A British and French full set "Cliquet" cover. (Seen at a SPINK auction 2011)

Reverse

A British and French full set "Cliquet" cover. Backstamped Noumea 14 March 09 and Paris 27 April 09. (Blinco coll.)
Here is Jeff's write-up:
Transit and Delivery
The mail from New Hebrides was carried to Noumea by the French inter-island mail vessel (probably “Oui-Oui”) which arrived at Noumea on 14th March 1909 the same day as “Pacifique”. Mail from Sydney for New Hebrides mail was transshipped to “Oui-Oui”. This cover was carried to Sydney by the Messageries Maritimes steamer “Pacifique” which arrived on the 21st March 1909 and transferred directly the Messageries Maritimes main line steamer “Armand Behic” (Ligne T). The mail was further transshipped at Colombo to “Nera” (Ligne N) which arrived at Marseilles on 26thApril four days ahead of “Behic” (the Colombo connection was the manner of the Ligne T mail system since mid 1903). The cover has a Paris receival cancel for 27th April 1909.

Reverse

Cliquet cover with a complete French 1911 set. Image thanks to Vance Auctions.

Cliquet registered cover with a complete French 1911 set to Paris, cancelled by PM2. Backstamped Port-Vila 20 MARS 12 and Paris XIV Distribution 18 (5?) 12 in arrival . ("SeSi" coll.)

Registered English issue Cliquet cover to Paris cancelled PM4. Backstamped Sydney registered 22 June 1912, Paris XIC 28 July 12 and Donville, Manche 29 July 12.

A Cliquet cover to paris with the French 1910 set cancelled with PCH type 5. ("Mele" collection)

One of the many Cliquet letters.

Registered cover to France with the five high values of the 1910 issue tied by PCH type 5a cds. (Merot coll.)

An identical cover from the same collector originally to the same address. But in later times a Hull, GB address was written between the stamps and a part of the original address cut off. Backstamped Registered Sydney 27 May 12 and Paris XIV Distribution 1.7.12. (a British gentleman's coll.)
In 2015 this cover was offered again at the Delcampe auction site: the lower part of the cover, which had been cut off is now replaced by a plain part of paper.

Also a pssobiltity to handle a Cliquet cover - not very fine! Seen on Ebay in 2015.

15 May 1912

Another Cliquet cover. Port Vila 10 JUIN 12, backstamped Sydney 22 JE 12 - Burns Philp steamer MAKAMBO - , Paris 28(?)-7-12 and Donville (Manche) 29-7-12 (Why Donville? Maybe a standing order for forwarding?)(Seen on an internet auction)

Another Cliquet cover. (Réf. Fréd Petit)

Similar part cover obviously to the same addressee in Paris. Backstamped Sydney and Paris 8.10.12. (a British gentleman's coll.)

Registred cover to France with the five high values of the 1910 issue tied by PCH type 5 cds, backstamped Paris 22-3-13. ("SiSe" coll.)

Cliquet cover with a complete French 1911 set. Image thanks to Vance Auctions.

Cliquet registered cover with a complete French 1911 set to Paris, cancelled by PM2. Backstamped Port-Vila 20 MARS 12 and Paris XIV Distribution 18 (5?) 12 in arrival . ("SeSi" coll.)

Registered English issue Cliquet cover to Paris cancelled PM4. Backstamped Sydney registered 22 June 1912, Paris XIC 28 July 12 and Donville, Manche 29 July 12.

Registered letter to Paris with a complete set of the French 1908 issue. All stamps tied with real clear impressions of PCH type 7, the registration handstamp is PCH type R1. Backstamped Noumea 13-4/09 and Paris XV DISTRIBUTION 26-5/09. ( Image thanks to Auktionshaus Felzmann The letter arrived in Sydney via Pacifique on 18-4-09, transhipped to Dumbea which departed same day. Transhipped again at Colombo on 06-5-09 to Ernest Simmons which arrived Marseilles 25-05-1909 & then overland to Paris for the 26-05-09. (Info thanks to Jeff Blinco)

Another Houades full set cover. Backstamped Noumea 13.4. and Parix XV 19.5.09 ("SeSi" coll.)

