Animal Stamp of NewZealand

Dutch Tassman visited the New Zealand in 1942 and Briton Cook visited it in 1769 in which Mario group of Polynesia of indigenous people origin put it ,live in and became a British colony in 1840. Opposition with Mario group intensified as soon as the settlement of english people got into full swing afterward, and Mario War continued until about 1870. In end of the 19th century, the women's suffrage established free compulsory education systems first in the world. Ii became the U.K. self-governing dominion in 1907 and became independent as a constitutional monarchy of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1947. It return a part of the land and do it and agree reconciliation with indigenous people Mario group.
Six kinds of stamps on which it drew a whale from the New Zealand in 1988 were issued.
Four kinds of stamps on which it pictured hatteria called "a living fossil" with the most original reptiles in 1991 year were issued.
In 1997 year, three kinds of circle stamps on which it drew a kiwi were issued. By single color printing, there is the thing of the same design blue, green, red three colors, and the face value is 1 dollar both.
Five kinds of stamp which drew a giant animal were issued in 2009.

New Zealand
1988.11.2 Whale Stamp
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
(Balaenopteridae)
Killer Whale
Orcinus orca
(Delphinidae)
Southern Right Whale
Eubalaena australis
(Balaenidae)
Blue Whale
Balaenoptera musculus
(Balaenopteridae)
Southern Bottlenose Whale
Hyperoodon planifrons
(Ziphiidae)
Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
(Physeteridae)


1991.4.17 Tuatara Stamp
Tuatara (child)
Sphenodon punctatus
(Sphenodontidae)
Tuatara (from Nest Cave)
Sphenodon punctatus
(Sphenodontidae)
Tuatara (female)
Sphenodon punctatus
(Sphenodontidae)
Tuatara (male)
Sphenodon punctatus
(Sphenodontidae)


1997.8.6 Bird Stamp
North Island Brown Kiwi
Apteryx australis
(Apterygidae)


2009.3.4 Giant Animal Stamp
New Zealand Giant Moa
Dinornis giganteus
(Dinornithidae)
Colossal Squid
Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni
(Cranchiidae)
Southern Right Whale
Eubalaena australis
(Balaenidae)
Haast's Eagle
Harpagornis moorei
(Accipitridae)


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