NEW GIFT PACK OF STAMPS

Taupo Times, Volume 19, Issue 97, 15 December 1970, Page 4

NEW GIFT PACK OF

STAMPS

Philatelists, or those with stamp-collector friends overseas, should welcome the latest move by the New -Zealand Post Office's Philatelic Bureau, in Wellington.

The bureau has collected the 17 special or commemorative stamps issued between October 2, 1969, and October 1, 1970, in a stamp collector s gift pack which was released on December 1. This year's introductory gift pack has been limited to a print of 10,000 but, if demand is heavy, the print order will be increased when next year s gift pack is produced. The white laminated folder of this first production is decorated with a simple, but colourful, design incorporating distinctive features in the designs of the stamps. The history and details of

the stamps are outlined on the inside cover which also includes an artistic impression of Captain Cook. The collector 's pack includes stamps produced for the Cook Bi-centenary, Expo, Corso, the 25th anniversary of the United Nations, Cardigan Bay and the three new Christmas stamps. The pack is available at chief Post Offices and post offices in tourist centres where Philatelic Bureau officials expect a heavy demand from overseas visitors searching for gifts to send home to friends and family.

The packs may also be obtained from the Philatelic Bureau, Private Bag, Wellington (mail order), and the Philatelic Saies Sections at Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Miss Josie Mason, clerk in the stamp section of the Post Office, displays the new gift pack of special and commemorative stamps issued during 1970. The decoratively designed gift pack of the year's special stamps will, in future, be available annually to stamp collectors.