Mixed use of Condominium and a New Caledonian stamps; legal up to 30 November 1908. Used on the first day of the 1908 English stamps. No other postmarks. ("SeSi" coll.)

Picture "Les opérations commerciales dans la baie diamond" showing (most likely) Messageries Maritimes' PACIFIQUE at Diamond Bay, near Valesdir, Island of Epi.

Mixed use of Condominium and a New Caledonian stamps; legal up to 30 November 1908. Used on the second day of the 1908 English stamps. ("SeSi" coll.)

Reverse

Letter to G. Notin from Martinique. ("SeSi" coll.)

Reverse

Letter to G. Notin from Tarare to Madagascar, Saigon, Nouméa, Cayenne and back to Tarare. ("SeSi" coll.)

Reverse

Mixed use of Condominium and New Caledonian stamps; legal up to 30 November 1908. Written by the first New Hebridean postmaster and treasurer Mr. Roy. Source: Hals / Collas p. 66. ("RMD" coll.)

J. Raché postcard, the English 1d stamp cancelled with PM2 on 20 NOV 08. 1d was the correct French colonial long message postcard rate.
The card is written in Mouméa on 20(?) 9bre 1908 (Novembre) to the Paris stamp dealer Theodore Champion. The author writes that he will do all which is possible to get New Hebrides stamps.
PM2 was held at the Condominium Post Office. This rises questions of course. The Messageries Maritimes steamer PACIFIQUE left Sydney on 11th November and returned on 29th November. At the moment I cannot search for more information as my Internet is down thanks to Corona virus...... (Klinger coll.)

20 November 1908
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Not a "set cover" but a "more than you can buy at the post office" cover. I doubt that one could buy a New Caledonia 5F stamp in the Vila PO. But in November 1908 eveything was possible and mixed postage was allowed. So we have this nice corpus delicti for the chaotic postal situation then. (Réf.: Fréd. Petit)

Mixed frankings: the New Caledonia 5c, New Hebrides French issue 10c and British issue 2d stamps cancelled with PCH type 5, registration mark R1 applied below the stamps. The inscription hidden behind the two left stamps is "Tribunal Français des Nouvelles Hébrides". It is addressed to the Procurator General in Nouméa. ("RMD" coll.)

The English set cancelled on a piece of paper

A second one: The English set cancelled on a piece of paper

Mixed franking to Nantes, France. Backstamped Noumea 24-11-08. Gaertner Auktionen

Les timbres de Fiji surchargés furent mis en vente le 29 octobre 1908 et ceux de Nlle. Calédonie surchargés le furent le 21 novembre. Toutefois les timbres de la Nouvelle Galles du Sud et de Nlle. Calédonie restèrent valables pour l'affranchissement jusqu'au 30 novembre. Le taux de change était 1d. = 10c. Tarif équivalent à 45c.: double port recommandé. Combinaison des valeurs surchargées de Fiji avec celles de Nouvelle Calédonie surchargées et non surchargées.
Cette composition d'affranchissement fut seulement possible du 21 à 30 novembre 1908.
Timbre à date PORT-VILA 22 NOV 08 et arrivée 24.11.08.
After the English and New Caledonian overprinted stamps were issued on 29 Oct 1908 and 21 Nov 1908 the stamps of NSW and New Caledonia were still valid until 30 Nov. The exchange rate was 1d. = 10c. So this letter was franked 45c, registered rate (25c) for a double weight letter 20c). This combination was only possible from 21 to 30 Nov. (Millet coll.)

Mixed franking to the Cote d'Ivoire. Lugdunum Philatélien

22 November 1908
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22 November 1908
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Registered mixed postage to New Caledonia. (Réf Fréd. Petit)

Mixed frankings: the New Caledonia 5c, 10c, 5F, the complete 1908 New Hebrides French issue and a British ½d stamp cancelled with PCH type 5. ("Mele" coll.)

Mixed frankings: the combination of New Hebrides stamps and those of New Caledonia (or of New South Wales) were valid from 21 November 1908 until 30 November 1908. Registration number: 346
Overpaid letter to Faureville, a plantation north-west of Vila. Please see the S.F.N.H. map of Vila at left. (Goron coll.)

Mixed frankings: similar letter from the same hand to J. Colonna, who was two times the temporary French Resident Commissioner in Vila. (Klinger coll.)
Registration number: 343

First Day Cover of this issue: "Slightly trimmed envelope bearing 1908 values to 1/- (CA), and French New Caledonia 5c. each tied by "NEW HEBRIDES" c.d.s.'s (first day of issue), ½d., 1d., 1/- have been lifted and replaced, fine and rare. E £300/400."
This is the original auction text from the Phillips, London auction about 1990. The cover is addressed to the French Resident Commissioner Mr. Nouffland. It sold for £500 + 15%. It did not show up again since then.
Information and image thanks to "JGI".

Letter from Port Vila with the complete set cancelled with the French postmark (to Kinze, Kötzschenbroda, Germany ?) seen in a 1909 Ewen's Stamp Weekly copy. This cover would have been carried by the steamer MALAITA which met the "man of war" PROMETHEUS in Vila on 11/12 November.

Part cover from Port Vila with the single crown CA 1/- the complete set cancelled with GK PM2. (A Kinze, Kötzschenbroda, Germany cover). (Image thanks to Sandafayre Auctions August 2017

Postcard from Port Vila to the French stamp dealer Theodore Champion, 13 Rue Drouot, Paris. The British 1d stamp (correct rate) cancelled with PCH type 5. The card was carried by the Messageries Maritimes steamer PACIFIQUE. She arrived at Sydney on 29 November 1908. According to her usual runs she must have left Vila on 22 November 1908 so the next three items were carried by her too. (Klinger coll.)

Postcard from Port Vila to London cancelled with the French Language Port Vila cds (PCH type 5) because the British cds was not available until January 1909. The card is arrival stamped London Jan 4, 1909 - a transit time of 44 days. ("JGI" coll.)

22 November 1908

Postcard, the 1d stamp cancelled with the French Language Port Vila cds (PCH type 5) ("Mele" coll.)

Part of a cover front with the French issue,cancelled on second day after issue. ("Mele" coll.)

Very early use of a Condominium stamp as a correct letter rate to Australia cancelled with the French PCH type 5 cancel because the British one was not yet in Port Vila. ("JGI" coll.)

French full set cover to France.(Klinger coll.) Backstamped Noumea 22.12.08 and Troyes 3.2.09. Carried to Noumea by PACIFIQUE. From there to Marseilles by AUSTRALIEN on December 28 arriving at Marseilles on 8.2.1909 - I think the letter went to France via Brindisi and train.

18 December 1908
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Mixed frankings: 25c 1908 French and 2½d 1908 British issue on a letter to Sydney. Cancelled with PCH type 5. The cancellation is in accordance with the PACIFIQUE run. (ex Jersey coll., we do not know where the cover is now.)

10c French colonial letter rrate to France cancelled with GK type PM02. Backstamped Noumea 22 December 1908 (PACIFIQUE) ("SeSi" coll.)

20 December 1908