Thousands of New Zealand children grow up on farms and in the country, and the 2013 Children's Health stamp issue celebrates the unique ways of life of these children and their pets. I can relate to this since I grew up on a small farm, actually the one I own today. You will find a picture of us kids with our pets at the bottom of this post. We also had the usual dogs, cats, lambs, pigs, even gecko lizard which would be illegal today. Ringo, my pet gecko actually turned out to be a female when she had babies. LOL.
On 18 April 2013, Te Puna Whaiora Children’s Health Camps launched its new name, Stand Children’s Services, Tu Maia Whanau. Stand Children’s Services aims to nurture the dreams and aspirations of our nation’s children, allowing them to find their turangawaewae, their 'place to stand’
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70c +10c - Lamb. $1.40 + 10c - Piglet.
Most farms around here had sheep so you would always get the odd one which a mother would reject. These often became pets, being hand feed with bottles.
The next stamp shows the little girl with her pet piglet and stuffed toy dragon. This was the picture which reminded me of the one I have posted below.
70c + 10c - Goat (self-adhesive).
Being a country school we always had the "Pet Day" where of course things got out of hand as pets got loose too. Of course, the goats were the worst, they would eat anything they could. We invited the residents of an old people's home to visit on that day too. They enjoyed themselves being dragged around the school by us kids to view all the pets and things.
Our pets. Notice my little brother with his toy rabbit.
Date taken: - Many years ago. LOL
2013 Health Miniature Sheet.
Technical information
Date of issue:
| 4 September 2013 |
|---|---|
Number of stamps:
| Two gummed stamps and one self-adhesive stamp |
Denominations:
| 70c + 10c gummed and self-adhesive; $1.40 + 10c gummed |
Stamps, miniature sheet and first day covers designed by:
| Stephen Fuller, Wellington, New Zealand |
Printer and process:
| Southern Colour Print Ltd by offset lithography |
Number of colours:
| Four process colours |
Stamp size and format:
| Gummed: 30mm x 40mm (vertical); Self-adhesive: 25mm x 30mm (vertical) |
Paper type:
| Tullis Russell 104gsm red phosphor gummed stamp paper and Avery Dennison Kraft Back 210gsm |
Number of stamps per sheet:
| Gummed: 25; Self-adhesive: 100 |
Perforation gauge:
| 14 |
Special blocks:
| Plate/imprint blocks could be obtained by purchasing at least six stamps from a sheet. Barcode blocks were available in A and B formats. |
Period of sale:
| These stamps remained on sale until 3 September 2014. |
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