New Hebrides, 1887 - 1899
JF-item: 318348
1887 - 1899. NEW HEBRIDES. The Australasian New Hebrides Company PORT VILA TWO PENCE
The Australasian New Hebrides Company was organized in 1887, it provided shipping and other services - including mail delivery - on steamers running between Australia and the New Hebrides at intervals of about three weeks. This provided a convenient mail service to almost sixty islands in the grouping, including Tonga. Unfortunately, this service proved to be unprofitable and the company closed down in 1899, when it entered into a contract with the Australian Post Office.
Price: | GBP 25.62 |