The first postage stamps for the Cook Islands were issued in 1892. Some of the Cook Islands, such as Aitutaki and the Northern Cook Islands (known as Penrhyn) issue their own postage stamps.
Cook Islands: Philatelic Bureau Post Office (Box 200), Rarotonga Cook Islands, Pacific Ocean
Aitutaki: Aitutaki Post Office Aitutaki Cook Islands, South Pacific Ocean
Penrhyn: Penrhyn Post Office Penrhyn Island Northern Cook Islands, South Pacific
(self-governing in free association with New Zealand)
Location: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Independence: none (became self-governing in free association with New Zealand on 4 August 1965 and has the right at any time to move to full independence by unilateral action)
