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1908, Rutherford wins Nobel Prize
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18 July
1855
New Zealand's first postage stamps go on sale
These adhesive, non-perforated stamps for prepaid postage were the famous ‘Chalon Head’ design, showing Queen Victoria in her coronation robes.
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This Week in History
9 December
1867
First passengers traverse Lyttelton rail tunnel
10 December
1908
Rutherford wins Nobel Prize
11 December
1907
Parliamentary library escapes fire
12 December
1961
First Golden Kiwi draw
13 December
1642
First recorded European sighting of New Zealand
14 December
1843
First Auckland A and P Show
15 December
1915
The evacuation of Gallipoli begins