| | 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 |
|
$0.70 |
|
|
(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 |
|
$3.60 |
|
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 |
$0.90 |
|
$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.