The Christmas Island (Pacific) Local Stamps and Postal History

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Christmas Island - Central Pacific Cocoanut Plantations Ltd. Locals
The Albert C. Roessler Covers

26 February 2023 : 135 covers.

Just to keep in mind: Linn's weekly of July 15, 1933 reported that Roessler pleaded guilty to two indictments of fraud in Federal Court in Newark, N.J.!
Source: "The Canadian aerophilatelist" 2001

Poster Stamp

Roessler poster stamp

A.C. Roessler

Roessler portrait
SOurce: "A.C. Roessler Photo Cachet Catalogue" by Barry Newton

4. March 1913
(new 10/2018)

It is possible that Mr. Roessler had contact to Emmanuel Rougier in 1913 already. At this time Rougier was at Fanning Island.
Backstamped Honolulu 1913-04-31.

4. March 1913
(new 10/2018)

Reverse

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26. January 1932

normal cover to Roessler

Rückseite

normal cover to Roessler - reverse

Letter to Roessler

Letter to Roessler from E. Rougier. Emmanuel Rougier dies on 16 December 1932 in Tahiti.

28. May 1936

normal cover to Roessler
Image thanks to Chris Rainey British Commonwealth Postal History

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7. February 1921 #A01

Roessler cover A01

7. February 1921 #A02
(new 2. image 1/2019)

Roessler cover A02

7. February 1921 #A02

The same cover a couple of years later - sic transit gloria mundi

7. February 1921 #A03

Roessler cover A03

7 February 1921 #A04

Roessler cover A04

7. February 1921 #A05

Roessler cover A05
seen at Ebay.

1921 evtl. #A06

Roessler cover A06

7. February 1921 #A07

Roessler cover A07
image thanks to Kelleher Auctions

7. February 1921 #A08

Roessler cover A08
image thanks to Kelleher Auctions

7. February 1921 #A09

Roessler cover A09
image thanks to Kelleher Auctions

7. February 1921 #A10

Roessler cover A10
image thanks to Kelleher Auctions

7. (February) 1921 #A11
(new Feb 2018)

Snippet from a Roessler cover A11 - the "A" visible.
Image thanks to Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd.

7. (February) 1921 #A11
(new Feb 2018)

Roessler cover A12 - see on an auction site

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With the following covers we have an interesting phenomenon which Ingomar Janot brought to my attention:
The covers with the pre-printed address all carry the big palm cachet CL1a, the one with the small gap between "Central" and "Christmas" and "ISD." and "LTD.". The covers with the manuscript address all carry CL1, the one with the wide gap.

30 May 1921 #B01

Roessler cover B01

30 May 1921 #B02

Roessler cover B02

30. May 1921 #B03

Roessler cover B03

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30. May 1921
(new 12. Dec 2018)

A Emmanuel Rougier picture postcard to Mr. Roessler. It shows the place where Rougier grew up: Château des Îles near Brioude, France.

Contribution of a Christmas Island collector

Château des Îles near Brioude, France.

Blow up of the part cancel and the pencil drwaing on the card.

This is a very interesting postcard. It offers some solutions and opens a series of questions.

-- It proves that Emmanuel Rougier wrote all the manuscript addresses on Roessler covers himself.
-- It gives us a view of Château des Îles which was unknown so far.

-- The CI stamp at left is quite suspicious: It carries the CL1 cancel sideways and was not concelled on the     postcard. Some simple and illogical pencil strokes suggest that the stamp is tied to the card.
      -- 1) Rougier may have had a used stamp at hand and placed it on the card.
      -- 2) Roessler himself added the stamp. He was well known to produce philatelic concoctions.
      -- 3) Another owner of the card added the stamp. Butt hen he must have had some knowledge to see that               the card had some connection to Christmas Island and CI stamp would be o.k. on it.
I think #2 may be correct.

