PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1949 - 1975 A Simplified Listing Revised: 13 January 2026 -- SEARCH BY YEAR -- 1952 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 Notes & Abbreviations STAMP HISTORY Papua & New Guinea / Papua New Guinea 1949 ..... Papua amalgamates with New Guinea to form "Papua and New Guinea", with Australian stamps being used until 1952. 1952 ..... First stamps inscribed "Papua and New Guinea" released. 1966 ..... Decimal currency introduced. 1972 ..... Stamps now scribed "Papua New Guinea" released. 1973 ..... Papua New Guinea becomes Self-governing. 1975 ..... Papua New Guinea introduces a new currency in April 1975. (100 Toea = 1 Kina) 1975 ..... Papua New Guinea becomes a fully Independent Country on 16 September 1975. 1952  STAMP ISSUES Papua & New Guinea First Pictorial Definitives 30 October 1952 - Stamps 1-6 issued in Sheets of 72.  Stamps 7-15 issued in Sheets of 36. 1 ½d.  Tree Kangaroo 2 1d.  Buka Headdresses 3 2d.  Native Youth 4 2½d.  Bird of Paradise 5 3d.  Native Policeman 6 3½d.  Papuan Headdress 7 6½d.  Kiriwina Chief House 8 7½d.  Kiriwana Yam House 9 9d.  Copra Making 10 1s.  Lakatoi 11 1s.6d.  Rubber Tapping 12 2s.  Sepik Dancing Masks 13 2s.6d.  Native Shepherd & Flock 14 10s.  Map of Papua & New Guinea 15 £1. Native Spearing Fish 1957  STAMP ISSUES Papua & New Guinea First Pictorial Definitives: Surcharges 29 January 1957 - Stamp 1 issued in Sheets of 72.  Stamp 2 issued in Sheets of 36. 1 4d. on  2½d. Bird of Paradise 2 7d. on  1s. Lakatoi 1958  STAMP ISSUES Papua & New Guinea First Pictorial Definitives: New Values 2 June 1958 - Stamp 1 issued in Sheets of 72.  Stamps 2-4 issued in Sheets of 36. 1 4d.  Cacao Plant 2 7d.  Klinki Plymill 3 1s.7d.  Cattle 4 5s.  Coffee Beans Papua & New Guinea First Pictorial Definitives: New Colour 2 June 1958 -  Issued in Sheets of 72.  5 3½d.  Papuan Headdress 1959  STAMP ISSUES Papua & New Guinea First Pictorial Definitives: Surcharge 1 December 1958 -  Issued in Sheets of 72. 1 5d. on  ½d. Tree Kangaroo 1960  STAMP ISSUES Papua & New Guinea First Pictorial Definitives: Existing Designs with New Values and Colours 10 November 1960 - Stamp 1 issued in Sheets of 72.  Stamps 2-3 issued in Sheets of 36. 1 5d.  Cacao Plant 2 8d.  Klinki Plymill 3 2s.5d.  Cattle 1961  STAMP ISSUES Papua & New Guinea Reconstruction of Legislative Council 10 April 1961 - Issued in Sheets of 100. 1 5d.  Council Chambers 2 2s.3d.  Council Chambers Papua & New Guinea Second Pictorial Definitives 26 July 1961 - Stamp 3-4 issued in Sheets of 72.  Stamps 5-6 issued in Sheets of 36. 3 1d.  Female, New Guinea 4 3d.  Tribal Elder, Papua 5 1s.  Female Dancer 6 2s.  Male Dancer 1962  STAMP ISSUES Papua & New Guinea Malaria Eradication 7 April 1962 - Issued in Sheets of 72. 1 5d.  Campaign Emblem 2 1s.  Campaign Emblem 3 2s.  Campaign Emblem Papua & New Guinea Fifth South Pacific Conference, Pago Pago 9 July 1962 - Issued in Sheets of 36. 4 5d.  Map of South Pacific 5 1s.6d.  Map of South Pacific 6 2s.3d.  Map of South Pacific Papua & New Guinea Second Pictorial Definitives: Additional Value 5 September 1962 - Issued in Sheets of 36. 7 3s.  Traffic Policeman Papua & New Guinea Seventh British Commonwealth Games 24 October 1962 - Stamps 8-9 issued in Composite Sheets of 100, in Se-tenant Pairs.  View   Stamp 10 issued in Sheets of 100. 8 5d.  Javelin 9 5d.  High Jump 10 2s.3d.  Runners 1963  STAMP ISSUES Papua & New Guinea Third Pictorial Definitives 13 February 1963 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 1 10s.  