Abenteuer Südsee - Briefmarken Besonderheiten der Deutschen Schutzgebiete in der Südsee

Even today, the South Seas still represent a lot of water and little land. The distribution of the population across hundreds of small islands was a heavy burden for the postal service more than 100 years ago. In addition to operating the Imperial Postal Steamer Lines, all available connections were utilized to deliver business correspondence within a reasonable timeframe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources: Michel Cataloging: https://www.briefmarken.de/ Literature: Treasures of Philately by Dr. Andreas Hahn ISBN 3-980 8448-0-3 Pages: 150 - 151 German Protectorates in the South Seas: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsch... Imperial Postal Steamer: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsp... North German Lloyd: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norddeu... Briefmarkenecke:    / @briefmarkenecke     / briefmarkenecke     / briefmarkenecke     / ronalexbriefmarkenecke   French Republic: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dritte_... United Kingdom: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_... Russian Empire: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian... United States: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_... Japanese Empire: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes... German Post in China: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_... Strasbourg Class: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbo... Mexican Silver Dollar: https://de.aliexpress.com/i/100500454... Stamp Corner:    / @briefmarkenecke     / briefmarkenecke     / briefmarkenecke     / ronalexbriefmarkenecke   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------