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This information has been collected from a number of sources including Stanley Gibbons Catalogue, part 7 (Germany), Michel: Deutschland-Spezial-Katalog, Steichele: The Foreign Post Offices in Palestine 1840-1918 and my collection of postal history from Palestine and the Middle East.
There were German post offices in five towns/cities, Beirut (Lebanon), Constantinopel (Istanbul, Turkey),
Jaffa (Israel), Jerusalem (Israel/Palestinian Authority), Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey). (I use the German spelling of Constantinople, as that is the form used on the postal markings.
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The post office operated from 1st March 1900 until 30th September 1914.
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The post office operated from 1st October 1898 until 30th September 1914, on the north side
of the grounds of the quay.
It was opened shortly before the visit of the German Kaiser
(Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Hohenzollern [also known as Kaiser Wilhelm II])
and his party to the Middle East.
The table below records details of the postmarks:
| Steichele number |
Shape |
Text |
Earliest known date |
Latest known date |
Colour |
| 221 |
Circular (single ring) |
JAFFA/DEUTSCHE POST |
1st October 1898 |
30th September 1914 |
Black |
| 222 |
Circular (double ring) |
JAFFA/DEUTSCHE POST |
24th February 1906 |
30th September 1914 |
Black |
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The post office operated from 1st March 1900 until 30th September 1914.
The office moved its location on Jaffa Street; initially in David Weller's store,
then in the building of the Credit Lyonnais Bank, then in the building of the
Anglo-Palestine Company.
The table below records details of the postmarks:
| Steichele number |
Shape |
Text |
Earliest known date |
Latest known date |
Colour |
| 231 |
Circular (single ring) |
JERUSALEM/DEUTSCHE POST |
1st March 1900 |
June 1907 |
Black |
| 232 |
Circular (single ring) |
JERUSALEM/DEUTSCHE POST |
1st March 1900 |
February 1908 |
Black |
| 233 |
Circular (double ring, with bridge) |
JERUSALEM/Deutsche Post |
26th February 1907 |
15th February 1908 |
Black |
| 234 |
Circular (single ring) |
JERUSALEM/DEUTSCHE POST |
14th June 1907 |
30th September 1914 |
Black |
| 235 |
Circular (double ring, with bridge) |
JERUSALEM/Deutsche Post |
February 1908 |
30th September 1914 |
Black |
| 236 |
Circular (single ring) |
JERUSALEM/DEUTSCHE POST |
1st March 1908 |
30th September 1914 |
Black |
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The post office operated from 1st March 1900 until 30th September 1914.
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Last updated 28.5.2006
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