A Royal Wedding stamp from the Pacific Island nation of Niue and which is designed by New Zealand Post featuring British couple-of-the-moment Kate Middleton and Prince William has been described as “embarrassing” because it has a perforated line down the middle which splits the Royal couple. Each side of the picture of this royal couple can be used as an individual stamp.
The Royal Wedding stamps are worth 5.80 NZ dollars, but separated Middleton is a 2.40 dollars stamp and Prince William a costlier 3.40 dollars – Niue uses the same currency as New Zealand.
Hugh Jefferies, Editor of Gibbons Stamp Monthly said “I'm sure they didn't mean to ominously suggest the couple could be easily separated, it's just a very bizarre design”.
William's parents' wedding had also sparked a stamp controversy. “When Charles and Diana got married,” Jeffries said, “the Australian Royal stamp had the couple facing away from each other, which caused much criticism”. And of course, we all knew what happened to Charles and Diana, right?!
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