Postage stamps and postal history of Western New Guinea

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This article surveys the postage stamps and postal history of Western New Guinea, particularly in 1949–1963.

Since 1963 Western New Guinea has been part of Indonesia. The Indonesian postal service is responsible for mail in the region, and has issued stamps in honor of the area. For further information on the Indonesian counterparts, see Postage stamps and postal history of Indonesia.

Netherlands New Guinea[]

From 1950 to 1962, stamps were issued as the Nederlands Nieuw Guinea.

Netherlands New Guinea came under temporary United Nations administration from 1 October 1962 to 1 May 1963 when stamps were overprinted “UNTEA”. The first were overprints reading "UNTEA" (United Nations Temporary Executive Authority) applied to the stamps of Dutch New Guinea, issued in 1962. There are four slightly different types of overprint, three types applied locally, and a fourth made in the Netherlands and sold by the UN in New York City.

West Irian[]

Rp0.12 Indonesian stamp of 1963

These were superseded on 1 May 1963 by stamps of Indonesia overprinted "IRIAN BARAT" and a series of six commemoratives whose designs included a map of Indonesia stretching "from Sabang to Merauke" and a parachutist landing in New Guinea. These, as were later issues in 1968 and 1970, were inscribed both "IRIAN BARAT" and "REPUBLIK INDONESIA".^[1]

Sources[]

• Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986. ISBN 0-356-10862-7
• Scott catalogue

References[]

Further reading[]

• Weijer, N.J. de. Plaatfouten en (op)drukafwijkingen Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea en UNTEA 1950-1963 = Plate flaws and overprint varieties of Netherlands New Guinea and UNTEA. Rijswijk: Studiegroep ZWP, 2008 ISBN 9789080102538 126p.