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NAURU
 An Illustrated Listing
1916 - 1968

Revised: 2/9/2025
Notes and Abbreviations


STAMP HISTORY
Nauru was an Australian Mandate between 1924 and 1968
1888 ..... Nauru (then named Pleasant Island) was annexed by Germany, with German stamps overprinted "Marshall-Inseln" being used. View
1897 ..... Germany incorporated Nauru in to its Marshall Islands Protectorate, with German Marshall Island stamps being used. View
1914 ..... Nauru was captured by Australia Troops at the start of WWI, with Australian stamps overprinted "N. W. Pacific Islands" being used. View
1916 ..... Under a Joint British, Australian, and New Zealand Mandate, stamps of Great Britain overprinted "NAURU" were used.
1924 ..... Under an Australian Mandate, stamps inscribed "NAURU" were issued.
1968 ..... Nauru becomes Fully Independent, issuing their own stamps overprinted "REPUBLIC/OF/NAURU"; later inscribed "Republic of Nauru".

1916  STAMP ISSUES
Nauru
 Great Britain's KGV Head Stamps: Overprinted "NAURU"
1916-1923 - Issue: 11x sheets of ??
1
stamp
½d.  Green		 2
stamp
1d.  Red		 3
stamp
1½d.  Brown		  4
stamp
2d.  Orange		  5
stamp
2½d.  Blue
 6
stamp
3d.  Violet		  7
stamp
4d.  Green		 8
stamp
5d.  Brown		 9
stamp
6d.  Purple		 10
stamp
9d.  Black		 11
stamp
1s.  Brown
Nauru
 Great Britain's Seahorse Stamps: Overprinted "NAURU"
1916-1923 - Issue: 3x Sheets of 40.
12
stamp
2s.6d.  Brown		 13
stamp
5s.  Red		 14
stamp
10s.  Blue

1924  STAMP ISSUES
Nauru
 Freighter Century Definitives: Rough Surfaced, Greyish Paper
c1924 - Issue: 14x Sheets of 40.
15
stamp
½d.  Chestnut		 16
stamp
1d.  Green		 17
stamp
1½d.  Scarlet		  18
stamp
2d.  Orange		 19
stamp
2½d.  Slate-Blue		 20
stamp
3d.  Pale Blue		 21
stamp
4d.  Olive-Green
22
stamp
5d.  Brown		 23
stamp
6d.  Dull Violet		 24
stamp
9d.  Olive-Brown		  25
stamp
1s.  Brown-Lake		  26
stamp
2s.6d.  Grey-Green		 27
stamp
5s.  Claret 		 28
stamp
10s.  Yellow 

1935  STAMP ISSUES
Nauru
 Freighter Century Definitives: Shiny Surfaced, White Paper
c1935 - Issue: 14x Sheets of 40.
29
stamp
½d.  Chestnut		 30
stamp
1d.  Green		 31
stamp
1½d.  Scarlet		  32
stamp
2d.  Orange		 33
stamp
2½d.  Dull Blue		 34
stamp
3d.  Greenish Grey		 35
stamp
4d.  Olive-Green
36
stamp
5d.  Brown		 37
stamp
6d.  Dull Violet		 38
stamp
9d.  Olive-Brown		 39
stamp
1s.  Brown-Lake		  40
stamp
2s.6d.  Grey-Green		 41
stamp
5s.  Claret		  42
stamp
10s.  Yellow
Nauru
 Silver Jubilee of King George V: Stamps overprinted "HIS MAJESTY'S JUBILEE  / 1910 - 1935"
 12 July 1935 - Issue: 4x Sheets of 40.
43
stamp
1½d.  Red		 44
stamp
2d.  Orange		 45
stamp
2½d.  Slate-Blue		 46
stamp
1s.  Brown-Lake

1937  STAMP ISSUES
Nauru
 Coronation of King George VI
12 July 1937 - Issue: 4x Sheets of 40.
47
stamp
1½d.  Red		 48
stamp
2d.  Orange		 49
stamp
2½d.  Blue		 50
stamp
1s.  Purple

1954  STAMP ISSUES
Nauru
 First Pictorial Definitives
6 February 1954 - Issue: 9x Sheets of 50.
51
stamp
½d.  Nauruan Netting Fish		 52
stamp
1d.  Anibare Bay		 53
stamp
3½d.  Loading Phosphate		 54
stamp
4d.  Great Frigate Bird 
55
stamp
6d.  Nauruan Canoe		 56
stamp
9d.  Meeting-house		  57
stamp
1s.  Palm Trees		  58
stamp
2s.6d.  Buada Lagoon		  59
stamp
5s.  Map of Nauru

1963  STAMP ISSUES
Nauru
 Second Pictorial Definitives: 1
22 April 1963 - Issue: 1x Sheet of 50.
60
stamp
5d.  Calophylium
Nauru
 Second Pictorial Definitives: 2
1 July 1963 - Issue: 1x Sheet of 50.
61
stamp
8d.  Black Lizard

1964  STAMP ISSUES
Nauru Stamps Listed by Date of Issue and Numbered on a Yearly Basis
Nauru
 Second Pictorial Definitives: 3
16 April 1964 - Issue: 3x Sheets of 50.
62
stamp
3d.  Poison Nut Flower		 63
stamp
10d.  Capparis Flower		 64
stamp
2s.3d.  Coral Pinnacles

1965  STAMP ISSUES
Nauru
 50th Anniversary of Gallipoli Landing
14 April 1965 - Issue: 1x Sheet of 50.
65
stamp
5d.  Simpson & His Donkey
Nauru
 Second Pictorial Definitives: 4
3 May 1965 - Issue: 3x Sheets of 50.
66
stamp
2d.  Micronesian Pigeon		 67
stamp
1s.3d.  White Tern		 68
stamp
3s.3d.  Reed Warbler

1966  STAMP ISSUES
Nauru
 Decimal Currency Definitives: 1
14 February 1966 - Issue: 8x Sheets of 50.
69
stamp
1c.  Anibare Bay		 70
stamp
4c.  Calophylium		 71
stamp
7c.  Black Lizard		 72
stamp
8c.  Capparis Flower
73
stamp
10c.  Frigate Bird		 74
stamp
30c.  Poison Nut Flower		 75
stamp
50c.  Micronesian Pigeon		 76
stamp
$1.00.  Map of Nauru
Nauru
 Decimal Currency Definitives: 2
25 May 1966 - Issue: 6x Sheets of 50.
  77
stamp
2c.  Nauruan Netting Fish		 78
stamp
3c.  Loading Phosphate		 79
stamp
5c.  Palm Trees		 80
stamp
15c.  White Tern		 81
stamp
25c.  Coral Pinnacles		 82
stamp
35c.  Reed Warbler

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