- Ost-Afrika Post Offices
- Ost-Afrika Feldpost
- Ost-Afrika Navy Post
- Ost-Afrika Seepost
- Ost-Afrika Bahnpost
GERMAN COLONIES
OST-AFRIKA
STAMPS
1893 / 1896
Occupation on 27th Feb 1885, German Post starting from 4th oct 1890.Two German foreign post offices were used temporarily in the creation of German East Africa from the end of 1888. Neither Lamu nor Zanzibar fall under the German post in German East Africa however they are usually listed as such. Both post offices were only used for a short time and only used German Empire stamps. Lamu was located to the north of German East Africa on the coast of what later became British East Africa. Zanzibar was an island off the coast of German East Africa. Both of these postal agencies were later surrendered to Britain with the signing of the German-English Helgoland-Zanzibar Treaty.
German East Africa consisted of the region from Lake Victoria in the north and Lake Nyassa in the southwest, to lake Tanganyika in the west.
Post Offices in German East Africa were established in many towns and cities, here are some postmarks to look out for: AMANI, BAGAMOYO, BISMARCKBURG, BUKOBA, DAR ES SALAAM, DEUTSCHE SEEPOST OSTAFRIKA LINIE, DEUTSCHE SEEPOST OSTAFRIKA HILFSLINIE, DODOMA, HANDENI, IRINGA, KIGOMA, KILIMATINDE, KILOSSA, KILWA, KINDANI, KISSENJI, KONDOA-IRANGA, KOROGWE, LANGENBURG, LEGANGA, LINDI, MAHENGE, MARINESCHIFFE, MIKINDANI, MITTELLANDBAHN, MKALAMA, MKUMBARA, MOHORO, MOMBO, MOROGORO, MOSCHI, MPAPUA, MUANSA, MUHESA, NEO-LANGENBURG, NGOMENI, PANGANI, RUANDA, SAADANI, SCHIRATI, SONGEA, SOGA, TABORA, TANGA, TSCHOLE, UDJIDJI, USAMBARA BAHNPOST, USAMBURA, UTETE, WIEDHAFEN, WILHELMSTHAL and WUGIRI.
MICHEL 1 to 5
REGULAR ISSUE GERMAN EMPIRE
(PESA Overprints)
Valid from: 1st July 1893. Regular Issues: German Empire stamp Michel Nr 45-48 and 50, so-called "crown/eagle" with black horizontal Typography overprint in different types.
Michel 1 to 5 with red overprint "Werthlos" (also Michel Nr 4 with red denomination overprint and Michel Nr 5 with small overprint "Pesa" are from sheets stored in the archive of the German Federal Republic Printing Plant in Berlin and publicly auctioned in 1996.
