Aquarium des Lagons | Nouvelle Caledonie

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The Lagoons Aquarium in Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia, hosts a variety of corals, fish, crustacean and marine mammals. The aquarium was entirely renovated in 2007 and is today one of the most popular tourist attractions in Nouméa.

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Kanak art, Issue 2014. The Kanak people are the native people of New Caledonia.

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Island of Pines | New Caledonia

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L'Île-des-Pins is a commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.

L'Île-des-Pins is made up of the Isle of Pines, the smaller Kôtomo Island, and several islets around these two, as well as the distant island of Walpole, which is located almost 150 km to the east.

The card is picturing a child performing the traditional Wapan dance.

 

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The ‘stamp’ on the right is pre-printed. 

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Le Coeur de Voh, New Caledonia

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"Coeur de Voh" is French for "Heart of Voh". It is a natural large formation of mangrove vegetation that resembles a heart. At ground level it is impossible to see the heart shape, it can only be seen from above.

Voh is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.

 

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Unfortunately the stamp is missing. 

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A postcard from New Caledonia | Nouvelle Calédonie

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New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The population is 252,000. The capital of the territory is Nouméa.

Third largest island in the Pacific after Papua New Guinea and New Zealand, New Caledonia is only 1,500 km east off the coast of Australia. Seeing this "terra incognita" in 1774, the British navigator James Cook found a similarity between the mountainous terrain of the Grande Terre and his native Scotland, whose former name was "Caledonia." Kanak are the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia.

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From a set of two stamps issued 2008 picturing the Diahot river, which is the longest river of New Caledonia.

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