Vineta provisional

The Vineta provisional was a bisect created aboard the German cruiser SMS Vineta on 13 April 1901 After a visit to the US, sailors aboard the Vineta wanted to send home newspapers describing their visit. Without the proper 3pf stamps, 5pf Germania stamps were vertically bisected with each half handstamped "3Pf" in violet. Therefore, proper usage is on a newspaper wrapper. All such mail was forwarded upon arrival at Pernambuco, Brazil on 17 April.

There are, of course, forgeries. There are also many improper usages with later dated cancels and pairs overpaying the postcard rate.

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