Papua New Guinea new stamp release information leaflets

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Peter To Rot Beatification 1995

As a collector of Papua New Guinea postal stationary, particularly first day covers, pre-stamped envelopes and souvenir covers, I recently became aware of the information leaflets that accompany official FDCs and new stamp releases. They appear to be rare, as many of the FDCs purchased by the author in recent years did not include them. This may  be due to low numbers printed and the fragility of the items. It appears they may only have been supplied through standing order accounts, and not over the counter. 

Official, generic FDCs first appeared in 1952 with the initial issue of a set of Papua New Guinea definive stamps. The cover, in both small and large sizes, featured a black and white image of a man in a headdress. It supplemented the privately produced covers which had been available since the 1920s. The first non-generic, special purpose FDC accompanied with the 1962 Traffic Policeman stamp release. In the interim, and through to 1964, a small number of generic FDC were utilised and can be seen here. 

The information leaflets printed during this early period included monocolour and multicolour illustrations, both on the cover and inside the leaflet. On some occasions more then four pages were used, and staples were required. The leaflets were issued for both definitive and commemorative releases, and inserted within the official first day covers. They remain a feature of PNG stamp releases up to the present day. Below is a list of some examples of interest.

1961

The earliest leaflet to be identified appeared with the Legislative Council release of 10 April 1961. It featured on the front the following: Territory of Papua and New Guinea / [Australian coast of arms] / Department of Posts and Telegraphs. Different fonts and arrangements of the three elements were used on subsequent leaflets, along with coloured inks and ornamentation. Inside was a reproduction of the stamps and relevant information about the content and printing details. This format would be repeated into the future. References to first day cover released prior to 1969 are taken from Franklin ....

#1 - Legislative Council 5d and 2/3, 10 April 1961. Brochure printed in brown and green. Franklin PNG6.


1962

#2 -  Malaria Eradication, 5d, 1/-, 2/-, 7 April 1962. PNG7.


#? - Definitives, 1d, 3d, 1/-, 2/-, 26 July 1961. PNG8.

#3 - Fifth South Pacific Conference, Pago Pago, 5d, 1/6, 2/6, 9 July 1962. PNG9.

#4 - Police Traffic Control Officer, 3/-, 5 September 1962. Printed in dark green, similar to the stamp and first day cover. PNG10.

#5 - Seventh British Commonwealth Games, Perth, 5d x 2, 2/3, 24 October 1962. PNG11.

1963

1963-65

#? - Definitives - Pictorials, 5d, 6d, 10/-, £1, 13 February, 27 March, 3 July 1963. PNG12-14. 

#? - Red Cross, 1 May 1963. PNG15.

#6 - Definitives, 8d, 2/3, 8 May 1963. PNG16. *

#7 - South Pacific Games, Suva, 5d, 1/-, 14 August 1963. PNG17. *

1964 

1964-66

#8 - 1964 - Masks, 11d, 2/5, 2/6, 5/-, 5 February 1964. PNG18. Cover illustrated below.

#? - Common Roll Elections, 5d, 2/3, 4 March 1964. PNG19.

#? - Health Services, 5d, 8d, 1/-, 2/-, 5 August 1964. PNG20. *

#? - Birds, 6d, 8d, 1/-, 10/-, 28 October 1964. PNG21.

1965

#? - Birds, 1d, 3d, 5d, 2/-, 2/3, 3/-, 5/-, 20 January 1965. PNG22.

#? - Canoe Prows, 4d, 1/2, 1/6, 4/-, 24 March 1965. PNG23.

#? - Gallipoli, 2/3, 14 April 1965. PNG24.

#? - South Pacific Conference, 6d, 1/-, 7 July 1965. PNG25. *

#? -UN 20th Anniversary, 6d, 1/-, 2/-, 13 October 1965. PNG26. *

1966

1966-69

1967

1968

1969

1969-73

1969-74

1970

1970-74

1970-72 (10)

1970-72 (10)
1970-73 (10)

1971

1972

1972-75
1972-75

* 1972 - Constitutional Development, 7c x 2. Cover illustrated above.

1973

1974

1975

Later years

* 11 January 1995 - Peter To Rot Beatification. Cover illustrated above.

* 11 January 1995 - Tourism. A set of six stamps in 3 x 2 pairs. Due to postal rate changes, four of the stamps were overprinted with new denominations. On the cover of the brochure the stamps are shown with the updated denominations, and no overprinting. As with the Peter To Rot stamps issued in the same date, the brochure shows stamps that were never printed.


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