New Hebrides: World War II: Uncensored Official Mail, 1939 (Dec. 19), 1940 (Sept. 17) two O.H.M.S. envelopes to Porter Bros, Liverpool, England, both stampless with Port-Vila c.d.s's and different H.B.M. Resident Commissioner's cachet, both enclosing receipts for Union Jacks, the second (opened for display) missent to Liverpool, N.S.W. (Image1)

New Hebrides: World War II: Uncensored Registered Mail, 1940 (Apr. 4, Dec. 24) two 'Baldwin' covers registered from Santo to Sydney at additional weight 50c. rate, with Santo cancellations, registration handstamp and label ("VILA" amended in ms.), transit and arrival backstamps. (Image1)

New Hebrides: World War II: Uncensored Mail, five covers comprising 1940 (May 24, English month in French c.d.s.) small lady's envelope to NoumÌ©a and 1942 (Jan. 17) to Sydney, franked 10c., the latter with "RÌäSIDENCE DE FRANCE" cachet (verifying censorship), 1945 (Feb. 27) to A.P.O. 502 (New Caledonia) franked 10c. (3), 1942 (Oct. 21) underpaid from Santo to California bearing French issue 10c. and postage due 10c., and 1945 (July 25) Santo to Maryland with 5c. single, 10c. and 15c. pairs paying international rate + 25c. overweight fee. (Image1)

New Hebrides: World War II: Censored at Vila, 1940-44 four covers, the first 1940 (July 17) to Tasmania franked 10c. with prototype brown resealing label and cachet, the others with white label only, comprising 1943 to Sydney franked 10c., 1943 registered to Melbourne bearing 10c. (4), the last to U.S.A. franked 30c. (Image1)

New Hebrides: World War II: Censored at Sydney, 1941-44 five covers comprising five to Australia at 10c. rate, the other to U.S.A. franked 30c., all with red on white Sydney resealing label, two affixed over Port-Vila label, slightly varied condition. (Image1)

New Hebrides: World War II: •ÈÀRegistered Censored Mail, 1941-43, five covers variously addressed and franked, all with Sydney resealing label, comprising 1941 to N.S.W. bearing 1938 5c. to 30c., 1942 to Manchester with "France Libre" 5c., 10c., 15c., 1943 to London with 1938 15c. and 1f., also 1941 to Solomon Is. and 1942 to N.S.W., both from Santo bearing "France Libre" 5c., 10c. and 15c. (Image1)

New Hebrides: World War II: Australian Forces, 1941 (Sept. 10) cover to Australia with ms. endorsement "R.A.A.F./New Hebrides" on flap; 1942 (July 22) official envelope endorsed "From/H.E. Josselyn/British Residency/Vila/N.H." on reverse, addressed to his future wife Patricia Mills in England, censored with Australian resealing label affixed over New Hebrides label both sent from Vila franked 10c. (2 covers) On this day R.A.N.V.R. lieutenant Henry Edward Josselyn (1913-1983), former assistant district officer in Guadalcanal had joined the U.S. 1st Marine Raider Battalion ('Edson's Raiders') as a guide and on Aug. 7 landed with the force on Tulagi. Josselyn subsequently volunteered as Coastwatcher on Vella Lavella. Photo. (Image1)

New Hebrides: World War II: Espiritu Santo Island, 1942-44, eight mainly servicemen's covers comprising three uncensored to U.S.A. sent contrary to regulations via civilian P.O., three from M.C.P.O. 1045 (one an item of civilian mail to Australia bearing Solomon Is. 21/2d. pair, and two incoming items to R.N.Z.A.P.O. 361. (Image1)

New Hebrides: World War II: Coastwatcher period, 1942 envelope from missionary Kenneth Griffiths at One Pusa, Malaita Island with ms. endorsement on reverse, addressed to his wife Ashfield, N.S.W. (redirected to Kew, Victoria) bearing Solomon Is. 1d. (2) cancelled by pencil lines with ms. "B.S.I.P." and violet datestamp "1 MAR 1942" above, censored in Sydney with resealing label and triangular mark "1394", slight staining. Kenneth Griffiths was a missionary in the Solomon Islands with the SSEM (South Seas Evangelical Mission). Henry Josselyn conveyed the Government records and a small quantity of mail on the "Kombito" from Auki to Port Vila and thereafter on the "Malaita" to Sydney. One of four recorded "Kombito" covers. Photo. (Image1)

New Hebrides: World War II: U.S. Army Postal Service, five soldier's covers (four being 'Gentile' items) sent from Espiritu Santo between June 2 and Sept. 1 1942 with ms. censor endorsements, the first with A.P.O. 502 duplex and bearing 3c. (2), others stampless with A.P.O. 932 duplex, each with A.P.O. 502 cited as return address. Two covers illustrated on p. 123, "New Hebrides Islands - Military Postal History of the United States Forces 1942 - 1946 by Stanley C. Jersey (1994). (Image1)

New Hebrides: World War II: U.S. Navy Postal Service, 1942 (Oct. 20, Dec. 8) envelope and front to U.S.A. showing use of base "Roses" (Efate island) in sender's endorsement despite Navy order of Apr. 12 1943, (Jan. 26) airmail envelope franked 6c. endorsed from Navy 206 Fleet P.O., Circus #12 (earliest recorded use of this designation for mobile torpedo unit), incoming 6c. airmail envelope with added 9c. pair registered from New Orleans by seaplane to doctor with 18th Marine Regt. en route to Betio, Tarawa, backstamped Navy 156 Br. Nov. 15 (invasion began Nov. 20). (4 items) (Image1)

New Hebrides: World War II: U.S. Army Postal Service, three censored covers from A.P.O. 708 on Espiritu Santo, 1942 (Oct. 29) stampless "soldier's mail" envelope to New York with unnumbered duplex, 1943 (July 6) to Australia sent by Lt. A.E. Gordon of the R.A.N.V.R., (July 30) to Wisconsin franked Air 6c. cancelled duplex with number "708" restored. On July 1 1942 the U.S. War Department ordered A.P.O. numbers to be removed from datestamps, the order being rescinded on Mar. 10 1943. (Image1)

New Hebrides: World War II: Censored Mail, 1943 (Mar. 18) registered to Pennsylvania with mixed 70c. franking, unusually showing New Hebrides, Australian and U.S. resealing labels, 1944 (Feb. 20) to Iowa at 30c. rate, 1945 (May 1) to Noum̩a franked 10c., each showing circular New Hebrides censor cachet. (3 covers) (Image1)

New Hebrides: World War II: 1943 large commercial envelope from Ambryn Island with sender's endorsement, registered to Noum̩a franked 30c. (2) cancelled by Inter-Island Dec. 2 and Port-Vila Dec. 6 c.d.s's, with Port-Vila white resealing label and New Caledonia censor cachet "6", horizontal fold. Photo. (Image1)