NORFOLK ISLAND 2016 SEABIRDS SET (2v) SUPERB MNH

Description

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2 0   S E P T   2 0 1 6
S E A B I R D S
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FIRST
NORFOLK ISLAND ISSUE FROM "AUSTRALIA POST"
FRESH NEVER HINGED (UNMOUNTED) MINT SET (2 values)
Scott #1131-1132, Gibbons 1261-1262
Michel #1268-1269, Yv&T.#1190-1191
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THE
SET
contains one "Red-tailed Tropic Bird" and one "Masked Booby"
SEPARATE SINGLE SETS WITH SOUVENIR SHEET, GUTTER PAIR SETS & SOUVENIR SHEETS
are offered in our
eBay Store
.
Norfolk Island released their own independently-produced stamp issues from 10 June 1947 until 30 June 2016. Their last issue, a 7 June 2016 souvenir sheet commemorating the 160th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Pitcairn Islanders
*
, was
valid for postage
on Island mail for only
24 days
before it, along with
all
other Norfolk decimal currency issues, was invalidated on 30 June 2016.
From 1 July 2016 until 19 September 2016,
only
Australian stamps were officially valid as postage on Norfolk Island mail. The new and "Birds" stamps (issued the next day) are inscribed "
NORFOLK ISLAND AUSTRALIA
". With this and subsequent issues,
both
Norfolk Island Australia
and
Australian stamps are valid for postage
throughout Australia, and at Norfolk Island
.
The souvenir sheet was
completely sold out a short time after being issued.
*
On offer in our
eBay Store
.
• • • • •
S
ee other BIRDS, FLORA/FAUNA, & MARINE LIFE NORFOLK ISLAND and PITCAIRN ISLANDS issues offered in our eBay Store.
SUPERB Post Office-fresh condition
KINDLY
NOTE
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.70
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.50
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.75
:::
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with tracking
.95
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always
well packaged, to prevent any damage in the mail
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