カタログ
| 表面の説明 | Central vignette of a winged griffin above the monogram "SBS" within a rectangular frame, printed in green and black. Large bold letterpress denomination "Eine Mark" below, with the issuer name in red along the lower border. Dotted teal border frames the note; serial number in red at upper right under "NUMMER" heading. |
|---|---|
| 表面の銘文 | Gutschein NUMMER Eine Mark Swakopmunder Buchhandlung Ges. m. b. H., Swakopmund |
| 裏面の説明 | ログイン して詳細を見る |
| 裏面の銘文 | ログイン して詳細を見る |
| 署名 | ログイン して詳細を見る |
| 偽造防止技術 | ログイン して詳細を見る |
| 偽造防止の説明 | ログイン して詳細を見る |
| バリエーション | ログイン して詳細を見る |
| コメント |
The Swakopmunder Buchhandlung — a bookshop and stationery business in Swakopmund — issued these emergency notes after South African forces occupied German South West Africa in 1915 and conventional currency supplies collapsed. A stationery shop issuing circulating money is unusual by any measure, but the territory's isolation made improvisation necessary, and local merchants became de facto monetary authorities.
By 1916, German South West Africa was under South African military administration, meaning these notes circulated under occupation. The Buchhandlung's own printing facilities, used for commercial stationery work, made self-production straightforward.
The series ran through at least 1918, when the occupation administration moved toward more formal currency arrangements.