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Set of four commemorative postage stamps
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Title
Set of four commemorative postage stamps
Date
28th January 1971
About this object
A stamp set featuring imagery related to Pacific exploration, including La Pérouse, Abel Tasman, traditional navigation tools, and a Te Puki canoe of the Santa Cruz Islands.
Object No.
2017.14:1-4
Physical description
1. Coloured engraving of La Perouse and La Boussole, the Queen profile and the relief of the Salomon Islands. 2. Coloured representation of an astrolabe and a polynesian reed map, as well as the Queen profile. 3. Coloured engraving of Abel Tasman and his ship The Heemskerk, profile of the Queen. 4. Coloured engraving of a Te Puki canoe in the Santa Cruz islands, profile of the Queen.
Inscriptions & marks
1."British Solomon Islands, La Perouse and his ship La Boussole 1787/8, 3c". 2."British Solomon Islands, 16 cent astrolabe and earlier polynesian reed map, 4c". 3."British Solomon Islands, Abel Tasman and his ship The Heemskerk, 1643, 12c". 4. "British Solomon Islands, e Puki canoe Santa Cruz islands, 35c".
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La Perouse Museum
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La Perouse Museum (La Perouse, N.S.W.)
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Set of four commemorative postage stamps
(28th January 1971). Randwick City Council, accessed 14/01/2026, https://ourstory.randwick.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/12557