Postage stamps and postal history of Penrhyn explained

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

• Postage stamps and postal history of Aitutaki
• Postage stamps and postal history of the Cook Islands
• Postage stamps and postal history of Niue

External links

• The Pacific Islands Study Circle.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Remote Penrhyn Island and its intriguing postage stamps . Linn's Stamp News . 14 September 2015 . 30 July 2020.
2. Web site: Penrhyn . Stamp World History . 12 August 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180303055620/http://www.stampworldhistory.com/country-profiles-2/oceania-antarctica/penrhyn/ . 3 March 2018.