Two New Stamps To Appear Next Week
I Two new stamps would I | be on sale on December 10, I. | the Christchurch Chief I ' Postmaster (Mr M. E. Wil- I son) said in a statement. They are 25c and $2 deno- ( I minations. The 25c stamp is divided 1 into two panels. One shows (a Taranaki daily farm scene with Mount Egmont in the i I background. The other shows | (cartons of butter, cheese 1 land milk biscuits being 1 (loaded into a ship. i
j The $2 stamp retains the Iscene of the Pohutu Geyser I but, in the new issue, the (foreground rocks are in (pumice shades with a light blue background. ( A special cancellation would read “Dairy Industry— Pohutu Geyser, first day of issue,” said Mr Wilson. A special date stamp will be provided at the Whakarewarewa post office—near where the geyser is situated.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31856, 7 December 1968, Page 19
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