Lot no. 1689

1996, Children´s Health Stamps “Road Safety”, $2.60 miniature sheet with the 40 c. value in the unissued design showing teddybear at top right and value at lower left, mint never hinged, fine. 

Note: It was not until a few weeks before issue when New Zealand Post sent out publicity material for their new Children´s Health Stamps advertising Road Safety that it was noticed, the baby pictured in the 40c design appeared to be facing forward, whilst in New Zealand Children under six Months are required to be facing the rear when travelling in a car seat. The design was thus hastily redrawn the week before issue and the teddybear omitted so as to avoid any indication of direction. Perhaps inevitably however a small number of the stamps printend in the original design came into the hands of collectors, it is presumed directly through the printers Joh. Eschede. These exist both as singles and miniature sheets, the latter with or without surcharge of a Capex´96 logo in the bottom right margin.