The first stamps were issued in German East Africa in 1893 when colonial authorities surcharged German stamps in East African Rupees: (64 Pesa = 1 Rupee). Indian Rupees were the primary currency of trade routes in the region. In 1896, new stamps were issued, also surcharged on German stamp...
Forerunners (vorläufer): Genuine cancels: Albert Friedmann, The Stamps and Cancels of the German Colonies and the German Post Offices Abroad, pp.96, 141-46. German Philatelic Society Reference Manual of Forgeries, Vol. 10, “German Post Offices Abroad“, (Michel German Offices in China, Pos...
We deal in the stamps and postal history of Germany. This site provides both information on German philately, and current offers of material. I first began dealing in stamps 50+ years ago, to augment my own collection. The years rolled on... now we are a family-run stamp mail-order bu...
The other states retained their own governments, but had only limited aspects of sovereignty. For example, both postage stamps and currency were issued for the empire as a whole.Licenses and Attributions Previous Next Privacy Policy
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Thefirst twoofthese,bothKiswahili,wereoftenusedin alargely symbolic manner.Whiletheydidappearwithinprosepennedby theKSUand its members, theymanifestfar more frequentlyinsigningphrases,letterhead,stamps,andto articulate par-ticularideasor claimsto theofficialrhetoricof Kenyan nation-building.“TheUhuruof ...
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Learn how mail was transported through the ages, how stamps are created and the significance of letters. See some of the best stamp collections in the world. National Museum of Natural History www.mnh.si.edu Admission: free. The NMNH collection has been growing for the past 150 years and ...
Switzerland:Die Schweizis the German term for Switzerland, but to avoid the confusion that could result from using the country's four official languages, the sensible Swiss opted for the Latin designation, "Helvetia," on their coins and stamps. Helvetia is what the Romans called their Swiss pro...
Also included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. br/br/++++br/The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. Th...