Round Kiwis - New Zealand Stamps

New Zealand has been issuing round shaped stamps with their national bird, the kiwi, on it since 1988. They have had six issues so far, with each issue having a different colour. However in 1999 they took the remaining stock of their 1997 purple kiwi stamps, and overprinted them with a sun on the corner of the stamps. In 2000 when the stamps were re-issued with a gold colour, the rate was increased from NZ $1.00 to $1.10, and finally when it was issued in 2002 in brown colour, the rate had shot up to $1.50.

They have also been incorporated into three exhibition minisheets in 1993, 1994 and 2000. I have not shown these minisheets in these pages. If you click on the links above, the green, red and blue kiwis will open to a page containing an image of the stamp, and its accompanying First Day Cover. The purple kiwi will only have the stamp image and a gutter pair stamp set. The remaining stamps ie the Last Sunset, gold and brown kiwis will all open to an image of the stamp, a FDC and a gutter pair stamp set.

Please note that all the above stamps are of the same size.