Lot 4176
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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