CAP CROSS, 10 Pfennig carmine, three 20 Pfennig violet-ultramarine and 50 Pfennig lilac-brown, mixed franking on forerunner registered letter in 5. weight band to Leipzig, four neat strikes 11.5.97, adjacent registration label No. 41 already supplied from German Empire, CAPE TOWN transit and arrival 5.7.97 on reverse. Exceptional remarkably fresh three-colour franking, one of finest CAP CROSS forerunner letters we know, unsigned, photo certificate Dr. F. Steuer BPP (1993) "...franking in perfect condition, especially for such commercial mail" - unique opportunity for major German South West Africa collection