Lot 4340
1915 (9 Aug.) censored, Prisoner of War stampless envelope from Gibeon to a POW at Aus (30.8), redirected to Swakopmund, via Windhoek (3.9), showing rare violet Gibeon "curved bar" c.d.s. (Putzel No. 2) and boxed three-line blue Aus date stamp (Putzel Aus Rail No. 1, which he does not note in blue), and "6" (Army Base P.O. at Windhoek) c.d.s. (Putzel No. 2a) on reverse, couple small faults of no significance on this rare and interesting cover, Very Fine usage.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
In his Handbook, Putzel noted that he had not seen the Gibeon c.d.s. on cover.
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