01/02/2022

NEW ZEALAND


 NEW ZEALAND / AOTEAROA.

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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