Vineta provisional

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Vineta provisional
Country of production	German Empire
Date of production	13 April 1901 (1901-04-13)
Nature of rarity	Bisect with overprint
No. in existence	600
Face value	3 Pfennig

The Vineta Provisional (German: Vineta-Provisorium) is a German postage stamp made on 13 April 1901 on board the cruiser SMS Vineta. The postal officer had not been supplied with 3 Pfennig Germania stamps, so he bisected his 5 Pfennig stamps (Michel Nummer 55) and stamped them by hand with a "3 PF" mark. Mail with the Vineta provisional stamp was sent from Pernambuco to Germany on 17 April 1901. Only 600 stamps were issued, making this provisional stamp one of the rarer stamps in German philately.