Another Houades full set cover.

Another Houades full set cover.

Registered letter to Paris with a complete set of the French 1908 issue. All stamps tied with real clear impressions of PCH type 5, the registration handstamp is PCH type R1. Seen at a Lugdunum Auction

Registered letter to Paris with a complete set of the French 1908 issue. All stamps tied with real clear impressions of PM4. (Image thanks to Ceres Philatelie)

Registered letter to Paris. The ½d, 1d, 2d & 2½d stamps are cancelled with GK Type PM4, registration cachet is Type NR1C.
Image thanks to Lugdunum Philatélie

Registered letter to Paris. The 1d, 6d & 1sh stamps are cancelled with GK Type PM4, registration cachet is Type NR1C. Backstamped Nouméa 7 June and Paris XV 2-8/09.
Image thanks to Lugdunum Philatélie

Cover from Vila to Paris, franked with the extraordinary amount of 13 1/- and 3 6d stamps: 14/6, must have been a slit gong in this letter. Cancelled with PCH type 7.
Backstamped Sydney 28 MY 19 in transit and Paris 19-7-19 on arrival.
There is an overprint variety on the top right 1s. stamp : broken W (middle of the right bar) and broken D (lower right bar) (See wrong-color picture). ("SeSi" coll.)

Flaw in overprint

Philatelic registered letter from Port-Vila to Mme Houades PARIS 15 France. The three top value French stamps 1Fr, 2Fr, and 5Fr tied by GK type PM2 on 7 AOUT 11, registered cachet type NR1C.
Extraordinary franking 8 Fr. for a 35 centimes rate ( 23 the price ! ). Backstamped SYDNEY REGISTERED AU 24 11 in transit and PARIS XV DISTRIBUTION 29-9 11 on arrival. Carried to Sydney by the Burns Philp steamer MAKAMBO. ("SeSi" collection)

7 August 1911
(new Feb 2018)

Kiderlen letter to Ulm, Germany. The stamps cancelled with type 7. Backstamped Ulm Bahnhof 30 Jan 10. ("Mele" coll.)

Cover to Germany, the 1/- stamp (which one?) cancelled with GK Type PM4, registration cachet GK Type NR1C. Carried by MAKAMBO. ("Aore" collection)

Cover to Germany, overfranked and cancelled with GK Type PM4, registration cachet GK Type NR1C. Carried by MAKAMBO. Image thanks to Auction Galleries Hamburg

3 August 1910

Cover to Germany, the 1/- stamp (which one?) cancelled with GK Type PM4, registration cachet GK Type NR1C. Backstamped Sydney registered AU 30 10 and Ulm Bahnhof 1 Okt 10. Carried by MAKAMBO. Image thanks to Lugdunum Philatélie

3 August 1910

Cover to Germany, the complete 1908 set cancelled with PCH Type 5. ("Aore" collection)

Cover to Germany, the complete 1908 set cancelled with PCH Type 5.

Another earlier "Kiderlen" letter to Germany (still to Ulm). Image thanks to Auktionen Gaertner, Germany.

Earlier "Kiderlen" letter to Germany (still to Ulm), with the two 2d, two 2½ and a 6d stamp tied by PCH type 5a cds, the one with the inverted 2. Mirror of an arrival cancel on the front. (Goron coll.)

Another "Kiderlen" letter to Germany (still to Ulm). Cancelled with PCH type 5a cds, the one with the inverted 2. Backstamped Sydney 19FE12 and Ulm 23 March 12. (unknown coll.)

Registered letter with three 25c stamps of the 1908 French series with the typical 1912 rotated 2 cancel, backstamped in Sydney and Ulm (23 MRZ), with an additional cancel on the front which is the mirror inverted copy of the Ulm arrival cancel from the next letter.
This is a late "Kiderlen" letter. There are many earlier ones to (from) him, 1894 Labuan or 1898 Western Australia for instance. (Klinger coll.)

