International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/New Caledonia
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New Caledonia[edit | edit source]
- The first meter was installed on 10 January 1959. By 1998, 464 meters were reported in use.
- Only French-manufactured Satas, Secap, Camp and GAPA machines are known used in the collectivity.
- The stamps are grouped by usage:
- A – used by private, commercial entities
- PO – generated only by machines in post offices
GROUP A: Stamps used by private, commercial enterprises[edit | edit source]
- a. Printed in black.
- a. As A but with solid bar in place of a meter number
GROUP PO: Stamps generated by machines in Post Offices[edit | edit source]
- a. With lower case “h” instead of “H” after the hour figure
- PO2. Frama (MV).
[$5]
- Country inscription “Nlle CALELDONIE / ET DEPENDANCES”.
- “POSTES” straight at bottom without meter number below.
- Straight line town mark with bar below, town name at top, date and time in center.
- The hour figures are large, with small minute figures reading up.
- A. Frank 20 mm wide
- B. Wide frank, 22-23 mm
- V/F:
0000 (A)
00000 (B)
- PO2. Frama (MV).
- PO3. Sercem "MIVA" (digital), 1994.
- “REPUBLIQUE / FRANCAISE” at top of frank, with “NLLE CALELDONIE” at top of the town mark.
- “POSTES” straight at bottom above the meter number.
- M# with “G” prefix.
- Printed on self-adhesive labels, never directly to mail piece.
- Hour figure between town mark and frank.
- Straight-line TM within a thick-lined rectangle
- V/F:
0000000
- a. With small rectangular pattern of dots between “G” and M#
- b. With large “R”/(number) (with or without boxed “AR”) at left to indicate registered mail (with or without acknowledgement of receipt)
- PO4.1. Intermec (digital), 2005 or earlier.
- Printed in black on wide, plain white self-adhesive label.
- Frameless design with "Nouvelle-Calédonie RF" at top.
- Town name large above date and time.
- At right, the value figures above an identification number.
- The ID consists of a 4-letter code (XX-XX) left of the machine number with "PC" prefix.
- A. Printed on plain white label
- B. Printed on label with blue underprint picturing a Kagu bird at left and a beach at right
- V/F:
00000 F
- a. As B but the label is inverted (shown above). The label upright with the color enhanced is shown at right.
- PO5. Unknown (digital), 2014 or earlier.
- As Type PO4 but the value figures are at top, and all text is the same size and in upper case.
- Below the value figures:
- · "NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE RF"
- · town name
- · date and time
- · a code which includes identification of the destination country (if not on local mail)
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