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South West Africa Postal History


Manuscript Cancellations
 
 
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Lot 4349

Bethany: KGV 4d registered postal stationery envelope used 1918 and censored from Bethany to Windhoek, via Keetmanshoop (20.4), bearing 1913 2d dull purple, cancelled by violet "Bethany" manuscript cancellation, Very Fine and extremely rare (unrecorded by Putzel).
Estimate 2,000 - 2,500
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Lot 4350

Brackwater: 1917 (10 June) censored printed matter envelope to Windhoek (13.6), bearing 1913 ½d green, cancelled by dated "Brackwater" manuscript cancellation, envelope folded at bottom, Very Fine and extremely rare.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
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Lot 4351

Feldschuhhorn: 1916 (16 Mar.) censored envelope from Feldschuhhorn to Windhoek (19.3), via Keetmanshoop (17.3), bearing 1d red, cancelled by dated "FHN" manuscript cancellation, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 4352

Kub: registered censored envelope from Kub to Windhoek, bearing 1913 1d red and 4d orange-yellow and olive-green, cancelled by "Kub" manuscript cancellations, showing manuscript registration information alongside, Very Fine usage and extremely rare (unrecorded by Putzel).
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
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Lot 4353

Leutwein: 1916 (22 June) registered envelope to Windhoek, bearing 1913 2d dull purple and 3d black and orange-red (faults), cancelled by green dated "Leutwein" manuscript cancellation, showing registration mark and number in blue crayon alongside, envelope folded at bottom, Very Fine usage and extremely rare.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000

Provenance: Jacob, Bitterfeld and referenced in Busch
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Lot 4354

1916 (19 Aug.) registered envelope to Windhoek (22.8), bearing 1913 1d red (3) and 2d dull purple, cancelled by dated "Leutwein" manuscript cancellation in black, showing manuscript registration mark and number alongside, one 1d with corner fault, Very Fine usage and extremely rare.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
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Lot 4355

Neuheusis: 1916 (19 May) censored envelope to Windhoek (22.5), bearing 1913 1d red, cancelled by dated "Neuheusis" manscript cancellation, very lightly overstruck by Windhoek oval, with 1914 2d black and reddish violet Due strip of 3 applied in Windhoek and cancelled by "Windhuk/S.W. Africa" double-ring c.d.s. (28.7) and due endorsement and handstamp alongside, Very Fine usage and extremely rare.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
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Lot 4356

1916 (3 June) censored envelope to Geneva, Switzerland (10.7), via Windhoek (4.6), bearing 1913 3d black and orange-red, cancelled by dated "Neuheusis" manuscript cancellation, very lightly overstruck by Windhoek oval datestamp, Very Fine usage and extremely rare.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500

Expertization: 1975 Hoffmann-Giesecke Certificate.
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Lot 4357

Otavi: KGV 4d registered postal stationery envelope used 1915 (21 Aug.) and censored to Capetown, bearing 1913 ½d green pair, cancelled by violet dated "Otavi" manuscript cancellation, with violet "S.A. Field Telegraph/And Postal Corps" rubber date stamp cancelling envelope's embossed "stamp" on reverse, Very Fine usage and extremely rare, illustrated in Putzel.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
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Lot 4358

Tses: 1916 (31 May) registered envelope to Keetmanshoop, bearing 1913 1d red and 6d black and violet, cancelled by dated "Tses" manuscript cancellation (1st Type: Putzel No. 1), with registration mark and number drawn in blue crayon alongside, Very Fine usage and very rare, illustrated in Busch.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000

Tses has two different manuscript cancellations, as two different officials did the manuscript cancels and thus two different handwritings (see the following lot also). Both are very rare.

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Lot 4359

1916 (30 July) censored envelope to Keetmanshoop (1.8), bearing 1913 ½d green pair, cancelled by dated "Tses" manuscript cancellation (2nd Type: Putzel No. 2), Very Fine and very rare.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
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Lot 4360

Klein Windhuk: 1916 (16 Sept.) registered envelope from Klein Windhuk to Windhoek (18.9), bearing 1913 2½d bright blue pair, cancelled by dated "Klein Windhuk" manuscript cancellation (name in one line spread over two stamps), showing manuscript registration information alongside, Very Fine and rare, illustrated in Putzel.
Estimate 600 - 800
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