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Caroline Islands
12th October 1899
↓ - see also Micronesia
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| 1900 Sc1 SG7 | 1899 Sc1a SG1 | xxx |
perf 13½x14½, no wmk
| Description | Scott | SG | Mi | Y&T | ||
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| December 1900 Stamps of Germany overprinted at 56° | ||||||
| 3 pfennigs dark brown | 1 | 7 | ||||
| 5pf green | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 10pf carmine | 3 | 9 | ||||
| 20pf ultra | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 25pf orange | 5 | 11 | ||||
| 50pf red-brown | 6 | 12 | ||||
| March-June 1899 Stamps of Germany overprinted at 48° | ||||||
| 3pf light brown | 1a | 1 | ||||
| 5pf green | 2a | 2 | ||||
| 10pf carmine | 3a | 3 | ||||
| 20pf ultra | 4a | 4 | ||||
| 25pf orange | 5a | 5 | ||||
| 50pf red-brown | 6a | 6 | ||||
A group of around 550 small islands in the western Pacific, the Caroline Islands were discovered in 1526, claimed by Spain in a dispute with Germany and bought by Germany in 1899. The islands were occupied by Japan in 1914 and became a Japanese mandated territory. The US captured the islands during WW2 and in July 1947 they became a United States trust territory.