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Lot 4176 |
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1904 (29 Jan.) field postcard to Kassel (11.3), showing "Okahandja/Deutsch-Südwestafrika" two-line handstamp in violet with "29.1.04" date in crayon below, "Kaiserlich Deutsche Postagentur/Okahandja" circular intaglio handstamp in violet, some creasing, otherwise Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000
THE EARLIEST RECORDED PIECE OF MAIL FROM LIBERATED OKAHANDJA (MAJOR FRANKE'S TROOPS HAD QUASHED THE REBELLION THERE ON THE 28TH WITH THE DEFEAT OF THE HERERO) AND THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE FROM THIS DATE.
Provenance: Sandner
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Lot 4177 |
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1904 (4 Feb.) provisional "Feld-Postkarte" to Königsberg (11.3), "Feld-" handstamped in violet black with "Kaiserliches Postamt/Windhoek" oval official seal, showing "Okaha/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel III (10.2), town name in manuscript, usual light soiling, Very Fine and of great rarity (a similar manuscript marking of 11 March is known from the Grobe collection).
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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Lot 4178 |
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1904 (6 Feb.) picture postcard from Hamburg to Leipzig (7.2), carried on the "Lucie Woermann" which reached Swakopmund on 1 March, showing "Hamburger Colonne/des Rothen Kreuz" double-ring handstamp in red, Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4179 |
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1904 (10 Feb.) "Feldpostkarte" to Karibib (14.2), showing "Okahandja/Deutsch-/Südwest-Afrika" Wanderstempel II (12.2), town name handstamped in black, Very Fine and rare in this color.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
Expertization: 1987 Czimmek Certificate.
Provenance: Czimmek
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Lot 4180 |
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1904 (23 Feb.) official envelope ("Expeditionskorps der Mar.-Infanterie/Kassenkommission" cachet on reverse) to Wilhelmshaven (30.3), with "Expeditionskorps der Marine-Infanterie B. No. 94" corner card, showing "Okahandja/Deutsch-/Südwest-Afrika" Wanderstempel II (23.2), town name handstamped in violet, light vertical filing fold, Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4181 |
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1904 (26 Feb.) registered postcard to Lyck (3.4), bearing 25pf orange and black on yellow (Michel 15), cancelled by "Okahandja/Deutsch-/Südwest-Afrika" Wanderstempel II, town name handstamped in violet, with printed registration label, Very Fine and only one of a very few registered items known with this "Wanderstempel".
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
Expertization: 2003 B.P.B. Certificate.
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Lot 4182 |
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1904 (3 Mar.) "Okahandja/Deutsch-/Südwest-Afrika" Wanderstempel II, town name handstamped in black, on 1900 2m blue (Michel 21), Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 600 - 800
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS "WANDERSTEMPEL" IN BLACK ON STAMPS.
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Lot 4183 |
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1904 (3 Mar.) "Feldpostkarte" to Berlin (5.4) returned to Swakopmund (13.5) via Okahandja (9.5), showing "Okahandja/Deutsch-/Südwest-Afrika" Wanderstempel II, town name handstamped in violet, "Nachschlagewerke eingesehen/Aufruf erfolgos" handstamp in violet, "Ungenügende Addresse/insuffisance d'addresse" label tied by "Swakopmund" c.d.s., endorsed "Absender in Okahandja", a few corner creases, Fine and full of character.
Estimate 600 - 800
Provenance: Grothuesmann
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Lot 4184 |
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1904 (9 Mar.) provisional "Feld-Postkarte" from Trooper Wolf of the Hohewarte Garrison to Baden-Baden (2.5), "Feld-" handstamped in violet, showing "Hohewarte" origin c.d.s. (16.3), Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4185 |
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1904 (23 Mar.) formular "Feldpostbrief" from Major von Glasenapp, Okanjotu to Okahandja (24.3), showing "Kaiserliches Postamt an Windhoek" oval official handstamp with "Windhuk/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" c.d.s. and arrival c.d.s., Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
The Eastern Divison suffered an outbreak of typhus on 6 May 1904.
