Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands is an island group in the Pacific Ocean. In 1916, Germany released two Yachts on watermarked paper. These were never used.
 * 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.
 * In 1914 in World War I, Japan occupied the Marianas. Japanese stamps were used from that point.
 * In early 1944, the US captured and occupied the islands. It became a Trust Territory of the US in 1947.





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