SOUTH WEST AFRICA
South West Africa
SOUTH WEST AFRICA
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OFFICIALS
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Postal History (South African Occupation) 1916 (19th May), envelope addressed to Switzerland. Bearing King’s Head ½d green and a pair of 1d rose-red (SG 3, 4) each tied by an OMARURU / S.W. AFRICA (19 May) double circle datestamp. The letter was censored and the envelope resealed with a large red on white bilingual ‘Opened by Censor. / Geopend door Censor. / 99’ label. Also showing a small circular ‘PASSED CENSOR / C.13.’ cachet struck in blue on the front and a large oval ‘CENSOR / 6 JUN 1916 / CAPETOWN’ cachet also struck in blue on the reverse. Geneva (3 Jul) arrival backstamp.
Note: the excised word in the oval cachet before ‘CENSOR’ is believed to be ‘CHIEF’.
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| £55 |
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