NETHERLANDS

NETHERLANDS / NEDERLAND.

350th Anniversary of Abel Tasman's Discovery of New Zealand.
Old map of Wainui Inlet coast, in South Island of New Zealand, and Tasman's Route.
Stamp issued on 12.03.1992.
Face value: 70 Dutch cents.
Design: Heng Glaesener.
Printed by Joh. Enschedé Stamps, Haarlem, Netherlands.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 12,432,050 copies.
Size: 37 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 1437.
- Michel No. 1435.
- Scott No. 809.
- StampWorld No. 1435.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1636.
- Yvert et Tellier No.  1399.

Abel Tasman (1603-1659) was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company. He was the first known European explorer to reach New Zealand and the islands of Fiji and Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). On December 13, 1642 the members of his two-ship expedition sighted land on the north-west coast of the South Island, becoming the first Europeans to sight New Zealand. Tasman named it Staten Landt "in honor of the States General" (Dutch parliament). On December 18, the ships anchored near Wainui Bay, north of what is now Abel Tasman National Park. The expeditionaries had a violent encounter with the local indigenous Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri. Tasman named the place Moordenaers ('Assassins') Bay before sailing east to the Manawatu coast of the North Island.

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Railway Services.
Tauranga Harbour and small location map.
Last stamp in a minisheet of 6, issued on 06.08.1997.
Face value: 1.80 New Zealand dollar.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 44 x 28 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1619.
- Scott No. 1451.
- StampWorld No. 1673.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2096.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1553.

Tauranga Harbour is the natural tidal harbor that surrounds the city of Tauranga and the Mount Maunganui, on the North Island of New Zealand. The harbor is effectively two flooded river systems separated from the Pacific Ocean by Matakana Island. It is a large tidal estuary with an area of some 200-km² (77 sq mi) and has a tidal range of up to 1.98 m (6.49 ft). Container ships and cruise ships use the harbour's waters, which are also useful for many recreational activities, including water skiing, kite surfing, jet skiing, boating, swimming, diving and fishing. The port is linked by rail to the city of Auckland (line that is located on the small map that appears on the stamp).

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Landscapes.
Mount Cook.
First stamp in a set of 9, issued on 27.03.1996.
Face value: 5 cents of New Zealand dollar.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 35 x 30 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1502.
- Scott No. 1345.
- StampWorld No. 1545.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1925.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1440.

Mount Cook (Māori: Aoraki) is the highest mountain in New Zealand. Its height, as of 2014, is listed as 3,724 m (12,218 ft). It sits in the Southern Alps, the mountain range that runs the length of the South Island. It consists of three summits: from south to north, the Low Peak (3,593 m or 11,788 ft), the Middle Peak (3,717 m or 12,195 ft) and the High Peak. The summits lie slightly south and east of the main divide of the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, with the Tasman Glacier to the east and the Hooker Glacier to the southwest. The mountain is in the Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, established in 1953 in the Canterbury Region. The park contains more than 140 peaks standing over 2,000 m (6,600 ft) and 72 named glaciers, which cover 40 percent of its 700 km² (170,000 acres). The first known ascent was on December 25, 1894, when New Zealanders Tom Fyfe, John Michael (Jack) Clarke and George Graham reached the summit via the Hooker Valley and the north ridge.

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Definitive stamps.
Sutherland Falls.
Tenth stamp in a set of 12, issued on 01.09.1960.
Face value: 5 New Zealand shilling.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 25 x 41 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 410.
- Scott No. 350.
- StampWorld No. 426.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 800.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 399.

Sutherland Falls is a waterfall near Milford Sound in New Zealand's South Island. At 580 m (1,904 ft): were long believed to be the tallest waterfall in New Zealand, but Terror Falls, in the Poseidon Valley, are 750 m, and Browne Falls cascades 843 m leading some to view that as the tallest. The water of Sutherland falls from Lake Quill in three cascades: the upper is 229 m tall, the middle is 248 m, and the lower is 103 m tall. Sutherland Falls was first known to Europeans when a Scottish settler, Donald Sutherland, saw them in 1880.

