Showing posts with label Pacific Ocean Niue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pacific Ocean Niue. Show all posts

Saturday, 18 June 2016

Niue- Alofi

Pacific Ocean-Niue-Alofi  Well I had often wondered what Niue was like. Some of my friends had got here but just went back on the same plane. They were able to get a fast 20 minutes tour. That was never a option for me. So stayed here for 5 days and really enjoyed it. Alofi itself is nothing to write home about. But the island itself has much charm. Especially around the coast. There are no beaches as such. Niue also known as "The Rock" . 

The Post office is now part of a Bank . So first time I had seen this. This is also the case in New Zealand. The Philatelic bureau and the Post office are not the same business. They are just across from each other. The Post office gets the stamps from the bureau and then that is what they sell. No full sets here. The Philatelic bureau has a full range. The Postmark is the standard postmark currently in use in Niue. 

Monday, 23 May 2016

Niue











This is the Post office . It is part of the KIwi bank , same as in New Zealand. This has just change since late last year. So you can see only a small sign outside the office in Alofi the capital. 



The Post office /Bank has a selection of stamps. They do not sell sets and mostly individual mixed stamps. They also offer a registered service using the old stype labels. However the staff do encourage use of this service  , as they told me it is very slow. 


Here is the only Post office worker who only works in the Post section. He is the Niue Postman . Since Niue post and Kiwi bank became one he now delivered mail around the island direct to customers. This is most unusual His name is Pana and everyone knows him. I told him he is famous .... 


This is the Philatelic bureau and Numismatic company of Niue. Stamps purchased here are officially for collection . The Bureau is supplied stamps from New Zealand Post. When Niue Post requires stamps they make a request from the Bureau . The Bureau is around the corner from the Post Office. 

This is inside the Bureau. They sell stamps and coins. However if you want stamps for mail they will re direct you over to the Post office. Interesting that the current definitive issue is sold out at the bureau and not available in the Post office either.