AJ's Encyclopedia of Stamps: Countries N - O

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' N - O ' Countries

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NAGOMO KARABAGH, REPUBLIC OF

Nagorno Karabagh, Republic of (and Armenia) with Prices
not recognized by the UPU yet...
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Welcome to Nagorno-Karabakh
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Welcome to Nagorno-Karabakh - U.S. mirror site
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See Also: ARMENIA ---------------------------->>
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NAMBIA / NAMIBIE

The former: South West Africa
Namibia Post Ltd
Postal Operations
M. P.A. Nothnage
Manager
P.O. Box 287
WINDHOEK
NAMIBIE
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Téléphone (+264 61) 201 3002
Téléfax (+264 61) 201 3087
From UPU

Namibia -
Namibia was a German protectorate (1884) that was mandated to South Africa by the League of Nations in 1920. The United Nations assumed direct responsibility in 1966 and name was changed from South West Africa in 1968. Full independence was granted in 1990.
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The first postage stamps were issued for South West Africa in 1923 and Namibia in 1990.
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Philatelic Services and Intersapa
Private Bag X505
Pretoria 0001, Republic of South Africa
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And from Linn's: Agency:
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Global Philatelic Agency
Box 85
Lynbrook, NY 11563
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see below for Nampost's agents.
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Nampost - Namibia Stamp Centre - Agents
as of 2/99:
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For more information please contact :
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Agents in South Africa
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Eastgate Stamps
Shop U3, Eastgate Shopping Complex
Bradford Road
Bedfordview 2008
South Africa
Tel : +27 11 616-2705
Fax : +27 11 622-1332
E-Mail : eastamp@icon.co.za
WWW : http://www.sastamps.com
Agents in America
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Mr. William Herzig
Herrick Stamps
PO Box 320
Hewlett, NY, 11557-0320
U.S.A
Tel : New York 569-3811
Fax : New York 569-7093
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Agents for Germany, Switzerland and Austria
Mr. Jurgen Schneider
Philart SA
Niederlassung, Deutschland
Postfach 130
D-26925 Elsfleth
Germany
Tel : +4404 927-140
Fax : +4404 927-150
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Agents for China
Mr. Larry Chan
International Coins (Hong Kong) Limited
26/F Wing on House
71 Des Voelux Road Central
Hong Kong
Tel : (852) 845-8330
Fax : (852) 284-591-110
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Agents for Europe (excluding : Germany, Switzerland and
Austria), Japan, New Zealand and Australia
Crown Agents
Mr. Nigel Fordham
see below
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Crown Agents Stamp Bureau - agent to UK, Europe (except Austria, Germany, Switzerland - and Australia, New Zealand, Japan)
Crown Agents Stamp Bureau
Old Inn House
2 Carshalton Road
Surrey, SM1 4RN U.K.
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Tel: +44 (0)181 770 0707
Fax: +44 (0)181 642 0769
Telex: 916205 Calond G
Email: casb@compuserve.com
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Namibia - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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German South West Africa (1897-1919 later NAMBIA) - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
(eventually S.W. Africia then Nambia)
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Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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Nampost - Philately Catalogue from the first issue on Jan. 3, 1994 with images, notes on availability..
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>Nampost - Namibia Stamp Centre - postal authority
snail:
Namibia Stamp Centre
Private Bag 13336
Windhoek
Namibia
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For more information please contact :
The Manager
Namibia Stamp Centre
Namibia Post Ltd.
Private Bag 13336
Windhoek
Namibia
Tel : +264 61 201-3107
Fax : +264 61 25-9467
E-Mail : philately@nampost.com.na
The Namibia Stamp Centre is a business unit within Namibia Post with a profit driven motive. ...
We are dedicated to provide Philatelic Services from Africa equal to the standards of the world. ...
Menu includes:
Agents (worldwide sellers)
Order Form
Subscribe
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Namibia - 1990 - current - commercial site
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Namibia -
Location: Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa
Independence: 21 March 1990 (from South African mandate)
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Natal 1857-1909 (So Arfica) - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
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NAURU

