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![10 May 1901 10 May 1901](./gbcoversnh/g010510k.jpg)
Letter to a lottery in Tasmania. (unknown coll.)
![25 August 1901 10 May 1901](./2016/1901-08-25.jpg)
Picture postcard to Australia - correct British colonial postcard rate 1½d.
Image thanks to Steve Drewett stamps.
![25 August 1901 10 May 1901](./2016/1901-08-25r.jpg)
Picture side
![6 November 1902 6 November 1902](./coversnh/cov1102k.jpg)
NSW 2½d as correct rate on letter to the UK. Backstamped on arrival Glasgow
29 November 1902. ("Aore" coll.)
The Rev. James Paton, D.D. was the youngest brother of the famous New Hebridean
missionary John G. Paton. He was born in Dumfriesshire in 1843 and died in
December 1906. John G. was born 24 May 1824 and died on 28 January 1907.
![6 November 1902 6 November 1902](./coversnh/co1102bk.jpg)
Reverse of this cover ("Aore" coll.)
The Rev. James Paton, D.D. was the youngest brother of the famous New Hebridean
missionary John G. Paton. He was born in Dumfriesshire in 1843 and died in
December 1906. John G. was born 24 May 1824 and died on 28 January 1907.
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![6 November 1902 6 November 1902](./otherimg/patonk.jpg)
The upper writing shows John G. Paton's signature in 1894, the lower the address James Paton D.D. on this letter. The "D.D."'s and the "J" and the "aton" of the name give proof that this letter was written by John G. Paton during his second-last visit to Aniwa near Tanna in winter 1902/03.
![11 May 1903 11 May 1903](./coversnh/cov0503k.jpg)
NSW 2½d as correct rate on letter to Sydney (Mine Department). The stamp has been cut out and then placed back again. It's tied with the redirection address. Additional cancel Sydney 29 May 1903 and NSW duplex on front, backstamped Sydney 29 May 1903, 8:30 am. ("Mele" coll.)
![11 May 1903 11 May 1903](./2014-2/1903-05-11-oakland.jpg)
NSW 2½d as correct ½oz rate on letter to the U.S.A. Sydney transit 29 May and Oakland arrival 6 and 7 July 1903.
The cover was carried to Sydney by the Burns Philp steamer YSABEL.
Image thanks to Prestige Philately Australia
![11 May 1903 11 May 1903](./2014-2/1903-05-11-oakland-r.jpg)
![11 May 1903 11 May 1903](./2015/1903-05-11.jpg)
NSW 2½d as correct ½oz rate on letter to the U.S.A.
Description says it has Sydney transit and Oakland arrival backstamps.
The cover was most likely carried to Sydney by the Burns Philp steamer YSABEL too.
There are two A.N.H.Co. stamps on the cover too with this typical 11 DEC 00 CTO.
Image thanks to Steve Drewett incorporating Empire Stamp Auctions.)
![17 June 1903 17 June 1903](./2022/1903-06-17.jpg)
NSW 2½d as correct ½oz rate on letter to Julius Kinze, Maxstrasse 17, Dresden A, Germany. Official Burns Philp cover with Sydney transit 29 June and Dresden
arrival 2 August 1903.
The cover was carried to Sydney by the Burns Philp steamer TITUS.
The writing on the cover is not English or French style but rather German style. Julius Kinze made some covers to himself in 1908/09 when he was a stamp and cover dealer
at Kötschenbroda near Dresden. It is rather astonishable that he had contact to the New Hebrides as early as 1903.
Image thanks to the Fred Petit collection.
![17 June 1903 17 June 1903](./2022/1903-06-17r.jpg)
![14 August 1903 14 August 1903](./coversnh/c030814k.jpg)
Correct rate to Sydney, bearing the 1892 New South Wales 2½d stamp tied by
PCH type 1 cds and backstamped on arrival Sydney 24 August 1903 No 19 cds (the mail room),
being 10 days in transit. The ship carrying this letter to Sydney was the Burns Philp steamer
OVALAU. It was her first and last complete voyage to BSIP & New Hebrides. She sunk at Lord Howe Id on the next one. (Treadwell coll.)
When she was in the Islands she met the steamers TAMBO and YSABEL at Port Vila on 12th August, the Burns Philp auxiliary schooner
for the interisland trade MALEKULA at Tanna on 14th August. She also reported that H.M.S. ARCHER with British Resident
Commissioner Captain Rason on board arrived at Port Vila on 14th August too and that on 15th August the French warship MEURTHE
is expected at Port Vila with the Governor of New Caledonia, Monsieur Picanon.
Busy days in Port Vila!
