Issue information
After winning races in New Zealand and Australia, he was purchased by American interests in 1964. For the next few years, under the guidance of famous reinsman Stanley Dancer, he was a dominant figure in American light-harness racing. The durable gelding became recognised from coast to coast as a 'personality' horse and his duels with some of the all-time greats of racing have gone into harness racing archives as among the greatest races ever witnessed in the history of the sport.
10c
Cardigan Bay in action.
Stamp bulletin
This stamp issue first appeared in New Zealand Post Stamp Bulletin No. 3 in December 1969.
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/
Technical information
| Date of Issue: | 28 January 1970 |
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| Designers: | L C Mitchell, Wellington |
| Printers: | Courvoisier, Switzerland |
| Stamp Size: | 41mm x 26mm |
| Sheet Size: | 100 stamps per sheet |
| Process: | Photogravure |
| Perforation Gauge: | 11.5 |
| Paper Type: | Granite, unwatermarked |