New Zealand
1993
"Dinosaurs"
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
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Printed by |
Southern Colour Print, Dunedin, New Zealand |
Quantity |
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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.
45c - Booklet stamp: Carnosaur and Sauropod
This stamp design illustrates a carnosaur about to
attack a sauropod
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45c - Sauropod
A giant herbivore that used its long giraffe-like neck to graze on lush
tree top vegetation. Apatosaurus (also called brontosaurus) and
diplodocus are among the best known of this group of dinosaur. |
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.
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$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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$1.20 - Mauisaurus
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.
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$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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Products
FDC |

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Signed FDC
(signed by stamp designed Geoffrey Cox ) |
Some
personalized FDC |

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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
Latest
update 19.11.2017
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