Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2001 |
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 1936 social cover to Victoria with combination franking of 1925 Dual Currency British 2d (20c) SG 45 + French 30c (3d) SG F46 tied
by two good to largely fine strikes of the undated two-line 'NOUMEA/NOUVELLE CALEDONIE' handstamp used as a Paquebot marking on loose ship letters, very fine 'NOUMEA/14-2/36/...' cds (Valentine's Day), ink scribblings on the reverse & small part of
the flap missing. Not recorded by Roland Klinger. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [New Hebrides 45] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2002 |
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 1937 internal cover with 'M DUBAIN/COMMEROANT/MALLICOLO/NOUVELLES-HEBRIDES' imprint at upper-left largely obscured by 1925 Dual
Currency French 40c (4d) SG F47 strip of 3 tied by two of three largely fine strikes of 'NEW HEBRIDES/6JE37/INTER-ISLAND' cds in violet as are the boxed 'INTER-ISLAND SERVICE/NOUVELLES HEBRIDES' R cachet & 'S.S. Morinda' handstamp at the base, very
minor blemishes. Not recorded by Roland Klinger. Mallicolo, more usually rendered as Malekula, is the second largest of the islands & is situated about 120km NNW of Vila. The 'Morinda' was one of the island trading ships owned by Burns Philp. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [New Hebrides F47] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2003 |
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 1937 (July 1) OHMS cover with superb impression of 'HBM RESIDENT COMMISSIONER NEW HEBRIDES/ [coat of arms]' in red wax (minor edge
damage) across the flap, to Berkshire with combination franking 1925 Dual Currency British 5d (50c) & French 1fr (10d), black/white 'CONDOMINIUM DES N-H/VILA N-H' R label, Sydney transit backstamp of 23JY37, minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2004 |
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 1938 social cover to Victoria with 1925 Dual Currency French 20c (2d) SG F45 x3 tied by three very fine strikes of
'PAQUEBOT/15AP38/SYDNEY' cds, minor blemishes. A very scarce cover: the 60c rate applied only from 1.1.1938 until 31.5.1938, after which the notional Gold Franc replaced both currencies. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [New Hebrides F45] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2005 |
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 1938 social airmail cover with sender's endorsement of the captain of SS 'Polynesien' on the flap & very fine 'Paquebot POLYNESIEN'
ship-board cachet on the face, to France with combination franking of 1938 Gold Currency French 50c + British 1fr tied by 'NEW HEBRIDES/29OC38/PORT VILA' cds, boxed Vila R cachet, Sydney transit of 10NO38 & 'VALENCE S RHONE/22-11/38/...' arrival
backstamps, minor blemishes. Not recorded by Roland Klinger. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2006 |
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 1938-50 social/commercial airmail covers with Gold Currency combination frankings comprising 1938 to Switzerland with British 50c +
French 1fr; 1938 to Belgium with British 30c + French 1fr x2 tied by 'NEW HEBRIDES/INTER-ISLES' cds; 1938 Messageries Maritimes to France by air from Sydney with British 30c & 50c + French 1fr & 2fr (philatelic?) and the French R cachet; 1940 (Apr
23) to France with British 30c & 50c + French 5c, censored at Sydney; 1950 airmail to GB with British 30c + French UPU 30c & '.../SANTO' cds; and 1953 airmail to Fiji with British 1fr + French 10c tied by 'SANTO/NOUVELLES HEBRIDES' cds; fine to very
fine. Scarce material.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2007 |
/ |
 1938-53 commercial/social group all with Gold Currency frankings 1938 Messageries Maritimes to France with 10c & 'NEW
HEBRIDES/INTER-ISLAND SERVICE' cds; 1938 to Paris with 30c & '.../INTER-ISLAND SERVICE' but French R cachet; 1939 to Noumea with 10c and airmail to France with 10c x2 & 30c x2 both with 'NOUVELLES-HEBRIDES/INTER-ILES' cds; 1939 (Sep) with
