New Zealand - 1988 Native Birds - $5 Takahe UNH

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Condition: This USED stamp is in very good condition. The stamp has not been previously hinged.

Background To Issue: The $5 Takahe (Porphyrio (Notornis) mantelli), a member of the "rail" family of birds, has had a protracted and dramatic struggle for survival.  In pre-European times it was distributed throughout the greater part of New Zealand but, in recent centuries, it declined to the extent where, from 1847 to 1898, only five birds were recorded.  For the next 50 years, there were no sightings whatsoever, until Dr G B Orbell located a small colony of about 12 pairs in Fiordland, in 1948.

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