Australasian New Hebrides Company
The establishment of the Compagnie Caledonniene des Nouvelles-Hebrides in 1892 was with the explicit aim of establishing French control in the New Hebrides. In 1887, alarmed missionaries persuaded the Victorian and N.S.W. governments to subsidize shipping services to and from ...
Friday, July 11th, 2008
Australia Map (1860)
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Fiji: Rates of Postage (1921)
Here are postal rates for Fiji issued in 1921. PDb readers and especially postal historians find this sort of information useful. Should any of our members have postal rate information (from any period), we would be happy to publish them. ...
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Oceania Map (Strand Album 1908)
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Pacific Islands Mail Services (1915)
This article provides a valuable insight into the postal and shipping arrangements for Pacific island in the early part of the 20th century. Postal historians should find it especially useful. Originally published in Australian Stamp Journal (October 1915). If you enjoyed ...
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Society of Australasian Specialists/Oceania
"The Society of Australasian Specialists was founded in July 1936 by a small group of collectors interested in Australasian philately. In 1965, the American Society of Australian Philatelists, later to become Oceania, Inc. was established for the same purpose as ...
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
The Lost Islands of Oceania
Where did the Gilbert and Ellice Islands go? They’re gone. I can’t find them on current maps. I can’t find them in travel books. They’re in my stamp album and they’re in my stamp catalogue. So they must be someplace, ...
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
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