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CL 1a - 2. June 1921 #C01

Roessler cover C01

CL 1a - 2. June 1921 #C02

Roessler cover C02

CL 1a - 2. June 1921 #C03

Roessler cover C03 - seen on an internet auction site

CL 1a - 2. June 1921 #C04

Roessler cover C04 - image thanks to Kelleher Auctions

CL 1a - 2. June 1921 #C05
(new Aug 2018)

Roessler cover C05

CL 1a - 2. June 1921 #C06
(new 3/2019)

Roessler cover C06

CL 1a - 2. June 1921 #C07
(new 11/2020)

Roessler cover C07

The two covers at right are exceptional ones as they are not franked with a Tahiti stamp and are not cancelled with the Papeete postmark.

30 May/ 2 June 1921 #B/C01

Roessler cover B/C01

30 May/ 2 June 1921 #B/C02
(new 3/2022)

Roessler cover B/C02

The follwing covers carry CL1. We are not at all sure so far what this means for the use of these cachets and the processing of the covers.
Ideas are very welcome.

CL 1 - 2. June 1921 #C08

Roessler cover C08
Image thanks to Steve Drewett's Empire Stamp Auctions

CL 1 - 2. June 1921 #C09

Roessler cover C09

CL 1 - 2. June 1921 #C10

Roessler cover C10

CL 1 - 2. June 1921 #C11

Roessler cover C11

CL 1 - 2. June 1921 #C12

Roessler cover C12

CL 1 - 2. June 1921 #C13

Roessler cover C13

CL 1 - 2. June 1921 #C14

Roessler cover C14
Image thanks to Pacific Islands Study Circle

CL 1 - 2. June 1921 #C15

Roessler cover C15

CL 1 - 2. June 1921 #C16

Roessler cover C16

CL 1 - 2. June 1921 #C17
(new 14 Dec 2018)

Roessler cover C17 - no Tahiti stamp, 2 June possibly
Image thanks to Millenniume Philateic Auctions auction archive

CL 1 - 2. June 1921 #C18
(new 14 Dec 2018)

Roessler cover C18 - 1c Tahiti stamp !!, 2 June possibly.

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4. January 1922 #D01

Roessler cover D01

4. January 1922 #D02

Roessler cover D02

4. January 1922 #D03

Roessler cover D03

4. January 1922 #D04

Roessler cover D04

4. January 1922 #D05

Roessler cover D05

4. January 1922 #D06

Roessler cover D06

4. January 1922 #D07

Roessler cover D07

4. January 1922 #D08

Roessler cover D08

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6 August 1924 #E01

Another kind of a Roessler cover E01

6 August 1924

1924 cancel

6 August 1924 #E02

Roessler cover E02
image thanks to Kelleher Auctions

6 August 1924 #E03
(new 11/22)

Roessler cover E03
image thanks to Abacus Auctions

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11. August 1924 #F01

Roessler cover, the 1923 U.S. Air Mail stamp cancelled with a 4.8.1924 San Francisco machine cancel, the 5c plantation stamp cancelled with CL1. F01
Imagethanks to Schuyler Rumsey Philatelic Auctions

August 1924 possibly #F02

Roessler cover August 1924 possibly F02

August 1924 possibly #F03

Roessler cover August 1924 possibly F03

August 1924 possibly #F04
(new 7/2019)

Roessler cover August 1924 possibly F04

August 1924 possibly #F05
(new 2/2020)

Roessler cover August 1924 possibly F05

August 1924 possibly #F06
(new 6/2022)

Roessler cover August 1924 possibly F06

August 1924 possibly #F07
(new 2/2023)

Roessler cover August 1924 possibly F07

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14. August 1924 #G01

Roessler cover G01

14. August 1924 #G02

Roessler cover G02 - (David Gillis coll.)

14. August 1924 #G03
(new Dec. 2017)

Roessler cover G03 - source: Universal Philatelic Auctions, GB

reverse

14. August 1924 #G03

This is the G03 at left from 2017 32 years earlier in the 1985 Harmers of London auction.

Roessler cover G03 - Harmers of London auction 1985

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17. August 1924 #G04

Roessler cover G04

17 August 1924 #G05

Roessler cover G05

17 August 1924 #G06

Roessler cover G06 - (David Gillis coll.)

