2006 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 80th Birthday
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Cat. |
Mint Unhinged |
Fine Used |
$5 |
Queen Elizabeth II (Simplified) |
613a |
$9.00 |
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$9.00 |
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(i) with green blue background |
613a1 |
$9.00 |
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$9.00 |
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(ii) with Ultramarine blue background |
613a2 |
$9.00 |
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$9.00 |
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$17.50 |
Miniature Sheet with one $5 stamp and five pound Jersey stamp - Joint Issue with Jersey |
613b |
$36.00 |
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$36.00 |
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… One Stamp : $5 (613a1) |
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$20 |
Sheetlet of four $5 stamps |
613c |
$36.00 |
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$36.00 |
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… Four Stamps : $5 (613a1 x 4) |
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(i) Numbered Sheetlet of four $5 stamps (First 5000 Copies) |
613c1 |
$45.00 |
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$45.00 |
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… Four Stamps : $5 (613a1 x 4) |
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First Day Cover - 21 April 2006 |
613d |
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$9.35 |
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… $5 (613a1) |
A joint issue miniature sheet commemorating the 80th
birthday of Queen Elizabeth II was issued on her birthday - the 21st of
April - by New Zealand Post and Jersey Post. The stamps feature a portrait
of the Queen by photographer Julian Calder with a 99% silver foiled border
and text.

The stamps were issued in two shades with
the differences being most apparent in the shade of the background - green
blue (left) and ultramarine blue (right). However, the colour differences
also affect the shade of the text on the sheetlet margin and the skin tones
have more of a red tinge on the ultramarine blue stamps. Page 157 of The
Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume X suggests that one shades originates
from the miniature sheet and one from the sheetlet - however we have seen
sheetlets in both shades.

The stamps were issued in sheetlets of four stamps and
the first 5000 sheetlets were numbered.
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)
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