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2006 Year Of The Dog

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2006 Year Of The Dog
Cat. Mint Unhinged Fine Used
45c Labrador Retriever 610a $0.80
$0.80
90c German Sheperd Dog 610b $1.60
$1.60
$1.35 Jack Russell Terrier 610c $2.45
$2.45
$1.50 Golden Retriever 610d $2.70
$2.70
$2 Huntaway 610e $3.60
$3.60
Set of 5 610f $10.60
$10.60
45c Labrador Retriever (Self Adhesive) from Coil Perf 12¾ 610g $0.80
$0.80
45c Labrador Retriever (Self Adhesive) from Booklet Perf 11¼ 610h $1.15
$1.15
$3.50 Year of the Dog Miniature Sheet with one $1.50 and one $2 stamp 610i $6.30
$6.30
… Two Stamps : $1.50 (610d), $2 (610e)
$1.35 Limited Edition Miniature Sheet with one 45 cent and one 90 cent stamp (2,000 numbered copies) 610j $180.00
… Two Stamps : 45c (610a), 90c (610b)
$4.50 Self Adhesive Booklet of ten 45 cent stamps 610k $11.25
… Ten Stamps : 45c (610h x 10)
First Day Cover - 4 January 2006 610l $11.90
… Six Stamps : 45c (610a), 90c (610b), $1.35 (610c), $1.50 (610d), $2 (610e), 45c (610g)
Miniature Sheet First Day Cover - 4 January 2006 610m $6.80
… $3.50 (610i)
This issue commemorates the Chinese Lunar Year of the Dog.



A miniature sheet was issued featuring two stamps from this issue.



Most notable is the 45 cent stamp which features a seeing-eye Labrador Retriever with the number 45 in Braille embossed into it - the first New Zealand stamp to include Braille markings. Some stamps have been found with missing Braille dots.


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 154 - 155, 358 - 360
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