Stamps from French Polynesia have enchanted stamp collectors for years. This one from 1985 does as good a job as any at capturing why these stamps are so appealing to collectors… the wonderful topics French Polynesia’s stamps portray.
Take a look at this stamp. Topical stamp collectors who have a place in their collection for a roasted pig can’t do much better than this.
French Polynesia releases all sorts of interesting stamps for topical collectors… from surfboards to ships, flip flops to flowers, art to architecture, there is a fascinating variety.
French Polynesia first issued stamps in 1892. They were part of the French Navigation and Commerce or Sage issue. In those days, the official name of the South Pacific islands was Etablissements de L’Oceanie. This changed to Polynesie Francaise in 1955.
French Polynesia has been one of the French Colonies to release stamps that were part of the great omnibus issues…
- 1931 Colonial Exposition
- 1937 Paris International Exposition
- 1937 Colonial Arts Exhibition
- 1939 New York World’s Fair
French Polynesia airmail stamps first appeared in 1935. More than 200 were released until the last airmail stamps were issued in 1987.
One set of airmail stamps was never sold in the post office of Papeete or anywhere else in French Polynesia. It was produced by the Vichy government in France in 1944, and showed a beach scene.
I try to keep a good stock of French Polynesia in my online stamp store. So please visit my store to see if there is something for your collection. It’s one of my favorite countries.
