Mini letter sent from Tongoa by the Mitride family with a best wishes card to Monsieur Rapenne, a Registrar General at the French Residency. (coll. F. Petit)

the card

RECEPISSE DE RECOMMANDATION
Sender E. Gayon SFNH Port-Vila to: M Mullen Vaté for registred letter with AR PCH type 9 9 JA 31 - M Pinelli Santo for registred letter PCH type 9 12 JA 31 - M Largeau délégué SFNH in Santo, PCH type 8A with date block inverted 22 JUIN 31. Who will find the letters ? ("SeSi" collection).

Letter to Païta, New Caledonia, the 50c stamp is tied with PCH type 9. As the separators at left and at right of Vila are very clearly 2½ mm long, it is subtype 9A. Backstamped Nouméa 4.2.31 and Païta, 5 Fevr 31. (Klinger coll.)
The addressee, George Pouillet, was the son of Édouard, Mayor of Païta from 1900 to 1907. Georges was born in 1864 and died in Nouméa in 1933. His son Édouard was a settler in the New Hebrides so this letter may have been sent by him.

2 February 1931

Letter to Lyon, France with the British 50c stamp cancelled by PCH type 9. (Picture thanks to Postal History dealer Peter Singer - sorry, no URL known)

Picture postcard "Dans la brousse à Santo" from Vila to Nouméa NC. Correct franking 40c. for a colonial postcard with long message. The stamps weapons and idols 10 and 30c. tied with GK type PM7A. ("SeSi" coll.)

27 March 1931
(new 05/21)

Postcard to Dijon (Côte d'Or) France. 1925 French 25c. stamp tied by PCH type 9. ("SeSi" collection)

Letter to New Caledonia, the 50c cancelled with PM7A. Image thanks to Sandafayre Stamp Auctions

Cover with a total of 3F (one 10c of the 1911/12 issue) to U.S.A. Cancelled with PCH type 9. Image thanks to David Holmes, New Zealand

Postcard to Czechislovakia, the 25c stamp pays the colonial short message postcard rate but not at all the non-colonial one (90c) and is cancelled with GK type PM6.

19 June 1931

Letter to Paris, the 50c stamp pays the colonial letter rate and is cancelled with GK type PM6. Backstamped Noumea 11.7.31 and Paris 7.8.31 (?) (ex Millet coll.)

9 July 1931

Postcard "Un Grand Tam-Tam à Ouala", the 25c stamp cancelled with PCH type 8 (date block inverted - day unsure).("CSO" collection)

Registered letter to England with 10c and 1Fr French 1925 issue on front and a 40c on the reverse, the front stamps tied by PCH type 8, the stamp on back by a 9 July 1931 Sydney registered cancel. Registration cachet PCH type R8, the wrong spelled "Villa" not clear and corrected in handwriting to "Vila". (Klinger coll.)

27 June 1931

Postmaster letter to California. The French 1F50c stamps cancelled with GK Type PM6.
Image thanks to Steve Drewett & Empire Stamp Auctions

Registered cover to Douai, France from the New Hebrides surveyor Clement.

29 June 1931

Letter to England, the three French 50c stamps tied with GK Type PM7A. Backstamped Sydney 14 JL 31 (MORINDA) and stamped with a Tribunal Mixte cachet. Correct 50c colonial letter rate and 1F registration fee. Registration cachet GK Type NR9. Seen at the Delcampe auction site.

5 (or 6) July 1931

Registered tp Paris, correct 50c colonial letter rate and 1F colonial registration fee. (ex Millet coll.)

Reverse

Registered letter from the land surveyor in Vila, A. Thiele, to France, redirected to Constantine, Algeria. 5 Stamps (1,50F) cancelled with PM6a. Colonial letter rate 5c and reg. fee 1F. The cover suely looks a bit battered. Correctly franked. Image thanks to Patrick Prins Paris

27 August 1931
(new 2/2019)

Letter to England, the 5d stamp tied with PCH type 8. (Merot coll.)

Letter to France, the 50c stam cancelled with GK Type PM6. (sen on an internet auction)

Coverfront of a registered letter to New Caledonia with three 50c French stamps paying the 1f registration and 50c letter rate. The cancel is PCH type 8, the registration cachet PCH type R8. (Klinger coll.)

A "Résidence de France" coverfront to France, redirected there. The French 50c stamp is tied by PCH type 8. The cover is taxed 40c in France, which are paid by a 30c and two 5c tax stamps cancelled by Vaucluse date stamp. The letter must have been too heavy as normal letter rate was 50c. (Klinger coll.)

Postcard Canal du Second to Reims France. The French 30c. stamp tied by PM6 with inverted date block, retied on arrival by Reims machine cancel REIMS PRINCIPAL 7 XI 1931 EXPOSITION COLONIALE / INTERNATIONALE / PARIS 1931. Backstamped Poste Condominium type PM6. Overpaid 5c. : the colonial postcard rate short message was 25c. ("SeSi" coll.)

