Philatelic Treats from PNG
Since 1981 our collector friend, Manfred Künzel, showed special items from his PNG collection. The column was named "aus meiner Schmankerln-Kiste". "Schmankerln" are delicacies in Southern German dialect. We would like to revive this tradition here.
Our aim is not to show very expensive items, but rather the unusual, in one word philatelic treats from PNG. Even a relatively small collecting field like PNG is rich in special items, be it covers, stamps or postmarks.
Gutter Pairs
Until now there have been only two stamp issues, from which gutter pairs were available at the post office counter. These issues are the 60th Birthday Issue (1986) and the Golden Jubilee issue of 2002.
- 1986
- 2002
United Nations Day
In PNG we have discovered two different dates for the United Nations Day
It deals with the October 29th error setting in the adjustment of the machine cancel. It is only known used from the Kainantu post office.
Cut-outs from postal stationery
Even cut-outs from postal stationery are postally valid in PNG as the accompanying examples show.
- cut-out from A27 - 23.04.1998
- cut-out from A15 - 14.08.2001
Typographic Error at the Philatelic Bureau
Official correspondence from the Philatelic Bureau in 1979, and for some time thereafter, had the error:
PHILATETIC BUREAU
Two different Issuing Dates?
The re-valued crab issue of 1998 shows two different issuing dates on FDCs for Port Moresby and Boroko.
The official release date nationwide for this issue, including Boroko, was May 28, 1998.
Date stamp lacking the country and town designation.
In one of the Postage Paid date stamp from Boroko we noticed the lack of country and town designations.
- as it should be
- a special feature from Kimbe
Date stamp lacking the country designation.
Many PNG post offices were supplied with new rubber date stamps in 2006 - 2007.
Among these the post office at KIMBE received this extraordinary date stamp.
Instead of the country designation, the date stamp shows the town's name duplicated in the bottom of the arc.
Date stamp with dual country designation
The slogan machine cancel in use at Kieta in 1980 may have two different country designations: TP&NG as well as PNG
Freak
White stripe in background colour of S.G. 42 (Scott 155) that was not covered by the printing ink.
Inverted parts of circular date stamps
In the Aitape cds the number "2" is inverted, in the Finschhafen cds the number "8".
- Aitape 24.11.69
- Finschhafen 27.02.85
Wrong FDC cancel
First Day Cover 75 years stamps in PNG with FDC cancel of Panorama series.
- wrong cancel
- correct one
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