1991 Bird Definitives

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Fine Used
5c	Spotless Crake	343a	$0.45	$0.45
45c	Rock Wren	343b	$0.80	$0.80
	(i) with imperforate left margin from the booklet	343b1	$2.70
	(ii) with imperforate right margin from the booklet	343b2	$2.70

45c	Rock Wren (Self Adhesive) (Simplified)	343c	$1.60	$1.15
	(i) Perf 11½ - Blunt Corners (Issued July 1991) (Self Adhesive)	343c1	$3.60	$2.25
	(ii) Perf 10¾ x 11 (Issued December 1991) (Self Adhesive)	343c2	$1.80	$1.80

	Set of 3	343d	$2.70	$2.30

	Se-tenant Pair of two 45 cent stamps with imperforate left and right margins	343e	$5.10
	… Two Stamps : 45c (343b1), 45c (343b2)

$4.50	Booklet of ten 45 cent stamps - Blue "Hang-Sell" cover	343f	$14.40
	… Ten Stamps : 45c (343b x 10)
$4.50	Booklet of ten 45 cent stamps - Red "Hang-Sell" cover imperf left and right pairs	343g	$19.80
	… Ten Stamps : 45c (343b1 x 5), 45c (343b2 x 5)
$4.50	Booklet of ten 45 cent stamps - Red with no "Hang-Sell" slot and no imperfs	343h	$12.60
	… Ten Stamps : 45c (343b x 10)
$4.50	Booklet of ten 45 cent stamps - Red "Hang-Sell" cover and no imperfs	343i	$67.50
	… Ten Stamps : 45c (343b x 10)

	First Day Cover - 1 July 1991	343j		$4.25
	… Three Stamps : 5c (343a), 45c (343b), 45c (343c1)

The 10¾ x 11 perf self adhesive stamp (on the left) can be easily distinguished from the 11½ perf stamp (on the right) by the style of the corners of the die cut perforations - the 11½ has blunt corners. The 10¾ x 11 stamp variety originates solely from dispenser boxes of 100 stamps and was issued on 'Official Olympic Sponsor' (as shown above left), 'Royal Dalton Ceramics Exhibition' or plain backing papers. A limited number of the 11½ perf self adhesive stamps were issued to Post Offices in sheets for use on First Day Covers but the remainder were all issued on plain backing paper. Dispenser boxes were on sale until 1994 and a variety of backing papers were used over those three years.

The self adhesive dispenser boxes had extra labels included at strategic places to warn when the stamps were running low.

Bibliography

The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume VIII

Edited by B. G. Vincent FRPSNZ

Published 1998 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated (ISSN 0-9597883-1-X)

Pages 117 - 123, 138, 445 - 446

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