& cancelled in Nouméa, New Caledonia.
These items here are from the collection of Frédéric Petit in Vila, Vanuatu.
Use of NSW stamps for New Hebrides mail cancelled in Nouméa New Caledonia.
30 May 1888
30 May 1888 - carried by S.S. TAUPO
24 July 1889
24 July 1889 - carried by S.S. TAUPO or the interisland trader SANTA CRUZ
xx August 1894
xx August 1894 - carried by interisland trader MONA
17 June 1895
17 June 1895 - carried by interisland trader ROB ROY
7 December 1889
7 December 1889
Cover from the New Hebrides to Nouméa with the steamer BIRKSGATE concelled in Nouméa on arrival.
The only voyage Sydney - Nouméa - Aneityum - Havannah Harbour - Suva - Levuka and back when BIRKSGATE was in Nouméa on 7 December was
the 21 November 1889 - 13 December 1889 journey. So this cover is a 1889 cover.