Norfolk Island1970 SG 118 - 119, 121 - 124 MNH

Item Specifics

Catalog Number

SG118-SG9,SG1-SG4

Condition

Mint (NH)

Stamp Format

Single

Item Description

Breaking down a collection of Norfolk Island.

These stamps are from 1970.

The stamps are a mixture of Mint UnHinged, Mint Hinged and fine used.

Like australia, norfolk island adopted decimal currency on 14 february 1966. The new stamps which had been prepared for the occasion were of the nature of provisionals, being basically various stamps of the 1960-62 definitive series surcharged with new values in the decimal currency. The change was made by a double overprint method. The original value of each stamp was first overprinted with a silver panel and upon this block as a background the new value was then printed. This required that the printings be very carefully executed. It was necessary also to reprint some of the basic stamps to provide a working stock. The whole task, of some complexity, was carried out at the note printing branch.

Later, on 27 june 1966, the denominational range was augmented by 7c and 9c stamps. The designs of these two stamps represented a continuation of the landscape series of 1964 and were printed by harrison and sons, london. The 7c depicted headstone bridge and the 9c a view from the top of a hill looking toward cemetery bay.

The first decimal currency stamps, issued on 25 August 1966, were commemorative of the centenary of the establishment of the Melanesian Mission at Norfolk Island, values being 4c and 25c. Both designs are illustrative of St. Barnabas Chapel, which had been the mission church until Mission headquarters were tranferred eleswhere in 1921. The church is in a very fine state of preservation and is used today by the Anglican community on Norfolk Island. Much of the construction and interior decoration of the chapel was the work of natives from various islands of the Pacific who had undergone training at the Mission. The 4c stamp illustrates the interior of the chapel and the 25c shows an exterior view.

With its 1966 Christmas stamp, Norfolk Island broke new ground. It discarded the concept of utilising the contemporary Australian design and instead, adopted a design selected from entries in a local stamp design competition held earlier in the year. The design for the 1966 comprised a star, with enlongated vertical arms, apparently above nearby Phillip Island, as viewed from Norfolk Island. Printed by Harrison and Sons, the stamp was issued on 24 October 1966.

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