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When was the first printed document created
The Roman Daily News, hand-stamped on clay tablets in 131 AD
The Chinese Buddhist Diamond Sutra, printed by woodblock on 11 May 868
An ancient Roman “Lost Dog” notice—poor Maximus never made it home.
What is the name of the first postage stamp
Penny Black
The “Licky Sticky One-Penny Wonder”
The Twopenny Blue
What year is the earliest known letter from New Zealand
1815 - Delivered by British Postal Service via a Whaling ship
1801 - A message in a bottle, but it washed up in Australia instead.
1790 – A letter carried by a passing seal hunter, but no one checked the mailbox
How many days did it take to send a letter to England in 1930
1930, mail typically took around 75 to 120 days to travel from England to New Zealand
107 days – Faster if you bribed the captain with biscuits.
As fast as a steamship and a determined postman - approx 33 days
Who’s image was on the first NZ Postal Stamp
A Kiwi bird – Because what’s more Kiwi than that!
Queen Victoria
Sir Edmund Hillary – Way ahead of his time
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