'.../INTER-ILES' cds & R cachet plus Saigon censor cachet!; 1942 front only to Switzerland with 30c & boxed 'PT. VILA/ + /Nouvelles Hebrides' Red Cross cachet (not previously seen by us) & rare Vila blue/white censor label; 1943 noted as from Tanna
with 10c & 10-bars cancel; 1944 to NSW with 10c & 15c + French black/white R label (damaged) & rare Vila British black/white censor label; 1944 registered to USA with 50c & bilingual 'THE CONDOMINIUM POSTMASTER/...' cachet; 1945 airmail "Via New
Zealand" to NSW with 5c & 10c x3; 1945 to NSW with 10c tied by normal Sydney machine; 1945 airmail to Papua with 10c x2 & '.../INTER-ISLAND' cds; 1948 airmail to France with 20c & 25c; 1948 Vila-Sydney first flight with 1fr, British cds but French R
cachet; 1948 with 10c to Solomons; 1950 from "Norsup/via Santo" to Indonesia airmail from Vila with 5c & 25c pair; 1950 air to NSW with 15c strip of 3 & 'NOUMEA' straight-line cancels; 1950 airmail to NZ with printed address in English & Chinese with
30c & 40c, French '.../PORT VILA' cds & 'PORT-VILLA/...' (error) R cachet; 1950 airmail from the French Hospital at Vila to USA with 5c & 40c; others including airmails to Canada, French Indo-China & Denmark, fine to very fine. A difficult group to
assemble.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2008 |
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 1940 social airmail cover to France with 1938 Gold Currency French 5c & 1fr tied by 'NOUVELLES HEBRIDES/16MAY40/PORT-VILA' cds &
boxed R cachet, Sydney transit backstamp where boxed 'UNDELIVERABLE/RETURN TO SENDER' cachet added in violet & the address crossed-through in red pencil, subsequently 'RELEASED BY CENSOR' handstamp applied in violet & Sydney DLO cds of 28/OCT/1940 in
rosine on the reverse, Vila arrival cds of 25NOV40 & despite not being redirected 'NOUMEA/11/DEC/40' arrival (!), flap removed & minor blemishes. Presumably held at Melbourne in anticipation of Italy's imminent entry into the war, which occurred on
10.6.1940, causing immediate closure of the air route between Egypt & Britain. Not recorded by Roland Klinger. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2009 |
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 1940 commercial airmail cover from France with 50c 2fr50c & 5fr tied by poor hexagonal 'VALENCE' datestamps, to a French ship at
Vila with jusqu'a bars of Marseilles across the 'PAR AVION' "label", censored at Sydney, minor aging. Italy declared war on 6.6.1940, causing immediate suspension of British flights across the Mediterranean. France capitulated on 22.6.1940. Valence
was in the Vichy area. It is not clear how the cover travelled, probably by French train or ship to Portugal. An excellent research piece.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2010 |
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 1940 commercial cover from an outlying island endorsed "By Oscar" but amended to "Per St Joseph" with French 10c only cancelled on
arrival at Vila 10AUG40, superb 'T'-in-inverted-triangle & endorsed "40c gold" with French 'CHIFFRE TAXE' 40c olive SG FD68 (Cat £80 x8+ on cover) tied by the French cds of 12AOUT40, minor creasing & repaired opening tears on the reverse. A rare &
unusual Postage Due cover. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [New Hebrides FD68] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2011 |
|
 1941 possibly social cover to a convent in NSW with 'France Libre' Overprints 5c 10c & 15c SG F65-67 with French cds of 15APR41
being the Day of Issue. Non-philatelic France Libre covers are rare. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [New Hebrides F65-67] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2012 |
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 1941 social cover with 'CLUB DES NOUVELLES-HEBRIDES/...' imprint at upper-left, to NSW with 'France Libre' Overprints 10c tied by
French cds of 10JUIL41, censored at Sydney, minor peripheral damage. Unquestionably non-philatelic and rare thus. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2013 |
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 1941 (late) commercial cover to Sydney with Gold Currency French 10c + 'France Libre' 5c tied by light '.../INTER-ISLAND' cds.
