Lot 4300
1914 "Swakopmunder Buchhandlung G.m.b.H., Zweigniederlassung Lüderitzbucht" corner card envelope to Keetmanshoop (21.9), bearing 10pf red (Michel 26), cancelled by "Lbucht" and cross in pen, Very Fine and rare emergency usage.
Estimate 12,000 - 15,000
Towards lunch time on 18 September, part of the post office staff left with the postal devices on the last train to Aus. Between lunch time and 16.00hrs., a few postal officials, who were on horseback, stayed behind and processed the remaining few pieces of mail. These were cancelled in manuscript. The remaining officials then left Lüderitzbucht at 16.00hrs.
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