Rabaul, New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea.
Rabaul, "the city in a volcano" experienced its
last major eruption in 1994.
This led to the evacuation of the nearly 50,000 inhabitants
of the city.
Details of the volcano can be found at Volcano
World and links to descriptions of the eruption.
The stamp illustrated below was issued September 19th, 1995.
Stamp courtesy of Michael White
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