German Southwest Africa, Termites cover 1906: Windhoek DSWA “a” 5 / 8 o6, reverse being an arrival postmark besides front- and reverse appropriate gum type set cancel “shipment comes from one at the 4. d. Mts. By Okasise found mail, the partial from termites damaged was. The nearer Circumstances are still unknown, Windhoek, 5. August 1906. post office. ” on detailed official letter Germania 10 Pfg. with aversum postmark as well cancellation Legnica 27 / 3 respectively 28 / 3 o6 to the imperial district velvet Windhoek. The cover was going aboard of the steamer “Ernst Woermann” at the 30. 3. o6 from Hamburg and was in the mail bag, which by rail from Swakopmund to Windhoek at the 27. 4. 1906 was transported. Close to Okasise fell that bag from car and was first at the August the fourth 1906 to long seek found. The herein contained articles of mail samples give or take strong from termites eroded. About the damage and the delayed delivery is to explain, stempelte the post office Windhoek the documents with the here same double appropriate type set cancel from. Qualitatively the most beautiful the so far through our house offered documents of this kind (80. auction, lot 5299 and 88. auction, lot 4514), certificate with photograph Steuer BPP.
(via Philasearch.com - German Southwest Africa Cancellations and seals, Michel DR71)
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