Silver Eye 1988 Postage Stamp Earrings

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These earrings use original stamps, from the 1988 Bird Definitives range. This amazing little bird is quite new to New Zealand having flown across the Tasman sea from Australia. It is often seed sipping nectar from flowers and in this stamp the two birds together look beautiful framed in teh oval setting.. Two stamps are used to make these earrings and each stamp will show a little of the postmark which is quite a lovely addition. 
Your earrings will be presented on a card before being gift wrapped and carefully packaged. Silver Eye postage stamp earrings come in a range of hypoallergenic settings, Copper, Lead, Nickel and Cadmium Free.
​Dimensions
Image Size Oval 18mm x 13mm 
Image Size Round Drop 14mm

Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) - 30c
This bird takes its name, naturally enough, from the small white feathers that ring its eyes.  Some people call it the waxeye or white-eye and earlier it was known as the blightbird because it fed on insects attacking and blighting apple trees.  Widely spread in Australia, the silvereye, or tauhou in Maori, reached New Zealand about 150 years ago flying the Tasman with the aid of the westerly winds, an astonishing feat for such a small bird.  Its green, grey and white plumage, quick darting flight and small size are now a common sight in New Zealand and the bird is present in thousands.  The birds build delicate nests and hang them from small branches.  The female lays three pale blue eggs which hatch in 11 days.
Issued 2 November 1988
​information from stamps.nzpost.co.nz/new-zealand/1988/bird-definitives