Resources on the Marshall Islands
Editor's Notebook Archive -- April 2002
by Dirk H.R. Spennemann


 
 

30 April 2002

Marshallese woman (etching).
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Marshallese man (etching).
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The sailing trading vessel Delphin
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Irooj of Mile with wife and servant
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Portrait of Kabua
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Near the lagoonal beach of Likiep.
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Modern Shipwrecks in the Marshall Islands--Wreck of a Japanese subchaser off Ollot, in Wotje Lagoon
A photo essay

added to
History

 
 

29 April 2002

Minor site maintenance

Old man on Nauru
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Wake Island Postal History pre-World War II. Commemorative Covers
compiled by Dirk HR Spennemann
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Stamps

Clipper Mail , Commercial Covers
compiled by Dirk HR Spennemann
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Stamps

Clipper Mail Wake Island, Commercial Covers
compiled by Dirk HR Spennemann
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Pan American Flying Boat Air Route to Singapore. Commemorative Cachets
compiled by Dirk HR Spennemann
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added images to The Pan Am Flying Boat Service via Wake Island. Stamps and Covers
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added images to Pan American Flying Boat Air Route to China. Commemorative Cachets
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added images to Pan American Flying Boat Air Route to New Zealand. Commemorative Cachets
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added images to Pan American Flying Boat Air Route California to Hawaii. Commemorative and Commercial Cachets
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added images to Wake Island Aviation post-World War II. Commemorative Covers
compiled by Dirk HR Spennemann
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Special Philatelic and General Use Covers to commemorate the Operation Crossroads Nuclear Test Bravo 1946
compiled by Dirk HR Spennemann
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Special Philatelic and General Use Covers to commemorate the Enewetak Nuclear Tests--Anniversary Covers
compiled by Dirk HR Spennemann
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Special Philatelic and General Use Covers to commemorate the Operation Crossroads Nuclear Tests--Anniversary Covers
compiled by Dirk HR Spennemann
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added images to Special Philatelic and General Use Covers to commemorate the Operation Crossroads Nuclear Test Abel 1946
compiled by Dirk HR Spennemann
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updated Marshall Islands stamps oveview page
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Sunset on Nauru
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Marshallese men in modern (1914) dress
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Mixed traditional and modern dress.
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A lower chief from Jaluit Atoll.
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An old man from Ebon Atoll
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Modern Shipwrecks in the Marshall Islands--Abandoned Marshall Islands government LCU beached at Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll
A photo essay

added to
History

 
 

28 April 2002

Portrait of Irooj Lejitnel's son.
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Portrait of Louisa of Jaluit Atoll.
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Portrait of Nemaj. Her husband conquered Mokil.
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Old man in traditional dress (buni).
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Youth on Nauru.
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Catholic Mission station, Nauru. Note the bicycle on the verandah.
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Modern Shipwrecks in the Marshall Islands--Wreck at Majuro Airport
A photo essay

added to
History

 
 

27 April 2002

Total site count exceeds
a quarter million

added to
History

  
 

Marshallese woman (1873).
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Warrior on Ebon (1873).
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Pass into Ebon Atoll (1873)
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Plaster cast of a Marshallese woman (1873)
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Plaster cast of a Marshallese woman -- right side view (1873)
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Plaster cast of a Marshallese woman (2) (1873)
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Traditional mat (1873)
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Modern Shipwrecks in the Marshall Islands--Coastal Freighter in Majuro Lagoon
A photo essay

added to
History

 
 

26 April 2002

Minor site maintenance

Portrait of a tattooed Woman, wife of an irooj
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Portrait of an irooj with a wut
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Residence of the Landeshauptmann on Jabwor, Jaluit
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Irooj and his Wife in Traditional Dress
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A fishtrap is being woven on Jaluit
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Two Women from Jaluit in Modern Dress
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Modern Shipwrecks in the Marshall Islands--Refridgeration Barge in Majuro Lagoon
A photo essay

added to
History

 
 

