Animal Stamp of Papua New GuineaAnimal Stamp of Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea is eastern half of New Guinea and about 10,000 neighboring states comprising islands. A European visited a shore after the 16th century, and the New Guinea western part became Oran doh territory in 1828, and the eastern part was divided in 1884 by U.K. and Germany, and it was ruled. The U.K. territory was transferred in the beginning in the 20th century by Australia, and after the World War I it could include Germany territory, too, and it was it with Australian United Nations mandate and became independent as a constitutional monarchy in the Commonwealth of Nations in 1975.
Four kinds of stamps on which it drew birds were issued in 1970 by this Papua New Guinea. Five kinds of stamps on which it drew birds were issued in 1977.
Papua New Guinea
1970.5.13 Bird Stamp
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| King of Saxony Bird-of-paradise Pteridophora alberti (Paradisaeidae) |
King Bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus regius (Paradisaeidae) |
Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana (Paradisaeidae) |
Crested Satinbird Cnemophilus macgregorii (Corvidae) |
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| White-breasted Ground Dove Gallicolumba jobiensis (Columbidae) |
Victoria Crowned Pigeon Goura victoria (Columbidae) |
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| Pheasant Pigeon Otidiphaps nobilis (Columbidae) |
Orange-fronted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons (Columbidae) |
Zoe's Imperial Pigeon Ducula zoeae (Columbidae) |
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