1971 First Satellite Station in New Zealand

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Fine Used
8c	Satellite Earth Station Dish	176a	$0.90	$1.10
10c	Satellite in Space	176b	$0.90	$0.90

	Set of 2 individual stamps	176c	$1.70	$1.90

	First Day Cover - 14 July 1971	176d		$4.50
	… 8c (176a), 10c (176b)

This issue commemorates the opening of the first satellite earth station in New Zealand - near Warkworth, around 80 kilometers north of Auckland.

The coloured dots on both stamps represented existing satellite earth stations in the Pacific. The New Zealand station is represented with a white dot.

Bibliography

The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume VI

Edited by D. E. G. Naish FRPSNZ and K. J. McNaught FRPSNZ FRPSL

Publsihed 1975 by The Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Incorporated

Pages 178 - 179

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