February 17, 2026The overprint issues used throughout the German colonies were replaced in 1900/1901 with a standardized design, featuring Kaiser Wilhelm II’s…
February 17, 2026The Valdivia arrived in Kamerun in late September 1898, and departed in early October. Due to the unusual volume of mail being…
February 17, 2026In February 1897, 800 copies of MiNr. 1-6 were printed specifically for the Universal Postal Union office in Bern, Switzerland.
February 16, 2026The first stamps produced especially for the German colony in Kamerun were overprinted versions of German Empire issues.
February 16, 2026In 1868, the German trading house of Carl Woermann established the first German settlement in Kamerun (modern-day Cameroon and surrounding…