
British Occupation Overprint Issues
On 17 October 1914, the Commonwealth forces occupying German New Guinea issued their first overprinted stamps.
On 17 October 1914, the Commonwealth forces occupying German New Guinea issued their first overprinted stamps.
These British Occupation Issues are German New Guinea registration labels overprinted “G.R.I. / 3d.”, with a new value of 3 Pence.
Shown below are the stamps of the GermanStamps.net Collection on the physical album pages.
The British Occupation Officials are German New Guinea MiNr. 7 and MiNr. 8 overprinted “O.S. / G.R.I. / 1d.”.
In 1902, private versions of the Kaiser’s Yacht Postcards became available for use in German New Guinea.
Only one variant exists — a 5 Pfg value depicting a scene from the Bismarck Archipelago.