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Lot 4186 |
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1904 (circa Mar.) mail band from the Field Post Secretary Rische to Völpke, showing "K.D. Feldpoststation No. 1" circular undated handstamp, the band originally contained all mail from FPO 1, a few opening tears, Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4187 |
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1904 (13 Apr.) picture postcard (Hamburg) to Berlin (25.4), written on board the ship "Lucie Woermann" on the outward journey of the Second Transport Detachment, showing "Kais. Deutsche/Marine-/Schiffspost/No. 70" c.d.s. and straight-line "Hamburger Colonne des Rothen Kreuzes" handstamp in red, Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4188 |
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1904 (2 July) registered envelope to Wiesbaden (14.8), bearing 1900 5pf green and 25pf orange and black on yellow (Michel 12, 15), cancelled by "Gochas/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" c.d.s. (the date this definitive canceller replaced "Wanderstempel IV"), with printed registration label, addressee's name restored, Very Fine and rare first day usage of this cancellation type.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
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Lot 4189 |
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1904 (10 Aug.) picture postcard (Ombandja, southern Angola) from a pharmacist with the Colonial troops to Dornum (6.9), showing "Abbabis/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel IV, town name handstamped in antique letters in violet, day "01" corrected to "10" in blue crayon, Very Fine and early use of this "Wanderstempel".
Estimate 600 - 800
Expertization: signed Czimmek B.P.P.
A military convalescence center was opened in Abbabis on 8 August 1904 and the "Wanderstempel" used there until November.
The writer refers to the fighting by the water site Okowakuatjiwi in the North on 24 and 28 May.
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Lot 4190 |
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1904 (25 Aug.) "Feldpostkarte", used as parcel address label to one of von Trotha's military staff in South West Africa via Marine Postamt, bearing 1m red, cancelled by "Dresden" c.d.s., the parcel contained 2.5 kilograms of tinned food, the rate for a military parcel from Germany to South West Africa weighing up to 2.5 kilograms was 1 mark and had been introduced on 5 March 1904, Fine.
Estimate 800 - 1,000
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Lot 4191 |
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1904 (4 Nov.) "Feld-Post-Karte" to Okahandja (5.11), showing "Abbabis/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel IV, town name handstamped in antique letters in violet, and showing "Empfänger verstorben. Postamt Windhoek" handstamp, endorsed "1/11 Okahandja" and signed, also "31/1 zurück" for return to sender due to death of soldier to whom the card was addressed, Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4192 |
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1904 (20 Nov.) registered postcard to Lyck (7.1.05), bearing 1900 25pf orange and black on yellow (Michel 15), cancelled by "Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel II, with blank registration label handstamped "Waterberg" in violet, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 2,000 - 2,500
PROBABLY THE ONLY REGISTERED ITEM IN EXISTENCE WITH THE WATERBERG "WANDERSTEMPEL". THE WATERBERG "WANDERSTEMPEL" WAS USED FROM 7-26 NOVEMBER.
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Lot 4193 |
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1904 (20 Nov.) postcard to Lyck (7.1.05), bearing 5pf green (Michel 12), cancelled by "Waterberg/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel II, town name handstamped in violet, light strikes, Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4194 |
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1904 (30 Nov.) "Feld-Postkarte" from a lance-corporal on von Trotha's staff to Erfurt, showing "Abbabis/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel IV, town name handstamped in sans-serif letters in black (rare color), with "Genesungscheim Abbabis/Deutsch/Südwest-Africa" circular cachet, slight aging, Very Fine.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
Provenance: Bothe, Wollbrandt
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Lot 4195 |
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1905 (16 Feb.) 5pf reply card to Spandau (25.3), cancelled by "Waldau/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" provisional c.d.s. of "16/2.04", the "4" overwritten "5" in hand, Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 600
Provenance: Grobe
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Lot 4196 |
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1905 (19 Mar.) "Feldpost" picture postcard (ship "Herzog" of East African Line), written on the trip to South West Africa transporting medical personnel and mailed from Bremerhaven to Seelingstädt (20.3), showing "Expedition/vom roten Kreuz/Süd-West-Afrika" three-line handstamp in violet, Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
Expertization: 2001 B.P.B. Certificate.
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Lot 4197 |
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1905 (29 Mar.) "Feldpostkarte" from a nurse based in Swakopmund and written in Las Palmas to Berlin (10.4), on the outbound voyage showing "Deutsche Seepost/Ost-/Afrikanische/Hauptlinie" c.d.s. and "Expedition/vom roten Kreuz/Süd-West-Afrika" three-line handstamp in violet, Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 4198 |
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1905 (20 May) photographic field postcard from a fledgling paymaster to Berlin (11.8), showing "Epukiro/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel III (29.6.05), town name in manuscript, unobtrusive vertical crease at left just cracking surface only, otherwise Very Fine and a rarity.
Estimate 6,000 - 8,000
Expertization: 1994 Lantelme Certificate.
Provenance: Garski
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Lot 4199 |
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1905 (19 July) 5pf stationery card from the same fledgling paymaster to Posen (28.8), cancelled by "Epukiro/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel III, town name in manuscript, Very Fine and a rarity.
