This joint stamp issue between Australia and Papua New Guinea, a first between the two nations, commemorates the heroic stand by Australian soldiers against an enemy force during WWII.
Posts Tagged ‘Papua New Guinea’
Kokoda Joint Issue
April 21st, 2010 
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No Comments »World Girl Guides Centenary 1910-2010
April 8th, 2010 srmodh 1,873 viewsThe founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Movement is Robert Baden Powell. The Scout Movement was officially founded in 1909, a Boy Scout rally was held at Crystal Palace in London and Baden Powell was taken aback when a number of Girls attended.
Climate Change
March 18th, 2010 srmodh 1,460 viewsCarteret Atoll, also known as “The Carteret Island” is part of Papua New Guinea located 86 kilometres northeast of Bougainville in the South Pacific at 4°45′S, 155°24′E. Carteret Atoll incorporates a scattering of low lying islands in a horseshoe shape stretching around 30 kilometers in north-south direction, with a total land area of 0.6 square [...]
Pioneer Arts stage 3
January 19th, 2010 srmodh 1,360 viewsThe Post PNG Philatelic Bureau issued a first set of postage stamp for 2010, the work of pioneer artist; Jakupa Ako. Jakupa Ako (known as Jakupa) is also the recipient of an O.B.E, awarded in 1981. Born about 1942 in the Bena Bena region of the Eastern Highlands, his career as an artist began when [...]
