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GERMAN OFFICES ABROAD
MOROCCO
My STAMPS
1906

line German post offices in Morocco existed from the 20th Dec 1899 until the 5th Aug 1914 in the French area, until the 12th June 1919 in the Spanish area and until 19th Aug 1919 in Tanger.

The following towns had post offices: Tanger, Alkassar, Arsila, Asimmur, Cassablanca, Fez, Fez-Mellah, Larache, Marrakesch, Mazagan, Meknes, Magadar, Rabat, Saffi and Tetuan.

Alkassar, Arsila, Larache and Tetuan opened in 1912 are were situated in the Spanish area.Tanger was considered an independent area and all other towns were in the French Protectorate.

True Moroccan forerunners only exist cancelled from 1893 from ships of the Woerman Lines, where representatives aboard these ships were entitled to issue German Empire stamps. Letters cancelled on board can only be distinguished by seapost cancels with arrival or sender notations.

On 20th Dec 1899 the first Moroccan Foreign Post Office was opened in Tanger and had stamps issued bearing the country name from day one. Initially the German Post Offices only handled mail transiting along the coast, all internal mail was handled by private companies.

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MICHEL 34 to 45
REGULAR ISSUE
GERMAN EMPIRE STAMPS

Issued: Mar 1906 to 1911, Regular issue German Empire stamps (Germania and representative illustrations) Michel 84 to 91, 93 to 95 and 97. Inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH" overprinted black "Marocco" Gothic style. Lozenge/Diamond watermark.

This is the only version inscribed "Marocco" and is also on lozenge/diamond watermarked paper

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Mi 34
3 Centimos on 3Pf
dark ochre-brown
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Mi 35
5 Centimos on 5Pf
dark green
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Mi 36
10 Centimos on 10Pf
dark carmine-red
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Mi 37
25 Centimos on 20Pf
dark violet-ultramarine
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Mi 38
30 Centimos on 25f
reddish-orange / yellow-black on light yellow
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Mi 39
35 Centimos on 30Pf
reddish-orange, red-black on dull yellow-orange
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Mi 40
50 Centimos on 40Pf
dark reddish-carmine / black
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Mi 41
60 Centimos on 50Pf
dark brownish-lilac / red-black on dull orange-brown
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Mi 42
1 Peseta on 80Pf
dark reddish-carmine / red-black on dull brown-orange
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Mi 43
1 Pes 25 Cts on 1 Mark
dark red
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Mi 44
2 Pes 50 Cts on 2 Mark
blackish-blue
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Mi 45
6 Pes 25 Cts on 5 Mark
green-black / brownish-carmine
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21-Jul-2020 01:37