Post by siem on Jul 31, 2017 11:23:41 GMT
Netherlands New Guinea is the only country I have almost reached the point of completion. I only need the Flood relief stamps (#B1-3 in Scott) and that's it. Granted, it is a relatively small collecting area with just about 100 stamps in 13 years, United Nations UNTEA stamps included. But nevertheless, it is nice to be able to say I have something almost complete.
There are still some challenges though: I would like to have everything used, and these are pretty hard to find. Plenty of mint available, as well as CTO, but genuinely postally used is another story.
I suppose it is because there weren't that many people around to mail letters. The indigenous people did not have much to write (for obvious reasons) and the number of Europeans and Indo-Europeans was relatively small, mostly civil servants.
Another challenge is sthat the UNTEA overprints come in a number varieties. I have not yet bothered to study those and have been content with just having one of each.
Still, only 3 stamps to go!
There are still some challenges though: I would like to have everything used, and these are pretty hard to find. Plenty of mint available, as well as CTO, but genuinely postally used is another story.
I suppose it is because there weren't that many people around to mail letters. The indigenous people did not have much to write (for obvious reasons) and the number of Europeans and Indo-Europeans was relatively small, mostly civil servants.
Another challenge is sthat the UNTEA overprints come in a number varieties. I have not yet bothered to study those and have been content with just having one of each.
Still, only 3 stamps to go!
