Sale 298

South West Africa Postal History


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Lot 4271

"Postverbindungen 1m 2. Vierteljahr 1911" (410x320mm.), published by "Kaiserliches Postamt Windhuk", post office chart of all routes with pick up and delivery schedules by each means of conveyance recognised and handled by the post office, Very Fine state of conservation and rare surviving historical document for the postal historian.
Estimate 250 - 300
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Lot 4272
 
1900-12 postcards (9), showing Postage Due either in the form of handstruck markings and/or with adhesives applied, towns of origin include Gobabis, Omaruru, and Ukamas, seven cards have Postage Due stamps of various countries comprising Austria (4), France, and Switzerland (2), fine to very fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4273
 
1907-14 special mailing service for Newspapers, the collection of postcards (8) and printed envelopes (3), including 1907 unfranked "Feld-Postkarte" with "Kaiserl. Deutsches Postamt/Windhuk" embossed seal in blue, and 1909 "Deutsch-Südwestafrikanische Zeitung" envelope from Swakopmund to Barkly West bearing 5pf and then redirected to Germany with Cape of Good Hope 1d, Fine to Very Fine, a scarce assembly.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
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Lot 4274

1913 postal ledger receipts for registered letters (2), the first from Karibib (2.4) to Otjimbingue (2.4) with 25pf applied on arrival as Postage Due, and the second from Okahandja (13.8) to Gross Barmen (13.8) with 30pf similarly applied, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4275

1913 (21 July) postal ledger receipt for registered letters from Lüderizbucht to Kalfontein South (23.7), bearing on reverse 1906 5pf green (Michel 25) irregular block of five applied as Dues and cancelled by "Kalkfontein Süd/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" c.d.s., Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4276

1913 (28 July) postal ledger receipt for registered letter, small piece bearing 1900 50pf purple and black on salmon and 1m red (Michel 19, 21), cancelled by "Waldau/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" c.d.s., Very Fine and one of the only two such recorded postal documents with Yacht type Mark values (the other piece is in the Pauls collection).
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4277

1913 (13 Dec.) postal ledger receipt for registered letters to Mariental (13.12), showing "Gibeon" origin c.d.s. with 1900 30pf red orange and black on salmon and 1906 5pf green (Michel 16, 25) applied as Dues and cancelled by "Mariental/Deutsch-Südwestafrika" c.d.s., small part of top left corner missing, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4278

1910 (25 Apr.) registered AR (acknowledgement of receipt) 5pf stationery card to Cincinnati (8.6), bearing 80pf carmine and black on rose (Michel 19), cancelled by "Lüderitzbucht/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" c.d.s., framed "Rückschein/Avis de réception/Return receipt" handstamp in red and printed registration label (faults), card a little soiled, also a printed Acknowledgment of Receipt form for a 1910 letter sent from Leipzig to Lüderitzbucht with appropriate cancellations.
Estimate 800 - 1,000
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Lot 4279

1905 (10 Aug.) registered cash on delivery ("Nachnahme") postcard to Friedrichsfelde (12.8), bearing 1900 5pf green and 10pf rose (Michel 12, 13) pair and single, cancelled by "Swakopmund/Deutsch-Südwestafrika" c.d.s., showing "Karibib/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" c.d.s. and "Abbabis/Deutsch-Südwestafrika" c.d.s. (27.8) from there returned to sender, with "Nachnahme/Remboursement" black on lilac label, Very Fine.
Estimate 2,000 - 2,500

Expertization: signed Czimmek BPP.
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Lot 4280

1903 (11 Feb.) registered cash on delivery ("Nachnahme") 10pf stationery card to Maltahöhe (25.2), and returned to sender at Keetmanshoop (9.3), bearing 1900 25pf orange and black on yellow (Michel 15), cancelled by "Keetmanshoop/(Deutsch-/Südwestafrika)" segmented c.d.s., with "Nachnahme/Remboursement" black on orange triangular label, card endorsed "Annahme verweigem", Very Fine.
Estimate 2,000 - 2,500
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Lot 4281

1913 (30 May) Identity Card ("Postausweiskarte"), for Oberleutnant Georg Mayer, issued at Windhoek, with "Kaiserlich Deutsches Postamt/Windhuk/(Deutsch-Südwestafrika)" oval cachet and bearing 50pf violet and black on salmon (Michel 18) applied partly over identity photograph inside and tied by "Windhuk/Deutsche/Südwestafrika" c.d.s., Very Fine.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000

A UNIQUE DOCUMENT FOR ALL THE COLONIES. PRIOR TO WORLD WAR I, POSTAL SAVINGS WAS INTRODUCED ONLY IN GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA.
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Lot 4282

1910 (17 Sept.) value declared cover front to Berlin, bearing 1900 80pf carmine and black on rose, and 1906-07 5pf green, and 5m greenish black and carmine (Michel 18, 25, 32Ab), cancelled by "Swakopmund/Deutsche-/Südwestafrika" segmented c.d.s., insured value 8000 mark (maximum permissible) at 16 pfennig per 240 mark value, front reduced and vertical filing fold not affecting stamps, Very Fine and exceptionally rare usage.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000

