2000 Sydney Olympic Games and Sporting Pursuits
Major errors in the placement of the vertical perforations are known in
all stamp values in this issue. This results in New Zealand and the
stamp value being found at the bottom rather than the top of each
stamp, except in the bottom row where both are completely
missing.
The Olympic logo, "Sydney 2000" and the New
Zealand Post fern motif were deliberately omitted from the bottom of
the $1.50 and $1.80 stamps. Netball, although recognised by the IOC, is
not contested at Olympic games. Bowling was demonstrated at the
1988 Olympic games but has never been included on the official Olympic
program.
Bibliography
The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume X |
Edited by B.G. Vincent FRPSNZ |
Published 2013 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated (ISBN 978-0-9876534-3-7) |
Pages 94 - 95 |
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