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![12 October 1903 12 October 1903](./coversnh/cov1003.jpg)
NSW 2½d as correct rate on letter to England. The PCH Type 1 on the cover has an inverted day block. The stamp cancelled Sydney 1, 3 November 1903 "noon", backstamped Sydney 2, 3 November 1903, 7 am, Sydney 1 as on stamp and Reigate 5 December 1903. This is a stationery of British Residency (Imprint on flap). The Burns Philp steamer OVALAU carried this letter as far as Lord Howe, where she sunk following a fire in the holds during the night from 19 to 20 October. Passengers, crew & mails where landed and some passengers and the mail carried to Sydney by the pilot steamer CAPTAIN COOK (Capt. Hildbrand) to Sydney where the steamer arrived in the morning of 3 November. Ovalau left Sydney on 1 September for the Solomon Islands, Banks Islands and the New Hebrides and left Norfolk Islands on 15 October to Lord Howe. ("Mele" coll.)
![8 December 1903](./gbcoversnh/1903-12-08.jpg)
NSW 1d stamp on a postcard to France. Cancelled Polignac 25 January 1904 on arrival. Taxed in Australia 5c (Incorrectly taxed as the colonial postcard rate was 1d since 1903). Carried by the YSABEL which arrived in Sydney on 20 December. (Millet coll.)
![8 December 1903 8 December 1903](./gbcoversnh/1903-12-08r.jpg)
Picture side of the card
![15 April 1904 15 April 1904](./coversnh/cov040415k.jpg)
Correct 2½d letter rate with all backstamps and with original letter. The letter was written by Frank Bayldon, master of the 'Tamboo', the Burns Philp boat which provided the regular mail service between the New Hebrides nad Sydney. This was subsidised at £3,600 per annum by the New South Wales government. The 2½d NSW stamp is cancelled with PCH type 1 (or 1A?) with the '0' of 1904 missing. Backstamped Sydney AP 25 04 in transit and on arrival SPALDING MAY 30 04. ("JGI" collection).
![15 April 1904 15 April 1904](./coversnh/cov040415ak.jpg)
Reverse of this cover.
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![15 April 1904 15 April 1904](./coversnh/cov040415bk.jpg)
The letter which was still inside.
![26 October 1904 26 October 1904](./gbcoversnh/g041026k.jpg)
![4 January 1905 4 January 1905](./coversnh/pcd0105k.jpg)
NSW 1d as correct postcard rate to New Zealand.
The PCH Type 1 is the day/month
type with four digits year block. ("Mele" coll.)
![4 January 1905 4 January 1905](./gbcoversnh/g050104k.jpg)
Underpaid postcard from Vila to England short paid ½d. PCH type 1 datestamp. The NSW 5 taxmark is incorrect as the amount should have been 10c, double the dificiency. Backstamped Sydney 21 January 1905. The corerect amount of postage due was indicated by the mark applied in England: 1d I.S.H. Circular arrival datestamp Liverpool 25 February 1905. ("Aore" coll.)
![4 June 1905 4 June 1905](./gbcoversnh/g050604k.jpg)
Dessus d'enveloppe lourde affranchie à 10d (photographies) par quatre timbres de 2½d. (quatriême échelon de poids) de l'émission de 1897 de Nouvelle Galles du Sud. Timbre à date NEW HEBRIDES VILA 4 JU 1905 (2e état du premier type) à destination de la France. (Millet coll.) (Cover front of a heavy cover with photographs franked 10d, the fourth weight level. Stamps of the N.S.W. 1897 issue, cancel PCH Type 1, destination France.)
![24 August 1905 24 August 1905](./coversnh/cov0805k.jpg)
Ex Stan Jersey's collection:
Here's Stan's text for this cover more than 30 years ago:
New Hebrides, New South Wales Postal Agency at Vila. Datestamp on ordinary stamp of
New South Wales. (picture thanks to Stan Jersey) I wonder where this cover is now.
![4 December (1905) 4 December (1905)](./coversnh/pcd1205.jpg)
NSW 1d as correct postcard rate to New Zealand.
The PCH Type 1 is the day/month
type with four digits year block. (ex "Mele" coll.)
![4 December (1905) 4 December (1905)](./coversnh/pcd1205r.jpg)
picture side
![4 January 1906 4 January 1906](./coversnh/pcd0106k.jpg)
Two ½d NSW stamps cancelled PCH type 1 as correct postcard rate to Sydney (at least not taxed) with arrival cancel, forwarded to Fiji(?). (Goron coll.)
![4 January 1906 4 January 1906](./2019/1906-01-04.jpg)
Postcard Vila to New Zealand. The NSW 1d stamp cancelled with PM1. Image thanks to Abacus Auctions
![4 January 1906 4 January 1906](./2019/1906-01-04r.jpg)
Postcard Vila to New Zealand. The NSW 1d stamp cancelled with PM1. Image thanks to Abacus Auctions I really wonderwhy somebody made this nonsense: cutting away an upper part of this postcard so that the word "Arthursleigh" is nearly unreadable. In the Grosvenor auction of Jim Cromptons collection in September 2018 this upper edge of the card was still present!!
