Schülke & Mayr Lake Post Issues

So, the government resorted to private measures and contracted with Schülke & Mayr, a German firm with commercial interests in the colony, to provide mail service. Under the terms of the contract, Schülke & Mayr would provide, for a period of one year, monthly service from Dar-es-Salaam to the military stations of Muansa and Bukoba on Lake Victoria, via Kilossa-Mpapua-Tabora.


Link to Google Map of German Post Offices in Deutsch-Ostafrika
(Daressalaam-Kilossa-Mpapua-Tabora-Muansa-Bukoba shown in red)

Before the stamps could be introduced into service, however, the one-year contract ran its term. The Imperial Government declined to renew the contract, citing unreliable service and frequent losses of mail caused by the difficulties of the route. Reliable mail service to the interior would have to wait a few years...

In 1939, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Schülke & Mayr company, private reprints of the Schülke & Mayr Issues were produced. The 3,000 sets of reprints were printed in the original colors. They can be differentiated from the originals by the lack of burelage, line 10 3/4 perf, and copper-plate printing as opposed to lithography.

The book is beautifully illustrated, and at page 85, includes copies of the Schülke & Mayr reprints attached to the page.

Schülke & Mayr is still in business today. They're a chemical company specializing in preservation and industrial hygiene.

Greetings Fellow SB Boarders
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For those that don't know and too lazy to look it up:
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"Burelage" (or Burele) is a fine pattern or network of lines or dots printed either on the face of the stamp but beneath the main design, or on the back of the stamp, either to discourage forgery or to prevent tampering with the design or postmark.
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Mr. PostmasterGS, I'm glad you are reposting all of these. Thanks.
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee