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Bas S Warwick
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Topic: Greenpeace Posted: 08 March 2011 at 08:57 |
Greenpeace has for several years issued cinderella or local post stamps for use on their campaign support vessels and also in the earlier years from their Antarctic Base situated in the Ross Dependency. These stamps pay the cost of postage (or local carriage) on postal articles from the vessels concerned to the nearest regular postal collection point. Stamps are denominated in New Zealand Dollars and have been issued through their Auckland Headquarters. |
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archerinwood
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 March 2011 at 09:00 |
Wow, they look nice. I love wildlife and these are really good pictures.
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Steve
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 March 2011 at 09:07 |
Thanks for reminding me of these
I had this scan ready for uploading. I was looking in my stamp album for Gondwanaland |
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steeljam
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 March 2011 at 10:31 |
Very interesting that these are postally valid.
OK it is limited postal route but I would be intersted in how to get the stamps and use them. |
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Steve
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 March 2011 at 10:43 |
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Colin
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 March 2011 at 19:35 |
I wonder where they are printed and perfed? New Zealand presumably.
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Steve
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 March 2011 at 12:21 |
This will make these Local or Private Post stamps I assume. What would be nice is to see a genuinely used cover, as opposed to an FDC or manufactured item produced for sale to collectors. |
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archerinwood
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 March 2011 at 04:20 |
Just recieved post after getting back from school. I recieved a letter telling of a new set of stamps depicting endangered animals. I thought it tied in with the greenpeace theme.
The first is a poor picture of the cover to be released. There is also a new 50p attached.
The animals are:
African Elephant
Mountain Gorilla
Siberian Tiger
Polar Bear
Amur Leopard
Iberian Lynx
Red Panda
Black Rhinoceros
African Wild Dog
Golden Tamarin
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Daniel
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 April 2011 at 12:40 |
I don't think that these Greenpeace stamps are currently available. A New Zealand catalogue that I have suggests that they were issued from 1986-1995. Some should be available from New Zealand dealers on ebay and other such sites.
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kiwisteven
Unmounted Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 8 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 March 2013 at 01:26 |
The greenpeace stamps are certainly available from NZ stamp dealers. i have a full list of them at http://www.newzeal.com/steve/greecind.html where they are all illustrated.
I have used them myself several times and they were used when greenpeace had thweir Antarctic base in operation. For several seasons I would send msail with these labels affixed either to their Auckland office, or take them to the ship involved when it called into Lyttelton (Port near Christchurch) and the items would eventually be delivered via their Antarctic base called "Gondwana". Captain Arne Soresen himself would sometimes turn up in my shop bringing me my mail but more often it was another voyager or the local Greenpeace folk who would deliver them. As well as the labels denominated in NZ dollars there were 2 or 3 denominated in Australian dollars but I have never seen any of these used (except in error) as the Greenpeace Base was located in the New Zealand part of the antarctic called victorialand. The Greenpeace stamps were commercially printed in Christchurch. there was also a large sheet of Greenpeace yellow bordered cinderellas without face values. |
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