17 August 1924 #G07

Roessler cover G07 - source inknown

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20 December 1924 (?) #G08

Roessler cover G08 - seen at an internet auction

20 December 1924 (?) #G08

Cancel

20 December 1924 (?) #G09

Roessler cover G09 - image thanks to Kelleher Auctions

20 December 1924 (?) #G10

Roessler cover G10 - image thanks to Grosvenor Auctions

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7. February 1925 #H01

Roessler cover H01

7. February 1925 #H01

Roessler cover reverse #H01

7. February 1925 #H02

Roessler cover H02

7. February 1925 #H03

Roessler cover H03

7. February 1925 #H04

Roessler cover H04

7. February 1925 #H05
(new in 11/2017)

Roessler cover H05 - the 20c Oceania stamp not cancelled. - Seen on Ebay

7. February 1925 #H05

Roessler cover reverse #H05

7. February 1925 #H06

Roessler cover H06 - image thanks to Kelleher Auctions

7. February 1925 #H07
(image new 11/22)

Roessler cover H07
Image thanks to Stanley Gibbons, London

7. February 1925 #H08

Roessler cover H08

- image thanks to Cherrystone Auctions

7. February 1925 #H09
(new in 11/2020)

Roessler cover H09. - image thanks to Cavendish Auctions

7. February 1925 #H10
(new 10/2021)

Roessler cover H10

- image thanks to Auktsionnyy Dom Pugachevykh Moscow

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17. June 1925 #I01

Roessler cover I01 - with 24c internal U.S. Air Mail prepaid.

17. June 1925 #I02

Roessler cover I02 - with 24c internal U.S. Air Mail prepaid.

17. June 1925 #I03

Roessler cover I03 - with 24c internal U.S. Air Mail prepaid.

17. June 1925 #I04

Roessler cover I04 - no U.S. Air Mail

17. June 1925 #I05

Roessler cover I05 - with 24c internal U.S. Air Mail prepaid.

17. June 1925 #I05

Roessler cover I05 - reverse

17. June 1925 #I06

Roessler cover I06 - with 24c internal U.S. Air Mail prepaid.

17. June 1925 #I07

Roessler cover I07

17. June 1925 #I08

Roessler cover I08 - with 24c internal U.S. Air Mail prepaid.
Image thanks to Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd.

17. June 1925 #I09

Roessler cover I09 - with 24c internal U.S. Air Mail prepaid. - (David Gillis coll.)

17. June 1925 #I10
(new 3/2019)

Roessler cover I10 - with 24c internal U.S. Air Mail prepaid. - Image from an old Christams Island article by cinderella specialist Jim Czyl

17. June 1925 #I11
(new Feb 2018)

Roessler cover I11 - the typewriter stuff is surely wrong. - Cavendish Auctions

17. June 1925 #I12
(new June 2019)

Roessler cover I12

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1925 poss. #J01

Roessler cover J01

1925 poss. #J02

Roessler cover J02

1925 poss. #J03

Roessler cover J03

1925 poss. #J04

Very dubious Roessler cover J04

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14. December 1925 #K01

Roessler cover K01- the 5c stamp uprated to 10c in manuscript

14. December 1925 #K02

Roessler cover K02- the 5c stamp uprated to 10c in manuscript

14. December 1925 #K03

Roessler cover K03- the 5c stamp uprated to 10c in manuscript

14. December 1925 #K04

Roessler cover K04- the 5c stamp uprated to 10c in manuscript

14. December 1925 #K05

Roessler cover K05- the 5c stamp uprated to 10c in manuscript

14. December 1925 #K06

Roessler cover K06- the 5c stamp uprated to 10c in manuscript
For this cover existed a R.P.S. bogus expertise in the late 1900s:

14. December 1925 #K06

14. December 1925 #K07

Roessler cover - the 5c stamp uprated to 10c in manuscript

14. December 1925 #K08

Roessler cover - the 5c stamp uprated to 10c in manuscript - (David Gillis coll.)

