Stamps
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New Papuan Air Mail
From Our Own Correspondent
Port Moresby, Sept. 7.
THE Papuan Government yesterday withdrew the Commemorative Jubilee air mail stamps issued last September to celebrate the declara tion of the British possession of Papua in 1888.
A new set has been issued.
The denominations of the new issue and the colours are still the same, but the design now shows two natives standing in a canoe, which they are propelling with long poles. Overhead flies a D.H. 868 aeroplane the type used for the Papuan air mail service. An oval, full face portrait of His Majesty the King is at the right hand side of the stamp, and super-imposed over a representation of native ornaments is the word ‘ Papua” at the top. At the base of the design are the words “Air Mail Postage”, and the value is shown on the left hand side.