1911-12
Thomas Wright 1914
Thomas Wright Source: coll. Fred petit
This picture shows Thomas Wright founder of the New Hebrides French Interest Defense Comitee.
It was taken by John Layard in 1914 at Atchin in Mallicolo.
5 February 1913
New Caledonia postcard "Thio - Le Transbordeur - Ligne en mer" locally sent from Port-Vila to Mele. (The name is normally written "Rosiers", settler in Mele [Franceville])
The French 10c stamp cancelled by the Port-Vila GK Type PM2 with inverted year slug paid the French colonial postage rate - long message. ("SeSi" coll.)
5 February 1913
Text side of this card.
08 February 1913
(new 3/2020)
Cover from Vila to CHicago, U.S.A. The 2d stamp cancelled with PM2 - underpaid ½d (klinger coll.)
12 February 1913
(new 3/2020)
Part of a registered cover with the 1912 5sh stamp cancelled with PM2. Note: Year slug not inverted anymore. (klinger coll.)
19 February 1913
(new 5/2018)
Picture postcard Chef cancque to Noumea, the ½d stamp ancelled with GK PM2. (coll. Fred Petit)
19 February 1913
Address side.
19 February 1913
Picture postcard general view of Vila, the ½d stamp ancelled with GK PM2. (Merot coll.)
21 February 1913
Letter from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea to Erromanga, New Hebrides 1913. ***** **
tied by a partial black PORT MORESBY 21 FEB. 13 CDS and paying the correct 1 pence
per ounce letter rate. Black "via. Sydney" routing instructions of the bottom.
5 line black manuscript: "This envelope contained a recent letter from my dear Son
in British Newguinea H.A.R. June 14, 1913. Rev. H. A. Robertson from the Canadian
Presbyterian Mission was missionary in Erromanga from 1872 until 1914.
Picture of this cover thanks to Greg Sutherland from Freeman's Postal History, Dayton, Ohio. Thanks for this fine contribution to our project, Greg! Roland.
Image thanks to Freeman's Postal History, Dayton, Ohio
11 April 1913
Short message postcard to France. The 5c stamp cancelled with GK Type PM2. Arrival at Morbidan on 2-6-13
Image thanks to Lugdunum Philatelie
11 April 1913
14 April 1913
Postcard to France. The 10c stamp cancelled with GK Type PM2. Underpaid 5c as the colonial long message rate was 10c. (Albert coll.)
14 April 1913
16 April 1913
Registered "Kiderlen" letter to Germany. Franked 75c. (ex Goron coll.)
12 May 1913
Registered letter to Berlin Germany. The French 40c. and British 2d., 6d.
stamps tied by PCH type 5. Backstamped Sydney 23 MY 13 in transit and Berlin
29.6.13 on arrival. ("SeSi" collection)
30 May 1913
Postcard "Coprah Maker" to Dreux (Eure et Loir) France.
The stamp has a PCH type 5 cancel. ("SeSi" collection)
9 June 1913
Vila
Postcard from Mota Island to Colorado. (Klinger coll.)
9 June 1913
Sender:
Florence Coombe
* 1870 - 1953
The text reds:
via Sydney (N.S.W.) Vila (N.H.) & Port Patteson.
9 May 1913 --- S. Mary's Mota Banks Is. S. Pacific Ocean
Rather more than a year ago I sent you a copy of a book called "Islands of Enchantment" (Macmillan)
I should so much like to know if you ever received it, as I cannot help fearing that it either is miscarried,
or else you have a quarrel with me, & cannot write.
Hoping all is well with you - Yrs ever - F.E.C.
This postcard came from my friend Bill Holland's collection. Here's his original write-up:
1913 Postcard - Banks Islands via Port-Vila to USA
1d or 10c [non-colonial] postcard rate to USA. The card originates from Miss Florence Coombe, the author of 'Islands of Enchantment' a 1911 book
extolling the virtues of the New Hebrides. She lived in the 'Ladies Quarters' as a teacher on Mota Island.
The card was written on 9 May 1913 and routed to Port-Vila via Port Patteson on Vanua Lava, the main interisland port in the Banks Islands.In all, it took 31 days to
travel the 500 km to enter the formal New Hebrides postal System and be cancelled with the French 'PORT-VILA 9 JUIN 1913 cds [PCH 5 = Goyns-Klinger type PM"].
9 June 1913
An unusual local cover bearing the correct 1d - 10c local rate. The writing is
most likely that of a native and could be decrypted as "To Mr. Jacomb Vila".
Edward Jacomb was acting as a representative of native affairs in Vila at that time.
("JGI" coll.)
26 June 1913
1d cover to England, the stamp cancelled with PCH type 84 in blue. ("Aore" coll.)
27 June 1913
Picture postcard to Austria franked with a French 1911 series 10c stamp cancelled
with PCH type 5, machine cancelled Sydney on transit JL 5 1913. Adressee is a postal clerk
in Meran, Tyrol, Austria (at these times!) whom the sender asks for more
illustrated postcards with costumes. ("JGI" collection)
24 August 1913
(new Dec 2017)
12 September 1913
Cover to Paris, the stamp paid the 10c letter rate to France and is cancelled with
PCH type 5. Sydney cds 20 September 1913 on reverse. ("Aore" coll.)
18 September 1913
1d letter rate to England, cancelled with PCH type 5. Backstamped straight line machine
cancel SYDNEY SP 26 3pm NSW 1913, LONDON MA No 3 13 and NORWOOD SE 10.45AM NO 3 13.
