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New Zealand (1855-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 3,587,275 (1997). Two large
islands and a number of smaller islands in the South Pacific Ocean. New
Zealand was settled by Polynesians, beginning in the 14th century, and
discovered by Europeans in 1642. It was annexed by Great Britain in 1840
and, since 1907, has been a self-governing dominion within the British
Commonwealth of Nations. New Zealand has a number of dependencies in the
South Pacific, among them the Cook Islands, Niue, the Tokelau Islands, and
Ross Dependency in the Antarctic. |
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