GERMAN COLONIES
KAMERUN
STAMPS
1890 / 1901
Kamerun (Cameroon) was a German colony on the west coast of Africa occupying a coastal strip between the English colony in Nigeria and the Spanish colony of Guinea (Rio Muni). The colony reached as far inland as Lake Chad in the Northeast down to The Congo in the Southeast. The territory was ceeded to Spanish Rio Muni in 1916.
Forerunners are stamps of the German Empire that were in circulation in foreign countries and the colonies without any special identification (i.e. not overprinted "Kamerun"), until issue of their own stamps. 'Proper' forerunners were officially delivered to post offices and were sold from postal counters, stamps that were not used or not officially issued are non-proper forerunners. All forerunners and interim stamps can only be recognised by the cancellation and as such there is no such thing as an unused forerunner.
MICHEL M45
MITLAUFER (M)
STAMPS VALID for POSTAGE
With cancel date starting from Apr, May, Sept or Nov 1897 or 1899. Michel M45 to M50 (so-called "crown/eagle").
Mi M45
3 Pf
brown
(variations)
3 Pf
brown
(variations)
VARIATIONS
Mi M45b
3 Pf
medium brown
(starting from Sept 1897)
3 Pf
medium brown
(starting from Sept 1897)
Mi M45c
3 Pf
light ochre brown
(starting from 1898)
3 Pf
light ochre brown
(starting from 1898)
Mi M45d
3 Pf
bright brown ochre
(starting from 1898)
3 Pf
bright brown ochre
(starting from 1898)
Mi M45e
3 Pf
dark ochre brown
(starting from 1899)
3 Pf
dark ochre brown
(starting from 1899)
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STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION
