Auction 199

20-22 November 2024

GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA
Lot 1602
Lot 1602
Opening bid
200
2,MP36
BF
5 Pfg crown / eagle overprint issue, tariff correct additional franking on clearly damaged 5 Pfg follower postal stationery card, with 2 clearly posting postmarks WINDHOEK 15 / 11 97 and much legitimate text, dated "Haris by Windhoek" to Tanga in German East Africa, with handwritten forwarding mark "Via Durban" on the overland route via Z. A. R. 19.12.97 with the South African railroad to DURBAN / NATAL 21.12.97, thence per steamer of the Reichspost "Parliament" (couch time in Durban 21.-26.12.97), the, from Zanzibar coming, at the 6.1.98 TANGA reached, arrival on face despite defects a remarkable piece postal history
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