Auction 199

20-22 November 2024

GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA
Lot 1623
Lot 1623
Opening bid
800
26(4)
BF
10 Pfg imperial yacht in the block of four, tariff correct multiple franking on larger sized commercial used registered letter REHOBOTH 22 / 7 14, to Hirschberg / Saale with reverse arrival 11.10.14 in in view of the size surprisingly good and unusual effectively total maintenance, an exceptional exhibit the last post, the Germany to outbreak of the I. WW still reached! Transported with the on schedule at the 31.7.1914 from Swakopmund outgoing steamer of the Reichspost "Gertrude Woermann". This ran after receiving the radio message to the outbreak of war in Europe the neutrally Brazilian port Rio de Janeiro at. The carried along post became there a steamer the Italian line Navigazione Italiana given to and reached via Genoa her destination in Germany in the period 10.-12. Oct 1914.
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