View of Rabaul Papua & New Guinea Third Pictorial Definitives: Additional Values 27 March 1963 - Issued in Sheets of 100. 2 5d.  Bird of Paradise 3 6d.  Golden Opossum Papua & New Guinea Red Cross Centenary 1 May 1963 - Issued in Sheets of 60. 4 5d.  Centenary Emblem Papua & New Guinea Second Pictorial Definitives: Additional Values 8 May 1963 - Issued in Sheets of 36. 5 8d.  Waterfront, Port Moresby 6 2s.3d.  Aircraft landing at Tapini Papua & New Guinea Third Pictorial Definitives: Additional Value 3 July 1963 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 7 £1.  Queen Elizabeth II Papua & New Guinea First South Pacific Games, Suva 14 August 1963 - Issued in Sheets of 60. 8 5d.  Games Emblem 9 1s.  Games Emblem 1964  STAMP ISSUES Papua & New Guinea Native Masks 5 February 1964 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 1 11d.  Watarn Head 2 2s.5d.  Watarn Head 3 2s.6d.  Bosmun Head 4 5s.  Medina Head Papua & New Guinea First Common Roll Elections 4 March 1964 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 5 5d.  Casting Vote 6 2s.3d.  Casting Vote Papua & New Guinea Health Services 5 August 1964 - Issued in Sheets of 36. 7 5d.  Health Centres 8 8d.  School Health 9 1s.  Infant Health 10 1s.2d.  Medical Training Papua & New Guinea Bird Definitives 1 28 October 1964 - Issued in Sheets of 100. 11 6d.  Lawes' Parotia 12 8d.  Black-billed Sicklebill 13 1s.  German Bird-of-paradise 14 10s.  Magnificent Riflebird 1965  STAMP ISSUES Papua & New Guinea Bird Definitives: 2 20 January 1965 - Issued in Sheets of 100. 1 1d.  Striped Bowerbird 2 3d.  Adelbert Bowerbird 3 5d.  Blue Bird-of-paradise 4 2s.  Brown Sicklebill 5 2s.3d.  Lesser Bird-of-paradise 6 3s.  Magnificent Bird-of-paradise 7 5s.  Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise Papua & New Guinea Sepik Canoe Prows in Port Moresby Museum 24 March 1965 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 8 4d.  Canoe Prow 9 1s.2d.  Canoe Prow 10 1s.6d.  Canoe Prow 11 4s.  Canoe Prow Papua & New Guinea 50th Anniversary of Gallipoli Landing 14 April 1965 - Issued in Sheets of 48. 12 2s.3d.  Simpson & his Donkey Papua & New Guinea Sixth South Pacific Conference, Lae 7 July 1965 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 13 6d.  Urban Plan & Native House 14 1s.  Urban Plan & Native House Papua & New Guinea 20th Anniversary of the United Nations 13 October 1965 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 15 6d.  Mother & Child 16  1s.  Globe & UN Emblem 17 2s.  UN Emblem & Globe Introduction of Decimal Currency 1966  STAMP ISSUES Papua & New Guinea Butterfly Definitives 14 February 1966 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 1 1c.  Blue Mountain Butterfly 2 3c.  Godart's Map Butterfly 3 4c.  Purple Spotted Swallowtail 4 5c.  Admiral Butterfly 5 10c.  Common Green Birdwing 6 15c.  Swallowtail Butterfly 7 20c.  Giant Swallowtail 8 25c.  Clipper Butterfly 9 50c.  Turquoise Emperor 10 $1·00.  Doleschallia Butterfly 11 $2·00.  Paradise Birdwing Papua & New Guinea Folklore Myths: Elema Art 1 8 June 1966 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 12 2c.  "Molala Harai" 13 7c.  "Maria Taukoru" 14 30c.  "Meavea Kivovia" 15 60c.  "Toivita Tapaivita" Papua & New Guinea Second South Pacific Games, Noumea 31 August 1966 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 16 5c.  Discus 17 10c.  Football 18 20c.  Tennis Papua & New Guinea Butterfly Definitives: Additional Value 12 October 1966 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 19 12c.  Milkweed Butterfly Papua & New Guinea Flower Definitives 7 December1966 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 20 5c.  