("JGI" collection)
10 December 1913
Cover to Manila - Philippines. The French 1911/12 30c stamp is cancelled with GK Type PM2. Overpaid 5c. No backstamps.
Image thanks to Lugdunum Philatélie
12 December 1913
Cover to New South Wales with the French 10c cancelled Vila, Dec 12, 13. (Treadwell coll.)
12 December 1913
Cover to New South Wales with the French 10c paying the correct rate, cancelled Vila, Dec 12, 13.
12 March 1914
Postcard to Paris. Short message but overfranked as long message French colonial postcard rate. Cancelled Sydney on the picture side. (ex Millet coll.)
12 March 1914
12 March 1914
Notice of receipt from the Condominium Postal Service. The British 1d stamp
is cancelled with PCH type 5. (Merot coll.)
27 March 1914
This postcard with no message to Switzerland has 10c (1d) non-colonial rate. (unknown coll.)
27 March 1914
there exists another one somewhere.
11 April 1914
1d or 10c rate to England, cancelled with PCH type 5. Backstamped in transit
with Sydney roller cancel SYDNEY NSW AP 22 1914-NOON.
Note manuscript marks in indelible pencil. Similar ones are on the 14 August 14 letter below.
Their meaning is not evident to me.
("JGI" coll.)
11 April 1914
Registered cover to Sydney, overpaid 5c? The four stamps cancelled with PCH type 5,
backstamped Sydney 22 April 1914. ("Aore" coll.)
7 May 1914
1d or 10c rate to Paris, cancelled with PCH type 5. Backstamped 2 PARIS RP 2
DISRIBON 28 JUIN 14. ("JGI" coll.)
12 May 1914
1d or 10c postcard rate to Sweden, cancelled with GK Type PM2. Correct non-colonial postcard rate in 1914.
(Image thanks to Argyll Etkin )
12 May 1914
28 May 1914
Solomon Islands picture postcard with the French 5c stamp mailed from Port Vila to Paris. (Klinger coll.)
Note: The text reads "Portrait d'un descendant des singes", = "Portrait
of a descendant of the apes", not a very friendly comment from our point of view.
A very strict interpretation of Charles Darwin!
No sender is given so maybe the sender mailed the card to himself at a Paris address for his
philatelic interests.
28 May 1914
Text side of this card.
11 June 1914
Cover to New South Wales with the British 1d cancelled Port Vila, 11 Juin 14. (Treadwell coll.)
26 June 1914
Postcard "Campagne du 'Kersaint' - Chef de Vao" to Caudry, departement Nord, France,
the French 10c stamp cancelled with PCH type 5. Blind (without ink) Sydney
band-cancel on the address side. Picture darkened so the Sydney cancel can be seen.
Card is a bit shorter at top. (Klinger coll.)
26 June 1914
Text side of this card.
26 June 1914
Postcard "Campagne du 'Kersaint' - Hòpital dAmbrym". I'm not sure if the stamp is tied to the card.
But it's a nice view of the hospital which sunk into the water when the volcano erupted on December 6, 1913.
(réf: F. Petit)
18 July 1914
Slightly overpaid maybe (grin)! Registered to the German Senf Stamp Co. at Leipzig cancelled
with Type 5.
18 July 1914
Registered cover from Port-Vila to Leipzig, Germany franked with a French 5F stamp.
Must have been a very heavyweight cover, a whale maybe...
Image thanks to Gaertner auctions, Germany.
22 July 1914
Registered cover from Port-Vila to London franked with five 1/2d Fiji stamps in combination with two weapons and idols NH stamps : 1d and 1/-,
cancelled with PCH type 5 . Registration cachet type R1 in black. ("Sesi" coll.)
22 July 1914
Front
22 July 1914
Stamps 1
22 July 1914
Stamps 2
24 July 1914
A shame that the stamp is missing - but the postcard has a nice routing: Sent from Port Vila
(PCH Type 5 cancel on front) on 24 July 1914 to Lucien Dautigny (*1894 / +1980) in Ribemont (Aisne) in France - transit Sydney on 1 August 1914 (this is the date of the
arrival of the Burns Philp & Co. Ltd steamer MAKAMBO from the New Hebrides) - (Location of addressee
occupied by German troups) + RETOUR A L’ENVOYEUR + PARTI SANS LAISSER D’ADRESSE (probably applied in VILA).
Back to PORT VILA : 26 July 1915 (on the address side). At last in Noumea 17 August 1915 (picture side)
at the caserne d’infanterie. A travel time of more than one year. (Alain Millet coll.)
24 July 1914
Reverse
25 July 1914
Normal cover to Sydney, the French 10c stamp is cancelled with PCH type 5. The
address gives us some headache: "S. K. Geography Girl" ???. (Treadwell coll.)
14 August 1914
British 2½d stamp on a letter to England (the rate was still 1d) cancelled
with PCH type 5. Backstamped roller SYDNEY AU 25-11-AM-1914 in transit and on arrival
LEIGH ON SEA ESSEX 2.15pm 6 Oc 14 (54 days). Again these pencil numbers! Not
censored in spite of beginning of WWI.
("JGI" collection)
31 October 1914
Cover to France. 10c colonial letter rate cancelled with GK type PM2. Backstamped Sydney 8 November (PACIFIQUE) and Flers Orne 23 December 14. (ex Millet coll.)
31 October 1914
