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20 February 2021
12 March 1918: A March 1918 local letter. here
2 June 1921: A Roessler cover. here
28 May 1936 Makura cover. here
25 Dec 1937 Rarotonga "Noonan" cover. here
25 Dec 1936 A Big Palm Cachet cover. here
11 February 2021
31 August 1916: A second copy surfaced on a snippet together with a Papeete 25 SEPT 16 postmark. here
25 January 2021
31 October 1918 Reinhard cover reg.# 906. here
8 January 2021
Another 26 Dec 1936 Big Palm Cachet cover. here
Another vineyard poster stamp. here
29 December 2020
The only 28 May 1936 Big Palm Cachet cover with Papeete postmark and not MAKURA. here
9 December 2020
Keith Fitchetts remarks on the proofs added here
2 December 2020
3 April 1918 local cover here
28 February 1936: a snippet with the CI stamp only here
30 November 2020
2 June 1921: A Roessler Newark cover here
14 November 2020
about 1916: A "Save the vineyards" post stamp of series which was proof-printed together with the Christmas Island proofs here
13 November 2020
1925-02-07 A Roessler cover here
1922-01-04 A Roessler cover here
11 November 2020
1934-12-25 The 140th Big Palm Cachet Cover - Pump (2x) here
25 October 2020
1936-12-25 Two more Big Palm Cachet Covers - Sherrill & Anderson here
25 October 2020
1936-12-25 Big Palm Cachet to California - Winiger here
20 September 2020
1936-04-03 Small Palm Cachet to Sierra here
12 September 2020
1936-04-03 Big Palm Cachet to Cohn here
5 September 2020
1918-10-31 Reinhard cover Reg.-No. 68 here
1918-10-31 Reinhard cover Reg.-No. 798 here
28 August 2020
1918-04-03 Local cover #MA54 here
1918-10-31 Reinhard cover Reg.-No. 989 here
24 August 2020
1938-12-25 The 26th Coulthard cover - Fain - (#20) here
1934-12-25 The 134rd big palm cachet cover (Binder) here
1925-02-07 The 125th Roessler cover here
11 August 2020
2nd issue used single here
23 July 2020
A new 21 July 1934 Astoria cover here
20 July 2020
A 2nd issue single used on piece here
11 July 2020
A 4th issue double sheet here
1 June 2020
A 28 May 1936 big palm cachet cover here
30 May 2020
A 25 May 1939 normal cover from Christmas Island to Papeete here
28 May 2020
A very nice tête bêche block of four 2nd issue here
24 May 2020
Big palm cachet #131 (28 May 1936 - Mrs. Dunn) here
A big 1935 cover with a CI vertical pair (not cancelled) and four 60c Océanie stamps Maunganui postmark. here
20 May 2020
Big palm cachet #130 (28 Feb 1936 - Richardson) here
14 May 2020
A new Coulthard cachet cover here
Big palm cachet #129 here
4th issue right block of 4 here
26 April 2020
Now I had the time to add a couple of items to the site. There is a new page now in "Literature I" (last item) with more sources.
and I added some information to the "Yankee" covers.