Nauru -
Nauru was under German administration from the 1880s to 1914. After a 1919 League of
Nations mandate, the island was administered by Australia. It was occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945, was granted self-government in 1966 and full independence in 1968.
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The first postage stamps were issued for the colony in 1916.
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Executive Officer
Philatelic Bureau
Republic of Nauru
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Agencies: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau Ltd. and Inter Governmental Philaatelic Agency (see below)
(Linn's noted Crown so they're probably U.S. agents)
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Crown Agents Stamp Bureau - Worldwide agent
Crown Agents Stamp Bureau
Old Inn House
2 Carshalton Road
Surrey
SM1 4RN
UK
Tel: +44 (0)181 770 0707
Fax: +44 (0)181 642 0769
Telex: 916205 Calond G
Email: casb@compuserve.com
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Inter Governmental Philatelic Agency Online - for over 55 countries
headquarters:
460 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
U.S.A.
Telephone: (212) 629-7979
Fax: (212) 629-3350
e-mail igpc@igpc.net.
also with offices in London, Paris, Israel, Africa, Hong Kong.
Email: <CityName>@igpc.net
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Nauru -
Location: Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands
Independence: 31 January 1968 (from the Australia-, New Zealand-, and UK administered UN trusteeship)
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NEPAL, KINGDOM OF / NÉPAL

General Post Office
M. Khadananda Dhakal
Deputy Director
Sundhara
KATHMANDU
NÉPAL
Téléphone (+977 1) 223 585
Téléphone (+977 1) 228 218
Téléphone (+977 1) 227 499
Téléfax (+977 1) 225 145
From UPU

Nepal -
The first postage stamps were issued in 1881.
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Officer-in-Charge
Nepal Philatelic Bureau
Sundhara, Katmandu, Nepal
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Nepal -
Location: Southern Asia, between China and India
Independence: 1768 (unified by Prithvi Narayan Shah)
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NETHERLANDS

HOLLAND / DUTCH / NEDERLANDS
PTT POST INTERNATIONAL
M. Peter Odinot
Senior Adviser International Relations
P.O. Box 1992
2130 GC HOOFDDORP
PAYS-BAS
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Téléphone (+31 23) 567 51 12
Téléfax (+31 23) 563 59 86
From UPU

Netherlands -
The Netherlands was originally part of the Roman Empire. The lands were passed to Philip II who succeeded to Spain and the Netherlands, 1555. The seven northern provinces united against Spain in 1579. The country was overrun by the French, 1795 to 1813. It united with Belgium as the Kingdom of the United Netherlands until 1830 when Belgium withdrew. The country was occupied by Germany in World War II.
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The Netherlands has two self-governing regions: Aruba and Netherlands Antilles.
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Postage stamps were issued from 1852.
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PTT Post Filatelie Verzamelservice
P. O. Box 30051
9700 RN Groningen, The Netherlands
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Telephone 050 586 12 34
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Agency:
Interpost
Box 378
Malverne, NY 11565
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Netherlands -
Location: Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany
Independence: 1579 (from Spain)
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Netherlands (& Specialized) - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
also: Semi-postal sheets, Netherland Indies, Netherlands New Guiena.
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Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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Netherlands - Reg. Issues & Varieties catalogs to 1954 - APS's WPID data is in ASCII comma delimited format
...The data can be imported into a database program such as Access, Approach, dBase, Foxpro, Paradox etc., .
..the data has not been updated in a number of years... - others are needed to continue this task.
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ftp sites for the WPID data:
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/doc/mail/stamps/wpid/
ftp://ftp.cviog.uga.edu/pub/exchange/jackson/miscel/
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To enter new information contact the co-ordinator J. M. Myerson (71054.546@compuserve.com.)
Computers in Philately Committee
c/o Lois M. Evans-de Violini, Chairperson
P. O. Box 5025, Oxnard, CA 93031 USA
e-mail: lmevans@rain.org
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The Netherlands Philatelists of California
The Netherlands Philatelists of California was founded in 1969, and has held regular monthly meetings for more than 25 consecutive years . We meet, on a rotating basis, every third Saturday of the month at a member's home to socialize and discuss all aspects of the Philately of the Netherlands and related areas. In addition, we have been publishing a monthly Newsletter (12 issues per year), containing the minutes of the meeting as well as articles about Dutch Philately that the reader will find of general interest and as an aid for their collecting interest.
...If you would like to receive a sample copy of the Newsletter and/or would like to become a member please return this application to the Secretary.... name, address, collecting interests.
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Dues are $8 for subscribing members in the U.S and Canada, $10 for regular members (members attending the monthly meetings). Membership outside the US and Canada is $14. This includes airmail
shipping.
Secretary: Hans Kremer
252 Balceta Ct.
Danville, CA 94526
ph. 510,820-5841
e-mail hkremer@usa.net
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site contains extensive links to Dutch info in general... - aj
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PhilaRom 2.0 Index - Official CD-ROM of Dutch Postage Stamps (now: CatView 2.2)
can be downloaded
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.FILAHOME - Dutch philatelic news w/English page - commercial
Each month new philatelic articles, mainly on Dutch stamps, are published on this site. A wide range of subjects are covered, not only about the stamps itself but also about the designers. Most of the pages are in Dutch, but there are English pages available too.
from: http://www.ambro.hu/ugro2.htm
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>Netherlands PTT Post Homepage (Dutch)
snail:
PTT Post Filatelie
Verzamelservice
Europaweg 33
NL-9723 AS Groningen
Phone: ++31 23 516 28 12
Fax: ++31 23 531 39 06
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>Home Page Postzegels (Dutch - 1998, 99 issues listed) from postal authority
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Netherlands - ptt museum home
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Netherlands - ptt museum home ; different url
The Hague
Nederlandse Postmuseum,
Zeestraat 82,
2518 AD Den Haag, Netherlands
tel: + 31 70 330 7515
General and specialised collections of the Netherlands and some major world exhibits including early postal history. Includes a Mauritius 1847 2d unused ~ The "Post Office" issue.
mailto:ptt-museum@ptt-museum.nl
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Philatelic Museums & Libraries data - Netherlands
ALSO NOTES:
Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum
Dept Histoire des Pays Bas
Telecommunicationshobbemastraat 21
Amsterdam
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Contents unknown
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Postcode opzoeken
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Postage rates
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NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

