- 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 VL48
LAMU FORERUNNER (VL)
Issued: 1890 to 1891: The German Post Office in Lamu used regular issue German Empire stamps of 1889 Michel 48 "Numeral in oval" So-called "Pfennig".
MiVL48
20 Pf
ultramarine
(variations)
20 Pf
ultramarine
(variations)
VARIATIONS
MiVL48a
20 Pf
medium ultramarine
(1891)
20 Pf
medium ultramarine
(1891)
MiVL48b
20 Pf
medium blue
(1891)
20 Pf
medium blue
(1891)
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