Local Musical Instruments of Papua New Guinea on stamps-1969
Papua New Guinea issued a set of Four stamps on Local Musical Instruments.The Instruments featuring on stamps are
5c – Seed Pod Rattle
10c- Garamut (slit drum) – One of the most important musical instruments made out of hollowed out log and played with a stick . Also used to communicate
25c-Iviliko-Pan pipe or cello
30c – Kundu -It is an hour glass shaped drum made out of wood with a snake’s skin as membrane .A handle at the narrowest part is well decorated.
A FDC with four stamps is listed below.
