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Stamp of New Caledonia; 1928; definitive stamp of the "Issue of Bird Kagu, landscapes and ship"; The stamp motive shows a sailingboat (one-mast-ship) in the "Bay Pointe des Palétuviers" (German: "paletuvier" = "Küsten-..."; "Palétuvier" = "Mangrove", so German: "Boot in der Magrovenbucht").; There exist 23 species of Mangroves (22+1) but only two species come into consideration: "Avicennia germinans" (= "Palétuvier noire", German: "Schwarze Mangrove") and "Rhizophora mangle" (= "Palétuvier rouge", German: "Rote Mangrove").; It's originally the name of a bay of the New Hebrides (at Port-Vila, contemporary state of "Vanuatu"); stamp without overprints; nominal value corresponding the colors; mint stamp
Stamp: Michel: No. 136; Yvert & Tellier: No. 139; Scott: No. 136
Color: brownish carmine red / blue
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 1 C (Centimes)

Postage validity: from 30 April 1928
date QS:P,+1928-04-30T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1928-04-30T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 35.0 x 21.5 mm
Date (first issue date of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author "Bureau d'études des postes et télécommunationes d'outre-mér" (BEPTOM) as "Bureau" of "La Poste du France" (initially); since 1894 with the "Agence des Timbres-poste d'outre-mer" (ATPOM), Paris.; To then time were stamps for New Caledonia printed at the "Imprimerie des timbres-poste et des valeurs fiduciares", (since 1880) Paris and initially in the contemporary Perigeux.
Other versions

stamp also in other colors (corresponding of the nominal value level) and with different overprints ("France Libre" and "Wallis et Futuna")

  • The same stamp with overprint from 1930, mint
    The same stamp with overprint from 1930, mint
  • An old map of New Caledonia, published in 1876
    An old map of New Caledonia, published in 1876
  • Old French map of New Caledonia from 1884
    Old French map of New Caledonia from 1884
  • An old map of New Caledonia at "Meyers Konversationslexikon" from 1888 (4th edition)
    An old map of New Caledonia at "Meyers Konversationslexikon" from 1888 (4th edition)
  • French Newspaper-part from 1917, showing the harbour of Nouméa (New Caledonia)
    French Newspaper-part from 1917, showing the harbour of Nouméa (New Caledonia)
  • An old French map of New Caledonia with the islands "Wallis" and "Futuna" from 1930
    An old French map of New Caledonia with the islands "Wallis" and "Futuna" from 1930
  • US-Navy Military during the WWII on Vanuatu
    US-Navy Military during the WWII on Vanuatu
  • Port Vila on Vanuatu in 2006
    Port Vila on Vanuatu in 2006
  • View to Port Vila from Montmatre with look to the "Éfaté Island" at Port Vila (Vanuatu) in 2006
    View to Port Vila from Montmatre with look to the "Éfaté Island" at Port Vila (Vanuatu) in 2006
  • View of the "Erakor Beach" of the "Éfaté Island" at Port Vila (Vanuatu) in 2006 (another photography with Coconut palms)
    View of the "Erakor Beach" of the "Éfaté Island" at Port Vila (Vanuatu) in 2006 (another photography with Coconut palms)
  • A "Mangrove Creek" in New Caledonia (with bridge) in 2011
    A "Mangrove Creek" in New Caledonia (with bridge) in 2011
  • An other picture of the Mangroves Bay of New Caledonia ("Plage de Poé" in the "Area de Bourail") from 2011
    An other picture of the Mangroves Bay of New Caledonia ("Plage de Poé" in the "Area de Bourail") from 2011
  • The island group of New Caledonia in 2012 (The islands right belongs to Vanuatu.)
    The island group of New Caledonia in 2012 (The islands right belongs to Vanuatu.)
  • The Beach at Port Vila (Vanuatu) in 2014
    The Beach at Port Vila (Vanuatu) in 2014
  • Air photography of New Caledonia with coral reefs before the coast in 2017
    Air photography of New Caledonia with coral reefs before the coast in 2017
  • On the "River of (to the) Lakes" in New Caledonia in the morning dawn in 2018
    On the "River of (to the) Lakes" in New Caledonia in the morning dawn in 2018
  • Nouméa in New Caledonia seen from the ISS in 2020
    Nouméa in New Caledonia seen from the ISS in 2020
Picture description Boat in the "Bay Ponte des Palétuviers" in New Caledonia (without overprints)
First day of issue
Publisher "Bureau d'études des postes et télécommunationes d'outre-mér" (BEPTOM) as "Bureau" of "La Poste du France" (initially); since 1894 with the "Agence des Timbres-poste d'outre-mer" (ATPOM), Paris.; To then time were stamps for New Caledonia printed at the "Imprimerie des timbres-poste et des valeurs fiduciares", (since 1880) Paris and initially in the contemporary Perigeux.
Design Georges Hourriez (1878-1953)
Printer "Imprimerie des timbres-poste et des valeurs fiduciares", since 1880 in Paris and initially in the contemporary Perigeux
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14 : 13½
MICHEL Nr. Neukaledonien (NC), Nr. 136
SCOTT Nr. New Caledonia (NC), No. 136


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