Post Offices of

Deutsch-Neuguinea

Herbertshöhe Post Office, c. 1900

Below is a list of the Post Offices of Deutsch-Neuguinea with basic information on each.
All location data is approximate.

Berlinhafen

Opened – 22 May 1898
Renamed Eitape – 1 Oct 1912

Buka

Opened – 26 July 1913
Closed – January 1915

Deulon

Opened – 1 January 1914
Closed – 29 September 1914

Eitape

Renamed from Berlinhafen – 1 Oct 1912
Closed – 4 December 1914

Finschhafen

Opened – 15 February 1888
Closed – 19 March 1891
Re-opened – 15 July 1904
Closed – December 1914

Canceller used in 1915 on money orders only

Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen

Opened – 1 March 1902
Closed – 31 August 1914

Canceller used in Stephansort – 5 April 1897 to 2 December 1897

Hatzfeldthafen

Opened – 1 April 1888
Closed – 30 September 1891

Herbertshöhe

Opened – June 1890
Closed – 10 September 1914

Kerawara canceller used at Herbertshöhe – June 1890 to 14 January 1891 

 

Kaewieng

Opened – 1 January 1904
Closed – 17 October 1914

Kerawara

Opened – 4 April 1888
Closed – June 1890

Matupi canceller used in Kerawara – 4 April to May 1888

Kerawara canceller used at Herbertshöhe – June 1890 to 14 January 1891

Kieta

Opened – 25 April 1907
Closed – December 1914

Konstantinhafen

Opened – 15 May 1888
Closed – 30 September 1891

Manus

Opened – 6 December 1912
Closed – December 1914

 Maron

Opened – 1 October 1910
Closed – November 1914

No canceller until December 1910

Matupi

Opened – 1 November 1894
Closed – 31 January 1906

Matupi canceller used in Kerawara – 4 April to May 1888

 

Morobe

Opened – 15 January 1913
Closed – 11 January 1915

Namatanai

Opened – 11 September 1911
Closed – November 1914

No canceller until early December 1911

Rabaul

Renamed from Simpsonhafen – 1 April 1910
Closed – 11 September 1914

Simpsonhafen

Opened – 1 February 1906
Renamed Rabaul – 1 April 1910

Stephansort

Opened – 14 December 1889
Closed – 30 June 1914