25 April 2002

Elderly Marshallese in tradtional skirt and modern shirt
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Emergency housing, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, July 1905
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Village Scene on Maloelap Atoll, possibly Taroa
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Lagoonal view of Jabwor, Jaluit, with the Catholic Church and ware houses.
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Sitting dance of an Irooj on Jaluit.
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Walap in Jaluit Lagoon. Note the deck houses on the outrigger platforms.
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Modern Shipwrecks in the Marshall Islands--Yamato Maru No 32, Ebon
A photo essay

added to
History

 
 

24 April 2002

Kabua and Family, with the office of the German Administration in the background
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Beach road, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll, with the office of the German Administration.
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Irooj, Mile Island, Mile Atoll, wearing traditional dress
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Mile Island, Mile Atoll
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Traditional house on Mile Atoll.
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The Government Dock of Jabwor, Jaluit
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Added link to stamp page to the home page
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Home Page
  
 

Updated Home Page
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Modern Shipwrecks in the Marshall Islands--Japanese Motor Barge, Ebon
A photo essay

added to
History

List of Non-Target Ships associated with the Operation Crossroads Nuclear Tests
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Stamps Page
 
 

23 April 2002

Added new Masterpage for all WWII links
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Beach road, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll.
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Irooj with family, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
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A walap on the lagoonal beach, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll.
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The German School on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll. Class photo of the Catholic school, with the teacher in the background.
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Imperial Postoffice, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
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A road on Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
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Modern Shipwrecks in the Marshall Islands--Wreck of the Toreshima Maru in Maloelap Lagoon
A photo essay

added to
History

  
 

Minor site maintenance

Updated editorial information
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Updated Acknowledgments
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Updated Home Page
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Development outlook for the Marshall Islands, 1996-1997
Asian Development Bank
Marshall Islands related pages and stastitical section only
[PDF file, courtesy of the Asian Development Bank, 150 kb]

added to
Politics & Economy

Development outlook for the Marshall Islands, 1998
Asian Development Bank
Marshall Islands related pages and stastitical section only
[PDF file, courtesy of the Asian Development Bank, 825 kb]

added to
Politics & Economy

Development outlook for the Marshall Islands, 1999
Asian Development Bank
Marshall Islands related pages and stastitical section only
[PDF file, courtesy of the Asian Development Bank, 675 kb]

added to
Politics & Economy

Development outlook for the Marshall Islands, 2000
Asian Development Bank
Marshall Islands related pages and stastitical section only
[PDF file, courtesy of the Asian Development Bank, 750 kb]

added to
Politics & Economy

Development outlook for the Marshall Islands, 2001
Asian Development Bank
Marshall Islands related pages and stastitical section only
[PDF file, courtesy of the Asian Development Bank, 225 kb]

added to
Politics & Economy

Development outlook for the Marshall Islands, 2001, update
Asian Development Bank
Marshall Islands related pages and stastitical section only
[PDF file, courtesy of the Asian Development Bank, 1300 kb]

added to
Politics & Economy

Development outlook for the Marshall Islands, 2002
Asian Development Bank
Marshall Islands related pages and stastitical section only
[PDF file, courtesy of the Asian Development Bank, 900 kb]

added to
Politics & Economy

Country Assistance Programme 2000-2002
Asian Development Bank
[PDF file, courtesy of the Asian Development Bank, 150 kb]

added to
Politics & Economy

Country Assistance Programme 2001-2003
Asian Development Bank
[PDF file, courtesy of the Asian Development Bank, 225 kb]

added to
Politics & Economy

Reforms in the Pacific An Assessment of the Asian Development Bank's Assistance for Reform Programs in the Pacific
by Bruce Knapman and Cedric D. Saldanha for Asian Development Bank
Marshall Islands related pages and stastitical section only[PDF file, courtesy of the Asian Development Bank, 150 kb]