Another "Kiderlen" cover, registration number 220. Backstamped Sydney 19 February 1912 and Ulm March 23, 1912. The cover must have been in an exhibition in France or Belgium: for some time it was not allowed there to present covers with the name of the addressee, it therefore is erased. ("SeSi" collection).

Another "Kiderlen" cover, registration number 223. Backstamped Sydney 19 February 1912 and Ulm March 23, 1912. (44 days). ("JGI" collection).

Registred letter from Vila to Ulm, Germnay with three French 25c stamps cancelled with GK type PM2 (the one with the inverted 2 in (19)12). Backstamped Sydney 19 February 12 in transit and at arrival in Ulm on 23 March 1912. (Klinger coll.).

9 February 1912

Registred letter from Vila to Ulm, Germany with two French 25c stamps cancelled with GK type PM2 (the one with the inverted 2 in (19)12). Backstamped Sydney 19 February 12 in transit and at arrival in Ulm on 23 March 1912. Maybe this one had an erased address name too like the one above and somebody restored it with a wrong name or didn't find "Kiderlen" so positive. (Seen on Delcampe).

Registered cover to Paul Kiderlen, Ulm, Germany (we think he wa a stamp dealer) with PCH type 7, Most likely carried by the Burns Philp & Co. steamer Makambo which arrived at Sydney on 23 April. Backstamped Ulm Bahnhof 2 JUN 12 12N.6V. ("SeSi" coll.)

Kiderlen cover: 95c to Germany. (Goron collection)

Registered Kinderlen cover 5½d to Germany. The two ½d, 2d and 2½d tied by Goyns-Klinger type PM2a backstamped Sydney 17 May and (ULM) Donau Nr1 16 June 1912 on arrival. ("SeSi" collection)

Kiderlen registered cover to Germany, the two 20c and 25c stamps cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2a (the rotated "2" in the year). Backstamped Sydney 22 July 12 and Ulm/Donau Nr1 25 August 1912. (Klinger coll.)

Kiderlen registered cover to Germany, the two 20c and 25c stamps cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2a (the rotated "2" in the year). Backstamped Sydney 22 July 12 and Ulm/Donau Nr1 25 August 1912. (Klinger coll.)

Letter to Germany. 1912 1F and 1910 10c cancelled with PCH type 7. Seen in a 2006 Lugdunum Philatelie auction.

Kiderlen letter: registered, the 1F stamps cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2A. Image thanks to Chris Rainey Postal History

Kiderlen letter: registered, the 1F stamps cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2A. (Merot coll.)

Another Kiderlen cover to Germany. (unknown coll.)

Another Kiderlen cover to Germany. Image thanks to Chris Rainey Postal History

Kiderlen letter: registered, the 1F stamps cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2A. Image thanks to Chris Rainey Postal History

Kiderlen letter: registered, the 1F stamps cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2A. (Merot coll.)

Registered "Kiderlen" letter to Germany. Franked 75c. (ex Goron coll.)

Naumann advertising

Registered letter to Dresden, Germany, the British 1/- stamp cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Reg. No. is 370. Mr Naumann had a couple of covers to process. Backstamped Sydney registered 30SE12 and Dresden arrival -2.11.12.

Registered letter to Dresden, Germany, the French 1F stamp cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Reg. No. 384.

Registered letter to Dresden, Germany, the 2/- stamp cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Registration cachet type PM2 (used from 1908 to 1923).

Registered letter to Dresden, Germany, the 6d and 5d stamps cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Registration cachet type PM2 (used from 1908 to 1923).

Registered letter to Dresden, Germany, the French 2F stamp cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Registration cachet type PM2 (used from 1908 to 1923). ("JGI" coll.)

