German New Guinea (DNG) #2, SON Matupi CDS dated 25 Apr 1900,

Item Specifics

Country

German New Guinea

Catalog Number

2

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Used

Stamp Format

Single

Topic

Transport - Ships

Year of Issue

1897

Item Description

The item in this listing is a single used postage stamp issued for use in the German crown colony of German New Guinea ("Deutsch Neu Guinea") in 1897.

Listed in Scott as #2, the stamp has a face value of 5 pfennig and was cancelled at the Matupi post office on 25 April 1900. CV + €10 for this cancel. Matupi was one of the first post offices in the colony, but was also one of the first closed. Matupi closed in early 1906, nearly a decade before the end of German colonial rule.

German New Guinea included the north-eastern quarter of the island of New Guinea and a number of islands in the Pacific off of that portion of New Guinea. Founded in 1884 as a "protectorate," this colony ended up being the administrative center of all Germany's Pacific colonies except for Kiautschou. Falling to Allied forces in 1914, German New Guinea was renamed "the Territory of New Guinea." It would merge with a separate British colony, Papua, to form the modern nation of Papua New Guinea which achieved independence in 1971.

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Virginia, United States

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Worldwide

Returns Accepted

Yes

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