VANUATU

VANUATU.

Independence.
Map of the archipelago in English and French versions.
Second stamp of the first sets (in Eglish and French) of the new Republic. Issued on 30.07.1980.
Face value: 10 New Hebrides francs.
Printing: Offset lithography.

Catalogues
- Michel Nos. 562 and (?)
- Scott Nos. 281 and 281a.
- StampWorld Nos. 2 and 15.
- Stanley Gibbons Nos. 288E and 288F. (?)
- Yvert et Tellier Nos. 597 and 584. 

Vanuatu agreed to full independence from the Franco-British condominium of the New Hebrides on July 30, 1980, with Walter Liñi as Prime Minister. The Republic of Vanuatu joined the United Nations in 1981, and the Non-Aligned Movement in 1983. The country's capital is Port Vila, on the island of Vaté (Efate).