And another postcard from Edmund "Ted" Zacher, member of the schooner YANKEE plus some information here
18 April 2020
Another 4th issue double block here
1924-12-20 Roessler cover G09 here
7 April 2020
1936-02-28 another Cutress cover here
Reinhard cover Reg. Nr. 61 here
26 March 2020
1936-02-28 another Cutress cover here
Reinhard cover Reg. Nr. 61 here
15 March 2020
4 March 2020
Two 1st issue singles here
1 March 2020
1936-02-28 another Cutress cover here
10 February 2020
Interesting used single 2nd issue with both CI cancels here
6 February 2020
Two 5 March 1928 Laur covers here
23 January 2020
15 January 1918 local cover here
14 February 1918 local cover here
1 April 1918 local cover here
August 1924 possibly an undated Roessler cover here
25 December 1934 small cachet cover here
Two 25 December 1934 big cachet covers here
A 28 May 1936 big cachet Makura cover here
A 25 December 1936 big cachet cover here
A 25 May 1939 registered Baldwin cover here
21 January 2020
4th issue right block of 4 here
1st issue block of 4 w/o selvedge here
19 January 2020
3rd issue right vertical block of 2 here
1st issue cancelled on a piece of paper here
17 January 2020
1934 small cachet cover here
11 January 2020
4 December 1924 cover to italy here
23 December 2019
the 122nd big palm cachet cover (Minthorn) here
9 December 2019
An article about Rougier in a 1930 issue of the "Almanch Vermot", France here
29 November 2019
A Dec 1938 Coulthard cover here
27 November 2019
6 March 1928 R.M.S. Tahiti CI cover to Oakland here
A German article about Christmas Island : philatelie Dec. 2019 here
10 November 2019
Reinhard cover Reg. Nr. 32 here
7 November 2019
A 2nd issue block of four here
30 September 2019
The fifty-sixth 1918 local cover (3 April 1918) here
15 September 2019
The fifth 29 August 1949 FDC here
3 June 2019
A fine 1st issue pos 2.2 copy here
28 May 1936 Makura cover here
8 May 2019
26 July 1926 Roessler cover #120 here
22 April 2019
7 October 1918 Reinhard commercial cover here
21 April 2019
1934 big palm cachet cover (Smith) here
A picture postcard maybe 1990s here
6 April 2019
1934 big palm cachet cover (Johnson) here
A picture postcard maybe 1990s here
24 March 2019
Image of a 28 Feb 1936 cover from the Ringström/Tester book here
Image of a 30 May 1927 Roessler cover from the Ringström/Tester book here
Image of a 7 February 1925 Roessler cover from the Ringström/Tester book here
2 June 1921 a Roessler cover here
17 June 1926 Roessler cover from an old paper here
5 March 2019
Some interesting information about the 26 September 1924 T.T. Dranga covers here
5 March 2019
A poor used copy of the first issue with Papeete postmark here
A 148 May 1926 US-Air Mail Roessler cover N04 here
Two picture postcards (maybe 1950s) here
5 March 2019
A 1st issue unused single here
A 28 May 1936 used 4th issue gutter pair here
28 February 2019
A new Roessler cover 1921 here
A new Maude cover 1939 here
14 February 2019
I found three so far unknown 1918 local letters in the 1985 Howard-White aucion by Harmers of Londonhere
14 February 2019
A so far unknown Roessler cover detected in a 1995 auction: 7 March 1927 here
2 February 2019
2nd issue vertical pair left here
20 January 2019
28 Feb 1936: a big cachet cover to the U.S. - travelled via Canton here
3 Apr 1936: a big cachet cover to Sierra Press San Francisco here
Two new Pacific Islands Monthly articles 1933/1947 about CI here
19 January 2019
A 18 Dec 1948 reg. air mail from Fanning Island to England with CL1 and CL2 here
16 January 2019
The 54th 1918 local cover : 15 January 1918 here
3 January 2019
A 25 DEC 1938 Coulthard cover here
2 January 2019
A 25 DEC 1934 big palm cachet cover Tuttle here
A 1916 SF Morning Press article about E. Rougier here
2nd image of a 7 Feb 1921 Roessler cover here
A blank cover maybe 1942 here
Some very old (1916-18) articles about the CI stamp here
Some ideas about the date of the first printing of the CI stamp here
27 December 2018
Two images of Paul-Emmanuel's wife Simone here
Three more documents regarding CI here
17 December 2018
A 3rd issue unused single with selvedge here
A 1st issue used single with CL1 here
Two 1st issue unused singles here
