Stamp collection - 33 Countries Oceania
Aitutaki American Samoa Australia Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cook Islands Fiji
French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Midway Islands Nauru
New Caledonia New Hebrides New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Palau
Papua New Guinea Penrhyn Pitcairn Islands Rapa Nui (Easter Islands) Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti
Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna
Stamps
First Stamps of Aitutaki
Cook Islands stamps were the original source of postage on Aitutaki from 1892 to 1903. In 1903, New Zealand overprinted its own stamps with "AITUTAKI" and the local denomination and these were used as Aitutaki stamps. Only overprinted New Zealand stamps were issued until 1920.
1903-16 Stamps of Aitutaki - Stamps of New Zealand Surcharged in Red or Blue - stamps #1-13
1917-20 Stamps of Aitutaki - New Zealand Stamps of 1909-19 Overprinted in Red or Dark Blue - stamps #19-23
In 1920, New Zealand issued a set of stamps for all of the island nations in which they were associated. These were the first stamps issued for Aitutaki that were not overprints from New Zealand.
1920-27 Stamps of Aitutaki - stamps #28-36
Landing of Capt. Cook - Avarua Waterfront - Capt. James Cook - Palm - Houses at Arorangi - Avarua Harbor - Rarotongan Chief (Te Po)
In 1972 Aitutaki established a separate postal service, and has issued its own stamps (mostly printed by Heraclio Fournier in Spain) since then. These issues are primarily intended for sale to collectors. Aitutaki is a client of the Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corporation.
Stamps of Aitutaki 1972 QEII Flowers Overprint Mint Set - Queen Elizabeth II Flowers overprint on Cook Islands #37-47
First Stamps of American Samoa
1877-82 Stamps of American Samoa - Express - Stamps #1-3
First Stamps of Australia
Australia has an interesting postal history.
The country's foundation, much like that of the United States, is based on states, six British colonies that federated on Jan. 1, 1901. The date is not philatelically significant because postage stamps inscribed "Australia," were not issued until 1913.
Until those first stamps for Australia came on the scene, each state had its own stamps.
New South Wales and Victoria were the first of the Australian colonies to issue stamps, doing so in 1850. They were followed by Van Diemens Land (later called Tasmania) in 1853, Western Australia in 1854, South Australia in 1855 and Queensland in 1860.
Northern Territory did not have its own stamps. It used South Australian stamps, which meant that Darwin, the Northern Territory's largest and northernmost city, had a postmark that read "South Australia."
Collecting the stamps from Australia's colonies can be devilishly complex and expensive, but collectors who are not insistent upon completion can form a representative collection of Australian colonial stamps for surprisingly little money.
The first stamps issued by New South Wales are called "Sydney Views," based on the central design, the Seal of the Colony, which shows a view of Sydney. A 1-penny red Seal of the Colony stamp, Scott 1.
Following the Sydney Views are several different series of stamps with portraits of Queen Victoria.
The early stamps are both costly and complicated to collect, with different plates and plate varieties, watermarks and shades.
Budget-minded collectors can find New South Wales stamps that are plentiful and affordable if they fast-forward to the Queen Victoria issues that were released beginning in 1871.
AUSTRALIAN STATES
NEW SOUTH WALES
Stamps of Australia - 1850-1906 New South Wales - Seal of the Colony - stamps #1-2 (stamp #1 has no clouds. #2 has clouds added to the design.)
VICTORIA
Stamps of Australia - 1850-56 Victoria - Queen Victoria - Victoria on Throne - stamps #1, 3, 14, 17, 18, 29
TASMANIA
Stamps of Australia - 1853 Tasmania - Queen Victoria - stamps #1 - 2, 2a
Stamps of Australia - 1855 Tasmania - Queen Victoria - stamps #4-6
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Stamps of Australia - 1854-57 Western Australia - stamps #1-5
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Stamps of Australia - 1855-56 South Australia -Queen Victoria - stamps #1-4
QUEENSLAND
Stamps of Australia - 1860 Queensland -Queen Victoria - stamps #1-3
First Stamps of Christmas Island
1950 Stamps of Christmas Island - Queen Elizabeth II - stamps #1-10
First Stamps of Cocos (Keeling) Islands
1963 Stamps of Cocos (Keeling) Islands - stamps #1-6
Copra Industry - Super Constellation - Map of Islands - Coco palms - Sailboat (dukong) - Fairy tern
First Stamps of Cook Islands
1892 Cook Islands - stamps #1-4
First Stamps of Fiji
1870-71 Stamps of Fiji - stamps #1-5, 15-17 - Crown and “CR” (Cakobau Rex)
This service was established by the Fiji Times, a weekly newspaper, for the delivery of the newspaper. Since there was no postal service to the other islands, delivery of letters to agents of the newspaper on the islands was offered to the public.
