NZ stamp with real wood chips affixed on Stamp- wood taken from a movie set .
NZ stamp with real wood chips affixed on Stamp- wood taken from a movie set .
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NZ stamp with real wood chips affixed on Stamp- wood taken from a movie set
Issue Date 12 November 2014
New Zealand Post is giving fans everywhere the opportunity to own a real piece of Middle-earth with the The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies stamp. A piece of the Hobbiton Movie Set has been incorporated into a stamp
The stamp feature the iconic door to Bag End in the Shire, home of the Hobbits Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit Trilogy, and Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Incorporated into the door part of the images of the Stamp on the miniature sheet are particles of wood from the ‘party tree’ on the Hobbiton Movie Set, which appeared in both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit motion picture trilogies.
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