Postage stamps and postal history of South Moluccas

This article surveys the postage stamps and postal history of the Republic of South Moluccas.

These issues were supposed to announce the archipelago and flag of the Republic of South Moluccas, point out the concern of this exile government, and win target audiences, such as the Universal Postal Union (UPU), the United Nations (UN), and General Douglas MacArthur for their goals.

The republic was in existence for only a short time; warships fired on Ambonia and many inhabitants fled to the Netherlands.

[2] Regarding the coloured stamp issues sold since 1955, the Michel editorial department stated:[3] They are merely bogus stamps, which cannot be found in any respectable catalogue, and should not be offered by any dealer who wants to be regarded as reputable – unless under the explicit description of "bogus stamp".Ulrich Häger wrote in the "Großes Lexikon der Philatelie" (Great Encyclopaedia of Philately) under the keyword Maluku Selatan: In 1955, approx.

150 commemorative stamps with the country name MALUKU SELATAN gradually appeared, which were supposed to have come from a new independent state formed on the Moluccas.