09/04/2021

NEW CALEDONIA


NEW CALEDONIA / NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE - KANAKY.

Cliffs of Lekine.
Stamp issued on 14.01.1967.
Face value: 17 CFP francs.
Printing: Recess.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 432.
- Scott No. 352.
- StampWorld No. 432.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 424.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 336.

The Cliffs of Lekine (or Lekiny) are located in the extreme west of the island of Ouvéa, the northernmost of the Loyalty Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, belonging to New Caledonia and administratively a province of this French overseas territory. It is an extraordinary calcareous formation of gray tones and of great geological interest, which contains numerous caves.

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