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Auction: 21019 - Important Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 956

(x) South West Africa
Stamps of South Africa Used in South West Africa
These were available up to 31 January 1923 when they ceased to be valid. On 17 December 1920 the League of Nations conferred a Mandate of Administration of the territory on His Britannic Majesty, to be carried out by the government in South Africa. The Mandate came into force on 1 January 1923, on which date the first South African stamps overprinted for use in the territory were issued
The Adhesives
2½d. blue marginal block of twenty-four from the left of the sheet, each block of four neatly cancelled by centrally applied Windhoek 4 May 1921 datestamp. A scarce and impressive multiple

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