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Auction: 17015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The "Foxley" Collection of Barbados
Lot: 3005

The Oryx Collection of South West Africa: Tribal Tax Part I
Ovambukushu Tribe
1913 South Africa revenue 5/- grey and brown, overprinted "ovambukushu/ s.w.a." (14) cancelled by "revenue department/ windhoek" crowned oval d.s., affixed to filing page returned to Windhoek for destruction, endorsed "received ex. Karibib on 7.4.38" at foot also includes one half stamp on separate piece specifically mentioned in the return letter "The enclosed stamp he is not prepared to accept as nearly three quarters of the stamp is missing". A remarkable survival.

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Sold for
£700