Papua New Guinea released on 16 November 2011 a set of stamps featuring war relics which are remains of fierce fighting between the Japanese and Allied forces during World War II. The issue contains, among others, a souvenir sheet featuring the underwater wreck of an American B-17F "Black Jack", discovered perfectly intact in 1986 in Milne Bay Province. Nowadays this wreck is often explored by scuba divers from around the world.
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17 November 2011
Papua New Guinea 2011 American B-17F “Black Jack” Underwater Wreck
Papua New Guinea released on 16 November 2011 a set of stamps featuring war relics which are remains of fierce fighting between the Japanese and Allied forces during World War II. The issue contains, among others, a souvenir sheet featuring the underwater wreck of an American B-17F "Black Jack", discovered perfectly intact in 1986 in Milne Bay Province. Nowadays this wreck is often explored by scuba divers from around the world.
24 December 2009
PNG 2009 Coral Triangle
Papua New Guinea released a sheetlet containing 4 triangular stamps on 22 May 2009, to commemorate a meeting on the Coral Triangle that includes peninsular nations and other archipelagoes: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Philippines, East Timor, Indonesia and Malaysia. The issue also comprises a souvenir sheet and 4 other triangular stamps. This sheetlet features a variety of pelagic and benthic fauna, and in the left-most stamp just under the dolphin is the scuba diver!
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