Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands Type II Cancels with Narrow Numbers by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

When the name change from 'Marschall Inseln' to 'Marshall Inseln' occurred in 1900, a new cancel had become necessary. The post directorate of Hamburg ('Oberpostdirektion Hamburg') responsible for the postal agency in the Marshall Islands believed that the old day and month slugs would be serviceable. Thus only the new cancel was sent and the old numbers were to be reused. Yet, while the new cancel was being readied for shipment to Jaluit, the Jaluit Postal agency requested on 2 March 1900 that a new set of date and months slugs be issued as the old ones had been worn out due to the unforeseen heavy use in late 1899 and early 1900. These new slugs were despatched from Hamburg on 26 May 1900 and were first used on 1 September 1900. They can be readily distinguished by the narrow numbers (see image below).[1] Falsified cancels exist which bear the date 10.1.01.

Cancel as illustrated in Friedemann's handbook. [2]

The old and wider numbers (top) for the date and months slugs compared with the new and narrower numbers (bottom) [3]

[Home Page]    [Contents]    [Cancels] Bibliographic citation for this document Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands. Cancels--Type II Cancels with Narrow Numbers URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Stamps/CancelPix/Type_II_Cancels_Narrow.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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