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Auction: 21016 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1730

South West Africa
Covers and Cancellations
1913 (18 Nov.) commercial envelope to Dresden, correctly franked with 10pf. cancelled by a light strike of the "deutsche seepost/linie/hamburg-/west afrika/iv" oval datestamp and carried on the D Swakopmund en route to Hamburg, showing "Deutsches/Schutzgebiet." handstamp in violet (introduced in 1899) which permitted the use of the domestic 10pf. rate for mail posted at "protectorate" posts, small piece bearing 2½d. with similar datestamp, and 1920 (31 Dec.) envelope to Luderitzbucht bearing 1½d. cancelled with a fine strike of the "deutsche seepost/linie/hamburg-/westafrika/xx" "protectorate" oval datestamp, the earliest recorded date after the service was restored

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Estimate
£120 to £150

Starting price
£95