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GERMAN COLONIES
MARIANEN
POST OFFICES

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SAIPAN

Valid from 18th Nov 1899 until 3rd Sep 1914.

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'SAIPAN | MARIANEN'

(1) This cancel can be found in violet ink in 1899 and 1900. From 1.1.1900 until 11.1.1900, year date changed by hand from '99' to '00'. Year date '00' as 'oo' from end Jan to 21.8.1900. From 1.1.1911 until 27.1.1911 year date '11' handwritten but no commercial covers are known to exist. Date 1.1.oo and many others are backdated favour cancels.

ROTA

NOTE: No German post office was ever established on the island of Rota.

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'ROTA | 24 MAI 1904'
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'ROTA | 30 Juni 1906 | Reichel'

(1) small rubber stamp with 1904 dates.
(2) large rubber stamp with dates 1906.

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