New Caledonia Artist's Proofs

From 1970 to 1998, artist's proofs of approximately 215 engraved stamps from New Caledonia were produced. There were about 1,290 different-color proofs (215 x 6) and a total of 5,590 proofs (215 x 26). These pages show photos of artist's proofs of approximately different 150 New Caledonia stamps in various colors - over 320 artist's proofs in total.

During the period 1960-99, Pheulpin engraved 28 New Caledonia stamps, Combet 20, Quillivic and Haley 15 each, and Lavergne 13. Béquet, Gandon, Durrens, Forget, Bétemps, Jumelet, Lacaque, Coatantiec, and Andréotto each engraved 5-10.

New Caledonia produced several exceptional topical series in the late 1960s through the 1990s featuring shells, ships, planes and other topics. The main series, grouped by topic and engraver, are:

• shells - a series of 20 stamps engraved by Pheulpin between 1968 and 1972 depicting shells that are among the most attractive shell stamps produced
• ships
  • Lacaque (4) - Corvette Constantine and Aviso Le Phoque (1981) and Transport Le Cher and Aviso Kersaint (1982)
  • Haley (2) - sailboat race (1971) and El Kantara (1973)
  • Pheulpin (5) sailboat race (1971), Le Saint-Joseph and Le Saint-Antoine (1984), and pirogues (1987)
  • Quillivic (8) - explorers with their ships: Cook, La Pérouse, d'Entrecasteaux, and d'Urville (1974), La Pérouse (1988), Morgan (1991), and d'Entrecasteaux (1992)
• planes
• Combet (5) - DC 10 (1973), La Rousette and Le Cagou (1982), and Le Pou du ciel and L'Aiglon Caudron (1983)
• Haley (3) - Roffey (1971), Paris-Noumea flight (1972), Coral Sea race (1980)
• Andréotto - Concorde (1976)
• Pheulpin Roffey (1981)
• Quillivic Concorde (1973)
• Cagou by Forget (1985-89), Coatantiec (1991-94) and Lavergne (1997-2002)
• buildings - Venice by Quillivic (1972), native hut by Combet (1972), Melbourne Exposition by Forget (1984) and bridge by Jumelet (1985)
• fauna - horse by Combet (1977)
• space - Gagarin and Shepard souvenir sheet by Andréotto (1981)