Nos. 1-5 were printed in the same sheet one horizontal row of 6 of each (6p, 1sh, 1p, 3p).
First Stamps of French Polynesia
1892 Stamps of French Polynesia - stamps #1-3
First Stamps of Guam
1899 Stamps of Guam - stamps #1-13, E1
First Stamps of Kiribati
1979-80 Stamps of Kiribati #325-340A
Kiribati Flag - Parliament, London, Assembly Tarawa - Training Ship Teraaka - Passenger launch Tautunu - Hibiscus -Cathedral, Tarawa - House of Assembly, Bikenibeu Island - Betio harbor - Reef egretn Flamboyant tree - Moorish idol (fish) - Frangipani blossoms - Chapel, Tangintebu Island - Hypolimnas bolina elliciana (butterfly) - Tarawa Lagoon ferry, Tabakea - Sunset over lagoon - Natl. flag
First Stamps of Marshall Islands
1897- 1916 Stamps of Marshall Islands - stamps #1-27 - Stamps of Germany Overprinted “Marschall-Inseln” in Black - Kaiser’s Yacht “Hohenzollern”
First Stamps of Micronesia
1984 Stamps of Micronesia - Postal Service Inauguration - stamps #1-4
State of Yap - State of Truk - State of Pohnpei - State of Kosrae
First Stamps of Midway Islands
Stamps of Midway Islands
8c Apollo 8 1969 Midway Island Nixon - 1c and 2c Defense 1942 U.S. Marine Corps Midway Island to New York - Crosby thermographed cachet for Pan American Airways at Midway Island with photo of Pan Am clipper. 10 cent Airmail Map stamp paying the single clipper airmail rate from Midway to Hawaii.
First Stamps of Nauru
1916-23 Stamps of Nauru - stamps #1-15 - Great Britain Stamps of 1912-13 Overprinted
First Stamps of New Caledonia
1859 Stamps of New Caledonia - Napoleon III - stamp #1
First Stamps of New Hebrides
1908-09 Stamps of New Hebrides -stamps #1-6 - British Issues - Stamps of Fiji, 1903-06, Overprinted
1908 Stamps of New Hebrides -stamps #1-5 - French Issues - Stamps of New Caledonia, 1905, Overprinted in Black or Red
First Stamps of New Zealand
1855 Stamps of New Zealand - Victoria -stamps #1-3
Stick-on postage stamps were first used in New Zealand in 1855, when this ‘full-face queen’ stamp showing a young Queen Victoria was produced. Before this, every letter had to be individually paid for at the post office. The basic rate for local letters was twopence, so two of these stamps would be needed. A letter cost a shilling (12 pence) to send to England.
First Stamps of Niue
1902 Stamps of Niue - stamps #1-4 Stamps of New Zealand Surcharged
First Stamps of Norfolk Island
1947 Stamps of Norfolk Island - View of Ball Bay - stamps #1-12
First Stamps of Northern Mariana Islands
1899 Stamps of Northern Mariana Islands - King Alfonso XIII - Issued under Spanish Dominion - Stamps of the Philippines Handstamped Vertically in Blackish Violet Reading Up or Down
1899-1900 Stamps of Northern Mariana Islands - Issued under German Dominion - Stamps of Germany, 1889-90, Overprinted in Black - stamps #11-16
The Mariana Islands became a German protectorate June 18, 1899. German 1889 stamps were overprinted "Marianen" at both 48- and 56-degree angles, with the former being scarce to rare
First Stamps of Palau
1983 Stamps of Palau - Inauguration of Postal Service -stamps #1-4
1991 Stamps of Palau - Miniature Sheet -stamps #263
First Stamps of Papua New Guinea
1901 Stamps of Papua New Guinea - British New Guinea - Lakatoi - stamps #1-8
The postage stamps and postal history of Papua New Guinea were linked to the Australian administration on the Eastern part of the island of New Guinea until its independence in 1975.
Colonial division of the island of New Guinea, before 1914: in the West, the Dutch part ; in the North-East, the German part (pictured here without the Bismarck Archipelago) ; and in the South-Esat, the British one renamed Papua by the Australian government.
In the South, Papua, formally under British rule, used the stamps of Queensland between 1885 and 1901. With the creation of the Commonwealth of Australia, the philatelic production and postal organisation were decided by an Australian administration and the stamps printed in Brisbane, then Melbourne.
