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New Zealand writers on stamps

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New Zealand writers on stamps

For many years New Zealand stamps featured people who were not New Zealanders – mainly royalty. It took until 1989 for a stamp issue commemorating New Zealand writers to be issued. These four stamps featured Katherine Mansfield, James K. Baxter, Bruce Mason and Ngaio Marsh.

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Reference: 1989 Writers stamp issue

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Carl Walrond, Postage stamps – Stamps since the 1940s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/postage-stamp/32061/new-zealand-writers-on-stamps (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 29 September 2011.