- £125.00
French Colonies. (Tahiti - Oceania). 1943. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'B.P. 86, Noumea, New Caledonia' bearing French Oceania Yvert 166, 5f yellow tied by Papeete date stamp '23rd Aout 43' with circular 'Controle Postal/ Etablisements Francais/ De L'Oceanie' on face and 'Controle Postal Militaire' censor label with oval 'Ouvert/ Par/ L' Autorite Militaire' cachet on reverse, routed via Sydney with 'Opened by Censor/ 2' label tied by framed '2/ Passed by Censor/ 1187' cachet in violet and hand-stamped '5' on reverse (Supervisors checking) and New Caledonia censor 'Censure/ Nouvelles Caledonie/ 9' applied on arrival with m/s Returned without editing address) with Papeete receiver '19th Nov 43' on face. Very fine.
Fine item from one French Pacific Island Oceania via Australia to New Caledonia.
The book store and library of 'R. Klima' is still an important feature of Papeete town.
Ex Tony Eastgate.
