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Vanuatu an island nation of volcanic origin located in the South
Pacific Ocean first inhabited by Melanesian people.The Republic of Vanuatu was created in
1980. In the 1880s France and the United Kingdom claimed parts of
the country and they agreed of jointly managing the archipelago through a British-French
Condominium as the New Hebrides.and both countries issued
its own postage stamps for the islands until the end of the
Condominium when there were joint issues.
The first British issues were produced by overprinting stamps of Fiji
with "NEW HEBRIDES / CONDOMINIUM". These were followed by a joint issue
with the French authorities, inscribed "NEW HEBRIDES" .and another
joint issue of nine values with both pence and centime denominations.
The twelve values of the 1938 issues all depicted the same "beach scene"
nscribed "NEW HEBRIDES" at the top and "CONDOMINIUM" at the bottom. A
standard Commonwealth 75th anniversary of the UPU issue followed in
1949, and a definitive issue in 1953. 1956 saw a set of four values
commemorating the 50th anniversary of the condominium, and another set
of definitives in 1957. .
The first issues of the French, were overprints
on the stamps of their colony New Caledonia, ireading just
"NOUVELLES HEBRIDES" and in 1910 adding "CONDOMINIUM". The joint issue
of 1911 was at first printed on British
paper, then on French paper watermarked "R F".French issues of 1925 and
1938 were analogous to their British counterparts, but in 1941, the 1938
stamps were overprinted "France Libre" .
Postwar issues were generally consistent with British versions,
differing primarily in being inscribed in French.
Wallis and Futuna is a Polynesian French
island territory in the South Pacific between Fiji and Samoa. It is made up of
three main volcanic tropical islands and a number of tiny islets. The
territory is split into two island groups lying about 260 km apart:
Wallis Islands (Uvea), in the north ,
Hoorn Islands (Futuna Islands), in the south
Futuna and
Alofi Between 1961 and 2003, had the status of a French overseas
territory after 2003 the status of French overseas
collectivity
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