Stamp 1928 France New Caledonia MiNr0137 mt B002, Georges Hourriez

Stamp of new caledonia; 1928; definitive stamp of the "issue of bird kagu, landscapes and ship"; the stamp motive shows a sailingboat (one-mast-ship) in the "bay pointe des palétuviers" (german: "paletuvier" = "küsten-. . "; "palétuvier" = "mangrove", so german: "boot in der magrovenbucht").;there exist 23 species of mangroves (22+1) but only two species come into consideration: "avicennia germinans" (= "palétuvier noire", german: "schwarze mangrove") and "rhizophora mangle" (= "palétuvier rouge", german: "rote mangrove").;it's originally the name of a bay of the new hebrides (at port-vila, contemporary state of "vanuatu"); stamp without overprints; nominal value corresponding the colors; mint stamp stamp: michel: no. 137; yvert & tellier: no. 140; scott: no. 137 color: dark brown / green watermark: none nominal value: 2 c (centimes) postage validity: from 30 april 1928 stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 35. 0 x 21. 5 mm. Date: 30 April 1928 (first issue date of the stamp).