Aitutaki Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Aitutaki is one of the Cook Islands, north of Rarotonga. It has a population of approximately 2,000. Aitutaki is the second most traveled to island of the Cook Islands. It is an atoll and has a maximum height of approximately 250 feet.
Polynesians probably first settled Aitutaki around AD 900. The first known European contact was with Captain Bligh and the crew of the "HMS Bounty" on April 11, 1789. The famous mutiny followed soon after.
Aitutaki used the postage stamps of the Cook Islands from 1892 to 1903, when New Zealand overprinted its own stamps with "AITUTAKI." and the denomination written in local dialect. Seven of the eight values were issued in Auckland on 12 June and in Aitutaki 29 June, with the 2 1/2p arriving later, on 9 November. Similar sets of overprints appeared periodically from 1911 to 1920.
In 1920 New Zealand produced an omnibus issue for the several Cook islands, each inscribed with the island's name. A similar idea was used for a set of three in 1924-1927.
On 15 March 1932, stamps of the Cook Islands again replaced the Aitutaki issues. This lasted for forty years, then in 1972 Aitutaki established a separate postal service, and has issued its own stamps (mostly printed by Heraclio Fournier in Spain) since then. These issues are primarily intended for sale to collectors.
Aitutaki: The Blue Lagoon of the Pacific
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