List of people on the postage stamps of Papua New Guinea

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The first part of this list is for the stamps of Papua New Guinea issued under that name. The stamps of the precursor entities are treated further below.

Papua New Guinea, 1901-[]

German New Guinea, 1897-1919[]

No persons were featured on the stamps of German New Guinea.

Netherlands New Guinea, 1950-1962[]

New Britain 1914-1915[]

It previously used the stamps of German New Guinea, and is now a part of Papua New Guinea.
No persons were featured on the stamps of New Britain.

New Guinea, 1925-1939[]

Australian mandated territory that was formerly a German possession

  • George VI of the United Kingdom (1937)

North West Pacific Islands, 1915-1923[]

These were overprinted Australian stamps prepared in advance for the occupation of captured German territories (which were occupied by Japan) and were used mostly in New Britain, but also in Nauru.

  • George V of the United Kingdom (1915)

Western New Guinea, 1962[]

Under United Nations trusteeship

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