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Commemorating Tasman’s discovery

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Commemorating Tasman’s discovery

This stamp, produced to mark New Zealand’s centennial in 1940, shows an unauthenticated portrait of the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, one of his ships, and a chart outlining the route they took in 1642.

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Reference: 1940 Centenary of Proclamation of British Sovereignty stamp issue

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Redmer Yska, Dutch – First arrivals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/postage-stamp/1955/commemorating-tasmans-discovery (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Redmer Yska, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.