SOUTH WEST AFRICA
South West Africa
SOUTH WEST AFRICA  -  OFFICIALS
AM621
Postal History (South African Occupation) 1918 (9th December), registered envelope addressed to ‘Windhuk’, bearing a single King’s Head 6d black and violet (SG 11) tied by a LUDERITZBUCHT / S. W. AFRICA (9 Dec) double circle datestamp with a second strike on the reverse. Showing an unframed ‘Lüderitzbucht’ straight-line registration cachet struck in blue-black at upper left and with an ‘R’ in oval below. The cover was censored and shows a PASSED CENSOR / B / 100 circular cachet and a red on white ‘Geopend door Censor. / Opened by Censor. / 100’ label affixed at top, partly overlapping the adhesive.
£55