1925
The CFNH desater 1928
Source: coll. Frederic Petit
Sydney Morning Herald
21 January 1927
Letter from Joesp-Marc Coursin advocat in Port-Vila to Paris.
The French 20c. tied by PCH type 8. The colonial letter rate at this time was 20c. Carried to Sydney by the Messageries Maritimes steamer DUPLEIX Captain Cerisola. ("SeSi coll.)
31 January 1927
Philatelic cover from Vila to Vila, postage due, complete set cancelled with
PCH type 8. (Merot coll.)
Charles Deligny
DELIGNY, Charles (1878-1928).
Gérant de Sociétés, Second fils de Valery Deligny (1846-1900) industriel calédonien. Né à Nouméa. Directeur des Comptoirs
français des Nouvelles-Hébrides à Port Vila. Le 17 janvier 1928, à 9 heures du soir, un incendie d'une extrême
violence éclatait dans les magasins des Comptoirs fran¸ais situés à Port Vila même. Cet incendie, aidé par le vent et activé par
l'explosion de caisses de dynamite et de cartouches, prenait bientôt toutes les apparences d'un important sinistre, inquiétant la sécurité de
toute l'agglomération par ses menaces d'expansion et le manque de moyens adéquats de lutte. Plusieurs groupes de constructions comprenant les "docks"
des Comptoirs français et de ceux des Établissements de Béchade furent réduits en cendres. Sans compter 16 morts (10 européens
et 6 travailleurs, indigènes, chinois ou tonkinois) et 20 blessés graves, les dégâts s'élevèrent à plus de 10 millions.
Charles Deligny, directeur des Comptoirs français, était au nombre des victimes, avec Alfred et Benoît Garrido, Auguste Mac Coy, Joseph Strumph
et MM. Benoît, Hugueny, Millescamp et Theuret. Une sorte de panique avait accompagné ce sinistre. On craignit à Port Vila un
soulèvement des travailleurs indochinois, la population étant persuadée qu'il s'agissait d'un incendie volontaire, causé par les travailleurs
annamites des Comptoirs, insatisfaits de leurs salaires et de leurs conditions de vie. Les enquêtes officielles de la police locale et les rapports de l'administration tendent,
naturellement, à infirmer cette hypothèse. Charles Deligny avait épousé, en 1912, Germaine Jacques, dont il avait eu quatre enfants. (Source: O'Reilly)
31 January 1927
A set of chiffre Taxe stamps cancelled with PCH type 8. A philatelic product I'd say.
Charles Deligny was director of the "Comptoirs Français des Nouvelles-Hébrides"
in Port Vila. (Merot coll.)
16 Februuary 1927
Letter to England with a French 20c stamp, cancelled with PCH type 8 but this
type is not recorded in PCH: only the year slug is inverted. (Klinger coll.)
26 Februuary 1927
Registered letter to France, 10c & 40c cancelled with PM6a, registration cachet NR5. Correct rate : colonial letter 20c, registration 30c.
The much higher rates were introduced on 1 April 1927. (ex Millet coll.)
22 March 1927
23 March 1927
23 March 1927
21 April 1927
Nonsense cover C with a phantasy address. (Seen at an internet auction)
21 April 1927
Nonsense cover D with a phantasy address. (Seen at an internet auction)
4 April 1927
Letter to France, the 75c cancelled with PCH type 8.(Goron coll.)
8 April 1927
Letter to New Zealand, the 1F05c stamps cancelled with GK Type PM6. Overpaid as the colonial letter rate was 50c since 1 April 1927.
Image thanks to Steve Drewett & Empire Stamp Auctions
7 May 1927
A total of 2F95c registered to USA. Backstamped Chicago 29 June 1927.
10 May 1927
Late use of 1911/12 French 25c stamps: part front addressed to
Sydney, letter rate and registration fee paid by two 1911/12 25c stamps and
a 1925 1F stamp, cancelled with PCH type 8. The British registration
handstamp is PCH type R6. ("Aore" coll.)
