Capital: Kingston Population: 1,748 Languages: English Currency: Australian Dollar

NORFOLK ISLAND

Norfolk Island is an Australian External Territory located in the Pacific Ocean
1,412 km² east of Australia and 900 km northwest of Lord Howe Island.
The Territory of Norfolk Island also includes its neighbouring islands, Philip Island and Napean Island.
It was settled by the British in 1788 as part of the settlement of Australia and was handed over to
Australia for management from 1914 until 1960 when local government was established.
Norfolk Island has issued stamps since 1947, including a number of herpetological issues
featuring its endangered endemic reptiles.

The other Australian External Territories issuing herpetological stamps:
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands

1982

PHILIP AND NEPEAN ISLANDS
(SG 274-283)

24c Philip Island

Phyllodactylus guentheri

35c Nepean Island

Phyllodactylus guentheri

24c Philip Island	35c Nepean Island
Phyllodactylus guentheri	Phyllodactylus guentheri

Two se-tenant stripes, each of five stamps, illustrating Philip and Nepean Islands,
in the Norfolk Island Group, and the Lord Howe Island gecko (Christinus guentheri).

1996

NORFOLK ISLAND SKINK & GECKO
(SG 611-614)

Two stamps each of the Lord Howe gecko (Christinus guentheri) and
the Lord Howe and Norfolk Island skink (Oligosoma lichenigera).

2000

8TH FESTIVAL OF PACIFIC ARTS
(MS 736)

8th Festival of Pacific Arts

A minisheet with the artistic representation of a sea turtle.

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Norfolk Island first day covers