Niue Stamp Sales Soared
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To £20,190 For 1946-47
MAIN items of revenue for Niue Island during the year ended on March 31 were stamp sales £20,190, customs duties £2,182 andx income tax £1,581.
“The nhilatelic demand for island stamps was the main reason for the large amount of revenue received from stamp sales,” states the report presented to the New Zealand Parliament by the Minister of Island Territories.
Niue Island consists of 100 square miles of upheaved coral rock almost equidistant from Samoa, Tonga and Rarotonga. Ad ministered by New Zealand since 1901, Niue supports a population of 4,303 natives and 25 Europeans.