New Guinea Creeper 21 10c.  New Guinea Trumpet Vine 22 20c.  Vireya Rhododendron 23 60c.  Konor Rhododendron 1967  STAMP ISSUES Papua & New Guinea Higher Education 8 February 1967 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 1 1c.  Fine Arts 2 3c.  Surveying 3 4c.  Civil Engineering 4 5c.  Science 5 20c.  Law Papua & New Guinea Fauna Conservation: Beetles 12 April 1967 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 6 5c.  Frog-legged Beetle 7 10c.  Aqua-green Weevil 8 20c.  Longhorn Beetle 9 25c.  Jewel Beetle Papua & New Guinea Laloki River Hydro Electric Scheme & New Industries 28 June 1967 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 10 5c.  Hydro Power 11 10c.  Pyrethrum 12 20c.  Tea 13 25c.  Hydro Power Papua & New Guinea 25th Anniversary of the South Pacific War 30 August 1967 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 14 2c.  Milne Bay 15 5c.  Kokoda Trail 16 20c.  Coast Watches 17 50c.  Coral Sea Papua & New Guinea Christmas: Territory Parrots 29 November 1967 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 18 5c.  Papuan Lory 19 7c.  Pesquet's Parrot 20 20c.  Dusky Lory 21 25c.  Edward's Fig Parrot 1968  STAMP ISSUES Papua & New Guinea National Heritage: Head-Dresses 21 February 1968 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 1 5c.  Chimbu Province 2 10c.  Southern Highlands 3 20c.  Western Highlands 4 60c.  Chimbu Province Papua & New Guinea Fauna Conservation: Frogs 24 April 1968 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 5 5c.  Papuan Hyla Frog 6 10c.  New Hyla Frog 7 15c.  Triangle Frog 8 20c.  Big-eyed Tree Frog Papua & New Guinea Human Rights & Universal Suffrage 26 June 1968 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 9 5c.  Human Rights Year 10 10c.  Human Rights Year 11 20c.  Universal Suffrage 12 25c.  Universal Suffrage Papua & New Guinea Sea Shell Definitives: 1 28 August 1968 - Issued in Sheets of 50.  Stamp 13 also issued in Booklets of 10 (Jan.'1970)  View. 13 5c.  Marbled Cone 14 20c.  Fluted Giant Clam 15 25c.  Camp Pitar Venus 16 30c.  Ramose Murex 17 60c.  Trumpet Triton Papua & New Guinea Sea Shell Definitives: 2 30 October 1968 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 18 3c.  Laciniate Conch 19 10c.  Cymbiola Rulita Ruckeri  20 15c.  Scorpion Conch 21 40c.  Pearly Nautilus 22 $1·00.  Manus Green Sea Snail 1969  STAMP ISSUES Papua & New Guinea Sea Shell Definitives: 3 29 January 1969 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 1 1c.  Common Egg Cowrie 2 4c.  Lithograph Cone 3 7c.  Episcopal Mitre 4 12c.  Checkerboard Bonnet 5 $2·00.  Glory of the Sea Cone Papua & New Guinea Folklore Myths: Elema Art 2 8 April 1969 - Stamps 6-7 & 8-9 issued in Composite Sheets of 50, in Se-tenant Vertical Pairs, with roulette separation View. 6 5c.  Tito Myth 7 5c.  Iko Myth 8 10c.  Luvuapo Myth 9 10c.  Miro Myth Papua & New Guinea Third South Pacific Games, Port Moresby 25 June 1969 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 10 5c.  Fireball Class Dinghy 11 10c.  Swimming Pool 12 20c.  Games Arena Papua & New Guinea Flora Conservation: Orchids 27 August 1969 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 13 5c.  Sepik Blue Orchid 14 10c.  Christmas-bell Orchid 15 20c.  Miniature Green Orchid 16 30c.  Cone-flower Orchid Papua & New Guinea Coil Stamp 24 September 1969 - Issued in Rolls of 1,000 17 5c.  Bird of Paradise Graphic Papua & New Guinea 50th Anniversary of the International Labour Organization 24 September 1969 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 18 5c.  