Fiji

Member of the UPU from 1 October 1891 as a British Colony of Australasia; member as a British Colony from 1 October 1907.

class	H&G	RD	year	value	colour	size	description	specimen type	notes
post card	7	4	1904	˝d			KEVII	D{4}
	8	5	1904	1d			KEVII	D{4}
	9	4	1904	˝d + ˝d			KEVII	D{4}
	10	5	1904	1d + 1d			KEVII	D{4}
	11	6	1927	1˝d			KGV	D{7}
letter card	A2	2	1927	2d			KGV	D{7}
envelope	B1a	1	1912	1d			KGV	D{4}
	B3	6	1921	2d			KGV	D{4}
regist env	C1	1	1911	1d + 3d	blue	G: 152 × 96	KEVII	D{4rb}	3
	C2?	4	1913	1d + 3d	blue	G: 152 × 96	KGV	D{4r}	4
	C2a	8	1920	1d + 2d	blue	H2: 225 × 100	KGV	D{4r}
	C3	9	1921	2d + 2d	brown	G: 152 × 96	KGV	D{4r}
	C4	10	1927	2d + 3d	brown	G: 152 × 96	KGV	D{4ra}
	C4a	11	1927	2d + 3d	blue	H2: 225 × 100	KGV	D{4ra}
	C6?	12	1940	2d + 3d	brown	G: 152 × 96	KGVI	D{9a}	5
	C7	13	1940	2d + 3d	blue	H2: 225 × 100	KGVI	D{9a}
wrapper	E1	–	1917	Ľd			KGV	D{4}	6

type	image	dimensions	application
D{4}		91˝–93 × 8˝–9	overprinted diag BL to TR
D{4r}	as above	91˝–93 × 8˝–9	overprinted diag BR to TL (inverted) on reverse
D{4ra}	as above	91˝–93 × 8˝–9	overprinted diag TL to BR on reverse
D{4rb}	as above	91˝–93 × 8˝–9	overprinted diag TR to BL (inverted) on reverse
D{7}		64˝ × 9˝	overprinted diag BL to TR
D{9a}		41 × 4	overprinted diag TL to BR

1	All items listed were printed by De La Rue.
2	To avoid confusion, the captions to the illustrations of registered envelopes include the RD number.
3	The Higgins & Gage entry is misleading as specimens were only produced for size G.
4	Not listed by Higgins & Gage – probably C2 but should be described as KGV 1d + 3d.
5	Not listed by Higgins & Gage – probably C6 but should be described as 2d + 3d.
6	Not numbered by RD.

Corrections, additional information and illustrations provided by John Ray.

Duberal, Ross.The Postal Stationery of Fiji. The Pacific Islands Study Circle, London, 1998.

Last updated 8 July 2009