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Auction: 1028 - The "Wilkin" Collection of British West Africa Postal History and British Africa Stamps from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 21

Cameroons German Colony 1915 envelope to Juande, marked "Flaggenpost" and dated "9 IX 152, bearing 20pf. tied by blue crayon cross. Rare. Photo Estimate £ 600-800 Note: Flaggenpost letters (run by native runners) were only allowed to white Germans and only for very important mail during the War. Other Flaggenpost correspondence to Dr. Schumacher exist, notably from Colonel Zimmerman, the German Troop Commander in the Cameroons. literature: This cover is partly illustrated on page 37 of "Kamerun im Krieg 1914-18" by Wolfgang Herterich

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£700