When Southland celebrated the centenary of organised settlement in 1956, the eightpenny stamp depicted the takahē. The twopenny and threepenny stamps featured whaling and farming respectively.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
New Zealand Post
Reference:
1956 Southland Centennial stamp issue
Artwork by M. R. Smith
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