Trains on Postal Stationery

TRAINS on POSTAL STATIONERY

GERMAN EAST AFRICA
(Tanzania)

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These are cards issued during the Belgian occupation of German East Africa, 1916-1922
Note that they are listed in the Congo section of the H&G catalog, at the end, under MILITARY & OCCUPATION.
The cards were issued in 1918, one set of 50 views, 5¢ yellow-green (H&G 5), and 10¢ dark red (H&G 6.)
The cards were overprinted in 1921, 15¢ on 5¢ (H&G 11), and 15¢ on 10¢ (H&G 12)
The stamp side is the same as the 1912 series of cards for Belgian Congo,
with the overprint "German East Africa - Belgian Occupation" in French and Dutch
The picture side has new (local) views.
Note that the message side includes as well the text
Waterlow & Sons, Limited, Londres, Angleterre.
(This text is NOT on the Belgian Congo cards.)

Ref # 19
AJCB:
German East Africa (Belgian Occupation): Train station, Lulanguru.
Stamp: 5c green - overprinted in blue. Cancelled 2 March 1918.
Lulanguru is situated on the line from Kigoma to Tabora in present day Tanzania,
and is the second last station before Tabora, about 20km distant.

Ref # 38
TG and DL: Kigoma, port with tracks, steam engines, freight cars.
AJCB:
German East Africa (Belgian Occupation):Kigoma.
Stamp: 5c green - overprinted in blue.
Depicts Kigoma with tracks, goods trucks and locomotives.
These were 2-8-0 tank-engines, built by Borsig, with additional tenders.
Kigoma is on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in what is today Tanzania.

Ref # 47
AJCB:
German East Africa (Belgian Occupation): Belgian troops entering Tabora, 19 Sept 1916.
Stamp: 5c green - overprinted in blue.
Train tracks in foreground.
AJCB - The tracks shown on this and the next two cards are on the line
from Tabora to Kigoma, until that time (19 Sept 1916) operated by the
Ost Afrikanische Gesellschaft (OAEG) also called the Ostafrikanische Centralbahn
or Mittelbahn. The meter-gauge line from Dar-es-Salaam, via Morogoro, Kiloba,
Dodoma, and Tabora, to Kigoma was finally opened on 1 Feb 1914, after
nine years' construction.

Ref # 48
AJCB:
German East Africa (Belgian Occupation): Belgian troops entering Tabora, 19 Sept 1916.
Stamp: 5c green - overprinted in blue.
Train tracks in foreground.

Ref # 50
AJCB:
German East Africa (Belgian Occupation): Belgian troops entering Tabora, 19 Sept 1916.
Stamp: 5c green - overprinted in blue.
Train tracks in foreground.

END OF BELGIAN OCCUPATION CARDS

Post card, date unknown, indicium no rail interest, picture side with view of train station at Tanga.
German East Africa became a British trust territory called Tanganyika after WW I, achieved independence in 1961, and united with Zanzibar to form Tanzania in 1964. Tanga is a seaport in the northeast corner of the country, population 1988 187,634, rail and road transportation center.
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Revised -- 12/04/2004

These are cards issued during the Belgian occupation of German East Africa, 1916-1922 Note that they are listed in the Congo section of the H&G catalog, at the end, under MILITARY & OCCUPATION. The cards were issued in 1918, one set of 50 views, 5¢ yellow-green (H&G 5), and 10¢ dark red (H&G 6.) The cards were overprinted in 1921, 15¢ on 5¢ (H&G 11), and 15¢ on 10¢ (H&G 12) The stamp side is the same as the 1912 series of cards for Belgian Congo, with the overprint "German East Africa - Belgian Occupation" in French and Dutch The picture side has new (local) views. Note that the message side includes as well the text *Waterlow & Sons, Limited, Londres, Angleterre.* (This text is NOT on the Belgian Congo cards.)
	Ref # 19 AJCB: German East Africa (Belgian Occupation): Train station, Lulanguru. Stamp: 5c green - overprinted in blue. Cancelled 2 March 1918. Lulanguru is situated on the line from Kigoma to Tabora in present day Tanzania, and is the second last station before Tabora, about 20km distant.

	Ref # 38 TG and DL: Kigoma, port with tracks, steam engines, freight cars. AJCB: German East Africa (Belgian Occupation):Kigoma. Stamp: 5c green - overprinted in blue. Depicts Kigoma with tracks, goods trucks and locomotives. These were 2-8-0 tank-engines, built by Borsig, with additional tenders. Kigoma is on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in what is today Tanzania.

	Ref # 47 AJCB: German East Africa (Belgian Occupation): Belgian troops entering Tabora, 19 Sept 1916. Stamp: 5c green - overprinted in blue. Train tracks in foreground. AJCB - The tracks shown on this and the next two cards are on the line from Tabora to Kigoma, until that time (19 Sept 1916) operated by the Ost Afrikanische Gesellschaft (OAEG) also called the Ostafrikanische Centralbahn or Mittelbahn. The meter-gauge line from Dar-es-Salaam, via Morogoro, Kiloba, Dodoma, and Tabora, to Kigoma was finally opened on 1 Feb 1914, after nine years' construction.

	Ref # 48 AJCB: German East Africa (Belgian Occupation): Belgian troops entering Tabora, 19 Sept 1916. Stamp: 5c green - overprinted in blue. Train tracks in foreground.

	Ref # 50 AJCB: German East Africa (Belgian Occupation): Belgian troops entering Tabora, 19 Sept 1916. Stamp: 5c green - overprinted in blue. Train tracks in foreground.
END OF BELGIAN OCCUPATION CARDS
	Post card, date unknown, indicium no rail interest, picture side with view of train station at Tanga. German East Africa became a British trust territory called Tanganyika after WW I, achieved independence in 1961, and united with Zanzibar to form Tanzania in 1964. Tanga is a seaport in the northeast corner of the country, population 1988 187,634, rail and road transportation center. YD