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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| Realized $3,500 |