Netherlands Antilles -
It was occupied by Dutch settlers in the 17th century and acquired full internal self-government with the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1954. Aruba separated from the islands in 1986.
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Postage stamps were issued from 1873
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Philatelic Service of the Netherlands Antilles
Waaigatplein 1
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
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Agencies:
Interpost
Box 378, Malverne, NY 11565
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and IGPA (see below)
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Inter Governmental Philatelic Agency Online - for over 55 countries
headquarters:
460 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
U.S.A.
Telephone: (212) 629-7979
Fax: (212) 629-3350
e-mail igpc@igpc.net.
also with offices in London, Paris, Israel, Africa, Hong Kong.
Email: <CityName>@igpc.net
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Netherlands Indies - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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Netherlands Antilles (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) -
Location: Caribbean, two island groups in the Caribbean Sea one includes Curacao and Bonaire north of Venezuela and the other is east of the Virgin Islands ; border countries: Guadeloupe (Saint Martin)
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Dependency status: part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954
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Administrative divisions: none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
note: each island has its own government
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National holiday: Queen's Day, 30 April (1938)
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See Also: Aruba
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Netherlands New Guinea 1950-1962 - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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NEVIS

.Nevis Philatelic Bureau
The Nevis Philatelic Bureau has been established to cater for the worldwide philatelic demand from collectors and dealers. (offers stamding orders and current issues listed on site)
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The Bureau
Manager, Nevis Philatelic Bureau
Head Post Office,
Nevis, West Indies.
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fax: (869) 469 0617,
tel.: (869) 469 0617,
email: stamps@nevisweb.kn
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All major credit cards are accepted, please supply us with:
Your name, card address, card type, number and expiry date. Thank you
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"Pages last modified 14/04/1997" 2/99 aj
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Inter Governmental Philatelic Agency Online - for over 55 countries
headquarters:
460 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
U.S.A.
Telephone: (212) 629-7979
Fax: (212) 629-3350
e-mail igpc@igpc.net.
also with offices in London, Paris, Israel, Africa, Hong Kong.
Email: <CityName>@igpc.net
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Nevis -
Nevis is a part of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Nevis has its own legislature (the Nevis Island Assembly), and executive, which has exclusive responsibility for the island's internal administration.
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The first postage stamps were issued for Nevis in 1861. Stamps for the Leeward Islands were used from 1890 to 1956. Stamps of St. Kitts and Nevis were used from 1903 to 1980. Stamps of Nevis were first issued again in 1980.
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Nevis Philatelic Bureau,
GPO.
Charlestown,
Nevis, West Indies
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Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp. (see above)
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New Britain 1914-1915 (New Guinea) - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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NEW CALEDONIA / NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE

(French overseas territory)

