1970 Definitives / Pictorials

		Cat.	Mint	Used
½c	Glade Copper Butterfly	170a	$0.40	$0.40
1c	Red Admiral Butterfly	170b	$0.40	$0.40
2c	Tussock Butterfly	170c	$0.40	$0.40
2½c	Magpie Moth	170d	$0.40	$0.40
3c	Lichen Moth	170e	$0.40	$0.40
4c	Puriri Moth	170f	$0.40	$0.40
5c	Scarlet Parrot Fish	170g	$0.40	$0.40
6c	Seahorse	170h	$0.40	$0.40
7c	Leather Jacket Fish	170i	$0.45	$0.40
7½c	Garfish	170j	$0.80	$0.40
8c	John Dory	170k	$0.55	$0.40
10c	New Zealand Coat of Arms / Queen Elizabeth II	170l	$0.55	$0.40
15c	Maori Fish Hook	170m	$0.55	$0.40
18c	Maori War Club	170n	$0.55	$0.40
20c	Maori Moko / Tattoo	170o	$0.60	$0.40
23c	Egmont National Park	170p	$1.00	$0.40
25c	Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park	170q	$0.95	$0.40
30c	Mount Cook National Park	170r	$0.95	$0.45
50c	Abel Tasman National Park	170s	$1.15	$0.75
$1	Geothermal Power Generation	170t	$2.25	$1.50
$2	Agricultural Technology	170u	$4.50	$3.75
	Set Of 21	170v	$17.15	$12.60

Planning for the 1970 definitives began in 1968 with a two stage competition to first select a group of designers who were then commissioned to complete full designs for the issue, with the final stamps picked from that selection.

The half, one and two cent abstract moths were designed by Miss Enid Hunter. The rest of the moths and the fish stamps up to the seven cent stamp by Miss Eileen Mayo. D.B. Stevenson designed the 7½ and 8 cent stamps.

The 2½ cent stamps were surcharged in 1971 when postal rates increased and are listed under the 1971 Provisionals issue. The 3 and 4 cent stamps were surcharged in 1977 and are listed under the 1977 Postafix Provisionals issue.

The 10, 15, 25, 30 cent, $1 and $2 stamps were designed by Mark Cleverley. The 23 and 50 cent stamps were designed by M V Askew and the 18 and 20 cent designs were by Enid Hunter again. The one and two dollar stamps were printed by Courvoisier in Switzerland and it is an unusual characteristic of their printing process that fibres are embedded on the gum side of the stamps.

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