14 December 2018
28 February 1936 cover to England here
25 December 1934 big palm cachet to Miss Miller, Lebanon, USA here
15 February 1918 local cover #MA18 here
21 February 1918 local cover #MA24 here
31 March 1918 local to the manager Joe B. English #MA35 here
A 2 June 1921 Roessler cover (#C15) here
30 March 1940 Baldwin cover here
30 October 1940 Tubb (=Hambly) cover here
Exmaple of a 1911 Fanning Island postmark here
12 December 2018
The 50th 1918 local cover: #19 here
A 25 DEC 1936 big palm cachet cover Downing here
A 25 DEC 1936 big palm cachet cover LeNoir here
A 30 May 1927 Roessler cover (#P07) here
A 30 May 1921 Rougier greetings postcard to Roessler here and here
11 December 2018
A 4th issue double sheet here
7 December 2018
A 25 Dec 1938 Coulthard cover # 15 here
5 December 2018
A 3 April 1936 big palm cachet cover to Sierra Press here
28 October 2018
Maybe an early Roessler cover by Rougier from Fanning Island here
22 October 2018
A 25 December 1934 plain cover here
20 October 2018
A 25 December 1936 big palm cachet cover here
19 October 2018
A 11 October 1918 Reinhard cover #1 here
15 October 2018
A 31 October 1918 Reinhard cover #900 here
The 1914 Emmanuel Rougier book "ILE CHRISTMAS" now on the site here
14 October 2018
A Rougier postcard from Fanning Island to his French hometown and some pictures from there here
A used single 3rd issue here
7 October 2018
A 31 AUG 1919 used single here
A 1919 manuscript date 1919 single here
Interesting information about Reinhard Reg. #37 - 11 Oct 1918 here
January 1924 article about Christmas Island stamps in "Le Timbre-poste" here
1 October 2018
A 25 December 1936 big palm cachet cover to Oakland here
A 11 October 1918 Reinhard cover #35 here
A 3rd issue block of four here
18 September 2018
A 1st issue pos 2,2 heavily misperforated stamp here
14 February 1939 FDC here
21 July 1936 used single here
30 August 2018
A 14 February 1918 local cover, date handstamp inverted here
A 31 October 1918 Reinhard cover here
28 August 2018
A 25 December 1936 Coulthard cover here
15 August 2018
A 2 June 1921 Roessler cover here
A small palm cachet cover here
3 August 2018
The 49th 1918 local cover here
4 July 2018
The 104th Roessler cover 1926-07-26 # 8 here
The reverse of the 7 Jan 1924 answer postcard to Switzerland here
8 May 2018
A 28 May 1936 H.M.S. Makura cover here
7 May 2018
A DEC 25 1925 (?) Big Palm cachet cover - unusual dates ? here
23 April 2018
Three new Reinhard covers here
A 25 Dec 1938 Coulthard cover here
Two 25 Dec 1936 Big Palm Cachet covers here
A 28 Feb 1936 Big Palm Cachet cover here
A nice impression from 1932 of the "VISITEZ" cancel here
A 27 April 1926 Roessler cover here
A 14 Feb 1918 local cover here
27 March 2018
the 21st Small Palm cachet cover here
18 March 2018
non philatelic, just information from the Operation Grapple here
21 February 2018
the 45th Reinhard cover here
three old picture postcards here
11 February 2018
the 105th Big Palm cachet cover here
11 February 2018
the 20th Small Palm cachet cover here
6 February 2018
3. issue sheet of four here
6 February 2018
A 30 May 1927 Roessler cover resurfaced after 45 years here
A 25 December 1934 big palm cachet (Schlueter) here
A 28 May 1936 Makura cover front to U.S.A. here
A 1st issue block of four here
Another 1st issue block of four here
A 28 May 1936 gutter pair cancelled here
A 7 (February) 1921 snippet from a Roessler cover here
Two 20 June 1938 singles cancelled here
A 1936 single cancelled here
4th issue double sheet here
June 1921 second issue used on piece here
Another second issue used on piece here
Second issue sheet of four cancelled here
Third issue used single here
5 February 2018
A 17 June 1925 Roessler cover here
3 February 2018
A 14 Dec 1925 Roessler cover with manuscript 10 cent here
27 January 2018
A 4th issue double sheet here
1924 registered postcard to Switzerland here
1918-04-01 local cover here
1918-10-31 Reinhard cover here
1925-09-21 Cover to England here
1935-06-08 Jerabek cover to Papeete resurfaced after 30 years here
A 25. December 1936 big palm cachet cover (Greenbaum) here
07 May 1937 cover to New Zealand here
14 February 1939 FDC to Fiji here