New Caledonia (French dependency)-
French Overseas Territory that includes Loyalty Islands, Isle of Pines, Huon Islands and Chesterfield Islands.
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Postage stamps have been issued from 1859.
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Service Philatelique Noumea
98 802 Noumea
Cedex, New Caledonia
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Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp. (see below)
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Inter Governmental Philatelic Agency Online - for over 55 countries
headquarters:
460 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
U.S.A.
Telephone: (212) 629-7979
Fax: (212) 629-3350
e-mail igpc@igpc.net.
also with offices in London, Paris, Israel, Africa, Hong Kong.
Email: <CityName>@igpc.net
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New Caledonia - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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Nouvelle-Caledonie - Philatelie - La Poste - see: "S'abonner" then "Abonnement annuel à" list box.
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New Caledonia -
(overseas territory of France)
Location: Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
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National holiday: National Day, Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789)
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New Guinea 1925-1937 (Papua)- Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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New Hebrides 1908-1980 (British, French) (now Vanatu)- Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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New Republic 1886-1887 (Transdvaal) - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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NEW ZEALAND

(including 'Ross Dependency' and others)
- See Also: Vanuatu, , Tonga and Niuafo'ou, Pitcairn Island, Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau

New Zealand -
It was a dependency of New South Wales until 1841. The country became part of the Dominion in 1907 and independent within the Commonwealth in 1947.
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New Zealand also governs the following overseas territories: Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, and Ross Dependency. (see this webpage for more on these territories.)
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Philatelic Bureau administers stamps for several territories.
>The Stamps Business Unit of New Zealand - postal authority - purchase the latest issues...
>Shockwaved Homepage<
some menu item:
New Products / Recent Site Changes:
Collectors Folder
Year Album
New Vanuatu Stamp
New Pitcairn Stamps
Preview new issues
Shockwaved Menu
Join Our Mailing List
Sites of Interest
Site Map
Exchange Rates
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Coming on up
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Enquires concerning the Stamps Centre can be directed to:
New Zealand Post Stamps Centre
Private Bag 3001
(60 Ridgway Street)
Wanganui, New Zealand
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or e-mail here: enquiry@wgmsc.nzpost.co.nz
[This site supports secure 'encrypted' transactions]
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and Stamp Centre:
Tel : +64 6 345 7999
Fax : +64 6 345 7120
from Fabio's '48 emails..'
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and the UN notes them as their distributor there. - aj
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New Zealand Stamp Agency in North America ; buy at face value
via:
Unicover World Trade Corporation,
1 Unicover Center,
Cheyenne, WY 82008-0001
1-800-443-4225
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New Zealand (& Specialized) - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Including: Regular Issues, Semi-Postals, Miniature Sheets, Mixed Miniature Sheets and Semi-Postals, Ross Dependency
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Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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New Zealand catalog to 1/89 - APS's WPID data is in ASCII comma delimited format
...The data can be imported into a database program such as Access, Approach, dBase, Foxpro, Paradox etc., .
..the data has not been updated in a number of years... - others are needed to continue this task.
.ftp sites for the WPID data:
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/doc/mail/stamps/wpid/
ftp://ftp.cviog.uga.edu/pub/exchange/jackson/miscel/
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To enter new information contact the co-ordinator J. M. Myerson (71054.546@compuserve.com.)
Computers in Philately Committee
c/o Lois M. Evans-de Violini, Chairperson
P. O. Box 5025, Oxnard, CA 93031 USA
e-mail: lmevans@rain.org
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Philatelic Museums & Libraries data - New Zealand
lists 4.. +
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Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand
mailto:ambj@ihug.co.nz
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Roger Pearce's New Zealand Stamp Links Page
wonderfully extnesive - menu:
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On this Page:
Kids and Beginners | Register your URL | Auctions | Organizations | Collectors and Traders | Resources | Dealers on the Web | Topicals
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On other Pages:
NZ Stamp Traders | Dealers in NZ
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New Zealand -
Location: Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
Administrative divisions: 93 counties, 9 districts*, and 3 town districts** (lists them all and notes, "note: there may be a new administrative structure of 16 regions " and lists them too)
Dependent areas: Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau
Disputes international: territorial claim in Antarctica (Ross Dependency)
Independence: 26 September 1907 (from UK)
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...going Postal

Welcome to New Zealand Post On-line
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New Zealand Stamps Agencies Menu
Stamps of the Ross Dependency
Stamps of Vanuatu / Le Timbres de Vanuatu
Stamps of Tonga
Stamps of Pitcairn Island
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New Zealand Postcode Finder
Looking for a Post Code?
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In New Zealand, Post Codes are required when applying for a Bulk Mail discount. To find a Post Code, simply fill in one of the forms above.
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Download a list of all the Post Codes, sorted by suburb (18k zipped CSV file) or by street (240k zipped CSV file) . If you have any questions about Post Codes in New Zealand, feel free to ask us.
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email: wayne.chapman@nzpost.co.nz
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New Zealand Post: Sending Letters and Documents; domestic rates and services
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Postage rates
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Commerce

The Complete (New Zealand) Stamp Company
a full range of products; packets, kiloware, whosale, retail... especially featuring:
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The New Zealand 1998 Post Offices and Cancellation Guide By Richard Wooders - The bible for collectors of New Zealand postmarks- Illustrated and each postmark listed and graded, over 5500 offices listed , over 50,000 grades and information items - Sent anywhere in the world for $NZ100.00 plus P&P $20.00.
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Territories of New Zealand - also see each seperately

Stamp agencies not listed here - see seperate listing for each territory.