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River Scenes.
Shotover River.
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 03.06.1981.
Face value: 40 cents of New Zealand dollar.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 35 x 32 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 824.
- Scott No. 732.
- StampWorld No. 843.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1245.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 794.

The Shotover River (in Maori: Kimi-ākau) is located in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. It flows generally south from the Southern Alps on its journey running through the Skippers Canyon, draining the area between the Richardson Mountains and the Harris Mountains, before flowing into the Kawarau River east of Queenstown. Its length is 75 km (47 mi). Gold mining featured in its early history and it was one of the richest gold-bearing rivers in the world. It is now a popular river for tourism.

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Centennial of the National Parks Movement.
Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
Second stamp in a set of 4, issued on 17.06.1987.
Face value: 80 cents of New Zealand dollar.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 30 x 35 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 997.
- Scott No. 877.
- StampWorld No. 1017.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1429.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 961.

Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is in the South Island of New Zealand, near the town of Twizel. The area was gazetted as a national park in October 1953 and consists of reserves that were established as early as 1887 to protect the area's significant vegetation and landscape. The park stretches for about 60 km (37 mi) along the southwest-northeast direction of the Southern Alps, covering 722 km² (279 sq mi) on the southeastern side of the main spine of the Alps. Glaciers cover 40% of the park area, notably the Tasman Glacier. It is also in the park area the New Zealand's highest mountain, the Aoraki / Mount Cook, at 3,724 m (12,218 ft). On the stamp there is also a drawing of a buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus), a characteristic flower of the area.

The National Parks Movement began in 1887 with an initiative of the paramount chief of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa tribe, Horonuku Te Heuheu, which made an agreement wirh the British Crown that the central North Island volcanoes would become a national park, because different tribes were disputing ownership of the peaks of Ruapehu, Ngāuruhoe and Tongariro, and there was a danger that they would be divided and sold.

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Fox Glacier, Westland Tai Poutini National Park.
Stamp issued on 30.07.1968.
Face value: 28 cents of New Zealand dollar.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 24.3 x 30 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 486.
- Scott No. 398.
- StampWorld No. 502.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 878.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 457A.

Fox Glacier (Māori: Te Moeka o Tuawe) is a 13-kilometre-long (8.1 mi) temperate maritime glacier located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Fox Glacier descends 2,600 m (8,500 ft) from the Southern Alps towards the coast: Like nearby Franz Josef Glacier, it is one of the most accessible glaciers in the world, with a terminal face as low as 300 m above sea level. In 1857 local Māori led Leonard Harper and Edwin Fox to both glaciers, the first Europeans to see them. In 1865, German geologist Julius von Haast was the first to explore and survey the glaciers at the head of this valley, and named them Victoria and Albert, after the queen and her consort. The Victoria Glacier kept its name, but the lower part of the Albert Glacier was renamed in 1872 after a visit by then Premier of New Zealand William Fox.

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Thanks to Dragan Buškulić for his contribution (https://worldofstamp2.wordpress.com/).

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Rock formations.
Organ Pipes in Mount Cargill.
Third stamp in a set of 6, issued on 17.06.1991.
Face value: 80 cents of New Zealand dollar.
Printing: Offset lithograpgy.
Size: 35 x 29.5 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1178.
- Scott No. 1040.
- StampWorld No. 1203.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1616.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1122.

Organ Pipes is a formation of columnar jointed basalt located in Mount Cargill (Māori: Kapukataumahaka), a volcanic outcrop which dominates the skyline of northern Dunedin, in New Zealand’s province of Otago. This formation dates back more than ten million years, and is the product of the eruptions of the extinct Dunedin Volcano.

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Paintings by Rita Angus.
Wanaka Landscape.
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 06.04.1983.
Face value: 35 cents of New Zealand dollar.
Printing: Offset lithograpy.
Size: 30 x 34 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 872.
- Scott No. 782.
- StampWorld No. 891.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1314.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 842.

