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
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