Registered letter to Dresden, Germany, the French 5F stamp cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Registration cachet type PM2 (used from 1908 to 1923). ("JGI" coll.)

Registered letter to Dresden, Germany, the French 5F stamp cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Registration cachet type PM2 (used from 1908 to 1923). (seen in an old dealer's offer)

16 September 1912

Registered letter to Dresden, Germany, the total of 6d cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2.French 5F stamp cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Registration cachet type NR1C (used from 1908 to 1923).
Image thanks to Burda auction, Prague

16 September 1912

Registered Letter to the stamp dealer Hans Naumann in Dresden/Germany. The British stamps are tied with Goyns-Klinger Type PM2, the registration handstamp is Goyns-Klinger type NR 1C. Backstamped SYDNEY N.S.W. - REGISTERED / A/NO 12/09. Travelled to Sydney with the Union Commerciale (Nouméa, Maison Ballande) steamer St. Louis. (Klinger coll.)

27 October 1909

Somebody tried to hide that this cover was "made" by a so called "cover maker" - why? Why destroy a cover?
From a Hans Naumann cover of course.

Registered to the stamp dealer Naumann in Dresden, Germany. Four 1908 2d stamps cancelled with GK type PM4, registration cachet NR1C. 2½d non-colonial letter rate and 2½d registration, 2½d for 15g overweight leave ½d overpayment according to New Hebrides rates. But maybe Australian rates were applied. 18 April 1910 Sydney transit on reverse. PACIFIQUE arrived at Sydney on 18 April. On 20 April via rail to Adelaide (22 April) for RMS OTWAY. on 19 May on train in Naples via Kuftsein and Minich to Dresden, arriving there on 21 May 1910. (Blinco coll.)

Registered letter to Dresden, Germany, the British 1/- stamp cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Reg. No. is 370. Mr Naumann had a couple of covers to process. Backstamped Sydney registered 30SE12 and Dresden arrival -2.11.12.

Registered letter to Dresden, Germany, the French 1F stamp cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Reg. No. 384.

Registered letter to Dresden, Germany, the 2/- stamp cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Registration cachet type PM2 (used from 1908 to 1923).

Registered letter to Dresden, Germany, the 6d and 5d stamps cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Registration cachet type PM2 (used from 1908 to 1923).

Registered letter to Dresden, Germany, the French 2F stamp cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Registration cachet type PM2 (used from 1908 to 1923). ("JGI" coll.)

Registered letter to Dresden, Germany, the French 5F stamp cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Registration cachet type PM2 (used from 1908 to 1923). ("JGI" coll.)

Registered letter to Dresden, Germany, the French 5F stamp cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Registration cachet type PM2 (used from 1908 to 1923). (seen in an old dealer's offer)

16 September 1912

Registered letter to Dresden, Germany, the total of 6d cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2.French 5F stamp cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Registration cachet type NR1C (used from 1908 to 1923).
Image thanks to Burda auction, Prague

16 September 1912

Registered letter to UK. British colonial letter rate of 2d and registration fee paid by 2d. I think underpaid ½d as letter rate was 2d and reg. fee 2½d. (now unknown coll.)

A similar letter. Registered letter to UK. British colonial letter rate of 2d and registration fee paid by 2d. I think underpaid ½d as letter rate was 2d and reg. fee 2½d. (Klinger coll)

Registered to England, the 6d, 1d and ½d stamps are cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2A. (Merot coll.)

Registered to England, the 3 x ½d, 2d and 2½d stamps are cancelled with GK Type PM2. (seen in an internet auction)

Registered to England, the 3 x ½d & 2 x 2d stamps are cancelled with GK Type PM2. Mossgreen Auctions

Registered to England, the 1 x 1d and 2 x 2d stamps are cancelled with GK Type PM2.
Image thanks to Victoria Stamp Comapany Ridgewood, NJ, U.S.A.

Same addresse but handwritten, not registered and correct 2½d rate. Backstamped Sydney 29 September 1912 having been brought by Messageries Maritime's PACIFIQUE. ("Mele" coll.)

