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The 80c stamp depict a sailing vessel of which I have not any information. She is under full sail and most probably an emigrant vessel underway to New Zealand.
European settlement began seriously in New Zealand around 1815, and by 1881, the non-Maori population had had reached half a million. By the middle of that same decade, people born in New Zealand were a majority of the non-Maori population.
By the time the Immigration Act 1987 was passed, less than half of New Zealand’s new permanent migrants were from Europe or North America. The new Act favoured those with skills New Zealand needed and, as a result, there was a rapid increase in the numbers of migrants coming from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia.
In the 1990s, a point system opened up immigration even further and by 1995 Taiwan had replaced Britain as the largest country of origin.
British / European Settlers 1840 -1914 - 80c
Between 1840 and 1850, some 15,000 immigrants were brought to New Zealand from Britain to found and develop various settlements. By 1880, some 100,000 immigrants called New Zealand home, including significant numbers of Scandinavians and Germans
New Zealand 1998 80c sg2141, scott1493.
Source: New Zealand Post

Well, Their somewhat bulky luggage would convey an idea that these were no ordinary local travellers, and the address written conspicuously on most of the packages would have completed the evidence. Cool resource !



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