14. December 1925 #K09

Roessler cover - the 5c stamp uprated to 10c in manuscript - image thanks to Kelleher Auctions

14. December 1925 #K10
(new Feb 2018)

Roessler cover - the 5c stamp uprated to 10c in manuscript
Lugdunum Philatélie

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27. April 1926 #M01

Roessler cover M01

27. April 1926 #M02

Roessler cover M02
Image thanks to Stanley Gibbons

27. April 1926 #M03

Roessler cover M03

27. April 1926 #M04

Roessler cover M04 - image thanks to Kelleher Auctions

27. April 1926 #M05

Roessler cover M05 - image thanks to Kelleher Auctions

27. April 1926 #M06

Roessler cover M06 - Harmers of London auction 1985 - only gry part seen

27. April 1926 #M06
(new Dec. 2017)

Roessler cover M06 - and this cover too showed up again after 32 years! source: Universal Philatelic Auctions, GB

27. April 1926 #M07
(new Apr. 2018)

Roessler cover M07 - Image thanks to Auktionshaus Schlegel, Berlin

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14. May 1926 #N01

Roessler cover N01 - with Air Mail. Backstamped San Francisco 14 May 1926 and New York 16 May 1926.

14. May 1926 #N02

Roessler cover N02 - Two 2c stamps plus 10c Air Mail to pay the 24c fee to New Jersey. This cover was sent under the scheme where US Air Mail could be prepaid from overseas with U.S. stamps.

14. May 1926 #N03

Roessler cover N03 - Two 2c stamps plus 10c Air Mail to pay the 24c fee to New Jersey. This cover was sent under the scheme where US Air Mail could be prepaid from overseas with U.S. stamps.

14. May 1926 #N04

Roessler cover N04 - Two 2c stamps plus 10c Air Mail to pay the 24c fee to New Jersey. This cover was sent under the scheme where US Air Mail could be prepaid from overseas with U.S. stamps.

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26. July 1926 #O01

Roessler cover O01

26. July 1926 #O02

Roessler cover O02 - I think it is a bit awkward, that the Oceania stamp is cancelled Papeete 26 July 1926 and the U.S. stamp is cancelled Air Mail Field Concord Calif. on 11 March 1927.

26. July 1926 #O03

Roessler cover O03 - I think it is a bit awkward, that the Oceania stamp is cancelled Papeete 26 July 1926 and the U.S. stamp is cancelled Air Mail Field Concord Calif. on 11 March 1927.

26. July 1926 #O04

Roessler cover O04

26. July 1926 #O05

Roessler cover O05

26. July 1926 #O06

Roessler cover O06

26. July 1926 #O07

Roessler cover O07 - image thanks to Kelleher Auctions

26. July 1926 #O08
(new July 2018)

Roessler cover O08 - seen on Ebay

26. July 1926 #O09
(new 5/2019)

Roessler cover O09. Here too the mystery that it is cancelled Papeete 26-7-26 and Cancorde Cal. 11 March 27.

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7. March 1927
(new February 2019)

So far unknown and detected in the October 1995 Christies Auction for an estimate of AU$200-250 - realised 140.
Only the upper part of the cover is known - the lower part added graphically. No CH postmark.

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30. May 1927 #P01

Roessler cover P01

30. May 1927 #P02

Roessler cover P02

30. May 1927 #P03

Roessler cover P03
Image thanks to Schwanke Auktionshaus Hamburg

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30. May 1927 #P04

Roessler cover P04 - (David Gillis coll.)

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30. May 1927 #P05

Roessler cover P05
Image thanks to Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd.

30. May 1927 #P06

Roessler cover P06
Image thanks a Robson Lowe auction catalogue 1973.

30. May 1927 #P07
(new Feb 2018)

Roessler cover P07 - this cover now resurfaced after 45 years
Image thanks to Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd.

30. May 1927 #P07
(new Dec 2018)

Roessler cover P07
Contribution of a Christmas Island collector

30. May 1927 #P08
(new image 11/22)

Roessler cover P08
Image thanks to Stanley Gibbons, London

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19 September 1927 #P09

Roessler cover P09 - (David Gillis coll.)

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