A vertical strip of five ½d stamps on a letter to England, the stamps are cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2A. (Merot coll.)

Registered letter to UK. British colonial letter rate of 2d and registration fee paid by 2d. I think underpaid ½d as letter rate was 2d and reg. fee 2½d. (now unknown coll.)

A similar letter. Registered letter to UK. British colonial letter rate of 2d and registration fee paid by 2d. I think underpaid ½d as letter rate was 2d and reg. fee 2½d. (Klinger coll)

Registered to England, the 6d, 1d and ½d stamps are cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2A. (Merot coll.)

Registered to England, the 3 x ½d, 2d and 2½d stamps are cancelled with GK Type PM2. (seen in an internet auction)

Registered to England, the 3 x ½d & 2 x 2d stamps are cancelled with GK Type PM2. Mossgreen Auctions

Registered to England, the 1 x 1d and 2 x 2d stamps are cancelled with GK Type PM2.
Image thanks to Victoria Stamp Comapany Ridgewood, NJ, U.S.A.

Same addresse but handwritten, not registered and correct 2½d rate. Backstamped Sydney 29 September 1912 having been brought by Messageries Maritime's PACIFIQUE. ("Mele" coll.)

A vertical strip of five ½d stamps on a letter to England, the stamps are cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2A. (Merot coll.)

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

Registered letter from Port Vila to Germany, Koetzschenbroda near Dresden, the name of the collector was Julius Kinze. The British 1d, 2d, 2½d,5d and 6d are cancelled with PCH type 5 ("SeSi" collection)

Nearly identical Kinze cover - seen at Ebay in May 2015.

A similar cover seen at the December 2006 auction of Bertrand Sinais, Paris.

Another Kinze Koetzschenbroda cover has been cut apart. (seen at Ebay)

Registered letter from Port Vila to Kinze, Germany. The British stamps are cancelled with PCH type 5. Image thanks to Zirinsky Stamps, New York

Letter to Germany using first issue French series tied by PCH type 5. Backstamped Nouméa, Nouvelle Calédonie, 11 Mai 09 and Napoli 18.6.09. ("JGI" coll.)

Letter to Germany using first issue French series 5c, 10c x 2, 25c tied by PCH type 5. Travelled via Naples too. Correct rate as non colonial letter rate was 2½d or 25c and registration for French (or mixed) stamps used 25c. The Messageries Maritimes steamer PACIFIQUE Captain Chavin left Sydney on 29 April for New Caledonia and the New Hebrides. She left Noumea for the New Hebrides on 4 May. On her way back she left Noumea on May 12 4 p-m- and arrived at Sydney on 16 May. On 15 May the German Mail Ship SEYDLITZ (Norddeutscher Lloyd) left Sydney for Bremen. Mail would have been brought from Sydney to Melbourne or Brisbane maybe. She arrived at Naples on June 21 - so she's not good for this letter. So let's try R.M.S. OPHIR, Orient-Royal mail line (Captain A.J. Coad) left Sydney on 15 May too and departed Melbourne two hours earlier than the SEYDLITZ. She left Adelaide on 20 May, the Seydlitz on 21 May as she loaded far more cargo. OPHIR reached Colombo on 3 June, SEYDLITZ on 4 June in the evening. Hmmm, OPHIR was due at Naples on 20 June.... The express steamers ISIS and OSIRIS went to Brindisi, maybe the mails to Germany were processed in Naples. (Klinger coll. ex Goron coll.)

