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Postage due stamps


40 c postage due stamp of the French Colonies with a Koné cancel


Most likely Fournier forgeries of 2 F and 5 F postage due stamp of the French Colonies with a forged "NOUVELLE CALEDONIE 2E/3 SEPT 92 NOUMEA" cancel.


Some more Fournier forgeries with very wide margins and a "CALEDONIE NOUMEA ? JUL 04" cancel.


5 c forgery with a forged "NOUVELLE CALEDONIE NOUMEA" cancel. See also: French colonies, postage due stamps, primitive forgery type 2.


Forgeries, all with the same cancel "NOUVELLE CALEDONIE 2E/26 FEVR 92" and a triangle cancel, France Postage Due Stamps, forgery type 7 (Oneglia?)


Here a genuinely used French Colonies stamp, used in "NOUVELLE CALEDONIE NOUMEA", but with a forged perforation pretending to be a rare French postage due stamp.

 

1903 Postage due stamps of the french colonies overprinted with eagle and "CINQUANTENAIRE" in red or blue (1 F in silver)

Image obtained from a Harmers auction

  5 c blue
  10 c brown
  15 c green
  30 c red
  50 c lilac
  60 c brown on brown
  1 F red on brown
  2 F brown


A pair of 30 c stamps, the right one with a missing "I" in "TENAIRE" (all values exist with this error).

I noticed a lot of these stamps have the cancel "3 NOV 03" (cancelled to order, or first day of issue?).

Value of the stamps

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
5 c *** ***  
10 c *** ***  
15 c *** ***  
30 c *** ***  
50 c R R  
60 c RR RR  
1 F R R Overprint in silver
2 F RRR RRR  


This might be a forgery, in my view the basic stamp is also forged (the "2" and the text "FRANCS A PERCEVOIR" is placed too far to the right?). The word "TAXE" is in thinner letters.

 

1906 Man in boat

  5 c blue on green
  10 c brown on yellow
  15 c green
  20 c black on yellow
  30 c red
  50 c blue on yellow
  60 c olive on blue
  1 F green on yellow

Surcharged (1926)
  '2 F =' on 1 F violet
  '3 F =' on 1 F brown

These stamps have perforation 13 1/2 x 14.

Value of the stamps

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
5 c c c  
10 c c c  
15 c c c  
20 c * *  
30 c * *  
50 c * *  
60 c * *  
1 F * *  
2 F on 1 F ** **  
3 F on 1 F *** ***  


Here with "ILES WALLIS et FUTUNA" overprint to be used in Wallis and Futuna.

 

1928 Deer in a forest

  2 c blue and brown
  4 c red and green
  5 c orange and black
  10 c red and blue
  15 c green and orange
  20 c brown and grey
  25 c light brown and blue
  30 c green and olive
  50 c brown and red
  60 c red and orange
  1 F blue and grey
  2 F red and green
  3 F violet and brown


Here with "ILES WALLIS et FUTUNA FRANCE LIBRE" overprint to be used in Wallis and Futuna.

 

1948 value in circle, inscription "CHIFFRE TAXE NOUVELLE CALEDONIE"

  10 c violet
  30 c brown
  50 c green
  1 F orange
  2 F red
  3 F brown
  4 F blue
  5 F red-brown
  10 F black
  20 F violet

 

1959 Totems (three different designs)

  1 F orange
  3 F blue
  4 F violet
  5 F blue
  9 F black
  10 F blue
  13 F green
  15 F light blue
  24 F lilac
  26 F orange
  50 F green
  100 F brown
  200 F red

Parcel Stamps

In 1926 some parcel stamps were issued, by overprinting postage stamps with "Colis Postaux". The following values were issued: 50 c on 5 F, 1 F, 2 F. In 1930 a second set was issued (printed on the stamps with the new design) in the values: 50 c, 1 F and 2 F.


(Example: 50 c on 5 F of the 1926 set)


50 c of the 1930 set


Air Mail

1932 Postage stamps of 1928 overprinted "PARIS NOUMEA Verneille Deve Munch 5 Avril 1932" and aeroplane

  40 c red and green (RR)
  50 c violet and brown (RR)

Another set of 26 stamps exists with a similar overprint in black or red (but the aeroplane is different); these stamps were sold from 4 to 22 December 1933 in Paris for stamp collectors.

 

1938 Aeroplane above Pacific Ocean, inscription "NOUVELLE - CALEDONIE ET DEPENDANCES POSTE AERIENNE"

  65 c violet
  4.50 F red
  5 F brown
  9 F blue
  7 F green
  10 F brown
  20 F orange
  50 F black

 

1939 French revolution commemoration, Bastille, design identical to many other French colonies, inscription "NOUVELLE CALEDONIE POSTE AERNE" (design similar to postage stamps)

For an image of a similar stamp of another colony, click here.

  4.50 F + 4 F black and red

 

1942 "PROTECTION DE L'ENFANCE INDIGENE" and "QUINZAINE IMPERIALE"

  1.20 F + 1.80 F blue and red ('quinzaine')
  1.50 F + 3.50 F green ('protection')

 

1942 Plane above waves, inscription "FRANCE LIBRE RF NOUVELLE CALEDONIE", design identical to many other French colonies

For an image of a similar stamp of another colony, click here.

  1 F orange
  1.50 F red
  5 F brown
  10 F black
  25 F blue
  50 F green
  100 F lilac

 

1946 Angel over Arc de Triomphe with tanks, design identical to many other French Colonies

For an image of a similar stamp of another colony, click here.

  8 F blue

 

1946 Battle fields, "DU TCHAD AU RHIN", various designs, identical to many other French Colonies, inscription "POSTE AERIENNE"

For an image of a similar stamp of another colony, click here.

  5 F grey
  10 F red
  15 F blue
  20 F brown
  25 F green
  50 F violet

I've also seen this set imperforate.

 

1948 Aeroplanes, various designs, inscription "NOUVELLE CALEDONIE ET DEPENDANCES POSTE AERIENNE"

  50 F lilac and orange
  100 F green
  200 F yellow and brown

 

1949 75 anniversary of UPU, inscription "POSTE AERIENNE", design identical to many other French Colonies, inscription "NOUVELLE CALEDONIE ET DEPENDANCES"

For an image of a similar stamp of another colony, click here

  10 F blue, green, brown and red

 

1954 War scene

  3 F black and blue

 

1955

  14 F 

Military stamps

Inscription "Nlle Caledonie Correspondance Militaire"

In 1893 some stamps were issued for military use, they have a French flag in the design. These stamps were issued mainly for stamp collectors and can be considered bogus.Various designs in various colours exist.
According to Le Postillon Revue Philatelique of 1910, page 98, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9802917r/f1n24.pdf?download=1
the numbers inside the design range from "1" to "25" in various colors, which gives a large amount of different stamps. They are called "Les petits drapeaux de lieutenant-colonel Delauney" there.


Forged French Colonies stamps with New Caledonia cancels

Forged French Colonies stamps with forged "NOUVELLE CALEDONIE 2E/26 FEVR ??" cancels, these forgeries were probably made by the stamp forger Oneglia.


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