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 Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands Yacht Issues—The Stamps as issued 1916 by Dirk H.R. Spennemann |
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The Stamps as issued 1916 (with watermark)
The German postal service commenced in 1914 to produce German colonial stamps of the Marshall Islands on watermarked paper. This was in keeping with the use of watermarked paper for the domestic Germania-type issues which had commenced in 1905.[1] The first stamps to be produced on watermarked paper were the 3Pfg, the 5Pfg and the 5 Mark. The outbreak of World War I interrupted the production and delivery of such stamps to the colonies. Delivered were these values to German New Guinea as well as the 5Mk to Samoa. None of the watermarked stamps of the German Marshalls issue were produced before the outbreak of the war.
Even in 1916, when the colonies had been well and truly lost to occupying forces, the German Reichpost decided to continue its programme of stamp production for the colonies. It printed the 3Pfg, the 5Pfg and the 5 Mark, the latter in two varieties with 26:17 and with 25:17 perforations. |
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3 Pfennig Michel No.; Scott No. ; Stanley Gibbons No. brown |
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5 Mark Michel No.27 A; Scott No. ; Stanley Gibbons No. red and black-green. Perforations 26:17 . |
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5 Mark Michel No.27 B; Scott No. ; Stanley Gibbons No. red and black-green. Perforations 25:17 . |
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