Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands Postal Regulations 1903 by Dirk H.R. Spennemann |
Postal regulations 1903 |
1.) Standard and Registered Letters |
a) Sent between Germany and the protectorates among each other Letters up to 20 grams franked 10 Pf, unfranked 20 Pf, over 20-250 grams franked 20 Pf, unfranked 30 Pf. Postcards (standard) franked 5 Pf, unfranked 10 Pf.--Postcards with reply 10 Pf. Printed Matter up to 50 g 3 Pf; over 50 - 100 grams 5 Pf., over 100 - 250 grams 10 Pf, over 250-500 grams 20 Pf., over 500 grams up to 1 kilo grams 30 Pf.; over 1 - 2 kg 60 Pf. Trade samples up to 250 grams 10 Pf, over 250 to 350 grams 20 Pf Business Letters up to 250 grams 10 Pf; over 250 grams up to 500 grams 20 Pf; over 500 grams up to 1 kg 30 Pf., over 1 -2 Kgs 60 Pf.
Collated items (printed matter, trade samples and Business Letters) up to 250 grams 10 Pf; over 250-500 grams 20 Pf; over 500 to 1 Kg 30 Pf; over 1-2 Kgs 60 Pf. |
b) Sent between the protectorates and foreign countries Letters franked 20 Pf, unfranked 40 Pf for each 15 grams. Postcards (standard) franked 10 Pf, unfranked 20 Pf.--Postcards with reply 20 Pf. Printed Matter, Trade samples and Business Letters 5 Pf for each 50 grams, with a minimum of 10 Pf for Trade samples and 20 Pf for business letters. Maximum weight for printed matter and business letters 2 kilograms, for trade samples 350 grams Collated items (printed matter, trade samples and business letters up to a total weight of 2 kilograms) 5Pf for each 50 grams, but at least 10Pf if the sent items contains printed matter and trade samples; at least 20 Pf if the sent item contains business letters
Registration fee 20 Pf; reply card fee 20 Pf |
2.) Letters and boxes with value
The boxes with value may only contain jewellery or valuable items. Not be included in boxes of value may be letters or items which resemble in nature correspondence, valid currency, bank notes, named shares, documents and items which are by nature business letters.--Letter of value: maximum weight 250 grams. Boxes of value: maximum weight 1 kg. Maximum value 8000 Marks. Rate for letters of value: 10 Pf up to and inclusive of 20 grams, 20 Pf for greater weights, plus 20Pf registration fee
Insurance fee for letters and boxes of value: to Cameroon 16 Pf for each 240 Mk; to German East Africa and to Kiautschou 28 Pf for each 240 Mk |
3.) Postal money orders German New Guinea: only to Berlinhafen, Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, Herbertshöhe and Stephansort. German East Africa: only to Bagamoyo, Dar-es-Salaam, Kilwa, Lindi, Mikindani, Mohorro, Pangani, Saadani, and Tanga. The deposit and withdrawal there will use the traditional local currency (means of payment) using on the daily exchange rate German South-West Africa: only to Gibeon, Gobadis, Grotfontein, Kuribib, Keetmanshoop, Lüderitzbucht, Okahandja, Outjo, Reyebith, Swakopmund, Warmbad and Windhuk Cameroon: only to Buea, Duala, Kribi, Riodel-Rey, Victoria Carolines: only to Ponape and Yap Kiautschou: only to Tsangkou, Tsingtau and the German post offices in Kiautschou (town) and Kaumi Togo: only to Agome-Palime, Klein-Popo and Lome
Samoa: The withdrawal through the German postal office in Apia occurs in German currency or, if such is in short supply, in English currency or in the currency of the United States of America |
4.) Parcels
a) via Bremen or Hamburg: up to 1 kg 1 Mk 60 Pf; over 1-5 kg 2 Mk 40 Pf; bulky goods permissible; 2 customs declarations (German). |
German East Africa
a) via Hamburg: up to 1 kg 1 Mk 60 Pf; over 1 - 5 kgs 2 Mk 40 Pf; bulky goods permissible; 2 customs declarations (German |
German Southwest Africa
a) via Hamburg direct: up to 1 kg 1 Mk 60 Pf; over 1 - 5 kgs 2 Mk 40 Pf; 2 customs declarations (German) |
Cameroon
via Hamburg: up to 5 kg 1 Mk 60 Pf; bulky goods permissible; 2 customs declarations (German) |
Togo
via Hamburg: up to 5 kg 1 Mk 60 Pf; bulky goods permissible; 2 customs declarations (German) |
Kiautschou
a) via Bremen or Hamburg: up to 1 kg 1 Mk 60 Pf; over 1-5 kg 2 Mk 40 Pf; bulky goods permissible; 2 customs declarations (German) |
