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.

Netherlands New Guinea

From 1950 to 1962, stamps were issued as the

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

• Juliana of the Netherlands, queen of the Netherlands (1950)
• Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
  , prince consort (1962)

Since 1963 Western New Guinea has been part of

• Postage stamps and postal history of Indonesia

References

• 2021 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, Vol. 5A, ©2021, Amos Media Co., Sidney, OH
• NVPH Speciale catalogus 2003, Postzegels van Nederland en overzeese rijksdelen, ©2002, NVPH, s’Gravenhage, Netherlands
• ISBN 0-356-10862-7

• 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.