Papua New Guinea
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Lot 489 Session 2 (11.30am Tue 25th March) Papua New Guinea
Estimate $70
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TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA, Bismarck Planters Society, Wuvulu, gold wire embroidered coat pocket patch, with backing intact. Some toning on white area, otherwise uncirculated.
Wuvulu Island of the Bismarck Archipelago is part of the Manus Province of Papua New Guinea. In 1870 it was nicknamed Tiger Island by Sir Andrew Hammond because of the ferociousness of its inhabitants. It has a population of approximately 1,000 divided into two main villages.
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