Lot 4017
1895 (22 July) registered envelope ("Kaiserl. Gericht d. Südwestafrikanischen Schutzgebietes/zu Otyimbingue", embossed seal on reverse) to Verden (3.9) via Cape Town (1.8), bearing 20pf bright gray ultramarine (Michel 48a) vertical strip of three, cancelled by "Windhoek" c.d.s., with provisional registration label (printed "Otyimbingue" replaced by manuscript "Windhoek"), envelope reduced at right, central vertical filing crease, and addressee's name (originally excised) restored, Very Fine and rare usage.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Provenance: J. and H. Walldorf
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