Lot 4373
Windhoek (Unaltered Canceller): 1915 (16 June) envelope locally used in Windhoek, bearing 1913 1d red, cancelled by very fine "Windhuk/Deutsch-/Südwestafrika" c.d.s. (Putzel No. 4), light central vertical crease, Very Fine. Estimate 800 - 1,000
According to Putzel, the unaltered German canceller was used for only a short while and is very rare, although he notes that it had an index A, while the above example shows an Index C that he did not record in his Handbook.
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