Capital: Port Moresby Population: 6,732,000 Languages: English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu Currency: PNG Kina

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

HERPS ON NON-HERP STAMPS

1962

MALARIA ERADICATION
(SG 33-35)

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Three stamps featuring the medical symbol, the Rod of Aesculapius comprising a staff with s single snake entwined, a globe and a mosquito. This issue was reproduced by many countries with only the country name altered.

1965

SEPIK CANOE PROWS IN PORT MORESBY MUSEUM
(SG 72-75)

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Four stamps featuring canoe prows from the Sepik carved to resemble Saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus).

1969

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
(SG 168)

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One stamp from a series of four, featuring a kundu drum which is covered with the skin of either Arafura filesnake (Acrochordus arafurae) or a monitor lizard (Varanus sp.)

1979

TRADITIONAL CANOE PROWS AND PADDLES
(SG 364)

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One of four stamps, this one featuring a Sepik war canoe with the prow carved in the style of a Saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus).

1984

CEREMONIAL SHIELDS AND DRUMS
(SG 483-485)

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Three stamps from a series of four, featuring a kundu drum which is covered with the skin of a monitor lizard (Varanus sp.)

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