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Stamps of the French colonies used in Tahiti, example:

1882 Stamps of the French colonies, surcharged

  'TAHITI 5 c' on 20 c red on green (1884)
  'TAHITI 10 c' on 20 c red on green (1884)
  'TAHITI 25 c' on 35 c grey on yellow
  '25 c' on 35 c grey on yellow
  '25 c' on 40 c orange
  'TAHITI 25 c' on 1 F green (1884)
  

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Forgeries exist, example:

(Forgery!)

(Forged overprint on genuine stamp, the cancel reads 'GUADELOUPE'!)

1884 Provisional overprint on letters and newspapers

In 1884 a lack of stamps occured in Tahiti. Letters and newspapers were overprinted with the following cancel 'TAHITI 5 C':

(Newspaper wrapper 'LA CLOCHE' with this cancel)

It seems that similar overprints also exists with a value of 10 c, 10 c + 5 c and 10 c + 25 c.

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
All values	RR	RR

1893 Stamps of the French colonies overprinted 'TAHITI'

  1 c black
  2 c brown on yellow
  4 c brown
  5 c green
  10 c black
  15 c blue
  20 c red on green
  25 c yellow
  25 c black
  35 c grey on yellow
  75 c red
  1 F green

The surcharge is in most cases obliquely printed, reading upwards, however, inverted (reading upwards or downwards) and downwards overprints exist.

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
1 c	RRR	RRR
2 c	RRR	RRR
4 c	RRR	RRR
5 c	***	***
10 c	***	***
15 c	***	***
20 c	RR	RR
25 c yellow	RRR	RRR
25 c black	***	***
35 c	RRR	RRR
75 c	***	***
1 F	RR	RR

Fournier forgery, example:

For more information on these forgeries click here

This forgery has the cancel that is indicated in Fournier's album of philatelic forgeries 'PAPEETE AOUT 93 TAITI'. Other cancels were used by him as well.

1893 Stamps of the French colonies overprinted '1893 TAHITI'

(Reduced sizes)

  1 c black
  2 c brown
  4 c brown
  5 c green
  10 c black
  15 c blue
  20 c red on green
  25 c black
  25 c yellow
  35 c grey on yellow
  75 c red
  1 F green

Inverted overprints exist of almost all values, a double overprint exist of the 1 F value.

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
1 c	RRR	RRR
2 c	RRR	RRR
4 c	RRR	RRR
5 c	RRR	RRR
10 c	RR	RR
15 c	***	***
20 c	R	R
25 c yellow	RRR	RRR
25 c black	R	R
35 c	RRR	RRR
75 c	R	R
1 F	RR	RR

Forgeries, (probably Fournier forgeries):

For more information on these forgeries click here

From 1893 on Tahiti belonged to the French Oceanic Settlements.

1903 Stamps of the French Oceanic Settlements overprinted 'TAHITI' and value

(Reduced size)

  '10 centimes' on 15 c blue
  '10 centimes' (red) on 25 c black
  '10 CENTIMES' on 40 c orange

The '1' of '10' exists in two types. Inverted and double overprints exist.

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
10 c on 15 c	*	*
10 c on 25 c	***	***
10 c on 40 c	*	*

1915 Red cross issue, stamps of the French Oceanic Settlements overprinted 'TAHITI' (red) and red cross

(Reduced sizes)

  '+TAHITI' on 15 c blue
  '+TAHITI' on 15 c grey

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1921 Stamps of the French Oceanic Settlements overprinted '1921' and bar and surcharged (no country name indicated)

(Sorry, no pictures available yet, if anybody posesses a picture, please contact me!)

  '05' on 2 c brown and black
  '25' on 15 c orange and black

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

POSTAGE DUE STAMPS

1893 Postage due stamps of the french colonies overprinted 'TAHITI'

  1 c black
  2 c black
  3 c black
  4 c black
  5 c black
  10 c black
  15 c black
  20 c black
  30 c black
  40 c black
  60 c black
  1 F brown
  2 F brown

This surcharge is normally from the upper left corner to the lower right corner. All these overprints are rare.

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
All values	RRR	RRR

Forgeries exist, example:

1893 Postage due stamps of the french colonies overprinted '1893 TAHITI'

(Image obtained from a Sandafayre auction)

(Image obtained from a Feldman auction)

(Could be forgeries!)

  1 c black
  2 c black
  3 c black
  4 c black
  5 c black
  10 c black
  15 c black
  20 c black
  30 c black
  40 c black
  60 c black
  1 F brown
  2 F brown

All these overprints are rare!

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
All values	RRR	RRR

A 1 c black postage due stamp of the French colonies exists with overprint 'Tahiti' (extremely rare). The 1 c black postage due stamp of the French colonies also exists with overprint 'Tahiti 1893 TAHITI' (extremely rare). I don't have any picture of the first stamp.

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