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 Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands 17--Modern Commemorative Stamps by Dirk H.R. Spennemann |
IntroductionThe Marshall Islands commenced issuing stamps in 1984. Since then a number of issues have appeared which commemorate aspects of the German postal history and stamps of the German Marshall Islands. The stamps and minisheets, as well as some of the First Day Covers are shown here.. |
 First Day Cover (card) for a Scott 31 stamp, dated 2 May 1984 with the 5 Mark Yacht series stamp as backdrop For additional illustrations see here. |
 Title: Postal History: International Exhibition, PhilexFrance '89, Paris | |
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Date of Issue: July 7, 1989 Printing Method: Offset Format: Souvenir Sheet Perforation Gauge: 14 Designer: William R. Hanson Printer: Questa |
Scott #226 45¢ 10pf Marshall-Inseln stamp (1901) and ship Morning Star V Scott #227 45¢ 10pf, 20pf Marshall-Inseln stamps (1901) Scott #228 45¢ German Sea Post cancel and Prinz Eitel Friederich Scott #229 45¢ German Sea Post cancel and SMS Scharnhorst a |
 Title: Postal History: International Exhibition, PhilexFrance '89, Paris | |
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Date of Issue: July 7, 1989 Printing Method: Offset Format: Souvenir Sheet Perforation Gauge: 14 Designer: William R. Hanson Printer: Questa | Scott #231 $1 Souvenir Sheet Entire 20pf Deutsche Reichpost Imperial Crown issue (1875) |
 First Day Cover postmarked 7 July 1989 |
 Title: Postal History: International Exhibition, PhilexFrance '89, Paris | |
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Date of Issue: July 7, 1989 Printing Method: Offset Format: Souvenir Sheet Perforation Gauge: 14 Designer: William R. Hanson Printer: Questa |
Scott #230a 25¢ German cancel and SMS Bussard Scott #230b 25¢ US and Marshall Islands stamps postmarked 1984 Scott #230c 25¢ Floating FPO, US Navy Postmark, US Stamps (1944) Scott #230d 25¢ Mail boat and Japanese postmark (1936) Scott #230e 25¢ Majuro Post Office Scott #230f 25¢ Marshall Islands postmark on US Stamps (1951) |
 Title: Pacific '97 - Centenary of Marshall Islands Stamps | |
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Date of Issue: May 29, 1997 Printing Method: Offset Format: Booklet with Integral Souvenir Sheet Perforation Gauge: 13.5 Designer: Jonathan Schmidt Printer: Unicover |
Scott #631 50¢ 3pf Deutsche Reichpost (1897) overprinted Marschall-Inseln Scott #632 50¢ 5pf Deutsche Reichpost (1897) overprinted Marschall-Inseln Scott #633 50¢ 10pf Deutsche Reichpost (1897) overprinted Marschall-Inseln Scott #634 50¢ 20pf Deutsche Reichspost overprinted Marschall-Inseln Scott #635 50¢ 25pf Deutsche Reichspost (1897) overprinted Marschall-Inseln Scott #636 50¢ 50pf Deutsche Reichspost (1897) overprinted Marschall-Inseln Scott #637 $1 5c and 10c U.S. issue (1847) Souvenir Sheet |
 Title: IBRA '99 International Stamp Show | |
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Date of Issue: April 27, 1999 Printing Method: Offset Format: Souvenir Sheet Perforation Gauge: 13.5 Designer: Gregory Flores Printer: Unicover |
Scott #705a 60¢ 5M Marshall-Inseln Hohenzollern issue (1901) Scott #705b 60¢ 3M Marshall-Inseln Hohenzollern issue (1901) Scott #705c 60¢ 2M Marshall-Inseln Hohenzollern issue (1901) Scott #705d 60¢ 1M Marshall-Inseln Hohenzollern issue (1901) Scott #705 Full sheet |
[Contents]Bibliographic citation for this documentSpennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands. Modern Commemorative StampsURL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Stamps/Modern_Stamps/Modern_Stamps.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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