Caroline Islands

:Do not confuse the Caroline Islands with Caroline Island, part of Kiribati (Southern Line Islands), also in the central Pacific Ocean.

Postage stamps

In their first year as a German possession, the Carolines used postage stamps of Germany overprinted "Karolinen". Few examples of these survive today, especially in cancelled condition. In 1901, Germany issued its "Yacht" series with a common design for all of Germany's colonies, featuring the Kaiser's yacht Hohenzollern. The issues for the Carolines featured the inscription "KAROLINEN", all with mark and pfennig denominations. Many unused copies of the low values still exist today, left over after the Japanese occupation, but as one might expect from the short period of German rule and the very small numbers of letter-writers living in the Carolines, genuinely used stamps are both uncommon and prized.

Related Topics:
Postage stamp - 1901 - Kaiser

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