Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands
Eagle Issues
Philatelic Covers--Metz Covers
by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

 

Introduction


Philatelic Covers are those which have been created by stamp dealers and collectors desireous to manufacture varieties and clever variations. The contemporary stamp press was very critical of these; and still collectors tend to regard these as less interesting than the demand items with the correct postage. One of the major creators was A.M. Metz in Nürnberg.

Metz not ony dealt with Eagle issues of the the Marshall islands, but also with other Micronesia and later dealt with the Yacht issues.

 

Examples



Philatelic cover created by using a 20Pfennig stamp of the Berlin Marschshall issue and one 25Pfg stamp of the second, Marshshall issue. The item is postmarked Jaluit 8 June 1900. Note that the registration number R759 is handwritten in red ink as no registration labels were available. [Source: Nordphila auctons http://www.nordphila.de/de/auktion/katalog/62/#L3060]

Philatelic cover created by using a 20Pfennig stamp of the Berlin Marschshall issue and one 25Pfg stamp of the second, Marshshall issue. The item is postmarked Jaluit 8 June 1900. Note that the registration number R897 is handwritten in red ink as no registration labels were available.

Philatelic cover created by using two 20 Pfennig Berlin issue Marschshall stamps. The item is postmarked Jaluit 8 June 1900. Note that the registration number R982 is handwritten in red ink as no registration labels were available. [Source: Nordphila Auctions: http://www.nordphila.de/de/auktion/katalog/62/#L3078]

Philatelic cover created by using ###. The item is postmarked Jaluit 8 June 1900Note that the registration number R986 is handwritten in red ink as no registration labels were available. [Source: Nordphila Auctions: http://www.nordphila.de/de/auktion/katalog/62/#L3059]

Philatelic cover no. 2608, created by using a 20Pfennig stamp of the Berlin Marschshall issue and two 3Pfg and one 5Pfg stamp of the second, Marshshall issue. The item is postmarked Jaluit 23 May 1901 and carries the registration label no. 153c.
[Source: e-bay item 1299625607 http://www.briefmarken-muenzen.de/bilder/5173234.jpg]

Philatelic cover no. 5395, created by using a 20Pfennig stamp of the Berlin Marschshall issue and two 3Pfg and one 5Pfg stamp of the second, Marshshall issue. The item is postmarked Jaluit 2 Februray 1901 and carries the registration label no. 716. It is backstamped Nürnberg 7 April 1901.
[Source: Interphila Auction 229 March 02; also: ebay 1344230742 April 2002.]

Philatelic cover no. 2608, created by using a complete set of the second, Marshshall issue. The item is postmarked Jaluit 22 November 1900 and carries the handwritten registration number registration 493c.
[Source: e-bay March 2002]

Philatelic cover no. 2517, created by using a 50Pfennig stamp of the Marshshall issue . The item is postmarked Jaluit 5 August 1901 and carries the registration label no. 782b.
[Source: e-bay March 2002]

Philatelic cover no. 5376, created by using a 20Pfennig stamp of the Berlin Marschshall issue and two 3Pfg and one 5Pfg stamp of the second, Marshshall issue. The item is postmarked Jaluit 23 May 1901. The item is postmarked Jaluit 5 August 1901 and carries the registration label no. 735.
[Source: e-bay March 2002]



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Bibliographic citation for this document

Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands. Eagle Issues--Philatelic Covers--Metz Covers
URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Stamps/Covers/PhilaCovers_Metz.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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