Post Stamps in Africa during the First World War - publications and small exhibition

The first world war was also fought in Africa, and one of the main results was that Germany lost all its African colonies: Togo and Cameroon (both to France and Great Britain), South West Africa (to South Africa) and East Africa (to Great Britain, Belgium and Portugal). That is visible in the postal history of Africa. Also elsewhere on the continent, signs of the Great War are visible on stamps. A small exhibition at the ASC shows examples of stamps used in Africa between 1914 and 1919. At the same time, ASC director Ton Dietz publishes four detailed studies on the postal histories of the German Colonies ('Schutzgebiete') in Africa before, during and immediately after the Great War: studies about Deutsch Togo, Deutsch Kamerun, Deutsch Südwestafrika and Deutsch Ostafrika. The wealth of data and illustrations on the internet (many auction companies publish their auction material online nowadays) was explored to find most of the material shown in these online studies.

Read A postal history of the First World War in Africa and its aftermath - German colonies : I German Togo (Photo: Togo German Colony First Post Stamps, 1897. Source: http://www.allstamp.net/)

Read A postal history of the First World War in Africa and its aftermath - German colonies : II Kamerun (Photo: 'VICTORIA', Gruß aus - Karte vom Haus des Bezirksamtsmanns gesehen 1911 nach Österreich I-II (kl. Eckbug) Source: http://www.briefmarkenfischer.de/de/i_9089_140938/Deutsche_Kolonien_Kame...)

Read A postal history of the First World War in Africa and its aftermath - German colonies : III Deutsch-Südwestafrika (SWA) (Photo: ‘The first German postal agency in German South West Africa had been opened in Otyimbingue, the seat of the German Colonial Society, on 7 July 1888’. Source: http://www.bennettstamps.com/cgi-bin/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=298&lot=403...)

Read A postal history of the First World War in Africa and its aftermath - German colonies : IV Deutsch-Ostafrika / German East Africa (GEA) (Photo: German stamps used in German East Africa, 1890 onwards. Source: http://www.bdph.de/forum/showthread.php?9957-Pfennige-Pfennig-Krone-Adle...)