File:Stamp 1928 France New Caledonia MiNr0136 mt B002.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionStamp 1928 France New Caledonia MiNr0136 mt B002.jpg |
Stamp of New Caledonia; 1928; definitive stamp of the "Issue of Bird Kagu, landscapes and ship"; The stamp motive shows a sailingboat (one-mast-ship) in the "Bay Pointe des Palétuviers" (German: "paletuvier" = "Küsten-..."; "Palétuvier" = "Mangrove", so German: "Boot in der Magrovenbucht").; There exist 23 species of Mangroves (22+1) but only two species come into consideration: "Avicennia germinans" (= "Palétuvier noire", German: "Schwarze Mangrove") and "Rhizophora mangle" (= "Palétuvier rouge", German: "Rote Mangrove").; It's originally the name of a bay of the New Hebrides (at Port-Vila, contemporary state of "Vanuatu"); stamp without overprints; nominal value corresponding the colors; mint stamp date QS:P,+1928-04-30T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1928-04-30T00:00:00Z/11 Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 35.0 x 21.5 mm |
Date | (first issue date of the stamp) |
Source | scan of original |
Author | "Bureau d'études des postes et télécommunationes d'outre-mér" (BEPTOM) as "Bureau" of "La Poste du France" (initially); since 1894 with the "Agence des Timbres-poste d'outre-mer" (ATPOM), Paris.; To then time were stamps for New Caledonia printed at the "Imprimerie des timbres-poste et des valeurs fiduciares", (since 1880) Paris and initially in the contemporary Perigeux. |
Other versions |
stamp also in other colors (corresponding of the nominal value level) and with different overprints ("France Libre" and "Wallis et Futuna")
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Picture description | Boat in the "Bay Ponte des Palétuviers" in New Caledonia (without overprints) |
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First day of issue | |
Publisher | "Bureau d'études des postes et télécommunationes d'outre-mér" (BEPTOM) as "Bureau" of "La Poste du France" (initially); since 1894 with the "Agence des Timbres-poste d'outre-mer" (ATPOM), Paris.; To then time were stamps for New Caledonia printed at the "Imprimerie des timbres-poste et des valeurs fiduciares", (since 1880) Paris and initially in the contemporary Perigeux. |
Design | Georges Hourriez (1878-1953) |
Printer | "Imprimerie des timbres-poste et des valeurs fiduciares", since 1880 in Paris and initially in the contemporary Perigeux |
Printing technique | Letterpress printing |
Perforation | Comb perforation, K 14 : 13½ |
MICHEL Nr. | Neukaledonien (NC), Nr. 136 |
SCOTT Nr. | New Caledonia (NC), No. 136 |
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The author died in 1953, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. | |
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