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This is New Zealand's largest and highest valued stamp. It is also one
of the most controversial as many stamp collectors believe that rather
than responding to demand for a high value postage stamp for documents and
parcels, the stamp was a ploy to fleece collectors. Recess printed in a dull blue with gold leaf embossing, this design incorporates several New Zealand icons - Mt Cook, the native Ponga fern and the Kowhai tree flower. A Maori rafter pattern in gold leaf borders at the top while the New Zealand flag is also woven into the engraving. The same stamp design printed by offset lithography, pre-cancelled and overprinted 'SPECIMEN' was included in the 2009 Timpex Stamp Exhibition miniature sheet.  The stamp was printed on water-marked paper with a special fluorescent surface printed security pattern as shown in the above photograph which is visible under long wave (around 420 nanometre) ultraviolet light. | ||||||||||||||
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