The Wanaka area (Maori: Wānaka) in the in Otago region, on South Island of New Zealand, was known until 1940 as Pembroke. The Lake Wānake stands out in the area, to the south of which is the Clutha / Mata-Au River, which is the gateway to Mount Aspiring National Park, and the Crown Range mountains, belonging to the Southern Alps, in the which highlights Mount Cardrona, 1,936 m (6,352 ft). It is an area highly appreciated by skiers, who are concentrated in the resort town of Wanaka, at the southern end of the lake.

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Landscapes.
Mount Egmont / Taranaki.
Fifth stamp in a set of 6, issued on 01.05.1996.
Face value: 40 cents of New Zealand dollar.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 30 x 25 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1521.
- Scott No. 1358.
- StampWorld No. 1564.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1984.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1465.

Mount Taranaki / Mount Egmont is a dormant stratovolcano on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is the second highest point on the island after Mount Ruapehu. The 2,518-meter (8,260-foot) mountain has a secondary cone on its south side, the 1,966-meter (6,450-foot) Fanthams Peak (Maori: Panitahi). Taranaki is geologically young, and began its activity approximately 135,000 years ago. The most recent volcanic activity was the production of a lava dome in the crater between the 1850s and 1860s. In 1865, the mountain was confiscated from the Maori by the New Zealand government, and was not returned to them until 1978. In 1900 the mount, with the nearby volcanic remains, was listed as Egmont National Park (Maori: Te Papakura or Taranaki). James Cook named it Mount Egmont on January 11, 1770 in honor of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, who had supported the oceanic search for Terra Australis Incognita.  

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Thermal Wonders, Rotorua.
Hakereteke Falls.
Fourth stamp in a set of 6, issued on 05.05.1993.
Face value: 1 New Zealand dollar.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 35 x 35 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 1287.
- Scott No. 1158.
- StampWorld No. 1318.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1733.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1231.

Hakereteke Falls, located within the Rainbow Mountain Scenic Reserve, near Rotorua and the Thermal Area of Waiotapu, into the Taupo Volcanic Zone (North Island of New Zealand), are watefalls of thermal water produced by the Hakareteke Creek (better known as Kerosene Creek).

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Bridal Veil Falls.
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 02.06.1976.
Face value: 15 cents of New Zealand dollars.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 29 x 34 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 689.
- Scott No. 606.
- StampWorld No. 705.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1123.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 667.

Bridal Veil Falls (in Māori, Wairēinga) is a plunge waterfall located along the Pakoka River in the Waikato area, northwest of the North Island of New Zealand. The waterfall is 55 m (180 ft) high, and has over time caused the formation of a large pool at the base. The falls are in the 217 ha (540 acres) Wairēinga Scenic Reserve (created in 1884) with tawa-dominated forest. The water cascades over a basalt cliff, formed by volcanic activity, when an Okete Volcanics vent, on the 226 m (741 ft) hill just to the north, erupted about 2 million years ago and blocked the valley.

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Scenery.
Lake Alexandrina.
Last stamp in a set of 4, issued on 01.06.1983.
Face value: 70 cents of New Zealand dollars.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 35 x 30 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 877.
- Scott No. 787.
- StampWorld No. 896.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1319.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 847.

Lake Alexandrina (in Maori: Whakatukumoana) is located in the Mackenzie Basin of New Zealand’s South Island. It lies immediately to the west of the much larger Lake Tekapo and further to the east of Lake Pukaki. It is a shallow lake with distinct indications of glacial origin and is spring fed with an outlet on its eastern shore midway down the lake. It is located at an altitude of 732 m (2,402 ft) above sea level. Its area is 640 hectares (1,600 acres), its length 7.2 km (4.5 mi), its width 0.9 km (0.56 mi) and its maximum depth 27 m (89 ft).

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Definitive stamps.
Tongariro National Park.
Ninth stamp in a set of 12, issued on 01.09.1960.
Face value: 3 New Zealand shilling.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 41 x 25 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 409.
- Scott No. 349.
- StampWorld No. 425.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 798.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 398.