24 May 1927
Two English 2½d stamps cancelled with PCH type 8 on a cover to France.
(Ruecker collection).
10 June 1927
Letter from Joseph-Marc Coursin, advocat in Port-Vila to Paris.
Cancelled with PCH type 8 which is correctly put together for a change.
On 1 April 1927 the Condominium Post Office eventually adopted the postal rates proposed by the U.P.U. in 1924 and the colonial letter rate rose from 20c
to 50 for a colonial destination. ("SeSi" coll.)
20 July 1927
Small cover to Nouméa, generously franked with the French 50c stamp cancelled
with PCH type 8. (Merot coll.)
25 July 1927
Registered letter to Bruxelles Belgium.The 1925 French 5c., 40c.,
and 75c. and the British 1/2d., 5d.,1/-,and 5/- stamps (total of
franking 9F25) tied by PCH type 8. The British registration handstamp is
PCH type R6 in black. Hand writing 388A in blue with circular postal
delivery handstamp 388A in black in arrival on front.
("SeSi" collection)
5 August 1927
5 September 1927
Letter to the same addressee with a French 50c stamp, cancelled with PCH type 8 but this
type is not recorded in PCH: only the day slug is inverted. (Klinger coll.)
8 September 1927
Letter to the same addressee with a French 50c stamp, cancelled with PCH type 8 but this
type is not recorded in PCH: only the day slug is inverted.
(Image thanks to Argyll Etkin )
8 September 1927
8 September 1927
3 October 1927
Registered letter with the 1925 French 2F stamp cancelled Vila -3OC27.
A very early use of PCH type 9. (Treadwell coll.)
19 October 1927
(new 11/22)
Cover to Châlons-sur-Marne, France. The three 20c English 1925 stamps cancelled with nice early impressions of GK type PM7A.
60c postage overpaid the April 1927 colonial letter rate by 10c. (Clemens Albert coll.)
20 October 1927
(new 9 OCT 2018)
Cover to Ouagadougou, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). the total of 5F5c cancelled with GK type PM 7A.
Image thanks to Gaertner auctions
20 October 1927
Two stamp on reverse too.
25 October 1927
Postcard Bushmen nains de Mallicolo to S/S ANDROMEDE Port-Vila.
1925 French 75c. stamp tied by PCH type 13A (separators are 3 mm long)
but the month is in two letters only as PCH type 9 (but separators 2 mm), 9A
(but separators 2,5 mm) and 9B (but separators 4 mm).
Messageries Maritime's Steamer ANDROMEDE (ex German-Australian Line FREEMANTLE) passed Colon at the Panama Canal on her way to Nouméa on 17 September 1927.
She started in Noumea to Marseille on 18 November.
("SeSi" collection)
25 October 1927
25 October 1927
25 October 1927
PC Entrée de la Sarakata to S/S ANDROMEDE Port-Vila.
1925 French 1F stamp tied by GK type PM7A (which gives the impression that it was brand new). Heavily overfrenked. (ex Millet coll.)
25 October 1927
25 October 1927
25 October 1927
Postcard "Canaques en pirogue".
1925 French 50c. stamp tied by PCH type 13A (separators are 3 mm long)
but the month is in two letters only as PCH type 9 (but separators 2 mm), 9A
(but separators 2,5 mm) and 9B (but separators 4 mm).
("CSO" collection)
27 October 1927
A total of 4F 35c on a cover to Haute Volta (I could not find the city - it reads "Shaghadougou") cancelled with PCH type 9.
"Sesi" found it: Ouagadougou. And the postman in Upper Volta - now Burkina Faso - found it, without Google Earth and GPS!
[12° 22' 03,85" N 1° 31' 51,18" W]. (seen in an old dealer's offer)
28 November 1927 (?)
A registered cover to France, the 1925 French 50c stamps cancelled with PCH Type 8, reg. cachet Type R6. (Millet coll.)