Cook Islands -
The Cook Islands are an overseas territory of New Zealand.
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The first postage stamps were issued for Cook Islands were issued in 1892. Some of the Cook Islands, such as Aitutaki and the Northern Cook Islands, known as Penrhyn, issues its own postage stamps.
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Philatelic Bureau
Post Office
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific Ocean
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See Also: Aitutaki (one of the Cook Islands)
Aitutaki Post Office
Aitutaki, Cook Islands
South Pacific Ocean
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See Also: Penrhyn (one of the Cook Islands)
Issues its own stamps:
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Penrhyn Post Office
Penrhyn Island, Northern Cook Islands
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Niue - - see also below
Niue is an overseas territory of New Zealand.
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Postage stamps have been issued from 1902
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Niue Post Office
Philatelic Bureau
Government of Niue
Alofi, Niue Island
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The Stamps of Ross Dependency
Antarctica's land mass is nearly as great as that of Europe and the USA combined.
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Today several countries have jurisdiction over sections of Antarctica. New Zealand's Ross Dependency is among these. The Ross Dependency stretches from 160 degrees east to 15 degrees west of the Greenwich meridian. Its biggest geographical feature is the massive Ross Ice Shelf. Habitations include Scott Base (NZ) and McMurdo Sound (USA).
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The first stamps produced specifically for use in the Antarctic were issued by the New Zealand Post Office on January 15th, 1908 when the then current 1d Universal stamp of New Zealand was issued with a special overprint reading "King Edward V11 Land". This stamp was used on mail for the first time by members of the Shackleton Antarctic Expedition. Since then, there have been many stamps issued specifically for use in the Antarctic. Ross Dependency stamps were first issued in 1957, such stamps were, however, discontinued in 1987 when the New Zealand Post Office on the ice was closed.
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Due to both local and international demand Ross Dependency stamps were re-introduced in November 1994.
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Most products illustrated on these pages can be ordered on-line.
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Tokelau (a territory of New Zealand) -
The Tokelau Islands, a territory of New Zealand, consist of three atolls: Atafu, Nukunono and Fakaofo.
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Postage stamps have been issued for Tokelau since 1948
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Tokelau Philatelic Bureau
Box 68
Wellington, New Zealand
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See Also: Tokelau
Additional information.
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NICARAGUA

Correo de Nicaragua
Correo Internacional
Oficina Principal
Palacio de Correos
Lic. Edgard Flores Martinez
Gerente de Operaciones a.i.
Apartado Postal n° 000
MANAGUA 3618004
NICARAGUA, C.A.
Téléphone (+505 2) 222 048 int: 4405
Téléfax (+505 2) 222 972
From UPU
and: correos@correos.com.ni
from '47 emails..'

Nicaragua -
Nicaragua was colonized by Spaniards in the early 16th century and became independent from Spain in 1821. It left the Federation of Central America in 1838.
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The first postage stamps were issued in 1862.
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Division de Especies Postales y Filatelia
Telcor, Edificio Jorge Navarro, 2do. Piso
Apartado Postal 325
Managua, Nicaragua
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Agency: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp. (see below)
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Inter Governmental Philatelic Agency Online - for over 55 countries
Headquarters:
460 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
U.S.A.
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Telephone: (212) 629-7979
Fax: (212) 629-3350
e-mail igpc@igpc.net
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Also with offices in London, Paris, Israel, Africa, Hong Kong.
Email: <City/NationName>@igpc.net
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Breve Historia de los Sellos y origen de la Filatelia
"Brief History of Seals and origin of the Filatelia"
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Las primeras estampillas en Nicaragua
"THE FIRST STAMPS IN NICARAGUA"
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Nicaragua - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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->Pagina Principal - Nicaragua's - postal authority - Filelictia has images 1981 - 1995 (up from 1988 when last visited)
and two brief histories: Philately and Nicaragua's Stamps History.
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Philaelic section offer the menu:
SERVICIOS
ESTRUCTURA
COMENTARIOS
RECORRIDO
TARIFAS
NOTICIAS
LO NUEVO
and a non-working 'Enlaces' link.
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Nicaragua -
Location: Middle America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
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Independence: 15 September 1821 (from Spain)
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NIGER