Native Potter Papua & New Guinea Musical Instruments 29 October 1969 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 19 5c.  Tareko (Seed Pod Rattle) 20 10c.  Garamut (Slit Drum) 21 25c.  Iviliko (Pan Pipe) 22 30c.  Kundu (Drum) 1970  STAMP ISSUES Papua & New Guinea National Heritage 11 February 1970 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 1 5c.  Prehistoric Ambum Stone 2 10c.  Masawa Canoe 3 25c.  Torres' Map, 1606 4 30c.  HMS Basilisk, 1873 Papua & New Guinea Fauna Conservation: Birds of Paradise 13 May 1970 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 5 5c.  King of Saxony Bird-of-paradise 6 10c.  Little King Bird-of-paradise 7 15c.  Count Raggi's Bird-of-paradise 8 25c.  Sickle-crested Bird-of-paradise Papua & New Guinea Australian & New Guinea Air Services 8 July 1970 - Stamps 9-12 issued in Composite Sheets of 100, in Se-tenant Blocks of 4 View.  Stamps 13-14 issued in Sheets of 50.   9 5c.  Douglas DC-68 10 5c.  Lockheed L-188 Electra 11 5c.  Boeing 727-100 12 5c.  Fokker F-27 Friendship 13 25c.  Douglas DC-3 14 30c.  Boeing 707 Papua & New Guinea 42nd ANZAAS Congress, Port Moresby 19 August 1970 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 15 5c.  Scientist & Effigy 16 10c.  Anthropologist & Native Hut 17 15c.  Ornithologist & Cassowary 18 20c.  Botanist & Flower Papua & New Guinea Native Artefacts 28 October 1970 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 19 5c.  Wogeo Island Food Bowl 20 10c.  Lime Pot 21 15c.  Aibom Sago Storage Pot 22 30c.  Manus Island Bowl 1971  STAMP ISSUES Papua & New Guinea Native Dwellings 27 January 1971 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 1 5c.  Eastern Highlands 2 7c.  Milne Bay 3 10c.  Purari Delta 4 40c.  Sepik Papua & New Guinea Fauna Conservation: Marsupials 31 March 1971 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 5 5c.  Spotted Phalanger 6 10c.  Long-fingered Possum 7 15c.  Feather-tailed Possum 8 25c.  Long-nosed Echidna 9 30c.  Ornate Tree Kangaroo Papua & New Guinea Coil Stamp 1 April 1971 - Issued in Coils of 1000. 10 2c.  Bird of Paradise Graphic Papua & New Guinea Fourth South Pacific Games, Tahiti 9 June 1971 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 11 7c.  Basketball 12 14c.  Sailing 13 21c.  Boxing 14 28c.  Athletics Papua & New Guinea Primary Industries 18 August 1971 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 15 7c.  Bartering 16 9c.  Trading 17 14c.  Vegetable Market 18 30c.  Cultivating Gardens Papua & New Guinea Christmas: Native Dancers 27 October 1971 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 19 7c.  Sia Dancer 20 9c.  Urasena Dancer 21 20c.  Siassi Tubuan Dancer 22 28c.  Sia Dancers 1972  STAMP ISSUES Papua New Guinea Constitutional Development 26 January 1972 - Issued in Composite Sheets of 50, in Vertical Se-tenant Pairs View. 1 7c.  PNG Flag 2 7c.  PNG Crest Papua New Guinea 25th Anniversary of South Pacific Commission 26 January 1972 - Issued in Composite Sheet of 50, in Vertical Se-tenant Pairs View. 3 15c.  Map of PNG 4 15c.  Flag of the Commission Papua New Guinea Fauna Conservation: Reptiles & Amphibians 17 March 1972 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 5 7c.  Turtle 6 14c.  Rainforest Dragon 7 21c.  Green Python 8 30c.  Salvador's Monitor Papua New Guinea 50th Anniversary of Aviation 7 June 1972 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 9 7c.  Curtiss MF-6 Seagull 10 14c.  De Havilland DH-37 11 20c.  Junkers G-31 12 25c.  Junkers F-13 Papua New Guinea National Day 16 August 1972 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 13 7c.  