Ref: DR10119
- £295.00
French Colonies. (New Caledonia). 1943. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to London written from Paaggoumene bearing New Caledonia Yvert 157, 2f orange and sepia and Yvert 242, 10f brown tied by Paagoumne/ Nlle Caledonia double ring '19th Feb 43' with framed 'R/Paagoumne Nouvelle Caledonie' hand-stamp with 'Ouvert Par La Censure-Nouvelle Caledonie' censor tape in green tied by circular 'Censure Alliere/ Nouvelle Caledonie/ 5' censor hand-stamp, routed via Noumea '23rd Feb' and San Francisco 'April 6', New York '11/4' with 'Examined by/ 1601' censor tape applied in New York and London censor tape and received 'May 19'. Lovely item of censored mail from this small New Caledonian village.
