Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands Postal Stationery -- Card P 5 by Dirk H.R. Spennemann |
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Description |
5Pfg green on cream watermark 9D with gaps l+k.[1] |
P 5 |
P 5 |
P 5 |
Gap combinations of the 5Pf Marshall-Inseln Postcard P 5[2] | ||||
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Watermark | Months | gap at left | gap at right | Month Printed |
99 B | l + k | 25 + 20 | October 1899 | |
99 C | a + b | 5 + 10 | February 1899 | |
99 C | c | 15 | March 1899 | |
99 C | f + i + h | 30 | 15 + 10 | September 1899 |
99 C | f + i + h + g | 30 | 15 + 10 + 5 | September 1899 |
99 C | i | 15 | September 1899 | |
99 C | no gaps | ??? | ||
99 C | i plus first row gap at 1 3 and second row gap at 1 20 | September 1899 | ||
99 C | i + h + g | 15 + 10 + 5 | September 1899 | |
99 D | h + g | 10 + 5 | August 1899 | |
99 D | l + k | 25 + 20 | November 1899 | |
9 D *) | l + k | 25 + 20 | November 1899 | |
99 E | h + g | 10 + 5 | August 1899 | |
99 K | m + i | 30 + 15 | December 1899 | |
99 K | m + i plus first row gap at 29 | 30 + 15 | December 1899 | |
99 K | m + l + k | 30 + 25 + 20 | December 1899 | |
*) Error in Watermark |
Angle of Overprint As the postcards were not overprinted while they were still part of complete and uncut sheets of 25 post cards, but were overprinted as already cut, single cards. The cards were printed on a small press, where the overprint cliché was repositioned every time a new colonial stock was to be printed. Between the alignment errors introduced there and the variation caused by the single-feed of the card stock, the angle and position of the overprint can vary. On record (for all colonies) are angle variations between 42 degrees to 58 degrees. In addition double prints as well as missing overprints on one side of the reply card are known.[3] |
Quantities sent 3,200 cards of this type were delivered to Jaluit, 500 of which in September 1899.[4] |
Validity The last run of Eagle series card was printed on 23 July 1900. Thereafter all postcards bore the Yacht motif.[7] Like the Eagle series stamps, the Eagle series cards of both the Marschall-Inseln and the Marshall-Inseln issues remained valid until 30 September 1901, after which only Yacht series cards were legal postage.[8] |
Examples of Cancelled Items |
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Modern Reprints and Forgeries |
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Like other post card forgeries were made of this series in the 1970s. These items are printed in better quality, more glossy card stock.. These reprints can also be identified by details in the drawing of the scroll and leaves. |
[Contents] [Eagle Series Stationery] [Stationery, general]Bibliographic citation for this documentSpennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands. Postal Stationery -- Card P 5URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Stamps/Stationery/Stationery_P05.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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