1960 Health

The Kererū (Wood Pigeon) was depicted on the 3d + 1d stamp and the Kōtare (Kingfisher) on the 2d + 1d stamp.

The stamps were also available as a miniature sheet of six stamps. The proceeds of the 'Health' value of 1960 Health stamps were donated to the Children's Health Camps movement.

Stamp Bulletin

This stamp issue first appeared in New Zealand Post Stamp Bulletin No. 21 on 1 August 1960.

Acknowledgments: Bulletin scanned and provided by John Biddlecombe of the New Zealand Society of Great Britain. Their web site offers further information useful to those interested in the stamps and postal history of New Zealand. Link: http://www.nzsgb.org.uk/

Product Listing for 1960 Health

Image	Title	Description	Price
	Single Stamp	Single 2d + 1d 'Kōtare (Sacred Kingfisher)' gummed stamp. Compared to Australia's 10 species and Papua New Guinea's 24 species, New Zealand is poorly represented having just two species of Kingfisher. One is the widespread Sacred Kingfisher and the other the introduced Laughing Kookaburra found only near Whangaparaoa peninsula. A kingfisher's diet includes insects, crabs, and even small birds.	3d
	Single Stamp	Single 3d + 1d 'Kererū (Wood Pigeon)' gummed stamp. The only species of pigeon indigenous to New Zealand, this bird has no known relatives outside the country apart from one which is now extinct in Norfolk Island.	4d