GERMAN COLONIES
SUDWEST AFRIKA
STAMPS
1898 / 1899
German possession since 7th Aug 1884 with the Post Office starting on 16th July 1888.
German Southwest Africa, present day Namibia, is located on the west coast of South Africa. The postal network started in July 1888 and almost 100 post offices were created up until the First World War. German Southwest Africa was handed over to the South African Union on the 9th July 1915.
MICHEL 5
REGULAR ISSUE GERMAN EMPIRE
(Country name in two words)
Issued: Oct 1898/1899: Regular issue German Empire stamps. Michel 45 to 50 (so-called "crown/eagle") with black Typography overprint, country name in two words. "Deutsch Sudwestafrika".
Mi 5
3 Pf
brown
(variations)
3 Pf
brown
(variations)
VARIATIONS
Mi 5a
3 Pf
dark ochre brown
(1899)
3 Pf
dark ochre brown
(1899)
Mi 5b
3 Pf
light ochre brown
(Oct 1898)
3 Pf
light ochre brown
(Oct 1898)
Mi 5c
3 Pf
bright brown ochre
3 Pf
bright brown ochre
Mi 5d
3 Pf
bright orange brown
(1899)
3 Pf
bright orange brown
(1899)
Mi 5e
3 Pf
bright ochre
3 Pf
bright ochre
PLATE FLAWS
Mi 5 PF I
break in lower right band
break in lower right band
STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION
(1)
Mi 5
Mint, Unused
Mi 5
Mint, Unused
(2)
Mi 5
Mint, Unused
Mi 5
Mint, Unused
(3)
Mi 5
Mint, Unused
Mi 5
Mint, Unused
(4)
Mi 5
Mint, Unused
Mi 5
Mint, Unused
(5)
Mi 5
Cancelled, Used
"SWAKOPMUND
13/3 01"
Mi 5
Cancelled, Used
"SWAKOPMUND
13/3 01"
Stamp (5) above was cancelled with a "SWAKOPMUND" CDS cancel in use from 30th May 1895 to 22nd Oct 1904.
