22 April 1915
Rare destination: letter from the New Hebrides Customs to La Valetta, Malta. The
1d stamp tied with PCH type 5a - the 15 inverted. New Hebrides Customs cachet on the
reverse and a La Valetta arrival cancel "7-VI.15 5 - PM". (ex Goron coll.)
This letter was carried to Malta by the P&O steamer MALOJA, which left Sydney on 27 April 1915. PACIFIQUE arrived in Sydney on 1 May and mail was forwarded to the
mail steamer by train. Adelaide closed mail for MALOJA on May 6.
No, not MALOJA: she was at Aden on 27 May and Port Said on 1 June.
On 8 May Orient Line's OMRAH departed Sydney and mail was supposed to arrive in London on 19 June. She left Naples on 11 June & arrived London 21 June.
That's better guess for this cover.
22 April 1915 Port Taufio 7 June
Reverse of this cover.
20 May 1915
5c postcard rate, cancelled with PCH type 5.("JGI" coll.)
20 May 1915
Rare destination: cover to Denmark, 55c postage cancelled with PCH type 5.
Backstamped Kobenhavn 15.7.15. (Klinger coll.)
31 May 1915
"Avis de Reception" form franked with a French 10c stamp cancelled PM2.
Image thanks to Chris Rainey
12 June 1915
Letter to Coronado, California. The 1911 British 1d and 3 ½d stamps are cancelled
with PCH Type 5 (year slug not inverted). Overweight cover? 1d would have been the
rate for a normal letter. (Klinger coll.)
12 June 1915
Letter to Coronado, California. The 1911 British 1d and three ½d stamps are cancelled
with PCH Type 5 (year slug not inverted). Overweight cover? 1d would have been the
rate for a normal letter. (Ruecker coll.)
12 June 1915
Letter to Coronado, California. The 1911 British 1d and three ½d stamps are cancelled
with PCH Type 5 (year slug not inverted). 2½d being the correct international UPU rate from July 1912 to May 1922.(unknown coll.)
12 June 1915
This is another in the series posted to the same person in USA with correct non-colonial letter rate of 2½d (25c).
(now unknown coll.)
12 June 1915
And a fourth one: 2&feac12;d to the U.S.A. Correct non-colonial letter rate. (ex Millet coll.)
(now unknown coll.)
19 June 1915
(new 7/2018)
PPC with a ½d stamp - not travelled. (seen at Delcampe)
17 July 1915
Letter with French 10c as the correct rate to France cancelled with PCH type 83
(30 dashes on the inner ring). Backstamped Sydney (roller cancel) on 25 July 1915,
on redirection in Seiches (Marne) on 3 September 1915 and on arrival in Corzé
on 4 September 1915. Additionally the recipient of the cover has noted on the
face: "received 4 September 1915 from July 1915. ("JGI" coll.)
16 September 1915
Nice postcard Ambrym: rescapés à bord du vapeur "France" (après l'éruption volcanique de 1913)
from Vila to Sceaux France. The 10c tied by PCH type 5.
The card was carried by the B.P steamer MAKAMBO wich arrived at Vila on 19 Sept. and left on
20 Sept. to Sydney.
16 September 1915
Reverse of this card.
29 September 1915
Nice rare photo picture postcard from Tanna to the U.S.. The British 1911 1d stamp cancelled in Sydney.
The card was carried by the Burns Philp & Co. Ltd. steamer MAKAMBO which arrived at Sydney on
29 September 1915. Makambo left Sydney on 4 Sept, arrived at Vila on 14 Sept after calling at Lord Howe and
Norfolk Island, left for the north and was back at Vila on 19 Sept. She left Vila the following day
to Aneityum and, after receiving southern mails, left for Sydney via Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. (Millet coll.)
29 September 1915
Reverse of this card.
9 October 1915
2d plus 20c on a registered letter to France overpaid 5c. (colonial letter rate 10c and registration fee 25c).
Cancelled GK PM2, registration cachet NR1C.
(Image thanks to Empire Stamp Auctions)
12 October 1915
1d colonial rate to London - correct since 10 Dec 1912.
(Image thanks to Zirinsky Stamps)
18 November 1915
Nice rare picture postcard from Vila to France (Brest). "Rive accore, accostage du Vapeur "France".
(A bluff, the steamer "France" calling). The British ½d stamp is cancelled with PCH type 5.
On textside Sydney roller cancel 17 November 1915. (Treadwell coll.)
31 January 1916
(new 2/2024)
A nive Dal Gubbay headcover (31 janvier 1916, at the back arrival at La chaux-de-fonds 23 march 1916). (coll. Fred Petit)
31 January 1916
If Dal Gubbay had ordered a watch from Switzerland in this letter, he probably came too late: The company "Ronis" was liquidated in May 1916.
19 February 1916
Letter with French 10c as the correct rate to Australia, cancelled with PCH type 5. ("JGI" coll.)
25 July 1916
(new 6/18)
Registered letter with French 10c & 25c as the correct 10c french colonial letter rate and 25c registration fee to France
cancelled with PCH type 5. Backstamped Sydney Registered 21 AU 16 and Paris XVIII 29.09.16. ("SeSi" coll.)
25 July 1916
reverse
24 August 1916
Letter with French 10c as the correct rate to France, cancelled with PCH type 5. (seen in an old dealer's offer)
31 October 1916
Postcard (travelled in a cover ?) written on Oct 31, 1916. The French 10c stamp
is cancelled with a faint PCH type 5, date illegible. (Klinger coll.)
31 October 1916
reverse
26 November 1916
Postcard to Switzerland, the correct rate 10c stamp cancelled with PCH type 5.
August Ess was one of the settlers Burns Philp placed on their territory in Santo
in 1902. In a source of 1918, he is mentioned as copra maker on Tongoa. The
postcard shows the location on Ambrym where the hospital submerged when the Mount
Benbow erupted in December 1913. (Klinger coll.)
26 November 1916
Reverse of this card.