West New Guinea

U.N. New York, Page 62.3 (BL-1)

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After several years of disputing who should have authority of West New Guinea, under U.N. Temporary Executive Authority, the United Nations took over the administration of West New Guinea on October 1, 1962. This was the first time the U.N. had done this. They would do this in other parts of the world four more times.

For peacekeeping, Pakistan contributed about fifteen hundred troops, with Canada and the United States contributing a few each. The U.N. oversaw the removal of Dutch officials from government and the courts, replacing them with local Indonesians. The U.N. adminstration lasted until May 1, 1963 when the territory became part of Indonesia, in keeping with a plebiscite.

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These stamps were a little difficult to find, but they’re not very expensive stamps. Recently, I bought them from a dealer in Australia. Unfortunately, he has me on his mailing list. I get advertisements from him at least once a month – although I’ve click unsubscribe a few times.

Contains 8 spots: own 8 – 8 unused, 0 used.
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Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot	own	catalog	subject	description	comment
1.1	✓	TEA-4	Crowned Pidgeon Overprint UNTEA	7c (1962) definitive, burnt sienna
2.1	✓	TEA-6	Crowned Pidgeon Overprint UNTEA	12c (1962) definitive, dull green
2.2	✓	TEA-7	Greater Bird-of-Paradise Overprint UNTEA	15c (1962) definitive, yellow & brown
2.3	✓	TEA-9	Greater Bird-of-Paradise Overprint UNTEA	20c (1962) definitive, dull green & brown
3.1	✓	TEA-13	Queen Wilhelmina Silhouette Overprint UNTEA	45c (1962) definitive, dark green
3.2	✓	TEA-14	Queen Wilhelmina Silhouette Overprint UNTEA	55c (1962) definitive, vermeer blue
4.1	✓	TEA-15	Queen Wilhelmina Silhouette Overprint UNTEA	80c (1962) definitive, gray
4.2	✓	TEA-16	Queen Wilhelmina Silhouette Overprint UNTEA	85c (1962) definitive, dark brown

Footnotes

• Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).

• Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.

• Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.

• To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.

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