page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of German South West Africa
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of German South West Africa
caption_attribution_description: Stamp description / Briefmarkenbeschreibung Deutsch: Dauermarkenserie der deutschen Kolonien English: stamp series for German Colonies Ausgabepreis: 25 Pfennig First Day of Issue / Erstausgabetag: (Juli 1897, wurde nicht offiziell ausgegeben) Michel-Katalog-Nr: I (Deutsche Kolonie Südwestafrika)
context_page_description: German South West Africa was a German colony in Africa, established in 1884 with the protection of the area around Lüderitz and abandoned during World War I, when the area was taken over by the British.
  The postal history of the colony started on 7 July 1888 at Otjimbingwe, when the regular postal service began using German postage stamps and postmarks reading OTYIMBINGUE. The service continued in this fashion for a number of years, eventually expanding to additional post offices in Windhoek and Swakopmund.
context_section_description: German South West Africa was a German colony in Africa, established in 1884 with the protection of the area around Lüderitz and abandoned during World War I, when the area was taken over by the British.
  The postal history of the colony started on 7 July 1888 at Otjimbingwe, when the regular postal service began using German postage stamps and postmarks reading OTYIMBINGUE.  The service continued in this fashion for a number of years, eventually expanding to additional post offices in Windhoek (1891) and Swakopmund (1895).
caption: Overprint with hyphen, 1897.
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