SOUTH WEST AFRICA
South West Africa
SOUTH WEST AFRICA  -  OFFICIALS
AM619
Postal History (South African Occupation) 1919 (22nd July), registered envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing King’s Head 2½d bright blue (pair), a ½d green and 6d black and violet (SG 3, 7, 11) tied by LUDERITZBUCHT / S.W. AFRICA (22 Jul) double circle datestamps. With unframed straight-line ‘Luderitzbucht’ registration cachet struck in blue. The cover was censored and shows a smudgy PASSED CENSOR / C.9. circular cachet and was resealed with a red on white ‘Opened by Censor. / Geopend door Censor. / 99’ label affixed at side, overlapping the ½d and 6d adhesives. Additionally showing a small boxed cachet reading VENDU PAR: / L'AGENCE INTERNATIONALE / DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE struck in blue. Geneva (2 Sep) arrival backstamp.
£85