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Postage stamps and postal history of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands : ウィキペディア英語版 | Postage stamps and postal history of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
The postage stamps and postal history of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands is linked to those of the two British colonies and of Australia to which the Indian Ocean archipelago was successively attached. A postal agency existed there between 1933 and 1937, and permanently since 1952. The archipelago has issued postage stamps since June 1963 and had postal independence from 1979 to 1993. Between 1963 and 1979 with the Australian Post Office and since 1 January 1994 with Australia Post, the Cocos Islands' and Australia's stamps are valid in both these territories. According to Stanley Gibbons catalogue,〔"Cocos (Keeling) Islands", ''Commonwealth Stamp Catalogue. Australia'', Stanley Gibbons, 2007, pages 112-117.〕 the Australian Post Office issued 31 stamps between 1963 and 1979, compared to 264 by the local authority between 1979 and 1993. During the ten first years of postal responsibility, Australia Post issued 112 stamps. ==Before 1955 and the Australian control== During World War I, the Battle of Cocos opposed the German Kaiserliche Marine and the Royal Australian Navy for the control of Cocos telegraphic post, that permitted communications between the United Kingdom and the Pacific Ocean Dominions.〔History of HMAS ''Sydney (I), (on the Royal Australian Navy website ), retrieved 27 October 2008.〕 A postal agency was opened in the Cocos between 1 April 1933 and 1 March 1937. Postage stamps of the Straits Settlements were available successively picturing Kings George V and George VI.〔''Commonwealth Stamp Catalogue. Australia'', Stanley Gibbons, 2007, page 112.〕 The Cocos were administered from the Settlements. During World War II, the British forces defended the islands' telecommunication devices against the Japanese advance.〔 The postal agency reopened on 2 September 1952 with stamps of Singapore.〔
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