Identifying the New Hebrides British and French Set issues is very simple. There is only one listed color shade with two language options plus one overprint. The territory was declared a condominium in 1906 and was jointly administered by the British and the French. As a result, stamps were issued in both languages. The set was printed in 1938 and was used until it was replaced in 1953. The overprinted French stamps were issued in 1941 in allegiance to General de Gaulle.

Unlike modern stamps which are issued in the millions, definitive sets from this time period were issued very conservatively. I do not have the print quantities for these issues. If anyone has them, please feel free to provide them.

The catalog numbers are from the 2008 Commonwealth King George VI Postage Stamp Catalogue (CW) published by Murray Payne, 2013 Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue (SG) and the 2011 Scott catalog (ST). You can access the publishers using the "Links to British Colonial Stamp Sites" at the bottom of this page.

The images were saved in a larger size and at a higher resolution so you can more easily see the details used in sorting them. Please be patient if it takes a few minutes for this page to load. The values of each set are shown together for the three sets, so you can see the variation. Notice that the Scott numbers are from the French New Hebrides section of the catalog.

This article was written to help you identify your stamps.
Please feel free to ask a question, or include a correction.