Unusual mixed-issue franking. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2014 |
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 1941 cover to "Vanikoro/.../BSIP" with 'France Libre' 5c 10c & 15c tied by 'NOUVELLES HEBRIDES/SANTO' cds, French boxed R cachet
plus British Santo cds & small black/white 'VILA' R label amended by hand to "SANTO", Vila transit backstamp of 31AOUT41 & censored in transit at Sydney. Alain Millet had a similar cover to the Gilbert & Ellice Islands. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2015 |
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 1941-44 social covers censored at Vila with bilingual 'OPENED BY CENSOR - NEW HEBRIDES/OUVERT PAR LA CENSURE...' labels comprising
1) 1941 (Feb 17) to France endorsed "voie Panair/via Noumea-San Francisco/Lisbonne" with Gold Currency 5c 30c & 1fr & blue/brown...' label; 2) 1944 (Sep 28) to USA with 30c & blue/white label; and 3) 1944 (Dec 1) air to NSW with 5c 10c 15c & 20c and
black/white label; minor blemishes. Rare trio.
Three different labels were recorded by the Civil Censorship Study Group in 2008. Type L1 is typed, recorded 23OC39 only; L2 is the brown label & we expect the recorded example, of 12JE40, has the text printed in blue as here; L3 is as for the white
labels here, recorded 3DE39, which we expect is printed in blue, and 21NO44, which may have the text in blue or black. Unfortunately, they are not listed in John Little's book. (3) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2016 |
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 1943 commercial cover from an outlying island endorsed "CENSORED/HC Seasholes/Major Inf" at lower-left with Gold Currency 10c strip
of 3 tied by three fair to fine strikes of '.../11APR/INTER-ISLAND' cds with boxed R cachet at lower-left, Sydney arrival backstamp of 12MY43, minor blemishes. A rare censor cover. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2017 |
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 1943 official cover with '...SERVICE DES POSTES/.../CONDOMINIUM POST OFFICE' imprint at upper-left, to "...Condominium Postmaster
on leave/Sydney" with 'France Libre' Overprints 5c & 15c + British 10c tied by British cds of 9SEP43 but with French registration cachet, Sydney arrival backstamp of 27SE43, folded at right for display. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2018 |
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 1953 (Aug 24) commercial airmail cover from Sydney correctly rated 1/- but with boxed 'EXCEEDS ("½") OZS/T ("72") CENTIMES'
handstamp in violet below, 1953 'POSTAGE DUE' 10c 20c & 40c SG D12-14 (Cat £86 for loose stamps) tied by French Vila cds, repaired opening tears at the top. Note, the lowest denomination was 5c so the fee, in gold centimes, was rounded-down. (Image1) (Image2)
Get Market Data for [New Hebrides D12-14] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2019 |
PSE |
 1965 social usage of Australian Territories 'Overseas Service' formular Aerogramme with message headed "Apostolic Church
Mission/Walaha, Aoba/Via Santo", to USA with combination franking of 1957 British 10c + French 25c tied by French 'PORT-VILA' cds, letter states "...I am now back on Aoba helping the new [missionary] couple to settle into the work..." A rare
non-philatelic usage. The ACSC prices most of the Territories issues - which could also be used in the Solomons & New Hebrides - for philatelic usage, in this case $150, usually not also pricing the elusive commercial items. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
| 2020 |
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 1971 apparently social/commercial stampless cover from France with "Par Avion" scored-out, to "Cocoanuts Company/Santo" with
combination franking of 1957 'POSTAGE DUE' 20c & 'TIMBRE-TAXE' 20c tied by French 'SANTO/19-9-71/...' cds. Superb. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-26, 05:30 PM |
