Official letter - from the New Hebridean Postmaster Mr. Roy - to England. The first recorded official letter from the New Hebrides. Note: the month block is mirrored. Source: Bill Holland, New Hebrides Condominium Official Cachets, page 1/1.

Official letter - from the New Hebridean Postmaster Mr. Roy - to England. The second oldest official letter from the New Hebrides known to us so far. (Goron coll.)

Marvelous ensemble of two pieces belonging together: confirmation of receipt to Port Vila with a French 10c stamp cancelled in Paris, cancelled in Port Vila at 17 January 1911. See at left of this page. This avis No. 514 had been sent back to Paris in the official letter by the Post Office in Vila, "Service" in manuscript, cancelled with PCH type 7 in blue, Noumea transit on 2 February 1911 and Paris 2 distribution arrival on 11 March.("SeSi" coll.)
PACIFIQUE left Sydney on 1 Feb 1911 so this cover was carried from Vila to Noumea by the UNION COMMERCIAL LINE steamer ST. LOUIS which left Sydney on 14 Jan 1911.

British Residency to the Sydney Holdsworth, MacPherson & Co. (RHM coll.)

British Residency to the Sydney Holdsworth, MacPherson & Co. (RHM coll.)

New Hebrides Condominium Customs to W. Gardiner & Co, Sydney. Cachet oc 3a and postmark GK type PM2.

3 July 1917
(new 2/2022)

OHMS letter from the British Resident Commissioner to France. (Image thanks to Argyll Etkin )

Stampless New Hebrides Customs cover to Sydney, cancel PM4. Image thnaks to Lugdunum Philatélie

Stampless registered cover to France, cancel PCH type 7. (ex "Santo" coll.)

Stampless Post Office cover to New Zealand, cancel PCH type 8a (date block inverted). CHARGÉ handstamp. Backstamped Sydney registered 24 January 1927. (right side graphically restored)(Seen in a 1988/90 dealer's offer, now ??)

Registered Postmaster letter to Vichy, redirected to Paris. First taxed then not taxed possibly. Image thanks to Lugdunum Philatelie

Registered Postmaster letter to Limoges, France. O.C.S. imprint and PCH type 9, the registration handstamp is PCH type R5. (Merot coll.)

Postmaster letter to Grimsby Ontario Canada. O.C.S handstamp and Condominium Postmaster seal (Holland type oc1) in violet, cancel PCH type 9 in black.

Stampless cover from the Postmaster to France. Customs cover changed by manuscript, O.C.S. handstamp, Condominium Postmaster seal, handstamp "Le receveur des postes", type 9 c.d.s. and Lille arrival on reverse.
Image thanks to Gaertner Auctions

Postmaster letter to England, O.C.S. imprint and PCH type 9 in blue. (Klinger coll.)

Registered Postmaster letter to Limoges, France. O.C.S. imprint and Stampless cover from the French Residency to Paris. Impression of PCH type 9. (Goron coll.)

?Postmaster letter to San Francisco USA. Double O.C.S. handstamp in blue, cancel type PM7A in blue. ("SeSi" coll.)

Service du Trésor letter to France, no stamp, handstamped "recommandé" with 150 T in manuscript. Service du Trér Nouvelles Hébrides cachet with signature.
Image thanks to Lugdunum Philatelie

Postmaster stampless cover to England cancelled type PM7A. (Source: an English collector)

Postmaster clerk's letter regarding payment and use of cancels

The slip of paper showing the three postmarks - only type PM7A is in use at this time.
PM6 came into use again about July 1931. And PM2 was in a poor condition. It was last used in 1924.

Official cover from the H.B.M. Resident Commissioner to a London stamp dealer.
British Administration cachet 0b5 (small format arms) and postmark GK type PM7A. No rear markings. (RHM coll.)

Official cover from the French Residency to Mulhouse, France. Official cachet Holland OF8 and a late use of GK Type PM6. (Klinger coll.)

Official cover from the French Residency to Marseille. Official cachet Holland of8 and a very late use of GK Type PM6. (Yeomans coll.)

Postmaster letter to U.S.A. PM7B. Image thanks to Sandafayre Stamp Auctions

Official cover from the H.B.M. Resident Commissioner to a London stamp dealer.
British Administration cachet 0b5 (small format arms) and postmark GK type PM7A. No rear markings. (RHM coll.)

