P-NG’s New Stamps
p. 99 · Read in the full issue
A FTER a break of 10 years, Papua- New Guinea is to have its own postage stamps again. Before the war, of coarse, Papua and New Guinea, then administered as two separate territories, each had its own issue— that of Papua being much more attractive than that of the Mandated Territory.
The combined territory will now share the new issue.
Judging by the only sample we have seen, they should be attractive stamps of considerable interest to world collectors.
They depict native flora and fauna, native life and industries and will come in 15 denominations from lid to £l.
They will be issued first on October 30—the anniversary of the re-establish ment of civil administration after the defeat of Japan—and all the necessary arrangements have been made for collectors to have first-day covers.
All inquiries should be addressed to the Chief Postmaster, Port Moresby. The
cost of the complete set will be £l/19/11V2, Australian currency.