Niue 2012 Shells

• Issue date: 11th April 2012
• four values and a miniature sheet
• Design: from paintings by John Henry Tagaloailuga (1990) of shells collected by his father Herman Tagaloailuga from Niue's Hikutavaki reef
• Printed by: Stamps and Collectables, NZ Post, Whanganui
• Print process: lithography
• stamp format height 30mm x width 40mm. Miniature sheet format height 90mm x width 110mm
• Perforations: 13.5 x 13.3

Shells

$1.20 ~ map cowrie, Leporicypraea mappa
$1.40 ~ geography cone, Gastridium geographus
$1.70 ~ partridge tun, Tonna perdix
$2.00 ~ tiger cowrie, Cypraea tigris

Sheet stamps

$1.20

$1.40

$1.70

$2.00

Miniature Sheet

Miniature sheet