Official territory name: New Hebrides Condominium
New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium and named after the Hebrides Scottish archipelago, was the colonial name for the island group in the South Pacific Ocean that is now Vanuatu. Native people had inhabited the islands for three thousand years before the first Europeans arrived in 1606 from a Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Pedro Fernandes de Queirós. The islands were named by Captain James Cook in 1774 and subsequently colonised by both the British and the French.
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Territory state: INSTITUT D’ÉMISSION D’OUTRE-MER Complete
INSTITUT D’ÉMISSION D’OUTRE-MER
- ND (1967-1971) Overprint “Nouvelles-Hébrides” in Capital Letters Issue
100 francs P-16; B-401 Color: Multicolor Dimensions: 140 x 75 mm
Front: Girl, view of Airport and Port of Papeete (Tahiti) and Moorea Island with Sommet Tohiea.
Back: Girl.
Security thread: None.
Printer: Banque de France (France) – BF.
Watermark: RF and female (Marianne) head wearing Phrygian cap.
Signatures: André Postel-Vinay & Bernard Clappier.
| Description | VG | VF | UNC |
| a. Date: ND. Series A.1 – C.1. Intro: 1969. | – | 175 | – |
| as. Vertical SPECIMEN perforation; diagonal black SPECIMEN NO # overprint | – | – | – |
1000 francs P-17; B-402 Color: Multicolor Dimensions: 160 x 85 mm
Front: Girl.
Back: Village.
Security thread: None.
Printer: Banque de France (France) – BF.
Watermark: RF and female (Marianne) head wearing Phrygian cap.
Signatures: André Postel-Vinay & Bernard Clappier.
| Description | VG | VF | UNC |
| a. Date: ND. Series A.1 – C.1. Intro: 1969. | – | 350. | – |
| as. Vertical SPECIMEN perforation; diagonal black SPECIMEN NO # overprint. | – | – | 400. |
- ND (1970-1980) Overprint “Nouvelles-Hébrides” in Script Issue
100 francs P-18; B-403 Color: Multicolor Dimensions: 140 x 75 mm
Front: Girl, view of Airport and Port of Papeete (Tahiti) and Moorea Island with Sommet Tohiea; horizontal black Nouvelles-Hébrides overprint.
Back: Girl; horizontal black Nouvelles-Hébrides overprint.
Security thread: None.
Printer: Banque de France (France) – BF.
Watermark: RF and female (Marianne) head wearing Phrygian cap.
| Description | VG | VF | UNC |
| a. Date: ND. Intaglio. Series: C.1 – E.1 50,999. Intro: 1971. Sign 1. | – | 65. | – |
| b. Lithograph. Series: E.1 51,000 – W.1. Intro: 1972. | – | 40. | 150. |
| c. Series: G.1 – W.1. Intro: 1975. Sign 2. | – | – | 120. |
| d. Series: H.1 – W.1. Intro: 1977. Sign 3. | – | – | 85. |
| as. Vertical SPECIMEN perforation; diagonal black SPECIMEN NO # overprint. | – | – | – |
| bs. Vertical SPECIMEN perforation; diagonal black SPECIMEN NO # overprint. | – | – | – |
| cs. Vertical SPECIMEN perforation; diagonal black SPECIMEN NO # overprint. | – | – | – |
| ds. Vertical SPECIMEN perforation; diagonal black SPECIMEN NO # overprint. | – | – | – |
500 francs P-19; B-404 Color: Multicolor Dimensions: 150 x 80 mm
Front: Fisherman; horizontal black Nouvelles-Hébrides overprint.
Back: Man; horizontal black Nouvelles-Hébrides overprint.
Security thread: None.
Printer: Banque de France (France) – BF.
Watermark: RF and female (Marianne) head wearing Phrygian cap.
| Description | VG | VF | UNC |
| a. Date: ND. Series: A.1 – B.1. Intro: 1970. Sign. 1. | – | – | 130. |
| b. Series: C.1 – M.1. Intro: 1979. Sign 3. | – | – | 200. |
| c. Series: N.1 – O.1. Sign 4. | – | – | 160. |
| as. Vertical SPECIMEN perforation; diagonal black SPECIMEN NO # overprint. | – | – | 250. |
| bs. Vertical SPECIMEN perforation; diagonal black SPECIMEN NO # overprint. | – | – | – |
| cs. Vertical SPECIMEN perforation; diagonal black SPECIMEN NO # overprint. | – | – | – |
1000 francs P-20; B-405 Color: Multicolor Dimensions: 160 x 85 mm
Front: Girl.
Back: Village.
Security thread: None.
Printer: Banque de France (France) – BF.
Watermark: RF and female (Marianne) head wearing Phrygian cap.
| Description | VG | VF | UNC |
| Date: ND. Series: C.1 – E.1. Intro: 1970. Sign. 1. | – | – | 225. |
| Series: E.1 – L.1. Intro: 1975. Sign 2. | – | 60. | 150. |
| Series: M.1 – N.1. Intro: 1980. Sign 4. | – | 60. | 150. |
| as. Vertical SPECIMEN perforation; diagonal black SPECIMEN NO # overprint. | – | – | 350. |
| bs. Vertical SPECIMEN perforation; diagonal black SPECIMEN NO # overprint. | – | – | – |
| cs. Vertical SPECIMEN perforation; diagonal black SPECIMEN NO # overprint. | – | – | – |
| p. Uniface back proof. | – | – | – |
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