New National Flag 14 10c.  Native Drum 15 30c.  Trumpet Triton Papua New Guinea Christmas: Missionaries 25 October 1972 - Issued in Sheets of ? 16 7c.  Rev. C. King 17 7c.  Rev. Dr. J. Flierl 18 7c.  Bishop H. Verjus 19 7c.  Pastor Ruatoka 1973  STAMP ISSUES Papua New Guinea Completion of Telecommunications Project 24 January 1973 - Stamps 1-4 issued in Composite Sheets of 100, in Se-tenant Blocks of 4 View.   Stamps 5-6 issued in Sheets of 50. 1 7c.  Mt. Tomavatur Station 2 7c.  Mt. Kerigomna Station 3 7c.  Sattelberg Station 4 7c.  Wideru Station 5 9c.  Tele-printer 6 30c.  Network Map Papua New Guinea Fauna & Fauna: Birds-of-Paradise 30 March 1973 - Issued in Sheets of ?   7 7c.  Queen Carola's Bird-of-paradise   8 14c.  Goldie's Bird-of-paradise   9 21c.  Ribbon-tailed Bird-of-paradise 10 28c.  Princess Stephanie's Bird-of-paradise Papua New Guinea PNG Panorama Definitives: 1 13 June 1973 - Issued in Sheets of ? 11 1c.  Wood Carver 12 7c.  Coastal Village 13 9c.  Fire Dancers 14 15c.  Mt. Elimbari 15 25c.  Council House 16 40c.  Fishing Canoes Papua New Guinea PNG Panorama Definitives: 2 22 August 1973 - Issued in Sheets of ? 17 5c.  Mt. Bagana 18 14c.  Crocodile Hunters 19 21c.  Making Sago 20 28c.  Menyamya Bowmen 21 30c.  Shark Snaring Papua New Guinea 75th Anniversary of Papua & New Guinea Stamps 24 October 1973 - Issued in Sheets of ? 22 1c.  Stamps of German New Guinea, 1897 23 6c.  2 mark Stamp of German New Guinea, 1900 24 7c.  Surcharged Registration Label, 1914 25 9c.  Papua 1s. Stamp, 1901 26 25c.  New Guinea ½d. Stamp, 1925 27 30c.  Papua 10s. Stamp, 1932 Papua New Guinea Self-Government 5 December 1973 - Issued in Sheets of ? 28 7c.  Native Carved Masks 29 10c.  Native Carved Masks 1974  STAMP ISSUES Papua New Guinea PNG Panorama Definitives: 3 23 January 1974 - Issued in Sheets of ? 1 3c.  Wig Makers 2 8c.  Arawe Mother 3 10c.  Tifalmin Hunter 4 20c.  Canoe Racing 5 60c.  Tapa Cloth Making 6 $1·00.  Asaro Mud-men Papua New Guinea Royal Visit: Queen Elizabeth II 22 February 1974 - Issued in Sheets of ? 7 7c.  Queen Elizabeth II 8 30c.  Queen Elizabeth II Papua New Guinea Fauna Conservation: Birds of Papua New Guinea 12 June 1974 - Issued in Sheets of ? 9 7c.  Weathered Hornbill 10 10c.  Great Cassowary 11 30c.  Kapil Eagle Papua New Guinea PNG Panorama Definitives 4 7 August 1974 - Issued in Sheets of ? 12 6c.  Pig Exchange 13 $2·00.  Enga Sing Sing Papua New Guinea Flora Conservation: Orchids of Papua New Guinea 20 November 1974 - Issued in Sheets of ? 14 7c.  Bracted Dendrobium 15 10c.  Unscented Dendrobium 16 20c.  The Bottlebrush Orchid 17 30c.  The Splendid Dendrobium 1975  STAMP ISSUES Papua New Guinea National Heritage: Canoes of Papua New Guinea 26 February 1975 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 1 7c.  Motu Lakatoi 2 10c.  Tami Two-masted Morobe 3 25c.  Aramia Racing Canoe 4 30c.  Buka Island Canoe Papua New Guinea New Coinage: 100 Toea = 1 Kina 21 April 1975 - Issued in Sheets of ?  View Coins 5 1t.  New 1t. Coin 6 7t.  New 2t. & 5t. Coins 7 10t.  New 10c. Coin 8 20t.  New 20t. Coin 9 1K.  New 1K. Coin Papua New Guinea Fauna Conservation: Birdwing Butterflies 11 June 1975 - Issued in Sheets of ? 10 7t.  Queen Alexandra's 11 10t.  Queen Victoria's 12 30t.  Rare Hybrid 13 40t.  Chimaera Papua New Guinea Fifth South Pacific Games, Guam 2 August 1975 - Issued in Sheets of ? 14 7t.  Boxing 15 20t.  Running 16 25t.  Basketball 17 30t.  Swimming Papua New Guinea become a fully Independent Country on 16 September 1975. BACK TO TOP