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Heritage Series Overview.
This issue titled 'The Sea' was another in the 'Heritage ' series leading up to the 1990 150th anniversary celebrations in New Zealand. The theme of this six value set is the sea and oceans. New Zealand is totally surrounded by ocean so the sea has played, and continues to play, a significant part in our island life. This is shown in the variety of ways New Zealanders use and relate to the sea.
Heritage Series Overview.
This issue titled 'The Sea' was another in the 'Heritage ' series leading up to the 1990 150th anniversary celebrations in New Zealand. The theme of this six value set is the sea and oceans. New Zealand is totally surrounded by ocean so the sea has played, and continues to play, a significant part in our island life. This is shown in the variety of ways New Zealanders use and relate to the sea.
40c - Recreation / Windsurfer.
New Zealand enjoys an international reputation for prowess in water sports. They include yachting, boating, canoeing, swimming, surf and as shown here, windsurfing. Windsurfing is one of the most recent water activities our nation has taken to its heart, and our long coasts and favourable wind and sea conditions are ideal for it. Sometimes when the wind is right you can see 20 or 30 of them, out there racing across the waves powered by the wind.
60c - The Harvest / Commercial Fishing.
New Zealand's 200 mile Exclusive Economic Zone, established in 1978, allows for the good management of this country's fisheries and covers 1.2 million square nautical miles. Many foreign fishing vessels fish under licence in New Zealand waters earning us significant revenue. New Zealand also operates its own sizable fishing fleet under licence with strict quotas on catches.. In this way the domestic and export markets are supplied while keeping our fishing resources from being wiped out completely by over-fishing.
65c - The Challenge / Big Game Fishing / Marlin.
New Zealand is well-known for big game fishing off the east coast from North Cape to Hawke's Bay, where marlin, various sharks, tuna and kingfish lure the fisherman. But the small boy fishing off the end of a wharf gets just as big a thrill when he hooks a modest 'spottie'. Fishing is a popular recreational activity, with many people keeping their own boats for that purpose. Just like the commercial fishermen, recreational fishermen also have limits on the numbers and types of fish they can catch.
80c - The Cradle / Boats in Harbour.
New Zealand has many harbours from the busy deep water ports to small fishing ports and marinas for pleasure craft, and when New Zealanders go on holiday they are never far from the sea. In the city of Auckland, near where I live, there are two commercial ports, one on each side of the city. There are also a number of marinas where private boats are safely kept ready for when their owners want them. Others have smaller boats which the haul up on to trailers to store at their homes until they are needed again. It is said that Auckland own more private boats by head of population than any other city in the world.
$1.00 - Seascape / Rugged Cliffs to Beach.
A feature of New Zealand's coastline is its staggering diversity, ranging from rugged cliffs, to sweeping golden and ironsand beaches, to bushclad hills falling to the water's edge, mangrove flats and long alluvial plains. I live near the west coast where waves batter the cliffs and beaches. I love getting out to enjoy the wild nature of this area.
$1.50 - The Highway / Commercial Shipping.
The first settlers in New Zealand, Maori and European, all arrived by sea. Only in the past 50 years has it been possible to arrive any other way. The early sailing ships were superseded by steam ships from the 1870s and only in the latter part of this century did rail, and later road transport, displace coastal shipping. Today, we still rely chiefly on the ocean highway to transport our produce to the world. These days the produce are carried in containers stacked high on the massive ships that visit our ports. Its a fast and efficient operation, with trucks and trains carrying to and from the ports, large cranes loading and unloading ships, so different to how things used to be.
A First Day Cover for this set. Notice the postal cancellation shows a small fishing boat.
Technical information
Date of Issue:
| 11 October, 1989. |
|---|---|
Designers:
| M Bailey, Auckland. |
Printers:
| Leigh-Mardon, Australia. |
Stamp Size:
| 40mm x 28mm. |
Sheet Size:
| 100 stamps per sheet. |
Process:
| Lithography. |
Perforation Gauge:
| 14 x 14.25. |
Paper Type:
| Red phosphor coated, unwatermarked. |
Some of the images in this post were used with permission from the illustrated catalogue of StampsNZ
You can visit their web site and On-line Catalogue at, http://stampsnz.com/
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