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1976 New Zealand Waterfalls Thematic Postage Stamps
Purakaunui WaterFalls :
Date of stamp Issued : 02nd June 1976
Stamp Denomination : 10c , Stamp Size: 28mm x 33.4mm , Perforation Gauge: 11.4 , Process: Photogravure , Paper Type: (Granite, unwatermarked) , Stamp Dimension: 28mm x 33.4mm , Stamp Printed at Courvoisier Printers, Switzerland.
Purakaunui Waterfalls Information :
Located 11 kilometres south-west of Owaka township in South Otago. Purakaunui gives its name to a reserve, first established in 1905 and added to in 1970. It now covers 494 hectares. This reserve is mainly a silver beech forest.
Marakopa (Marokopa) Waterfall :
Date of stamp Issued : 02nd June 1976
Stamp Denomination : 14c , Stamp Size: 28mm x 33.4mm , Perforation Gauge: 11.4 , Process: Photogravure , Paper Type: (Granite, unwatermarked) , Stamp Dimension: 28mm x 33.4mm , Stamp Printed at Courvoisier Printers, Switzerland.
Marakopa Waterfalls Information
This is the most violent of this set of four waterfalls. It is found in a primal North Island setting on the Marokopa River in Waitomo County. After negotiating numerous drops of up to 40 feet upstream, the river makes its final drop of 120 feet, onto jagged rocks below. The river surges around and through small colonies of greenery, clinging grimly to large rocks in mid stream. In a reckless, broken fashion it pours down, boiling and seething around boulders at the bottom.
Bridal Veil WaterFalls
Date of stamp Issued : 02nd June 1976
Stamp Denomination : 15c , Stamp Size: 28mm x 33.4mm , Perforation Gauge: 11.4 , Process: Photogravure , Paper Type: (Granite, unwatermarked) , Stamp Dimension: 28mm x 33.4mm , Stamp Printed at Courvoisier Printers, Switzerland.
Bridal Veil Waterfalls Information
These falls were discovered in 1880 by an explorer named Powell. Aptly named, they emanate in a long white ribbon of water from the grassy cliff-face, plunging 160 feet into a rocky basin. The cliff from which the veil falls is scarred and undercut, partially overhanging the basin below. Above its face the cliff is heavily wooded. At the bottom a softly coloured carpet of greenery covers large rocks. The old Maori name for Bridal Veil is Waireinga - leaping waters.
Papakorito WaterFalls
Date of stamp Issued : 02nd June 1976
Stamp Denomination : 16c , Stamp Size: 28mm x 33.4mm , Perforation Gauge: 11.4 , Process: Photogravure , Paper Type: (Granite, unwatermarked) , Stamp Dimension: 28mm x 33.4mm , Stamp Printed at Courvoisier Printers, Switzerland.
Papakorito Waterfalls Information :
This is one of several falls on the Aniwaniwa Stream, running through Urewera National Park. The Park itself is a beautiful setting. William Colenso, early New Zealand Explorer and Missionary wrote "Not a human being dwelt in all that immense tract of country on which my eager gaze then rested. The grass grew, the flowers blossomed and the river rolled, but not for man. Solitude all!" Set in a low bushy area, Papakorito slips sharply over a broad cliff face broken in several sections by rocky outcrops.
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Sutherland Waterfalls : # SG-860
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Techenical Details : 50c
Stamp Issued on 10 July 1967
Printers: Harrison and Sons, England and Thomas De La Rue, England
Stamp Dimension : 25mm x 41mm
Size of the Sheet : 100 stamps per sheet.
Process: Photogravure
Perforation Gauge: 14 x 14.5
Techenical Details : 5/-
Stamp Issued on 11 July 1960
Printed at Harrison and Sons Printers, England
Stamp Dimension : 24.5mm x 41mm.
Size of the Sheet : 120 stamps per sheet.
Process: Photogravure
Perforation Gauge: 14 x 14.75.
Paper Type: Guard Bridge, multiple NZ and star watermark
Sutherland Waterfalls Information : The Sunderland Falls, located in Fiordland National Park, drop from Lake Quill over a steep-walled mountain parapet of the upper Arthur Valley in three successive leaps - the topmost 248 metres, the middle 229 metres, and the lowest 103 metres.
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Total Height: |
1904 feet |
580 meters |
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Tallest Single Drop: |
885 feet |
270 meters |
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Number of Drops: |
3 |
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Waterfall Type: |
Tiered |
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Average Width: |
90 feet |
27 meters |
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Average Volume: |
400 cubic feet / sec. |
11 cubic meters / sec. |
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Maximum Recorded Volume: |
5,000 cubic feet / sec. |
142 cubic meters / sec. |
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Watercourse: |
Arthur River | |