added to
Politics & Economy

Majuro Water Supply and Sanitation Project 1995
Asian Development Bank
[PDF file, courtesy of the Asian Development Bank, 7100 kb]

added to
Politics & Economy

Republic of Marshall Islands Meto2000 Economic Report and Statement of Development Strategies (2001)
Asian Development Bank
[PDF file, courtesy of the Asian Development Bank, 1400 kb]

added to
Politics & Economy

Public sector Reform Program 1996
Asian Development Bank
[PDF file, courtesy of the Asian Development Bank, 4500 kb]

added to
Politics & Economy

FISCAL AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 2001
Asian Development Bank
[PDF file, courtesy of the Asian Development Bank, 2900 kb]

added to
Politics & Economy

Technical Assistance for Community-Based Coastal Marine Resources Development
Asian Development Bank
[PDF file, courtesy of the Asian Development Bank, 75 kb]

added to
Politics & Economy

Ebeye Health and Infrastructure Project 1999
Asian Development Bank
[PDF file, courtesy of the Asian Development Bank, 4300 kb]

added to
Politics & Economy

 
 

22 April 2002

Court in session and confiscation of weapons on Arno Atoll 1899
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Narrow gauge railway, phosphate mines, Nauru (1908)
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Chinese labourers working in the phosphate mines, Nauru (1908)
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Beachroad of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
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House of a German trader, Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
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The old Dock of Jabwor, Jaluit Atoll
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21 April 2002

Minor site maintenance
  
 

Pilot Survey of Marshallese living in Arkansas, Guam, Hawaii, the CNMI and in the Marshalls
Detailed Press Release by the RMI Government
Contains summary information on the findings, incl. information on Housing Characteristics (Household size, Building type, Tenure, Structure and Facilities) and Population Characteristics (Demography, Migration, Social characteristics, Education, Labor force, Income.and Poverty Status).
Accessible via
Politics Page
  
 

A basket of the late 1940s
Photos of an early post-WWII handicraft item.
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Handicraft Page

Modern Shipwrecks in the Marshall Islands--Ryuo Maru No 28, Enemakij Island, Majuro Atoll 1992
A photo essay

added to
History

 
 

20 April 2002

Minor site maintenance
  
 

Brandeis, E. (1893). Bericht betreffend das Schutzgebiet der Marshall- Inseln, für das Jahr 1891. [Report regarding the protectorate of the Marshall Islands for the year 1891].Sammlung sämmtlicher Drucksachen des Reichstages. 8. Legislatur-Periode II. Session 1892/1893 Vol. 1. [Anlagen Band 148 Anlage 40] Berlin: Julius Sittenfeld, pp. 32-73.
Annual government report on the state of the protectorate. Includes data on demography, residences of European traders and planters, copra production (by island).
The report mentions that the production of arrowroot starch for export is not worth while given the labour costs. The Jaluit Gesellschaft intends a trial of Ricinus plants for oil production. The copra production has suffered from the severe storms in late 1889 and is just recovering. Tables provide data in copra production, shipping, copra tax returns and court cases. Satitistics on the debt levels of the chiefs are also provided
NOTE:Page images of the original German text [PDF file]
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History Pages and the German Documents Page
  
 

Die deutschen Interessen in der Südsee. [Einfuhr und Schiffahrtsstatistiken von und nach Neu Süd Wales ]. [The German Interests in the South Seas. Statistics on trade and shipping with New South Wales] Stenographische Beriche über die Verhandlungen des Reichstages. 6. Legislatur-Periode I. Session 1884/1885 Vol. 6 Band. Anlagen zu den Verhandlungen des Reichstages nr. 162 is 286. [Anlagen Band 92, Anlage 166]. Berlin: Julius Sittenfeld, 1885, pp. 687-698.
Report by on the economic state of the area. Includes data on trade and frequency of shipping
NOTE:Page images of the original German text [PDF file]
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History Pages and the German Documents Page
  
