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Stamp of New Caledonia; 1905; definitive stamp of the "Issue of Bird Kagu, landscapes and ship"; Meant is a bird of the species "Rhychetos jubatus") (French: "definitives - type Cagou") for New Caledonia (NCE); (second issue of the same stamp: 1908); country name: "Republique Française - Postes Nouvelle Caledonie et dependences"; Meant is the "Troisiéme Republique" ("Third Republic") of France (1871-1940).; mint stamp
Stamp: Michel: No. 85; Yvert & Tellier: No. 88; Scott: No. 88
Color: black on light green
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 1 C (Centimes)

Postage validity: from 1905
date QS:P,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 17.5 x 21.0 mm
Date (first issue of the stamp)
Source scan of original
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"Bureau d'études des postes et télécommunationes d'outre-mér" (BEPTOM) as "Bureau" of "La Poste du France"; since 1894 with the "Agence des Timbres-poste d'outre-mer" (ATPOM), Paris. In June 1942 the "Counseil General des Nouvelle Caledonie" voted unanimously to support the Free French government, and in September 1942 was the pro-Vichy governor forced to leave this land for Indochina.; To then time were printed stamps for New Caledonia at the "Imprimerie des timbres-poste et des valeurs fiduciares", since 1880 in Paris and initially in the contemporary Perigeux.

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In 1941 had some 300 men from the Caledonian territory volunteered for service overseas.; They were joined, in April 1941, by 300 men from French Polynesia ('the Tahitians'), plus a handful from the French districts of the New Hebrides: together they formed the "Bataillon du Pacifique" (BP); The Caledonians formed two of the companies inside the "BP", and the Polynesians the other two.; In May 1941, they sailed to Australia and boarded the "RMS Queen Elizabeth" for the onward voyage to Africa.; They joined there the other Free French (FF) battalions (in Qastina in August 1941), before moving to the Western Desert with the 1st FF Brigade (1re BFL).; There they were one of the four battalions who took part in the breakout after the "Battle of Bir Hakeim" in 1942.; Their losses could not easily be replaced from the Pacific and they were therefore amalgamated with the Frenchmen of another battalion wearing the anchor of "La Coloniale", the BIM, to form the: "Bataillon de l'infanterie de marine et du Pacifique" (BIMP).; The combined battalion formed part of the Gaulliste "1re Division Motorisée d'Infanterie Division de Marche d'Infanterie" (DMI), alongside three divisions from the French North African forces, in the French Expeditionary Corps (CEF) during the Italian Campaign.; They landed in Europe in the Provence in 1944, when they were posted out and replaced by local French volunteers and résistants.; To the same time, in March 1942 (with the assistance of Australia) the New Caledonia territory became an important Allied naval base and to the main South Pacific Fleet base of the "United States Navy" in the South Pacific, which moved to Nouméa in New Caledonia in 1942–1943.; This fleet that turned back the Japanese Navy in the so-called "Battle of the Coral Sea" in May 1942 was based at Nouméa. US-American troops, stationed on New Caledonia (numbered as many as 50,000) matching the entire local population at the time.
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  • French map of Nouméa from 1894
    French map of Nouméa from 1894
  • French Newspaper part from 1915, "The New-Caledonian contigent in the harbour of Nouméa to support the French troups in the Guerre" (=WWI)
    French Newspaper part from 1915, "The New-Caledonian contigent in the harbour of Nouméa to support the French troups in the Guerre" (=WWI)
  • French Newspaper-part from 1917, showing the harbour of Nouméa
    French Newspaper-part from 1917, showing the harbour of Nouméa
  • Brigadier General Alexander M. Patch, USA, (left) and Admiral Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, France libre, (right) to the begin of 1942
    Brigadier General Alexander M. Patch, USA, (left) and Admiral Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, France libre, (right) to the begin of 1942
  • The Habour of Nouméa in November 1942
    The Habour of Nouméa in November 1942
  • Capt. Thom Burke, commanding officer of the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) receives a wreath to lay at the U.S. war memorial during a ceremony honouring U.S. service members who helped ensure the freedom of New Caledonia during World War II. (photography from 2009)
    Capt. Thom Burke, commanding officer of the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) receives a wreath to lay at the U.S. war memorial during a ceremony honouring U.S. service members who helped ensure the freedom of New Caledonia during World War II. (photography from 2009)
  • The administraive (divisional) hierarchy pyramid of New Caledonia in 2009 according to the EU
    The administraive (divisional) hierarchy pyramid of New Caledonia in 2009 according to the EU
  • Abandonned coastal defense gun from WWII in Nouméa (East side) in 2018
    Abandonned coastal defense gun from WWII in Nouméa (East side) in 2018
Picture description Drawing with the Bird "Kagu" and marginal decorations
First day of issue
Publisher "Bureau d'études des postes et télécommunationes d'outre-mér" (BEPTOM) as "Bureau" of "La Poste du France"; since 1894 with the "Agence des Timbres-poste d'outre-mer" (ATPOM), Paris. In June 1942 the "Counseil General des Nouvelle Caledonie" voted unanimously to support the Free French government, and in September 1942 was the pro-Vichy governor forced to leave this land for Indochina.; To then time were printed stamps for New Caledonia at the "Imprimerie des timbres-poste et des valeurs fiduciares", since 1880 in Paris and initially in the contemporary Perigeux.
Design design: Henry-Emile Vollet (1861-1945) (1905/1908 series),

engraving: Jean-Jacques Puyplat (1843-1915) (1905/1908 series),
design: Edmond (or "Edmund") Dulac (1882-1953) (1942 series),
engraving: serviceman of the printery (1942 series)

Printer "Imprimerie des timbres-poste et des valeurs fiduciares", since 1880 in Paris and initially in the contemporary Perigeux (1905/1908-series),

"Harrison & Sons", London (United Kingdom) (1942 series)

Printing technique Letterpress printing (1905/1908-series),

Heliogravure (1942 series)

Perforation Comb perforation, K 14 : 13½
MICHEL Nr. Neukaledonien (NC), Nr. 85
SCOTT Nr. New Caledonia (NC), No. 88

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