(former French)

Niger -
Niger was occupied by the French from 1883 to 1899 and it became a territory within French West Africa in 1904. Niger became independent in 1960.
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Postage stamps have been issued from 1921.
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Service Philatelique
Direction Generale des PTT
Niamey, Niger
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Niger (& Niger Coast Protectorate) - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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Niger -
Location: Western Africa, southeast of Algeria
Independence: 3 August 1960 (from France)
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NIGERIA / NIGÉRIA

Nigerian Postal Service
M. J.C.E. Okpala
Deputy Postmaster General (Operations Planning Division)
P.M.B. 12537
Area 10 Garki
ABUJA, NIGÉRIA
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Téléphone (+234) 9-234 7745
From UPU

Nigeria -
A British colony was established at Lagos in 1861 with protectorates of North and South Nigeria in 1900 which were amalgamated as the colony and protectorate of Nigeria in 1914. Nigeria became a federation in 1954 and independent in 1960.
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Postage stamps have been issued from 1914
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Nigerian Philatelic Service,
GPO Building, Tinubu Street,
P.M.B. 12647, Lagos, Nigeria
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Agency: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau Ltd. (see below)
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Crown Agents Stamp Bureau - Worldwide agent
Crown Agents Stamp Bureau
Old Inn House
2 Carshalton Road
Surrey
SM1 4RN
UK
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Tel: +44 (0)181 770 0707
Fax: +44 (0)181 642 0769
Telex: 916205 Calond G
Email: casb@compuserve.com
Northern Nigeria 1900-1912 - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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Nigeria -
Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
Independence: 1 October 1960 (from UK)
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NIUAFO'OU
(Tin Can Island)

Crown Agents Stamp Bureau - agent to the UK
Crown Agents Stamp Bureau
Old Inn House
2 Carshalton Road
Surrey
SM1 4RN
UK
Tel: +44 (0)181 770 0707
Fax: +44 (0)181 642 0769
Telex: 916205 Calond G
Email: casb@compuserve.com
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Niuafo'ou (Tin Can Island) see also: Tonga &.. ========>>
The Philatelic Bureau Tonga,
Box 164,
Head Post Office,
Nuku'alofa,
Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific
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from Linn's
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NIUE

Niue -
Niue is an overseas territory of New Zealand.
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Postage stamps have been issued from 1902
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Niue Post Office
Philatelic Bureau
Government of Niue
Alofi, Niue Island
(via New Zealand)
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Agency:
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Herrick Stamp Co.
Box 219, Lawrence, NY 11559-0219
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Crown Agents Stamp Bureau - agent to the UK
Crown Agents Stamp Bureau
Old Inn House
2 Carshalton Road
Surrey
SM1 4RN
UK
Tel: +44 (0)181 770 0707
Fax: +44 (0)181 642 0769
Telex: 916205 Calond G
Email: casb@compuserve.com
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Niue -
(self-governing in free association with New Zealand; ..fully responsible for
internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs)
Location: Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga
Independence: on 19 October 1974..
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NORFOLK ISLAND
(territory of Australia)

Norfolk Island -
The first postage stamps were issued for Norfolk Island were issued in 1947.
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Senior Philatelic Officer
Norfolk Island 2899
South Pacific
(via Australia).
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Agencies: Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp. (see below) and, from Linn's, Crown Agents Stamp Bureau Ltd. which I note does not list Norfolk Isl. so URL is not included here. - aj
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Inter Governmental Philatelic Agency Online - for over 55 countries
headquarters:
460 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
U.S.A.
Telephone: (212) 629-7979
Fax: (212) 629-3350
e-mail igpc@igpc.net.
also with offices in London, Paris, Israel, Africa, Hong Kong.
Email: <CityName>@igpc.net
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Norfolk Island - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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Norfolk Island -
(territory of Australia)
Location: Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
National holiday: Pitcairners Arrival Day Anniversary, 8 June (1856)
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North Ingermanland 1920 (Russia)- Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

Northern Mariana Islands -
(commonwealth in political union with the US)
Location: Oceania, islands in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines
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National holiday: Commonwealth Day, 8 January (1978)
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Mariana Islands - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Home Page
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Northern Nigeria - see "Nigeria" above
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Northern Rhodesia 1925-1963 (Zambia) - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
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Northern Rhodesia See Also: Zambia
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NORWAY
(NORGE, NORSK, NORVEGE)

