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Pacific Ocean-Papua New Guinea-Madang This card is in fact showing Lae. When in Madang this was the only card being sold at the Post Office and the hotel had none. I have to say Madang was a disappointment and it was only for the village sing sing that was the highlight. The city itself is not interesting |
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| These are still the stamps I purchased from the Philatelic Bureau in Port Moresby. Cant make out the postmark even though it was posted in Madang |
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Pacific Ocean-Papua New Guinea-Port Moresby This is the Nature Park at Port Moresby . To be blunt if the museum is closed this is the only other activity . It is well worth going . Loads of birds and very easy to see. An enjoyable half day. |
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| There was a Post box at the Nature Park, so I posted this card there. It has a different Postmark then my other card which was posted at the Philatelic Service in Port Moresby. |
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Pacific Ocean-Papua New Guinea-Bougainville-Buka Island This card is a little worse for wear. I think it got rained on or fell into water . This is the part of PNG that is due to run a referendum for independence in June 2019. Speaking to the locals here they unlike New Caledonia are in favour . So this could be the next newest country? |
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| The staff at the Post office on Buka Island were super friendly. They only had a few stamps to sell, but I had got extra stamps from the philatelic bureau in Port Moresby. |
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Pacific Ocean-Papua New Guinea-Port Moresby The capital with a population of about 1 million. Speaking more languages then any other capital in the world. Before I got here I was told how dangerous Port Moresby was. To be honest there is not a lot to see in this city. The museum was closed when here. I stayed at the airways hotel which is beside the airport. I did get a taxi down to the building that houses the Philatelic office and it is also the main business address of the Post office. It is not the main Post office. But you go through security gates in the taxi so felt all safe. PNG has much to offer but all the best parts are in other islands or cities. But in saying that I found no concern here. |
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| The people at the philatelic office upstairs could not be any nicer. Very helpful and had leaflets on all the latest issues. So I was able to select anything I wanted. Here you can see the philatelic postmark. |
