Mint sheetlet of 6 gummed stamps.
$2.90 Kiwi Happy Prince – A mid-season variety, M.E. (Spud) Brogden’s Kiwi Happy Prince first flowered in 1992.
$2.90 Hawera - Dr Willian Thomson’s Hawera is a leader in its division and continues to be a class winner.
$2.90 Trena - Trena has received international recognition. The Verry family received the bronze medal from the Horticultural Society London, and the bulbs are now grown worldwide winning many classes in its division.
$3.60 Polar Convention – Part of John Hunter's ‘Polar Series’, this variety first flowered 40 years ago in 1986.
$3.60 Blossom Lady - Part of the Ramsay's ‘Family Series’, this hybrid was named because 'Blossom' was the childhood nickname for the Ramsays’ daughter Tracey.
$3.60 Avalex – Hybridiser Wilfred Hall said of this variety, “I did not know the pollen parent of this flower and in attempting to form a word from Avalanche I thought ‘Avalanche X what?: Aval eX.”
Featured in the centre of the sheetlet: On the left is Centor, an important daffodil hybridised in 2005 by Dr Peter Ramsey and Lesley Ramsey for the century commemoration of Rotary ‘Century of Rotary’. On the right is Trena.
This stamp issue celebrates the National Daffodil Society of New Zealand's centenary, and the Cancer Society. Click here for more information.
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| Date of issue: | 5 August 2026 |
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| Number of stamps: | Six gummed |
| Denominations: | $2.90 x 3, $3.60 x 3 |
| Stamps designed by: | Nick Jarvie, NZ Post, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Printer and process: | NZ Post by digital print |
| Number of colours: | Four process colours. |
| Stamp size and format: | 36.95mm x 37.5mm (vertical) |
| Sheetlet size and format: | 260mm x 170mm (horizontal) |
| Paper type: | Tullis Russell red phosphor 106gsm |
| Number of stamps per sheetlet: | 6 |
| Perforation gauge: | 14.40 x 14.615 |
| Period of sale: | Unless stocks are exhausted earlier, these stamps and first day covers will remain on sale until 4 August 2027. |