Mr Tor Aarak
Head of International (Postal) Relations
Tel: +47.23148023
Fax: +47.22426687
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from www.posteurop.org

Norway -
Norway was a united kingdom achieved by Saint Olaf in the 11th century, whose successor, Cnut, brought Norway under Danish rule. Norway united with Sweden and Denmark in 1389 and was annexed by Sweden as a reward for assistance against Napoleon, 1814. Growing nationalism resultedin independence, 1905.
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The first postage stamps were issued in 1855.
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Norwegian Post Stamp Bureau
Box 9350
N-0135, Oslo, Norway
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Agency:
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Lighthouse Publications Inc. (see below)
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Postens frimerketjeneste - Norway Post Stamp Bureau - has English page
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The LIGHTHOUSE - US, Canada and German Agency for Norway's stamps - [En, Gr, Fr, Sp]
In the US, Canada and Germany LIGHTHOUSE is exclusive agent for the stamp bureau of the NORWAY POST. Please test us.
other:
Kabe German Albums
Vario album products
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Head office & factory:
LEUCHTTURM ALBENVERLAG GmbH & Co.
Postfach 13 40
21495 Geesthacht
Germany
Phone (49) 4152 801-0
Fax (49) 4152 801-222
E-Mail is 'forms' based on this site.
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Norway Post - Agents and Agencies selling Norwegian stamps abroad for Norway Post Stamp
Agents and Agencies selling Norwegian stamps abroad for Norway Post Stamp
Bureau:
U.S.A
Lighthouse Publications
P.O.Box 705
Hackensack, NJ 07602-0705
U.S.A
Internet: http://www.leuchtturm.com
Germany
Leuchtturm Albenverlag
Am Spakenberg 45
D-21502 GEESTHACHT
Germany
Internet: http://www.leuchtturm.com
Italy
Alberto Bolaffi S.R.L.
Via Cavour 17
I-10123 TORINO
Italy
Internet: http://www.bolaffi.it
Taiwan
Chang Zone Int Co Ltd
P.O.Box 78-110
TAIPEI 105
Taiwan
Internet: http://www.chinesestamp.com
Denmark
Post Danmark
Frimærker & Filateli
Vesterbrogade 67
DK-1620 KØBENHAVN V
Denmark
Internet: http://postdanmark.dk
Holland
PTT Post Filatelie Verzamelservice
Europaweg 33
9733 AS GRONINGEN
Holland
Internet: http://www.ptt-post.nl
Japan
British & Overseas Philatelic Agency
P O Box 705
SHIBYA, TOKYO 150-91
Japan
Email: bopatkio@tky2.3web.ne.jp
Great Britain
Harry Allen
P O Box 5
WATFORD, HERTS WD2 5SW
Great Britain
France
Theodore Champion
8, rue des Messageries
F-75010 PARIS
France
Email: teochamp@wordnet.fr
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Norway catalog to 4/92 - APS's WPID data is in ASCII comma delimited format
...The data can be imported into a database program such as Access, Approach, dBase, Foxpro, Paradox etc.
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Also the data has not been updated in a number of years.. - others are needed to continue this task.
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ftp sites for the WPID data:
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/doc/mail/stamps/wpid/
ftp://ftp.cviog.uga.edu/pub/exchange/jackson/miscel/
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To enter new information contact the co-ordinator J. M. Myerson (71054.546@compuserve.com.)
Computers in Philately Committee
c/o Lois M. Evans-de Violini, Chairperson
P. O. Box 5025, Oxnard, CA 93031 USA
e-mail: lmevans@rain.org
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Norway (norge.txt) - Bjørn Munch's catalog
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Philatelic Museums & Libraries data - Norway
Oslo
Post Office Museum of Oslo,
Tollbugata 17 I,
Oslo 1
Norway's largest collection of Norwegian and foreign postage stamps, date stamps and postal artefacts illustrating the 340 year history of the Norwegian Post Office.
Postbiblioteket,
Norway Post,
PO Box 11281 Sentrum,
N-0107 Oslo
tel: +47 22 40 90 50
Contents unknown, no data about access.
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Excite Search Results for "Interpost" (Interpost is loaded with 'hidden' info)
keep an eye out for the term 'firmerker'
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Norsk Filatelistforbund - Federation of Norwegian Philatelists
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Poststempler fra Egersund - Postal cancellations from Egersund (Norway)
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Kongsberg Filatelistklubb - Kongsberg Philately Club (Thor Stensrud - Norway)
KONGSBERG FILATELISTKLUBB
POSTBOKS 243
N-3601 KONGSBERG
NORWAY
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Norway -
Location: Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden
Dependent areas: Bouvet Island, Jan Mayen, Svalbard
Independence: 26 October 1905 (from Sweden)
National holiday: Constitution Day, 17 May (1814)
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...going Postal in Norway

