Stamps of New Zealand overprinted for use in Penrhyn.

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Penrhyn.

Penrhyn is the most remote and largest atoll of the 15 Cook Islands in the south Pacific Ocean.

First stamps

The first stamps used in Penrhyn were stamps of the Cook Islands.

From May 1902 overprinted stamps of New Zealand were used.[1] In 1920 and 1927, New Zealand produced omnibus issues for the several Cook Islands, each inscribed with the island's name. These were replaced by stamps of the Cook Islands in 1932.

Later issues

Stamp issues for Penrhyn resumed in 1973.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Remote Penrhyn Island and its intriguing postage stamps". Linn's Stamp News. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Penrhyn". Stamp World History. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

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