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Maori Warrior
Mailed with a round “International Postcard Only” stamp, and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20612043
Price: $2.00
Queenstown, TSS Earnslaw
Mailed in 2017 with an (uncancelled) NZ$2.20 stamp. Only because there’s no postmark, Grade: 4

Code: 20612044
Price: $2.00
Queenstown, multiple views
Mailed in 2017 with an (uncancelled) NZ$2.20 stamp. Only because there’s no postmark, Grade: 4

Code: 20612045
Price: $2.00
Kowai Bridge, The TranzAlpine
This larger (4-3/4″ x 8-1/4″) card was mailed in 2017, with two stamps and postmark. It survived the long trip in good condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20612046
Price: $4.00
Otira Scenes
This jumbo (4.75″ x 8.25″) card was mailed in 2017 and survived the journey well enough, though with some postal ink transfer on the reverse. Two stamps, indistinct postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 20612047
Price: $4.00
Kowai Bridge, The Tranzalpine
You might compare this card with our New Zealand entries #41 and #46, same size (4-3/4″ x 8-1/4″) and series. This one was mailed with one stamp and blue Par Avion label, and a partly obscured postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20612048
Price: $3.00
Dunedin, Baldwin St., World’s Steepest Street
Unused card showing what claims to be the world’s steepest street (gradient 1 in 1.266). Who could resist a Google search of that?? Not us! Aha! We learned one thing in marketing: if you ever claim to be the “…est” of anything, someone will come along to challenge you. We are cheering for you to hold that title. Grade: 1

Code: 20612049
Price: $2.00
Sheep Country
Mailed in 1991, with stamp, postmark, and blue fastPost label. Aging. Grade: 2

Code: 20612050
Price: $1.00
Kaikoura, multiple views
Mailed in 1992, this card extols Kaikoura’s healthy fishing industry. The card has its stamp and fastPost label, and a faint postmark. A strip of aging along the right reverse edge. Grade: 2

Code: 20612051
Price: $2.00
Wellington from Northland
In this case, Northland the suburb, not Northland the region. Card was mailed in 1994, with circular stamp and fastPost label and large oval postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 20612052
Price: $3.00
Clyde, Central Otago
Mailed from Singapore (not New Zealand!) in 1981, this card has a stamp, and airmail sticker, and partial postmark — but also two thumbtack holes. Grade: 5

Code: 20612053T
Price: $0.30
Tongariro National Park
Mailed some decades ago, this postcard has its stamp, and bilingual airmail sticker, and an indistinct postmark — alongside a thumbtack hole. Grade: 4

Code: 20612054T
Price: $1.00
Kiwi
Will the kiwi bird go the way of the dodo? Only New Zealand knows and only New Zealand can do anything about it. This card, mailed in 1978 with stamp, airmail sticker, and postmark, also has two thumbtack holes. Grade: 5

Code: 20612055T
Price: $0.50
Fantail Creek Falls, Haast Pass
Mailed some decades ago, with uncancelled stamp, airmail sticker, an incomplete postmark off to the side, and a thumbtack hole. Grade: 5

Code: 20612056T
Price: $0.50
Christchurch, River Avon, Autumn
To confirm … despite all indications on both sides of this card, it represents New Zealand and not England. Fair notice! Mailed a few decades ago (1978? 1988?), with stamp and airmail label and a thumbtack hole you may need to search harder to find. Grade: 4

Code: 20612057T
Price: $1.00
Auckland, Westhaven Yacht Habour (sic)
Mailed in 1979, there’s a stamp, large postmark, bilingual airmail label, and a thumbtack hole at the top of that. Grade: 4

Code: 20612058T
Price: $1.00
Mount Ngaruahoe National Park
The Wikipedia entry for this volcano is interesting. Here’s a condensed snippet: “In 1974, as part of a promotional campaign for his sponsor, skier Jean-Claude Killy was filmed skiing down the previously unskied eastern slope … The average slope on this side of the volcano is 35 degrees, and Killy was caught on radar skiing more than 100 miles per hour. As he fell on the first run, he did the descent twice. He used helicopters to access the mountain top when the last eruption had been the day before, and an eruption occurred at the end of his final run. Mount Ngauruhoe was used as a stand-in for the fictional Mount Doom in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, achieving worldwide exposure …” Go visit! The postcard was mailed in or about 1976, judging from the dated postage stamp, with airmail sticker and indistinct postmark. A nice card. Grade: 1

Code: 20612059T
Price: $4.00
Chateau Tongariro
In this case it helps to know, first, that the card was mailed in 1974, with two stamps and clear postmark. Then — and again with thanks to Wikipedia — we can tell you this about the hotel: “The Grand Chateau, also known as Chateau Tongariro, (was) a hotel and resort complex on the slopes of Mount Ruapehu, within the boundaries of Tongariro National Park, New Zealand’s oldest national park. The building was completed in 1929 and, despite extensive refurbishment, still retains much of the style of the pre-Depression era and is listed by Heritage New Zealand as a Category 1 historic place. Chateau Tongariro Hotel closed permanently on 5 February 2023, largely because the building has significant seismic risks.” It’s worth seeing that Wikipedia entry in full. Grade: 1

Code: 20612060T
Price: $8.00
New Zealand, multiple views
As the saying goes, if you can only have one New Zealand postcard, this could be it. In the tiniest of print, each scene is identified. Mailed in 1975 with two stamps and partial postmark, you can see the Maori carving along with Milford Sound, Mt. Aspiring Cake Wanaka, Wairake steam bores, and several others. There’s also a sizable definitive caption on the reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 20612061T
Price: $6.00
Mitre Peak, Milford Sound
Mailed in 1975, the stamp and faint postmark are there. One traveler’s account of his visit reads: “Mitre Peak’s summit sits over a vertical mile directly above Milford Sound – 1,692 metres (5,551 feet) above sea level. It’s a hugely demanding climb and one that should not be taken lightly. The track through the thick Fiordland bush is unmarked, the route above the bushline is hugely exposed and it’s a demanding mission regardless of how you tackle it.” Forewarned is forearmed. Grade: 1

Code: 20612062T
Price: $2.00
Mount Maunganui
One would think this unused and colourful postcard was highlighting the mountain (which is an extinct volcano), but Mount Maunganui is a major residential, commercial and industrial suburb of Tauranga located on a peninsula north-east of the city centre. Either way, we like the design. Grade: 1

Code: 20612063
Price: $2.00
Napier
Napier has a rich Wikipedia entry, and this atmospheric postcard suits that description. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20612064
Price: $2.00
World Wide Fund for Nature (1991 Maximum Card Set of 4)
Issued on 9 June 1991 by New Zealand’s Philatelic Bureau, this set has four maximum cards, showing a Blue Duck, Yellow-eyed Penguin, Rock Wren, and Kaka — each with their scientific names in the captions. Grade: 1

Code: 20612065
Price: $16.00
Motupia Island
Known interchangeably as either Motupia or Matapia, the card sticks with the former and describes it as a “sanctuary for seals and a large range of sea birds”. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20612066
Price: $3.00

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