FRENCH OCEANIA

FRENCH OCEANIA / ÉTABLISSEMENTS DE L'OCÉANIE (French Polynesia).

Definitiva stamps.
Fautaua Valley (Island of Tahiti).
Stamp issued in 1913.
Face value: 2 French francs.
Design from a photography: Henri Lamasson (1870-1956).
Printing: Typography.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 39.
- Scott No. 53.
- StampWorld No. 36.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 35.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 36.

Fautaua (Fautau’a, Fataoua, Fatahua) Valley is a river valley on the island of Tahiti, in French Polynesia. It is located near the capital of Papeete. The Fautaua River flows through it, eventually cascading down the mountainside as the Fautaua Falls almost 300 metres (980 ft) into a shallow bathing pool called Loti Bain, named for the French writer Pierre Loti, who lived in the area for some time. The falls are also known as Fachoda Falls, after Fort Fachoda, a ruined fort found at the top of the falls.