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 Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands Forged Nauru Cancels by Dirk H.R. Spennemann |
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The loss of the colonies at the early stage of the war meant that the prices for cancelled colonial stamps increased dramatically during the war. This gave rise to a range of cancel forgeries. Shown are some examples of forged Nauru cancels |
 [Source: e-bay May 2002] |
 Cancel image from item shown below. |
| Forged Cancel. Apart from the fact that such G.R.I. overprinted stamps were never used on Jaluit or Nauru, the date of 1 June 1914 is also incorrect, as Nauru was not occupied by Australian forces until ###. . Illustrations of genuine G.R.I occupation cancels used in New Guinea can be found here. |
  Forged Cancel and forged GRI overprint [Source: e-bay December 2001] |
 Forged Cancel and forged GRI overprint [Source: e-bay September 2001] |
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[Home Page] [Contents] [Cancels]Bibliographic citation for this documentSpennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands. Cancels--Forged Nauru CancelsURL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Stamps/CancelPix/Forged6.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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