German New Guinea

1897 / 1899 Krone / Adler Overprints

MiNr. 1 a

MiNr. 1 b

MiNr. 1 c

MiNr. 1 d

MiNr. 1 e

MiNr. 2

MiNr. 3 a

MiNr. 3 b

MiNr. 4

MiNr. 5 a

MiNr. 5 b

MiNr. 6

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.

MiNr. 5 b K

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. 1 a I

MiNr. 1 b I

MiNr. 1 c I

MiNr. 1 d I

MiNr. 1 e I

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

MiNr. 5 a II

MiNr. 5 b II

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

MiNr. 5 a III

MiNr. 5 b III

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

MiNr. 5 a IV

MiNr. 5 b IV

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”

MiNr. 1 a XII

MiNr. 1 b XII

MiNr. 1 c XII

MiNr. 1 d XII

MiNr. 1 e XII

MiNr. 2 XII

MiNr. 3 a XII

MiNr. 3 b XII

MiNr. 4 XII

MiNr. 5 a XII

MiNr. 5 b XII

MiNr. 6 XII

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

MiNr, 1 a XIII

MiNr. 1 b XIII

MiNr. 1 c XIII

MiNr. 1 d XIII

MiNr. 1 e XIII

MiNr. 2 XIII

MiNr. 3 a XIII

MiNr. 3 b XIII

MiNr. 4 XIII

MiNr. 5 a XIII

MiNr. 5 b XIII

MiNr. 6 XIII

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.