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The tiny Pacific nation of Niue has raised eyebrows by issuing royal wedding stamps that Prince William and his bride-to-be Catherine Middleton. Niue’s government has defended the of the stamps, which were approved by Prince William’s grandmother - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. Some royalists are that William and Kate are on the stamps by a perforated line, which means they can be torn . Others call the decision to put William on the $NZ5.80 stamp while his fiancée is on the $NZ2.40 denomination is . Niue leader Toke Talagi said: "People indicated the stamps, made by New Zealand Post, meant the couple will in future. I don't know why they would interpret it that ."

Mr Talagi said the stamps had become very around the world and were becoming a collector’s . He was excited about the prospect of them leading to a tourism for his country, which has a population of just 1400. He told the AFP news : "I suspect in future a lot of people will come here to see where the stamps are ." New Zealand Post designed the stamps and said on its that they "capture the royal couple as we so often see them - graceful, composed and very much in ". Philatelist George Saunders reckoned few people would tear the stamps apart. “The happy couple just look too good together,” he said. The royal wedding takes in London’s Westminster Abbey on 29 April. It will be televised to a global audience of over two .