REGION: Oceania
COUNTRY: Vanuatu
YEAR PRINTED: 1998
VALUE: 85 vatus

This stamp is one of a set of five mask stamps issued by the archipelago nation of Vanuatu in 1998.  It depicts a mask from the tiny islet of Uripiv, just off the northeast coast of Malakula Island. The nature and use of this exceptional mask are not well known.