Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands is an island group in the Pacific Ocean.
 * Claimed by Spain in 1874, disputes with Germany was settled by allowing a German protectorate over the islands in 1885.
 * Beginning in 1889, German stamps were used, identifiable by JALUIT cancels.
 * Then in 1897, German stamps were diagonally overprinted Marschall-Inseln.
 * In November 1899, the overprint was changed, reading Marshall-Inseln.
 * In early 1900, a vertical bisect of the 10pf value was issued.
 * December 1900 saw two diagonal bisects of the 10pf and 50pf Eagle designs used very briefly.
 * In 1901, the Yacht keytype designs were released.
 * An office in Nauru was opened in July 1908.
 * In 1914 in World War I, Japan occupied the Marianas. Japanese stamps were used from that point.
 * In 1916, Germany released two Yachts on watermarked paper. These were never used.
 * In early 1944, the US captured and occupied the islands. It became a Trust Territory of the US in 1947.

 File:Marshall Is marschall.jpg|1897 10pf "MARSCHALL". File:Marshall Is marshall.jpg|1899 5pf "MARSHALL". File:Marshall IS 50pf yacht.jpg|50pf Yacht. File:Marshall Is 3m yacht.jpg|3m Yacht. File:Marshall Is christmas.jpg|1992 Christmas. File:Marshall Is Clipper.jpg|From the 2017 China Clipper issue. 

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