I began collecting postcards in mid-August of 2013, after looking through my aunt's collection and thinking it seemed like a fun hobby. Along the way, something obviously went very wrong.

Monday, September 23, 2013

Species: North Island Takahe

Card Text Front: N/A

Card Text Back: Takahe, N.Z. - Discovered in 1840 by Dr. Gideon Manteff. The skin is preserved in the British Museum. A second specimen was caught in 1851. Now in the Dominion Museum, Wellington. Now extinct.

Location: British Museum

Country of Origin: New Zealand

Postage Date: Uncirculated

Photographer/Artist/Colourization: N/A

Printing Company: Souvenir Distributors New Zealand Ltd.

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