 

Bismarck, O. v., & Malet, E. (1885). Erklärung betreffend die Abgrenzung der Deutschen und englischen Machtsphären im Westlichen Stillen Ocean. [Declaration relating to the demarcation of the German and British spheres of influence in the Western Pacific Ocean].Stenographische Berichte über die Verhandlungen des Reichstages. 6. Legislatur-Periode II. Session 1884/1885 Vol. 6 Band. Anlagen zu den Verhandlungen des Reichstages nr. 237 bis 315. Berlin: Julius Sittenfeld, pp. 1570-1571
Text of the treaty dividing up the German and British interests in the Western Pacific. Germany gives the Solomon Islands with the exception of Bouganville to Great Britain, while Britain renegs all claims to the Central Pacific north of Kiribati. The sheres of interest over Tonga and Samoa are excluded.
NOTE:Page images of the original German and English text [PDF file]
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Bismarck, O. v., & Malet, E. (1885). Erklärung betreffend die gegenseitige Handels- und Vekehrsfreiheit in den deutschen und englischen Besitzungen und Schutzgebieten im Westlichen Stillen Ozean. [Declaration relating to the reciprocal freedom of trade and commerce in the German and British possessions and protectorates in the Western Pacific].Stenographische Berichte über die Verhandlungen des Reichstages. 6. Legislatur-Periode II. Session 1884/1885 Vol. 6 Band. Anlagen zu den Verhandlungen des Reichstages nr. 237 bis 315. Berlin: Julius Sittenfeld, pp. 1572-1573
Text of the treaty providing for free trade in the area
NOTE:Page images of the original German and English text [PDF file]
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Knappe, W. (1885). Denkschrift betreffend die politischen und kommerziellen Verhältnisse auf den Gilbert-, Marshall-, Karolinen-, Ellice- und Tokelau-Inseln. [Memorandum regarding the political and economic conditions of the Gilbert, Marshall, Caroline , Ellice and Tokelau Islands].Stenographische Beriche über die Verhandlungen des Reichstages. 6. Legislatur-PeriodeII. Session 1884/1885 Vol. 5 Band. Anlagen zu den Verhandlungen des Reichstages nr. 1 bis 161. [Anlagen Band 91 Anlage 63]. Berlin: Julius Sittenfeld, 1885, pp. 226-229).
Report by the German consul in Apia on the state of the area. Includes data on demography, residences of European traders and planters, copra production.
NOTE:Page images of the original German text [PDF file]
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History Pages and the German Documents Page
  
 

Denkschrift betreffend das Schutzgebiet der Marshall- Inseln. [Report regarding the protectorate of the Marshall Islands]Stenographische Beriche über die Verhandlungen des Reichstages. 9. Legislatur-Periode II. Session 1893/1894 Vol. 1 Band. Nr. 1 bis 117 der amtlichen Drucksachen enthalted. [Anlagen Band 156 Anlage 105]. Berlin: Julius Sittenfeld, 1894, pp. 715-718.
Annual government report on the state of the protectorate. Includes data on demography, residences of European traders and planters, copra production (by island).
The copra production is developing due to the newly developed plantations on Ujelang and Kili. Tables provide data in copra production, shipping, copra tax returns and court cases. Statistics on the debt levels of the chiefs are also provided.
NOTE:Page images of the original German text [PDF file]
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History Pages and the German Documents Page
  
 

Denkschrift betreffend das Schutzgebiet der Marshall- Inseln (Berichtsjahr 1893/94). [Memorandum regarding the protectorate of the Marshall Islands (Reporting Year 1893/94)]. Stenographische Beriche über die Verhandlungen des Reichstages. 9. Legislatur-Periode III. Session 1894/95 Vol. 1. Anlageband, Nr 1 bis 171 der amtlichen Drucksachen enthaltend. [Anlagen Band 162, Anlage 89]. Berlin: Julius Sittenfeld, 1895, pp. 497-500.
Annual government report on the state of the protectorate. Includes data on demography, residences of European traders and planters, copra production (by island). Tables provide data in copra production, shipping, copra tax returns and court cases.
NOTE:Page images of the original German text [PDF file]
Accessible via the
History Pages and the German Documents Page
 
