February 12, 2026The 1919 Yacht Postal Stationery have a vertical line down the middle, with “Postkarte” text centered above the line. They…
February 12, 2026The 1910/12 Yacht Postal Stationery have a vertical line down the middle, with “Postkarte” text to the right.
February 12, 2026The 1905 Yacht Postal Stationery saw a switch to Heller values.
February 12, 2026In 1904, German East Africa began using the last of the pesa-valued postal stationery. A single value, 3 Pesa, saw…
February 12, 2026In 1900, German East Africa began using postal stationery of the new design depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II’s yacht, the Hohenzollern II.
February 12, 2026Proof printings of P14 and P16 were produced, and feature a shorter third address line (56mm vice 60mm) and a longer fourth address line…
February 12, 2026The second set of German East Africa overprints use the three-line overprint with new value in pesa and “Deutsch-Ostafrika”
February 12, 2026Before settling on the overprint design used on the 1896 and 1899 Overprint Postal Stationery, essays were produced testing different…
February 12, 2026The first postal stationery produced especially for German East Africa were overprinted versions of German Empire issues.
February 10, 2026Upon the issuance of the 1905 / 1919 watermarked Yacht Issues, imperforate sheets were printed of several of the values…