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↓ - Changes of Administration, see Guinea disambiguation
Sc1-6 | xxx |
perf 13½x14½, no wmk
Description | Date † | Scott | SG | Mi | Y&T | |
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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."