 

19 April 2002

Minor site maintenance
  
 

RMI Compact Proposal
by the RMI Compact Negotiation Office
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Politics Page
  
 

RMI Compact Proposal Description and Presentation Points
by the RMI Compact Negotiation Office
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9 April 2002

Minor site maintenance
  
 

Broke up the page on recent stamp forgeries of German Marshall Islands stamps into an array of smaller pages (by face value of the stamp) to speed up the download
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Updated page on recent stamp forgeries of German Marshall Islands stamp sheets
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Added new page on recent stamp forgeries of German Marshall Islands GRI overprinted stamp sheets
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Broke up the page on recent stamp forgeries of German New Guinea into an array of smaller pages (by face value of the stamp) to speed up the download
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Broke up the page on recent stamp forgeries of German Samoa into an array of smaller pages (by face value of the stamp) to speed up the download
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8 April 2002

Minor site maintenance
  
 

Added new page on recent stamp forgeries of German Marshall Islands stamps
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Added new page on recent stamp forgeries of German Marshall Islands stamp sheets
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Added new page on recent stamp forgeries of German Caroline Islands
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Added new page on recent stamp forgeries of German colonial Cancels
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Added new page on recent stamp forgeries of German Mariana Islands
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Added new page on recent stamp forgeries of German New Guinea.
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Added new page on recent stamp forgeries of German Samoa
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Added new page on recent stamp forgeries of German Offices in China
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6 April 2002

Minor site maintenance
  
 

Updated information Narikrik (Knox) Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Namu Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Ronglap Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Ujelang Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Ujae Atoll
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Updated information Rongrik Atoll
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Updated information Wotje Atoll
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Updated information Wotho Atoll
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Atoll page
 
 

5 April 2002

Archived update log for March 2002

added to
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Total site count exceeds 200,000
  
 

Minor site maintenance
  
 

Updated information Ebon Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Bokak Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Bikini Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Wake Island Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Enewetak Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Kwajalein Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Mile Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Majuro Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Namdrik Atoll
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Atoll page
 
 

4 April 2002

Updated editorial information
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Updated information Ailinglaplap Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Jaluit Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Likiep Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Maloelap Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Ailinginae Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Bikar Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Aur Atoll
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Atoll page
  
 

Updated information Arno Atoll
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Atoll page
 
 

3 April 2002

Minor site maintenance.

Essays on Various Aspects of Stamps and Postal History of the Marshall Islands
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added images to The Pan Am Flying Boat Service via Wake Island. Stamps and Covers
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Pacific Air Route Flying Boat Cachets designed by Walter Crosby
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Pan American Flying Boat Air Route to China. Commemorative Cachets
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Pan American Flying Boat Air Route to New Zealand. Commemorative Cachets
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Pan American Flying Boat Air Route California to Hawaii. Commemorative and Commercial Cachets
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Stamps

Wake Island Aviation post-World War II. Commemorative Covers
compiled by Dirk HR Spennemann
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Stamps

Trans-Pacific Airmail Stamps ('Clipper Issue')
compiled by Dirk HR Spennemann
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2 April 2002

Minor site maintenance.

Updated usage statistics for Portal Page
Added to
here

Updated usage statistics for Total Site Counter Page
Added to
here

The Pan Am Flying Boat Base on Wake Island. Stamps and Covers
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European History
 
 

1 April 2002

Minor site maintenance.
  
 

Updated site file list

added to
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Added image to Special Philatelic and General Use Covers to commemorate the Operation Crossroads Nuclear Tests
Accessible via
European History

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