New Zealand: Preserve the Polar Regions and Glaciers - "Franz Josef Glacier"

Every year on March 21st, World Glacier Day highlights the importance of glaciers and their alarming retreat due to climate change. One striking example is Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand, a once-majestic river of ice that has dramatically shrunk over the past decades.

Located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park, this glacier was one of the few in the world that advanced during the 20th century. However, since the 2000s, it has been retreating rapidly, losing over 1 km in length. Scientists warn that continued warming could make it inaccessible without a helicopter in the near future.

 

Stamps:

Preserve the Polar Regions and Glaciers - "Franz Josef Glacier" - Issued: 04-03-2009

Scenic Definitives 2007 + 2009 - Issued: 09-05-2007 + 01-07-2009

Many thanks to Pieter!

New Zealand: Chinese New Year - "Year of the Sheep"

 

Stamps:

Chinese New Year - "Year of the Sheep" (s/s) - Issued: 05-02-2003

Scenic Definitives (from a set of 6) - Issued: 01-07-2009

Many thanks to Pieter!

New Zealand: Christmas Stamps

 

Stamps:

Christmas (from a set of 5) - Issued: 04-11-2015

Christmas (from a set of 3) - Issued: 04-11-2020

Christmas (from a set of 3) - Issued: 29-09-1984

 

Many thanks to Pieter!

New Zealand: Chinese New Year - Year of the Pig

 

Stamps:

Chinese New Year - Year of the Pig (from a set of 4) - Issued: 16-01-2019  

 

*the label on the cover indicates that the sender made a mistake writting my address or the address was not readable by the sorting machine. But German Post figured out my address :)

New Zealand: Wellington

This card shows Wellington. It is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with 393.600 residents. As New Zealand is divided by the Cook Strait into a North- and a South Island, Wellington is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range. Wellington is the world's southernmost capital city of a sovereign state.

Stamp:
The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug  "Tauriel" (from a set of six) - Issued: 01-11-2013