Tongariro National Park, established in October 1887, is the oldest national park in New Zealand. It covers 795.96 km² (307.32 sq mi) and contains a considerable part of the North Island Volcanic Plateau, with three active volcanoes: Mount Ruapehu, 2,797 m (9,177 ft), Mount Ngāuruhoe, 2,291 m (7,516 ft), which is the one seen on the stamp, and Mount Tongariro, 1,978 m (6,490 ft). Ngāuruhoe volcano erupted 45 times in the 20th century, most recently in 1977. Water has filled some of craters and has formed, among others, the Blue and the Emerald Lakes. The park has been acknowledged by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site of mixed cultural and natural values.

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Landscapes.
Pierce Island, Bay of Islands.
Last stamp in a set of 6, issued on 01.05.1996.
Face value: 40 cents of New Zeland dollar.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 25 x 30 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 1522IBA,
- Scott No. 1359.
- StampWorld No. 1565.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1985.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1466.

Piercy Island, also known as "The Hole In The Rock" (in Māori-language, Motu Kōkako), is located in the Bay of Islands, off the north coast of the North Island. The 18 m (60 ft) hole at sea level was created over centuries by wind and waves. The island is Māori freehold land, which is administered by the Motu Kōkako Ahu Whenua Trust for the benefit of the descendants of the traditional owners. The island is of great cultural significance to the Ngāpuhi tribe, and was historically associated with a range of sacred customary activities.

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Thanks to Kazimierz R. Leszczyński for his contribution (http://leszkarozdub.blogspot.com).

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Lake Matheson (Te Ara Kairaumati) and Mount Cook (Aoraki), in South Island.
Third stamp in a set of 6, isued on 01.05.1996.
Face value: 40 cents of New New Zeland dollar.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 25 x 30 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 1519IBA.
- Scott No. 1356.
- StampWorld No. 1562.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1988.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1463.

Lake Matheson (in Māori, Te Ara Kairaumati) is a small glacial lake in South Westland of New Zealand. It is famous for its reflected views of Mount Cook and Mount Tasman. The Lake was formed in between two moraine terraces left by the rapid retreat of Fox Glacier (Te Moeka o Tuawe) approximately 14,000 years ago, at the end of the last glacial period. It has 1.5 km (0.93 mi) shoreline and an average depth of 12 m (39 ft). Its surface is 30 ha (74 acres). Some of the creeks that feed it carry organic matter and tannins from the forest, which produce the brownish effect of the waters, which facilitates reflections. The lake was named in honor of Murdoch Matheson, a rancher from the area in the 1870s. In the stamp is Mount Cook (Aoraki), New Zealand's highest mountain at 3,724 m (12,218 ft), in the Southern Alps mountain range.

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Thanks to Kazimierz R. Leszczyński for his contribution (http://leszkarozdub.blogspot.com).

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Papakorito Falls.
Last stamp in a set of 4, issued on 02.06.1976.
Face value: 16 cents of New Zealand dollars.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 28 x 34 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 690.
- Scott No. 607.
- StampWorld No. 706.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1124.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 668.

Papakorito falls are on the course of the Āniwaniwa River, next to Lake Waikaremoana, within the Te Urewera protected area, in the North Island of New Zealand. The waters fall from a height of 20 m (65.5 ft).

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Franz Josef Glacier.
Last stamp in a set of 6, issued on 12.06.1992.
Face value: 1.80 New Zealand dollars.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 40 x 28 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 1235.
- StampWorld No. 1265.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1680.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1179.

Franz Josef (Maori: Kā Roimata or Hine Hukatere) is a 12 km (7.5 mi) long glacier located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park, established in 1960 on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island. After retreating several kilometers between 1940 and 1980, the glacier entered a phase of advance in 1984, which continued until 2008. It descends from its head to 2,500 m (8,200 ft) in the Southern Alps at less than 300 m (980 ft) altitude, about 19 km (12 mi) from the Tasman Sea. The river that emerges from the end of the glacier is called Waiho.

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Restoration of penny in the postage stamps. Stylized map of New Zealand.
Stamp for universal postage isued on 01.10.1923.
Face value: 1 penny.
Design: R. F. Joyce.
Engraved by W. R. Bock, Wellington.
Printing: Typography.
Printed by Government Printing Office, New Zealand.
Size: 20 x 23 mm.

Catalogues
- Scott No. 175.
- StampWorld No. 179.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 460.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 176.