2021 Sarah Featon - Botanical Artist

This stamp issue is commemorating Sarah Ann Featon's botanical artwork. Sarah Ann Featon (née Porter, 1848 – 28 April 1927) was an accomplished botanical artist from New Zealand.

2021 Sarah Featon - Botanical Artist Used Miniature Sheet


2021 Sarah Featon - Botanical Artist Set of Stamp Sheets





$1.40 Puawānanga

Edward Featon’s text equally captures the natural beauty of the white clematis Clematis paniculata:

On account of its climbing habit, it is at times impossible to obtain its floral treasures, which, pendant from the highest branches of the stately forest trees, defy all attempts, at the hands of the covetous ones below, to possess them.’ 

$2.70 Karaka

The Art Album classified New Zealand’s flora scientifically, but also offered descriptions of how plants were used in everyday life by both Pākehā and Māori. Edward describes how Māori cultivated Corynocarpus laevigatus as a food, eating the fruits after a lengthy and complex process to remove their toxicity. 

$3.50 Kōwhai-ngutu-kākā

Sarah’s stunning depiction of the the kākā beak Clianthus puniceus with its elegant hanging flowers would no doubt have helped inspire a love of New Zealand’s flora. Sadly, this eye-catching shrub remains threatened in the wild.

$4.00 Campbell Island daisy

Sarah Featon painted plants from all over New Zealand, including specimens from the Subantarctic Islands. Pleurophyllum speciosum is known only from the Auckland and Campbell Islands where it grows profusely with other mega-herbs, forming a riot of colour in December and January. 

Other Collectable Items.

2021 Sarah Featon - Botanical Artist Tea Towel
This is one of the most usual collectable item released by New Zealand Post. Material: 100% ​cotton, size: 50cm x 70cm, 190 GSM.

2021 Sarah Featon - Botanical Artist First Day Cover

Technical Information.

Date of issue:5 May 2021
Number of stamps:Four gummed
Denominations:$1.40, $2.70, $3.50, $4.00
Designed and illustrated by:Hannah Fortune, New Zealand Post, Wellington, New Zealand
Printer and process:Southern Colour Print, New Zealand by lithography
Number of colours:Four process colours plus metallic PMS silver and spot varnish
Stamp size and format:30mm x 40mm (vertical)
Miniature sheet size and format:80mm x 95mm (vertical)
Paper type:Tullis Russell 106gsm red phosphor gummed stamp paper
Number of stamps per sheet:25
Perforation gauge:13.33 x 13.6
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 4 May 2022. First day covers will remain on sale until 30 June 2021.


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