The New Zealand 2019 Christmas Stamps featured native New Zealand flora and fauna alongside the traditional Nativity story. The stamps included illustrations of fern fronds and koru, pōhutukawa, harakeke, tī kouka and karaka. A beautiful kereru, or New Zealand wood pigeon, makes an appearance on the miniature sheet and first-day cover.
The Gummed Stamps.
The five gummed stamps feature the Nativity scene in a uniquely New Zealand context with stylised, iconic silhouettes of New Zealand flora. The Christmas 2019 stamps are available in both gummed and self-adhesive formats.
The five gummed stamps feature the Nativity scene in a uniquely New Zealand context with stylised, iconic silhouettes of New Zealand flora. The Christmas 2019 stamps are available in both gummed and self-adhesive formats.
$1.30 A - Mary and Jesus.
Mary and baby Jesus appear here with a New Zealand fern frond and koru. Along with a fresh green background, the koru represents unfurling life and new beginnings.
$1.30 B - Joseph.
Over a backdrop of pōhutukawa, New Zealand’s native Christmas tree whose flowers appear for a short period over summer, Joseph looks down on baby Jesus.
$2.60 - Shepherd.
The shepherd plays the flute over a background of harakeke - New Zealand flax - which in Māori tradition is used for food, medicine and weaving.
$3.30 - Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh.
The three wise men are accompanied by tī kōuka, cabbage trees, reminiscent of the tall palms from the eastern lands they may have travelled from.
$4.00 - Angel.
Accompanying the 2019 Christmas angel, karaka, or New Zealand laurel, is a fruiting tree whose berries are feasted on by many native birds.
First Day Cover - 6 November 2019.
The beautiful kereru (Wood Pigeon) flying through the forest.
The beautiful kereru (Wood Pigeon) flying through the forest.
Miniature Sheet.
A kereru sitting on a pōhutukawa branch.
Miniature Sheet First Day Cover - 6 November 2019.
The cover has another pōhutukawa branch.
The cover has another pōhutukawa branch.
Set of Plate Blocks. Set of Value Blocks.
Set of Full Sheets.
Self-Adhesive Stamps.
The Four Self-Adhesive Stamps.
$1.30 - Mary and Jesus. (Self Adhesive)
$1.30 - Joseph. (Self Adhesive)
$2.60 - Shepherd. (Self Adhesive)
$3.30 - Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. (Self-Adhesive)
Self-Adhesive Booklets and Dispenser.
Christmas 2019 Set of Self-adhesive Booklets.
Set of $1.30 booklet (containing 10 stamps - 5 of each design), $2.30 booklet (containing 10 stamps), and $3.30 booklet (containing 10 stamps).
Christmas 2019 Self Adhesive $1.30 Stamp Dispenser.
Dispenser box containing 100 x $1.30 self-adhesive stamps with 50 stamps of each design.
Technical information.
Date of issue: 6 November 2019.
The number of stamps: Five gummed and four self-adhesive.
Denominations: $1.30 x 2, $2.60, $3.30, $4.00.
Stamps, miniature sheet and first day covers designed: Donna McKenna Studio, Wellington, New Zealand.
Printer: Southern Colour Print Ltd, Dunedin, New Zealand.
The number of colours: Four process colours.
Stamp size and format: Gummed: 35mm x 34.55 mm (horizontal).
Miniature sheet size: 140mm x 90mm (horizontal).
Paper type: Gummed stamps: Tullis Russell 104gsm red phosphor gummed stamp paper.
Self-adhesive stamps: Arconvert - (FSC) Securpost MC 90/KB85 P11p.
The number of stamps per sheet: 25.
Perforation gauge: Gummed: 14.286 x 14.47; Self-adhesive: die cut.
Special blocks: Plate/Imprint blocks may be obtained by purchasing at least six stamps from a sheet. Barcode blocks are available in A and B formats.
Period of sale: Unless stocks are exhausted earlier, these stamps will remain on sale until 5 November 2020. First-day covers will remain on sale until 5 January 2020.
Some of the images in this post were used with permission from the illustrated catalogue of StampsNZ
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