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 Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands Philatelic Correspondence 1899 between the Imperial Post Office Jaluit and the Jaluit Gesellschaft by Dirk H.R. Spennemann |
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Haupt-Agentur Jaluit, 25 November 1899 |
Main Agency Jaluit, 25 November 1899 | |
Eine Kaiserliche Postagentur auf Jaluit ersuchen wir hiermit unter Bezugnahme auf ein mit letzter Post erhaltenes Schreiben des ... Germania Ringes, welcher sich mit ... in Verbindung gesetzt hat, um nachstehend aufgeführte Postwertzeichen ... und bitten wir eine Kaiserliche Postagentur weiter, uns die gewünschten Postwertzeichen, falls noch erhältlich, Mit Überdruck in alter Schreibweise Marschall-Inseln zu verkaufen. Sollten diese nicht mehr vorrätig sein, so bitten wir um neue Marken. | We herewith request of the Imperial Post Agency at Jaluit to supply the stamps listed below...with reference to a letter, which we received with the last mail, in which the Germania Ring has commissioned us ...and we further request that the Imperial Post Agency supply us with the desired stamps, so far still available, bearing the old overprint Marschall-Inseln Should they no longer be available, then we request new stamps. | |
Hoachachtungsvoll Hütter, in Vertretung, K. | Sincerely Yours Hütter, on behalf, K. | |
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To the Imperial Post Office |
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J.Nr. 75 Jaluit, den 27 November 1899 | Journal No. 75 Jaluit, November 27 th, 1899 | |||||||||
Auf Ihr gefl[issentliches] Schreiben vom 25. November 1899 beehre ich mich anbei zu senden: | On your kind request of 25 November 1899, I herewith have the honour of supplying: | |||||||||
| Freimarken | á 3 Pfg | 1600 | Mk | 48.-- (neu) | Stamps | at 3 Pfg | 1600 | Mk | 48.-- (new) | |
| " | á 5 Pfg | 1500 | " | 75.-- (800 alt, 700 neu) | " | at 5 Pfg | 1500 | " | 75.-- (800 old, 700 new) | |
| " | á 10 Pfg | 1250 | Mk | 125.- (alt) | " | at 10 Pfg | 1250 | Mk | 125.- (old) | |
| " | á 20 Pfg | 1050 | " | 210.-- (alt) | " | at 20 Pfg | 1050 | " | 210.-- (old) | |
| " | á 25 Pfg | 1050 | " | 262.50 (neu) | " | at 25 Pfg | 1050 | " | 262.50 (new) | |
| " | á 50 Pfg | 1050 | " | 525.-- (neu) | " | at 50 Pfg | 1050 | " | 525.-- (new) | |
| Postkarten | á 5 Pfg | 300 | " | 15.-- (200 alt, 100 neu) | Postcards | at 5 Pfg | 300 | " | 15.-- (200 old, 100 new) | |
| " | á 10 Pfg | 300 | Mk | 30.-- (alt) | " | at 10 Pfg | 300 | Mk | 30.-- (old) | |
| " m.A. | á 10 Pfg | 250 | " | 25.- (neu) | " with reply | at 10 Pfg | 250 | " | 25.- (new) | |
| " m. A. | á 20 Pfg | 300 | " | 60.-- (neu) | " with reply | at 20 Pfg | 300 | " | 60.-- (new) | |
| Mk | 1375.50 | Mk | 1375.50 | |||||||
Von den Postkarten mit Rüchantwort á 10 Pfg. kann ich ihnen, entgegen ihrer Bestellung, nur 250 Stück ablassen. Entwertete Postwertzeichen zu verkaufen ist unzulässig. | Contrary to your request, I can let you have only 250 of the 10Pfg postal reply cards. The sale of cancelled stamps is nor permitted. | |||||||||
Hochachtend |
Faithfully Yours | |||||||||
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[Contents] [Appendices]Bibliographic citation for this documentSpennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands. Philatelic Correspondence 1899URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Stamps/Marshalls/Documents/PhilaCorrespondence.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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