| Issue Date | 01.10.1993 |
| ID | Michel: 1314, 1315-1319, Bl.39, 39I Scott: 1180-1184, 1184a Stanley Gibbons: 1762-1767, 1768 Yvert: 1247-1251, 1252, 90, 92 UPU: N/A Category: pR |
| Author | Geoffrey Cox, Auckland, NZ |
| Stamps in set | 6 |
| Value | 45c
- Booklet stamp 45c - Sauropod 80c - Pterosaur $1.0 - Ankylosaur $1.20 - Mauisaurus $2.80 - Carnosaur |
| Size (width x height) | 28 x 40 mm, Block 124 x 99 mm |
| Layout | 100 stamps in sheet |
| Products | FDC x 2 Block x 2 Booklet 1 |
| Paper | Harrison and Sons, red phosphor coated, unwatermarked |
| Perforation | heet stamps: 13.5; Booklet stamps: 12; Miniature Sheet stamp: 14.5 x 14 |
| Print Technique |
lithography |
| Printed by | Southern Colour Print, Dunedin, New Zealand |
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| Issuing Authority | New Zealand Post |
On January 10th 1993, Post authority of New Zealand issued set of 6 stamps and a Souvenir Sheet that shows various dinosaurs. One of these stamps issued in booklet of 10, other stamps issued in individual sheets of 100 stamps. The colorful miniature sheet incorporates the $1.50 stamp from the issue and depicts a lively scene showing a conflict between two carnosaurs and a pair of hypsilophodonts
Between 1-10 October 1993 stamp collectors, postal administrations and exhibitors flocked to Thailand to attend Bangkok '93 World Philatelic Exhibition. New Zealand Post produced an overprinted Dinosaur souvenir sheet to commemorate the event.
For 165 million years dinosaurs ruled the earth with unparalleled strength and power. To date, some 500 types of dinosaur have been identified, but this is believed to be only a fraction of the species that actually existed. They came in all shapes and sizes (some were as small as chickens, while some were as tall as five-storey buildings) and they displayed a wide range of social behaviour patterns (some were gentle in nature and ate plant life, while others were violent and threatening, and ate those that ate the plant life!). The name 'dinosaur' originates from a combination of two Greek words: 'deinos' meaning terrible and 'sauros' meaning lizard. It is these 'terrible lizards' - in particular those that once walked on New Zealand soil - that are the subject of this stamp issue.
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This stamp design illustrates a carnosaur about to attack a sauropod |
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 80c - Pterosaur The pterosaurs were the first animals (other than insects) to take to the air and fly. Their wings were large membranes of skin which measured four metres across. The pterosaurs diet consisted of fish and other marine life. |
 $1.0 - Ankylosaur
Up to three metres long and weighing around half a tonne, the herbivorous ankylosaur was well protected from predators with a heavy bone armour which plated its back and head. |
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Mauisaurus was a plesiosaur - a marine reptile that swum with its head above the water and fed on fish and other prey. Measuring nine metres long, mauisaurus was the largest plesiosaur to be found in New Zealand waters. |
 $2.80 - Carnosaur
The large meat-eating carnosaur was among the most terrifying of all dinosaurs. It walked on its hind legs, had powerful clawed hands and may have been capable of speeds of up to 40 or 50 kilometres per hour! |
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| Booklet | FDC with booklet stamps |
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| Used cover | Overprinted Souvenir Sheet |
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References: New Zealand Post
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