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.

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MICHEL VO37
FORERUNNER (VO)

Issued: 1890/99. The German East Africa Post Office used German Empire stamp Michel Nr 37 (internal service: number in oval) stamp of 1875 Michel 37 "Numeral in oval" So-called "Pfennig".

MiVO37
2 Mark
carmine
(variations)

VARIATIONS

MiVO37c
2 Mark
medium rose lilac
(fall 1891)

MiVO37e
2 Mark
dark red carmine
(1891-1900)

MiVO37f
2 Mark
reddish carmine
(1899-1901)

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STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

(1)
MiVO37
Cancelled
"DAR-ES-SALAAM
10/6 97"

(2)
MiVO37e
Cancelled
"TANGA
20/1 00"

(3)
MiVO37e
Cancelled
"DAR-ES-SALAAM
24/5 98"

(4)
MiVO37e
Cancelled
"DAR-ES-SALAAM
18/10 97"

(1), (3) and (4): This circular DAR-ES-SALAAM 'day/month year' cancel was used from 2nd Sep 1892 through Feb 1909.

(2) This circular TANGA 'day/month year' cancel was used from 5th May 1891 through 7th Jul 1916.

GERMAN COLONIES OST-AFRIKA STAMPS 1890 / 1891

MICHEL VO37 FORERUNNER (VO)