Manado (ID)

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MANADO (or MENADO in colonial times) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi. Manado is located at the Bay of Manado, and is surrounded by a mountainous area. The city had 675,411 inhabitants at the 2010 Census, making it the second-largest city in Sulawesi after Makassar. The latest official estimate (for January 2014) is 701,390.

Postmark Examples

Coded Postal Obliterator nr 62 (= Menado). c.1874. Stampset Stampset.png
Emission of 1906-1912, Queen Wilhelmina.
Postmark MENADO (!) Squared Circle, 1909. Stampset Stampset.png
Provisional Issue 1917-1918, 1 ct on 4 ct ultramarine, cancelled 1919.