Carolines and Marianas
a) via Bremen or Hamburg: up to 1 kg 1 Mk 60 Pf; over 1-5 kg 2 Mk 40 Pf; bulky goods permissible; 2 customs declarations (German) |
Marshall Islands
a) via Bremen or Hamburg: up to 1 kg 1 Mk 60 Pf; over 1-5 kg 2 Mk 40 Pf; 2 customs declarations (German) |
Samoa
a) via Bremen direct: up to 1 kg 1 Mk 60 Pf; over 1-5 kg 2 Mk 40 Pf; 2 customs declarations (German) |
Heavy parcels (so-called postal freight) is permissible to all destinations listed above. The post offices will give directions on the conditions of service. |
5.) Postal connections |
German New Guinea
Norddeutscher Lloyd, six-weekly, Singapore-New Guinea-Sydney and back (with mail connections via Naples-Singapore and Brindisi-Sydney) |
German East Africa
Deutsche Ostafrika Linie, Naples, fortnightly; Peninsular and Oriental S.V. Co. in connection with the British India-Line, Brindisi, four-weekly; Messageries maritimes, Marseille, monthly. |
German Southwest Africa
From Southampton to Cape Town, Union-Castle Mail Steam Ship Co., weekly; onwards from Cape Town Woermann Linie, monthly. From Hamburg with direct steamer of the Woermann Linie, monthly. |
Cameroon
Woermann Linie, Southampton and Antwerp, monthly; African Steamship Co.; and British and African Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool, twice monthly. |
Carolines Marianas and Marshall Islands
Jaluit Gesellschaft, every 18 weeks from Sydney via the Marshall Islands, Carolines, Marianas and HongKong and back (mail connections in HongKong and Sydney) |
Kiautschou
to Shanghai: 1. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Naples, fortnightly; 2. Peninsular and Oriental S.N. Co., Brindisi, fortnightly. 3. Messageries maritimes, Marseille, fortnightly. from Shanghai to Tsingtau, Hamburg-Amerika-Linie, twice weekly |
Samoa
via New York-San Francisco, every three weeks, Oceanic Steamship Company to Pago-Pago (Tutuila), from there with immediate steamer connection to Apia. |
Togo
Woermann Linie, Southampton and Rotterdam, four times a month |
6.) Telegrams |
1) German East Africa
(via Emden, Vigo, Suez, Aden, Bismarcksburg, Ujiji) 3.15 Mk, other stations 2.75 Mk |
2) German Southwest Africa
(via Emden, Vigo, Madeira, Ascension or via Emden, Vigo, Madeira [or Teneriffe], Luanda or via Emden, Vigo, Suez, Aden) 2.75 Mk |
3) Cameroon
(via Emden, Vigo, Madeira [or Teneriffe],) 6.70 Mk |
4)Togo
(via Emden, Vigo, Eastern, Madeira [or Teneriffe], Cotonou) 6.55Mk |
5) Kiautschou
(via Emden, Vigo, Madras) 4.55Mk |
German New Guinea, the Carolines, the Marianas, the Marshall Islands and Samoa are not yet connected to the telegraph network. Telegrams have to be routed: for German New Guinea to Singapore or Batavia (=Jakarta) or Macassar or Sydney (New South Wales) or Brisbane (Queensland); for the Carolines, the Marshall Islands and for the Marianas to Sydney (New South Wales) or HongKong; for Samoa to Auckland (New Zealand), or Suva (Fiji Islands) or Honolulu (Hawaii). The onwards delivery from the mentioned places will occur via mail.v |
7.) Telegraph Lines |
A) German East Africa
Dar-es-Salaam--Bagamoyo--Zanzibar: Cable of the Eastern and South African Telegraph Company |
B) German Southwest Africa
Cape Town--Swakopmund--Mossamedes: Cable of the Eastern and South African Telegraph Company |
C) Cameroon
Duala--Bonny: Cable of the African Direct Telegraph Company |
D)Togo
Lome--Klein Popo: Land Telegraph Line and connection to the land telegraph network of the neighbouring French and British colonies. |
E) Kiautschou
Shanghai--Tsingtau--Tschifu: Empire owned cables |
Source |
[Contents] [Appendices]Bibliographic citation for this documentSpennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands. Postal Regulations 1903.URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Stamps/Marshalls/Documents/Regulations1903.html CONTACT: Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P.O.Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia. e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au |
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