Mount Egmont, North Island, New Zealand.

There are no historically recorded eruptions for this volcano and the Smithsonian catalog gives no indication of the magnitudes of past eruptions.

An eruption in 1755 AD has been tentatively identified through dendrochronology (tree-ring counting).

 

The stamp illustrated on the left below was issued on May 1st, 1935, it was reissued slightly larger and new watermark and perf in 1936 and 1941 (right).

The next stamp was in photogravure, issued in 1971

I was recently informed that the mountain behind the ship in the following classic stamps, nicknamed the "Universal" and the "Dominion" depicted Mount Egmont.

A detailed study of the "universal" can be found at this web site run by Roly Runciman.

The following stamps were overprinted for Aitutaki

The following stamp was overprinted for Samoa

The volcano is also called Taranaki

Souvenir sheet below was issued for Palmpex in 1999

Below is close-up of stamp from souvenir sheet.

The next is a souvenir sheet for Tarapex, 2008

The following is a single stamp issued for Tarapex 2008

The next two stamps were issued as self adhesives.

On the left, the 11 ½ perf and printed by Southern Colour Print in Dunedin, NZ, on the right the 10 perf booklet issue produced by SP Canbec, Australia. Note also the distinctive color difference.

Two stamps below were issued by Universal Mail, New Zealand Ltd.

Next stamp shows the Kaiauai river with Egmont in the background.

The next stamp shows the "Three sisters" (I think)

Postcard below courtesy of Lisa Heiman

The following shows the lighthouse and has some sparkly material representing the light.

The next is from a "Tiki Tour" sheet of New Zealand issued in 2009

The next is a back-of-the-book duck stamp


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