![4 January 1906 4 January 1906](./2019/1906-01-04rr.jpg)
image from Grosvenor Auction
![19 January 1906 29 June 1906](./2022/1906-01-19.jpg)
Post card "landing stores, Erromanga, New Hebrides" to Annandale Australia
written in NH (from the content of the letter) with NSW Postal Agency 1d stamp
cancelled on arrival Sydney JA 19 06 and very fine strike of the double-oval
SHIP LETTER / 1D / LATE FEE alongside.
The card was carried by the Burns Philp steamer TAMBO wich arrived at Sydney
on 18 january 1906 from her Sydney (1905-12-01) - Lord Howe - Norfolk - New Hebrides -
Sydney (1906-01-18) run.
Scarce example for a cover or card from the NH with NSW stamp tied in Australia. ("SeSi" coll.)
![19 January 1906 29 June 1906](./2022/1906-01-19-r.jpg)
picrue side.
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(new 3/22)
![29 June 1906 29 June 1906](./coversnh/pcd0606k.jpg)
Strike of PCH Type 1 on NSW 1d and ½d stamps (correct postcard rate) on a card to Sydney. ("Namba 2" coll.)
![25 August 1906 25 August 1906](./gbcoversnh/g060825k.jpg)
Picture postcard to Sydney "Village de Bignambo Malakula". The 1d & 1½d NSW stamps are cancelled with GK Type PM1.
Overpaid as the colonial postcard rate was 1d from 1903 on.
Image thanks to Steve Drewett & Empire Stamp Auctions
![25 August 1906 25 August 1906](./gbcoversnh/g060825r.jpg)
![8 September 1906 8 September 1906](./gbcoversnh/g060908k.jpg)
5d on a cover to England.
![10 December 1906 10 December 1906](./coversnh/pcd1206k.jpg)
1d stamp on a postcard to Fiji. Cancelled with GK Type PM1 (missing last two digits of the year slug) and frontstamped Levuka 7 January 1907 and Suva
7 January 1907.
Image thanks to Lugdunum Philatélie
![10 December 1906 10 December 1906](./coversnh/pcd1206r.jpg)
reverse of this card
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This is a sample of the forged PCH type 1 which was cut in about 1925 and later destroyed by the Pacific Island Study Circle of the Royal Sydney Philatelic Club. Before the dies were defaced some pulls were made on CROWN PARCHMENT NOTE paper to assist in the detection of forged postmarks. This is one of these pulls. (Klinger coll.)
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![11 March 1907 11 March 1907](./gbcoversnh/g070311k.jpg)
Timbre à 1d. de Nouvelle Galles du Sud sur carte postale pour l'Australie oblitéré par le premier type de timbre à date
(2e état( NEW HEBRIDES VILA 11 MR 1907.
Arrivée GUNDAGAI N.S.W. 23 MR 1907 et, au verso, transit SYDNEY MAR 22 1907. (Millet coll.)
(1d N.S.W. stamp on a postcard to Australia cancelled with PCH Type 1)
![10 April 1907 10 April 1907](./gbcoversnh/g070410k.jpg)
NSW 1905/10 SG 333 2d stamp cancelled CK type PM1 on a letter to England ("Aore" coll.)
![10 April 1907 10 April 1907](./2023/1907-04-10.jpg)
NSW 1905/10 SG 333 2d stamp cancelled GK type PM1 on a letter to Sydney. Image thanks to Corinphila
![13 January 1908 13 January 1908](./gbcoversnh/g080113k.jpg)
Strike of PCH Type 1 on NSW 1d and ½d stamps (correct postcard rate) on a card to Sydney. ("Namba 2" coll.)
![15 April 1908 15 April 1908](./gbcoversnh/g080415.jpg)
PCH Type 1 on NSW 2d stamp (intercolonial rate) to Sydney. Backstamped Sydney 29 April 1908 - the date on which the Burns Philp's steamer TAMBO arrived. ("Mele" coll.)
![23 July 1908 23 July 1908](./coversnh/cov0708.jpg)
PCH Type 1 on NSW 2d stamp (intercolonial rate) via Fiji to New Zealand. Backstamped Suva 26 July 1908. (Goron coll.)
![12 November 1908 12 November 1908](./coversnh/19081112k.jpg)
This picture postcard to Sernhac, Gard, France is dated 11 NO 1908 on the canceller
and arrival cancel is dated 26 December 1908. It is written on September 7, 1908,
and tells about the visit of the Kersaint in Port Vila. The 1½d NSW stamps are cancelled with
PCH type 1. (Ruecker coll.)
The latter part of 1908 was spent by "Kersaint" in what are described as 'punitive'
expeditions to Ambrym (New Hebrides), followed by a similar exercise at Santo.
