Jan 17, 2017
It is common to celebrate our native bird, using it as an identifier, on many and various items, such as this 1960s school writing pad. This item uses the image of the North Island brown kiwi, Apteryx mantelli, by John Gerrard Keulemans, first published in the 2d edition (1888) of Walter Buller's "Birds of New Zealand". The borders around the picture show ferns, clematis, kowhai, pohutukawa.
Olympic Stationery Ltd :Birds of New Zealand; an Olympic production. School writing pad 9G. North Island kiwi, Apteryx mantelli. Series no. 6, Subject no. 46 [1950-1960s?].
Eph-B-STATIONERY-1960-01
