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Auction: 25026 - Stamps and Covers of Africa Featuring the 'Protea' Collection of South Africa
Lot: 1239

Nyasaland
Covers and Cancellations
The following nine lots comprise Cape of Good Hope reply post cards sent by H. van Oordt von Lauwenrecht when Consul General for the Netherlands in Cape Town during 1912. He wrote to all postmasters in Southern Africa:
"As I am collecting the postmarks of all post offices in South Africa for my private musuem, containing anything connected with the postal, telegraphic and telephonic communications in Africa you will oblige me very much by returning to me the annexed reply card. When obliterationg it please take care the impression of your date stamp is as clear as possible"
The history of this unique group of cards was first published in The Philatelist in June and July 1977
Cape Q.V. 1d. reply uprated with KE 1d., both cancelled with superb "lilongwe. m.o.b./nyasaland" squared-circle d.s., the reverse showing Port Herald M.O.B. and Zomba M.O.B. squared-circle d.s.; and Cape Q.V. 1d. reply half (small tear at top) uprated with KE 1d. and cancelled with very fine "chiromo m.o.b./nyasaland" and showing, on reverse, "port herald/b.c.a." and "port herald m.o.b./nyasaland" squared-circle datestamps

provenance:
Robson Lowe, Basle, October 1977

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Sold for
£170

Starting price
£75