February 20, 2026When a postal money order was cashed at the post office, the postal agent would attach a 20 Pfennig stamp…
February 20, 2026As early as 1908, manuscript cancels were being applied to mail from the island of Kusaie in eastern Karolinen.
February 20, 2026These manuscript markings were unauthorized and are almost entirely philatelic creations.
February 20, 2026In early 1905, the Jaluit Gesellschaft extended its Sydney-Hongkong Linie to Deutsch-Neuguinea. In conjunction with this change, the line was…
February 20, 2026In late 1904 or early 1905, Norddeutscher-Lloyd resumed the Neu-Guinea-Zweiglinie, which had been discontinued in mid-1900, as the Austral-Japan-Linie.
February 20, 2026In January 1902, the Sydney-Jaluit-Yap Linie was extended to Hong Kong and renamed the Sydney-Hongkong Linie.
February 20, 2026The Neu-Guinea-Zweiglinie (Hongkong), or New Guinea Branch Line (Hong Kong), ran from Hong Kong to Sydney via the German colonies…
February 20, 2026SMS Jaguar was a gunboat of the Kaiserliche Marine launched on 19 September 1898 and commissioned on 4 April 1899.
February 20, 2026SMS Emden was a light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine launched on 26 May 1908 and commissioned on 10 July…
February 20, 2026SMS Cormoran I was an unprotected cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine launched on 17 May 1892 and commissioned on 25…