1840 (Oct 13) Incoming entire from Glasgow to “Revd Henry Nisbet / Missionary S Sea Islands”, contents refer to the other missionaries Mr and Mrs Turner, fine and rare, the earliest recorded letter associated with New Hebrides, ex Jersey (Image)

1843 Incoming entire from Glasgow to “Revd Henry Nisbet / Island of Tanna / Polynesia, fine and rare (Image)

1909 (Mar 27) Philatelic cover with 1908 complete set tied by Port-Vila type PM2 cds sent registered to France, with Noumea and arrival bs, very fine (Image)

1909 (Apr 1) Envelope sent registered to France with 1908 2 1/2d in combination with French 1908 10c pair (small scuffs) tied by Villa cds, Brisbane and French bs, vertical fold clear of stamps, fine (Image)

1910 Envelope to France with 1910 2d tied by Vila cds, fine (Image)

1910 (Feb 4) Envelope sent registered to England with 1908 1d (2) and 2 1/2d tied by Vila cds (month slug reversed), with Sydney, London and Newcastle Staffs bs, very fine (Image)

1910 (Jun 10) Envelope to England with 1908 2d tied by blue Vila cds, Ipswich bs, very fine (Image)

1910 (Jun 16) Envelope to Sydney with 1908 Fiji Ovpt 1d pair tied by blue Vila type PM4 cds, with Sydney bs, fine, ex Goron (sold €288) (Image)

1910 (Dec 17) Envelope to France with vert. strip of three 1908 1d tied by blue SERVICE MARITIME cds, officially sealed on arrival with post office tape at Nice, minor soiling, unusual (Image)

1911 Weapons & Idols, French Currency, 40c plate proof in blue-green on thick paper, imperforate vertical pair and single, overprinted SPECIMEN, very fine & rare, ex Baldwin & Jersey (Image)

1911 (Jan 20) Picture postcard (of Turtle fishers) to Switzerland with 1910 1d tied by blue Vila cds, three toned perfs, fine (Image)

1911 (Jan 20) Picture postcard (of Lamboombo house and chief) to Switzerland with 1910 1d tied by 1910-11 10c tied by blue Vila cds, two toned perfs, fine (Image)

1911 (Feb 12) Envelope sent registered to Sydney with 1910 Fiji Ovpt 1/2d (2), 1d and 2 1/2d tied by blue Vila PM4 cds, paying correct rate, very fine & scarce (Image)

1911 (Mar 14) Envelope to Australia with 1910 1d pair tied by blue Vila cds, Sydney bs, fine (Image)

1920 Overprinted 1910-21 issues, French Currency, 5c on 40c red on yellow, mint corner block of 10 showing stamp in position 26 with “missing dot” variety, very rare variety in a spectacular unit Provenance: Goron (Image)

1924 (Oct 27) Envelope sent registered to Australia with 1913 20c and 1924 30c on 10c tied by Port Villa bilingual cds, boxed registered cachet adjacent, Sydney and Perth bs, minor soiling, fine (Image)

1930 Official printed envelope from the Résidence de France with accompanying cachet, sent unfranked and passed free to France with blue Vila cds, fine (Image)

1908-79, Stock attractif et équilibré, neuf et obl., jusqu’à 5 de chaque, comprenant quasiment tous les timbres sauf Yv. 58A et taxe n°24, aussi blocs et taxe, timbres de la poste locale, TB, fort potentiel de détail (Est. € 700/1’400) (Image)

1919-76, Group of 123 “O.C.S” covers mostly from the British, mostly stampless, with a wide range of cachets and envelope imprints (Education, Police, Courts, District Agents, Residencies, etc.), some registered, better incl. 1927 registered free frank to the Bahamas and to New Zealand from the P.O., a few 1920s free franks from the Resident Commissioner of France, mostly from the 1970s (Est. € 400/600) (Image)

PICTURE POSTCARDS: Group incl. 15 depicting mail ships, 38 from the 1920s (3 franked), 4 photographic postcards from ca.1920s, and 23 modern, plus 4 Radio QSL cards (Est. € 200/300) (Image)

PICTURE POSTCARDS: Group of 33 ppcs incl. two sent from New Caledonia, around 20 or so from ca.1920s, rest modern, fine group (Est. € 150/200) (Image)

POSTAGE DUES: 1932-80, Group of 31 covers with a mixture of hs and postage due stamp used, incl. three 1932 incoming from Indochine with “POSTAGE DUE” and “CHIFFRE TAXE” mixed frankings, most from the 1970s incoming from UK & France, scarce group (Est. € 300/500) (Image)