The 1908 "Rossi covers", all "Mele" collection.
The "Rossi" covers end of November 1908.
End of 1908 mixed Postage. They showed up for the first time at a Stanley Gibbons Australia auction in spring 2005.
Surely they are not "correspondence" but philatelic items of interest.
24 November 1908 Reg-No 310
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
24 November 1908 Reg-No 311
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
24 November 1908 Reg-No 312
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
24 November 1908 Reg-No 315
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
24 November 1908 Reg-No 316
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
24 November 1908 Reg-No 317
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
24 November 1908 Reg-No 318
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
24 November 1908 Reg-No 319
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
24 November 1908 Reg-No 327
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
24 November 1908 Reg-No 328
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
24 November 1908 Reg-No 329
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
24 November 1908 Reg-No 330
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
25 November 1908 Reg-No 334
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
25 November 1908 Reg-No 335
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
25 November 1908 Reg-No 336
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
25 November 1908 Reg-No 337
PORT-VILA 25 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5. Sorry, upper edge was not scanned.
25 November 1908 Reg-No 338
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
25 November 1908 Reg-No 339
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
25 November 1908 Reg-No 340
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5. (Klinger coll.)
25 November 1908 Reg-No 341
PORT-VILA 25 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
25 November 1908 Reg-No 342
Mixed franking: French NH, NC, British NH. Stamps cancelled with PM2.
Registered letter n°342 to Mathieu Rossi Port-Vila.
Philatelic but correct French colonial registered 46 - 60g cover rate.
This combination was only possible from 21 to 30 November. ("SeSi" coll.)
25 November 1908 Reg-No 350
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
25 November 1908 Reg-No 351
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
25 November 1908 Reg-No 352
PORT-VILA 25 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
28 November 1908 Reg-No 353
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
28 November 1908 Reg-No 355
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
28 November 1908 Reg-No 356
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
28 November 1908 Reg-No 357
PORT-VILA 25 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
28 November 1908 Reg-No 357
28 November 1908 Reg-No 357 - older image with the left bottom stamp
28 November 1908 Reg-No 358
PORT-VILA 24 NOV 08 cover with British and French New Hebridean and New Caledonian stamps cancelled with type 5.
These are the registration numbers involved in this
series of mixed franking covers. In blue the ones on this page and in red the numbers
of similar covers in menu "pre Condominium - 1908" to other addressees. The "___" indicates that covers with
these numbers most likely exist. The ( ___ ) numbers are not so likely as there was a date
change there. Could have been normal commercial registered covers too then.
The numbers in brackets [] are (counting?) numbers on the reverse of the covers.
|
310 [11] |
311 [10] |
312 [9] |
___ |
___ |
315 [1] |
316 [12] |
317 [--] |
318 [18] |
319 [17] |
___ |
___ |
___ |
___ |
___ |
___ |
___ |
327 [3] |
328 [6] |
329 [5] |
330 [4] |
( ___ ) |
( ___ ) |
( ___ ) |
334 [--] |
335 [--] |
336 [13] |
337 [--] |
338 [16] |
339 [14] |
340 [--] |
341 [--] |
342 [15] |
343 |
___ |
___ |
346 [--] |
___ |
___ |
___ |
350 [--] |
351 [--] |
352 [--] |
353 [--] |
355 [--] |
356 [--] |
357 [--] |
358 [--] |
This table shows the order of the counting
numbers on the reverse of the covers and their registration numbers.
|
[1] 315 |
[2] ___ |
[3] 327 |
[4] 330 |
[5] 329 |
[6] 328 |
[7] ___ |
[8] ___ |
[9] 312 |
[10] 311 |
[11] 310 |
[12] 316 |
[13] 336 |
[14] 339 |
[15] 342 |
[16] 338 |
[17] 319 |
[18] 318 |