German New Guinea

1897

and Territory of New Guinea, 1925

↓ - Changes of Administration, see Guinea disambiguation

German Colony


	Sc1-6	xxx

perf 13½x14½, no wmk

Description	Date †	Scott	SG
Stamps of Germany overprinted in black
3 pfennigs brown	‡	1	1
3pf reddish brown	1899	1a	1a
3pf yellow-brown	1899	1b	1b
5pf green		2	2
10pf carmine		3	3
20pf ultra		4	4
25pf orange	1898	5	5
50pf red-brown		6	6

† Date of issue, where not 1897.
‡ Gibbons [1] dates the 3pf brown as July 1898.

Territory of New Guinea

1925 Sc1 SG125

On 6th November 1884 south-eastern New Guinea became a British protectorate and ten days later the north-eastern portion was declared a German protectorate and named Kaiser Wilhelms Land. In September 1914, Australian forces landed and the German troops surrendered ten days later. In December 1920, Australia was given a mandate by the League of Nations to administer the area.

Scott [2] describes the Territory of New Guinea issue as occupying, "the northeastern part of the island and includes New-Britain and other nearby islands. It was formerly a German possession and should not be confused with British New Guinea (Papua) which is in the south-eastern part of the same island, nor Netherlands New Guinea … for previous issues see German New Guinea, New Britain, North West Pacific Islands. Issues for 1952 and later are listed under Papua."