In the late 19th century, the coastal area of Quionga belonged to Portuguese Mozambique by treaty, but was culturally German. Despite multiple treaties designating the area as Portuguese, the German East Africa made repeated assertions of control over the area.
On 15 May 1918, Belgium issued this set of overprints of Belgian Congo MiNr. 33-41 for use in Belgian occupied German East Africa.
In November 1916, Belgium issued this set of overprints of Belgian Congo MiNr. 25-32 for use in Belgian-occupied German East Africa.
This 5-stamp series of forgeries of the German East Africa yacht issues was discovered in the years after WWI, but the stamps’ exact provenance is still a mystery.
On 18 January 1916, a new system was introduced to reduced the usage of postage stamps, which were in short supply due to WWI.
On 18 January 1916, a new system was introduced to reduced the usage of postage stamps, which were in short supply due to WWI.
