Frimärksutställning från Indonesien

Indonesian stamp exhibition
The first Indonesian postage stamp was issued on April 1, 1864 with a nominal value of ten Dutch cents. The portrait of King Willem III was printed on it. Prior to this, the word "Franco" was printed on the envelope as an official indication that the required postage had been paid. The word "franco" later became "prangko" or "perangko" which means postage stamp.
In celebrating 130 years of Indonesian stamps, the directorate General of Posts and Telecommunications issued a commemorative stamp depicting the temple of Borobudur, one of the wonders of the world. The famous temple which was built between 778-856 AD. was chosen because it has appeared on stamps in three different historical periods, the Dutch colonial period, the Japanese occupation and after the formation of the Republic of Indonesia.
Development of philately in Indonesia.
PT post indonesia (PT Post Indonesia) is striving to achieve a target of one million philatelists by the end of Pelita VI (Sixth Five-year Development Program ending in 1999). In 1993 there were 145,000 philatelists in Indonesia. Soon after issuance of the Indonesian stamps, the Dutch people in Indonesia started the hobby of collecting stanps. On March 29, 1922, the stamp collectors formed a philatelic association, known as "Vereiging van postzegelverzamelaars in Nederlands-Indie" (VPNI) or Association of Stamp Collectors in the Dutch East Indies. This organization experienced a number of name changes during all these years. Since 1990 it is called Indonesian Philatelists Association.
The general theme for Indonesian stamps issued since 1965 have been taken from development related to activities, covering all aspects of life. Agriculture, Industry, Transportation and Communications, Trade, Cooperative and Buisness, Workers and Human Rights, Population and Family Planning, Social Welfare, Women, Children and Public Health, Young People and Sports, Education and Iinformation, Culture and Tourism, Politics, Law, National Security and Foreign Relations, Rural Development and the Environment, Science and Technology, Religion.

Text from the Indonesian Embassy