No Christmas idyll in Advent – quite deliberately. We already featured a Christmas stamp in November 😊. Instead, New Zealand Post demonstrates with the “Avatar: Fire and Ash” miniature sheet how contemporary stamp issuing policy can be today. The design refers to the third film in the successful Avatar series, which will be released exclusively in cinemas worldwide on December 18, 2025. The block impresses with strong color contrasts, a clear central composition, and high-quality offset printing. In terms of design and print quality, it is in no way inferior to more traditional issues.
Pokemon ist bereits in der Philatelie präsent
Of course, such motifs can be debated. Yet they often appeal to younger people more than historical classics or the same traditional Christmas themes year after year. When visitors pause at our promotional stands, it is frequently because of a familiar image from film or popular culture. A look at the highly successful Pokémon collectors’ market shows that young people do indeed collect — passionately and systematically. Rarity, variations, and complete sets are just as fascinating there as they have always been in philately. The principle is identical; only the motif is different.
Stamps have always reflected their time. Modern film and licensed themes are therefore not a break with tradition, but an attempt to create new points of access. If such an issue encourages younger people to pause and take an interest in our hobby, then it fulfills a purpose that goes beyond the purely philatelic.
Bereits 2023 erschien ein Block zum Vorgängerfilm
Details to the block:
- Land: New Zealand
- Issued on: 2025-12-03
- Size: 260 x 170 mm
- Colors: mehrfarbig
- Designer: Nick Jarvie
- Printer: Collectables and Solutions Centre, Whanganui
- Format: Mini-sheet
- Format: Sondermarke
- Perforation: 14½
- Printing: Digitaldruck
- Face value: 21,20 $ – Neuseeland-Dollar
- Description: Sold by the New Zealand post for NZ$24.90