1970 Definitives / Pictorials

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Fine Used
½c	Glade Copper Butterfly	166a	$0.45	$0.45
1c	Red Admiral Butterfly (Simplified)	166b	$0.45	$0.45
	(i) Upright watermark	166b1	$0.45	$0.45
	(ii) Sideways watermark	166b2	$0.90	$0.90
	(iii) No watermark and white gum	166b3	$0.45	$0.45
	(iv) No watermark and blue gum	166b4	$0.45
2c	Tussock Butterfly (Simplified)	166c	$0.45	$0.45
	(i) Watermarked paper	166c1	$0.45	$0.45
	(ii) No watermark and white gum	166c2	$0.45	$0.45
	(iii) No watermark and blue gum	166c3	$0.45
2½c	Magpie Moth	166d	$0.45	$0.45
3c	Lichen Moth (Simplified)	166e	$0.45	$0.45
	(i) Upright watermark	166e1	$0.45	$0.45
	(ii) Sideways watermark	166e2	$0.90	$0.90
	(iii) No watermark and white gum	166e3	$0.45	$0.45
	(iv) No watermark and blue gum	166e4	$1.35
4c	Puriri Moth (Simplified)	166f	$0.45	$0.45
	(i) Upright watermark	166f1	$0.45	$0.45
	(ii) Sideways watermark	166f2	$0.85	$0.90
	(iii) No watermark and white gum	166f3	$0.45	$0.45
	(iv) No watermark and blue gum	166f4	$0.45
5c	Scarlet Parrot Fish (Simplified)	166g	$0.55	$0.45
	(i) Watermarked paper	166g1	$0.55	$0.45
	(ii) No watermark and white gum	166g2	$0.70	$0.65
	(iii) No watermark and blue gum	166g3	$1.80
6c	Seahorse (Simplified)	166h	$0.70	$0.45
	(i) Watermarked paper	166h1	$0.70	$0.45
	(ii) No watermark and white gum	166h2	$1.80	$0.90
	(iii) No watermark and blue gum	166h3	$1.80
7c	Leather Jacket Fish (Simplified)	166i	$0.70	$0.45
	(i) Watermarked paper	166i1	$0.70	$0.45
	(ii) No watermark and white gum	166i2	$5.40	$3.60
	(iii) No watermark and blue gum	166i3	$6.75
7½c	Garfish	166j	$0.90	$0.90
8c	John Dory (Simplified)	166k	$0.80	$0.45
	(i) Watermarked paper	166k1	$0.80	$0.45
	(ii) No watermark	166k2	$4.50	$3.40
10c	New Zealand Coat of Arms / Queen Elizabeth II (Simplified)	166l	$0.70	$0.45
	(i) Watermarked paper	166l1	$0.90	$0.45
	(ii) No watermark and white gum	166l2	$0.70	$0.45
	(iii) No watermark and blue gum	166l3	$0.70
15c	Maori Fish Hook (Simplified)	166m	$0.55	$0.45
	(i) Watermarked paper	166m1	$2.70	$0.45
	(ii) No watermark	166m2	$0.55	$0.45
18c	Maori War Club (Simplified)	166n	$0.70	$0.45
	(i) Watermarked paper	166n1	$3.15	$0.60
	(ii) No watermark	166n2	$0.70	$0.45
20c	Maori Moko / Tattoo (Simplified)	166o	$0.80	$0.45
	(i) Watermarked paper	166o1	$3.15	$0.60
	(ii) No watermark and white gum	166o2	$1.35	$0.45
	(iii) No watermark and blue gum	166o3	$0.80
23c	Egmont National Park (Simplified)	166p	$0.90	$0.45
	(i) No watermark and white gum	166p1	$0.90
	(ii) No watermark and blue gum	166p2	$0.90
25c	Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park (Simplified)	166q	$0.90	$0.45
	(i) No watermark Perf 13¼ x 13½	166q1	$2.25	$0.70
	(ii) No watermark Perf 14	166q2	$0.85	$0.45
30c	Mount Cook National Park (Simplified)	166r	$1.35	$0.55
	(i) No watermark Perf 13¼ x 13½	166r1	$1.45	$0.45
	(ii) No watermark Perf 14	166r2	$3.60	$2.70
50c	Abel Tasman National Park (Simplified)	166s	$1.60	$0.45
	(i) No watermark and white gum	166s1	$1.60
	(ii) No watermark and blue gum	166s2	$1.60
$1	Geothermal Power Generation (No watermark)	166t	$3.60	$0.70
$2	Agricultural Technology (No watermark)	166u	$7.20	$3.60

	Set of 21 individual stamps	166v	$23.40	$12.75

75c	Booklet of nine 1 cent, six 3 cent and twelve 4 cent stamps - watermarked (Issued 1971) Sewn	166wa	$31.50
	… Twenty seven Stamps : 1c (166b x 9), 3c (166e x 6), 4c (166f x 12)
75c	Booklet of nine 1 cent, six 3 cent and twelve 4 cent stamps - unwatermarked (Issued 1973 or 1974) Sewn	166wb	$19.80
	… Twenty seven Stamps : 1c (166b x 9), 3c (166e x 6), 4c (166f x 12)
$1	Booklet of ten 10 cent stamps (Issued 1977)	166wc	$16.20
	… Ten Stamps : 10c (166l x 10)

	First Day Cover - 12 March 1970	166xa		$4.50
	… 10c (166l)
	First Day Cover - 2 September 1970	166xb		$4.50
	… ½c (166a), 1c (166b), 2c (166c), 2½c (166d), 3c (166e), 4c (166f)
	First Day Cover - 4 November 1970	166xc		$4.50
	… 5c (166g), 6c (166h), 7c (166i), 7½c (166j), 8c (166k)
	First Day Cover - 20 January 1971	166xd		$4.50
	… 15c (166m), 18c (166n), 20c (166o)
	First Day Cover - 14 April 1971	166xe		$9.00
	… $1 (166t), $2 (166u)
	First Day Cover - 1 September 1971	166xf		$4.50
	… 25c (166q), 30c (166r), 50c (166s)
	First Day Cover - 1 December 1971	166xg		$4.50
	… 23c (166p)

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.

Bibliography

The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume VI

Edited by D. E. G. Naish FRPSNZ and K. J. McNaught FRPSNZ FRPSL

Publsihed 1975 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated

Pages 79, 102 - 123

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 1 - 16

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