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000
Expertization: signed Bothe.
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Lot 4200 |
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1905 (19 July) "Feldpostkarte" from Sergeant Schnurr of the Field Hospital 4 to Berlin (19.8), showing manuscript "Owikokorero" over circular intaglio date stamp, writer mentions retreat to Okahandja, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 2,000 - 2,500
Provenance: Berker, Grothuesmann
Owikorkoero served an important function in the war as the base for connection to Okahandja. With the withdrawal of troops and the end of the pursuit of the Herero nearby, its importance diminished. After the closing of F.P.O. No. 4, a postal agency was opened. It used a Petschaft between 13 July and September, 1906. The Petschaft was originally with a manuscript Owikokorero, with four different handwritings. From 4 August, an additional handstamped Owikokorero was introduced in violet and black. The latter is much rarer.
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Lot 4201 |
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1905 (26 July) "Feldpostkarte" to Dortmund (30.8), showing manuscript "Owikokorero" (in hand of Uof Schmengler) over circular intaglio date stamp, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 2,000 - 2,500
Provenance: Fischer
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1905 (1 Aug.) "Feldpostkarte" to Potsdam (27.8), showing manuscript "Owikokorero" (in hand of telegraphist Flügge) over exceptional strike of the circular intaglio date stamp, carried on the "Professor Woermann II" which left Swakopmund on 4 August and docked at Hamburg on the 25th, Very Fine and a rarity.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
Provenance: Grobe
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Lot 4203 |
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1905 (30 July) "Feldpostkarte" from Nubuamis to Cologne (29.8), showing "Windhuk/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" despatch c.d.s. (1.8), damaged on the "Professor Woermann II" for Hamburg, with "In Berlin beschädigt einge-/gangen…/Marine-Postbureau" black on yellow label, some surface faults from envelopes stuck together due to the water damage, Fine.
Estimate 800 - 1,200
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Lot 4204 |
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1905 (2 Aug.) registered envelope to Weinbächler via Cöln-Verviers railway post (26.8), bearing 40pf carmine and black (Michel 17), cancelled by "Okahandja/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" c.d.s., with blank registration label handstamped "Okahandja" in violet, endorsed "durchnäst von See" and countersigned, damaged on the same ship as previous lot, Fine.
Estimate 800 - 1,000
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Lot 4205 |
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1905 (10 Nov.) "Feld-Post" picture postcard to Mulheim (12.12) and returned to Okahandja (11.1.06), showing "Owikokorero/D.S.W. Afrika" handstamp in violet over circular intaglio date stamp in black, "Kaiserl. Schutztruppe für Südwestafrika/Etappe Owikokorero/Soldatenbrief-/Stempel" circular cachet in violet, various Mulheim addressee unknown handstamps and label, as well as return to sender (von Cleff of the First Telegraph Detachment, 1st Section), Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4206 |
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1905 (13 Dec.) "Weck & Voigts, Okahandya" corner card envelope (actually from E. Wiedmann) to Windhoek (22.12), redirected to Seeis via Gobabis (12.1.05) bearing 10pf rose (Michel 13), cancelled by "Owikokorero/D.S.W. Afrika" handstamp in blackish violet and circular intaglio handstamp in black, envelope reduced at top and foot, a few sealed tears, Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 4207 |
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1906 (5 May) 5pf stationery card from Carl Behmer, Station Chief, to Bunzlau (4.6) redirected to Teplitz, cancelled by "Otjiwarongo/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel V, town name in violet crayon, slight corner creasing, Very Fine and a great rarity.
Estimate 10,000 - 12,000
Provenance: J. and H. Walldorf
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Lot 4208 |
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1906 (15 May) 5pf stationery card to Bunzlau (17.6) redirected to Teplitz (18.6) and then back to Bunzlau (20.6), cancelled by "Otjiwarongo/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel V, town name handstamped in violet, Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4209 |
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1906 (22 May) "Feld-Postkarte" to Cassel (22.6), endorsed by sender Uof Hartmann from Waterberg, showing "Otjirogo/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel V, abbreviated town name ("Otjirogo" for "Otjiwarongo") in violet pencil, trivial corner creasing, Very Fine and a rarity.
Estimate 10,000 - 12,000
Expertization: signed Bothe B.P.P.
Provenance: Fischer
Otjiwarongo was the intermediate station between Waterberg and the Otavi Railway.
