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the colony was renamed “Paupa”, the the stamps were overprinted in black with th enew name until new stamps cound be issued. The new issues also featured the same lakatoi design, but British New Guineau was replaced with Paupa.
The Postage Stamps of New Zealand - Volume V by R.J.G.Collins. Published 1967. This being number 12 of just 1,00 copies printed and is signed by A.R.Burge and C.W. Watts who edited the volume. Covers the Pacific Islands administered by New Zealand and also Samoa. A superb work....