6 February 1928
(new 2/2019)
20 March 1928
Registered letter from Résidence de France to Bordeaux France. A strip of
three 5d. stamps tied by PCH type 9. The British registration handstamp is
PCH type R6. Backstamped Bordeaux 5-5-28 ("SeSi" collection).
29 March 1928
Registered letter to France, the total of 1F50c French stamps cancelled with PCH type 9. Handstruck registered and
Seine arrival on reverse.
(seen in an old dealer's offer from the 1980s)
29 March 1928
(new Dec. 2017)
Resurfaced after about 30 years: Gartner Auctions. Backstamped Criquetot-l'Esneval, Seine Inférieure (=Seine Maritime)
15-5-28.
21 May 1928
Letter to London with two 2d and a 1d stamp tied with PCH type 9. (Klinger coll.)
23 May 1928
Registered to London. Underpaid 75c. Colonial letterrate 50c and colonial reg. fee 1F. But I think that there are acouple of stamps on the reverse too.
Image thanks to Chris Rainey Postal History
23 May 1928
Registered to London. A total of 1F10c but still underpaid.
23 May 1928
Registered to London. A total of 1F10c but still underpaid.
8 June 1928
Postcard from Vila to Paagoumene New Caledonia with the letter rate 50c (as quite often)
instead of colonial long message at 40c.
The stamp lightly cancelled in Vila on 8 June 1928 was restamped with the Nouméa 14 Juin 28 cachet on arrival. ("SeSi" coll.)
8 June 1928
Address side.
11 June 1928
Coverfront with the French 50c stamp from Vila to Saint-Servan (France) cancelled
Vila, 11JE28, PCH type 9. (Klinger coll.)
12 June 1928
Cover from Vila to Païta, New Caledonia. Addressee is a son of the famous
New Caledonian architekt Éduard Pouillet, who became Mayor of Pïta in
1900. George died in 1933. The 50c stamp is cancelled with PCH type 9. ("Aore" coll.)
25 July 1928
Postcard from Vila to Anvers Belgium. The 5d and 1F stamps tied by PM7A.
1F50c is the non colonial letter rate, so overpaid 60c (6d): the non colonial
postcard rate was 90c (9d). Distribution mark 114 in circle on arrival .
2 August 1928
(new 12/22)
Registered letter from Vila to Chicago USA. The stamps tied with GK type PM7A, the uncommon ruber
registration cachet type NR6, American cachets REGISTERED (in violet) and number 84097 in red.
Backstamped CHICAGO ILL REG.DIV OCT 2 1928 in arrival (travel time 2 months ).
Total franking 2Fr 50c for a registered (1Fr 50c) non colonial 20 g letter (1Fr 50c).
So the cover is underpaid 50c but not taxed. ("SeSi" coll.)
The addressee ( Williams Julius ) THEO(dore) REINHARDT (21.9.1908 Chicago -
23.1.2001 San Diego) was a well known Dixieland Jazz Musician in Chicago
playing the clarinet and the saxophone tenor.
2 August 1928
(new 12/22)
reverse
21 November 1928
Registered letter to Paris. The 1925 British 2d,5d x 2 and the French 30c stamps
(paying the correct reg. rate of 1.50F) are cancelled with PCH type 9.
Registration stamp PCH type R5 (used from 1924 to 1929). ("JGI" coll.)
17 December 1928
Picture postcard "Lake, Port Vila" to Hue, Annam, French Indo-China, the French 25c stamp tied by PCH type 9.
(seen in an old dealer's offer)
11 December 1928
Registered to USA. 2F and 1F - well, overpaid I think - cancelledwith GK type PM7A
17 December 1928
(new 3/2020)
Cover to Paris, the 50c stamp cancelled with PM7A. Backstamped Paris 9.2.1929. (Klinger coll.)