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| Keywords: 1897 Australasian New Hebrides Company stamps.jpg en Organised in 1887 the company provided shipping and other services - including mail delivery - on steamers running between Australia and the New Hebrides at intervals of about three weeks This provided a convenient mail service to almost sixty islands in the grouping including Tonga Unfortunately this service proved to be unprofitable and the company closed down in 1899 when it entered into a contract with the Australian Post Office To pay the additional fees of this service two stamps were created a one pence black and lilac rose and a two pence blue and red-brown The design on both stamps showed the port of Vila in New Hebrides with the company headquarters in the centre The stamps were lithographed on heavy wove unwatermarked paper and rouletted but are also known on a toned paper and with a 'Specimen' overprint Scan of original Australasian New Hebrides Company 1897 PD-Old 1897 stamps Local stamps Stamps of the New Hebrides | ||||
