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Auction: 21019 - Important Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1046

(x) South West Africa
The Issued Stamps
1924 (Dec.)-27 (Feb.) Settings VI and VIa
This issue was overprinted in complete sheets of 240 and initially with "South West Africa" 16½mm. long on the upper two panes and 16mm. on the lower two panes. This order was subsequently reversed. For printings from 8 November 1926 all four panes had the 16½mm. measurement
Covers
1925 (5 Aug.) envelope registered from Ondonga to Windhoek bearing 2d. (3, one with corner fault) cancelled and with manuscript registration mark at left, arrival R.L.S. datestamp on reverse, (21 Aug.) 4d. G size registered envelope, uprated with 2d., from Kolmannskop to Luderitz, (25 Nov.) picture postcard from Kolmannskop to Germany bearing ½d. and 1d., and 1926 (28 Jan.) envelope registered from Kolmannskop to Luderitz bearing 1d. (2) and 3d. ultramarine, all cancelled with converted German type datestamps, the adhesives all Setting VIa

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