Kokopo (PG)

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Kokopo is the capital of East New Britain in Papua New Guinea. It is administered under Kokopo-Vunamami Urban LLG. The capital was moved from Rabaul in 1994 when the volcanoes Tavurvur and Vulcan erupted. As a result, the population of the town increased more than sixfold from 3,150 in 1990 to 20,262 in 2000. Kokopo was known as Herbertshöhe (Herbert's Heights), named in honor of Herbert, eldest son of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, during the German New Guinea administration which controlled the area between 1884 and formally until 1919. Until 1910 it was the capital of German New Guinea.

Read more @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokopo

Postmark Examples

Postmark Kokopo 1929

Postmark Kokopo 2008

Postmark in Papua New Guinea

Postmarks in British Area (1914- ..)

Mandated territory of New Guinea since May 1921.

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Postmarks in German Empire (1888-1914)

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