In the North, New Guinea was under the control of the German Empire and used its stamps between 1888 and 1897. The colony got stamps bearing its name after 1897. Consequently to the Australian conquest in 1914, the remaining German colonial stamps and some Australian ones, were overprinted. After the Territory of New Guinea became a League of Nations mandate entrusted to Australia, this country organised the postal system and philatelic production in New Guinea.
After the Japanese occupation of New Guinea and the suppression of civil administration in Papua at the beginning of 1942, the stamps of Australia were used between 1945 and 1953, before the two united territories got their own stamps. Progressively, it obtained its philatelic and postal autonomy, and finally independence in September 1975.
First Stamps of Penrhyn Island
1902 Stamps of Penrhyn Island - Stamps of New Zealand Surcharged - stamps #1-2
First Stamps of Pitcairn Islands
1940-51 Stamps of Pitcairn Islands - stamps #1-8
Cluster of Oranges - Fletcher Christian with Crew and View of Pitcairn Island - John Adams and His House - William Bligh and H.M. Armed Vessel “Bounty” - Map of Pitcairn and Pacific Ocean - Bounty Bible - H.M. Armed Vessel “Bounty” - Pitcairn School, 1949 - Fletcher Christian and View of Pitcairn Island - Fletcher Christian with Crew and Coast of Pitcairn
First Stamps of Rapa Nui (Easter Islands)
1940 Stamps of Rapa Nui (Easter Islands) - #B1-2
S.S. Abtao and Captain Policarpo Toro - S.S. Abtao and Brother Eugenio Eyraud. 50th anniv. of Chilean ownership of Easter Is. Surtax used for charitable institutions.
1965- A stamp printed in Chile shows a Moai of Easter Island
The little town of Hanga Roa, the only place on the island where people are allowed to live (the rest of the island is a national park). Only 5,000 people live here and they mostly depend on tourism for their income so the town is filled with little restaurants, cafés and souvenir shops that cater to tourists. There’s also one bank, one post office (from which we got some very cool stamps in our passports for USD 1), an interesting museum and a hospital. The town’s harbour was filled with many fishing boats.
Unique Easter Island passport stamps
First Stamps of Samoa
1894-95 Stamps of Samoa - Flag Design #23
First Stamps of Solomon Islands
1907 Stamps of Solomon Islands - War Canoe - stamps #1-7
1956-60 Stamps of Solomon Islands - Coronation Issue - stamps #89-104
First Stamps of Tahiti
1882-84-93 Stamps of Tahiti - Stamps of French Colonies Surcharged in Black - stamps #1-26
The use of Tahiti postage stamps on mail first became valid on 25 October 1862, using the general stamps of the French Colonies. In 1882 a shortage of 25c stamps necessitated a surcharge on less-used values. Some of the surcharges also included the name "TAHITI". This happened again in 1884 with 5c and 10c values.
In 1892, the Navigation and Commerce issue for French Oceania became available, and in 1893, two kinds of overprint were applied to the remaining stocks of regular and postage due French Colonies stamps; one type was a slanted overprint reading "TAHITI" and the other was a horizontal "1893 / TAHITI".
First Stamps of Tokelau
1948-53-56 Stamps of Tokelau - stamps #1-5
Map and Scene on Atafu - Nukunono Dwelling and Map - Fakaofo Shore Line and Map - Coronation Issue Queen Elizabeth II - #1 Surcharged in Black
First Stamps of Tonga
1886-92 Stamps of Tonga - King George I - stamps #1-5
1897-1938 Stamps of Tonga - stamps #38-52, 55, 70
Coat of Arms - Ovava Tree - George II - Prehistoric Trilithon, Tongatabu - Breadfruit - Coral Formations - View of Haabai - Red-breasted Musk Parrot - View of Vavau - Queen Salote
First Stamps of Tuvalu
1976 Stamps of Vanuatu - Gilbert and Ellice Islands Types of 1971 Overprinted “TUVALU” - stamps #1-15
First Stamps of Vanuatu
The Anglo-French condominium of New Hebrides became the independent state of Vanuatu July 30, 1980
1980 Stamps of Vanuatu - stamps #280-292
Erromango Island - Archipelago - Espiritu Santo Island - Efate Island - Malakula Island - Aoba and Maewo Islands - Pentecost Island - Tanna Island - Shepherd Island - Banks Island - Ambrym Island - neityum Island - Torres Islands
First Stamps of Wallis and Futuna Island
1920-28 Stamps of Wallis and Futuna Island - New Caledonia Stamps of 1905-28 Overprinted - stamps #1-28
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