held in other locations was recalled and destroyed.

In addition to samples kept on file for archival purposes, eight orders to customers were shipped in error. One of the advisers used in the design received some 'product' and 48 blank first day cover envelopes (without stamps) were shipped to customers well in advance of the scheduled release date.

Known to be in circulation:

2006 Māori Performing Arts gummed products4 x $2 single stamp mint9 x first day covers6 x sets plate imprint blocks3 x complete single stamp sets mint1 x complete single stamp set used

2006 Māori Performing Arts self adhesive products1 x 45 cent dispenser box mint2 x 45 cent single stamp mint1 x 45 cent single stamp used11 x stamp booklets

3 x presentation packs mint

48 x blank first day cover envelopes carrying Māori Performing Arts illustrative imagery

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 158 - 159, 360 - 362

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