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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.

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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.

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MICHEL M50d
MITLAUFER (M)
STAMPS VALID for POSTAGE

With cancel date starting from Apr, May, Sept or Nov 1897 or 1899. Michel M50d to M50 (so-called "crown/eagle").

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Mi M50d
50 Pf
bright reddish brown
(starting from Aug 1897)


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21-Jul-2020 01:41