Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands
Stamp Identifier -- Step 4
by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

Please follow the prompts provided to identify the stamp

  • Stamp with Yacht image motif
  • Stamp with overprint
  • Overprint reads "Specimen"

    • Specimen Items


    The World Postal Union required that member countries be supplied with examples of the other countries' stamps. This was done by submitting original stamps, usually made invalid by stamping or overprinting them with 'Specimen.' Specimen stamps are known but rare. Illustrated below are two examples from the Caroline Islands.

    See here for details


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