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Niue Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between Tong ...

. Niue is an island country in the South

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. It is commonly known as the "Rock of

Polynesia Polynesia () "many" and νῆσος () "island"), to, Polinisia; mi, Porinihia; haw, Polenekia; fj, Polinisia; sm, Polenisia; rar, Porinetia; ty, Pōrīnetia; tvl, Polenisia; tkl, Polenihia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of ...

", and inhabitants of the island call it "the Rock" for short. Niue is northeast of

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

in a triangle between

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

to the southwest, the

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

s to the northwest, and the

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to the southeast. The land area is with about 1,400 people who are predominantly Polynesian.

First stamps

The first stamps of Niue, issued on 4 January 1902, were overprints of then-current New Zealand stamps. The first stamps inscribed “Niue” were the 1920 pictorial series. Stamp niue 0,5 d

Later issues

Niue stamps are now issued on a regular basis. The Niue Philatelic and Numismatic Company, established by the Niue Philatelic and Numismatic Act 1996, was established “to administer philatelic, numismatic and other revenue earning options and services.” Stamps are currently issued on behalf of this company by

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, and are sold at face value through the New Zealand Post web site.

2011 Royal Wedding

In 2011, Niue was forced to defend a pair of stamps issued for the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton that split the royal couple when the stamps were separated for use.Royal wedding: Niue defends stamp that 'splits' couple.
BBC News, 12 April 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

References

External links

The Pacific Islands Study Circle.
Communications in Niue

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First stamps

Later issues

2011 Royal Wedding

See also

References

Further reading

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