Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Stamps and Postal History of the German Marshall Islands. Atoll Post--Additional Covers from Nauru

Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands
12 -- Atoll Post
Additional Covers from Nauru
by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

Introduction

This page depicts additional covers hand marked Nauru.

Known 'cancel' dates are
Nauru 7. 1. 07, backstamped Pforzheim 22 March 1907
Nauru 14. 4. 07, backstamped Jaluit 30.4.07
Nauru 16. 4. 07, backstamped
Nauru 28. 8. 07, backstamped
Nauru 22.11.07, backstamped Jaluit 29.11. 07
Nauru 18.1. 08, backstamped Jaluit 29.1.08
[Wolff, H. (1911) 'Marschall-Inseln handschriftliche Entwertung.' Germania-Berichte. Zentralblatt für alle Vereine und Mitglieder das Germania-Ringes (9) 1911 , pp. 88.] The items with the arrival date of 29.1.08 are deemed suspicious by Friedemann who comments that the were written by a 'woman living in Jaluit who dealt with stamps before.' He contends that the envelopes never left Jaluit. [Friedemann, Albert (1913) 'Handschrifliche Entwertungen der Marschallinseln'. Friedemann's Philatelistische Berichte ###, p. 1044-1047..] .

Hand cancelled post card "Nauru 7 February 1907," counter cancelled "Deutsche Seepost Jaluit Linie 8 February 1907" (the Jaluit Gesellschaft steamer Oceana cancel). Arrival postmark "Pforzheim 22 March 1907"
[Source: Kai Bothor]

Hand cancelled "Nauru 28 August 1905,"
[Source: Friedemann 1921, p. 334]

Hand cancelled "Nauru 24 June 1905,"
[Source: Friedemann 1921, p. 334]

Hand cancelled "Nauru 24 October 1905," countercancelled Jaluit
[Source: Friedemann 1921, p. 334]

Postcard from Nauru to Sydney, written Easter Sunday, 12 April 1903, handcancelled the same day (!), cancelled with the Jaluit Gesellschaft steamer Oceana cancel on 25 April 1903 and with an arrival backstamp of 5 May 1903.
[Source: Friedemann 1921, p. 334; Friedemann, Albert (1906) Eine interessante Entwertung von Nauru (Marshallinseln)'. Friedemann's Philatelistische Berichte 1, pp. 2. ]

[Source: Friedemann 1921, p. 334]

[Source: Friedemann 1921, p. 335]

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Bibliographic citation for this document

Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands. Atoll Post--Additional Covers from Nauru
URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Stamps/Marshalls/Stamps_atollpost.html

CONTACT:
Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P.O.Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia.
e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au

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