The Cook Islands issue their first postage…

May 1892 CE

The Cook Islands issue their first postage stamps on May 7, 1892.

The Cook Islands had become a British protectorate in 1888, largely because of community fears that France might occupy the islands as it already had Tahiti.

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Avarua Rarotonga Cook Islands View →

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Cook Islanders View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → France (French republic); the Third Republic View → Tahiti (French commune) View →

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Government View → Custom and Law View →

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