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Lot 4210 |
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1906 (7 July) "Feldpostkarte" to Nürnberg, bearing 1900 5pf green (Michel 12), cancelled by unframed "Otjiwarongo" handstamp (two strikes, with a third on reverse for dateline) and showing "Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel V, Very Fine.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
Provenance: Grobe
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Lot 4211 |
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1906 (4 Aug.) 10pf stationery card to Wiesbaden (21.9), cancelled by "Epukiro/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel III, town name handstamped in violet, showing "Kaiserl. Schutztruppe für Südwestafrika/Feldregiment No. 1/9. Kompagnie/Soldatenbrief-/Stempel" circular cachet in violet, Very Fine.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
Provenance: Wollbrandt
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Lot 4212 |
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1907 (1 July) registered double weight envelope to Oldenburg (4.8), bearing 40pf carmine and black (Michel 17), cancelled by "Okowakuatjiwi/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel II, town name handstamped in violet, with blank registration label, Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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The Dietz-Lichtenberg Correspondence, 1905 (8 May-18 Nov.), comprising an envelope and three postcards (one registered) from Georg Dietz in Windhoek to Germany, three with "Depot-Verwalt/vom roten Kreuz" handstamp in violet, three with Windhuk origin c.d.s. (one franked with 5pf and 20pf) and the other with 5pf pair cancelled by "Deutsche Seepost/Linie/Hamburg-/Westafrika/XXXXI" c.d.s. of the "Professor Woermann II", Fine to Very Fine, an interesting quartet.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
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Lot 4214 |
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The magnificent balance of the specialized collection of the Herero Rebellion 1904-07, comprising approximately 170 envelopes, postcards, registration receipts, and coupons, presenting a remarkable overview of the Uprising, the operations of the field post offices and the civilian upheaval, with a fine array of cancellations, including 1904 (30 Jan.) 5pf stationery card to Germany with "Okahandja/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel II, 1903 (28 Dec.) German South West Africa 10pf stationery card from Gleiwitz to Windhoek with two-line "Windhuk/Deutsche-Südwestafrika" handstamp and "nicht" in manuscript adjacent returned to sender (even though endorsed to send to Buenos Aires), 1904 (5 Mar.) "Feldpostkarte" to S.M.S. Vineta via Berlin maritime postal bureau showing "Okahandja/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel II, 1904 (2 June) "Feldpostkarte" to Berlin with "Deutsche Seepost/Ost-/Afrikanische/Hauptlinie/b" c.d.s. and "Hamburger Colonne des Roten Kreuzes" circular cachet in red, similar cards (2) with the Red Cross cachet and "Marine Schiffspost No. 52" and "No. 65" c.d.s. respectively, 1904 (19 Mar.) registered envelope from Nauchas to Wiesbaden bearing 40pf, 1904 (11 Aug.) "Feld-postkarte" from Post Karibib to Solingen showing "Abbabis/Deutsch-Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel IV (town name handstamp repeated in dateline on reverse), 1904 (11 July) "Feld-Postkarte" from Windhoek (with official P.O. handstamp) to Okahandja then sent to Waterberg with manuscript endorsement and handstruck "zuruck" and crayon "gefallen" (sender killed in battle), 1905 (13 Apr.) "Feldpostkarte" from Swakopmund to Germany with three-line "Expedition/von rotem Kreuz/Süd-West-Afrika" handstamp in violet and German East Africa Line c.d.s., 1907 (24 Feb.) "Feldpostkarte" to Lebach showing "Otjosondu/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" c.d.s., 1905 (22 Aug.) "Feldpostkarte" to Germany showing "Owikokorero" handstamp in violet and circular intaglio date stamp, 1906 (30 July) 5pf stationery card to Erfurt cancelled by "Owikokorero/D.S.W. Afrika" date stamp in violet and circular intaglio date stamp, 1907 (11 Feb.) registered envelope to Leipzig bearing 2m cancelled by Okasise c.d.s., 1907 (22 July) "Feld-Post-Karte" to Jakalswater showing "Okowakuatjiwi/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel II, 1906 (24 May) registered envelope bearing 20pf, 25pf and 30pf cancelled by "Otjiwarongo/Deutsch-/Südwest-Afrika" Wanderstempel V, 1906 "Feldpostbrief" from Commander of the Second Field Company with Wanderstempel V (no town handstamp), 1906 (30 Jan.) "Feldpost Brief" to Germany with sender's cachet of First Field Regiment, 9th Company and "Epukiro/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" Wanderstempel III and same Epukiro Wanderstempel cancelling 10pf (2) and 40pf on 1906 (18 Dec.) registered envelope to Wiesbaden, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate 30,000 - 40,000
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