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1 Mark
| Uitgever | Swakopmunder Buchhandlung |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1916-1918 |
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| Valuta | German South West African Mark (1885-1915) |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Gutschein NUMMER Eine Mark Swakopmunder Buchhandlung Ges. m. b. H., Swakopmund |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Uniface; the plain reverse exhibits a lightly textured paper surface with no printed design, lettering, or ornamentation. |
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| Opmerkingen |
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.