Condominium
p. 43 · Read in the full issue
New Stamps for N.H.
TPWO new sets of postage stamps for the Condominium of the New Heb rides are at present in course of prepara tion in London, according to a recent issue of the Australian Stamp Journal.
In these the use of the British mone tary system has been dropped and in its place has been substituted a currency of gold centimes. Thus, in the French issues the value of the 30c. will be given at the left as “30 ernes.” and at the right as “30 cmes-or”. On the British stamps these will appear as “30 cmes-gold” and “30 ernes.”
The main design of both sets is a local landscape with the monograms “G.R.” and “R.F.” in the upper corners, the word “Condominium” appearing between the value figures at the bottom.
The present Condominium postage stamps have a panel on each side of the central design (usually depicting ex amples of native art and craftsmanship) in which “R.F.” and the value in cen times appears on one and “G.R.” and the value in pence on the other. Across the top is printed “New Hebrides,” with the word “Condominium” in smaller letters in each top corner.