1935-91 New Zealand
# MCC1329 - 1935-91 New Zealand
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Issue Dates: 1935-1991
Scott Catalogue Value: $1,876.15
Mystic Price: $1,150.00
You Save: $726.15
New Zealand collection contains approximately 300 stamps – about half in mounts – and 58 album pages. Nearly equal blend of mint and postally used issues. This collection features many large complete sets, including #288-301, the Series of 1953-57 that has a catalogue value of $125.
Other highlights include #319 and scarce #320 (combined value $200), mint never-hinged #434a and #E1a in postally used condition. Back of the Book holdings include Airmail, Official, Postage Due and Semi-postal stamps.
A remote country in the South Pacific, New Zealand is about the size of Colorado. Located approximately 1200 miles southeast of Australia, it actually consists of three main islands: North Island, South Island, and Stewart. Stewart, the smallest of the three islands, has fewer than 600 people living on it.
Abel Tasman, a sea captain for the Dutch East India Company, sighted the islands in 1642. He named the islands New Zealand. No Europeans actually visited the islands until the British navigator Captain James Cook rediscovered them in 1769. By the late 18th and early 19th centuries other European settlers arrived, attracted by whaling, seal hunting, and lumber industries. The Maoris, Polynesian tribes inhabiting North Island, resisted these early colonists, but were eventually defeated. In 1907, New Zealand was made an independent dominion of the United Kingdom.
Today, descendants of the first European settlements and the Maoris live in peace. Maoris make up less than 10% of the current population. The remaining 90% are Irish, English, Scotch, and Welsh. Not surprisingly, many British traditions and customs are followed.
New Zealand enjoys one of the highest standards of living in the world. The average person earns about as much as a middle-class U.S. citizen. However, food, shelter, and clothing are cheaper than in the United States. Citizens also benefit from a progressive social welfare system. One of the first countries to offer old-age pensions and social security to its citizens, New Zealand was also the first country to give women the right to vote – 1893.
New Zealand has its own mountain range called the Southern Alps, which lie on South Island. On the west side of the mountains is a forested strip of land called the westland, where most of the lumber industry occurs. Because of the mountains and forests, only a small area on the east side of the Alps, called the Canterbury Plains, is suitable for cultivation. Here, farmers raise sheep and cattle to produce New Zealand’s number-one cash crops of wool and dairy products. Despite the small amount of good, usable land, New Zealand farmers have a reputation for bumper crops and high-quality products.
New Zealand has a moderate climate. Even in winter, temperatures rarely drop below 32 degrees. Because it lies south of the Equator, New Zealand’s seasons and climate conditions are just the opposite of the United States.
Issue Dates: 1935-1991
Scott Catalogue Value: $1,876.15
Mystic Price: $1,150.00
You Save: $726.15
New Zealand collection contains approximately 300 stamps – about half in mounts – and 58 album pages. Nearly equal blend of mint and postally used issues. This collection features many large complete sets, including #288-301, the Series of 1953-57 that has a catalogue value of $125.
Other highlights include #319 and scarce #320 (combined value $200), mint never-hinged #434a and #E1a in postally used condition. Back of the Book holdings include Airmail, Official, Postage Due and Semi-postal stamps.
A remote country in the South Pacific, New Zealand is about the size of Colorado. Located approximately 1200 miles southeast of Australia, it actually consists of three main islands: North Island, South Island, and Stewart. Stewart, the smallest of the three islands, has fewer than 600 people living on it.
Abel Tasman, a sea captain for the Dutch East India Company, sighted the islands in 1642. He named the islands New Zealand. No Europeans actually visited the islands until the British navigator Captain James Cook rediscovered them in 1769. By the late 18th and early 19th centuries other European settlers arrived, attracted by whaling, seal hunting, and lumber industries. The Maoris, Polynesian tribes inhabiting North Island, resisted these early colonists, but were eventually defeated. In 1907, New Zealand was made an independent dominion of the United Kingdom.
Today, descendants of the first European settlements and the Maoris live in peace. Maoris make up less than 10% of the current population. The remaining 90% are Irish, English, Scotch, and Welsh. Not surprisingly, many British traditions and customs are followed.
New Zealand enjoys one of the highest standards of living in the world. The average person earns about as much as a middle-class U.S. citizen. However, food, shelter, and clothing are cheaper than in the United States. Citizens also benefit from a progressive social welfare system. One of the first countries to offer old-age pensions and social security to its citizens, New Zealand was also the first country to give women the right to vote – 1893.
New Zealand has its own mountain range called the Southern Alps, which lie on South Island. On the west side of the mountains is a forested strip of land called the westland, where most of the lumber industry occurs. Because of the mountains and forests, only a small area on the east side of the Alps, called the Canterbury Plains, is suitable for cultivation. Here, farmers raise sheep and cattle to produce New Zealand’s number-one cash crops of wool and dairy products. Despite the small amount of good, usable land, New Zealand farmers have a reputation for bumper crops and high-quality products.
New Zealand has a moderate climate. Even in winter, temperatures rarely drop below 32 degrees. Because it lies south of the Equator, New Zealand’s seasons and climate conditions are just the opposite of the United States.