>Norway's Interpost - postal authority ; English homepage link at bottom ; viery nice site [No, En]
(a different URL)
[ Our Services | Anniversary | Annual Report | Stamps | Links | Norwegian Home Page ]
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Stamps link features:
Subscription service for new issues; including FDC's
and:
CD-ROM Norwegian stamps
Discover Norway through nature and history! More than 80 of
Norway's stamps are accompanied by 30 minutes of film and
video presentations. Each of the almost 1,300 stamps issued so
far in Norway is also accompanied by an informative text with
detailed facts about each single subject. And you can choose
between Norwegian, English and German.
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Norway Post - English ver. link at very bottom - root URL
offers FDC's too
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"If you have any questions regarding stamp products, accessories, subscriptions or how to order, contact our customer service by :
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telephone: +47 23 14 78 70
fax +47 22 17 44 90
or e-mail: frimerketjenesten@posten.no
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Our telephone service is open Mondays to Fridays 8.00 - 15.30. (Between 15 May and 15 September from 8.00 to 15.00.)
You will find our new shop and Service Centre in the centre of Oslo.
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Here, at your leisure, you can have your stamps postmarked and you can purchase any of Norway Post's stamp products that are still available. You can also make purchases from a wide range of accessories.
Address: Kirkegaten 20
Opening hours: Mondays to Fridays 10.00 - 17.00 Saturdays 10.00 - 14.00
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also: Postens frimerketjeneste
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Norway Post
Stamp Bureau
Postboks 9350
N-0135 Oslo
Phone: ++47 22 40 78 60
Fax: ++47 22 17 44 90
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Norway Post: Postal code search - w/link to postage calculator
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Norway Post: Postal code search ; diff. rul
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Norway Post Services - tariff / rates
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Postage rates
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Nossi-Be 1889-1891 (Madagascar) - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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Nyassa 1898-1924 (Mozambique) - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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Obock 1892-1894 (Somali Coast) - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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Oltre Giuba 1925-1926 (Italian Somaliland) - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.
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OKUSI-AMBENO / OCUSSI--AMBENO

official nation? - not listed in the CIA World Factbook.

Sultanate of Okusi-Ambeno - nice map
Okusi-Ambeno is a small enclave located on the island of Timor, and facing out into the Savu Sea (Laut Sawa). The highest point is Mt Aaf (1098 metres). The country is mainly equatorial forest with scattered cultivated land. There are some undeveloped deposits of manganese and copper.
[Send Greetings to the Istana Iskandar]
email: istana.iskandar@okusi.org
>Okusi-Ambeno Postal Services: Philately / OCUSSI-AMBENO
Sand Dune?
email: postmaster@okusi.org
If you require more information, please write to the following address:
His Excellency, The Director
Overseas Philatelic Bureau
Kotak Pos 100, Pante-Makassar, Okusi-Ambeno
VIA PO Box 876
Auckland
New Zealand
Please note that orders and requests for catalogues can only be taken by post (snail mail).

 
OMAN

(The- former: Muscat and Oman)
Ministère des postes, des télégraphes et des téléphones
M. Saeîd ben Mohamed Al-Ballushi
Directeur du département de la poste centrale, a.i.
B.P. 338 - RUWI
112 MUSCAT
OMAN
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Téléphone (+968) 510 779
Téléfax (+968) 510 779
From UPU

Oman -
Muscat was a British protectorate under India until 1947 when it was under British control until 1966 when it became independent as Muscat and Oman. In 1970 the sultanate of Muscat and Oman was renamed as the sultanate of Oman.
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The first postage stamps were issued for Muscat in 1944, Muscat and Oman in 1966 and Oman in 1971.
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Directorate General of Posts
Ministry of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones
Box 3338, Ruwi Postal Code 112
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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Oman / Saltanat Uman -
Location: Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and UAE
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Independence: 1650 (expulsion of the Portuguese)
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National holiday: National Day, 18 November (1940)
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Orange River Colony 1868-1908 (South Africa) - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
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