I am just doing some research on the Australian period of PNG and was wondering why Bainings post office was closed in 1953 after only being open two years? Does anyone know why?

Further to Alan Grey’s excellent article on the Sir Robert Bear covers – PNG Calling, July – pp4/5 – here’s some additional information I came across (quite by accident – amazing what you find when tidying up a cupboard!). Hopefully the attached scans from the ‘NSW Philatelist’ of May 1995 are accessible. There is more information on that cover…[Read more]

Here’s an interesting item from the Aug 7 1917 issue of The Australian Philatelist.

There is an item (supplied by a G. Turnbull) that the legal name of Port Moresby was still Granville. He writes:

“There were two townships, Granville East and Granville West. The term ‘Port Moresby’ only applies to the harbour.”

I have no idea when Port More…[Read more]