1911-12
Jules Giraud, land-surveyor and designer of this stamp issue. (coll. Fred Petit)
Surveying with gun in reach....
A comment in the Sydney Morning Herald:
Jules Giraud #1
Handdrawn postcard by Jules Giraud, the designer of the 1911 issue - they contain elements of the later stamp design. (coll. F. Petit)
Jules Giraud #2
Handdrawn postcard by Jules Giraud, the designer of the 1911 issue - they contain elements of the later stamp design. (coll. F. Petit)
Jules Giraud #3
Handdrawn postcard by Jules Giraud, the designer of the 1911 issue - they contain elements of the later stamp design. (coll. F. Petit)
In 1911 the first stamps with a specific New Hebrides design were issued.
Engraving: Leonard Vincent Phillips (De La Rue)
Design: Jules Giraud, land-surveyor in Port Vila
Printing: Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd. ♦ modified 1911 issue
First Day: First day British issue: July 25, 1911, French issue July 12, 1911
First date recorded: French Issue: 12 July 1911, British issue: 29 July 1911
Perforation: 14 ♦ Watermark: Multiple Crown + CA
This series exists with overprint "SPECIMEN"
29 July 1911
Wrong colour image for better visibility of the cancel. 29 July 1911 (or possibly 25). Early British used stamps are scarce. Our earliest cover dates from 10 October 1911.
The reason could be that there were far more Frenchmen on the islands than British people.
The 1911 British Watermark Mult. Crown CA stamps
S.-G.: 18-Yv: 49
Sc. : **-Mi: 27
S.-G.: 19-Yv: 50
Sc. : **-Mi: 28
S.-G.: 20-Yv: 51
Sc. : **-Mi: 29
S.-G.: 21-Yv: 52
Sc. : **-Mi: 30
S.-G.: 24-Yv: 53
Sc. : **-Mi: 31
S.-G.: 25-Yv: 54
Sc. : **-Mi: 32
S.-G.: 26-Yv: 55
Sc. : **-Mi: 33
S.-G.: 27-Yv: 56
Sc. : **-Mi: 34
S.-G.: 28-Yv: 57
Sc. : **-Mi: 35
The 1911 French Watermark Mult. Crown CA stamps
S.-G.: F11-Yv: 27
Sc. : **-Mi: 36
S.-G.: F12-Yv: 28
Sc. : **-Mi: 37
S.-G.: F13-Yv: 29
Sc. : **-Mi: 38
S.-G.: F14-Yv: 30
Sc. : **-Mi: 39
S.-G.: F15-Yv: 31
Sc. : **-Mi: 40
S.-G.: F16-Yv: 32
Sc. : **-Mi: 41
S.-G.: F17-Yv: 33
Sc. : **-Mi: 42
S.-G.: F18-Yv: 34
Sc. : **-Mi: 43
S.-G.: F19-Yv: 35
Sc. : **-Mi: 44
S.-G.: F20-Yv: 36
Sc. : **-Mi: 45
S.-G.: F21-Yv: 37
Sc. : **-Mi: 46
The 1911 British SPECIMEN stamps
British series with SPECIMEN overprinting. Many stamps shown here have the plate error "broken M" (see info further down).
The De La Rue Overprint on these stamps is Type D12.
S.-G.: 18s-Yv: --
Sc. : **-Mi: --
S.-G.: 19s-Yv: --
Sc. : **-Mi: --
S.-G.: 20s-Yv: --
Sc. : **-Mi: --
S.-G.: 21s-Yv: --
Sc. : **-Mi: --
S.-G.: 24s-Yv: --
Sc. : **-Mi: --
S.-G.: 25s-Yv: --
Sc. : **-Mi: --
S.-G.: 26s-Yv: 55
Sc. : **-Mi: --
S.-G.: 27s-Yv: 56
Sc. : **-Mi: --
S.-G.: 28s-Yv: 57
Sc. : **-Mi: --
Here's what "DEG" writes about the "broken M" error: "These stamps were set in sheets of 30 (10 rows x 3 columns).
Presumably 14 sheets were overprinted SPECIMEN to obtain the required UPU distribution
quantity. It has been assumed that a different overprint plate would have been
prepared for these double-width stamps, but on each of the 9 values the same
"Broken M" variety can be found that has previously been at position 41 (R7/5).
One possible explanation is that the same overprint plate was applied using only columns 1, 3 and 5. If so,
14 of each value with this variety could be expected to exist." "DEG"'s stamps do not show any signs of albino prints from uninked columns 4 or 6.
Cancelled a bit early: 11 February 1911
11 February 1911
11 February 1911 cancellation. (coll. Fred Petit)
½d sheet: SG 18
(new 1/2019)
5d sheet: SG 24
(new 1/2019)
6d sheet: SG 25
(new 1/2019)
6d sheet: SG 25. From my 2014 archive
1/- sheet: SG 26
(new 1/2019)
1/- sheet: SG 26. From my 2014 archive
20c sheet: SG F13
(new 1/2019)
20c sheet: SG F13
(new 1/2019)
