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PACIFIC SOUTH SEA POST

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AUSTRALISCHE ZWEIGLINIE
(Australian Branch Line)

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Operated from 10th Sep 1886 until 18th Nov 1891.

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(1)
'DEUTSCHE | SEEPOST | AUSTRALISCHE | ZWEIGLINIE | a'
(Lübeck)


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AUSTRALISCHE HAUPTLINIE
(Australian Main Line)

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Operated from early Sep 1893 until 23rd Jun 1895. Only the cancels below relate to the German Colonies, when the line was extended to Apia. Other cancels exist but are not listed as they do not relate to the German colonies.

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'DEUTSCHE | SEEPOST | AUSTRALISCHE | HAUPTLINIE | g'
(early Sep to 19.9.1893)
(Karlsruhe)
(2)
'DEUTSCHE | SEEPOST | AUSTRALISCHE | HAUPTLINIE | a'
(6.6.1895 to 23.6.1895)
(Darmstadt)


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NEU-GUINEA ZWEIGLINIE
(Neu-Guinea Branch Line)

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Operated from 3rd Oct 1893 until 10th Jul 1900.

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(1)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | a'
(3.10.1893 - 13.12.1893)
(Lübeck)
(2)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | b'
(22.12.1893 - 26.6.1895)
(Lübeck)
(3)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | b'
(8.7.1895 - 10.7.1900)
(Stettin)

Cancels 'a' and 'b' were used on the Austral-Japan-Linie after 1905.

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NEU-GUINEA ZWEIGLINIE (SINGAPORE)
(Neu-Guinea Branch Line - Singapore)

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Operated from 20th Jul 1900 until 1st Feb 1905.

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(1)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | (SINGAPORE) | a'
(20.7.1900 - 9.3.1902)
(Stettin)
(2)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | (SINGAPORE) | a'
(17.3.1902 - 3.5.1903 and 2.8.1903 - 18.10.1903)
(Tanglin)
(3)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | (SINGAPORE) | a'
(12.5.1903 - 26.7.1903)
(Deli)

(3) Violet ink on 16.5.1903

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'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | (SINGAPORE) | a'
(23.10.1905 - 4.1.1905)
(Prinz Sigismund)
(5)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | (SINGAPORE) | b'
(25.4.1902 - 6.9.1903)
(Stettin)
(6)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | (SINGAPORE) | b'
(11.9.1903 - 1.2.1905)
(Prinz Waldemar)


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NEU-GUINEA ZWEIGLINIE (HONGKONG)
(Neu-Guinea Branch Line - HongKong)

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Operated from 27th Jul 1900 until 3rd Feb 1901.

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'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | (HONGKONG) | a'
(27.7.1900 - 3.2.1901)
(München)
(2)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | (HONGKONG) | a'
(3.4.1901 - 24.1.1902)
(Nuen-Tung)
(3)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | (HONGKONG) | a'
(1.2.1902 - 25.4.1902)
(Paknum)

(1) in 1901 there was no year date from 1.1.1901 until 7.1.1901.

(2) Examples of '01' year date cancelled by hand until 24.1.1902

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SYDNEY - JALUIT - YAP

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Operated from 15th Jan 1901 until 29th Jun 1902.

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'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | SYDNEY | JALUIT YAP'
(Oceana)


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SYDNEY - HONGKONG

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Operated from 11th Jul 1902 until 22nd May 1905.

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'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | SYDNEY- | HONGKONG'
(11.7.1902 - 21.1.1904)
(Oceana)
(2)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | SYDNEY- | HONGKONG'
(31.3.1904 - 23.11.1904)
(Medan)
(3)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | SYDNEY- | HONGKONG'
(9.12.1904 - 22.1.1905)
(Germania)


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AUSTRAL-JAPAN-LINIE
(WILLEHAD NDL BREMEN)

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Operated from 29th Jan 1905 until 27th Apr 1905. Official seal with date.

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'NORDDEUTCHER LLOYD | BREMEN | D. WILLEHAD'
(Willehad)


AUSTRAL-JAPAN-LINIE
(Reichspostdampfer "WILLEHAD")

Operated from 24th May 1905 until 26th May 1905. Two line rectangular box cancel.

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'Reichspostdampfer "WILLEHAD"


AUSTRAL-JAPAN-LINIE
Reapplication of the cancel
DEUTSCHE SEEPOST NEU-GUINEA ZWEIGLINIE

Operated from Jun 1905 until 3rd Aug 1914.

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(1)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | a'
(Jun 1905 - 5.12.1906)
(Willehad)
(2)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | a'
(21.12.1906 - 11.8.1909)
(Manila)
(3)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | a'
(13.8.1909 - 18.8.1914)
(Coblenz)

(3) used violet ink in 1911, 1913 and 1914

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'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | b'
(3.2.1905 - Oct 1907)
(Prinz Waldemar)
(5)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | b'
(8.5.1908 - 3.8.1914)
(Prinz Sigismund)


AUSTRAL-JAPAN-LINIE
New Version of
DEUTSCHE SEEPOST NEU-GUINEA ZWEIGLINIE

Operated from Apr 1905 until 30th Jul 1914.

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'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | c'
(Apr 1905 - 22.3.1907)
(Prinz Sigismund)
(2)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | NEU- | GUINEA- | ZWEIGLINIE | c'
(10.4.1907 - 30.7.1914)
(Prinz Waldemar)


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JALUIT LINIE
(Jaluit Line)

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Operated from Feb 1905 until 30th Jul 1907.

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'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | JALUIT- | LINIE'
(Germania)

(1) This cancel used violet ink from 1905 to 1907 and during 1912 and 1914.

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SINGAPORE - DEUTSCH-NEUGUINEA

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Operated from Feb 1910 until 9th Aug 1914.

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'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | SINGAPORE | DEUTSCH- | NEUGUINEA'
(Feb 1910 - 20.7.1914)
(Manila)
(2)
'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST | DEUTSCH- | NEUGUINEA | SINGAPORE'
(Feb 1910 - 9.8.1914)
(Manila)


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DEUTSCH-NEUGUINEA INSELFAHRT
(German Neu-Guinea Islands Service)

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Operated from 1903 until 1912.

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'Dampfer Siar'
(1903 - 1911)
(2)
'KGS Comet'
(3)
'RDS Delphin'

(1) This was a handwritten cancellation but there was also a rubber stamp 'Siar' with a handwritten date.

(2) This cancellation was also handwritten on 4.1.1912 and 7.1.1912 as well as 5.3.1912. This is sometiems accompanied by a rubber cancellation 'K.G.S Komet' but this was an unauthorised cancellation.

(3) This was a rubber cancellation with a handwritten date, this was an unauthorised cancellation.

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04-Aug-2021 06:25