tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post878362504590264251..comments2024-03-23T04:12:08.762-07:00Comments on Big Blue 1840-1940: German New Guinea - Bud's Big BlueJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-31688135110237515622018-08-18T07:43:13.665-07:002018-08-18T07:43:13.665-07:00You are certainly correct - in this instance with ...You are certainly correct - in this instance with the New Guinea 1914-19 (Wmk Lozenges) issue - as it was never placed in use. Australian troops occupied the territory in 1914. Scott acknowledges this reality, only listing unused CV.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-14464065439742987302018-08-17T21:42:41.961-07:002018-08-17T21:42:41.961-07:00I like the design and colors of the German colonia...I like the design and colors of the German colonial stamps, but l'm always suspicious that the unused ones were never really intended for postal use. Most likely they never made it anyway close to the colony, and I read somewhere that Berlin kept printing them up even after the colonies had been taken over by Germany's various enemies in WW1. Michael Purcellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13027043550447786702noreply@blogger.com