24 January 2018
A 25. December 1936 big palm cachet cover (Peterson) here
1925: a photo of the "only woman on Xmas Island" here
16 January 2018
A 21. July 1934 U.S.S. Astoria cover here
3 January 2018
A short article by R.J.G. Collins, 1924 here
13 December 2017
A 4th issue double sheet here
the big palm cachet cover # 100: 1936 to Mr. Dengel, San Francisco here
the big palm cachet cover # 101: 1934 to Mrs. Trott, San Francisco here
the small palm cachet cover # 19: 1934 here
14 August 1924 Roessler cover G03 showed up again after 32 years. here
A 25-12-1937 Noonan cover here
11 October 1918 #983 Reinhard cover showed up again after 32 years here
27 April 1926 Roessler cover showed up again after 32 years here
1 December 2017
the 99th big palm cachet cover 1934 to Mr. Sutton, Ashland, Ohio here
8 November 2017
1925 Roessler cover H-05 here
8 November 2017
A 1934-12-25 big cachet to Gallizin, PA here
3 November 2017
A 1936-05-28 cover to England here
14 October 2017
A second 1919-11-21 cover to France here
24 September
1934-12-25 Big Palm cachet to Perry, Delaware here
21 September 2017
1921-06-02 Roessler cover No. C04 here
1921-02-07 Roessler cover No. A07 here
1921-02-07 Roessler cover No. A08 here
1921-02-07 Roessler cover No. A09 here
1921-02-07 Roessler cover No. A10 here
1921-08-06 Roessler cover No. E02 here
1924-12-20 Roessler cover No. G08 here
1925-12-14 Roessler cover No. K09 here
1926-04-27 Roessler cover No. M05 here
1926-04-27 Roessler cover No. M06 here
1925-06-17 Roessler cover No. I10 here
4th issue block of four here
1 August 2017
1922-01-04 Roessler cover No. D7 here
24 July 2017
1918-10-31 Reinhard cover reg. 799 here
15 July 2017
1936-12-25 big palm cachet cover to Davidson here
3 July 2017
Reinhard 11 OCT 18 No. 70 here
25 December 1936 big cachet cover to Mr. Vergonet here
26 June 2017
1 June 1933(?) single here
4 March 1919 cover with an uncancelled plantation stamp here
13 May 2017
3. issue block of four cancelled 1935 here
3 June 1937 postcard from a member of the schooner YANKEE to Kent, Conn., U.S.A. here
26 April 1917 Rarotonga Cook Islands cancel on a 1st edition here
8 July 1937 used single 4th ed. with double perforation here
14 September 1935 Jerabek letter cut-out here
9 April 2017
7 February 1921 Roessler cover ( A05 ) here
11 October 1918 Reinhard cover reg-# 60 here
24 December 1935 big palm cachet ( Stearns ) here
6 April 2017
11 January 1918 5c on piece of cover here
3 April 2017
25 May 1935 RMS Manganui cover here
17 March 2017
11 January 1918 manuscript #MA03 here
3 April 1936 large palm tree cover Smith Denver here
3 March 2017
Coulthard No. 12: 25 December 1938 to Mr. Hayslett. here
11 February 2017
28 May 1936 Makura cover to Louisville, Kentucky here
31 January 2017
1939 article found in a German newspaper here
20 January 2017
a 1924 manuscript dated cover here
An extract of Paul Boulagner'E book (2003) about Emmanuel Rougier regarding the stampshere
15 January 2017
a new 2. issue block of four here
6 November 2016
2. issue with heavy color downshift here
22 October 2016
A used vertical pair of issue 3 here
6 March 1928 via R.M.S. Tahiti to Oakland, Cal. here
A 1936 October 15 Jerabek cover with part content to Switzerland here
A 1. issue stamp with a remarkable offset of the blue color here
20 October 2016
another 25 Dec 1937 Noonan Cook Island cover here
another 25 Dec 1937 Noonan Western Samoa cover here
30 May 1927 Roessler coverhere
27 April 1926 Roessler cover (part image) here
14 August 1924 Roessler cover (part image) here
11 October 1918 Reinhard cover (#983) here
7 May 1937 cover here
29 September 2016
80th Roessler cover - 20 Dec 1924 (?) here
15 September 2016
79th Roessler cover (2 June 1921 with CL 1a) here
13 September 2016
92nd big palm cachet cover (Dec 1934 Streitwolf) here
12 September 2016
91st big palm cachet cover (Dec 1934 Rerucha) here
7 September 2016
3 December 1919 part cover here
3 August 2016
Roessler covers #B04 30 June 1921 here
4 August 2016
4 August 2016
3 August 2016
3 August 2016
Local covers #MA33 & #MA34here
25 July 2016
1934-12-24 Big Palm # 88 to Karenhere
24 July 2016
1934-12-24 Big Palm to McCartyhere
28 June 2016
