New Caledonia is
a special collectivity of France in Melanesia. It is made up of different
islands and island groups including the main island of Grande Terre, the
Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of
Pines, and a few remote islets.
The first stamp
was issued in 1860, a local print with the portrait of emperor Napoleon III.
Later overprints were issued and stamps with the same designs as the other
French colonies. Now the New Caledonian post issues new stamps regularly
featuring local scenery, culture and history.
The stamp on the
envelope with the normal international rate I bought from the French philatelic
service, where all recent stamps from New Caledonia are on sale: laposte.fr/timbres-nouvelle-caledonie. The postmark
is from Calédoscope, the local philatelic service in Nouméa. The date in the
postmark has the traditional French numbers.
Website of the
philatelic service of New Caledonia (also available in English): caledoscope.opt.nc. Stamps and first day covers are also sold in Le Carré d'Encre in Paris.
Date sent: 17
April 2017
Date postmark: 4
May 2017
Date received:
11 May 2017
Number of days:
24
Envelope in collection:
34
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