Postage stamps and postal history of Nauru

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This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Nauru.

The Republic of Nauru is an island country in

As part of German Marshall Islands Protectorate, the first post office on the island opened in 1905 using stamps of German Marshall Islands. Following the outbreak of World War I, Nauru was occupied by Australian forces and Australian stamps overprinted North West Pacific Islands were used from 1914 to 1916. The British government then took control of the island and British stamps overprinted NAURU were issued in October 1916. From 1924, stamps were issued for Nauru as a

The first stamps of independent Nauru were issued in 1968.[1]

See also

• Postage stamps and postal history of the Marshall Islands

References

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External links

• The G.B. Overprint Society: Nauru

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