- Ost-Afrika Post Offices
- Ost-Afrika Feldpost
- Ost-Afrika Navy Post
- Ost-Afrika Seepost
- Ost-Afrika Bahnpost
GERMAN COLONIES
OST-AFRIKA
STAMPS
1890 / 1891
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 "China"), 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 VL45a
LAMU FORERUNNER (VL)
Issued: 1888 to 1891: The German Post Office in Lamu used regular issue German Empire stamps of 1889 Michel 45 "Numeral in oval" So-called "Pfennig".
MiVL45a
3 Pf
yellowish brown
(1891)
3 Pf
yellowish brown
(1891)
VARIATIONS
REQUIRES ADDITIONAL RESEARCH
PLATE FLAWS
MiVL45 PF I
break in lower right band
break in lower right band
STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION
