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German New Guinea

1897 / 1899 Krone / Adler Overprints

The first stamps issued for use in German New Guinea were overprints of German Krone / Adler issues.

They were first issued in September 1897.  As with the Krone / Adler issues, multiple color variants exists due to the various printings.

The period of use for these stamps was short-lived, as they were replaced in December 1900 by the first Yacht issues.

A single 10x10 sheet of MiNr. 5 b was printed with an inverted overprint.

The 3 Pf and 25 Pf can be found with plate flaws on the underlying stamps.

MiNr. 1 Plate Flaw I — broken scroll (right)

MiNr. 5 Plate Flaw II — break in “I” (right)

MiNr. 5 Plate Flaw III — damaged “I” (right)

MiNr. 5 Plate Flaw IV — dot next to lower left scroll (right)

In addition, numerous overprint flaws exist across all values.

Overprint Flaw X — short foot on “t”

Overprint Flaw XI — damaged leg on “h”

Overprint Flaw XII — short foot on “c”

Overprint Flaw XIII — open “e” in “Guinea”

These stamps were printed in 10×10 sheets, with two sheets per printing pane, arranged vertically.  As a result, gutter pairs (in German, Zwischtenstegpaare) exist containg stamps from the bottom row of the top sheet and the top row of the bottom sheet.

Set Date(s)

September 1897 / 1899

Watermark(s)

None

Album Page(s)

Certificate(s)

1897 / 1899 Krone / Adler Overprints

The first stamps issued for use in German New Guinea were overprints of German Krone / Adler issues.

They were first issued in September 1897.  As with the Krone / Adler issues, multiple color variants exists due to the various printings.

The period of use for these stamps was short-lived, as they were replaced in December 1900 by the first Yacht issues.

A single 10x10 sheet of MiNr. 5 b was printed with an inverted overprint.

The 3 Pf and 25 Pf can be found with plate flaws on the underlying stamps.

MiNr. 1 Plate Flaw I — broken scroll (right)

MiNr. 5 Plate Flaw II — break in “I” (right)

MiNr. 5 Plate Flaw III — damaged “I” (right)

MiNr. 5 Plate Flaw IV — dot next to lower left scroll (right)

In addition, numerous overprint flaws exist across all values.

Overprint Flaw X — short foot on “t”

Overprint Flaw XI — damaged leg on “h”

Overprint Flaw XII — short foot on “c”

Overprint Flaw XIII — open “e” in “Guinea”

These stamps were printed in 10×10 sheets, with two sheets per printing pane, arranged vertically.  As a result, gutter pairs (in German, Zwischtenstegpaare) exist containg stamps from the bottom row of the top sheet and the top row of the bottom sheet.

Set Date(s)

September 1897 / 1899

Watermark(s)

None

Album Page(s)

Certificate(s)