2019 Kupe - The Great Navigator

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		Cat.	Mint Unhinged	Fine Used
$1.30	Kupe was a Rangatira (great fisherman) who lived in Hawaiiki. Surrounding Kupe's settlement were the traditional fishing grounds where Kupe and his tribe caught their fish. Te Wheke o Muturangi / Chief Muturangi's pet Octopus	868a	$2.95	$2.95
$1.30	Kupe cast a spell so that the wheke (octopus) would never be able to dive and hide in the depths of the ocean.	868b	$2.95	$2.95
$1.30	Kupe chased Te Wheke o Muturangi for weeks across the vast Pacific Ocean.	868c	$2.95	$2.95
$1.30	Kupe's wife Hine-te-Aparangi saw land close-by and named it 'Aotearoa' - The Land of the Long White Cloud.	868d	$2.95	$2.95
$1.30	Kupe, Hine-te-Aparangi and their whanau (family) were amazed by the beauty of the new land they discovered.	868e	$2.95	$2.95
$1.30	Kupe and his warriors chased and after several weeks defeated Te Wheke o Muturangi (Chief Muturangi's Octopus) around the Marlborough Sounds.	868f	$2.95	$2.95
$1.30	During Kupe's long absence, Hine-te-Aparangi and her whanau worried that Kupe had been slain by Te Wheke o Muturangi and would never return. Matiu and Makaro, his two mokopuna, slashed their breasts as a mark of mourning. Their blood stained the rocks	868g	$2.95	$2.95
$1.30	Kupe returned safely to his whanau and they travelled the west coast of Te Ika a Maui (The North Island) before they returning home to Hawaiiki.	868h	$2.95	$2.95

	Set of 8	868i	$22.40	$22.40

	Se-tenant Block of eight $1.30 stamps	868j	$23.60	$23.60
	… Eight Stamps : $1.30 (868a), $1.30 (868b), $1.30 (868c), $1.30 (868d), $1.30 (868e), $1.30 (868f), $1.30 (868g), $1.30 (868h)

$10.40	Miniature Sheet with eight $1.30 stamps	868k	$23.60	$23.60
	… Eight Stamps : $1.30 (868a), $1.30 (868b), $1.30 (868c), $1.30 (868d), $1.30 (868e), $1.30 (868f), $1.30 (868g), $1.30 (868h)

	First Day Cover - 5 June 2019	868l		$24.30
	… Eight Stamps : $1.30 (868a), $1.30 (868b), $1.30 (868c), $1.30 (868d), $1.30 (868e), $1.30 (868f), $1.30 (868g), $1.30 (868h)
	Miniature Sheet First Day Cover - 5 June 2019	868m		$24.30
	… $10.40 (868k)

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