Saturday, 8 July 2023
NORFOLK ISLAND
My first cover from Norfolk, depicting 3 complete sets on a total of 6 different stamps. Norfolk Island is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, 1,412 kilometres directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about 900 kilometres from Lord Howe Island. Together with the neighbouring Phillip Island and Nepean Island, the three islands collectively form the Territory of Norfolk Island.
At the 2021 census, it had 2,188 inhabitants living on a total area of about 35 km2. Its capital is Kingston. The postage stamps and postal history of Norfolk Island depended on Australia until 1947, when the island, an Australian territory since 1914, received its own stamps and a postal autonomy.