page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of German East Africa
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of German East Africa
caption_attribution_description: English: Scan of German East Africa 5p stamp of 1900, made by User:Stan Shebs
context_page_description: This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of German East Africa.
  German East Africa was a German colony in East Africa, including what is now Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika. It came into existence during the 1880s and ended during World War I, when the area was taken over by the British and Belgians, and later as League of Nations mandate territories.
context_section_description: This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of German East Africa.
  German East Africa was a German colony in East Africa, including what is now Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika (the mainland part of present Tanzania). It came into existence during the 1880s and ended during World War I, when the area was taken over by the British and Belgians, and later as League of Nations mandate territories.
caption: 5-pesa "Yacht", postmarked Lindi, 27 July 1901
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