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New Britain
17 October 1914
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| New Britain 1914 Sc30b SG50c | xxx |
| Description | Scott † | SG † | Mi | Y&T | ||
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| German New Guinea surcharged | ||||||
| 1 penny on 3 pfennigs brown | 1 | 1 | ||||
| other values and variants | 2-29G | 2-30 | ||||
† There are too many values and variants to document sensibly and the differing Scott and Gibbons approaches mean that matching across catalogues would be difficult.
Scott [1] states that "The island Neu-Pommern, a part of former German New Guinea, was captured during World War I by Australian troops and named New Britain. Following the war it was mandated to Australia and designated a part of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea. See German New Guinea, North West Pacific Islands and New Guinea. "
Gibbons [2] lists these under Australia, New Guinea. "G.R.I." stands for Georgius Rex Imperator, King George V.
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New Britain entire |
| Scott 30, 31d, 32-34, 36 |