THERE IS ONLY ONE OTHER COMPLETE INSURED LETTER FOR GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA RECORDED.
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Lot 4283

1910 (30 June) parcel card with intact coupon to Schaffausen via Hamburg (6.8), Frankfurt (8.8) and Basel (9.8), redirected to Bad Rappoldsau, bearing 1900 2m blue (Michel 21), cancelled by "Keetmanshoop/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" segmented c.d.s., somewhat heavy vertical filing fold, otherwise Very Fine and one of the few recorded parcel cards sent to a foreign country.
Estimate 2,000 - 2,500
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Lot 4284

1913 (5 Apr.) parcel card to Mieterkingen via Hamburg (3.5), Stuttgart (5.5), and Herbertingen (8.5), bearing 1900 80pf carmine and black on rose and 1907 5m greenish black and carmine (Michel 19, 32Ab), cancelled by "Karibib/(Deutsch-/Südwestafrika)" segmented c.d.s., Very Fine and rare commercial high value franking for a parcel weighing 9.5 kilograms.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000

Provenance: Fuchs, Grothuesmann
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Lot 4285

1913 (6 May) postal ledger receipt for parcels from Keetmanshoop to Kalkfontein South (7.5), bearing on reverse 1900 50pf purple and black on salmon (Michel 18) vertical strip of five applied as Dues and cancelled by "Kalkfontein (Süd)/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" c.d.s., five parcels sent on a railroad freight train, Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,200
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Lot 4286
 
1913-14 parcel cards (4, one with intact coupon), parcel card sender's coupon, and postal notification form of non-receipt of parcel in Lüderitzbucht, the parcel cards from Germany to Keetmanshoop, Omaruru (cash on delivery, delayed due to hostilities of World War I), and Swakopmund (2), various frankings with 1m, 2m (2), and 5m (4), usual punch holes, one without, and one bearing stamps of Bavaria, mainly Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 4287

1901 (4 Dec.) International cash on delivery postal money order to Berlin (6.1), showing "Windhoek/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" c.d.s., handstamped "Nachnahme No. 259" in violet (numerals in manuscript), Very Fine and a tremendous usage.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000

THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF A CASH ON DELIVERY MONEY ORDER.

Expertization: double signed Bothe B.P.P. (his written opinion accompanies).
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Lot 4288
 
1905-13 small collection of money orders comprising 13 pieces and unfranked "Feld-Postkarte", various frankings to 5m and cancellations, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
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Lot 4289

1902 (14 Jan.) "Heliographie d. Schutztruppe" form from Rehoboth to Windhoek, with "Kaiserlich Deutsches Gouvernement vom Südwestafrika" embossed paper seal (split upon opening), usual punch filing holes at top.
Estimate 600 - 800

On 13 April 1899, a Telegraph office was opened in Swakopmund. The cable extended from Walfish Bay to Cape Town. A railway telegraph was then established in Windhoek on 13 August 1901.

To complement the missing telegraph links, a heliograph line was established in the north and south of the county prior to the outbreak of the Herero Rebellion.

Utilising Morse code, heliograms were transmitted by flashing lights during the day and by signal lamps at night. According to topographic conditions, the stations were 30 to 60 kilometers apart; 300 kilometers were thus covered in approximately three hours.

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Lot 4290

1905 telegrams (2), comprising 7 May "Optisches Telegramm" black on orange, and 6 June "Funkspruch" black on orange yellow Station Brukkaros (Berseba) received from Trotha, Chief Commander during the Herero Uprising, Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4291

1909 (16 Jan.) printed "Telegramm" black on yellow envelope with "Eagle" to Berlin (12.2) redirected to Elberfeld (17.2), showing "Swakopmund/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" segmented origin c.d.s., with "Kaiserl. Deutsches Postamt/Swakopmund" embossed paper seal on reverse, envelope endorsed "1 nachgesandtes", damaged at top right from opening, rare.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,200

The telegraph line was established from Keetsmanhoop on 26 May 1906.

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Lot 4292

1912 (13 May) "Radiotelegramm" (wireless telegram) from Windhoek to Swakopmund (14.5), "Deutsche Betriebsgesellschaft für drahtlose Telegraphie m.b.H. Berlin S.W. 61" printed form, twelve words sent, and 1912 (29 May) similar wireless telegram from Cologne to the French station Ouessant near Brest for the same person on board the "Gertrud Woermann" with "Debeg" adhesive (illustrated in "Berichten", p. 2888), and wirerless telegram printed corner card window envelope which contained the first telegram, Very Fine and unusual.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
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Lot 4293
 
1904-13 Telegrams (4, one Field Telegram) for Rehoboth, Windhoek, Okahandja, and Karibib, three with telegraph seal stamps split upon opening; also 1914 telephone receipt from Karibib.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,200
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