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 Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands Cancels—Naval Cancel Dates by Dirk H.R. Spennemann |
| Naval vessels were issued with their own cancellation devices. The individual ships can be distinguished by the numbers on the cancel. This page compiles data on the duration during which naval vessels were in the Marshall Islands, and which sould be legitimate dates for their use. |
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| Naval vessels known to have been in the Marshall Islands | ||
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Sorted by name of vessel
S.M.S. Arcona (nº 6) |
Sorted by cancel number
(nº 2) S.M.S. Bussard |
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S.M.S. Sperber[1]
| Dates when the vessel was scheduled to be the Marshall Islands | |||
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| Harbour | Arrive | Depart | Comments |
| Jaluit | mid Nov 1894 | 12 Dec 1894 | |
| Jaluit | 12 Nov 1895 | 12 Dec 1895 | |
S.M.S. Falke (Cancel nº 3) [2]
| Dates when the vessel was scheduled to be the Marshall Islands | |||
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| Harbour | Arrive | Depart | Comments |
| Jaluit | late Feb 1899 | 25 Apr 1899 | |
S.M.S. Bussard (Cancel nº 2) [3]
| Dates when the vessel was scheduled to be the Marshall Islands | |||
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| Harbour | Arrive | Depart | Comments |
| Jaluit | 14 May 1894 | 24 Jun 1894 | |
| Jaluit | 25 Jun 1895 | 20 Jul 1895 | |
| Jaluit | 22 (26) Nov 1897 | 12 Dec 1897 | ditto |
| Jaluit | 5 Sep 1898 | 11 Sep 1898 | ditto |
S.M.S. Condor (Cancel nº 60) [4]
| Dates when the vessel was scheduled to be the Marshall Islands | |||
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| Harbour | Arrive | Depart | Comments |
| Jaluit | 15 Dec 1903 | 20 Dec 1903 | |
| Jaluit | 9 Oct 1904 | 10 Nov 1904 | |
| Jaluit | 10 Nov 1905 | 2 Dec 1905 | |
| Nauru | after 7Oct 1906 | before 15 Oct 1905 | |
| Jaluit | 5 Dec 1906 | 27 Dec 1906 | |
| Jaluit | 19 Oct 1907 | 4 Nov 1907 | |
| Jaluit | 21 Sept 1908 | 29 Sep (7 Oct) 1908 | and the territory of the Marshall Islands |
| Nauru | 2 Oct 1909 | 4 Oct 1909 | |
| Jaluit | 6 Oct 1909 | 1 Nov 1909 | planned |
| Jaluit | 29 Oct 1909 | 18 Nov 1909 | actual |
| Jaluit | 3 Nov 1911 | 6 Nov 1911 | planned |
| Jaluit | 31 Oct 1911 | 3 Nov 1911 | actual |
| Jaluit | 15 Jul 1912 | 31 Jul (2 Aug) 1912 | |
S.M.S. Cormoran (Cancel nº 8) [5]
| Dates when the vessel was scheduled to be the Marshall Islands | |||
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| Harbour | Arrive | Depart | Comments |
| Jaluit | 7 Dec 1901 | 17 Dec 1901 | |
| Jaluit | 1 Nov 1902 | 26 Nov 1902 | and patrol trip in the Marshall Islands |
| Nauru | 31 Aug 1910 | 1 Sep 1910 | originally scheduled to arive 27 Aug 1910 |
| Jaluit | 3 Sep 1910 | 13 Sep 1910 | arrived a day early, originally scegduled to depart 17 September |
| Jaluit | 6 Dec 1911 | 19 Dec 1911 | patrol trip through the Eastern Carolines |
| Jaluit | 1 Jan 1912 | 4 Jan 1912 | |
| Nauru | 10 Jul 1913 | 11 Jul 1913 | |
| Jaluit | 14 Jul 1913 | 25 Jul 1913 | |
| Nauru | 12 Mar 1914 | 14 Mar 1914 | |
| Jaluit | 21 Mar 1914 | 7 Apr 1914 | |
S.M.S. Scharnhorst (Cancel nº 16) [6]
| Dates when the vessel was scheduled to be the Marshall Islands | |||
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| Harbour | Arrive | Depart | Comments |
| Jaluit | 11 Jul 1910 | 11 Jul 1910 | |
S.M.S. Jaguar (Cancel nº 45) [7]
| Dates when the vessel was scheduled to be the Marshall Islands | |||
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| Harbour | Arrive | Depart | Comments |
| Jaluit | 2 October 1899 | 3 October 1899 | |
| Jaluit | 28 April 1909 | 29 April 1909 | |
S.M.S. Arcona (Cancel nº 6) [8]
| Dates when the vessel was scheduled to be the Marshall Islands | |||
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| Harbour | Arrive | Depart | Comments |
| Jaluit | 16 Sep 1898 | 24 Sep 1898 | |
S.M.S. Seeadler (Cancel nº 11) [9]
| Dates when the vessel was scheduled to be the Marshall Islands | |||
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| Harbour | Arrive | Depart | Comments |
| Jaluit | Jul 1905 | Jul 1905 | |
[Home Page] [Contents] [Cancels]Bibliographic citation for this document Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands. Cancels—Naval Cancel DatesURL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Stamps/CancelPix/NavalCancels.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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