OT New Zealand 2000 stamp issue

[calyptorhynchus <>]

Hi everyone

I collect bird-related stamps (and coins) in a desultory way. I was amused to see that my latest acquisition, a set of NZ maxicards from 2000 of "Threatened Birds" includes:

Orange-fronted Parakeet

Black Stilt

Stewart Island Fernbird

Kakapo

NI Weka

Okarito Kiwi

and also includes that well-known NZ bird the Lesser Kestrel.

I assume that what happened was they meant to include NZ Falcon, but they got the wrong images from the image bank, the artist designed the stamp and the mistake wasn't noted until it was too late. So the maxicard of the LK notes on it that the LK it's related to the NZ Falcon. LOL

Can anyone confirm this, or does anyone know the real story?

--

John Leonard
Canberra
Australia
www.jleonard.net

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