This particular expedition was mounted in response to the death of a settler (Greig) and
his two daughters, an enquiry, held locally, being undertaken by Lt Valat of the
"Kersaint". (Source: "Pacifica", Jan 2004, Jacques Mérot: New Hebrides -
The Cruiser "Kersaint".)
Maybe these activities caused the delay of this postcard.
![12 November 1908 12 November 1908](./coversnh/19081112ak.jpg)
![25 November 1908 25 November 1908](./coversnh/co1108ak.jpg)
NSW 1d x4 on a letter to Sydney cancelled with PCH Type 5. Backstamped Sydney 21.DE.08. This cover was brought to Sydney by the Burns Philp & Co. Ltd steamer
TAMBO, Captain Hillman, which arrived at Sydney on this day.
The addressee was Hugh Venables (1877-1935) Vernon, son of the famous Sydney architect Walter Liberty Vernon, who was in partnership
with Howard Joseland at Castlereagh St. (Goron coll.)
![25 November 1908 25 November 1908](./coversnh/cov1108a1k.jpg)
![9 October 1909 9 October 1909](./coversnh/co1009bk.jpg)
Well after the suspension (10 months) of the use of NSW stamps: Cover to Nouméa with PCH type 5 on a NSW 2d stamp. (SeSi collection)
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The 12 December 1908 postcards to Frank Malmberg in New York - please see menu "1908 - 1908 Postal History - Used in 1911 or later" for postcards to
Frank Malmberg when he was in the New Hebrides and letters he sent when he left Vila.
James F Newman who wrote these cards was a trader on the island TONGOA. On the date DE 12 it would be an incorrect use of the NSW stamps after the deadline
Nov. 30th but was probably tolerated as the people on the islands might not have been informed on the regulations in time.
The addressee Frank Malmberg lived on Tongoa later in 1911. 6 of these cards to Frank M. are known and a couple of cards & letters later.
![12 December 1908 12 December 1908](./gbcoversnh/nsw081210k.jpg)
Malmberg postcard with NSW ½d and 1d cancelled with type 1. Seen in some old auction catalogue snippet.
![12 December 1908 12 December 1908](./coversnh/n081012ak.jpg)
PCH Type 1A on NSW ½d and 1d stamps on a postcard to USA. The addressee is Frank Malmberg, who lived on Tongoa in later years (see 18 DE 1910, 01 JA 1911 and 11 AP 1911 in "1908 used in 1911"]). On the picture side cancelled on transit with a Sydney machine cancel. The Vila cancel rather clearly is PCH type 1A which in PCH is known in 1897 and 1899 only. The date DE 12 would be an incorrect use of the NSW stamps after the deadline Nov. 30th but was probably tolerated as the people on the islands were probably not informed on the regulations in time. (Klinger coll.)
![12 December 1908 12 December 1908](./coversnh/n081012bk.jpg)
![12 December 1908 12 December 1908](./coversnh/n081012ck.jpg)
Blow-up of stamp and cancel
![12 December 1908 12 December 1908](./coversnh/n081012dk.jpg)
PCH Type 1A on NSW ½d and 1d stamps on a Sydney picture postcard to USA. The addressee is the same as on the postcard above. (seen at the May 2003 auction of the German auctionhouse Steltzer.)
![12 December 1908 12 December 1908](./coversnh/n081012ek.jpg)
PCH Type 1A on NSW ½d and 1d stamps on a "House of a chief" picture postcard to USA. The addressee is the same as on the postcard above. (Treadwell coll.)
![12 December 1908 12 December 1908](./gbcoversnh/b081210k.jpg)
PCH Type 1A on NSW ½d and 1d stamps on a picture postcard to USA. The addressee is the same as on the postcards above. Image thanks to Auktionen Gärtner, Nov 2006.
![12 December 1908 12 December 1908](./coversnh/nsw081210k.jpg)
PCH Type 1A on NSW ½d and 1d stamps on a picture postcard to USA. The addressee is the same as on the postcards above. ("Mele" coll.)
![12 December 1908 12 December 1908](./2014-2/1908-12-10.jpg)
PCH Type 1A on NSW ½d and 1d stamps on a picture postcard to USA. The addressee is
the same as on the postcards above. This one is a real photo postcard.
"Min Guddotter" means "my piece of gold" in Swedish.
Seen in auction 199 of Prestige Philately and mossgreen.
![12 December 1908 12 December 1908](./2014-2/1908-12-10r.jpg)
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![12 December 1908 12 December 1908](./2019/1908-12-12-malmberg.jpg)
PCH Type 1A on NSW ½d and 1d stamps on a picture postcard to USA. The addressee is
the same as on the postcards above.
Image thanks to Chris Rainey Postal History.
(new 2/2019)
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