Papua New Guinea stamps

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Flag of Papua New Guinea

The former territory of New Guinea and the colony of Papua were consolidated as an Australian trust territory under the United Nations in 1946. The civil administration was resumed earlier than this and was completely operative from July 1946. The name was changed to Papua New Guinea in 1972 and the territory became self-governing on 5 December 1973. Independence was granted on 10 September 1975.

http://www.sandafayre.com/atlas/papnewg.htm

#389-394

Scott: #389-94P

Issued: 24.10.1973

75th Anniversary of Stamps in Papua New Guinea

#1 Inside #389: German New Guinea #1O

#2 Inside #389: German New Guinea #2O

sos german new guinea 17 1901 Inside #390: German New Guinea #17O

 sos new britain 43 rabaul 1914 Inside #391: New Britain #43O

When the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force occupied German New Guinea in 1914, it met the need for postage stamps by overprinting existing stocks of the (unwatermarked) German New Guinea and Marshall Islands stamps with "G.R.I" (short for Georgius Rex Imperator, referring to the current British King George V. Values ranged from one penny to five shillings, and roughly corresponded with the values of the original stamps expressed in pfennigs: 1d on 3pf and 5pf stamps, 2d on 10pf and 20pf, and so forth. The Australians issued a first setting of the overprint on 17 October 1914, followed by a second setting (with slightly different spacing) on 16 December. In all, the produced some 50 distinct stamps.   In addition, Australian postal authorities pressed registration labels into service as 3d stamps, overprinted in the same way as the others. Labels of the Friedrich Wilhelmshaven, Herbertshohe, Kawieng, Kieta, Manus, and Rabaul post offices became overprinted in this manner.  In 1915 the Australians superseded these improvised stamps of New Britain with stamps of the "North West Pacific Islands".  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Britain

 sos papua new guinea-british new guinea 7 1901 Inside #392: Papua New Guinea #7O

#1 Inside #393: New Guinea #1O

PAP M93 Inside #394: Papua New Guinea #108O

From Lou's collection

#512#513

#514#515

Scott: #512-5P

Issued: 23.1.1980

Post Office Activity

Inside #512: Stamps on Envelopes and Pseudo Stamp (logo)

First Day Cover – Self SOS on Cover

Scott: #534-5P

Issued: 21.1.1981

Mask

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[World Communications Year, type QC][World Communications Year, type QD][World Communications Year, type QE][World Communications Year, type QF]

Scott: #584-7P

Issued: 7.9.1983

World Communications Year

Inside #584: Stamp on Envelope

Inside #585: Stamp on Envelope

[The 100th Anniversary of the Papua New Guinea Post Office, type RR]

Scott: #627-30PP

Issued: 11.9.1985

Post Office Centenary

Inside #627

 Inside #627: British New Guinea H&G #2 (proof)

Thanks to Lou for the scan

Inside #627: Papua New Guinea H&G FG #13 aerogramme 1985

Thanks to Lou for the scan

Inside #628

sos queensland 113 1897 -- as imperf proof and on enlarged metal die Inside #628: Queensland #113P

Inside #628

[The 100th Anniversary of the Papua New Guinea Post Office, type RQ] Inside #628: Papua New Guinea #628P

 Inside #630: Germany #40P

Inside #630

#627-630 Inside #630: Papua New Guinea #627-30P

Scott: #631P

Lou wrote: This is one of my favorite SoS issues, as the designer really tried to create something a little bit different from the usual "something old, something new" anniversary commemoratives; the only thing that would have made it better, would have been four SoS instead of only three.

For my collection, for PNG #627, I acquired both the old postal card and the then-brand new aerogram even tho its imprinted stamp doesn't show.

For PNG #628, I could not find imperf proofs of either stamp, so I settled for the normal perfed ones with an added description of the items. (on scans)  You have the wrong ID and scan for the Queensland stamp.  I did the original IDs and have the right stamp in my collection and checklists, so a typo crept in somewhere and changed #109 to #104. If you look at the SoS with a magnifier you will see numerals in the corners which #104 does not have.

For PNG #629, I can only think of what might have been there.

For PNG #630, I found a nice looking mint example of a very pretty and not too cheap embossed Germany #40, and then, it took a very long time to find a block of PNG #627-630 on piece with the "sock on the nose" first day commemorative cancel.  I had expanded my collection back in 1974 to include postmarks on stamps and this stamp also shows the old and new cancels and the hand cancelers. The block, and another full s/s continued into the margins makes the PNG #631 s/s into a tiny SoSoS issue. 

I responded: This is one of my favorites as well. I bought it during my trip to PNG in the late 1980s. One of the most amazing places I have visited. Please take another look at the Queensland stamp I think it's #113 with the numbering at the top.

Lou's PNG #627-630 on piece with the "sock on the nose" first day commemorative cancel

#707-8#709-10

Scott: #707-10P

Issued: 22.3.1989

International Letter Writing Week

Inside #708: Papua New Guinea #708 on Envelope

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

#965a-b

Scott: #965a-bO

Issued: 0.0.1999

IBRA ‘99

#1 Inside #965a-b: German New Guinea #1O

#2 Inside #965a-b: German New Guinea #2O

#17 Inside #965a-b: German New Guinea #17O

http://www.namibstamps.com/germancolonynewguinea.htm

#1024#1025#1026

#1027#1028#1029

Scott: #1024-9O

Issued: 30.4.2002

Centenary First Stamps of Papua New Guinea

#1 Inside #1024-9: British New Guinea #Type A1O

(Pic of PNG #1)

#1029a

Scott: #1029aO

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

#1375

Scott: #1375O

Issued: 10.4.2009

China 2009

Inside #1375: Pseudo Stamps (logo)

Best website related:

Post PNG

http://www.postpng.com.pg/philatelic.htm

Airmail to New Guinea

http://www.nzstamps.fsnet.co.uk/air/air34/newguinea.html

The Postal History of British New Guinea and Papua

http://users.bigpond.net.au/bng.stamps/indexA.html

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#1

New Guinea #1

#1

British New Guinea #Type A1

sos papua new guinea-british new guinea 7 1901

Papua New Guinea #7

#35

New Guinea #35 for Australia

PAP M93

Papua New Guinea #108

ss1v margin sos papua new guinea

Papua New Guinea #209 for Uganda

sos papua new guinea 326 1971

Papua New Guinea #326 for Djibouti

sos papua new guinea 443 1976

Papua New Guinea #443 for Sierra Leone

#630a

Papua New Guinea #631

[Endangered Species - Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Butterfly, Scrivi UB]

Papua New Guinea #698 for Sierra Leone

#699

Papua New Guinea #699 for Saint Thomas & Prince, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda

sos papuanewguinea 802 1993

Papua New Guinea #802 for Hong Kong

sos papuanewguinea 803 1993

Papua New Guinea #803 for Hong Kong

sos papuanewguinea 804 1993

Papua New Guinea #804 for Hong Kong

#965a-b

Papua New Guinea #965a-b

sos papua new guinea 992 2000

Papua New Guinea #992 for Chad

#1024#1025#1026

#1027#1028#1029

Papua New Guinea #1024-9O

#1029a

Papua New Guinea #1029aO

 

 

German New Guinea

#1

German New Guinea #1 for Papua New Guinea

#2

German New Guinea #2 for Papua New Guinea

sos german new guinea 17 1901

German New Guinea #17 for Papua New Guinea