NEW CALEDONIA

Covers and stamps / New Caledonia

NEW CALEDONIA: 1897 (June 21): Incoming unfranked envelope from "CAULNES / COTES DU NORD" via PARIS addressed to a prisoner at "Ile des Pins" taxed on arrival with 50 c. Postage Due tied by arrival cds with "NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE / NOUMEA" cds (Aug 21) alongside. The prison was closed at this date and the envelope bears on obverse the blue manuscript notation "ferme". Opened out for display, fine and scarce, cert. Roumet (2012).