Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1950Vol. XXI, No. 1

Niue’S New Stamp

p. 49 · Read in the full issue

Page 4949

Issue

ABOUT 8,000 first day covers were put through the Niue post office on July 3 the day the new issue was placed on sale.

The cost per set is 8/li and is the first set of stamps which are confined entirely to Niue. This should increase their value from the collectors’ point of view as previously this island has been included in the Cook Islands stamp issue.

The demand for mint specimens is al ready brisk.

There are 10 stamps in the set in de nominations of 3/-, 2/-. 1/-, 9d., 6d., 4d., 3d., 2d., Id., and id. Stamps are mainly

pictorial, printed in colour, depicting ac tivities, or scenes, or landmarks. The id. stamp is a coloured map of Niue.

Dr. A. A. Aaronson, recently appointed to the South Pacific Health Service, ar rived in Niue by the Matua on her June trip. Dr. and Mrs. Aaronson were made welcome to the island, but within a few weeks after his arrival the doctor be came ill and later reports indicate that he still had not recovered fully.

Digitised by the National Library of Australia · OCR text via GLAM Workbench · uncorrected OCR, expect errors
A non-commercial reading archive for research and private study. Copyright in Pacific Islands Monthly varies by issue and article; pre-1955 anonymous material is in the public domain in Australia, later material may remain in copyright. Rights holders with concerns about any item can request its removal.