Next try with the help of Jeff Blinco, Perth:
Messageries Maritimes' steamer AUSTRALIEN, Captain F. Riquier, arrived in Sydney from Noumea on Monday, 3 May. The paquebot-annexe PACIFIQUE arrived in Sydney with mails from Noumea on 16 May. AUSTRALIEN left Sydney on 17 May to Marseilles via Adelaide, Freemantle, Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Suez, Port Said. She left Adelaide on 22 May and was due at Colombo on June 5, Bombay June 8, Aden June 15 and Marseilles June 25. She left Port Said in the afternoon of June 21 and arrived in Marseilles at 08:00 on Saturday June 26.
Now we know that mail was transhipped in Colombo from the Messageries Maritimes' New Caledonia line to the faster Yokohama "Ligne N" boats. So let's try the OCÉANIEN: 29 May Saigon and 25 June in Marseilles. She left Singapore on May 31. The STRAITS TIMES of 8 June writes that Messageries Maritimes mail which left Singapore on May 31 (with OCÉANIEN) was due in London on June 23. Given that the typical Mt. Cenis railway transport from Italy to London took 1 day this means that the OÉANIEN was too late for this letter either......

7 May 1909

1908 British 1d (I cannot see which one) on a "Buess" letter to Germany cancelled with PCH Type 7. Seen in a 1977 Macray Watson auction catalogue. Thanks to Allan Gory, Australia, for sending me the image. This one is an untypical Buess cover and may as well be a real one.

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Buess cover

After a couple of years another one of these awkward Karl Fr. Buess covers shows up. There must have been hundreds of these as many many singles exist too which had been cut out from these covers.

Buess cover

Buess cover

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Buess cover

Buess cover

A registered "Buess" cover to Germany, the 1910 British stamps cancelled with Type 5. (Klinger coll.)

A French 1910 1F stamp on a "Buess" cover to Germany. Image thanks to Victoria Stamp Comapany Ridgewood, NJ, U.S.A.

Buess cover to Germany. 2 x 6d and a 1/- cancelled with Goyns-Klinger type PM2. Registration cachet type NR1C. Image thanks to Steve Drewett stamps.

Registered "BUESS" cover to Pforzheim, Germany. The 1/- and two 6d stamps cancelled with PM2, registration cachet NR1C.
Image thanks to Steve Drewett>

Philatelic cover to the wellknown Swiss philatelist Fred Reinhard. Image thanks to Lugdunum Philatelie

Registered letter from Port Vila to Bern, Switzerland to the editor of a Swiss stamp journal. Heavy weight, most likely stamps from the postmaster.Two British 6d stamps cancelled with Type PM2. Backstamped REGISTERED SYDNEY AU 09, 09 and Bern 12 September 1909. ("Mele" coll.)

Letter to the editor of the Swiss "Schweizer Briefmarkenzeitung" F. Reinhard. The 25c stamp cancelled with PCH type 5, backstamped Bern 21 ? 10. ("Aore" coll.)

Cover to Switzerland with most of the 1908 stamps, tied with PCH type 7. (Klinger coll.)

The 5c, 10c and 1fr. of the 1910 French set on a letter to Switzerland. Maybe the stamps had an earlier first day of issue than given in Hals / Collas. The stamps are cancelled with PCH type 5. (Merot coll.)

The 5c, 10c and 1fr. of the 1910 French set on a letter to Switzerland. Maybe the stamps had an earlier first day of issue than given in Hals / Collas. The stamps are cancelled with PCH type 5. ("Aore" coll.)

Registered letter to Switzerland to the editor of a Swiss stamp magazine. The complete 1910 French issue minus the 25c (was on the letter but now missing) plus some British stamps (15½d) pay a lot of overweight.
Backstamped Sydney 25 July 1911 and Bern 26. VIII. 11.
Image thanks to Soler y Llach auctions, Spain.

Philatelic cover to Switzerland to the editor of the "Schweizer Briefmarken Zeitung". The 2d to 1/- stamps cancelled with PM2. (Goron coll.)

Philatelic cover to Switzerland to the editor of the "Schweizer Briefmarken Zeitung". The 2d to 1/- stamps cancelled with PM2. Image thanks to Lugdunum Philatélie

Philatelic cover to Switzerland to the editor of the "Schweizer Briefmarken Zeitung". The 1912 english stamps cancelled with PM4. Image thanks to David Feldman