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Postage stamps and postal history of Tonga information


The first Tongan stamp, 1 penny, issued in 1886, that depicts George Tupou I of Tonga
The 1949 U.P.U. omnibus issue of Tonga

The beginnings of the postal history of Tonga can be traced to the Wesleyan missionaries, who landed in the islands in 1826, and sent regular communications back to London and Sydney from the day of their arrival.[citation needed] The Tongan Post Office was established in 1887, but even before then postage stamps featuring the image of King George Tupou I were produced in New Zealand.[1]

  1. ^ The stamps of Tonga. Handbook by A. A. Rosenblum. Orlo-Smith & Co, Melbourne, 1935

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