Official cover from the H.B.M. High Commissioner's Court for the Western Pacific to a Bank in Sydney.
British Administration cachet 0b 2a (cachet newly discovered on this cover) and postmark GK type PM7A. (RHM coll.)

Official cover from the H.B.M.R.C. High Commissioner's Court for the Western Pacific to the Bank of Australasia in Sydney.
The cover carries the extremely rare registration cachet GK type NR16 which has no New Hebrides related printing. The reg. number and the sender acronym H.B.M.R.C. added with a typewriter. Cancelled VILA with a late use of PM 7A and backstamped SYDNEY RS 10 November 1938.

29 October 1938
(new 4/22)

Official cover from the H.B.M. Resident Commissioner to the department of agriculture in Sydney.
British Administration cachet 0b6 (single ring) and postmark GK type PM7B.(RHM coll.)

Official cover from the H.B.M. Resident Commissioner to the department of agriculture in Sydney.
British Administration cachet 0b6 (single ring) and postmark GK type PM11A. It is very intereting that an official letter from the British Resident Commissioner got a French postmar! (RHM coll.)

British Resident Commissioner's uncensored letter to Porter Bros. Liverpool, England, containing the announcement from the English company that six Union Jacks were sent. I don't knoe why this was sent back to Liverpool. (RHM coll.)

British Resident Commissioner's (Richard Denis Blandy) uncensored letter to a company in England, containing the confirmation that six Union Jacks arrived in Vila. Cancelled PCH type 11. ("RHM" coll.)

17 September 1940

Official cover from the H.B.M. Resident Commissioner to Sullivan Ltd., Sydney.
British Administration cachet 0b4 and postmark GK type PM11A.(RHM coll.)

22 August 1941
(new 2/22)

OHMS cover from the British district agent, central district n°1 to Sydney . Cachet type PM7C 25.NOV.41 on front , backstamped Nouméa 12 12 41 in transit. ("SeSi" coll.)

6 October 1942

Postmaster letter to Cuba, O.C.S. imprint and PCH type 11. Condominium and Australian censor cachet, red censor tape at left, black censor tape at right, ENE 19, 1943 arrival cancel on reverse. (enero = January) (Klinger coll.)

6 October 1942

Official cover from the H.B.M. Resident Commissioner to the B.S.I. administraion in Sydney. Cancelled with GK type PM11A.
"On His Majesty's Service" added with a hand stamp. British Administration cachet 0b4a and postmark GK type PM11A. (RHM coll.)
Type ob4a has a different star on the right side and a wider gao between the R and the S.

Postmaster Cover without stamps to the U.S. Vila censored and postmaster handstamp. Taxed 10 cents (how was this calculated?) at Springfield, Ohio. (Klinger coll.)

O.C.S cover to Milwaukee/Wisconsin USA cancelled with PCH type 11 and the 2 lines cachet The Condominium Postmaster / Le Chef du Service Postal in violet. Condominium censor cachet. The last WWII censored letter so far on this site. (RHM coll.)
The last censored letter with stamps on this site dates from 17 August 1945. (The end of Pacific WWII was on 2 September 1945).   See it here at bottom

O.C.S cover to Eugene Oregon USA cancelled with PCH type 11 and the 2 lines cachet The Condominium Postmaster / Le Chef du Service Postal in violet. The earliest post-WWII O.C.S. letter so far on this site. ("SeSi" coll.)

Postmaster Cover to Essex with oce 5 and a GK type PM7C postmark. how was this calculated?) at Springfield, Ohio. (RHM coll.)

Official cover from the H.B.M.R.C. High Commissioner's Court for the Western Pacific to the Bank of Australasia in Sydney.
The cover carries the extremely rare registration cachet GK type NR16 which has no New Hebrides related printing. The reg. number and the sender acronym H.B.M.R.C. added by manuscript. Not cancelled in Vila but marked with the British Residency PISC "Type ob3" official cachet. Backstamped SYDNEY 15 April 1946. Sealed with two RC seals and marked with "Type ob3" on reverse. (RHM coll.)

xx April 1946
(new 4/22)

Public Works Department's O.C.S. letter to Sydney. Cancelled with PM7D twice on the obverse and once on the reverse. (Klinger coll.)

1949 stampless postmaster Air Mail cover to London. Cancelled with GK Type PM7D. Image thanks to Steve Drewett & Empire Stamp Auctions