72nd Roessler cover: 17 June 1925 #IO8 here
15 June 2016
A complete sheet of the 3rd issue here
Block of four 1st issue here
7 June 2016
The 86th Big Palm Cachet cover 25. December 1934 here
1 June 2016
The 85th Big Palm Cachet cover 25. December 1934 here
25 May 2016
A nice 23 Oct 1940 censored cover to Roger Wells routed via Tahiti here
A 28 May 1936 Makura cover (thanks to a NZ collector) here
A small palm cachet cover (thanks to a NZ collector) here
A 11 Oct 1918 Reinhard cover reg. #3 (thanks to a NZ collector) here
18 May 2016
The 84th Big Palm Cachet cover 25. December 1936 here
16 April 2016
The 37th Reinhard cover 31. October 1918 (Reg #909) here
23 April 2016
A Big Palm Cachet cover 25 Dec 1936 - Dannenberg here
Two 4th edition blocks of four here
A super big scan of a 4th pos 1,1,right stamp here
10 April 2016
Two Big Palms 25 Dec 34, one 3 April 34 and one 25 Dec 36 here
New sheet of 8 4th issue here
6 April 2016
Two Big Palm Cachet covers 25 Dec 1934 - Hermansader & Moore here
28 March 2016
A 28 February 1936 Big Palm cachet cover - Murray here
18 March 2016
The 76th Big Palm Cachet cover here
9 March 2016
A 1st April 1918 stamp image here
A Howard-White 1969 London Philatelist article here
8 March 2016
The 36th Reinhard cover (Reg #9) here
1 March 2016
The 16th Coulthard cover (Sherraden) here
25 February 2016
The 16th small palm cachet cover here
23 February 2016
The 7th manuscript uprated cover here:
14 February 2016
The 15th small palm cachet cover here
14 February 2016
The 15th small palm cachet cover here
31 January 2016
All three articles by George M. Speis in Stamp Collector 1993/94: here
28 January 2016
25 December 1936 part of a normal cover to Canada: here
23 January 2016
3 April 1918 (MA#35) here
28 May 1936 cover to New Zealand: here
16 January 2016
29 August 1949 FDC here
3 June 1937 another item from the 2nd world cruise of the schooner YANKEE: here
14 January 2016
28 May 1936 MAKURA cover: here
3 June 1937 another item from the 2nd world cruise of the schooner YANKEE: here
10 January 2016
The 14th Coulthard cover (#10): here
8 January 2016
1918 March 12: the last one of the 12 March covers (Cunu Tane Rapa): here
4 January 2016
a second issue block of four: here
3 January 2016
26 December 2015
A 2013 text about Rougier written by Monsieur Colignon. here:
Some new texts here:
25 December 2015
31 October 1918 Reinhard cover reg. #897 here: at bottom
25 December 1934 big plam cachet cover, address "Miss Sally Pence" here:
1. issue block of four here:
18 December 2015
A 14 February 1939 first day of PO opening - sorry, no better image available.
here: far down
The article in Stamp Collector 1993. here:
12 December 2015
4 December 2015
3 December 2015
Two nice used issue 4 stamps. here:
26 November 2015
A page about Olsen 1936. here:
24 November 2015
A 20 July 1938 used single with the CL 3 variety day slug at top. here:
1937 December 25 via Cook-Islands to Sydney. here:
Another 1937 December 25 via Cook-Islands to Sydney. here:
1 March 14(?) large palm cachet cover. here:
22 November 2015
Translation of the Beslu article into Engkish and German added as PDF files. here:
21 November 2015
Here comes a fine article by Christian Beslu quoted from the "Bulletin de la Société des Études Océaniennes" 1998. here:
Two more Coulthard covers added here:
18 November 2015
A translation of the 2001 article in German added. here:
A new big palm tree cover at bottom here:
A new Reinhard cover (first of the 18 Oct covers) here:
The Rollo Beck article about his visit in 1921 here:
17 November 2015
I added an excellent article published by the American Philatelist 2001. here:
16 November 2015
Minor additions & changes only.
15 November 2015
A 11 January 1918 local letter here:
15 November 2015
A 2. issue pos. 2,2 stamp with selvage - manuscript 1921 date. here:
15 November 2015
The xx.May.1936 Colgrove cover in a better scan shows that it is the only 1935 big palm we have: here:
On the same page another Sierra addressed Dec. 1936 cover (at bottom).
14 November 2015
A 2. issue block of four with selvage manuscript 12-3-1922 date. here:
This block is mentioned in the Cinderella article at top.