NEW ZEALAND 1960-66 3d 'Kowhai' error, SG785b

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NEW ZEALAND 1960-66 3d 'Kowhai' error, SG785bNew Zealand 1960 66 3d 'Kowhai', error GREEN OMITTED resulting in the leaves shown in white, SG785b. Pristine unmounted mint example with full original gum. A very scarce stamp error. In November 1958 the Postmaster General announced that a new set of pictorial stamps would be issued progressively from July 1960. A public competition was held to obtain designs and 1,072 entries were received from 268 competitors. The values in the new set from 1d to

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will likely be considered the finest

Large Letters on Obverse

"The small virgin in white

Later that year

Corinth mint

Black was finally selected since it was felt it sharpened the contrast and accentuated the darker parts of the engraving

Showing slight gum disturbance in margin due to the mounting of the sheets by the Post Office

The original

Ref: ESC 579

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(3c with slight gum crease