25 September 1931

Registered letter from the NH Post Office to Paris 18. The 2/- tied by PM7A, registration cachet is NR9. Colonial registration fee was 1F/ 10d and the colonial letter rate for 20g was 50c. Either the letter was far heavier than 100g or the postmaster mixed up colonial & non-colonial letter rate or registration fee. Paying a letter in these times was rather difficult. Backstamped PARIS XVIII DISTRIBUTION 21-11 31. ("SeSi" collection)

8 October 1931

Registered letter to Marseille (Bouches du Rhône) France. Three 1925 French 50c. stamp tied by PCH type 9A. Registration label type R11 but without Condominium des N-H above the top frame line. It measures 36/16 mm. Backstamped Marseille 3-12-31. ("SeSi" collection)

Registered letter from a Tonkinse worker in the Compagnie Cotonnière des Nouvelles-Hébrides in Norsup (Mallicolo). It was sent to a small village in the Red River Delta. Cottect rate as colonial letter rate was 50c and registration fee 1F. (coll. Fred Petit)

17 November 1931
(new 5/2018)

Letter from Albert Jocteur in Vila to the USA. The French 10c and English 50c stamps cancelled with PCH type 8. (Ruecker coll.)

Postcard to Paris. Correct colonial long message postcard rate cancelled with GK type PM6. ("SeSi" coll.) (Ruecker coll.)

21 December 1931

British 5d and French 1F stamps paying the correct registered letter rate to England, cancelled with PCH type 9, registration handstamp PCH type 1, which is a very late use. Backstamped Sydney registered 5 February 1932. (Klinger coll.)

Postcard - 125 Dans la Brousse à Sant, CFNH - from Vila to Lyon, France. The 40c stamp on the picture side is cancelled with PM7A. An extra impression of the device on the address side. Correct rate for a colonial long message postcard. ("SeSi" coll.)

29 February 1932
(new 11/2020)

Registered letter to France, the three French 1925 50c stamps are cancelled with GK type PM7A, registration cachet NR9. Colonial letter rate 50c, colonial registration fee 1F: correctly franked. Backstamped 18.4.32
Image thanks to Lugdunum Philatelie

Cover to U.S.A: from a member of the auxiliary schooner Ariadne, the 50c stamp (correct rate) cancelled with PM7B. The ARIADNE was mentioned in "The Age" (Melbourne) on 5 April 1932 as calling at Suva on 3 April coming from California.

Locl cover: franked 2Fr and cancelled GK PM7B maybe from a member of the auxiliary schooner Ariadne to himself. The ARIADNE was mentioned in "The Age" (Melbourne) on 5 April 1932 as calling at Suva on 3 April coming from California so she was in Vila 3 days later.
Image thanks to Steve Drewett Postal History

Nice clean letter to Hollywood - but "slightly" overpaid withj a 5/- stamp. Maybe from the same person on ARIADNE. Cancelled with PCH type 10. (seen on Ebay in 2007)

Letter from Vila to Nantes, France. Correct colonial letter rate 50c. Cancelled PCH Type 10A. Seen in June 2012 at Delcampe.

Letter from Condominium Post Office to Grimsby Ontario Canada. The French 2F and British 5d. stamps tied by PCH type 10A (early use) ("SeSi" collection)

Letter to Paris, the 10c and 40c stamps are cancelled with PCH type 10, backstamped on arrival Paris 06. VIII 1932. (Klinger coll.)

1F 50c on a cover to the U.S. (Seen in an old auction)

Letter to Fiji (via Sydney), the French 50c stamp cancelled with PCH type 10a. This cover offered by Peter Singer, USA (Sorry, no URL available).

Letter with 50c French 1925 issue to Paris tied by PCH type 10A, 14 September 1932, date not recorded there for this date. The letter was transported via Tahiti to France which is rather uncommon. (Merot coll.)

14 September 1932

Letter with a total of 3F20c to San Francisco tied by PCH type 10. Backstamped Noumea 6 OCT 32, San Pedro 8 NOV 32 and San Francisco 9 NOV 32.

Letter from Vila to Toulon France via Indochina. The french 50c stamp tied by GK type PM7B, aside handstamp CONSOMMEZ / LE RIZ ET LE CAFE / D'INDOCHINE. Backstamped xx xx xx TONKIN in transit. ("SeSi" coll.)

Letter to Australia, the stamp is cancelled with PCH type 10A. Backstamped Nouméa 3 Oct 32. (Klinger coll.)

Cover from Vila to Païta, New Caledonia. Addressee is a son of the famous New Caledonian architect Éduard Pouillet, who became Mayor of Païta in 1900. George died in 1933. Mont Kaligné is a mountain near Païta. The 50c stamp is cancelled with PCH type 10 supposedly. Backstamped Nouméa 28 11 32 and PAITA 29 NOV 32. (Klinger coll.)

Nice cover from the Compagnie Cottonière on Malekula to France. The 50c French 1925 issue tied with PCH type 10. (Merot coll.)

Letter to Sydney, correct rate. The stamp is cancelled with PCH type 9A at a date earlier than given in PCH (1934). ("Aore" coll.)

Postcard from Vila to Noumea. Overpaid as long message colonial postcard rate was 25c for short message and 40c for a long one.