FIRST STAMPS OF OCEANIA

MOTHER (57) OFFSPRINGS (43)

 

NEW SOUTH WALES - January, 1 1850

New South Wales Scott #3a              

 

VICTORIA - January, 3 1850

[Queen Victoria - 1st Ham Printing. Narrow Line of Colour Above

 

 

TASMANIA (VAN DIEMES LAND) - November, 1 1853

Tasmania Scott #1            

 

WESTERN AUSTRALIA - August,1 1854

Western Australia Scott #1          

 

SOUTH AUSTRALIA - January,1 1855

South Australia Scott #1                     

 

NEW ZEALAND - July,18 1855

New Zealand Scott #1

 

 

 

NEW CALEDONIA - August,4 1859

[Napoleon III - Local Print on Yellowish Paper, Scrivi A]        

 

QUEENSLAND - November,1 1860

[Queen Victoria, Scrivi A]                   

 

FIJI- November,1 1870

  [British Commenwealth Fiji - Rose Quadrille Paper, Scrivi A]

 

 

 

 

SAMOA - October,1 1877

[Express Stamps - Line Above

 

 

THAITI - June,9 1882

[French Colonies - General Issues No.33 & 44 Surcharged, Scrivi A]    

 

TONGA - January,1 1886

[King George Tupou I, Scrivi A]     

 

COOK ISLANDS - April, 19 1892

Cook Islands Scott #1    

 

FRENCH OCEANIA (POLYNESIA) - November,1 1892

[Inscription:

 

 

 

 

GERMAN NEW GUINEA - 1897

https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.WimFhMKnN8T0WqdO77BqWgAAAA&pid=Api&P=0&w=300&h=300

 

 

MARSHALL ISLANDS - May, 28 1897

[German Stamps Overprinted      

 

 

 

GUAM (U.S.) - January,1 1899

          

 

CAROLINE ISLANDS - October,12 1899

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/D-Karolinen_1900_2II.jpg/130px-D-Karolinen_1900_2II.jpg

 

 

 

 

MARIANNA ISLANDS (GERMANY) - September,1 1899

   https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.Ltkovg4UWb4jNp3OOR8kawAAAA&pid=Api&P=0&w=300&h=300                            

 

   https://tse3.explicit.bing.net/th?id=OIP.jANPuPhy2af5Dr80Gy8VzgAAAA&pid=Api&P=0&w=300&h=300     

 

BRITISH NEW GUINEA - July,1 1901

 [Lakatoi - Thick Paper, Scrivi A]

 

 

 

 

NIUE - January,4 1902

[New Zealand Postage Stamp Handstamped             

 

PENRHYN - May,5 1902

[New Zealand Postage Stamps Surcharged, Scrivi A]                  

 

 

 

AITUTAKI - June,29 1903

[Stamps of New Zealand Overprinted in Red or Blue, Scrivi A]

 

PAPUA - August,11 1906

 

 

 

SOLOMON ISLANDS (BRITISH) - February,14 1907

[Large Canoes, Scrivi A]                 

 

NEW HEBRIDES (G.B.) - October,29 1908

[Fiji Islands Postage Stamps Overprinted                         

 

NEW HEBRIDES (FRANCE) - November,21 1908

[French Postage Stamps Overprinted                        

 

GILBERT & ELLICE - January,1 1911

[Screwpine - Pandanus sp., Scrivi B]                            


 

 

AUSTRALIA - January,1 1913

Australia Scott #2

 

NEW BRITAIN - October,17 1914

                   

 

NORTH WEST PACIFIC ISLANDS - March,15 1915

https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.0EQ8JD-j-btsSlUkV8WofAHaJM&pid=Api&P=0&w=300&h=300                        


 

 

BRITISH NAURU - September,2 1916

[Great Britian Postage Stamps Overprinted              

 

WALLIS & FUTUNA - May,1 1920

[New Caledonia Postage Stamps Overprinted


 

 

NEW GUINEA - January,23 1925

[Native Huts, Scrivi A]           

 

WESTERN SAMOA - August,7 1935

https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.aT_ub5rFypnTTtfrXFAmCQHaGq&pid=Api&P=0&w=173&h=157                                   

 

PITCAIRN - October,15 1940

[King George VI, Scenes from the History of Mutiny


 

 

NORFOLK ISLANDS - June,10 1947

[Ball Bay, Scrivi A]                

 

TOKELAU - June,22 1948

[Definitive Issues, Scrivi A]

 

 

NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA - January,1 1950

[Numeral Stamps, type A]                      

 

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - October,30 1952

          

 

FRENCH POLYNESIA - October,22 1956

[polinesiani, Scrivi A]

 

CHRISTMAS ISLANDS - October,15 1958

[Queen Elizabeth II, Scrivi A]           


 

 

SAMOA INDIPENDENT - July,2 1962

[Simboli di indipendenza - Filigrana: Stelle e scritta NZ, Scrivi BI]          

 

COCOS ISLANDS - June,11 1963

[Definitive Issues, Scrivi A]

 

 

NAURU INDIPENDENT - September,11 1968

          

 

TONGA INDIPENDENT - June,4 1970

          

 

FIJI INDIPENDENT - October,10 1970

          

 

NIUE SELF-GOVENEMENT - October,19 1974

          

 

 

 

SOLOMON ISLANDS INDIPENDENT - August,4 1975

[Independence, Scrivi IC]        

 

GILBERT ISLANDS - January, 2 1976

[Tourism, Scrivi D]       


 

 

TUVALU - January,1 1976

[Separation, Scrivi P]

 

KIRIBATI INDIPENDENT - July,12 1979

[Independence Day, Scrivi O]      


 

 

VANUATU - July,30 1980

[Issues of 1977 New Hebrides Inscribed        

 

PALAU INDIPENDENT - March,10 1983

[Inauguration of Postal Independence, Scrivi ]

 

NIUAF’OU - May,11 1983

[Opening of the Airport, Scrivi A]

 

MICRONESIA - July,12 1984

[Inauguration of Postal Independence - Maps, Scrivi ]